In early 20th-century Rhode Island, young women deemed sexually promiscuous or simply defiant faced a "treatment" that doctors insisted was scientific progress. Wrapped in water-soaked sheets and bound to their beds, these women experienced something the medical establishment called hydrotherapy — but what was it really? This episode examines the methods used to control female bodies under the banner of institutional care.

Based on original research from the Ladd School Historical Society and Archives.

Music: Shivering From Hell" by Frequently Asked Music and "Endless Nightmare" by Oliver Garcia; licensed via Motion Array.