Kidnapped Three Times, Miracle on the Hudson, $5,000 Phone Bill
From I Used To Work There by Kelly Kennedy
September 3, 2026 · 1h 16m · Season 1 · Episode 13
About this episode
This episode features a collection of unbelievable workplace stories, including a kidnapping saga and the Miracle on the Hudson.
What happens when a mysterious office phone bill exposes $5,000 in phone sex calls, an ordinary business trip places one man aboard US Airways Flight 1549, and a security consultant is kidnapped not once, not twice, but three separate times? On Episode 13 of I Used To Work There , we have assembled what may be the most unbelievable collection of workplace stories we have ever released. From an emergency room nurse helping a chef escape an extremely uncomfortable zipper situation to a powerful Canadian workplace perspective from September 11, 2001, these stories move from hilarious to historic in a matter of minutes. Then, we meet the last passenger rescued from the Miracle on the Hudson and hear what it was like to remain inside the sinking aircraft, surrounded by freezing water, darkness and floating luggage before making one final swim through the Hudson River. When Day Shift ends, Night Shift takes us inside a haunted hotel where the smell of chicken noodle soup signals the arrival of a long-dead construction worker, and into a locked hospital call room where the lights go out one by one before an impossible discovery is made the following morning. Finally, one man takes us…
People in this episode
Host: Kelly Kennedy
Topics covered
- workplace stories
- kidnapping
- Miracle on the Hudson
- emergency situations
- humor
- historical events
Keywords
- kidnapping
- Miracle on the Hudson
- workplace stories
- emergency room nurse
- September 11
- US Airways Flight 1549
- Niger Delta
- phone sex bill
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Nigeria, Sweden
More episodes of I Used To Work There
- Lunch with a Murderer, Strip Club Business Meeting, $20 Million Phone Call · August 20, 2026 · 1h 5m
- Burned Beaver, Mouse Disease, Fifth Floor Ghosts · August 6, 2026 · 55 min
- A Quick Personal Update From Kelly · July 27, 2026 · 4 min
- Trapped in a Car Vending Machine, Haunted Hotel, Runaway CEO · July 9, 2026 · 1h 19m
- Korean Picnic, Fake Phone Booth, Hollywood Shootout · June 25, 2026 · 1h 14m
- Chained Inside a Porta Potty, Haunted Church, Trapped in Belarus · June 11, 2026 · 58 min
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the I Used To Work There podcast page.