The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

In October 1970, a blind woman accidentally entered a Los Angeles County Welfare Office with a child in tow.

The staff in the office immediately noticed the odd girl with the woman.

She walked funny, was emaciated, drooling, and didn't make a sound.

And when asked, the woman mentioned the girl was 13.

The staff thought she was 7. This began one of the saddest cases of child welfare in history and

and one which fascinated researchers for years. Learn more about

Genie, the feral child on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. And the The case of Genie is one of the worst documented cases of child abuse in recorded history.

Genie, which is not her real name, was a pseudonym given to her to protect her identity.

She was born in 1957.

Genie's father was not a good guy.

He was abusive to his wife trying to control her to prevent her from ever leaving the house.

He had no interest in having children, although he had five of them.

The first two children died. The first died ten weeks after he was born from catching pneumonia after being kept in the garage.

The second child may have died due to a genetic defect known as

R.H. incompatibility or possibly choking on its own mucus.

A third child, a boy, was born five years before Jeannie. He was

raised in conditions similar to Jeannie where the father would beat him if he made any

noise, but eventually the boy's grandmother took over his care.

Up until the age of 20 months, Jeannie was raised and treated as a normal child.

The one issue she had was a congenital dislocated hip, which delayed her ability to learn to walk. It was at this point

when Jeannie was 20 months old that her father's mother died. They were

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