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Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed, and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own. The patient population in 1961 eclipsed 6,600, well above its listed capacity of 4,823. By the mid-1990s, the patient population had fallen under 700, and the hospital had become a symbol of captivity, horror, and chaos.

This is the incredible story of the scientists who created a coronavirus vaccine in record time. In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the...

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1987, Angela Findlay walked into a prison and instantly but inexplicably felt at home. For years she had wrestled with a sense of 'badness' within her. But working with prisoners was just the beginning of her search for answers that took her to Nazi Germany and the...

Sound Sleep Street is a storytelling podcast, in which all stories are made by either me, or my family too. Oh, and hi… I am Tristé. I really hope you enjoy the night time stories I read to you, so that you can just kick back, relax, and drift off as you please. And don’t feel any shame in falling asleep in the midst, or even in the first three minutes you listen. For remember, my job, friend, is to make you feel at peace and at ease. Looking forward to seeing the first people who happen to come and visit Sound Sleep Street. Bye for now!