![]() ![]() Sometimes the children were not allowed into the house except for supper and bed. ![]() So if a sister at aged 4 needed to go in the middle of the night in winter, she would have to walk outside and sit in a bug infested barn to go. The children were not allowed to use the indoor bathrooms and had to use the outside bug-infested one in the barn. I believe the children in effect were tortured to some level. They were constantly belittled by the parents and suffered severe verbal, emotional and mental abuse aswell. Any child that did so would be severely beaten.Īll the children were subjected to physical violence in the form of severe beatings. To look in a mirror was to regard oneself as important and to regard oneself as important was forbidden. If he so much as looked into a mirror he would be severely beaten. Whenever the parents perceived any of the 3 brothers as doing something wrong or any other child for that matter they would all be punished.Ĭharlie wasn’t allowed to like himself at all. The others were told the same.Ĭharlie lived his childhood in very difficult circumstances. He was so cold, he was thin and he wasn’t in good health because of the winter weather. This terrified Charlie who was only 6 years old. He raised the axe above their heads and thumbs and said to Charlie that if he ever put his thumb into his mouth he would chop it off. This meant Jim and Lincoln would’ve been about 8 and 7. Their father took an axe – he did not hesitate. ![]() The 3 of them were made to put their thumbs on a tree stump used for chopping wood. They were taken outside just in their pyjamas in the middle of winter in the freezing cold weather. They were treated in a way that meant they were not allowed to like themselves at all and they weren’t allowed to be themselvesĮarly one morning their father dragged Jim, Lincoln and Charlie out of bed. The parents treated the 3 brothers as one entity. Now imagine how a small child would feel mentally not knowing who they really are. This is taking away the children’s identities. The 3 brothers, however, were never called by their own individual names by the parents. They would share everything from the same food to clothes, from the same bathwater to the same school friends. Jim, Lincoln and Charlie shared a bedroom. He was the 3rd son born in quick succession after Jim and Lincoln. I have included his 2 brothers’ names because it’s important to know how/what he and they were called and how they were treated.Ĭharles Adams Claverie was born on 28th August 1949 in Bangor in Maine. WARNING: Some of you may find this difficult to read as the subjects covered are child abuse, mental health issues and suicide. He was clever, funny, multi- talented and always looking out for others. I have learnt that Charlie was a kind, sweet, softly spoken man who was very humble. The simple truth is that Charlie got so lost in his mind that he had shut out the outside world. Even on his last day he was still making plans. No-one had any idea that he was suffering on the inside. His suicide was a huge shock to his family and his friends. He was well loved and well respected by those closest to him. I have also learnt that he was a very good friend to those that knew him. In this day and age of celebrity some forget that celebrities are human beings, with human thoughts and feelings.Ĭharlie was a child, he was a brother, a husband, a father, a grandfather and an uncle. If anyone raises any objections as to why this should not be out for the public let me know your logical reasons.Ĭharlie Rocket was a human being. If I have made any mistakes, or you think I have got anything wrong let me know and let me know what the correct info should be……… Without those that knew Charlie and their comments and blogs all over the internet, aswell as my interaction with a few of them I wouldn’t have been able to piece together some of Charlie’s history. I have merely tried to piece it together. I could’ve said that Charlie did this or that or maybe the other but that would get so boring to read….Īny errors are entirely my own but some things are based on info gathered from various sources. ….there are holes in his story because, well quite simply, I don’t have all or enough info. Rediscovering a man called Charlie Claverie This is also posted on the imdb msg boards. ![]()
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