During the depression this was common. My father and uncle were orphaned when they were 12 and 13
years old. They were put in a " boys
farm " in SE Wisconsin. They would
never talk about their experiences there. There were documented
lawsuits brought about by the beatings and mistreatment of
young boys there. For me I found
it strange my father spoke about
this. My father was a kind man,
he passed in 1996. He died of a heart attack and my mother found him on the bedroom floor. She called me and I immediately went there.
When the county coroner arrived hours later I saw something I will
never forget and wish I hadn't seen.
While he was examining my father's
body he asked me if I knew how my father got all the scars on his back.
I realized that in my whole life I had never seen him with his shirt off.
He even wore a shirt while swimming, saying he didn't want
to get sunburned. At that moment
I put 2 and 2 together. I never asked
my mother or uncle what they knew.
I don't want to remember my dad this way.

@scottnichols3685

1y↑213

When I was in elementary school, I was always in trouble for “talking in class” and being “disruptive.” Of course, compared to what goes on today in schools, that was nothing.

Even though I got the highest grades, I lived in fear of each report card because my mom was completely focused on my “conduct” grade. I always got an “unsatisfactory.” My mom fixated on that despite the top grades I got on everything else. I also lived in fear of the Parent-Teacher conferences because I always knew I was in for a beating when my mother came home…all because of my “conduct.”

One of my saddest memories was when one of my classmates was over to visit after school. He accidentally slipped and told my mom that I had been in trouble that day, My mom twisted my ears severely in front of him, screaming the entire time.

My dad understood me. But it was my mom with whom I spent the most time. My mom thought because she cooked and baked, the physical and emotional abuse was insignificant. I emotionally detached from my mom at an early age, especially because she thought of me as her confidante, on whom she dumped all of her personal fears, including secrets she kept from my father…always adding, “don’t tell your dad. He will divorce me.”

This video resonated with me because she always threatened to send me to “reform school.”

I was a good kid. All I did was talk too much. I went on to excel in high school. Graduated from an Ivy League University and got my Masters from a top National university.

I am sure many of these young man were just like me. That’s the way things were in those days.

@scottnichols3685

1y↑37

@@annmurphy8440 She still wonders to this day why we are not closer. It is just not worth telling her anything. She would turn it around so that she could cry how unfair I am and how victimized she is.

I love her. She is my mother. But there is a huge wedge between us. I do not share details of my personal life with her, and I am happy with that. I learned at a young age to seal myself off from her, and somehow took from her bad traits and used that to create positive traits in myself.

I have a need to protect people. I will always advocate for those who are being victimized. There’s a fire inside of me to do so, even if they don’t appreciate it. As long as I know I am doing the right thing, I’m good.

Years ago, a friend of mine who is a psychologist told me that my need to protect probably came from a time when I did not feel protected myself. The way I see it is that the bullied can either become bullies or become protectors.

Oh…and I am gay. At a young age, I remember being called a “closet queen” by my mother. She said it and giggled.

I am so proud of who I have become. I am confident. I love myself. I have a very thick skin. I am loyal. And I help people.

@razoblicavanje4231

1y↑52

Very sad story.
It reminds me of being in a place for kids without parents, in former Yugoslavia.
We were mostly abused by grown-up boys and rarely by the people who worked there.
Abusings were severe in many cases. I listened to beatings that happens in the room above mine, and the screamings were terrifying. There were sexual things too, but not openly. Someone could force a kid to perform oral sex or something like that and a kid would probably later become Bi or homosexual.
The beaters were incredibly strong, about 18-19 guys who badly beat a 10-year kid for jumping on the bus, trying to take it (ironically, he became a bus driver as a grown-up, and he loved the buses).

I was once beaten with harsh slaps to admit something I didn't do it. When beaten too much, I admit and that guy let me go.
He pretend like he was the boss, the one who knows the best, so why not slap little kid around (I was about 8-9).
He was a very authoritative, intimidating, and strong guy.
One woman who worked there (she was short and therefore fired up soon after she came because of incompetence) watched all from close and didn't interfere at all. She asked me "Why do you admit?" and I said because that bully guy will continue to beat me. It wasn't the only case, but I'll remember the good times too.

This was far from the case in the video here, but we taste some of it.

Parents should remember:
The worst nightmare in a child's life is without them.
Nobody will love that kid as parents.

I opened my heart to those people who were molested. You're not alone 💓

All comments from YouTube:

@shygirlflygirl

3y↑7.6K

So basically this was a place where a bunch of demonic thugs could freely prey on little kids without consequences.

@violetcarson5532

3y↑86

Absolutely 🥺

@Ezqueleto661

3y↑79

They just cowards !

@cammybaker7571

3y↑14

What type of school is it really??

@kudubwrong7227

3y↑169

@@cammybaker7571 Sounds like many of these type places for boys, they call schools, institutes, orphanages, etc. is always the same... just evil!

@karlbuchanan1363

3y↑24

First they had reformatory and they were an agoge, then they had group homes but kids and staff were lousy and the ones who did right couldn't do anything about the wrong, then they had boot camp for guys to feast on em again and now they just have jail because they get more money than ever by it. They are either nothing money chips or on the menu - even though there are non criminal homes, many, and some boys just rotate through em until 18. It has never been an area to "clean up" because they would have to pay monitors. We never thought reformatory was for anything but work farm of abuse....that was why they closed and "group home" opened.

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@gplgs4640

33w↑596

I think the worst part of this entire story is how the place was reportedly shut down, not for its mountains of accusations of severe physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, but because of budgetary issues.

It wasn’t shut down out of any empathy for the children enduring the hell. It was shut down for money. That’s beyond heartbreaking.

@meow-sr2bl

31w↑16

Capitalism

@Mendicant_Bias

31w

@@meow-sr2bl Capitalism also gave you the phone your using to comment on this vidoe while shitting. Stfu and go to a commie counrty if you cant take capitalism

@RoseDingus

30w↑11

well, it's florida, you can do practically anything in florida and wether or not you get away with it depends on the times and how sneaky you are

@gplgs4640

30w

@@RoseDingus
And how much money you have, don’t forget that.

Like a former president said, you could shoot a man dead in broad daylight, but if you’ve got enough money to tickle the judge’s fancy, you’re a free man

@cip6292

20w↑11

That’s capitalism for you. In a capitalist nation we are only labor and numbers…not people.

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@mattallen9900

1y↑1.7K

Wow. I stumbled across this video by accident and its blown my mind. My old neighbour told me he escaped from this place back in 1966! He told me about the beatings, the sexual abuse, the starving, the slave labour ect. If I'm being honest I never really believed everything he told me until now and I'm ashamed of myself. He escaped and hitched his way to ohio when he was 15 and ended up in an orphanage there until he was 18. Then he moved around for a few years and ended up immigrating to England where he changed his name. He was my neighbour for several years until he moved again.

He told of digging graves and wondering who they were for. Until he realised one day that it could be his own grave and that's when he decided to make a break for it. Luckily he got away. But the poor boys that didn't? Heartbreaking.

@RufusTheDufus

1y↑71

I can’t imagine what that does to a person

@Matisse_Famke

1y↑75

Please don't blame yourself for your disbelief, it's utterly horrific and cruel what those poor boys endured... It's devastatingly heartbreaking. Your elderly neighbour... I pray he is well, hugs to you too sir.

@iowalover666

1y↑5

Only in ohio

@amyschwartz1791

1y↑9

Not in Ohio. Marietta, Florida.

@amyschwartz1791

1y↑7

*Marianna

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@justinwoodward7388

38w↑656

My dad spent 6 yrs here. His stories, as little as he would detail, were horrendous. My uncle, his twin, was there the last yr of my dad's stay. He said my dad was sexually and physically abused and he believes even raped. They both told stories of beatings, slave labor, starvations and unbelievable punishments. Until my dad passed, 4 yrs ago, every single night as long as I can remember he cried out in his sleep several times per hour "momma" "mom" "momma". I wish he was here to see that the things he experienced are coming to light and he wasn't alone. Maybe could've got some help for his demons and wouldn't have drank himself to death.

