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What It Was Like

Conversations with people who have lived through extreme events. Some stories are dark and twisted, others are light and funny. In all cases, we get an intimate portraitof "what it was like" to be there.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastHosted by Julian MorgansThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:22

I Had Sex in an MRI Machine for Science

What It Was Like ·

2024/04/18

In 1991, Ida Sabelisand her partner had sex in an MRI tube, yielding an image that showcased the internal mechanics of copulation and gained global press coverage. Today, we delve into their experience and learnings. What's it like, exactly, to have sex inside a piece of medical equipment?TikTok YoutubeHosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:26

Bonus: A Hollywood Set Designer on the Art of Time...

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2024/04/12

Thanks to Hollywood, most of us have some idea of how it looked to live in the past. But historical recreation is a delicatedance. As part of our partnership withParamount+for the release ofA Gentleman In Moscow, we're unpacking the art of time travel.The show's production designer, Víctor Molero, describes how he couldn't find a historical hotel tofilm in, so he built one from the ground up. And the hotel they built was a medley of fact and fiction.A Gentleman In Moscow is Now Streaming only on

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29:51

Someone Broke Into Our House. Then it Got Weird.

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2024/04/11

Tim and Amanda came home to find their place had been trashed. Someone had broken in, but that's just the beginning. Join us on this very bizarreyet surprisingly funny story of a home invasion.Tiktok YoutubeHosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:12

Julian Asks a Psychopath for Personal Advice

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2024/04/04

Psychopaths are famous for not caring about anyone. But Julian Morgans, host of this show, tries to please everyone. It's a losing battle, so in this episode he asks a psychopath for advice. M.E. Thomas is a lawyer and diagnosed psychopath. She shares her story of losing friends and jobs due to a lack of people pleasing, and shares her tips for caring less.Tiktok YoutubeHosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:27

My Husband, the Mass Shooter

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2024/03/28

When Marie Monville married her high school sweetheart, Charlie, she believed it would be forever. But on October 2, 2006, Charlie committed one of America's worst mass shootings before taking his own life. Today, we ask Marie thebigquestion: what were the signs? Her answers might surpriseyou.Tiktok YoutubeHosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:02

Meet the Steampunk Godfather of Synthetic Drugs

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2024/03/20

In the early 2000s, Matt Bowden spearheaded drug law reform in NZ by selling safer alternatives to meth. His "party pills" made millions, and Matt spent his money shooting steampunk video clips as his rocker alter-ego, Star Boy.On this ep, we hear how Matt set out to make positivechange, but inadvertentlypioneered a market of synthetic drugs.Tiktok YoutubeHosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:36

I Was Missing for 33 Years

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2024/03/13

That's how oldSteve Carter was when he stumbled upon a photo of himself on a missing person website. Raised in a Hawaiian orphanage and adopted at age four, Steve's biological roots were always a mystery. On today's episode, he tells the story of his own disappearance.Tiktok YoutubeHosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:57

The Mystery of the Woman With Toxic Blood

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2024/03/06

In 1994, a cancer patient named Gloria Ramirez was wheeled into a Californian hospital, where medical staff began passingout whiletreating her. Our guest, Dr. Julie Gorchynski, tells us what really happened that night.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:28

How a Dream Led to a $3.5M Gold Nugget

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2024/02/28

In 1980, an Australian gold prospector named Kevin Hillier dreamed of finding gold. The dream was so vivid he sketched the nugget's shape on paper. Then, 12 days later, he and his wife Bep unearthed a record-breaking nugget with the same shape. Was this luck, a hoax or divine intervention?Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:31

We Made 'Blair Witch' for $40K. It Earned $249M.

