Revisiting Shock Doc - Inside Bellevue’s Horrific Child Psychiatry Experiments
Published on Jul 10, 2026, 11:00:00 PM
Total time: 01:17:08
Published on Jul 10, 2026, 11:00:00 PM
Total time: 01:17:08
Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Shock Doc - Inside Bellevue’s Horrific Child Psychiatry Experiments
Dr. Lauretta Bender became one of the most controversial child psychiatrists in America. At Bellevue Hospital, she used electroshock therapy on children diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia. Her work became tangled in the dark history of government-backed mind control research and society's terrifying faith in experimental psychiatry.
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