@Brokenknd

32w↑40

What a tragic story, poor little kids who got there. Sorry for your loss, your father is in better place now.

@Gigigirl1952

32w↑17

😢 I’m so sorry

@chexnfx7161

30w↑15

Wow. Sorry to hear about that. Pretty gripping true story and the effects…

@John-rt7ou

29w

It is certain in my opinion you cannot give one scintilla of evidence and proof that the story you tell us here is valid and accurate and truthful. I think you are just another White House boys cheerleader.

@pamelafranklin7322

25w↑3

🙏🙏🙏

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@thomaspowers5845

1y↑386

@thepaperfootballleague2313

1y↑19

That’s wild I live in wisco and I never heard of this I really want to do research on it when I get home from work thank you for sharing your story may your father rest in peace

@AlexandrasDreams

50w↑53

I am so sorry that you have that image now. Try to see those scars are proof of how deeply he loved you that he did not continue that abuse. Proof of how strong he was, how he reclaimed life from those who tried to literally beat it out of him. He won. Period.

@thomaspowers5845

47w↑17

@@thepaperfootballleague2313 It was called the Norris boys farm. I did some
research and one case
went to court. The plaintiff, a young man,
did not win his case because the judge thought that the severe
discipline was warranted. I believe this was in the late 30's.

@TurkeyFarmerGirl

37w↑36

Remember your father as a survivor. Not only did he survive, he kept that pain from his children. Instead of doing what some of our fathers do, beat us cause " that's how I was done". Bless your father's soul, may he be flying high. Wishing you and yours the best in life.❤

@elsvaughn7959

17w↑2

I'm so sorry that you had to see the suffering that your dad had endured as a boy. Luckily, you know that he ended up making it out ok. I know that nothing anyone says will make that image go away, I still see my father in his casket. It was one of the worst moments of my life. But I do try to remember all of the amazing times we had ❤

@jamesstreet228

1y↑133

There was a place like this called the Bethyl School for Girls. My first cousin thought the sun rose and sat in that place and one day the guy that ran the place came to our church with about 20 girls. I watched him and listened to him speaking and I looked at the expressions on the girls faces and it took me every bit of 3 minutes to see that something wasn't right. I told my cousin that the guy running the place just doesn't seem right. He had the facial expressions, mannerisms and eyes of a violent man. My cousin vehemently defended him and I told her "Just wait and see what happens. I guarantee you there is severe abuse going on there." Of course she still denied it. Then a few months later the state removed all the girls to an "undisclosed" location for their safety and shut the place down because of---abuse. The next time I saw my cousin I told her "What did I tell you about that place?" She said "I never would have thought it was happening." I asked her "Have you ever REALLY looked at that guy? Have you seen his facial expressions and then looked at the teen girls blank, emotionless faces? It was so obvious that It took me all of a few minutes to see it." Chances are that most places like this are the exact same way. They use violence to try to "break" the students. And, if it looks like abuse is happening it probably is.

@cydkriletich6538

28w

Your cousin is an example of how many people think. They refuse to believe what other people can see because they don’t want to see it. These are people who are easily led astray by on men, liars, charlatans.

@LadyGreyBlack

16w↑2

This reminded me of the Glenn Home, an institution in our town where children who were abused were sent since the 1920s. It wasn't until the 1960s that a minister heading the school was accused by the teens living there of sexual abuse. The home closed in the early 1980s when foster parenting became a more favorable option for these kids.

@josephjointroller7684

3y↑10.8K

BE AWARE THAT BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN THEY SENT BOYS TO A SEPARATE FACILITY THEY OWNED BY THE NAME OF OKEECHOBEE SCHOOL FOR BOYS, THIS PLACE HAS BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY DUE TO CLAIMS FROM THE BOYS KEPT THERE, TO THIS DAY THAT PLACE STILL OPERATES EVEN WITH CLAIMS OF BODIES BEING BURIED SOMEWHERE ON THE CAMPUS AND EVEN HAD A PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION DONE. DONT LET THIS GO UNNOTICED

@rockformypillow

3y↑554

Dang I wish more people would see this. Praying for those boys.

@rustyshackleford7469

3y↑304

Are you trying to take a trip down there and straighten things out?

@rickispanish227

3y↑30

Turn off your caps, jackass.

@yungcam6229

3y↑131

@@rustyshackleford7469 so fucking down

@scarlettsapphire780

3y↑293

@@yungcam6229 Seems like if a whole bunch of us go together something is bound to be done...at least I hope so never really know until you try

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@damianlopergolo7717

1y↑426

I’ve been to juvenile non secure detention centers, juvenile prison and maximum security state prison. The juvenile facilities were by far the worst. I’m 32 now with a family and have been out of trouble for over 12 years now. I can still smell or hear something that will bring me right back to some of those facilities. It was by far the worst part of my life, and those facilities by far did more damage than help. I was definitely lucky enough to turn my life around but so many aren’t and the scars they carry from places like this are the very cause of the violence some of them exhibit today. There is absolutely nothing worse than being far away from home as a helpless kid and being abused with nobody around to help. Even trying to report things to family is extremely hard because half the time they’d be sitting there watching you and listening to you talk. One wrong word and it would be bad once the call was over. That’s why we need more people that actually want to help juvenile defenders instead of some just trying to get a paycheck.

@Trev612

1y↑7

Me too buddy me too

@danielbush6882

1y↑9

I hope you don't mind me asking, but I'm curious to hear what incidents you were locked up so much in earlier years for. Would you be fine sharing?

@gelfin7593

1y↑1

Face it, Americans don't value human lives and will turn their back on kids sent to these death camps. Florida is the worst state in the USA. Don't expect such abuse will ever see justice. The USA is VASTLY overrated.

@TeammateNoir

1y↑3

i just got out of one in october its still so bad

@heath2510ok

1y↑7

Total respect to you my friend love from the UK 🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧

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@xcape2usa

1y↑206

My heart aches for Charlie. The way he speaks and re counts his experiences. Horror and evil beyond belief.

@gelfin7593

1y↑1

@@Ellie-gp9dg Remember that the GLORIOUS AMERICAN SOCIETY MADE THIS GUY WHAT HE IS. AMERICA IS VASTLY OVERRATED. Child abusers produce another generation of child abusers. In this case, the GOVERNMENT was sponsoring the abuse EXACTLY LIKE THE GERMAN DEATH CAMPS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

@strawberrios

1y↑8

@@Ellie-gp9dg 18:13 he didn’t?

@Pianoguy1987

1y↑273

I think Charlie is completely accurate when he says that Florida is just waiting for them all to die first. As a person who has spent time in the Florida Department of Corrections and turned his life around, I have seen first-hand the disgusting amount of corruption. I expect nothing less from the “great” state of Florida. I stumbled across this video. I had never heard of this facility and I was in prison about 20 minutes from Marianna. When they said it was in Florida, I thought, “of course it is. Where else would it be.” I’m so glad I left that state!

@scorp1551

34w↑9

Considering how common this was all across the country, and even worldwide, at the time, that's a pretty ignorant viewpoint. But to each their own, I guess.

@micheladerry5681

33w↑8

i dont think this happens only in Florida. There are horror stories about orphanages, mental hospitals, and normal hospitals, rest houses. Some days ago some old people living in resto houses were found chained in their beds, with no food, no water in a city here in Italy. Still today there are people soffering in public institutions

@John-rt7ou

32w

Yes Charlie fudge you got that one right. The state are just waiting for these no-good worthless little bastards to die off. They are hoping the story will go away
Well those white-trash boys did manage to get a memorial in the form of statues fashioned after the Vietnam memorial in Washington DC, a memorial for people who slaughtered and murdered babies and women and the children in Vietnam. How coarse and as stupid can they be?

