Episode 103: Thomas "Terrible Tom" Silverstein

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Sit Down, I speak to Pulitzer Prize finalist, author Pete Earley as we delve into the life of Thomas "Terrible Tom" Silverstein. Silverstein was the longest inmate in solitary confinement in the history of the federal prison system. We discuss his early life, the depraved murders he committed and his excruciating experiences in the worst and most secure federal prisons in America. Buy Pete's book- No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System: https://www.amazon.com/No-Human-Conta... Need great grooming products including razors and more? You need Harrys! Get a $15 Truman Shave trial set for just $3 at harrys.com/SIT. Presented as always by Barstool Sports We hope you enjoy the show, please leave us a deserving rating and review! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE and please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @sitdowncrimepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sit Down, a crime history podcast presented by more school sports.
0:17.7	Here's your host, Jeff Naden.
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0:45.2	episode.
0:46.2	As always, we are presented by Barstow Sports and I am your host, Jeff Naden.
0:50.5	We have another great show, Plant Feet Today.
0:53.4	I have to admit, I would say this every week we do a show, I've been wanting to do this
0:57.6	episode.
0:58.6	I've been wanting to do this episode and generally we have a guest on and I've been
1:02.0	looking to speak to this guest for a long time.
1:04.4	I've read some of his works as far as books of these written.
1:07.6	People ask me all the time about, hey, give me a good book to read on crime or the prison
1:12.6	system and today we're going to introduce you to a very interesting story.
1:16.7	Really, I think we could say one of the most interesting stories about the federal prison
1:21.0	system ever.
1:22.6	We did a show about the Aryan brotherhood a couple of weeks ago and we're going to talk
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