she doesn't even realise of the terrible harm that was done to her, she is totaly innocent ,not even capable of hating the people who destroyed her, this is devastating.
That's not true. She verbalized that her father abused her in her mid teens. She had scattered age abilities but was overall mentally around 10 years old at last tests. Some skills were adult, others of a 3 year old. She obviously had been born with normal intelligence. She's smarter than Danielle Crockett. No disrespect to Danielle but I'm pretty sure she was born disabled and that's part of why her mother ignored her. I feel really bad for Genie.
If what you said was even true, that wouldnt be devastating. That would be remarkable. All we have to do to get rid of the concept of hate is just isolate everyone in a dark room for 13 years. Bam.
So what I’m hearing is.. she was isolated in darkness for 13 years of her life.. once they rescued her they treated her like a science experiment then after she was given to a family in care but when she threw up they got angry and beat her so she lost all her progress from learning speaking... this poor girl what an awful life
Sans there’s an official documentary that goes into depth with the people who worked with her. this is true, she lived with a family that beat her when she vomited.
lyle yes but they could’ve made the atmosphere around her much more nicer considering how she’s lived her entire life in an already shitty environment. I agree that things needed to be tested to try and help her but they seriously did treat her like an experiment and not a human being, a human being who has already been through so much.
...and would have gotten lots of exercise, not to mention the physical, visual and social stimuli that she never got in that tiny bedroom. She'd have been *much* better off if she'd been raised by wolves.
Feral children in any situation are equally hard to rehabilitate, regardless of who raised them. Would she have been happier? Yes. Easier to rehabilitate? Probably not any more so than she was in this case.
the thing is, she's percieved it as normal, because it's all she knew. Yes, she was failed, but she doesn't know that, she doesn't understand it, which is almost worse, that the trauma
i don't understand.. they broke that child mentally physically emotionally that girl will never learn to be normal.. i feel so terrible and bad for her
@@loppol6035 Looking into her case a bit, she does recall that period of her life. While her brain is abnormally developed, it primarily impacts the parts of her brain responsible for language.
it wasn't said in the video, but genie had a problem with talking and they began making progress, but she was put with a family in state care that beat her for throwing up and after the inncident she was afraid to open her mouth in fear of throwing up and she completely stopped talking for a long time which made her progress regress.
She knew vocabulary, she knew what she could know and she was eager to learn. So, in actual fact - I would argue she knew how to talk, just unable to provide it coherently.
"On her 18th birthday, Genie moved back with her mother Irene into the house in which she had been so terribly abused" WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Wes Copenhaver Yeah, I thought that was awful. Just because she probably couldn’t understand what was happening, doesn’t mean that you should move her back into the same house. That probably made her feel horrible, even though her father wasn’t there anymore.
@@Sebastian-os8ve i think they meant how she was used as a science project and she moved in with another family that abused her when she would vomit and stuff that’s when she stopped making progress
Imo she should've placed in a normal family to live normal life. Maybe do some testing by the scientists/therapists every now and then to tell how her development was going, primarily to help _her._ But not excessive testing on a scientific faculty where she couldn't once again have a normal life. I feel like maybe it was the best if she could've been adopted by the scientist Susan who seems to have had form a genuine bond with her. And her biological mother should've had no say in what happens to her.
I want to get to the bottom of this. No one knows where she is now or how she is doing. The fact the government allowed her to move back into the home at the age of 18 is so negligent.
Idk if u found the info already but she is 63 now, lives in an adult foster care facility and an anonymous individual hired a private investigator to track her down. When they found her they described her as happy.
Unfortunately, welcome to the dark world of Child Protection Services. They are underfunded, understaffed, and overwhelmed. Politicians don't care, and in general the US population doesn't care. Really wish the "pro-life" crowd had as much fervor for orphans / neglected & abused children as they do for a fetus. But no, a funded CPS is socialism and all.
do you know the actual definition of psychopath? i'm a psychopath, and it just means that without medication, i get paranoid and scared, and i see things. you're thinking of a sociopath i believe (people who don't have a conscience)
websters dictionary describes it as a mentally ill or unstable person; especially : a person affected with antisocial personality disorder. Dictionary.com describes it as a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc. Compare sociopath. cut and paste yes, but the two have a correlation, which cannot be ignored.
Both My Husband and I totally agree. Shame that the husband murdered the other two children and just stuffeed their bodies in a dresser drawer in the garage, no idea what happened to the remains..Maybe better off that they died so shortly after birth, otherwise they most likely would of went though the same abuse from this sick man.
@xoxo Fernesha Don't have to know someone to love them. "Love all, trust few, make wrong to none." I love all of humanity, even the people I wouldn't kick it with.
@abcd3625 Why would you bring the president into this?? That’s so immature, oh my goodness. 🤦🏻♀️ That’s also completely off topic! Typical liberals, every time they always blame Trump for everything. This makes me even prouder to be Republican to be honest.
I cried too… Really effected me. Makes me angry how the mother even had ANY rights. To allow her baby daughter to go through this. No way!! I hold her responsible as well. I wish that Sandra women would of just adopted her….
her useless stupid mother allowed her to be abused in the first place and then got her taken away from the safety and the support of the people who were trying to help her
yeah they looked like there was major progress and for them to ship her off and completely isolate her all over again away from what little human relationships she had formed after her 13 year hell, its like abusing her all over again.
@@moe7923 not even a dog should be with through Its life "many families" to say a person, specially the one who suffered the most in her early years for so long. Even the most "light hearted" aspect of all this is Just cruel.
I just.... The WHOLE WORLD failed this girl. Sadly, I think the only time she will be truly free and happy, is after she passes away... Harsh. But it does definitely better than the life she has lived.
All of you don't realise that she wasn't just a scientific experiment they gave her a life of experiences and the education and support she needed. Without them she would've fallen apart. They should never have allowed her to go back to her mother
She was 18 when she chose to go back to her mother. Since it was her mother that went to authorities they had no reason to believe the mother was unfit.
@@alexblaze9574 Her mom didn't go to the authorities or ever report the abuse. People saw Genie in public when her mom went to get welfare and they called the police.This documentary implies that she took an opportunity to rescue Genie and escape, but she actually just went to get free money and acted like there was nothing wrong with the child and got caught by concerned citizens. The mom is almost as despicable as the father. She even went to court for her crimes. Genie also didn't choose to go back to her and absolutely didn't choose to go back to the house she was tortured in. She was also legally considered a minor at age 18 and will be for the rest of her life.
Richard Mills she was 18 when she decided to move back. There was nothing they could do because in USA 18 year olds have the choice of where they want to live.
We all know what our government really cares about, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, and not really people. We have to be the one who cares, or it will never happen. And, judging by all these beautiful comments, I think we all really DO CARE for one another. A government is just a business. It does not care about the quality of our lives. Peace & Love, my Brothers and Sisters. ( keep a good Heart )
It honestly sad how the government didn’t let them, you could clearly see she needed home with a loving family with warm welcome and with all the things she need and they just took it away from her a put her in a home without any visitors or no one to talk to
Susan Curtiss tried to become her guardian but was rejected...I think it would have been the best thing for Genie if Susan had been able to look after her. You can tell from the way she talks how much she cares about Genie.
Can hardly believe Genie is 60 now. I really hope Dr. Curtiss will eventually be able to be put back in contact with her someday, even if it's for just one more time.
so no one should go to school and also be cared in a nursery.. YOU FUCKING DUMB ASS. I bet you never pass middle school. -.- the scientists were teaching the child to talk and read-.-
What the hell is wrong with you? CALM down. Why are you making the immediate assumption that the above poster thinks children should not be taught to read and talk? I take it reading comprehension was not your strong suit.