@aqua900k

31w

@@scorp1551shut up your not from Florida so obviously you can’t feel what she saying. Keep your opinion it was unnecessary and unvalued just a waste

@aqua900k

31w↑6

@@micheladerry5681you’re not from Florida so you don’t understand or feel. Pensacola is 30 min away and I’m not surprised. Most of these places are privately own that’s why they can do whatever. Millionaires like Michael Jordan invest in these type facilities. If you’re from Florida you would know that so keep your “it’s everywhere” sympathy to yourself

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@craigsheffield6546

1y↑92

In 1984, at the age of 15, I was sent to the Anchor Home for Boys in Corpus Christi, Texas. This was another similar place where we would get beaten, paddled (I say paddled to bring up the fact that they knew how to use a paddle to the extreme; more than one lick to the rear would cause blood blisters.) There was a solitaire confinement that was barely a closet. When I returned home, I had lost 1/3 of my body weight, and not even my parents recognized me when I came into the airport. Others that I knew could not recognize me. I asked my parents if they knew what happened in that place, and they had no idea.

@josephinemiller4780

47w↑11

Jesus, I am so sorry. God bless you!

@kathyploof1216

43w

Back in the early sixties, there was so much abuse of children! If you were being molested by a catholic priest and told, you would have beaten into next week! The nuns carried the old thick hard wood yard sticks to smack you in the head with. Our neighbor was fbi, he would take his fist and smack you hard on the top of the head! Bastard! This was all ok back then to mistreat children! Children were to be seen and not heard! If you complained about the abuse, you got it worse.

@faithhmiller.755

17w↑3

I was at the Crain prison unit in Gatesville a few times over the last decade, & all of us heard tale of what all the individual prisons used to be on that unit...Gatesville State School for Boys. Then Hilltop State School nextdoor, then the Mountain View (now death row for women) was for the "maxx" delinquents....I became enthralled, and I realized how naive I had been the whole time growing up with a friend who routinely went to juvie....thinking that there was some sort of oversight, surely they're not taking them somewhere where anything could happen to them....I am mortified, and after reading on what those boys ajd you experienced in a first person narrative....I'm humbled and disgusted with the realization that every decent person who allowed their fhild to be placed in one such place would have the same innocent belief that surely their child would be safe and return home to them....

@craigsheffield6546

17w↑1

@@faithhmiller.755 Thank you. Most of our parents had no idea what it was like in those homes, or what we went through. They were lied to about it. The staff would beat us for the smallest infractions, or for no reason at all. Some would try getting mail to their parents, but you did not dare get caught.

@startwithurfeet

15w

I was sent to girlstown usa in 1984 at age 14. the whiteface texas campus. the stories are all the same. I got out eventually by breaking a real law and the state of txas took custody in 1986. the state schools were no where near as bad as GTUSA. I aged out to the street in 1987 3rd ward houston

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@scottnichols3685

1y↑213

@annmurphy8440

1y↑1

Sorry 😔 to say but your mother is one sick woman Ann Murphy

@scottnichols3685

1y↑37

@annmurphy8440

1y↑4

@@scottnichols3685 hi from Ireland I am so glad for you that your life turned out good with the negative influence of your mother it could gone the opposite direction did you ever think what made your mother that way Ann Murphy Ireland

@kristenchisholm3442

1y↑6

Congratulations on making such a success of your life.Parents love their children so much that I cannot understand why the boys couldn’t or maybe wouldn’t tell them what was happening 😥😥

@Bunnie79

1y↑5

Heartbreaking. 😭Luckily Your upbringing did not define your future. Thanks for sharing 🥹

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@222JT

3y↑8.3K

The sickest part of this is that these ‘men’ probably went home to wives and children, knowing what they’d been doing to helpless little children all day, makes my blood boil 😤

@oceanofemeralds

2y↑144

Compartmentalise they eat their meal when they are starving people they sleep
well when those they abuse cannot because of pain and fear this is how they live
and still expect a place in heaven is waiting for them they need to think again.

@oceanofemeralds

2y↑15

J no probably about it those without conscience sleep well.

@mtarmygrd

2y↑87

Just like all the celebrities on TV and the politicians. The world is run by satanic pedophiles, some just dont know it yet.

@heidifisher7693

2y↑53

Wife: How was WORK honey?
Hubby: It was Great as usual, Babe,,, What's for dinner?

@oldauntzibby4395

2y↑41

Probably they went home and also abused their wives and children.

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@elianamarshall9333

1y↑572

I read a book called “the Nickel Boys” and I knew it was inspired by true stories, but hearing the descriptions I realized how spit on the book was and hearing the real victim speaking felt so surreal… the book described such horrible experiences you hope it was fictional but this whole video confirmed how terrible humans really can be. Especially to the children at the “reform” school.

@heatherghere4509

1y↑2

They were filming this movie a couple of weeks ago here in Thibodaux, La.

@dorisimbornone7505

1y↑7

Have you ever read a book called, a child called it! David Pelzer is the writer of what he went through

@serperist4123

m, i was also reading the nickel boys too but ya.. thats how i got here too

@devilmademe8487

1y↑7

I was wondering if the movie sleepers was based off this but that was in Hell’s Kitchen

@Winter-Alpha-Omega

What did they do to the poor kids?

I haven't watched the video, but my curiosity is too strong.

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@EastIsUpII-II

2y↑233

This is horrifying. It all reminds me of this book I once read named "boot camp" by Todd Strass. After reading that book I could never believe that all of this abuse and the beating in those camps happen in real life. Now, after watching this video, the way the abuse was described and how it all matched with what I've read in that book sends shivers down my spine. My heart goes out to all the people who perished at that horrible sickening place and to those affected. No one deserves to be treated this way. Especially not children.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

Read "Boys in the Bunkhouse." Mentally deficient kids and adults forced to work in a chicken house. Nasty work.

@dajauzumaki7293

2y↑1

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@djmutt2000

46w↑45

As someone who comes from a brutally abusive and intolerable school, this makes me want to reveal its crimes against humanity as well.

@tylerspeegle6494

31w↑11

Do it. If what you say is true it would only be right to speak up, not only for yourself, but others that are too afraid to do so for themselves

@billwilson5341

18w

So do it or shut up.

@startwithurfeet

15w

foh gaf@@billwilson5341

@PrettyP.69

8w↑1

You have to give that testimony 😢

@alchemyblack

1y↑219

Unfortunately these kinds of things continue to happen to this day in all kinds of similar “schools” and “programs.” The troubled teen industry is unfathomably evil.

@orangepeel1073

1y↑3

it is not nearly as bad as it was before though. back in 50s and 60s, troubled teen institutions were still in their 'wild west hayday', or 'lawless' phase. yes, there were laws for protection, but they were not enforced as much as they are today.

@leslielawrence7941

1y↑9

I totally agree with you though I don't know how many are still in operation but would bet anything that they are. I even had an acquaintance, a parent, who sent his 2 teenage sons to such a place in the 90s. It was recommended by all his friends, the boys were out of control. I know they suffered lifelong damage from it. It is the most evil industry on earth, purely for profit and plenty of gullable parents fall for it. I would NEVER relinquish my kids to some place that didn't let them communicate with me. Some people have WAY too much trust and don;t' take enough responsibility to protect their own kids.

@MissKateKatie

50w↑11

@@orangepeel1073 😂 I think you don't know what you're talking about. People like Paris Hilton and Drew Barrymore have spoken out about these types of reform schools. Some of these schools would literally kidnap you from your home and terrorize you that way.

@sh4rkss

33w↑1

my thoughts exactly.

@deborahwhit9583

33w↑1

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@jacksonhubert3347

25w↑22

This is very similar to Lyman Ward Military Academy. I went there when I was 12. It was extremely traumatic. There were a few deaths while I was there, a planned shooting that was prevented before it happened (he brought a gun on campus). Due to legal issues after a slew of sexual assaults, tortures, and beatings they rebranded as the southern preparatory academy for boys. It was a living hell and I remember when a student committed suicide, a riot was caused when ghost peppers were lit on fire and kids were using fire extinguishers as smoke screens. I was taken out after my parents found brands on my arms when I was held down and branded by other students. It was a living experience of lord of the flies. My roomate was sexually assaulted multiple times by an older cadet and when it was reported they ignored it. It was a nightmare where we’d have to figure out ways to lock our doors so we wouldn’t get beaten at night by other students.

