South Africa, Maverick Life
Podcast: First Person, Ep. o4 – Backyard Addiction
Karl Thornton loves his beautiful wife, Amina, and their two gorgeous children very much. But Karl has an obsession that he can’t shake, that uses up their resources and takes him away from his family day after day, night after night. The addiction simply won’t leave him alone – it gets him up at 4am, he secretly gazes at pictures on his phone at work and in the back garden of their modest suburban home, he is building a palace to house the objects of his desire. What is it that has taken over Karl’s life, causing him to neglect his wife and children? Hosted by Daily Maverick’s MARIANNE THAMM.
First Person aims to uncover the extraordinary stories that lurk behind some of the most ordinary-looking South African front doors – in Karl’s case the back yard of a suburban home in a quiet street in Plumstead. Something keeps luring him there. Find out what:
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