Jamie and Leo cover the atrocities hidden from the public eye behind the facade of a self sustaining school and hospital.

For almost 60 years they kept their secrets locked away. Thanks to one brave journalist, the horrors were finally exposed.

Find out what happened at Pennhurst state school and hospital (aka Pennhurst Asylum) and the true history behind the treatment of mental illness in American history.

This episode of The Darkives we learn of Pennhurst's abuse scandals, patient stories and the institutions dark past that lead to it being closed for good.

Serious history. Told not so seriously

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