Outlook Weekend: Stan and the 'Weird World'
Pauline Dakin's family life was full of secrets and unpleasant surprises. She told Jo Fidgen about her decision to disappear into a hidden community called the 'weird world'.
Pauline Dakin is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and a professor of journalism. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, her childhood was marked by many mysterious incidents and unexplained getaways - where her family suddenly had to flee at a moment's notice and she couldn't talk to anyone about what was going on. Pauline tells Jo Fidgen how she managed to uncover her family's extraordinary secret - including a hidden community called the 'weird world'.
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The explanation behind the strange events of my childhood
Duration: 02:45
Broadcasts
- Sat 20 Jan 201808:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Sun 21 Jan 201802:32GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa
- Mon 22 Jan 201801:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet & West and Central Africa
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