Mark Agnon

And I think through our conversation and through the book that you wrote, Scarred, you lay out a lot of sort of the manipulation tactics that Abusers will use to coerce their victims and the survivors of those abuses. So I guess just to start from the very beginning, can you just explain sort of where you grew up and kind of the town and the lay of the land in the spot where you were?

And I think through our conversation and through the book that you wrote, Scarred, you lay out a lot of sort of the manipulation tactics that Abusers will use to coerce their victims and the survivors of those abuses. So I guess just to start from the very beginning, can you just explain sort of where you grew up and kind of the town and the lay of the land in the spot where you were?

Tired and come home, go to sleep.

Tired and come home, go to sleep.

And what was your family dynamic like? Like, what did your parents do? What were your siblings doing?

And what was your family dynamic like? Like, what did your parents do? What were your siblings doing?

Yeah, just tossed.

Yeah, just tossed.

Tuned up watching the game.

Tuned up watching the game.

Yeah, guys like this are strategic and meticulous. This is not a happenstance thing. This is a lifestyle built around this type of abuse and exploitation.

Yeah, guys like this are strategic and meticulous. This is not a happenstance thing. This is a lifestyle built around this type of abuse and exploitation.

Right.

Right.

Yeah, it's absurd. Yeah, it's crazy. And as we progress into the story, again, I mentioned this before, but if at any point you want to take a break or you don't want to proceed with specific details, like by all means, you can just flag it. But at what age did you meet Dennis Pegg?

Yeah, it's absurd. Yeah, it's crazy. And as we progress into the story, again, I mentioned this before, but if at any point you want to take a break or you don't want to proceed with specific details, like by all means, you can just flag it. But at what age did you meet Dennis Pegg?

And up until that point, would you describe your childhood as peaceful?

And up until that point, would you describe your childhood as peaceful?

Yeah, it's just, especially for a kid, it is so, you know, the world is so fragile and so sort of nebulous that the idea of a secret and someone you trust telling you that if you break this secret, everything else will be ruined.

Yeah, it's just, especially for a kid, it is so, you know, the world is so fragile and so sort of nebulous that the idea of a secret and someone you trust telling you that if you break this secret, everything else will be ruined.