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🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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JV Johnson went to Randolph County, Indiana, ehich has a former county "poor farm" that is stuck in its past. Ted Martin, former Randolph County historian talks about the people, the origins & the hauntings in the 66,000 sqft fortress. Learn about this stately, yet mysterious structure as Jason & JV prepare their investigation.
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0:00.0 | The history of Randolph County itself was filled with people that came up from the south. So most everybody that was in Indiana were confederate sympathizers. For example, my family on my mother's side came from the state of Virginia. My dad's side came from North Carolina. |
0:58.0 | And so, yes, all my relatives is from down south. |
1:04.0 | And so that's basically the beginnings of Randolph County, Indiana. |
1:09.0 | Hey, Harry. County, Indiana. |
1:14.8 | Hey Harry. Hello, mate. |
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1:30.4 | My name's not Neil. |
1:31.4 | I know, but it rhymed. |
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1:44.8 | Well, the origins of Randolph County Asylum was the state of Indiana's first attempt at welfare. |
1:54.8 | In other words, today, they hand you a handful of money and you can go buy booze, cigarettes, drugs. |
2:03.0 | Well, back then, you couldn't. |
2:05.2 | The state of Indiana mandated every county in Indiana, 98 counties, |
2:12.5 | mandated every county to build a place for poor people to live. |
2:19.0 | And so in other words, this is a poor farm. And every county in Indiana had one of these. |
2:47.0 | Now, because Indiana mandated, you think, okay, Indiana's got a ton of money |
2:54.8 | in these things, right? That's not true. The counties |
2:58.2 | were mandated to build them. So in other words, |
3:02.8 | each county is responsible for the cost of building |
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