The New House by Tess Stimson

09/20/24 • 35 min

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Close to 30% of us have some level of psychopathic traits (according to the APA). In this story we have 3 of them. One of them is a child who is a murderer. We will chat about the book and listen to Emily share a real life True Crime story with us about Daniel Marsh.
TW: Podcast includes brief discussions about domestic violence and animal abuse.
If you are someone you know needs help please click here: www.thehotline.org
Erin Moriarty Article an CBS special: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-marsh-double-murder-could-new-california-law-free-a-teen-killer-convicted-as-an-adult/
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-new-house-tess-stimson?variant=40087076438050
https://www.tessstimson.com
https://www.apa.org
Show Notes:
0:00-2:00 Intro and TW
2:48 Ashley and her husband have a "deal" on a house
4:00 Who wants what house
6:30 Millies obsession with breaking into homes
9:00 How does psychopathy scoring work?
11:00 Discussion of some violence and animal abuse (TW)
15:00 How did Felix end up chained up in the basement?
18:30 Emily's discussion of Daniel Marsh True Crime case
26:00-29:00 Discussion around kids and resilience and grit
32:00 Safety/risk and our friend Heather
35:00 Outro - join us on patreon

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Books With Your Besties - The New House by Tess Stimson

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Hi, I'm Emily. I'm Ashley, and this is books with your besties. Please make sure to look up the trigger warnings for this book before listening to the episode. There will be discussion of domestic violence. We are here to talk about the new house. Let's talk about the new house by Tess Stimpson.
This is one of the books, and I want us to do some sort of a series that is, at least for me. Five out of five stars. And I really don't think enough people have read this book, nor even heard abou