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189: LOST IN THE WOODS | 21 True Scary Stories | EP 177

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The Death of Thomas Silverstein

Thomas Silverstein was born to a divorced mother in Long Beach, California on February 4th of 1952. He grew up as a shy, awkward, and timid child who was often severely bullied by his middle-class neighbors. At the tender age of 14, Silverstein was sent to the first of many correctional facilities after a conviction for violent conduct. It was there at a California Youth Authority Reformatory that his attitude towards violence was harshly and definitively tempered. Life inside was Doggy Dog, a constant fight for survival, and a silver seam later put it, anyone not willing to fight, was abused. In 1980 he was offered full membership to the Aryan Brotherhood, but he was required to

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