I felt like I was in a horror film. It just was so spooky. I remember that very viscerally. I just remember having chills in being both scared and confused because the way that she presented it to me was sort of in this calming, assured way, like, oh no, it's better now, because she said I was Anita one and now I'm Anita two.
That's Nina Saint Pierre reliving the haunting moment in which her mother revealed an entirely new identity.
I just didn't know how to make sense of it. It was really frightening. But then what was I to do but just trust this new old person.
I'm Danny Shapiro and Welcome to the eleventh season of Family Secrets. Thank you Family Secrets family for holding space for these remarkable stories to be told. I can't wait to share ten powerful new episodes with you. Stories of submerged histories, fractured identities, and deeply hidden truths. Welcome to season eleven, which drops on Thursday, November seventh. Here's Not Real Airs, recalling the phone call that changed his life.
I'm out of the blue. One day, I wake up to a voicemail from a new York number, and I'm like, oh, I wonder what that is. And I listened to it, and it's him. It's Roy, my father, the first time, of course he's recalled me, and maybe even the first time I've heard him say my name.
And Zara Chowdery on the inflammatory close quarters of her home.
There's this funny thing about how when somebody controls them out of oxygen you can have, then everybody is going to fight to breathe. And that's how it felt in their household. We were all sort of fighting to breed and live a little longer, and sometimes fighting each other.
I hope you'll join me and my extraordinary guests for this new season of Family Secrets. Listen to Season eleven of Family Secrets starting November seventh on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.