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145: The Horrors of Willowbrook State School

145: The Horrors of Willowbrook State School

FromMysteries and Histories


145: The Horrors of Willowbrook State School

FromMysteries and Histories

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the 1930s, plans were made to build an institution for intellectually disabled children, sold to parents as a haven, with around the clock care and training programmes. Of course, none of the promises came to fruition and it's soon-to-be 6000 residents would be found living in squalor, ignored by the outside world.
Released:
Mar 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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