Isolde Raftery
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1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 5d ago
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And asked Mister Hudson to write one for him.
The teacher agreed and penned an effusive letter valorizing his student as an outdoorsman and a natural leader.
Paul told me that when he was accepted into an elite liberal arts college out of state, he hoped to leave both Seattle and mister Hudson behind him.
If only
I asked Paul if he'd considered coming forward about Mr.
Hudson's abuse after moving away.
Maybe this was the time to tell his parents what had happened in high school.
Paul's answer was an unequivocal no.
He was terrified that everyone would take Mr.
Hudson's word over his.
Paul made it very clear to me that maintaining the fiction that he and mister Hudson remained close was a matter of life and death.
Paul said that in college he still did drugs and drank to numb the pain from his trauma.
But he also made friends who encouraged him to study hard and not wait until the last day to write his papers.
Slowly, he started to see life beyond Tom Hudson.
Then in 1994, during his junior year of college, Paul told me he got an unexpected phone call.
On the line was an investigator from Seattle Public Schools.
He wanted to know more about a naked photo of Mr.
Hudson and two Garfield students that had recently surfaced.
We told you about that photo in episode six.
But before the investigator could say why he was calling, the rattled college student hung up.
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