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Ozarks True Crime

The Sandra Hemme Story Ep. 8: The State Hospital is a Prison

Ozarks True Crime

editaudio, Anne Roderique-Jones

Society & Culture, Edit Audio Inc, The Ozarks, Editaudio, Investigative Journalism, Anne Roderique-jones, The Springfield Three, Springfield Missouri, Missing Women, True Crime

4.4813 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The hearing concludes, and our team drives to St. Joseph to visit the site where Sandy was first interrogated by police: the St. Joseph State Hospital. Now the site of a prison and a museum, we work to understand the disturbing past of Missouri’s mental health facilities and investigate why so many people with mental illness are placed in Missouri prisons.

Links:

Innocent A Second Look - Darryl Burton

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

International Suicide Hotlines


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Edit audio.

0:04.0

This episode discusses sexual abuse, adverse drug reactions, self-injury, and suicide.

0:10.5

If you or someone you know needs support, call or text 988 and connect with a train counselor.

0:16.5

Please take care while listening.

0:30.0

The St. Joseph State Hospital is located on a large swath of land off the highway,

0:32.5

among a sprawling set of brick buildings.

0:38.8

The four-story complex that once served as a psychiatric hospital surgery and outpatient building is now home to the Glor Psychiatric Museum.

0:41.8

A few days after Sandy's hearing, our team drove out to St. Joe to visit this museum.

0:47.3

The former state hospital was one of the many places Sandy was housed during her years in psychiatric care,

0:53.3

and it's where police interrogated

0:55.3

her. We wanted to see it for ourselves. You have arrived. Look at this old building right here.

1:03.0

The barred windows. Yeah, barred windows. Is that inside of the... That's the old facility. I think that's

1:10.3

the museum.

1:12.3

Upon arrival, we immediately noticed the razor wire fences

1:15.4

surrounding a large part of the property,

1:17.8

and that's because a prison is located here as well.

1:20.9

In addition, there's an old white building

1:23.0

with barred and broken out windows.

1:25.9

Though it's not in use,

1:27.1

it was once home to Progress Hall,

1:29.6

built in 1893, which housed a chapel, barbershop, and the patient library. You could tell that

1:36.6

it was once a beautiful architectural structure, but now looks almost eerie.

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