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Nov 2022
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#214: The Rape & Murder of a Transgender...

STEPHANIE SOO
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Becoming a mom is a dream for a lot of people. Especially Tom’s mom. She saw all the other moms and their deep connections with their beautiful children.

So when Tom was born, she was ready for that. She would never get it. Her own son made her nervous. He made her feel unsettled. There was just something sinister about the way he did everything.

He never cried, he would sit for hours in a cold bathtub, unmoving and staring at the wall. He liked to light things on fire… watching everything around it burn.

Tom’s mom was… scared of him. She knew there was something wrong with him, but she didn’t know what. She had no idea that he would go on to commit a triple homicide that would forever change the world.


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