@Maev3ing

23w↑2

Wow... I'm sorry for your experience their.

@Hannah11235

15w↑2

That's absolutely heartbreaking. Seek Jesus, friend. He heals <3

@linsqopiring6816

12w

how can people be so evil. I don't know who is worse the bullies in that academy or "normal" people of society for not doing anything about it.

@four0_four

3y↑5.6K

The fact that Charlie (the victim) remember the boys he was with full name- you could tell the trauma he had

@lol5928

2y↑3

why? I don't understand

@gothicc6544

2y↑171

@@lol5928 Because it had that much of an impact he could recall it all, duh.

@selenagrinage5631

2y↑36

@@lol5928 you don’t understand what👀👀👀👀🤦🏾‍♀️

@ayixx8300

2y↑9

I cant believe he actually been through this I hope he and the rest of the men get the justification that they deserve

@JordanJSparks

2y↑137

@@lol5928 Since these people won't explain, these events happened to him starting 60 years ago and he remembers all the boys first and last names. This is a response to trauma, you often remember that entire time period with extreme detailed memory, or you block it out mentally entirely. Generally people struggle to even remember the first name of someone they only knew for a short time 60 years ago, if they remember them at all. So this speaks to how profound his experience was at the school.

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@candacedixon6443

43w↑30

My heart goes out to Charlie and all of the other boys who suffered at the Dozier School for boys. I look at my 4 young boys ages 9 to 15 and it really hits me hard that those boys were just like my own. This is truly one of the saddest stories I have ever heard. 😢 💔

@francissobotka8725

1y↑207

The fact this was covered up for so long is sickening

@Nyax50Lopez

@connievino4226

My God always covered up. I feel sick.

@paulfletcher3998

1y↑1

@Connie Vino Nothing to do with invisible sky men.

@connievino4226

@@paulfletcher3998 You 'll see. Don't tell people how to speak.

@paulfletcher3998

1y↑2

@@connievino4226 how will I see if he's invisible?
I stopped believing in fairy tales when I was a kid.
I'm not telling anybody how to speak.

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@jayboley9683

1y↑28

When I was a kid living in Volusia County FL in 80s-90s I had gotten into some mischievous activities such as skipping school, arguing with my parents, fighting with my brothers, stealing things from stores and after a trip to detention center my mom said if this keeps up I'm sending you to Dozier. At the time I had no clue what it was and I straitened my act up and sure am glad they didn't send me because I would have tried to escape I know it and I'd probably wouldn't be here typing this msg on YT today. Sad that all those poor kids had to endure such harsh punishments, and RIP to all that didn't make it out.

@darkdaughter0074

1y↑13

In the early 90s my husband and I were moving out of FL. We were exhausted and had a flu bug. It was late so we decided to stop for the night. We stopped at Marianna. From the minute we got there we got some real bad vibes and it felt like everyone was watching us. We didn't feel safe at all. We got some rest and got the hell out of there. And then years later I come across this. Thanks for the story! Wow!

@razoblicavanje4231

1y↑52

@qjtvaddict

18w

It transcends ideology too ugh😢😢 it was global

@krisbest6405

3y↑8.7K

I don,t care what era it was, these boys deserve compensation.

@alfiueun1472

3y↑43

Exactly!💯

@flora4743

3y↑261

@@BlueSkyCountry it's better than nothing. Money won't solve what happened but it can help. The trumam these men went through effected them, money will help a little

@chriiiiis

3y↑224

@@BlueSkyCountry holy shit I hope nobody ever opens up to you about anything because your attitude is disgusting

@Dogmomma23

3y↑141

@@BlueSkyCountry i dont know who hurt u, but u need therapy!

@user-pq4fr2zg5d

3y↑107

@@BlueSkyCountry you have a disgusting mindset. i pray no one trusts you

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@Amber-yq9ee

38w↑15

This ABSOLUTELY rips at my soul! That ALL these boys, over all these decades, were treated as horrifically & cruelly for so long, is 1 of the most AWFUL things I've ever heard! This is so heartbreaking!

@billwilson5341

18w

Same shit is occurring today all over the world.

@annehersey9895

2y↑33

That so many adults in power noticed what was going on, why on earth wasn't something done. It could have been such a nice place that really gave these boys a chance! Thank you Charlie for sharing your painful story!

@Maev3ing

23w↑9

Some parts of this video were rough to listen to, cried twice.
Being a mother to two young boys... wow I feel awful for the families affected.

@cynikov

2y↑72

the tiniest details that he brings up shows how traumatizing and terrible it was there. i wish anyone affected by abuse in any form or severity the best and hope that they can get help ❤️

@englishtrainer6602

1y↑20

You can just never understand how something like this would go unjustified considering how many boys never returned and the fact so many people have opened up and nothing has been done. Im sending all my support to you old guys out there, i can never understand what you guys went through and i hope you live your lives with your family and friends happy and hopefully you guys get justice for such a vile crime

@John-rt7ou

25w

English Trainor most of the information on these videos by the White House boys is a bunch of lies. The exaggerate a lot of stuff and they also leave out a lot of vital information.

@billwilson5341

18w

"You can just never understand..." Perhaps YOU can't understand. I can.

@davidthelong2154

17w↑1

@@billwilson5341who tf asked about you.

@billwilson5341

17w

@@davidthelong2154 Who asked about me? When? Why are you asking?
A lot of people ask about me because I am loved. Again though, why are you asking?

@Aster_ace

17w

@@billwilson5341 Crazy how there's people like you in this world who just act like complete assholes for no reason then say corny shit like this

"Perhaps YOU can't understand. I can." Like how pathetic do you have to be to try to make yourself sound superior or better than others under a video like this? Is your self-esteem really that low that you have to try to sound smart under a comment talking about how it's awful such horrid child abuse has practically gone un-punished?

@0riginal_panda_child249

2y↑6.8K

The fact that it lasted until 2011 is just sickening

@albertarsenault5158

2y↑369

The abuse stopped way before then. I was there myself in 2007-2009. The state department of children and families had taken over. But the loved showing us "the white house". We were told how lucky we were. Because they couldn't beat us anymore.

@paulambs

2y↑479

@@albertarsenault5158 that's... a form of psychological abuse though. if they showed you the place and told stories of what happened there, it goes with the "if you don't behave well you might turn into one of them" association. even if everyone knew they couldn't do it anymore, for kids it's still terrifying knowing that it happened. it's psychological torture because you never know when the switch might flip and they'll become allowed to do it once again

@albertarsenault5158

2y↑251

@@paulambs you are absolutely correct. They played that card often. We were always threatened with being locked down for weeks on end. They did all they could to scare the living s41t out of us. For literally no reason other than to fulfill their sadistic desires.

@paulambs

2y↑80

@@albertarsenault5158 god this is absolutely atrocious and i'm really sorry it happened to you! to think that you suffered that a little more than 10 years ago is disgusting, evil people still exist no matter how hard we try to keep them away :/

@SilentEchoes91

2y↑19

Nobody ever said humanity was smart

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@Jjsspace

1y↑40

I am sickened by what those boys went through!!! But I am so glad that no more boys have to experience torture at that school! But I hope that more abuse from schools and institutions comes to light so that no one else has to go through what they went through!!!

@billwilson5341

18w

What are you talking about? The same shit is occurring today all over the world!

@oOBloodyAllyOo

2y↑2

Thank you for giving this poor man a voice and opportunity to share his story

@claguilera2058

1y↑2

I like how you explain things factually and not draw too much judgement especially when cases are still under investigation.

