Point of No Return (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
6/24/202630 min
Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who found themselves in hopeless situations. But they made an unexpected choice that changed their lives – for better or worse.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsJohn Allen· Host0:01
Today, I'm gonna share two stories about people who found themselves in truly just hopeless situations. And in both of these stories, the main character makes a very unexpected decision that completely changes their lives for better or for worse. But before we get into today's stories, if you're a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come to the right place because that's all we do, and we upload two, three, even four times every week. So if that's of interest to you, please surprise the follow button with a brand-new wireless controller for their gaming console. But don't tell them it's really just their old controller that you cut the wire off of. Okay, let's get into our first story, which is called Homesick … [upbeat music] One night in late August of 1557, a French man in his 30s named Martin Guerre was laying in a bed in a makeshift military hospital in St. Quentin, France, writhing around in pain. So a few weeks earlier, Martin had fought in this massive battle between the French and Spanish armies, and it had been this just horrible, bloody, violent battle. And during it, Martin had been