Genie's father mostly grew up in orphanages in the American Pacific Northwest. His father died of a lightning strike and his mother ran a brothel while only infrequently seeing him. Additionally, his mother gave him a feminine first name (Pearl) which made him the target of constant derision. As a result, he harbored extreme resentment towards his mother during childhood, which Genie's brother and the scientists who studied Genie believed was the root of his subsequent anger problems. When Genie's father reached adulthood he changed his first name to one which was more typically masculine (Clark) , and his mother began to spend as much time with him as she could. He became almost singularly fixated on his mother when Genie was 20 months old, her paternal grandmother died in a hit-and-run traffic accident. Her death affected Genie's father far beyond normal levels of grief, and because his son had been walking with her he held his son responsible, further heightening his anger. When the truck's driver received only a probationary sentence for both manslaughter and drunk driving, he became delusional with rage. Scientists believed these events made him feel society had failed him and convinced him he would need to protect his family from the outside world, and that in doing so he lacked the self-awareness to recognize the destruction his actions caused. Fucked up people make more fucked up people what a world we live
No excuse. I’ve been through a lot of bad shit and I would never do this to my (future)kids. What I didn’t have , I would make sure the kid has it. What I went through, I’ll make sure the kid would never go through the same emotions and turmoil I did. Some people will always blame exterior factor but not themselves
I agree to a certain extent, but I don’t just believe it was protection as he abused her, he would bark at her and refuse her any care, any stimulation or anything.
@@Miss101Beauty No one said anything about "excusing" him or that he didn't abuse the girl. We're saying he was mentally deranged. A monster yes, but one that was created and one that was not fully capable of rational thought. Also "I went through bad stuff and I didn't turn out that way" is of absolutely no substance whatsoever. Your genes, and your parents' influence on you determine the outcome far more than whatever meager influence your own willpower had on it.
TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE SAYING "those scientists are evil for doing what they did" IF IT WASNT FOR THOSE "evil scientists" SHE WHOULDNT EVER BE ABLE TO BE NORMAL!! THOSE SCIENTISTS AND PHYCIANS TAUGHT HER TO TALK AND WALK AND BE HUMAN!... they had to study her to make sure she was okay and capable of living a normal life... and those studys have saved 100s of LIVES
They did kind of make her sound like an experiment but I agree that they had to study her to see what she was capable and incapable of doing. Yeah she learned 100s of words but still she missed the "critical" point of brain development early as a baby. Unfortunately, with this type of abuse and trauma she is disabled but... has anyone physically been to the disabled home she lives in? I mean there are disabled group homes where people have their own freedom. And the caregivers that come help the disabled do bond with them. Poor girl has been through hell!!!! Such a shame how parents treat their children even to this day.
I wonder whatever happened to Genie's brother. I mean, I know the father forced the boy and the mom to isolate the girl. But I wonder what effect growing up in that house had on him.
He never met genie again. He had a wife and child, but it wasn’t too long before his marriage broke up. His daughter became a drug addict, she has kids but apparently couldn’t look after them. ultimately he died young I think, then not long after his daughter died too
She is now 63 years old and living in senior home somewhere in LA. I'm sure many people thought something could be done better, but it didnt. Such a tragedy.
Not everyone should be allowed to have kids. Why does everyone think its an innate, human right for everyone to have children? The children are people, not pets.
ATomira I actually thought it was quite an apt analogy. If you murder your pet you would probably get a huge fine and community service hours. If you murder your child you could quite possibly get life in prison.
+Elder Toguro yeah. I'm the same way but you should check out Hollands justice system. No matter what you do the most you'll get is 21 years. And that time is spent rehabilitating the criminal.
A Whether Moments Poet And one of the problems with systems like that, they never account the actual monsters and just plain sick people out in the world. They won't "get better" because they're too far gone. In many ways it's better to put those kinds of people down.
+Omar Q the wikipedia article has alot more detailed information, especially about the time during and after the time of her captivity. sady, while in the care of some foster families she was again physically abused. it seems that many people roally screwed up taking care of her after her escape
The mother was not the abuser, her father was. The mother, despite being almost completely blind, repeatedly tried to give her food and such, and the father would beat her as a result. That being said, I don't think she was fit to take care of her daughter.
According to wikipedia she had also gone through electrocution therapy or something too, but I don't remember if it was before or after her mother did that. It's sad what happened to her and how far science and people have had to come to arrive where it is now (and even sadder is at somepoint in time, the current time of science will be considered just as messed up in some areas).
Let me get this straight. This girl was horrifically abused, then rescued, then given to a team of scientists that tried to help her speak (while collecting data to answer a fundamental scientific question). These scientists, who from what I've seen of longer documentaries grew to adore her, and now they can't even see her? And she's in a state care home? Where we KNOW no one is trying to help her understand the outside world at all... come on! That's a failure on the part of the state.
Beyond horrific what her father did. But nearly as tragic that the researchers who'd helped her transition to life on the outside aren't allowed to see her.
Sneaky Snek That is what I was taught in psychology class. We were told that that the researchers were attempting to teach her how to speak, and she was tested to see what the effect of total socialisation does to a child. They prioritised their research over caring for her and put her through hours of rigorous experiments/tests like she was a lab rat. The abuse was apparentley more emotional and psychological.
@@nooneanonymous3340 They were treating her much better than the foster care and those foster parents who hurts her when she vomited. I'd rather her be treated as a precious lab rat that is treated right by psychologists than get her behavior and cognitive function regress in the 'outside world'
what an awful life, no human deserves treatment like this. animals would never treat their young with such torture like this. humans are truly the most evil
I’m not saying this is okay Bc this makes me completely sick to my stomach. Ik animals develop differently either way, but they abandon there children, eat there children, n more. It’s definitely agree it’s as not as bad. I wish everyone was civil in this world but yet.. we’re all in a world of “monsters” n no matter what any of us can get targeted… I wish it was different
She deserves so so so much more than that. she deserves love and care of the highest form. She needs a family to take care of her, not a care who gets payed to "love" her.
I agree with you. Genie did well with Susan Curtiss. As result, her speech came on well. But Genie stopped progressing when she was removed from Susan Curtiss and moved around into abusive foster homes.
***** ewww is right,she was abused in multiple foster homes,im more then sure she like many disabled children who cant speak up,were and have are being molsted! its sick!
+wellsandlava Far more good comes from the foster care system than bad, but tragic and horrifying tales make far more interesting gossip or "news." More could be done to protect unfortunate children but most foster parents are just people who are trying to do a good thing and for little thanks. You just haven't heard those stories.
If anybody else is as addicted to these documentaries as I am, we should be friends!! This was very interesting! I'd like to learn more about this girl's life.
Sorry, I meant as far as a child and what we know of her. You can look up her wiki page as Susan Wiley. She is not passed..at least as of early 2000's, and is a ward of the state. It's sad because she made plenty of progress as a child but reverted into silence again once her situation became chaotic. Stability and Love is what she deserved like any child/human.
+Norrie Anthony I was wondering the same thing. Yes, her mom supposedly wasn't part of the abuse, however, why would they put her back in that house? If I had been abused in a certain location for my entire life, there's no way I would want to go back- even if the abuser was gone. Especially since Genie couldn't really understand what was going on, I think the worst possible thing for her was sending her back. The system is so messed up.
just looking at her mother you can tell she is a disgusting human being. she gives off an evil aura. like she has been tainted by her own repression and taught she should feel deep shame by her parents. raised to feel Catholic disgust of herself
I was overwhelmed with emotion during the part where they showed the physical changes of the brain due to extreme neglect. The body is amazing and it needs us just as much as we need it.
she wasnt made into a lab rat, they studied her as they taught her, god judgmental people jumping to conclusions when they dont even look at the whole story
Legendary space cat 21 wasn't even talking about God in terms of the deity, was saying it in the same way someone says "oh my god" or "thank god" or "god what the hell are you doing"
Christopher Niels Gutiérrez Torres our God isn't going to force you to do anything . That child was saved by the grace o God himself . Our God won't torture us, God didn't LET it happen , it just happened by the works of the devil. Since you think you know so much about God, calling him a psycho, you must know that there is such called Satan . That was an act of Satan Mr. Gutiérrez. You also must know that our God won't give us ANYTHING that we can't handle . That sir is why Genie is as strong as she is today . Before you go questioning the works of OUR GOD, I'm gonna enlighten you that He never said we wouldn't have hard time, but God said he will never let us fall. That's why Genie is here. She is a walking blessing, a living blessing, a testimony.
ebony walker "God said he will never let us fall" Babies that die at birth,born with fatal illneses. You are thanking God for the luck Genie had, I would bet my nuts If she would've been killed in that house you would be telling me It was Satan, God got nothing to do with that. The world is like it is, there is no God watching out for you, If you dont take care of yourself or you have really bad luck youll end up suffering, like Genie. You are free to think otherwise though, Im not against religious people, Im against not having values and morals, and religious people also dont have them, not all, but theres a lot of them.
wildfire55 it will with me too. I stayed up into the morning for about 2-3 hours reading the entire Wikipedia article on this last summer....Couldn't get over it for days. So disturbing, so terrifying that it makes me reconsider EVERYTHING which modern life deems 'important.' I don't think I've ever read something so harrowing as what happened to her for 13 years.
despite being in the hell she has been through she was cute & smiled politely when her picture was taken and she was always smiling...such a pure soul....damn his father to the worst hell.This sick world and its system failed her terribly.
