Stuck (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
5/27/202629 min
Both of today’s stories are about people who made big choices that they thought would improve their lives. But neither of them took the time to learn exactly what they were signing up for, and that led to disaster.
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First 90 secondsJohn Allen· Host0:00
Both of today's stories are about people who made big choices that they thought would improve their lives, but neither of them really took the time to actually learn exactly what they were signing up for, and that led to disaster. 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 gift the follow button a brand-new gumball machine. But don't tell them the gum is actually just painted balls of candle wax. Okay, let's get into our first story, called Dream Car. [upbeat music] At 8:00 AM on June 8th, 2015, 72-year-old James Lee Rogers parked his beautiful red Corvette in the parking lot of a Waffle House in Port Arthur, Texas. And as he pulled that car into the lot, I mean, James, he just felt so proud to be driving this vehicle. This was a 2007 C6 Chevy Corvette, pristine condition, and it was exactly the car that James had been dreaming about, like, his whole life. I mean, it drove