@AnnieBoBannie421

1y↑77

I got 23 licks with a thick wooden paddle in 3rd grade. It was the 23rd after all. Our ‘teacher’ was an absolute nut. She’d play the record player on high, turn the tv on high, then play the piano and sing so loud… most of the kids cried all day. This would have been in 77-78…her grand daughter pecked on my shoulder during an assembly..I refused to turn around. She kept doing it. I finally whispered ‘what?’ Well , she saw me…. She said she was gonna get me… the day went on …nothing happened. 10 minutes til time to go home and she called me up front in front of everyone and bent me over her desk. I didn’t cry. From middle of my back to back of my knees it was black. Not blue.
My cousin was bawling…other kid’s crying loudly.
I got home. Didn’t tell my mom. Dad came home from work and it was supper time. I couldn’t bend or sit. I had peed down my legs …it burned so badly (I’m a girl 😂). I was standing when supper started . My dad said I was making him nervous and to sit. I told him I was seeing how long I could stand. He laughed and said ‘please sit’…. I started crying and said I can’t. About that time the phone rang. It was my uncle saying my cousin came home crying and told the story. My mom called my dad into living room and they both came in and my dad pulled my pants down and said ‘oh my god’ …he had these huge tears falling… he didn’t cry… but it was close. I could hear my mom mad and cussing up a storm. I’d seen my mom knock 2 women out cold already. The police came once. They agreed with her .
Mom said I only needed to go to school for a few minutes the next day. I begged her not to do anything. She said she wouldn’t. I watched her drive away with my little brother and go up the holler. (We lived right across from the school—Ky hillbillies also😂) I thought she wouldn’t come back.
As soon as the bell rang the damn tv, record player, piano started.
There was pounding on the door…. those old medal grade school doors… ‘you better open this goddamn door, you crazy old bitch’… my mom. She dared anyone to open it. My cousin got up, ‘it’s just Betty, it’s ok’ he was crying. She said ‘Donald, if you open that door , I’ll blister you’.., my mom was telling him to please open it. He did. My mom asked her to come out instead of being dragged. She choose drag… she was at the piano when mom slammed it shut, wound her hair around her hand and yanked her into the floor 😂😂 dragged her out. Once outside mom was asking her what day it was….. I heard the principal and his secretary saying over and over ‘Betty , stop, Betty, don’t do this’ . I went out there. The principal was holding moms damn purse. She started beating the hell out of her. Counting each really hard blow. Once her arms got tired she kicked her in the ribs -hard for the last 7 counts. She was beat bloody. Nobody called the cops. He gave mom her purse back and she said look…and showed him what she did. He said ‘oh my god___’
We went home and since her hands were too bloody and raw, we got pizza for 3 days!!! Old Ms. never came back. She lived next door to my moms sister…. When we went there, she’d come out and actually try to talk to mom. She was that nuts. I still remember how bad it hurt. I didn’t cry. She kept looking every few licks I guess to see if I was. I didn’t give that old crazy bitch that satisfaction. Not one damn tear. It took almost a year for the bruises to go away. I remember I had to wear black tights in dance and gymnastic class. Crazy old mean bitch finally got hers…. The End …. Sorry it was long… 💋♥️

@TBlack-dz5bo

1y↑19

Holy shit! What a story! Your mama didn’t play that day!

@albertcarello619

A. Smwood: I would have helped your Mother finish her off and beat the crap out of her too!!!! What I would do to that bitch teacher I'd love charged with attempted murder and have to be bailed out of jail!!!

@pixifairy67

Good for your mom! I would have done the same

@brieb9981

1y↑8

THATS a mama

@laurieb3703

1y↑8

Your mom is a LEGEND!!!! Tell her thank you for me please!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

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@destiny022

1y↑16

As a boy mom, my heart broke watching this, I wish I could’ve saved every one of those boys😞 I wish I could have hugged every one of them and told them they’re safe now 😔

@billwilson5341

18w

As someone with no children my heart broke watching this, I wish I could’ve saved every one of those boys😞 I wish I could have hugged every one of them and told them they’re safe now 😔

@AngelKhalidah

3y↑3.9K

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare

@gregoryleonardxxx7347

3y↑65

Very true Emily. Demons have not been judged yet, they roam free

@envyallison926

3y↑48

Bible says that also Woa for the earth. When Jesus became king , they were cast down to earth. And they are MAD. As you can see by how the world is

@charlotterose2326

3y↑39

That quote is the absolute truth!! The devil takes on many forms!! And this story proves that!

@kristamcphail4886

3y↑18

Nailed it.

@renahernandez5120

3y↑19

Darn he had to go to reform school...my brother had his adoption that disaplined him exactly as those boys....he had the same beatings and was full of anger from the abuse..he now is in prison and will die behind bars.

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@Zdude1987

1y↑11

I grew up in Marianna, and I have heard stories for most of my life about this place. But I can say, that most of the the younger people (im 35) had no idea how bad this place really was, as it was always just spoke of as a place "you didnt want to go to". When it finally closed, nothing was said about it for years, not why it was closed, the things that happened, where the current boys went from there, ect, so it just faded in peoples minds after a while. The buildings just decomposed and fell apart, and the fence was rusted up and cut up so people could get in and loot or deface the place. But then we started hearing that people were coming to investigate the place, and shortly after that they were finding unmarked graves and bodies that werent in any records buried EVERYWHERE. It was wild. I have since moved from the area, and my parents tell me that the fences, and a lot of the buildings are torn down, and that some of the buildings are being repurposed. Not sure to what though. Thankfully its gone, I pray some of the previous "students" find some peace. Thank you for sharing this video with the public, its beyond stupid it was ever covered up in the first place.

@melissaowens1559

19w

Panama city here

@ritaclarke5987

1y↑66

My heart goes out to all the boys who were sent to this "facility". Only to be beaten so badly, I don't care if you are white, black, green, yellow or what color my heart goes out to them. Those who have not been found, I pray they RIP, it's so sad to suffer at all that pain. NOBODY deserves this. 😢

@eindeutcher

39w

Correction... These evil perpetrators that beat these boys deserve every bit of what they dealt to the boys. And more.

@ChudDin

32w↑2

its ireland pretty much everyone was ethnically irish so white back then today its only different because were being invaded by africans and arabs

@MsLilyPickles

1y↑11

I enjoy true crime stories (I don’t know if enjoy is the right word) but so many YouTube channels fall short. They post quantity over quality, do minimal editing / voiceover and don’t present background or well thought out commentary.

EWU is the only channel that I’m confident will present interesting stories, thoughtful commentary and factual background information. There really is no other channel like it. I keep making the mistake of clicking on other channels thinking that they’ll scratch my morbid itch, but 9/10 times they are severely lacking.

Thank you, EWU!!

@laurieb3703

I would suggest "Well I never". He's a very good story teller

@stevenpage8847

32w

I enjoy That Chapter

@Lord_Volkner

1y↑30

Wow. Amazing to come across this. A friend of mine wrote a book about his life and I proof read it for him. He told the story of this school in that book, and after it was published, and because of the book, authorities in Florida investigated and found those bodies. At 5:56, that forensic investigation in 2012 was authorized because of his book, published in 2010.

@laurieb3703

You mean from the white graveyard? Can you update us?

@Lord_Volkner

@@laurieb3703 I tried multiple times, but for reasons I can't begin to imagine, Yuck FouTube keeps deleting my comment.

This is the reason I don't come much to YouTube any more.

@billwilson5341

18w↑3

Why not name the book and the author?

@nadogrl

12w

@@billwilson5341- Isn’t it frustrating when people do that? I tried to look for it by search engine, and then on Amazon…there are lots of books, and I don’t have time to investigate further. There’s one by Johnny Lee Gaddy, who they talk about at around 34:00 or so, but they didn’t mention his book.

@Tradewindsvintagehi

25w↑2

Thank goodness for brave Mr. Fudge. Telling his story records it for history.Those poor boys.

@ericpanissidi6761

3y↑3.7K

Those of us abused as a child usually become an abuser, commit suicide, or find help.i almost drank myself to death.thanks to AA 7 years sober and ready to forgive and help others.

