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That Chapter Podcast

The Horrifying Turpin Family Case

That Chapter Podcast

Mike Oh

True Crime

4.97.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The Turpin Family had two things: a lot of kids, and some very dark secrets. They kept their kids shackled, in chains, kept from the outside world. It was only through the brave actions of one of the children that any of this would ever come to light at all. Researched by Benj Button Send your scary stories to: mikeohhello@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatchapterpodcast Business enquires : thatchapter@night.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7

To Paris, California and the Turpin family home, we go.

0:33.0

The little former railway city of Paris lies in Riverside County, a smidge over 70 miles from

0:38.8

L.A., and the same smidge over 80 north of San Diego, part of the Inland Empire.

0:46.1

And up until January 2018, Virginia Tech alum and former computer engineer David Turpin and

0:52.9

his wife Louise, they were by most against

0:55.4

on the outside a pretty successful couple.

1:00.0

In addition to attending a prestigious school, David had worked for both Lockheed Martin and North

1:04.8

Up Grumman, two huge companies with national defense and infrastructure contracts.

1:09.8

A god-fearing man with a dedicated wife and a fruitful life.

1:14.1

But little did anybody know.

1:15.7

If they'd just like scratched the surface, like even just a tiny bit, they would have found

1:20.2

a whole heap of evil, like just evil below.

1:25.5

Though that haircut should have been a dead giveaway.

1:28.3

It was on January 14th, 2018, that 17-year-old Jordan Turpin was able to escape their house of horrors.

1:37.3

Our fears are bees it. They be it.

1:40.3

But the reason I called and we got to get out here that's one of the scariest things I've ever done.

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