About this episode

Muriel explores the contrasting narratives of Alberto Benitez's survival story, revealing the complexities of truth-telling.

There's two sides of every story: the one you tell at first, and the one you tell years later. Muriel tracks one man's wildly different tellings of the same heroic act of survival. She nails down some undisputed facts, court rulings and police records but what we end up with is a truly epic Rashomon-style story where each different narrator is actually the same person. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, because truth-telling is an inherently creative endeavor. Unlock access to both Parts 1 & 2 (and over a hundred other episodes) on Patreon or Spotify . Thanks for supporting the show, we're cooking up a comeback to free episodes, we love you!

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