Blink | Jake Haendel's Story

Today, we have something a little different for you: it’s the first episode of The Snare, from ABC News and 20/20.

The Snare examines the gruesome murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge, who was killed in her apartment in Idaho Falls in 1996. As investigators hunted for her killer, DNA recovered from the crime scene pointed to an unidentified suspect. Despite the evidence, police built their case against another man, Chris Tapp, securing a conviction that later unraveled while the real killer remained at large. As the years passed, Angie’s mother Carol never gave up on a decades-long mission to uncover the truth. It took twenty long years, but finally, through Carol’s persistence and some incredible new DNA matching technology, Angie’s real killer was put behind bars. The Snare tells the whole story, including audio from Chris Tapp’s interrogation and so much more. 

Here’s the first episode, and you can keep listening by following The Snare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Deep Cover is a true crime show about double lives, from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Their new season, The Family Man, is a story about how families can deceive each other and the lengths we’ll go to to protect our loved ones. Elise and Marissa grew up in a seemingly normal house in the suburbs of St. Louis, but it was a house built on secrets. There were things their father never told them—like how he really made his money. One night, the police showed up, raided their house, and seized boxes of evidence. Hours later, the sisters turned on the TV and saw something surreal: their father in the middle of a police chase. The local news identified him as “The Boonie Hat Bandit”. The girls were stunned. They struggled to accept the truth: Dad had been living a double life. How long had he been lying to them? What had he done? And who, exactly, was their father?

Find Deep Cover: The Family Man wherever you get podcasts. If you want to know how the story ends right now, binge the full season by signing up for a Pushkin+ subscriptions on the Deep Cover show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.

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From The Binge, ⁠Crime Scene⁠ plunges you into stories you can’t stop thinking about—revisiting cases that deserve a second look.

Join Jonathan Hirsch (My Fugitive Dad, Dear Franklin Jones) and investigative reporter Cooper Moll as they crack open overlooked details, challenge the official narrative, and uncover what others missed. Each episode delivers the depth of a true crime mini-series in a single, gripping listen.

If you’re drawn to unresolved mysteries and stories that stay with you long after they end...this is for you.

Follow ⁠Crime Scene⁠ wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday.

Subscribers to The Binge+ can listen ad-free, in addition to our network of limited series.

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If you love real-life horror, hauntings, and the unexplained, dive into Two Girls One Ghost. Hosted by Corinne Vien, co-creator of Blink, and her best friend Sabrina, the show pulls you deep into the paranormal with true accounts of the hauntings behind The Conjuring, cursed objects, Appalachian terrors, Black-Eyed Kids, past lives, and so much more. These stories don’t just scare you… sometimes they follow you home... 

And if you crave the strange side of true crime, the same duo hosts the hit true crime show Crimes Of, where they investigate the bizarre but absolutely true stories of criminals who defy belief, like the bar owner who kept a pit of live alligators to “solve” his problems, or the infamous NASA astronaut love triangle involving disguises, a cross-country pursuit, and… yes… diapers.

Check out Two Girls One Ghost and Crimes Of wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Hannah Smith sits down with Jake Haendel to answer the questions listeners have been waiting for—what really happened behind the scenes, why the show suddenly paused, and how legal realities shaped what he could and couldn’t say at the time. Jake revisits the sperm-bank situation in greater depth, breaking down what’s known, what remains unresolved, and how returning to it has reshaped his understanding of that moment. The conversation also dives into the limits of transparency, lingering fears of running into Ellen, and what comes next for blink.

Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, sexual assault (SA), medical trauma, serious illness, paralysis/coma, death & dying, emotional distress, and mature content.

Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com

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Created by Jake Haendel

Hosted by Hannah Smith

Edited by Scott Somerville

Original composition by Michael Marguet

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Journalist Hannah Smith hosts an intimate BLINK Q&A with Jake Haendel, responding to listener questions submitted across platforms. Jake revisits locked-in syndrome, the exact moment he finally broke free—and what it felt like—along with storming, recovery updates, and life after going public. The conversation also explores addiction, resilience, and what comes next.

Part 2 dives into the break, the legal fallout, and the truth behind what’s been unfolding off-mic—details Jake has never fully shared before.

Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma, serious illness, paralysis/coma, death & dying, emotional distress & mature content. Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com

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Created by Jake Haendel

Hosted by Hannah Smith

Edited by Scott Somerville

Original composition by Michael Marguet

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In the final episode of Blink, Jake brings us into his world today, offering a raw, powerful look at what healing truly means—and what comes after survival.

Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma,  mental health crises, emotional distress & mature content.

Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com

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Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien

Co-created by Jake Haendel

Original composition by Michael Marguet

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Jake’s search for answers pulls him into the unsettling world of Munchausen by proxy—a rare, insidious form of abuse where illness is manufactured for attention. And as he revisits his own medical history, he’s left to wonder: did a real diagnosis conceal something even darker?

Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma,  child abuse, child loss, pregnancy loss, medical child abuse, death and dying, mental health crises, emotional distress & mature content.

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Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com

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Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien

Co-created by Jake Haendel

Original composition by Michael Marguet

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Jake’s long-held theory—that his illness wasn’t accidental—takes a jarring turn when a Facebook message arrives from someone he’s never met.

Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma, death and dying, mental health crises, emotional distress & mature content.

Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com

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Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien

Co-created by Jake Haendel

Original composition by Michael Marguet

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As old memories resurface and old connections are rekindled, Jake starts to suspect that someone in his inner circle may have been orchestrating far more than just his care. Alarming details come to light, offhand comments take on new meaning, and a once-unthinkable theory begins to feel dangerously plausible.

Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma, death and dying, emotional distress & mature content.

Resources can be found on our website, blinkthepodcast.com
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Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien
Co-created by Jake Haendel
Original composition by Michael Marguet

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