Family. Whether it’s the family you choose for yourself or the one you’re born into, family is vital. When we’re with our families, we’re supposed to feel safe, loved, supported. A family should be a soft place to fall, for everybody in it. A shelter from the storm. But when the nucleus of the family is a parent like the one in this week’s story, home becomes a cesspit of paranoia and fear. Your protector is revealed to be a predator instead—and you soon come to realize that any storm that might be raging outside can’t be half as bad as the one you’re already in.

Sources: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-03-09-0110350063-story.html TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" Investigation Discovery's "American Monster," Episode "Alabama Murder Mystery" Investigation Discovery's "Southern Fried Homicide," Episode "The Perfect Poisoner" Oxygen's "Snapped," Episode "Marie Hilley"

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