Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This huge facility was brought to the public eye by an amazing journalist in a documentary from 1972 named WILLOWBROOK: THE LAST GREAT DISGRACE by Geraldo Rivera. A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities & The Letchworth Village Rehabilitation Center. During their trip they discover remarkable paranormal evidence and residual energy left behind from this tragedy. Letchworth Village was featured on the Travel Channel's hit paranormal show Ghost Adventures in Season 5, Episode 6 2011. In Season 2 of American Horror Story: Asylum which aired in 2012-2013, the institution served as inspiration for the show according to creator Ryan Murphy, because of its role in Geraldo Rivera's famous documentary. Letchworth Village was featured as a key scene setting on the television series Elementary in the Season 3 Episode 14 titled "The Female of the Species". It originally aired in 2015.
This huge facility was brought to the public eye by an amazing journalist in a documentary from 1972 named WILLOWBROOK: THE LAST GREAT DISGRACE by Geraldo Rivera. A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities & The Letchworth Village Rehabilitation Center. During their trip they discover remarkable paranormal evidence and residual energy left behind from this tragedy. Letchworth Village was featured on the Travel Channel's hit paranormal show Ghost Adventures in Season 5, Episode 6 2011. In Season 2 of American Horror Story: Asylum which aired in 2012-2013, the institution served as inspiration for the show according to creator Ryan Murphy, because of its role in Geraldo Rivera's famous documentary. Letchworth Village was featured as a key scene setting on the television series Elementary in the Season 3 Episode 14 titled "The Female of the Species". It originally aired in 2015.