This astounds me. How a 13 year old can be the size of a 7 year old, strapped to a potty chair all day and locked in a crib at night, doing nothing for over a decade.
Meme King i would rather die than literally have like no control over my bladder. Have absolutely no memories of human kindness. No language skills and live a life of complete isolation chained to a chair or in a cage.
Maybe she had dreams involving the objects in her room and the few sounds she heard from the house and outside her window. I wonder if her memories of being a baby/infant were more vivid than the average person's and she dreamt about them as she wasn't isolated from birth.
Her mother watched her be abused, threw her to the state with no ability to speak, abandoned her and isolated her from the only people willing to teach her the skills she lacked and to extend their kindness to her. I can't imagine a more heartless person
@@parisarkhurst1901 the father was a whole lot worse. He did abused his other kids and her. I though wouldn't call her blameless. She did nothing to protect this child. One of their children froze to death. I think she wasn't denial of what a piece of crap mother she was
I stumbled upon this case while I was doing an assignment for my parenting skills class. This is just so depressing. I can't even comprehend or understand how a group of human beings can do this to someone, let alone an innocent child. There are just some things on this world that makes me question what triggers these horrible people to do monstrous things. Some of these kids have to endure these things and it really makes me ache inside that the majority of us don't know what's going on until it's been years. God bless these children.
"For scientists she was just the case they'd been waiting for". I understand but try and show some respect in the way you talk about the case perhaps! A little bit of ethics wouldn't hurt!
Imagine being the social worker that found her. As a social worker, this is one of the main reasons I could never work with child protective services!!!
Matilda went to school and despite the parents who were not exactly intellectual, even if you take the whimsy and magic, matilda still had an opportunity to look at the world 😣, get educated
That Part When I said "get educated"... I was referring to matilda getting a chance to get educated. I am not the one asking people to shut up or the likes
From wikipedia: Genie is currently a ward of the state of California, and is living in an undisclosed location in the Los Angeles area. In May 2008 ABC News reported that in 2000, someone who talked to them under condition of anonymity had hired a private investigator who located Genie. She was reportedly living a relatively simple lifestyle in a small private facility for mentally underdeveloped adults, and appeared to be happy. Although she only spoke a few words, she could still communicate fairly well in sign language. In 2003, Genie's mother died of unspecified natural causes at the age of 87. In 2002 Susan Curtis said that she still wanted to see Genie again, primarily to meet with her as a friend but also expressing interest in assessing her language abilities. As of 2008, despite badly missing Genie and repeatedly attempting to find her, Curtis and James Kent had still not seen her since January 1978. In a related May 2008 interview, Genie's brother told reporters he had not seen Genie since 1982 and said he wished he had been more involved in her life. By his own account he had refused to watch or read any accounts of Genie's case until just before he was interviewed, and had only recently heard any updates on her. He was glad she had gotten so much attention, and said he was happy to hear that she was reportedly doing well where she was living.
OliAliNes3723 same! like some people might not think it’s a big deal but it is! like imagine how you feel that for 13 yrs you were isolated from the world. and then you’re found 13 yrs later and basically missed your childhood! genie didn’t deserved any of this!
Without language the poor girl wouldn't even have had a voice in her head to keep her company. I can't even begin to imagine how awful that must be. The saddest thing I've ever heard of. Wherever she is now I just hope she gets to experience lots of happiness for the rest of her life
You know what really breaks my heart? The fact that she grew up with no love or no one to get attention from or have a relationship with. Imagine her as a little baby, crying.. Imagine her trying to take her own baby steps but not being able too. Breaks my heart man, there are cruel people out there...
Allison Anderson True as well, But some rules have changed. I was in an abusive house hold and managed to get away to call help yet they sent me back again and again because there was no evidence to support my abuse. Yet when I ended up in the ICU weeks later suddenly everyone believed me : / I really think America needs to step up its game, Although they have made some changes there are still fixable flaws
+LpsDivison ....what's really sad is that as a little baby, a toddler, then a little girl, she was mistreated and alone, her family never held her, showed her love, or loved her. When these research people began to teach her, she needed affection, love, and assurance, to KNOW that she would never be alone anymore. I don't see why the mom would be given any say so in her life, she did not remove her out of harms way when she was a baby, and through all t h e years that followed. Gvt. system has been more damaging than good in the lives of thousands of poor little children who need help and not beaurocracy.
The scientists should be allowed to see her. I think they genuinely care about how she has developed as a person. I myself am fascinated by her case as it's amazing she learnt words at all, I'd like to know that she is doing well and making progress. It would make me happy.
Poor little girl. I really hope she´s happy wherever she is now. What scares me the most is. this was back then. I don´t even want to image how fucked up people are now, or in 10 years from now.
I hope that if anything like this ever happens again, that the people get involved and that we use the media to help these children. We have the resources to change the course of things, we just need the will
How is it 2019 and we still have no more information?! I was just researching this, it is pathetic how they have locked this now woman up and no contact with anyone.
+Alexis Condit Please read about the case of Genie before you make such a comment. there is a wikipedia article out there on her. Developmentally, and to the brain, it is very similar. Read before making ridiculous comments.
How many cases do we know of that human children were raised by wolves? And the case of this girl is still something we understand very little about. So I still don't think it's a fair comparison.
Caelyn C exactly what I was going to say. She would've at least had companionship, the wolves could've offered way more then these sorry excuses for humans beings did.
Its true. Unfortunately so much emotional, physical and mental damage had been done to this little girls life, that a long term care facility would evidently be the only place she could go.
jonathan not in the same way. She was learning what things were. She just couldn’t articulate her speech. With all of the progress made in this area of human development we know that she could have benefited from different methods of communication even at that time. Putting her into a long term care facility for people with mentally challenged adults was the worst choice that could’ve been made for her. She had so much potential to develop her socialization skills which is something we learn from those around us. If the only socialization skills she learns are from those that are not capable of using proper skills then she’ll only learn how to socialize dysfunctionally. She would’ve thrived in an assisted living setting that offered many types of rehabilitation like therapy.
This one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. I really feel like crying . I ‘m a language teacher and translator. I used to say to my students that learning a new language is one of the hardest things a human being can learn. I was right.
That poor girl. Despite all the horrendous shit she's been through, i really do hope her life is better now. I would really like to meet her someday and just give her a hug.
Got curious and looked up where she is now. She became a ward of the state in an adult foster care home system. She was reported as being "silent, depressed, and chronically institutionalized." She is 65 years old.
this case was frequently mentioned in my english language classes, and even though Genie’s life was terribly, terribly hard, I am so grateful to her, and how she was able to further our knowledge of language acquisition. love you Genie ❤️
I wonder if when you've spent your entire life in isolation like that would you be as miserable and psychologically tortured as opposed to someone who HAS experienced freedom and social interaction and is then locked up in total isolation?
Due to the sensory deprivation it would likely drive a normal person to madness. However, if you have never really had sensory stimulation this would likely not deprive you as much. Such as how depriving someone of food who has eaten their whole life would probably greatly affect them, but people who have already been deprived of food their whole life wouldn't understand much differently. She basically adapted to live in nothingness.
I first was taught about Genie in collage in Psychology, only in the language part, in 1996 and she’s still in my mind now. She’s stayed in my head for this long and I guess she always will. It’s hard to express how you feel for something like this because it’s too much? ❤
The mother should have been imprisoned. She completely destroyed her daughter's life, she should have left her with Curtiss in the first place, instead she doomed her to a foster home where she was severely beaten and abused for over a year and a half and then cut her off from all medical professionals who had a history with her. Her mother acted completely selfishly, refusing to allow her daughter to speak to those who helps her so much due to her own personal gripes.
