Decades of Abuse | The Turpin Family

In this episode, we will be discussing horrific instances of child abuse.  Listener discretion is advised.

In 2018, a brave 17 year-old managed to escape the home where she had been held captive her entire life.  She found a deactivated cell-phone that she took with her on her escape, and she called 911.  She told police that she had been kept locked in a room for 20 hours a day and was allowed one shower per year. 

When police arrived, they found TWELVE additional children locked in the house.  Human feces, dead animals and rotten food covered the entire property. This was not a case of human trafficking or abduction though, this is the horrific case of the Turpin Family.

David and Louise Turpin had 13 children during their marriage.  Outwardly, the parents portrayed the family as loving and close knit – they took the children on vacation to Disneyland and Vegas, where they all posed in matching outfits.  In reality, they did not care for any of them and mistreated them in the worst possible ways.  All of the children were uneducated and physically and emotionally abused.  They used to eat ketchup, mustard and ice as there was literally nothing else to eat. 

And what happened to some of the Turpin Children after they were rescued will break your heart. 

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the case of the Turpin Family and their house of horrors. 

You can view our blog for the Turpin case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/04/12/the-turpin-house-of-horrors/

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