Blink | Jake Haendel's Story

By: Corinne Vien & Jacob Haendel
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  • Jacob Haendel has been handed a death sentence. He has a terminal progressive disease that's eating away at the white matter of his brain. In six months, he'll be dead. As the months progress, Jake slips into a coma, laying there in total darkness. But something odd has happened... Jake is fully conscious. Nobody knows that he can hear them. They’re certain he's no longer in there. With the promise that Jake will never recover, friends and family visit less and less. Until there is just one person left. A person who begins to whisper strange admissions in his ear. It is here, helpless in his hospital bed, that Jake realizes what may have gotten him here in the first place. The scariest thing in the room is no longer the potential of dying, but rather, the person sitting right next to him. This is Blink, the untold true story and survival of Jacob Haendel.
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Episodes
  • Blink - Coming February 2nd

    Blink - Coming February 2nd
    Nov 14 2024
    Heroin. Secrets. Deadly Betrayal. The untold story of Jake Haendel. Unlocking February 2nd.

    https://www.blinkthepodcast.com/
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    1 min
  • 1: Blink

    1: Blink
    Feb 2 2025
    Jake Haendel knows something isn’t right—his body and mind feel disconnected in a way he can’t explain. That realization hits hardest at the worst possible moment... in the middle of getting arrested for smoking heroin while driving. But the real punishment isn’t the cuffs or the charges—it’s the diagnosis that follows. Doctors give him six months to live. A death sentence. And the clock starts now.

    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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    Hosted and produced by Corinne Vien
    Co-created by Jake Haendel
    Original composition by Michael Marguet
    Edited by Mitch Huckaby
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    32 mins
  • 2: Locked-In

    2: Locked-In
    Feb 9 2025
    If the disease doesn’t kill Jake, the medical system just might. As his condition worsens, he endures brutal treatment and increasing isolation while tensions explode between his family and his wife. But when he finally slips into a coma, the real nightmare begins—trapped in silence, Jake overhears something chilling.

    Content warning: Drug use/abuse, addiction, medical trauma, serious illness, paralysis/coma, death & dying, domestic violence, assault, murder, 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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    36 mins

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Incredible story of resilience

Humanly thorough storytelling - the raw way that the emotions and events are told is mesmerizing. I found myself agonizing over the end of each episode and anticipating the next.

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The mystery

This is so intriguing and I have so many scenarios I my head of what can happen next.

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