She's such a lovely sweet soul. It makes me so angry that she was hurt and abused!! I watched this whole video just wanting to protect her. It's absolutely awful what she's gone through. God look after you and the Angels protect you sweetheart, I do hope you are safe and happy today xxxxxxxxxxxx many hugs and kisses xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just as Genie caught a glimmer of hope, one of her abusers returned to shatter it once and for all. Everyone around her let her down except for the woman and the original doctor who instantly took her to their hearts. While there are designated places for abusers, there exists an even more exalted place reserved for Genie when her time arrives. It's a tragically terrible existence that she has been forced to withstand, she is such an incredible Angel.
Agree. The mother is as disgusting as the father. People give women a pass because of their weak and selfish nature where they wouldn't for men. She should have been prosecuted, jailed and Genie adopted by someone who could actually care for her like a human being. Her mother was a worthless bag of shit.
jldude84 borderline disabled? Her disability was being blind, that doesn’t effect her mind. She could’ve done something. She didn’t care about her too much if she banned the only people that cared about her and tried to help her away from seeing her. She’s not a mother.
At the time she was. I’ve researched this case and the first 13 years of her life was only the beginning depending on your point of view, who you believe, and ultimately what side you take. The Wikipedia article has a lot more info on the custody aspects of this case.
Anitacollins363 Obviously it didn't help HER, but it helped others as we now know much more about human developement. It's not like they abused her, they just studied her.
So even though the actual people studying her knew she needed love and a family and were urging everyone around to allow for that, the powers that be decided she was property that should be given back to a person who allowed her to be kept in a cage. Child protective services and the like being horrendous and destroying most things they get a hold of isnt a new thing is it? The woman was nearly as guilty as the man in the abuse and neglect of this child by not doing anything. I dont care how blind or scared you are you can tell someone if you can not act yourself. Whoever gave her back and allowed her near that house should be caged. She was a guinea pig to the gov and once used up they spit her out and did the same thing that her family did only legally
Fully agree. The mother was as worthless as the father. This child was failed by every single person in her life. The state should have prosecuted and jailed the mother and terminated any parental rights. She had every opportunity to call the cops - instead she let that child suffer for thirteen long years in a cage because she preferred to preserve her own arse and eep hubby happy. Zero respect for women like that.
I cried so much listening to this, last reports on her said that she is in an institution now, if I could meet her in person i would hug her, I would give her so much love for what she has been trough, damn, im crying now
Heartbreaking. The poor girl came into this world and was subjected to unimaginable abuse and neglect for 13 years to then have the system lay her back into the hands of the perpetrator! How the fuck is that woman walking 5 years after this poor girl was found?! Let alone having ANY rights over her. What the actual fuck?! So many angry tears.
the mother was also a victim of the father's abuse, not the perpetrator. The mother and sons lives were also horrific, although I'm not sure how it took 13 years to be able to reach out for help.
+Brittany Pena I wouldn't say that's messed up, it's an allegory to something beautiful that was freed from entrapment. She was a beautiful being that could give and was freed from her "lamp" The name was given to her to keep her real name anonymous for privacy. I think they wanted to give her a name with meaning.
I heard somewhere in another documentary or something that one of the therapists WAS trying to legally adopt her but she would try to prevent the other therapists from working with her because she wanted to be the "next Anne Sullivan".
People commenting she was made "to be a lab rat" but in actual fact she became largely attached to Kent. Lived with the family and became a stable family member for a long while. Until they stopped making progress and she was unable to continue learning what the government wanted to find. So they stopped funding and the couple couldn't afford to house her and keep upsetting the rest of the household. That's when she was placed into care and was a victim of abuse. Sadly the hypothesis was mostly correct. She could only form a minor attachment and failed to learn sufficiently. The system failed her, the doctors tried to do best by her.
Susan was the only real mother and family she had that truly cared! Then to be ripped away and forbidden to see her is heart breaking!💔 I hope genie knows how much susan cared and they reunite one day.
she doesn't even realise of the terrible harm that was done to her, she is totaly innocent ,not even capable of hating the people who destroyed her, this is devastating.
That's not true. She verbalized that her father abused her in her mid teens. She had scattered age abilities but was overall mentally around 10 years old at last tests. Some skills were adult, others of a 3 year old. She obviously had been born with normal intelligence. She's smarter than Danielle Crockett. No disrespect to Danielle but I'm pretty sure she was born disabled and that's part of why her mother ignored her. I feel really bad for Genie.
It’s called the Stockholm syndrome
@@austincostello123 no.
If what you said was even true, that wouldnt be devastating. That would be remarkable. All we have to do to get rid of the concept of hate is just isolate everyone in a dark room for 13 years. Bam.
@@TheBeanis8 stfu
So what I’m hearing is.. she was isolated in darkness for 13 years of her life.. once they rescued her they treated her like a science experiment then after she was given to a family in care but when she threw up they got angry and beat her so she lost all her progress from learning speaking... this poor girl what an awful life
Wait, where'd you hear the part on her throwing up?
Sans I read it online. They didn’t mention it in the video.
@@qwertyuiop4225 they learned of this abuse and made her get out of that family, and she was doing much better than before.
Sans there’s an official documentary that goes into depth with the people who worked with her. this is true, she lived with a family that beat her when she vomited.
lyle yes but they could’ve made the atmosphere around her much more nicer considering how she’s lived her entire life in an already shitty environment. I agree that things needed to be tested to try and help her but they seriously did treat her like an experiment and not a human being, a human being who has already been through so much.
Imagine not ever being loved...not even once in her life..never hugged or sang to...heartbreaking
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I'm sure she was hugged before she was shut away. There's a nice photograph of her with her mother and brother as an infant.
well thats kinda my life and im cool with it cause i dont love and ljke to hug pp also.
what’s really sad is she doesn’t know what love is
the story of my life...
The narrator is wrong though, if she had been "brought up by wolves" they would've still taken better care of her.
definitely
...and would have gotten lots of exercise, not to mention the physical, visual and social stimuli that she never got in that tiny bedroom. She'd have been *much* better off if she'd been raised by wolves.
Feral children in any situation are equally hard to rehabilitate, regardless of who raised them. Would she have been happier? Yes. Easier to rehabilitate? Probably not any more so than she was in this case.
+Holdenon3 True
+Holdenon3 yeah thats true
We could be driving right past a home such as this every morning on our way to work and never know it. It's crazy sick sad & discouraging.
I think about this almost everyday. This drives me to stabilize my life and strengthen myself to foster children in the future.
:((
My neighbors are mosey AF and we live a few feet away.. No way this could've gone unnoticed
Yea i live like 2 or 3 blocks away from her
Ella Jane People weren't that noisey back then. People mine their on own business.
I can't imagine the trauma Genie must have endured being put back into that hell hole. This child was failed at every turn smh.
Absolutely
in Genies eyes it would have been normal since she had dealt with this all her life
@@mimikilling which is even more sadder
Truest relevant 💯
the thing is, she's percieved it as normal, because it's all she knew. Yes, she was failed, but she doesn't know that, she doesn't understand it, which is almost worse, that the trauma
i don't understand..
they broke that child
mentally
physically
emotionally
that girl will never learn to be normal..
i feel so terrible and bad for her
i don’t think she has the ability to realize that her life is not normal, or even grasp the concept of normal.
nowun 2u dude she probably forgot those dark days cause of her abnormaly grown brain
And verbally
@@loppol6035 Looking into her case a bit, she does recall that period of her life. While her brain is abnormally developed, it primarily impacts the parts of her brain responsible for language.
@@TuftyTaltan yes I know now I was wrong she’s still human
it wasn't said in the video, but genie had a problem with talking and they began making progress, but she was put with a family in state care that beat her for throwing up and after the inncident she was afraid to open her mouth in fear of throwing up and she completely stopped talking for a long time which made her progress regress.
😤 that's terrible!!
+Sousou Benna which article?
