Episode 157: Alex Hurley (Retold)
Suffer the Little Children
Suffer the Little Children Pod
4.6 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
On February 3, 2020, first responders were summoned to a home in West Yellowstone, Montana, where they found 12-year-old Alex Hurley dead on the living room floor, battered and malnourished. Five people aged 14 to 48, including four paternal family members, were arrested and charged with various crimes surrounding Alex’s long-term systematic torture and eventual murder.
In this episode, I’ll tell you Alex’s story as thoroughly as possible from start to finish. You’ll also hear my recent conversation with Alex’s mom, Alicia Davis, who told me all about the happy, active boy she nicknamed “Bubba Brown.”
This is the heartbreaking story of Alex Hurley, retold.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch. |
| 0:10.0 | He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right. |
| 0:19.0 | All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. |
| 0:23.0 | Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge. |
| 0:26.0 | Piando Ferries, there is another way. |
| 0:29.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. |
| 0:31.0 | Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. |
| 0:34.8 | Four votes for a festival, three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. |
| 0:38.8 | There's Betty with her oversized tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:43.2 | All right. |
| 0:44.0 | Roger Jr. and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:46.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:49.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:52.6 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. |
| 0:55.6 | Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us. |
| 0:58.0 | P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. |
| 1:00.0 | This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences. |
| 1:06.8 | Listen or discretion is advised. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Hi everyone and welcome to suffer the little children the the True Crime Podcast, giving voices back to the victims of child abuse, |
| 1:56.2 | and shining a harsh spotlight on the parents, guardians, and caretakers who silenced them. |
| 2:02.0 | I'm your host, Lane Lane and this is episode 157, Alex Hurley re-told. |
| 2:09.2 | In episode 7, I told you the first part of the story of 12-year-old Alex Hurley. |
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