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2024/02/20

In 1999 the world was captivated by 'The Blair Witch Project,' a low-budget horror film that broke profit-to-cost records. On this week’s episode, co-director Daniel Myrick describes how it felt being at the centre of a cultural phenomenon, and what he learned about achieving dreams.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:21

Carl Williams Is Still My Valentine

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2024/02/13

Carl Williams is Australia's most famous drug kingpin. In the early 2000s he made untold millions traffickingparty drugs while having his rivals murdered. But to his wife Roberta, he was a loving husband. In this special episode for Valentine's, Roberta Williams talks loveand loss. Here's what it's really like to be a mob boss wife.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:14

Julian Investigates a Missing Person Mystery

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2024/01/15

In July of 2000, a young man named Steven Goldsmith withdrew money from an ATM in Brisbane and vanished. Julian Morgans, host of What it Was Like, investigates the case in an effort to understand the broader phenomenonof people going missing, leading to an unsettling discovery.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39:33

Filming 'Titanic' and Someone Drugged Our Soup

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2023/12/27

On August 9, 1996, the cast and crew of Titanic ended a big day of shooting with a seafood dinner. An hour later, around 40 people started feeling queasy, including director James Cameron. Later, it would turn out that somebody had spiked the clam chowder with a hallucinogenic drug called PCP or 'angel dust'. In this episode, assistant camera operator Jamie Barber tells us how the crew ended up in hospital, dancing in a conga line.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See

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36:46

I Was an Escort for a Billionaire Prince

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2023/12/14

Jillian Lauren was working as a New York escort when she was invited to a mysterious audition. The job? Fly to theSoutheast Asian nation of Brunei and live in a harem run by Prince Jefri, who was the playboy brother of the richest sultan on Earth. Jillian took the gig, and on this episode, she walks us through her three years of hedonism, cruelty, and opulence on a scale few of us ever witness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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49:39

I Discovered Snowtown's Bodies in Barrels

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2023/11/28

In May 1999, police discovered eight bodies decaying in barrels in the vault of a disused bank in Snowtown. Three men were later jailed for the murders of 12 people, in one of the longest and most publicised trails in Australian history. And ourguest had front-row seats to the whole saga.Gordon Drage is a former-senior constable with the South Australian police. He'd been sent to Snowtown to investigate stolen property, only to accidentally stumble across the bank vault. He tells us what it was

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45:07

The Party That Ended the 90s: Woodstock ‘99

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2023/02/02

In July of 1999 it was the 30th anniversary of Woodstock. The original organisers wanted another festival dedicated to love and peace, but this one became a disaster. The crowd rioted, setting fire to food trucks. Dozens were arrested, including our guest, Calvin Cardwell. On this episode, Calvin and his friend Chad Yantis describe their memories of the riot, and the details that the Netflix documentary, Trainwreck, missed out on.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See

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44:10

The Woolworths Christmas Bombers

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2022/12/20

In the lead up to Christmas of 1980, three Woolworths stores were bombed around New South Wales. It's a crazy story involving Australia's largest supermarket chain, two larrikin crooks, and a $1 million ransom thrown into the Sydney Harbour. We'll hear about it from two people: Former policeofficer Allan Duncan who was injured in one of the explosions, and Forgotten Australia podcast host, Michael Adams.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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36:10

The Lovers That Burned Down 77 Houses

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2022/12/06

When abandoned farm houses started catching fire in rural Virginia, police weren't sure what to think. It took five months and almost80 fires for a couple to be arrested and the story to emerge. In this episode, convicted arsonist Charlie Smith explains how he and his ex-partner lit fires to relax when their relationshipsoured.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:56

I Discovered Brad Pitt

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2022/08/05

Lauren Lloyd had just co-founded a Hollywood talent agency when shemet a pimply kid from Missouri named Brad. He was in his early20s, but had a certain confidence that she found mesmerising. She knew instinctivelyhe would be a movie star, and we're spending this episode unpacking what she saw and knew in that moment.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:31

I Bought a Haunted Witches' Prison

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2022/07/18

Vanessa Mitchell thought she was buying the home of her dreams. Sure, it was a medievalprisonfor English peasants accused of witchcraft, but it was also cuteand within her price range. But then her possessions started vanishing and she found a mysterious pool of blood on the floor and three years later she was out, fleeing with her son. This is Vanessa's story of what happened.Hosted by Julian MorgansA Superreal Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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