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Twenty-One Boxes : Robin's Story and the Tragedy of the Edenton Seven / Betsy Hester, with Robin Couto.

Hester, Betsy, (author.). Couto, Robin, (author.).

Summary:

"In 1989, the Little Rascals Day Care in Edenton, North Carolina, was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight.... Rumors quickly morphed into charges of unimaginable crimes against dozens of children. Panic consumed the town, as police, therapists, and parents relentlessly pressured the children who attended the day care to name their teachers responsible for multiple allegations of abuse. The Edenton Seven were caught up in the accusations, including nineteen-year-old teacher Robin Boles Byrum.... Eerily reminiscent of the hysteria that gripped Salem, Massachusetts, during the witch trials of the seventeenth century, the Little Rascals case ultimately became the longest and most expensive criminal trial in North Carolina history. Three decades later, Betsy Hester met Robin Byrum Couto and together, they joined forces to tell the truth." -- dust jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798989715008
  • Physical Description: xv, 295 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : IngramSpark, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295).
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: The Delusion -- A Mutual Fate -- Robin's Story-The Box of Memories -- Robin's Story-Mere Happenstance -- Strange Behavior and Invisible Crimes -- Robin's Story-A Quiet Tranquility -- Robin's Story-A Waiting Game -- Slap -- Collective Hysteria -- Accused -- Robin's Story-Charged! -- Conspiracy and Panic -- Constructed Memories -- State v. Byrum -- Robin's Story-"The Thin, Gray Dress" -- Robin's Story-My Bond -- Robin's Story-Trials and Pleas -- Box of Evidence -- Court of Public Opinion -- Trial by Ambush -- Robin's Story-Dismissed! -- Part II: The Truth -- Twenty-One Boxes -- "I Don't Remember" -- Christopher Bean for the Prosecution -- Medical Experts -- Dolls! -- State Rests -- A Necessary Conversation -- Attorneys for the Defense -- Mirror Test -- A Lunch to Remember -- Robin's Story-Bloom Where You're Planted -- Other Accused -- A Call to Action.
Subject: Couto, Robin Byrum.
Little Rascals Day Care Center (Edenton, N.C.)
Child sexual abuse > Investigation > United States.
Hysteria (Social psychology)
Edenton (N.C.) > History > 20th century.
Genre: Biographies.

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