Before we begin a warning, this episode contains material that may be upsetting to some listeners.

What was telling you a little bit about what Owen was like?

When Owen was born, he was screaming and his neck veins were out and the doctor said this is a Viking.

And I think that's kind of the way he lived a lot, that kind of passion.

So that's the way he lived.

The man speaking is Tom Thomas. He's sitting with his wife Kathy Brurley. She's English.

Bo she and Tom are United Church pastors. They met when they were missionaries in Zambia.

They have a son named Morgan.

And we're all at Morgan's house just outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, a bungalow in a tidy subdivision.

There are two little children running around and a big, friendly dog being big and friendly.

Everyone is gathered to talk about Owen, the Viking, the son and brother who wasn't there.

My name is Malcolm Gladwell.

You're listening to Revisionist History, my podcast about things overlooked and misunderstood.

This episode is about Owen Thomas, a young man I never had the chance to meet.

About what happened to him and why we shouldn't forget about it.

I went to see Owen's family on a cold winter evening.

We knew that he was kind of feeling down, feeling depressed.

In the last, what would you say last month or so?

I didn't know that. I didn't know he was depressed. I knew he was stressed.

And he was stressed. He was stressed. He was stressed.

He was stressed by his classes.

Owen went full out all the time at everything. His older brother Morgan says he couldn't keep up.

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