82: Michael was abused with a sewing machine

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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In a perfect world, a child should be able to trust an adult. Children are dependent on adults for healthy food, medical attention, an education, and a safe environment. Children should be able to expect their parents to love them and protect them from any harm. But we don’t live in a perfect world. For my guest today, Michael, he and his siblings lived in a small home in Tampa, Florida. They desperately needed protection from harm. But the harm was coming from their parents. It was mostly his mother, Jamie Hicks. And because they were all home schooled, the abuse went undetected. In our conversation, Michael described some of the things he and the other children experienced from their abusive mother. And their father who did almost nothing to stop it from happening. There was a time when Child Protective Services was called out and investigated the family, but they weren’t able to put the pieces together enough to figure out what was going on in that house. So Michael and the other older children decided to come up with a plan to escape. Warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence against children. Listener discretion is advised. This episode is sponsored by Felix Gray – for the best blue light filtering glasses on the market today, go to FelixGrayGlasses.com/WHAT. This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh, America’s #1 Meal Kit. To get up to 14 free meals and free shipping, go to HelloFresh.com/WWTL14 and use promo code WWTL14. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:06.0	This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence against children.
0:10.0	List their discretion is advised.
0:20.0	In a perfect world, a child should be able to trust an adult.
0:24.0	Children are dependent on adults for healthy food, medical attention,
0:28.0	and education, and a safe environment.
0:32.0	Children should be able to expect their parents to love them and protect them from any harm.
0:38.0	But we don't live in a perfect world.
0:40.0	For my guest today, Michael, he and his siblings lived in a small home in Tampa, Florida.
0:48.0	They desperately needed protection from harm, but the harm was coming from their parents.
0:55.0	It was mostly his mother, Jamie Hicks, and because they were all home-schooled, the abuse went undetected.
1:03.0	In our conversation, Michael described some of the things that he and the other children experienced from their abusive mother,
1:11.0	and their father, who did almost nothing to stop it from happening.
1:15.0	There was a time when child protective services was called out and investigated the family,
1:22.0	but they weren't able to put the pieces together enough to figure out what was going on in that house.
1:30.0	So Michael and the other older children decided to come up with a plan to escape.
1:38.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:44.0	There is a man standing in front of me in my bedroom.
1:48.0	I'm in the literally entitled river and I'm in my car.
1:52.0	He had told me multiple times that he was going to set himself on fire.
1:56.0	If you say my name, I try to look at me, I'm the old kid.
2:00.0	And he was just sobbing. He said, Mom, Mom, tell me you're going to be okay.
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