In 1955, lawmakers toured the Ladd School — and what they found shocked Rhode Island. Overcrowded dorms, understaffed wards, and human suffering described in chilling detail led one legislator to call it “the home of the eternally doomed.” This episode takes you inside that visit, and into the shadows of an institution on the brink of collapse.

Music: “Endless Nightmare” by Oliver Garcia, licensed via Motion Array.