For Want of a Nail
A podcast about small mistakes that lead to big disasters. Disasters, fires, plane crashes, spree killings, institutional breakdowns, murders...let's talk about awful things that didn't have to happen, and the ways in which they should have been prevented.
For Want of a Nail
The Awful Death of Terrell Peterson
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Rachel
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Season 1
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Episode 3
Terrell Peterson was a five-year-old boy who was brutally abused, neglected, and eventually killed by his grandmother and aunt. But that's just the beginning of this infuriating tale. Join me and we will talk about the mistakes, negligence, and outright indifference on the part of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services that led to the death of Terrell Peterson. Warning for graphic discussion of child abuse and injury.