Interview Episode: David Freeman – former child member of The Family - a podcast by Sarah Steel

David Freeman was handed over to Anne Hamilton Byrne at the age of two, when he went to live with the other children at The Family’s Lake Eildon property. It took 12 years before he was rescued by the police, and given his freedom. At 15, he vowed not to tell anyone about his childhood in the notorious Victorian cult, and it was a promise he kept for 25 years.

 

Guest: David Freeman

 

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Links:

• Deprived of his childhood in a notorious cult— by Einar Þór Sigurðsson, Fréttablaðið, 5 February 2021

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