@nickic8759

3y↑139

Congratulations Eric! Your life is worth so much more than having its outcome dictated by a monster(S). Sending you love and peace xxx

@janeiljohnson7925

3y↑74

You're an inspiration to others. May God bless you! AA saves alot of lives, mine included..

@carolrainey7867

3y↑81

The comment about people who were abused become abusers is NOT TRUE! I came from a family of 9 children and we were all abused by our father. Beaten with tree branches and belts until blood ran down our legs and back. 2 of the girls were raped by him and one was constantly raped over and over for 8 years . I can HONESTLY say that NONE of us ever abused our children or anyone else's children. I firmly believe that people make a choice to be an abuser and it's a copout against being held responsible for their actions ! Really ticks me off when people say , Well he or she were abused as children and that's why they are abusers !!! We didn't want to hurt our children like we were hurt. We did just the opposite, we over spoiled our children !! ALL of my children are Christians as am I and they are not abusers .. the abuse in our family history stopped with our father ! And none of our 6 brothers had any daughter's. I know of many others who were abused as children and they are not abusers now. To make a comment like you did is reckless and has no merit !! And I am sure that all the people who were sexually abused in the Catholic churches would be offended by that comment too.!

@lostboi210

3y↑40

I sit alone in my room all day never call ppl i order food from delivery never trust anyone. I have a whole house but dnt leave my room i grew up in a state run facility in Texas it damages you it broke me for no reason. I was a kid .

@janeiljohnson7925

3y↑31

@@lostboi210 honey... I'm so sorry. I don't understand why society doesn't realize the impact of childhoop trauma. It never goes away. You're in my prayers. Remember that there are generally good decent people who don't want anything from you. They just want you to know you are loved. My whole post was corny, but i don't care...

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@BrownEyedBeauty2008

2y↑42

I am very proud of Charlie for being brave enough to go into such depth about his story and how this has affected him into adulthood. I had never heard of this before and this is absolutely horrible. I hope the surviving victims see justice while they are still here. They deserve it after what they went through. Rest in peace to all the boys that were so savagely murderer and buried there. I hope the perpetrators get what they deserve. If not in this life then the next. I don't necessarily believe in an afterlife but I will hope that it exists for these monsters as well as the boys so they can live in eternal paradise 🤍

@Amy_The_unbearded

1y↑41

This was REALLY hard for me to watch. I went to a similar place in Utah. What blows my mind is that places like this are still running. Children are still being exposed to this kind of treatment and it is absolutely disgusting.

@hilareebrand

28w↑1

Where in Utah??

@Lemonade_Stand_

18w↑1

Was it Anasazi?

@Amy_The_unbearded

18w

@@hilareebrand it was in a SMALL town called LaVerkin. Was called cross creek (then they sent me to another program down in Mexico)

@billwilson5341

18w↑2

I'm appreciate that you understand that the same shit is occurring today all over the world.

@johncharley9791

17w↑2

I can never understand why these boys, as adults didn't go back and return the kindness that they received as defenceless boys.

@tinkytink1207

2y↑5

This was extremely heartbreaking! I have Never heard of this place before and it located VERY close to where I live! I think I am going to try and go see it! Thank you for bringing this story to the public's attention! I would have never known without your video!

@billwilson5341

18w

Couldn't hurt to document your visit.

@pipergamblin5340

23w↑3

I’m a resident of Florida and that place is one of the creepiest places to go. I still remember the day I was driving my family back from Jacksonville and came across this place. It’s horrible you see the path leading up and all you can feel is just a dark eerie feeling. A story called the Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead was based off the horrors from this place. The AP teacher that got me looking into this recommended the book said teachers in the state used to joke about sending the unruly students there.

@attentionlabel

3y↑11.1K

"Don't feel sorry for us - feel proud that we brought it out into the open"
Strong words to end on.

@000MIMS

2y↑70

Yes I appreciated that as well. 💞 This whole disgusting...I don't even have words to describe this ... It reminds me of the residential/boarding schools First people/ Native Americans were sent to as children. The trauma to multiple generations 💔 but the determination to not give up here, to take their power back from those monsters is just so inspiring 💞

@hellgal88

2y↑19

Strong words indeed!

@rebekahwilson7703

2y↑18

I’m extremely proud of you!♥️

@rosecoleman4118

2y↑15

GOD bless you sir and those whom have endured such horrifically! abuse! I will pray for you! 🙏🏼💕

@carlottachrist4060

2y↑7

You are strong and god bless you 💖

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@michelleadams8473

2y↑40

It's so sad that all these boys are still missing. The people in government seriously need to be held accountable for what has happened. This is totally disgusting My heart goes out to all those that have suffered and still suffer today 💕💕

@shinobukochou7824

1y↑3

thank you for making this video and raising awareness. id never heard of this before. it's absolutely heartbreaking and horrific, crimes against humanity 💔

@JLEG0331

1y↑11

My childhood home (Wildwood Circle) was a pasture away from this school. As a kid, we’d play in the pasture, the graveyard and run up to the fence’s of the school. My parents would always say when we would get out of line, “y’all better act right, cause the bad boys go to the School for Boys on the other side of that pasture”..Looking back, we all didn’t know what really happened there but deep down it scared the hell out of me seeing them boys on the other side of the pasture. It set me straight, that’s for sure. I lived in fear knowing that was my supposed outcome if I got in trouble. We never knew how bad it was, my mama and daddy, us as kids, until it started to become exposed. Sad tbh. 😢 I never wanted to be on the other side of the pasture……

@cassandraclapp6667

1y↑18

God bless you men. My heart really goes out to you. I too endured juvenile incarceration for 3 very long yrs. I was molested, hog-tied, beat, pinned against my fellow peers. Shipped all over the state. Only difference was the severity of the discipline and the fact that I am a female and it happened in the 90s. It never ended. I bet it is still occuring in some places today.

@jjpurcell8264

1y↑2

"Always in a state of fear and intimidation. Never no love shown, no kindness. You carry this story with you your whole life."
Felt

@chambersjc85

3y↑3.6K

Being abused as a child is one of the worst things to happen in life.

@iaintafraidofnoghosts7135

3y↑122

Yes. Along with murder, sexual abuse of a child is likely the most destructive and evil thing one could do in this world to another human being.
But rest easy knowing this, friends:
The deepest and most despair-filled level of hell is reserved for those who commit such atrocities against a child. God WILL deliver justice, whether anyone "believes" he will or not.

@chriscosby1561

3y↑5

Been there better for it.

@cennix

3y↑42

absolutely. it fucks you up for life

@Heretbg

3y↑65

Let me correct you: it it's THE WORST thing that can happen in anyone's life. Simply put it completely ruins you and makes it much more difficult to achieve your full potential later as an adult

@fridgeraider819

3y↑6

@@Heretbg this

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@AusbensDiary

1y↑44

I live near this town. I have been at that town several times. There is always a spooky feeling about this town. Also, there was a lot of bones found at the school.

@janetkelly5295

1y↑2

I know about this , we had schools like this in Scotland too,as long as institutions you'll have room for monsters to do those things

@georgeDeming

1y↑3

lived in Marianna my whole life. and i can confirm the spookyness, not just from the boyschool but, how the place i currently work in marianna used to be a tuberculosis place and they had a battle in the colonial era if im not mistaken. bunch of nightmare fuel in this town

@Carmensandiego_

@@georgeDeming I listened to another video about that
I'm up in Jacksonville.

@kittygat0663

2y↑8

Rest In Peace to those who passed, and I hope all those who are still alive, find peace and are constantly receiving love from someone. I hope no one has to go through anything like this ever. I am so sorry for everyone who had to endure this. I really am, I wish I could hand over my life to yours and let you have a new chance to life.

@lauracook8203

1y↑8

My heart already started breaking when I saw the group photo of the boys in their underpants. I looked at each boy's face and their eyes belied their sadness. I hope so much that the survivors are able to overcome what they were put through.

@rowdyropp7464

1y↑2

Give these survivors compensation and acknowledgement!

