Hey, everyone, it's just,

Hey, everyone, it's Jen.

And this is Lindsay.

And this is Corpus Delicti, the podcast.

This is not the last episode in our Survivor series, but it's the last subject, I think. It's the last topic. Yeah, so we are keep in mind

taking a break, an undefined amount of time breaks starting in December. Again, I've got

surgery. Jen has certification to work, all sorts of stuff that we just need to get out of the way. So starting in December, we will be taking a break. But this week and next week, we're wrapping up the Survivor series. And it is the same story. This is a two-parter. So know that going into it. Also going into it. Know that this one is a lot. There's a lot of talk of sexual abuse, pedophilia. It also gets pretty

graphic. So if that is not your thing, that is okay. This is your warning. So let's go ahead and

jump in. All right, we're going to start the story with a man named Roger Sproeston.

In 1978, Roger was 26 years old, and he was an adventurer of sorts that took

the form of backpacking. You know those people that put stuff in their backpack and they'd just go

hiking, camping out in the wilderness and up the woods and in the mountains. So very resourceful,

very athletic. Something about backpacking

really intrigued them and he wanted to see the world and live a simple life. Well, from Wolverhampton

in the UK, Roger loved his home and took to the open road, just him and his backpack. He was

ready to face the world. He starts his journey not small by any means.

He goes to India, Iran, Afghanistan, and Nepal. He went and he just walked and he saw the world. He saw these sites.

He saw these countries. And then along came the U.S. West Coast. Now, to us, it may sound

insane and dangerous. But looking back, Roger says, there's much more insecurity now, because in the

1970s, there was a different feeling. It was more innocent. In those days, you could take off with

a fiber in your pocket,

get yourself to France, and put your thumb out. It was very much the spirit of the age. So when I took

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