Webpublished november 22, 2015.

For a little over a year now, i’ve listened to strangers i meet on craigslist tell me stories they’ve never told anyone before.

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I’ve listened to strangers i meet on craigslist tell me stories they’ve never told anyone before.

Writer helena dea bala started meeting people via a craigslist ad in 2014 and has been documenting their lives ever since.

Webcraigslist confessional a collection of secrets from anonymous strangers.

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Webinspired, she posted an ad on craigslist promising to listen, anonymously and for free, to whatever the speaker felt he or she couldn’t tell anyone else.

Webwhat emerges is a collection of narratives, all in first person, of anonymous people revealing their deepest, darkest secrets;

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Emails from people desperate to connect flooded her inbox, and she listened.

Story produced by jason sacca.

In 2014, with the help of a craigslist ad — tell me about yourself, the subject said — i started meeting with people and listening to stories they'd never shared before due to fear of judgment, stigma, or ostracism.

Webcraigslist confessionala collection of secrets from anonymous strangers.

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