A Child Called It Author Dave Pelzer | The Interview

Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Jim Chapman

True Crime

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

His 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List for several years, and in 5 years had sold at least 1.6 million copies.

Several best selling books later he has released his brand new book just this month entitled "Return to the River" which chronicles the next chapter of his life.

Dave Pelzer has achieved worldwide acclaim since that first book hit the shelves and has appeared on shows such as the Oprah Winfrey show, The Monte Williams Show and many others.

In this episode of Unspeakable:A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings, Kelly asked Dave the questions sent directly to her from listeners, gets to know the man behind the book and what is left is an amazing interview you just have to hear!
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0:00.0	Welcome to Unspeakable, a true crime podcast where I tell stories of real crimes with real victims,
0:11.7	whose cases are so shocking that many are left wondering, how is this even real?
0:30.9	I use my experiences in law enforcement, corrections, and combined with my years as a criminal justice educator, dig deep into complex cases of evil acts.
0:34.4	Some so evil, many feel they are unspeakable.
0:53.6	Warning, unspeakable is intended for mature audiences.
0:56.3	If you are easily offended, then I'm not your girl.
1:01.8	Listening discretion is advised. Hey y'all. Kelly Jennings here back for another episode of Unspeakable,
1:09.5	and I cannot believe who I have on my show today. I think you're going to be pretty excited, too,
1:11.1	even if you weren't ready for this.
1:19.0	But I think you may remember a series that I did on a book I had read by, written by Mr. Dave Pelser, and it was called A Child Called It. I know you know what I'm talking about because I've
1:24.2	seen all the comments and the emails and the messages and all of the things that
1:29.1	y'all have sent me saying the book truly touched your heart. And then on the other end, it made you
1:33.5	absolutely sick. So I know that there's a need for these stories to be told. And so today, I have
1:40.1	Mr. Dave Pelser on my show. Hey, Mr. Dave, how are you doing today? Hello, I'm actually doing
1:46.6	fantastic. And thank you for having me on your show. And before I forget my manners, I want to
1:52.8	thank you for all the work that you do for folks that are unable to speak up or out. And for those,
2:00.3	you know, have had a hard time or have been, you know, treated poorly. You know, this is, you know, it's not about a book or this, that, and the other, but I really think that, you know, life is about living as best you can and helping those along the way. Absolutely. Thank you for having to. Yes, sir. And I know I told you before, but I'm so thankful to have you on the show. You could be on any show, anywhere, anytime. And to choose to be on mine means the world to me. And there's a song lyric that just came to mind when you said that. Tim McGraw, he says, you know, and when all of your good luck and all of your work comes
2:35.9	to fruition, don't forget to turn around and help the next one behind, always be humble and kind.
2:40.3	Yeah.
2:40.8	And I really feel that with you.
2:43.5	Yeah.
2:44.0	And I'm just, I have to say this too, and because I am, I try to be an investor of goodwill.
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