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5 min readA private investigator is hired to look into the disappearance of a woman named Monica, who vanished shortly after being discharged from a high-end psychiatric facility called the Waserman Center. Monica’s sister thought something was off about the phone call she received after Monica’s release—her voice was flat and toneless, not her usual loud, extroverted self. The cab driver who picked Monica up told a similar story. Other investigators had turned up nothing concrete, but they did hear rumors about unethical experimental treatments at Waserman. The facility passed every state inspection, so there was no basis for a police inquiry. The PI decided to do something extreme: he faked a mental health crisis, got himself committed to Waserman, and began investigating from the inside.
Inside the Waserman Center
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- 1 (01:15) **Investigation Begins: The Disappearance of Monica** - A private investigator is hired by the sister of Monica, a wealthy woman who vanished after being released from the Waserman Center, a high-end psychiatric facility.
- 2 (03:45) **Going Undercover: Getting Committed** - The PI explains his plan to infiltrate the Waserman Center by faking a mental health crisis to be admitted as a patient.
- 3 (05:35) **Initial Observations and the Secure Ward** - After two days of finding nothing suspicious, the PI decides to investigate the secure wards, where high-risk patients are kept.
- 4 (07:17) **The Discovery: A Field of Lobotomized Patients** - The PI crosses the hedge and finds a group of patients standing in neat rows, all with telltale signs of transorbital lobotomies.
- 5 (10:30) **Confrontation with Dr. Waserman** - As the PI tries to return to the public ward, he is confronted by Dr. Henry Waserman, who has been watching him.
- 6 (12:14) **Imprisonment in Room N2** - The PI is taken to a locked room, where he tries to reason with the orderlies, but they are unresponsive and professional.
- 7 (14:43) **The Viewing Window: Deformed Infants and Monica** - The PI opens the curtain to find a neonatal unit with deformed infants and a woman he recognizes as Monica.
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