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Blink | Jake Haendel's Story

by Sony Music, Corinne Vien, Jacob Haendel

Today: #150 in True Crime on our combined chart.

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About the show

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. Blink is part of The Binge - subscribe to The Binge to get new episodes of Blink one week early and all episodes completely ad-free. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and never let go. Follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases wherever you get your podcasts to get new stories on the first of the month, every month. Hit ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Blink show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession.

Latest episodes

  • One-Hundred Pound Baby

    May 18, 2025 · 39 min

    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…

  • An Update on Blink

    May 4, 2025 · 1 min

    A brief update on our upcoming episodes, tips for accessing past episodes, and how to send in your questions for our Q&A episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • The Silent Witness

    April 27, 2025 · 39 min

    Jake’s case exposed an unsettling reality: countless patients may be fully aware, yet locked inside unresponsive bodies—misdiagnosed and dismissed. But just as medicine starts to grasp the scope of covert consciousness, Jake’s experience…

  • Signed, Sealed, Silenced

    April 20, 2025 · 34 min

    What started as a straightforward effort to move on spiraled into a bitter and complicated divorce—one that called Jake’s right to share his own story into question. As the layers begin to peel back, deeper questions emerge—about love…

  • Dude, Where’s my Sperm?

    April 13, 2025 · 34 min

    As Jake lay locked-in and unable to move or speak, a sperm sample was taken without his explicit consent, sparking a complex legal and ethical battle that would stretch far beyond his hospital bed, and Jake’s fight to reclaim what was…

  • The Resurrection of Jake

    March 16, 2025 · 40 min

    Alone and abandoned in a hospital, Jake is forced to focus on his recovery. That is, until a single phone number suddenly pops into his mind. A phone call sets off a chain of events that will reconnect him with his past and lead to…

  • Blink Twice

    March 9, 2025 · 49 min

    Against all odds, Jake was alive. In the depths of suffering, he discovered an extraordinary power within himself—the will to survive. But survival wasn’t the only battle he’d have to fight. As he clawed his way back to life, one…

  • Making Peace with Death

    March 2, 2025 · 34 min

    Jake was given just six months to live, and now that deadline is closing in. As his body is wracked by a series of violent autonomic storms, his hospice nurse fears the worst. The final moments seem inevitable—last rites are read, and his…