Three Real Imposter Nightmares: Fake Uber Drivers, The Tourist From Hell, and more
4/9/202637 min
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A college student gets into what she thinks is her rideshare. A speech therapist spends years pretending to be someone's mother. And a backpacker in Singapore accepts a stranger's offer to split a hotel room…then never calls home.
Three stories about the people who slipped through the cracks. By the time anyone realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
TW: Descriptions of Dismemberment, Mention of Self Harm
Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/im...
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First 90 secondsKayla Moore· Host0:00
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