House of horror: Haunted Jordan Turpin, this strange feeling that lives in him 4 years later

Auburn hair, eyes and lips made up, eyes turned to the future, Jordan Turpin has nothing of the frail and frightened teenager she was. Four years after having fled the house of horror and freed her 12 brothers and sisters from the prison erected by their parents, David and Louise Turpin, the young American recounts her fight “for freedom” in one of magazine People. Now 21, she explains how she learned to live in the real world in just a few months, and how, four years later, she’s starting to build her dream life. “I’m very proud because, you know, it was hard to learn everything in such a short time. But we all did it and I’m very proud of all my brothers and sisters“, she confides with emotion.

For the first time in his life, Jordan lives in his own apartment. A very exciting step for the young woman, who nevertheless has to live with her old demons. “Sometimes I walk into my apartment and I’m literally like, ‘Is this real?'”, she admits, traumatized by her seventeen years of captivity in a house that only had the name. Throughout his childhood, Jordan and his siblings were abused by their parents, who starved them and chained them to their beds at the slightest annoyance.

Resilient Jordan Turpin: ‘I want to turn what I’ve been through into something positive’

Despite everything, Jordan shines with his resilience and enjoys his newfound freedom. “It’s everything I ever dreamed of. I feel free, independent, I can decorate my apartment as I wish. (…) I’m really, really happy to finally have a place of my own.” Today, she only dreams of one thing: “What I want to do is turn what I’ve been through into something positive, help others and make a difference in this world. I want people to know they are not alone. It’s possible to get out of it.” And that, she knows something.