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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/secrets_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Man Who Collects Secrets' data-article-id='372'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9792'>Some people collect postage stamps -- the small pieces of paper you place on letters or postcards before mailing them. </span> <span data-start-time='9792' data-end-time='16042'>Other people collect works of art, antiques or musical instruments. </span> <span data-start-time='16042' data-end-time='22438'>But a man in the American state of Maryland collectssecrets.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='22438' data-end-time='34917'>For the past 10 years, people from throughout the world have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. </span> <span data-start-time='34917' data-end-time='38708'>He now has a million secrets.</span> <span data-start-time='38708' data-end-time='40813'>“It’s a drawing of an elevator. </span> <span data-start-time='40813' data-end-time='48104'>And the secret says: ‘I feel guilty when I take elevators for one floor, so I limp when I get out.’”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='48104' data-end-time='53583'>Mr. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. </span> <span data-start-time='53583' data-end-time='61021'>Ten years ago, he created an art project he calls “PostSecret.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='61021' data-end-time='70771'>“I invited strangers from all around the world to write down their deepest confession on a postcard, something they’d never told anyone else before, but something that was true. </span> <span data-start-time='70771' data-end-time='74813'>And I asked them to mail it to my home anonymously.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='74813' data-end-time='82042'>People send him postcards, other objects and emails telling their secrets. </span> <span data-start-time='82042' data-end-time='89521'>Every Sunday, he chooses 10 secrets and puts them on the PostSecret website.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='92500' data-end-time='100188'>“The way I choose to see it is someone is finally finding the strength and courage to make their heart vulnerable.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='100188' data-end-time='109125'>Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people would have a safe place in which to share their secrets.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='109125' data-end-time='112146'>“I was struggling with secrets in my own life. </span> <span data-start-time='112146' data-end-time='124146'>And it was by creating this safe place where others could share their secrets with me without judgment -- anonymously -- I think that space was something I needed just as much as they did.”</span> <span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='0'></span> <span data-start-time='124146' data-end-time='130646'>He has published six books full of the secrets people have shared with him. </span> <span data-start-time='130646' data-end-time='134479'>One secret in each book is his.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='134479' data-end-time='140313'>Eric Perry delivers mail for the U.S. Postal Service. </span> <span data-start-time='140313' data-end-time='147229'>He has brought thousands of secrets to Mr. Warren’s home over the past three years.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='147229' data-end-time='157125'>“I have a couple of the books that Frank’s given me and I’ve read 'em all and my family’s looked at em all and it’s, it’s wild!”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='157125' data-end-time='162396'>The project itself was once one of Mr. Warren’s secrets. </span> <span data-start-time='162396' data-end-time='171042'>His wife Jan did not know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='171042' data-end-time='177958'>“The publisher actually called me, and told me that the address was going to be on the book, and I said ‘No, it’s not.’ </span> <span data-start-time='177958' data-end-time='180854'>And she said, ‘Yes, it is -- it’s in the contract.’ </span> <span data-start-time='180854' data-end-time='183604'>And I said, ‘No, it’s not!’ </span> <span data-start-time='183604' data-end-time='188125'>I mean, I was really...I wasn’t very happy about that.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='188125' data-end-time='194542'>Some people tell Frank Warren of their secret desire to kill themselves. </span> <span data-start-time='194542' data-end-time='204625'>So he and the PostSecret community have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='204625' data-end-time='207583'>I’m Christopher Jones-Cruise.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/secrets_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2208 data-hint-location='16042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/what_does_frank_warren_collect.m4a'>What does Frank Warren collect?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='secrets'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/antiques.m4a'><span>antiques</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/cars.m4a'><span>cars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/stamps.m4a'><span>stamps</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/secrets.m4a'><span>secrets</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2209 data-hint-location='100188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/mr_warren_says_he_created_postsecret_so_people_would_have_a__blank__place_to_share_their_secrets.m4a'>Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people would have a <span class='blank'>safe</span> place to share their secrets.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='safe'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/trusted.m4a'><span>trusted</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/safe.m4a'><span>safe</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/online.m4a'><span>online</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/common.m4a'><span>common</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=2210 data-hint-location='53583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/what_is_the_art_project_that_warren_created_called.m4a'>What is the art project that Warren created called?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='PostSecret'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/postsecret.m4a'><span>PostSecret</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/postcards.m4a'><span>Postcards</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/my_secrets.m4a'><span>My Secrets</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/secret_letters.m4a'><span>Secret Letters</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2211 data-hint-location='61021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/what_does_confession_mean.m4a'>What does confession mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='statement in which you say that you have done something wrong'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/a_message_written_on_a_card.m4a'><span>a message written on a card</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/statement_in_which_you_say_that_you_have_done_something_wrong.m4a'><span>statement in which you say that you have done something wrong</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/unknown.m4a'><span>unknown</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/a_leg_injury.m4a'><span>a leg injury</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2212 data-hint-location='112146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/what_does_anonymously_mean.m4a'>What does anonymously mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='without any name acknowledged as the author'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/a_message_written_on_a_card.m4a'><span>a message written on a card</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/to_do_something_wrong.m4a'><span>to do something wrong</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/without_any_name_acknowledged_as_the_author.m4a'><span>without any name acknowledged as the author</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/a_leg_injury.m4a'><span>a leg injury</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=2213 data-hint-location='40813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/what_does_limp_mean.m4a'>What does limp mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to walk in an awkward way because of a leg injury'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/a_message_written_on_a_card.m4a'><span>a message written on a card</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/to_do_something_wrong.m4a'><span>to do something wrong</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/unknown.m4a'><span>unknown</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/to_walk_in_an_awkward_way_because_of_a_leg_injury.m4a'><span>to walk in an awkward way because of a leg injury</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2214 data-hint-location='70771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/strangers_mail_confessions_and_secrets_to_warren__blank_.m4a'>Strangers mail confessions and secrets to Warren <span class='blank'>anonymously</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='anonymously'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/unwillingly.m4a'><span>unwillingly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/every_day.m4a'><span>every day</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/anonymously.m4a'><span>anonymously</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/136/directly.m4a'><span>directly</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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