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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 7 MIN

Chapter 1: The First Rental

from Borrowed Bodies · host Rob Conarroe

Eli Mercer is a struggling man living in a future where people can rent out their bodies while they sleep to earn money. Desperate for cash, he accepts a high-paying, unverified rental despite the risks. During the session, something goes wrong—Eli becomes partially conscious and witnesses, from inside his own body, a murder being committed. He is unable to stop it. When he wakes, he finds the payment deposited… along with a legal alert: he’s been charged with first-degree homicide. Moments later, authorities arrive at his apartment. Realizing the system has failed him—and that his own body has been used as a weapon—Eli flees, beginning a desperate fight to prove his innocence and uncover what really happened.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/borrowed-bodies--6942781/support.

Eli Mercer is a struggling man living in a future where people can rent out their bodies while they sleep to earn money. Desperate for cash, he accepts a high-paying, unverified rental despite the risks. During the session, something goes wrong—Eli becomes partially conscious and witnesses, from inside his own body, a murder being committed. He is unable to stop it. When he wakes, he finds the payment deposited… along with a legal alert: he’s been charged with first-degree homicide. Moments later, authorities arrive at his apartment. Realizing the system has failed him—and that his own body has been used as a weapon—Eli flees, beginning a desperate fight to prove his innocence and uncover what really happened.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/borrowed-bodies--6942781/support.

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