AUDIO EXTRA: A Conversation With Elizabeth Smart
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What led to the special interview with Elizabeth Smart?
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Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, Crime Junkies. It's Britt, surprising you in your feed with a special interview. Back in 2021, Ashley and I released our episode, Survived Elizabeth Smart, where we walked you through Elizabeth's kidnapping and truly remarkable return. If you haven't heard our original episode covering the case or just need a refresher, please be sure to go back and listen. We were so fortunate to be able to speak to Elizabeth about her experience, giving you all a chance to hear from Elizabeth herself. But that was just a small part of a much larger conversation that we had with her. And that is what you'll hear in this episode. The full conversation between Ashley and Elizabeth back from 2021 to give us a more in-depth look at everything she survived and her life since.
We originally released this in our fan club, but are bringing it out of the archives for everyone today. So now, on to our conversation with Elizabeth Smart. Hi, Crime Junkies.
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. Uh, and so I didn't immediately respond. I thought it just had to be part of my dream because who, who thinks that someone's going to break into their home in the I have a knife at your neck. Don't make a sound. Get up and come with me. Nobody thinks that or probably most people don't think that. And so initially, I just thought that it was part of my dream and I didn't respond. And then the voice said the same words again. I have a knife at your neck. Don't make a sound. Get up and come with me. And that time I could actually feel something sharp line across my neck. I could feel someone's hand on my arm trying to pull me out of bed.
And I remember opening my eyes and sure enough, there was this dark figure standing over me.
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