369: What if you lit yourself on fire?

Suffering a life of struggle and addiction in the wake of early childhood abuse, a woman desperate for a dramatic change dowses herself in gasoline and strikes a lighter.

Today’s episode featured Crystal Raye. Please find her contact and socials in her link tree here: linktr.ee/crhmedia. There, she also includes several links to Burn Survivor Resources and support.

Find Crystal on Instagram @theburnedthebrokenthebeautiful and on TikTok @crystalraye111

A special thanks to Daniel Hearn of Hard Knox Talks Podcast for referring Crystal to us. You can find him here: linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks. Daniel has also been a storyteller on This Is Actually Happening, please listen to his episode #350.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits,

Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood sexual abuse, drug use and addiction, self-immolation, severe burn injury, attempted suicide, explicit language

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Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez
Music Bed: Uncertain Outcomes

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