Elizabeth Smart

For all of you who are interested, we wanted to give you a little peek behind the curtain.

So we just released our regular episode called Survived Elizabeth Smart.

But if you'd like, we are also releasing this episode, which is just the raw audio of Elizabeth and me sitting down, doing the interview, having the conversation that you hear part of in the episode.

So if you are interested in the whole thing,

take a listen.

And just so you know, I think there are moments where I say something like, oh, don't worry, this isn't for the podcast or we don't have to use this.

We did get her permission to put everything out there that we have.

And I'm glad because I think Elizabeth has so many important things to say.

So enjoy this audio extra and don't forget to listen to the regular episode that this is made for, Survived Elizabeth Smart.

So, Elizabeth, where I'd like to have you start is really giving the listener again that where we kind of leave off is is you have been found and the public now for the first time actually gets to stop speculating and understand what actually happened.

So if you can tell us about the night of June 5th, 2002.

Well, the night of June 5th, 2002, honestly, it started off just like every other night.

I mean, there was nothing different about it.

There was nothing.

I guess it was the evening of June 4th.

There was nothing different.

I mean, it was a normal family atmosphere.

dynamic, you know, we went to bed, everything was normal.

And the next thing I remember was hearing a voice and it was a man's voice and I didn't recognize it.

And I didn't think it could be real because men weren't allowed in my bedroom.