KettiexD it was a documentary I watched on her I am a psychology major
jessica harbin, she didn't KNOW how to talk...
She knew vocabulary, she knew what she could know and she was eager to learn. So, in actual fact - I would argue she knew how to talk, just unable to provide it coherently.
"On her 18th birthday, Genie moved back with her mother Irene into the house in which she had been so terribly abused"
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Wes Copenhaver Yeah, I thought that was awful. Just because she probably couldn’t understand what was happening, doesn’t mean that you should move her back into the same house. That probably made her feel horrible, even though her father wasn’t there anymore.
Ahhh, the 70s.
Idiots
Not surprised
Same reaction WTF was wrong with those people
The animal kingdom treats their young better than some humans
Humans are animals too...
@@la.mu.sa10 yeah, but every other animal except us
Some animals eat their young
Jeanie J Humans treat their young better than some animals
DailyDragon Trainer, certain animals eats their babies what’s your point?
So she went from isolation to more isolation? jesus.
@@chuck1313 she should’ve had the choice to be put down if she wanted to. it’s a choice of freedom.
@@Sebastian-os8ve i think they meant how she was used as a science project and she moved in with another family that abused her when she would vomit and stuff that’s when she stopped making progress
@@c-lexis8747 she could understand that like at all if she can’t understand language and grammar the she couldn’t comprehend death whatsoever
Imo she should've placed in a normal family to live normal life. Maybe do some testing by the scientists/therapists every now and then to tell how her development was going, primarily to help _her._ But not excessive testing on a scientific faculty where she couldn't once again have a normal life.
I feel like maybe it was the best if she could've been adopted by the scientist Susan who seems to have had form a genuine bond with her. And her biological mother should've had no say in what happens to her.
Just sad
I want to get to the bottom of this. No one knows where she is now or how she is doing. The fact the government allowed her to move back into the home at the age of 18 is so negligent.
Idk if u found the info already but she is 63 now, lives in an adult foster care facility and an anonymous individual hired a private investigator to track her down. When they found her they described her as happy.
Just another failure from the system. CPS has failed countless children and is responsible or countless deaths. They don’t care about children.
Med2019 she is 60 something years old and she lives in an adult nursing home with other adult
Azucena To hear that she is happy is amazing🥺
Unfortunately, welcome to the dark world of Child Protection Services. They are underfunded, understaffed, and overwhelmed. Politicians don't care, and in general the US population doesn't care. Really wish the "pro-life" crowd had as much fervor for orphans / neglected & abused children as they do for a fetus. But no, a funded CPS is socialism and all.
The cruelty that some humans are capable of astounds me. It's sad
Agreed....
Nemisis Warlock I don't agree. I know a literal psychopath and he is perfectly fine. Just as human as you and me.
Miranda Montijo "psychopath" "perfectly fine" lul
do you know the actual definition of psychopath? i'm a psychopath, and it just means that without medication, i get paranoid and scared, and i see things. you're thinking of a sociopath i believe (people who don't have a conscience)
websters dictionary describes it as a mentally ill or unstable person; especially : a person affected with antisocial personality disorder.
Dictionary.com describes it as a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc. Compare sociopath.
cut and paste yes, but the two have a correlation, which cannot be ignored.
No child should ever have to go through this
Not even adults!!
not even any kind of people
no shit
Both My Husband and I totally agree. Shame that the husband murdered the other two children and just stuffeed their bodies in a dresser drawer in the garage, no idea what happened to the remains..Maybe better off that they died so shortly after birth, otherwise they most likely would of went though the same abuse from this sick man.
Kitty Time duh
i hope she knows that all of us love her. she was never loved in her life but everyone watching this video loves her.
Facts
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True
@xoxo Fernesha Don't have to know someone to love them. "Love all, trust few, make wrong to none." I love all of humanity, even the people I wouldn't kick it with.
@abcd3625 Why would you bring the president into this?? That’s so immature, oh my goodness. 🤦🏻♀️ That’s also completely off topic! Typical liberals, every time they always blame Trump for everything. This makes me even prouder to be Republican to be honest.
They took her from one prison, let her taste freedom, love & learning, then put her right back into another prison. I cried watching this.
I cried too…
Really effected me. Makes me angry how the mother even had ANY rights.
To allow her baby daughter to go through this. No way!! I hold her responsible as well. I wish that Sandra women would of just adopted her….
her useless stupid mother allowed her to be abused in the first place and then got her taken away from the safety and the support of the people who were trying to help her
It's even harder to understand than the dad and I am being serious how after what happened to her in a she put back in danger .makes my blood boil
After she was "recused" she continued to be abused, just in a different way. No one ever actually helped her.
yeah they looked like there was major progress and for them to ship her off and completely isolate her all over again away from what little human relationships she had formed after her 13 year hell, its like abusing her all over again.
That's very inaccurate. She was helped in many ways.
@@Evelyne571 she was with many families. Not all abused her, some she made great progress with.
@@moe7923 not even a dog should be with through Its life "many families" to say a person, specially the one who suffered the most in her early years for so long.
Even the most "light hearted" aspect of all this is Just cruel.
no, many people helped her, but eventually she was taken away from the good people.
I just....
The WHOLE WORLD failed this girl.
Sadly, I think the only time she will be truly free and happy, is after she passes away... Harsh. But it does definitely better than the life she has lived.
@@ppaaxxx22 I think she is in an adult care facility still.
@@preeti7277 how old will she be now?
@@dawn3589 63
No the people around her failed her. Quit trying to put us in the circle. Of evil 🤦🏼♂️
She lives and after the research of some people at least after the claim of Wikipedia she is happy now.
All of you don't realise that she wasn't just a scientific experiment they gave her a life of experiences and the education and support she needed. Without them she would've fallen apart. They should never have allowed her to go back to her mother
She was 18 when she chose to go back to her mother. Since it was her mother that went to authorities they had no reason to believe the mother was unfit.
@@alexblaze9574 Her mom didn't go to the authorities or ever report the abuse. People saw Genie in public when her mom went to get welfare and they called the police.This documentary implies that she took an opportunity to rescue Genie and escape, but she actually just went to get free money and acted like there was nothing wrong with the child and got caught by concerned citizens. The mom is almost as despicable as the father. She even went to court for her crimes. Genie also didn't choose to go back to her and absolutely didn't choose to go back to the house she was tortured in. She was also legally considered a minor at age 18 and will be for the rest of her life.
wow, hard to believe the government would let the girl move back into that home.
Not hard to believe. Our government seems to fail us at all given times.
Richard Mills she was 18 when she decided to move back. There was nothing they could do because in USA 18 year olds have the choice of where they want to live.
Uhm, the mother treated her fine, in foster homes however she was severely abused
acordding to this, she doesn't WANT anything as she can't even speak.
We all know what our government really cares about, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, and not really people. We have to be the one who cares, or it will never happen. And, judging by all these beautiful comments, I think we all really DO CARE for one another. A government is just a business. It does not care about the quality of our lives.
Peace & Love, my Brothers and Sisters. ( keep a good Heart )
Those two scientists loved her, I’ve seen the full documentary and honestly if it was legal for them to adopt her it would have been great.
It honestly sad how the government didn’t let them, you could clearly see she needed home with a loving family with warm welcome and with all the things she need and they just took it away from her a put her in a home without any visitors or no one to talk to
Susan Curtiss tried to become her guardian but was rejected...I think it would have been the best thing for Genie if Susan had been able to look after her. You can tell from the way she talks how much she cares about Genie.
Can hardly believe Genie is 60 now. I really hope Dr. Curtiss will eventually be able to be put back in contact with her someday, even if it's for just one more time.
"For scientists she was just the case they'd been waiting for." Gross.
They tried to teach her things to see if she could learn. How horrible.
so no one should go to school and also be cared in a nursery.. YOU FUCKING DUMB ASS. I bet you never pass middle school. -.- the scientists were teaching the child to talk and read-.-
Mark Valencia You wanna rewrite that in english please?
What the hell is wrong with you? CALM down. Why are you making the immediate assumption that the above poster thinks children should not be taught to read and talk? I take it reading comprehension was not your strong suit.
Mina McKay Was that for me?
