This is exactly right.

This story contains adult content and language along with references to sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised.

My thought was like,

I loved Gary, I thought I was his favorite.

Why didn't he pick me?

When he was fixated on you, it was scary. I think he was dangerous. Some girls knew it. They weren't given

the power to be heard about it. When Gary was mad, it was scary.

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author

and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked on

Exactly Right. I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show. I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom and they are all excellent writers.

They've had so many great true crime stories and now we want to tell you those stories

with details that have never been published.

Tenfold More Wicked Presents, Wicked Words,

is about the choices that writers make, good and bad.

It's a deep dive into the stories, behind the stories.

This story is particularly upsetting to me because I have children and they have coaches.

Coaches that we really trust.

I think that as a parent you want to trust other adults

to have your kids best interest at heart

and sometimes it's just not the case.

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