Louise and David Turpin, from the outside look like they have it all. They met when they were young, David had a great paying job, they were able to treat their friends and family to the finer things in life, when they would come and visit, for weeks at a time, but mainly, they continued to be blessed with baby after baby, just like they had wished for. And, to the outside world, and Facebook, they seemed like the perfect family. The kids looked so well behaved, they all looked happy, Louise appeared to be a super mom. But, behind the annual pictures that would go up on Facebook, was an unspeakable nightmare. Those, once a year photos, were also the only chance that the Turpin children were allowed to bathe, and put on clean clothes, their parents would often purchase food, new clothes, and toys, but would forbid their 12 kids fro touching any of it. And if anyone did try to break one of 'mother' or 'father's rules, they would be punished, in unthinkable ways. The eldest Turpin child, Jennifer, was the only one who ever went to a public school, and that would only be allowed from grade 1-3. But, she would try her best to pass the little bit of knowledge that she did have to her younger siblings. As far as the rest of the children were concerned, this was just how life was supposed to be....
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