Genie's father mostly grew up in orphanages in the American Pacific Northwest. His father died of a lightning strike and his mother ran a brothel while only infrequently seeing him. Additionally, his mother gave him a feminine first name (Pearl) which made him the target of constant derision.
As a result, he harbored extreme resentment towards his mother during childhood, which Genie's brother and the scientists who studied Genie believed was the root of his subsequent anger problems.
When Genie's father reached adulthood he changed his first name to one which was more typically masculine (Clark) , and his mother began to spend as much time with him as she could. He became almost singularly fixated on his mother
when Genie was 20 months old, her paternal grandmother died in a hit-and-run traffic accident. Her death affected Genie's father far beyond normal levels of grief, and because his son had been walking with her he held his son responsible, further heightening his anger. When the truck's driver received only a probationary sentence for both manslaughter and drunk driving, he became delusional with rage. Scientists believed these events made him feel society had failed him and convinced him he would need to protect his family from the outside world, and that in doing so he lacked the self-awareness to recognize the destruction his actions caused.
Fucked up people make more fucked up people what a world we live
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No excuse.
I’ve been through a lot of bad shit and I would never do this to my (future)kids.
What I didn’t have , I would make sure the kid has it. What I went through, I’ll make sure the kid would never go through the same emotions and turmoil I did.
Some people will always blame exterior factor but not themselves
@@i143icecreams Honestly we don't know what we'd do in those situations--at all.
I agree to a certain extent, but I don’t just believe it was protection as he abused her, he would bark at her and refuse her any care, any stimulation or anything.
@@Miss101Beauty No one said anything about "excusing" him or that he didn't abuse the girl. We're saying he was mentally deranged. A monster yes, but one that was created and one that was not fully capable of rational thought.
Also "I went through bad stuff and I didn't turn out that way" is of absolutely no substance whatsoever. Your genes, and your parents' influence on you determine the outcome far more than whatever meager influence your own willpower had on it.
TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE SAYING "those scientists are evil for doing what they did" IF IT WASNT FOR THOSE "evil scientists" SHE WHOULDNT EVER BE ABLE TO BE NORMAL!! THOSE SCIENTISTS AND PHYCIANS TAUGHT HER TO TALK AND WALK AND BE HUMAN!... they had to study her to make sure she was okay and capable of living a normal life... and those studys have saved 100s of LIVES
HexaRex sure, but you made up the "saved 100s of lives bit"
HexaRex omg ki
They did kind of make her sound like an experiment but I agree that they had to study her to see what she was capable and incapable of doing. Yeah she learned 100s of words but still she missed the "critical" point of brain development early as a baby. Unfortunately, with this type of abuse and trauma she is disabled but... has anyone physically been to the disabled home she lives in? I mean there are disabled group homes where people have their own freedom. And the caregivers that come help the disabled do bond with them. Poor girl has been through hell!!!! Such a shame how parents treat their children even to this day.
JustJesseHD shes not normal now either. Shes living in a old folks home and still cant talk
Studying her would allow scientists (if they succeeded) to treat other children who missed vital development like she did.
I wonder whatever happened to Genie's brother. I mean, I know the father forced the boy and the mom to isolate the girl. But I wonder what effect growing up in that house had on him.
I’m curious as well. Apparently he never met nor wanted to meet Genie or their mother ever again, but he knew about her wellbeing. He died in 2011.
Heres a short interview from him..
ruclips.net/video/xtgnjRY_Z7w/видео.html
apparently he was really good in school , played football & was the quarterback . They said he wouldn’t speak of what was going on
I believe he passed away.
He never met genie again. He had a wife and child, but it wasn’t too long before his marriage broke up. His daughter became a drug addict, she has kids but apparently couldn’t look after them. ultimately he died young I think, then not long after his daughter died too
She is now 63 years old and living in senior home somewhere in LA. I'm sure many people thought something could be done better, but it didnt. Such a tragedy.
The damage was too great. It’s a really sad story.
Not everyone should be allowed to have kids. Why does everyone think its an innate, human right for everyone to have children? The children are people, not pets.
+A Whether Moments Poet That pet part has been an epic fail, my dear.
ATomira I actually thought it was quite an apt analogy.
If you murder your pet you would probably get a huge fine and community service hours. If you murder your child you could quite possibly get life in prison.
+A Whether Moments Poet However in my opinion if someone murders a child; they deserve to die.
+Elder Toguro yeah. I'm the same way but you should check out Hollands justice system. No matter what you do the most you'll get is 21 years. And that time is spent rehabilitating the criminal.
A Whether Moments Poet
And one of the problems with systems like that, they never account the actual monsters and just plain sick people out in the world. They won't "get better" because they're too far gone. In many ways it's better to put those kinds of people down.
Who the FUCK gave her back to the mother?? Are they nuts? No justice...
+Omar Q the wikipedia article has alot more detailed information, especially about the time during and after the time of her captivity. sady, while in the care of some foster families she was again physically abused. it seems that many people roally screwed up taking care of her after her escape
+Omar Q y
The mother was not the abuser, her father was. The mother, despite being almost completely blind, repeatedly tried to give her food and such, and the father would beat her as a result.
That being said, I don't think she was fit to take care of her daughter.
Rowan07001484 Which is what I said as well.
According to wikipedia she had also gone through electrocution therapy or something too, but I don't remember if it was before or after her mother did that. It's sad what happened to her and how far science and people have had to come to arrive where it is now (and even sadder is at somepoint in time, the current time of science will be considered just as messed up in some areas).
Let me get this straight. This girl was horrifically abused, then rescued, then given to a team of scientists that tried to help her speak (while collecting data to answer a fundamental scientific question). These scientists, who from what I've seen of longer documentaries grew to adore her, and now they can't even see her? And she's in a state care home? Where we KNOW no one is trying to help her understand the outside world at all... come on! That's a failure on the part of the state.
Oh my god, I can't comprehend what this child endured.
Beyond horrific what her father did. But nearly as tragic that the researchers who'd helped her transition to life on the outside aren't allowed to see her.
Jacob Hoss they abused her too
Sneaky Snek That is what I was taught in psychology class. We were told that that the researchers were attempting to teach her how to speak, and she was tested to see what the effect of total socialisation does to a child. They prioritised their research over caring for her and put her through hours of rigorous experiments/tests like she was a lab rat. The abuse was apparentley more emotional and psychological.
@@nooneanonymous3340 They were treating her much better than the foster care and those foster parents who hurts her when she vomited. I'd rather her be treated as a precious lab rat that is treated right by psychologists than get her behavior and cognitive function regress in the 'outside world'
@@munginosal2135 either way, it was abuse
@@munginosal2135 Where did you hear about the foster parents?
what an awful life, no human deserves treatment like this. animals would never treat their young with such torture like this. humans are truly the most evil
Animals usually eat the runt of the litter.
Zach B that’s different than abuse on a CHILDS brain
I’m not saying this is okay Bc this makes me completely sick to my stomach. Ik animals develop differently either way, but they abandon there children, eat there children, n more. It’s definitely agree it’s as not as bad. I wish everyone was civil in this world but yet.. we’re all in a world of “monsters” n no matter what any of us can get targeted… I wish it was different
animals eat their kids
Animals abandon their kids if their sick
She deserves so so so much more than that. she deserves love and care of the highest form. She needs a family to take care of her, not a care who gets payed to "love" her.
Absolutely!
She now living in an institution for mental disabled people ; she's around 55 yrs old
I agree with you. Genie did well with Susan Curtiss. As result, her speech came on well. But Genie stopped progressing when she was removed from Susan Curtiss and moved around into abusive foster homes.
she isnt mentally disabled tho she is just like we were at birth. just sadly forever as it was to late
+derpy twerp gamer yt Girl It's still a type of mental disability. Her brain could not develop properly because of her isolation.
I just want to hug her and take care of her :(
same here
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ewww is right,she was abused in multiple foster homes,im more then sure she like many disabled children who cant speak up,were and have are being molsted! its sick!
wat.
+MRDESTRUCTION26 it is sick :'c
+wellsandlava Far more good comes from the foster care system than bad, but tragic and horrifying tales make far more interesting gossip or "news." More could be done to protect unfortunate children but most foster parents are just people who are trying to do a good thing and for little thanks. You just haven't heard those stories.
