• 30. The Walter E. Fernald School for the Feeble-Minded

  • Mar 28 2023
  • Length: 31 mins
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30. The Walter E. Fernald School for the Feeble-Minded

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  • Our last episode of Season 1! The Walter E. Fernald School was initially created in 1848 to house mentally-disabled children and train them to lead productive, independent lives, but ended up becoming an abusive, sub-standard institution with horrifying conditions run by a proud advocate of the eugenics movement.


    Content Warning: This episode contains depictions of graphic violence that some people may find disturbing, as well as descriptions of physical and sexual abuse against children.


    Timecodes:

    19:12-19:31 graphic description

    19:31-20:49 physical & sexual abuse

    20:49-25:00 illegal experimentation

    25:00-26:20 deaths
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