The Private Record — Episode 021 — "When You Are Robbed and Left For Dead" While staying with his family in Oklahoma for a brief spell, our guest Brandon was going to visit his friend in Arkansas a for a quick weekend camping trip. On the way there, he decided to make a stop in Fayetteville to get a little of that sticky icky green stuff for a litt…

The Private Record — Episode 020 — “When The SWAT TEAM Is In a 6-Hour Standoff With Your Dad” This week’s guest Harlie was only 9 years old when a SWAT Team surrounded her house, guns drawn from every possible angle — street level, rooftop, you name it — hunting her father, who police suspected had shot up his former girlfriend’s apartment in a met…

The Private Record — Episode 19 — "When You Try To Be Nice To Someone But End Up With a Stalker" Spencer! Poor Spencer! Was just trying to be nice to someone who was clearly in need! And ended up experiencing several months of hell at the hands of a woman who thought (unbeknownst to Spencer at the time!) that Spencer was her one true soulmate. We'd…

The Private Record — Episode 018 — “When You Somehow End Up Naked And Eating Ribs in a Stranger’s Hot Tub and The Stranger Has a Machete” Everyone has that one friend who is always getting into something crazy, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Today’s guest, a fella named Andrew, is one of those people— and in his case, it IS intentional. …

The Private Record — Episode 17 — "When Your Friend's Trauma Becomes Your Drama" Episode 17 is here and IT IS A WILD ONE! So many twists and turns in this one, it’s best to keep this short and sweet, so here goes— Our guest Jason was in college in Florida at the time of this tale, when he and his brothers decided to rent a place there for a chill s…

The Private Record — Episode 016 — "When You Make Fake Money To Buy Drugs & Your Dealer Tries To Kill You For It" This story sounds and feels like a sequence from a movie BUT, the thing is, it ACTUALLY HAPPENED. And the fact that our guest Christina is even alive to tell us the tale is... well... absolutely and completely bingbong bonkers insane. W…

The Private Record — Episode 015 — "When a Silly Prank Goes Very Very Wrong" Mason's plan to prank his college roommate was simple enough. But as we all know, even the simplest of plans don't always work out as... well... planned! And frankly, Mason's plan could not have worked out any WORSE. Right out of the gate, one unfortunate (but hilarious) d…

The Private Record — Episode 014 — "When Someone Uses You To Commit Suicide" In what is a first for The Private Record (and very possibly the last!), Matt speaks with a victim of a rare but increasingly prevalent phenomenon known as ‘pedestrian suicide’. Don’t know what that is? Well neither did Matt— until this episode’s guest Bekah enlightened hi…

The Private Record — Episode 013 — "When Your Stomach Explodes" Our guest today is a charming Australian fellow named Kirby. And boy oh boy does he have a medical nightmare of a story for you! About 4 years ago, at the peak of the world’s initial Covid freak-out, Kirby’s stomach had a freak-out of its own… unthinkable, unbearable, impossible-to-ima…

It took Tess 30+ years to realize she was a lesbian. When she finally came out of the closet, she understandably felt overwhelmed and inexperienced, like she had a lot of ‘catching up to do’, so to speak. And so in an effort to make like-minded friends, she joined an online community of local gay women, becoming fast friends with one of them in par…

Episode 11 is here! CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP! When Matt (this episode’s guest, not its host!) was in his late 20s, he was a broke meth addict who needed an easier way to score — which is exactly what he got when he got hooked up with a high-quantity dealer who needed a hand moving product in Matt’s upper-class NorCal neighborhood. 'Good deal!', Matt t…

Episode 10 is here! Behold, the story of a genuine MEDICAL MIRACLE! Bode was a happy, able-bodied, athletic 14-year-old kid— until a completely random, totally freak accident left him with a nearly severed spinal cord, entirely unable to move from the neck down. His doctors warned him not to even HOPE to walk again, as literally no one in the histo…

Episode Nine is here— and with it comes our very first HERO’S STORY. Jonathan was just your average shy, emo 15 year old kid— until a schoolmate brought a 9mm to the classroom, threatening to kill everyone in sight. Thinking fast and knowing he wasn’t going to die a sitting duck, Jonny Boy took it upon himself to DISARM and BEAT THE HELL out of the…

The Private Record — Episode 008 — 'When All You Want is a Prom Date But What You Get is a Possessive Stalker' EPISODE EIGHT IS HERE! AND IT IS TOTALLY CRAZY! CRAZY EIGHT! Who else has heard their fair share of horror stories about obsessive and paranoid young men emotionally and mentally terrorizing vulnerable young women? Perhaps some of you even…

Seven episodes in and we think it's high time for our very first EPIC SURVIVAL STORY. Our guest Zach is an accomplished and experienced aerial photographer for movies and tv shows. One night after a long day of work on the mega-massive-hit show ‘Yellowstone’, Zach loads up his gear and begins his 3-hour drive through the serpentine Montana mountain…

'The Private Record' - Episode 006 - "When You Are Born Into An Unhinged Modern-Day Cult— and Then You Escape" Well. This is a wild one! Our guest (a kind, extremely tatted-up gentleman named Ben) was born and raised into a very strange, very scary, very secretive, and VERY little-known Christian sect called Gospel Outreach. By the time Ben turned …

Today’s guest (who asked to remain nameless, for reasons you will very soon understand) has a confession to make: when he was just a wee teenager, he became one of Southern California’s largest suppliers of fake IDs. As his ‘business’ rapidly expanded throughout the entire Golden State (and eventually beyond its borders), he became a folk hero of s…

On this very special Valentine’s Day episode of 'The Private Record', we bring you a love story… of sorts! After a traumatic end to his previous relationship, Bobby is cautiously ready to start dating again. What Bobby ISN'T ready for is the particular woman he ends up dating (and very quickly impregnating!)... and when some small and seemingly har…

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‘The Private Record’ — Episode 002 — ‘When You Are Kidnapped & Held For Ransom By Your Own Drug Dealer’ This week Matt connects with an Englishman named Lewis, who expertly recounts a harrowing story from his time as a drug-addicted youth— when he was accused of stealing a fat stack of cash from his dealer and subsequently held hostage, without foo…

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'The Private Record' Podcast Teaser -- First Episode Out 1/24! FIRST EPISODE DROPS JANUARY 24th! Make sure you subscribe to THIS channel AND Matt's Official Youtube channel @mattdelia for ALL new episodes, clips, and announcements! If YOU want to be on the show to tell Matt YOUR story, go to https://www.theprivaterecord.com and submit yourself as a…

We are currently banking episodes, and we want to hear from YOU! So come tell us your story! Go to https://www.theprivaterecord.com NOW to submit yourself as a guest on the show. We look forward to hearing from you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Matt D’Elia x UIU