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He pulled the trigger twice, believing this gun to be loaded, point-blank range at my chest. What would you do if something happened that changed your life forever? I felt her hand move my hair off the side of my neck, and in like one swift motion, she slit my throat. Something that called into question everything you've ever known. And there was my son lying, not alive anymore.
And I thought, what am I supposed to do now? I'm Witt Misseldein. I have a PhD in social psychology and a single question has fascinated me for over a decade. What happens when we come face to face with the unknown and are plunged into a completely new reality? I could feel these entities, definitely wasn't human, wrapped around my torso from behind.
Each week I bring you extraordinary true stories told by the people who lived them. Your brain is different. You can't go back to who you were. This Is Actually Happening launches weekly with all new episodes on October 20th. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you're listening right now. Or join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app to listen ad-free. The thing that was tearing me apart was questioning if everything I know in my life was real at all.
She struck him with her motor vehicle. She had been under the influence and then she left him there.
In January 2022, local woman Karen Reid was implicated in the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. It was alleged that after an innocent night out for drinks with friends, Karen and John got into a lover's quarrel en route to the next location. What happens next depends on who you ask.
Was it a crime of passion? If you believe the prosecution, it's because the evidence was so compelling. This was clearly an intentional act. And his cause of death was blunt force trauma with hypothermia. Or a corrupt police cover-up. If you believe the defense theory, however, this was all a cover-up to prevent one of their own from going down. Everyone had an opinion.
And after the 10-week trial, the jury could not come to a unanimous decision. To end in a mistrial, it's just a confirmation of just how complicated this case is. Law and Crime presents the most in-depth analysis to date of the sensational case in Karen. You can listen to Karen exclusively with Wondery Plus. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.