Episode 44: Florida’s Dozier School for Boys

The Dozier School for Boys. Boys from the ages of six to twenty-one trapped in a place that claimed to be their saving grace. The school claimed to help all boys who were a little troubled. You acted up? You went to Dozier. You smoked? You went to Dozier. You tried to run away? You were an orphan? Got convicted of petty larceny? You went to Dozier, and those who made it out were never the same. Socials: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram Sources: Allen Greg, “Florida’s Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story” https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story, NPR 15 Oct 2012. Accessed 28 June 2024. Dailey, Kate. “Who are the 55 bodies buried at the Dozier School?” https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26980611?ocid=socialflow_twitter BBC, 16 April 2014. Accessed 28 June 2024. EXPLORE WITH US, “These Boys Went Through Hell: The Dozier School of Horrors.” YouTube, 3 July 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj0phcl-SM&list=PL185EtHnpktS8_orUTFSWEgbiGD9D9zUd&index=8 [Video]. Accessed 28 June 2024. Luscombe, Richard. “‘A type of justice’: Florida reform school yields evidence of more graves” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/a-type-of-justice-florida-reform-school-yields-evidence-of-more-graves The Guardian, 22 April 2019. Accessed 28 June 2024. Luscombe, Richard. “‘Rape dungeon’ allegations emerge in abuse report on Dozier School for Boys” The Guardian, 6 Feb 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/06/dozier-school-for-boys-abuse-florida-new-allegations Accessed 29 June 2024. Montgomery, Ben. “More ‘possible graves’ found at Dozier School for Boys” Tampa Bay Times, 11 April 2019. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2019/04/11/more-possible-graves-found-at-dozier-school-of-boys/ Accessed 30 June 2024. Staff Writer. “White House Boys: Justice may come, finally” https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/editorials/2009/01/25/stub-85/15997940007/ The Florida Times-Union, 24 Jan 2009. Accessed 29 June 2024.