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In 1971 a reporter named Jane Kurtin did a set of newspaper articles after she visited Willowbrook - a locked state institution. What she found inside set off a chain of events that would eventually expose the horrors happening inside. And is a pre-cursor to part two where we talk about the monster that was let inside.

Episode 2 drops next Tuesday.

0:00 - Willowbrook

2:54 - About Willowbrook

5:50 - Inside the Cages

17:57 - Photos inside Willowbrook

29:37 - Help Wanted

35:08 - Willowbrook's "Silly Rules"

38:56 - Bernard, the success story

43:01 - Building 29

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Sources:

College of Staten Island Willowbrook Archives: library.csi.cuny.edu/archives/willowbrook

Atlas Obscura — Willowbrook State School: atlasobscura.com/places/willowbrook-state-school

Staten Island Advance, 1971–1972 — investigative series by reporter Jane Kurtin and photojournalist Eric Aerts

Geraldo Rivera — "Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace" (1972) https://www.geraldo.com/willowbrook-the-last-great-disgrace/

"Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook" (1996) — available free on Tubi

The Weekly, FX/Hulu — "The Promise" Season 1, Episode 27 (2020)

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