I'm surprised they didn't tear down the house after that.
They destroyed the house of the place where those girls were kept in captivity for years.
If anybody else is as addicted to these documentaries as I am, we should be friends!!
This was very interesting! I'd like to learn more about this girl's life.
I know. What a sweetie she was.
So she died? How much progress did she make?
Sorry, I meant as far as a child and what we know of her. You can look up her wiki page as Susan Wiley. She is not passed..at least as of early 2000's, and is a ward of the state. It's sad because she made plenty of progress as a child but reverted into silence again once her situation became chaotic. Stability and Love is what she deserved like any child/human.
That is so very sad! Thank you for the info to look up on wiki! Poor woman has had such a hard life!
we watched this in my psyc class.. so interesting
How in the world was she sent back with her mother when she was 18 after all those years of abuse?
+Norrie Anthony
I was wondering the same thing. Yes, her mom supposedly wasn't part of the abuse, however, why would they put her back in that house? If I had been abused in a certain location for my entire life, there's no way I would want to go back- even if the abuser was gone. Especially since Genie couldn't really understand what was going on, I think the worst possible thing for her was sending her back. The system is so messed up.
This happens all the time in foster care, they don't have the resources to care for all the children who are abused.
just looking at her mother you can tell she is a disgusting human being. she gives off an evil aura. like she has been tainted by her own repression and taught she should feel deep shame by her parents. raised to feel Catholic disgust of herself
The Mockingbird her mother was a fucking disgusting piece of shit. stop trying to defend her
littleblackpistol um her mum was disabled? Almost blind and deaf?? How the fuck will she defend herself and her kid against someone much stronger?????
I was overwhelmed with emotion during the part where they showed the physical changes of the brain due to extreme neglect. The body is amazing and it needs us just as much as we need it.
she wasnt made into a lab rat, they studied her as they taught her, god judgmental people jumping to conclusions when they dont even look at the whole story
I Creative Writer same. God is good but we need to learn that not All things that aren't related to God are bad
Legendary space cat 21 If your God let these things happen then your God is a psyco.
Legendary space cat 21 wasn't even talking about God in terms of the deity, was saying it in the same way someone says "oh my god" or "thank god" or "god what the hell are you doing"
Christopher Niels Gutiérrez Torres our God isn't going to force you to do anything . That child was saved by the grace o God himself . Our God won't torture us, God didn't LET it happen , it just happened by the works of the devil. Since you think you know so much about God, calling him a psycho, you must know that there is such called Satan . That was an act of Satan Mr. Gutiérrez. You also must know that our God won't give us ANYTHING that we can't handle . That sir is why Genie is as strong as she is today . Before you go questioning the works of OUR GOD, I'm gonna enlighten you that He never said we wouldn't have hard time, but God said he will never let us fall. That's why Genie is here. She is a walking blessing, a living blessing, a testimony.
ebony walker "God said he will never let us fall" Babies that die at birth,born with fatal illneses. You are thanking God for the luck Genie had, I would bet my nuts If she would've been killed in that house you would be telling me It was Satan, God got nothing to do with that. The world is like it is, there is no God watching out for you, If you dont take care of yourself or you have really bad luck youll end up suffering, like Genie. You are free to think otherwise though, Im not against religious people, Im against not having values and morals, and religious people also dont have them, not all, but theres a lot of them.
Happy 60th birthday, Susan. Wherever you are, we here all hope for your safety and happiness. April 18, 1957~
Angel Sinclair happy 63rd birthday Susan!!
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Imagine how different Genies life would've been if they had just given Susan Curtis custody of her.
Biological mother stop that
I think this will keep me awake at night
No one should be put through this
wildfire55 it will with me too. I stayed up into the morning for about 2-3 hours reading the entire Wikipedia article on this last summer....Couldn't get over it for days. So disturbing, so terrifying that it makes me reconsider EVERYTHING which modern life deems 'important.' I don't think I've ever read something so harrowing as what happened to her for 13 years.
It's unbelievable that people like Genie's father exists. He was a head case. Genie is more human than her father would ever be.
and then he kills himself so he can't even face the consequences of what he did. He was pure human garbage.
It gets worse, this is but the tip of the iceberg
I think it’s even more disturbing that this poor girl was treated so horribly by “normal” people that were meant to be her guardians.
And I thought my childhood sucked. This poor girl. makes me cry.
This story gave me serious anxiety. We live in a crazy world.
despite being in the hell she has been through she was cute & smiled politely when her picture was taken and she was always smiling...such a pure soul....damn his father to the worst hell.This sick world and its system failed her terribly.
She was absolutely adorable her smile/ facial expression talked to you. She was happy at the time that she was photographed.
This astounds me. How a 13 year old can be the size of a 7 year old, strapped to a potty chair all day and locked in a crib at night, doing nothing for over a decade.
And then returned to that same place
What they did to this girl is worse than murder
Its like the worst thing a person can experience :'(
No murder is worse cause u die but it’s bad in isolation
Meme King no id rather kms
Amy b
No, it’s not. Murder is the act of ending a life... But I’d rather kill myself than learn nothing.
Meme King i would rather die than literally have like no control over my bladder. Have absolutely no memories of human kindness. No language skills and live a life of complete isolation chained to a chair or in a cage.
What are her dreams like? If she never left her room, is there anything to even dream about?
So since I have some exp on this u kinda don't, ur brain just entertains itself by making shit up
And they're all really vivid
@@keishirarobison6778 What experience do you have?
Maybe she had dreams involving the objects in her room and the few sounds she heard from the house and outside her window. I wonder if her memories of being a baby/infant were more vivid than the average person's and she dreamt about them as she wasn't isolated from birth.
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Her mother watched her be abused, threw her to the state with no ability to speak, abandoned her and isolated her from the only people willing to teach her the skills she lacked and to extend their kindness to her. I can't imagine a more heartless person
Her mother was also a victim of extreme abuse. This isn’t a heartless person, but a person who is also a victim and is seriously damaged as well.
Wtf it’s not the fault of the mother 🤦🏻♀️
i’m thinking the father was worse
@@parisarkhurst1901 the father was a whole lot worse. He did abused his other kids and her. I though wouldn't call her blameless. She did nothing to protect this child. One of their children froze to death. I think she wasn't denial of what a piece of crap mother she was
@@bigpapa8486 it is, partially, especially her regression as an adult.
I’m the same age as that girl was and I can’t imagine going through life not knowing how to walk or talk, it’s just awful what he did to her
I stumbled upon this case while I was doing an assignment for my parenting skills class. This is just so depressing. I can't even comprehend or understand how a group of human beings can do this to someone, let alone an innocent child. There are just some things on this world that makes me question what triggers these horrible people to do monstrous things. Some of these kids have to endure these things and it really makes me ache inside that the majority of us don't know what's going on until it's been years. God bless these children.
Her father actually believed he was protecting her from the outside world
@@Impetuss WTF
"For scientists she was just the case they'd been waiting for". I understand but try and show some respect in the way you talk about the case perhaps! A little bit of ethics wouldn't hurt!
Imagine being the social worker that found her. As a social worker, this is one of the main reasons I could never work with child protective services!!!
Yeah but someone has to do it
this sounds like a twisted version of Matilda
Matilda went to school and despite the parents who were not exactly intellectual, even if you take the whimsy and magic, matilda still had an opportunity to look at the world 😣, get educated
That Part
Wash that foam off your mouth
This is just someone presenting opinion that's different from you
That Part
When I said "get educated"... I was referring to matilda getting a chance to get educated.
I am not the one asking people to shut up or the likes
L. O.G. OMG I love Matilda but it was just a movie this is real life which is extra extra sad and violent
L. O.G. Right
God, this poor girl was failed by everyone.
Tragic.☹
From wikipedia:
Genie is currently a ward of the state of California, and is living in an undisclosed location in the Los Angeles area. In May 2008 ABC News reported that in 2000, someone who talked to them under condition of anonymity had hired a private investigator who located Genie. She was reportedly living a relatively simple lifestyle in a small private facility for mentally underdeveloped adults, and appeared to be happy. Although she only spoke a few words, she could still communicate fairly well in sign language. In 2003, Genie's mother died of unspecified natural causes at the age of 87.
