When you think about Robert Downey Jr., maybe you think about his earlier flicks like Air America or Chaplin.

What a great movie.

But you probably think about his title role in the 2008 flick Iron Man, in which he played Tony Stark.

And after that, all the Iron Man roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But in between those two halves of his career,

he was a heroin addict who spent time in prison.

I'm Patty Steele.

Robert Downey Jr. remakes his life.

That's next on the backstory.

There's a type of soil in Mississippi called Yazoo Clay.

It's thick, burnt orange, and it's got a reputation.

It's terrible, terrible dirt.

Yazoo clay eats everything, so things that get buried there tend to stay buried.

Until they're not.

In 2012, construction crews at Mississippi's biggest hospital made a shocking discovery.

Seven thousand bodies out there or more.

All former patients of the old state asylum, and nobody knew they were there.

It was my family's mystery.

But in this corner of the South, it's not just the soil that keeps secrets.

Nobody talks about it.

Nobody has any information. When you peel back the layers of Mississippi's Yazoo Clay, nothing's ever as simple as you think. The story is much more complicated and nuanced than that. I'm Larison Campbell. Listen to Underriazu Clay on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your

podcast.

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