@lacherylnicholes2462

36w↑2

I applaud these men they are continuing to fight for the trauma they endured. And the fact, people still are turning a blind eye to this just infuriates me.

@anitastone168

3y↑9.1K

My Dad was taken away from abusive parents as a child in the late 30s by the authorities. Him and his little brother were placed in a Council Childrens Home, where they suffered horrific abuse by the staff. People who take pleasure in abusing children are drawn like a magnet to these sort of ,supposedly, safe places for children.
Dad never told us much. He opened up a bit when he was an old man. He was a wonderful Father. His whole purpose in life was to create a family and be a good Dad. You were Dad, your girls idolised you ❤

@wendyfreeman32

3y↑236

I am so glad for your father to have found some beauty in life, must have been very traumatic for him, testament to his character to have come through so much and raised a beautiful family, prayers for all those that have gone through such depravity, God bless you and yours ❤❤❤

@sugarcakezz

3y↑123

Evil hides at the top. The quicker everyone learns and sees the quicker we can condemn

@AdriaandeVos2000

3y↑66

Thank you for telling your story may your dad Rest In Peace❤️

@jessicaseasydiysrecipesand4839

3y↑30

I am 😭 God bless your family

@_.359

3y↑19

God bless

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@Jaime-ep3ce

2y↑2

Once again..very well done..narrator does great job..thanks very much..\m/

@L8_777

1y↑1

Thanks for covering this issue!

@DrDeADETV

11w↑2

I knew people who worked there. After reading the Nickel Boys which is a novel based on Dozier, when I asked a friend who had retired by then about the stories I read in the novel she immediately told me: I have to go now. I still have bills to pay. I'll talk to you later. She never did. In fact by the time I got to see her again she had had a stroke and was in no condition to speak about anything.

@PhilDapple

1y↑6

Horrific crimes like this must not go unpunished and the bureaucrats should get their heads out of the sand and realize that this stuff does happen. Still today, they are just getting better at hiding it. The worst part is that the ones in authority are turning a blind eye towards it. Partly because it is such a serious allegation, and they are worried about the embarrassment if they get it wrong.
This very well put together documentary video was hard to watch because it made me sick to my stomach and boiled my blood all at the same time. My heart goes out to all those who had to suffer this.

@billwilson5341

18w

"Horrific crimes like this must not go unpunished..." And yet they do.

@artandnature-arnelalvarez6219

1y↑3

This is so sad to watch, knowing that your early years where you are trying to learn new things and experience and discover great things is being corrupted by evil. I can't imagine myself if I have to go through those nightmare, I have experienced physical and mental abuse but not that worse of what they all go through. I'm glad most of them survived but for those who didn't may you find peace and comfort with our maker. Praying for you all.

@brandymoreno9049

2y↑9.3K

As a mother of an 8 year old boy, When I heard that they screamed “mommy” while being beaten, my heart broke into a million pieces and made me so angry. Those poor babies. I hope these child abusers are suffering the worse pain imaginable in hell.

@jethrodark2372

2y↑46

You know why the school stayed open for so long even after have been checked multiple times?

The Goverment, they are not here to help u they dont care. Why do people think the sex trade/ human trafficking never gets taken down, because its government officials from around the world that run it.

@silverstorm1000

2y↑571

I'm not religious but people like the abusers here make me hope there is a hell.

@D8rk_Kitt3n

2y↑120

Too bad hell isn't real. If only it were that easy to get justice. These are times where I wish it was

@viivimarianna4128

2y↑14

Same. 😭

@Cashuuu.

2y↑6

If they believed in god, all they'd have to to is ask for forgiveness and they'd spend eternity in heaven. It's why I hate Christianity

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@wolfen8622

1y↑6

The fact that there is/was a/multiple graveyard/s close to the school is saying enough imo. What a true horror these boys had to go through…

@haunteddreams7856

2y↑4

This is exactly why I plan on adopting when I'm older. So many kids that are either unwanted to not be able to be looked after properly they need loving homes not punishment

@anniemooney6601

31w

I really like your voice, I find it really interesting to learn about all these horrific things that have happened, it makes me so humbled and thankful that we have more protection today even though it’s still not enough, I know that what we do have is a blessing

@chexnfx7161

30w

Are you outsourcing your comment to AI for experimentation?

@ElinaBiber

1y↑19

I remember my older brother's friend coming over to our house to watch movies (he watched a lot of them and knew thousands by heart!). Once I saw the movie they were watching and later that guy claimed it was his favorite. I didn't remember neither actors nor the plot just this rape scene that haunted me for years. And 2 years ago I came across this movie on Netflix by accident (once again), it was "The Sleepers". Boys getting abused in one of these juvenile facilities... As a mom of a boy it just gives me this almost unbearable pain and anxiety. And here I am not able to watch this episode because I'm not sure if I can do this...

@kathyploof1216

43w

I watched "The Sleepers" too. This evil behavior is beyond comprehension. I clicked on this video because of the word "dozier". There are many people trying to help find Summer Wells. A famous psychic, Rev. Donna Seraphina, said they put full dozier on Summer? She wasn't sure what dozier meant. There is a knife company with that name. Now I am wondering if it was a reference to this school of torture? Rev. Donna told the fbi where JJ and Tylee's bodies were buried. She also told the fbi you will find one body with two arms and one leg. The other leg was cooked in the fire, they ate the meat. All turned out to be true. All documented on her youtube vids, months before the bodies were found. Now I'm wondering if the evil ones buried Summer at the Dozier school, thinking no one would ever look there? Its looking like a child trafficking ring, some local LE may be involved. IDK but they have to get rid of the bodies somehow.

@jasonhahn8797

39w↑1

Don't force yourself to. If you've been through anything like that then it's best to stay away from that level of anxiety.

@FC-hj9ub

34w↑1

I've seen that movie. Disturbing AF the only good part was the revenge... never watching it again

@ElinaBiber

34w

@@FC-hj9ub It really is…The most disturbing part is that it was based on a true story. And things like this happens to this day in the places like that.

@TayWoode

33w

I remember that with Kevin Bacon, Robert de Niro and Brad Pitt, no way could I watch it again, it made me cry

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@IsThisTourettes

1y↑9

you'd be shocked to know that shit similar to this is still happening today. it's still being disguised as "help". i ended up at one of these schools in 2012. traumatic to say the least.

@billwilson5341

18w↑1

Thank you! Someone who understands that the same shit is occurring today all over the world! Most of the commenters here seem to think this is a "one-off" event. Take care, my friend.

@zomkino

3y↑6.3K

The amount of details Charlie remembers alone should be a proof of how much of a trauma this was, he's old and yet that haunt him

@littleturtles5166

3y↑234

And to think that this school was still running in 2010 is just unbelievable!

@mariahchill9601

2y↑83

I was thinking the same thing, Charlie most likely has intense trauma and something like this? You just don't forget...

@imtooobsessedwithpokemonhe4452

2y↑19

@@littleturtles5166 are you serious?

@itsjustme9682

2y↑35

@@imtooobsessedwithpokemonhe4452 yea but got shut down in 2011 i believe

@mystqicc3901

2y↑30

@@imtooobsessedwithpokemonhe4452 yeah, it was closed in June 2011, I believe.

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@Darrylizer1

1y↑2

It's always the same. People are cruel and they're at their cruelest when they have power over someone weaker than them.

@sandwichlover9780

42w↑4

i was traveling through the area a few months ago and actually got to see this place in person. absolutely haunting knowing what actually happened there.

@hoozerob

I stumbled onto this channel, got intrigued and watched many of these videos now. Subscribed now! 🤨😮‍💨

@meganfoxxymama

44w↑1

My jaw just kept going closer & closer to the ground as I listened to this. This is so heartbreaking. These poor kids didn’t deserve that!!

@rosesaredark

1y↑6

I just watched a Korean drama called "blind" lately and I can see now where the authors got inspired by, just watching the drama made me feel so bad for the children and seeing now that it happened in real life is really saddening and shocking

@kimberlyrudd6734

3y↑25.4K

My uncle was at that school in the 50's. He would not get into specifics as to what happened to him there, he said it was horrific. He cried when he told me he was there. It left an indelible mark on him for the rest of his life.

