Welcome to the explosive conclusion of our family's rock-bottom moment. In this final installment, Ryan and Sandra recount the harrowing story of the day their family imploded in a haze of crack cocaine, alcohol, and desperation.

With the family fractured by medical bills and addiction, Dad's downward spiral accelerates. He goes from stealing money out of Ryan's wallet to pawning every valuable in the house. But that's nothing compared to what comes next.

Get the raw, first-hand account of the terrifying Saturday morning when Dad, drunk and armed with a shotgun, held the family hostage. Sandra, just a child, describes the moment she realized her father was a threat, the chilling confrontation, and the sound of her mother being kicked down a flight of stairs.

Meanwhile, Ryan details his own chaotic role in the aftermath—from being interrogated by police to unintentionally throwing the K-9 unit off his dad's trail with a scented jacket. We unpack the legal fallout, the jail time, and the deep emotional scars, including the one act Ryan couldn't forgive his mother for years.

And because no traumatic story is complete without a bizarre ending, we wrap things up with a detailed explanation of Sandra's taxidermied "bondage deer".

Trigger Warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence and drug use.

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