Forest Haven: A Fatal Legacy of Neglect | Abandoned America Podcast
Posted: 30th May 2023
In: Podcasts
Season 2, Episode 16
Premiere: May 31, 2023
Photo Gallery/Essay Transcript: Forest Haven
Additional Music: Scott Buckley and Ashot Danielyan
Intro/Outro Music: "Odyssey" by Rival Consoles
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Forest Haven was a developmental center in Laurel, Maryland for children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities and chronic illnesses that was the site of what was described as "the deadliest known example of institutional abuse in recent American history." Today Forest Haven lies abandoned and mostly forgotten, but in this episode we'll explore how profound and often fatal neglect shattered lives of residents for decades, and why it was allowed to continue for years after some of the facility's most horrific injustices were brought to light.
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