@violetcarson5532

3y↑273

Wooooooooow 😞

@LisaNC832

3y↑713

So sorry for your uncle 💔

@andyessma5318

3y↑447

Love and good thoughts out to your uncle, what he and many others endured here is hellish and sickening. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone

@tinacloutier7654

3y↑258

Damn all the people that hurt him and God bless your uncle

@jaynehinds3339

3y↑114

PTSD 😢

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@LadyArmy613

1y↑4

My heart shattered when he said one of the boys was calling his Mommy. It’s a special place in hell for those monsters that worked there.

@alyssabasile9347

34w↑2

I truly hope those poor boys, now elder men, get the justice they deserve and are recognized in every way, especially financially, for what they all endured at that awful establishment. As a resident of Florida, I am not surprised that a Floridia state official would flat out deny these atrocities ever took place. The depth of ignorance never ceases to amaze me, especially regarding some of Florida's "public servants."

@MichaelSmith-hs5iu

14w

Well, I say this: If you people of Florida keep electing morons like your governor De Santis this type of thing will never end! All you have to do is listen to him for a very few minutes and you can see and hear the authoritarianism he craves. You can't hold on to your freedom in this country with politicians of his caliber

@shiva_hardly_sarcastic

41w

i liked the video alot, but i would have liked to hear the actual original audio of the interviewer asking the questions.
i know that doesn't fit the format you usually go for, but it would feel more personal i think!
anyway great content, loving it! ♥

@austinbarefield4879

1y↑7

The sad part is they still use this facility, they use it as the “one stop career center” and use it as a police substation.

@bustabranden

27w↑3

Rest In Peace to all the boys who lost their life in this horrible place

@sharryaustin3278

3y↑6.7K

I was abused as a child. The scars never heal. I am 65 years old and still have nightmares. I can’t imagine what these boys went through. I’m so sorry and hope they find some peace. God bless each one of you.

@courtsohsodivaable

3y↑171

God bless you too, Sharry. 🙏🏾♥️

@dawnmichele6847

3y↑146

Same with me. But I ran away at 14 and never looked back.😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏💐🕊️🕊️🕊️

@cicada17

3y↑75

@@dawnmichele6847 god bless you❤️

@luxgreen1277

3y↑52

And bless you too hun

@dawnmichele6847

3y↑43

@@cicada17 God bless you too 🙏 and thanks 🙏 always glad to see someone who cares.💐

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@waylonjensen3120

1y↑8

This seems so bizzare and outlandish in today's world, but unfortunatly this was far too often the norm at boys reform schools. So heartbreaking

@billwilson5341

18w

The same shit is occurring today all over the world!

@l.janecliftonrozell4707

1y↑3

My prayers go out to each one of those boys I want to hug each one ❤ The government don’t care shame on them Thank you Mr. Charlie for telling your story may you get justice along with other servers & the ones who didn’t make it what a horrific story 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@rk4397

1y↑3

My father was stationed at Marianna, FL during World War II. He was riding the bus one day when they passed a chain gang of boys about ten years old. He wondered what ten year olds did to be put on a chain gang. That was the Dozier School for Boys.

@johnconstantine2754

2y↑3

I have lived a 40 minute drive from this place for 18 years and have never heard of it. So sad and heart breaking

@sandrawicks7164

This is heartbreaking may all those men that beat those young boys rot. God bless you for speaking about what went on in that cruel place ❤

@halldorherm

3y↑1.8K

The words "school" and "cemetery" just shouldn't be used together

@fg-wr9ge

3y↑21

Welcome to America

@toomanymarys7355

3y↑14

In the past, kids died away at boarding school pretty often. About 10 percent of kids still didn't make it to adulthood in the 1920s. The pandemic deaths, for instance, couldn't have been helped and happened everywhere.

@seline.michell

3y↑2

Idk it’s so common for a school to be right next to or across from a cemetery. Weird, right?

@fg-wr9ge

3y↑5

@@seline.michell dude my school is close to a prison 🧍‍♀️

@rocb5473

You got that right!

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@musings2022

1y↑26

Bravo for bringing this to light. I will write to the Florida officials and support these men. God will have vengeance on the perpetrators and official authorities that are hiding their complicity on the final Day of Judgement.

@schwiftysouls5471

1y↑1

Why does a God that put them on this path need to seek vengeance? According to "God's plan," this was always meant to happen. This is business as usual.

Better yet, why do you worship a god that creates certain people explicitly to exact his "vengeance" on them? God knows everything that has, will and can happen. God knew from their conception that this was what they would do, yet you applaud him for allowing such evil to happen solely because he'll "exact his vengeance."

@steveswangler6373

1y↑4

will that be the same god that didnt lift a finger while all those boys were being abused? that god should be judged itself

@90sHONEY

Humans have to punish behaviour like that, instead of waiting for the abusers to die after living a long fulfilled life and hoping some very possibly non-existent higher being will punish them. If god isn't real, then what?! One abuser lived 90 years of a perverted life and then died peacefully. And that is it. He was never punished and chances are he is not burning in any hell now because hell doesn't exist either.
And that is why ignorance and praying won't help. We have to take of people like that.

@JulyJuneJanuary

44w

@@90sHONEYhorrible people are treated favorably by God because he likes a challenge. Good people are left to get on with it. There is never justice after earth

@jenc3827

1y↑2

My second cousin spent years in this institution in the 1960s. Although I do not have a relationship with him, my family states he has never talked about his time in the school. He is currently serving a life sentence for a crime he did in his late 20s

@josephinemiller4780

47w

I’m willing to bet your cousin would not have ended up in prison had he not been sent to Dozier.

@kat0726

31w↑2

This hurts my heart so terribly for these boys, and nobody to save them 💔😞

@lele-fm1pb

1y↑2

It truely is terrifying how recent this was

@bonniegropper

33w↑1

I have been following this story since it came out,God bless these poor kids.

@victoriamiller7738

3y↑5.4K

So these children were DYING and none of the parents of these dead boys thought to raise hell? How do you ship your child off and just walk away? This is already heartbreaking and I’ve just started watching.

@KeiaSA

2y↑833

One guy that was in there said that they abused/killed the kids that didn't have a family more bc they knew nobody would be checking on the boys and questioning the teachers.

@snowmink5508

2y↑216

Guess you've not been keeping up with the world at large. You've not heard of Judge Donna Scott Davenport and her program that puts minors in jail. Look up her name try not to puke. How her actions haven't gone viral is still shocking to me. She's coming more into the spot light but it really needs to be thrown in everyone's faces.

@mariahchill9601

2y↑225

It's super sad, but it was also very common to send boys off when they were being bad or just being kids in general, and alot of the time they would just accept the fact that they "ran away and must have died from the cold and got pneumonia"
Super sad and heartbreaking

@TammyMayCormier

2y↑94

You underestimate the power of "authority"

@cheanarchist2381

2y↑16

You’d have to kill me to take my boys ,, my late husband kidnapped them some monsters out there

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@hannamac1323

26w

these men are the bravest of the brave. living their lives with the knowledge and experiences. i pray that theyre happy and pray that their minds can one day be restored.

@CatherineDoII

1y↑1

I feel like my soul is leaving me when hearing these horror stories. I have a little son, so I feel so so bad and angry for these boys and men! This world is so cruel and crazy!

@zarvix3555

45w↑4

Taking a kid, who might have some rebellious tendencies (because they're kids for fuck's sake) and traumatize them is nothing short of deplorable, sickening and heartless. Why do people feel pain is the best motivator for "change"?! It only makes them worse in other ways. I've dealt with my own abuse as a child that affects me even today but, none of it was as bad as what these kids went through. I am truly sorry to every one of the kids who have gone through and are still going through things like what happened at Dozier at other facilities across the country. I know so many facilities like this fly under the radar and get away with their mistreatment and abuse.

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