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Jun 2020
1h 18m

Steven Ray Thacker

Emash Digital / Wondery
About this episode
Steven Ray Thacker had a fear of rejection and abandonment. He suffered quite a bit of it during his childhood. He turned to drugs and alcohol and racked up a long rap sheet by the time he was in his twenties. After one stint in prison, he met and fell in love with a woman who had two children. Thacker now had a ready made family and he craved their attentio ... Show More
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