In 2002 Susan Curtis said that she still wanted to see Genie again, primarily to meet with her as a friend but also expressing interest in assessing her language abilities. As of 2008, despite badly missing Genie and repeatedly attempting to find her, Curtis and James Kent had still not seen her since January 1978. In a related May 2008 interview, Genie's brother told reporters he had not seen Genie since 1982 and said he wished he had been more involved in her life. By his own account he had refused to watch or read any accounts of Genie's case until just before he was interviewed, and had only recently heard any updates on her. He was glad she had gotten so much attention, and said he was happy to hear that she was reportedly doing well where she was living.
i'm so disappointed that Genie never had a childhood and couldn't grow up to be a normal adult human being.
OliAliNes3723 same! like some people might not think it’s a big deal but it is! like imagine how you feel that for 13 yrs you were isolated from the world. and then you’re found 13 yrs later and basically missed your childhood! genie didn’t deserved any of this!
Without language the poor girl wouldn't even have had a voice in her head to keep her company. I can't even begin to imagine how awful that must be. The saddest thing I've ever heard of. Wherever she is now I just hope she gets to experience lots of happiness for the rest of her life
You know what really breaks my heart? The fact that she grew up with no love or no one to get attention from or have a relationship with. Imagine her as a little baby, crying.. Imagine her trying to take her own baby steps but not being able too. Breaks my heart man, there are cruel people out there...
the system fails another child!
im not surprised!
this was years ago, system and rules have changed. It's still sad this happened to her. She was made a "lab rat" i find that so sad
+LpsDivison AHA not much has changed, Hun. Kids still die today because social workers fail to do there job.
Allison Anderson True as well, But some rules have changed. I was in an abusive house hold and managed to get away to call help yet they sent me back again and again because there was no evidence to support my abuse. Yet when I ended up in the ICU weeks later suddenly everyone believed me : / I really think America needs to step up its game, Although they have made some changes there are still fixable flaws
+LpsDivison ....what's really sad is that as a little baby, a toddler, then a little girl, she was mistreated and alone, her family never held her, showed her love, or loved her. When these research people began to teach her, she needed affection, love, and assurance, to KNOW that she would never be alone anymore. I don't see why the mom would be given any say so in her life, she did not remove her out of harms way when she was a baby, and through all t h e years that followed. Gvt. system has been more damaging than good in the lives of thousands of poor little children who need help and not beaurocracy.
Amen. They failed me, they failed hundreds of thousands..
The scientists should be allowed to see her. I think they genuinely care about how she has developed as a person. I myself am fascinated by her case as it's amazing she learnt words at all, I'd like to know that she is doing well and making progress. It would make me happy.
Sad and interesting story, but that fucking piano in the background is annoying.
lmao
It makes the video way more creepier.
LMAO
Sophia Cortina That is not english XD
Alright, let me rephrase. It makes the video creepier. Is that better?
Poor little girl. I really hope she´s happy wherever she is now. What scares me the most is. this was back then. I don´t even want to image how fucked up people are now, or in 10 years from now.
CuteSimpleStuff Yeah. She's in her 50s now
CuteSimpleStuff people ALWAYS have been fucked up, there are even worse things in the past, but I also hope she lives a peaceful life now ....
I hope that if anything like this ever happens again, that the people get involved and that we use the media to help these children. We have the resources to change the course of things, we just need the will
umm wat
CuteSimpleThings shes not.
How is it 2019 and we still have no more information?! I was just researching this, it is pathetic how they have locked this now woman up and no contact with anyone.
Being isolated your entire life is not like being raised by wolves. Why do they always make such ridiculous comparisons?
+Alexis Condit Please read about the case of Genie before you make such a comment. there is a wikipedia article out there on her. Developmentally, and to the brain, it is very similar. Read before making ridiculous comments.
Because it is TLC
How many cases do we know of that human children were raised by wolves? And the case of this girl is still something we understand very little about. So I still don't think it's a fair comparison.
I'm sure she would of had a better life being raised by wolves. They would of loved her more than the people she came across in her life.
Caelyn C exactly what I was going to say. She would've at least had companionship, the wolves could've offered way more then these sorry excuses for humans beings did.
Adult care home........she deserved a better future
Its true. Unfortunately so much emotional, physical and mental damage had been done to this little girls life, that a long term care facility would evidently be the only place she could go.
stevelau1933 bull she deserves to ba cared for by nurses.paid for since the government failed her
Above that slap in the face, she was placed with mentally challenged adults.
charlie kilean
She is mentally challanged....................
jonathan not in the same way. She was learning what things were. She just couldn’t articulate her speech. With all of the progress made in this area of human development we know that she could have benefited from different methods of communication even at that time. Putting her into a long term care facility for people with mentally challenged adults was the worst choice that could’ve been made for her. She had so much potential to develop her socialization skills which is something we learn from those around us. If the only socialization skills she learns are from those that are not capable of using proper skills then she’ll only learn how to socialize dysfunctionally. She would’ve thrived in an assisted living setting that offered many types of rehabilitation like therapy.
This one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. I really feel like crying . I ‘m a language teacher and translator. I used to say to my students that learning a new language is one of the hardest things a human being can learn. I was right.
That poor girl. Despite all the horrendous shit she's been through, i really do hope her life is better now. I would really like to meet her someday and just give her a hug.
that's what I was thinking Why Not Zoidberg? :/
Got curious and looked up where she is now.
She became a ward of the state in an adult foster care home system. She was reported as being "silent, depressed, and chronically institutionalized." She is 65 years old.
this case was frequently mentioned in my english language classes, and even though Genie’s life was terribly, terribly hard, I am so grateful to her, and how she was able to further our knowledge of language acquisition. love you Genie ❤️
I wonder if when you've spent your entire life in isolation like that would you be as miserable and psychologically tortured as opposed to someone who HAS experienced freedom and social interaction and is then locked up in total isolation?
Due to the sensory deprivation it would likely drive a normal person to madness. However, if you have never really had sensory stimulation this would likely not deprive you as much. Such as how depriving someone of food who has eaten their whole life would probably greatly affect them, but people who have already been deprived of food their whole life wouldn't understand much differently. She basically adapted to live in nothingness.
I first was taught about Genie in collage in Psychology, only in the language part, in 1996 and she’s still in my mind now. She’s stayed in my head for this long and I guess she always will. It’s hard to express how you feel for something like this because it’s too much? ❤
She’s so curious and pretty!
Awe ): she looks like she was an amazing and sweet girl imagine if she was just taken care of ):
The mother should have been imprisoned. She completely destroyed her daughter's life, she should have left her with Curtiss in the first place, instead she doomed her to a foster home where she was severely beaten and abused for over a year and a half and then cut her off from all medical professionals who had a history with her. Her mother acted completely selfishly, refusing to allow her daughter to speak to those who helps her so much due to her own personal gripes.
Her fucking father was the abuser?did you even watch this?!?
***** Read my comment. I'm aware what her father did to her but her mother, who received no punishment also destroyed her life.
+kale alien she could have gone to the cops alone at least. She was a stupid dumb waste of space. Cataracts or not, she was a useless, selfish bitch.
Duckman1616 you're an idiot. The mother was abused too.
Duckman1616 it was the father, not the mother... genie, her mother, and brother were all abused.
It's amazing but so sad at the same time. She's such a beautiful girl. Wherever she is now, I hope she's okay.
I hope wherever Genie is, she's finally happy
She’s in a safe space for the rest of her life, an anonymous investigator found her and described her as happy. So yes she is happy now : )
She's such a lovely sweet soul. It makes me so angry that she was hurt and abused!! I watched this whole video just wanting to protect her. It's absolutely awful what she's gone through. God look after you and the Angels protect you sweetheart, I do hope you are safe and happy today xxxxxxxxxxxx many hugs and kisses xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just as Genie caught a glimmer of hope, one of her abusers returned to shatter it once and for all.
Everyone around her let her down except for the woman and the original doctor who instantly took her to their hearts.
While there are designated places for abusers, there exists an even more exalted place reserved for Genie when her time arrives. It's a tragically terrible existence that she has been forced to withstand, she is such an incredible Angel.
This is such a sad story; I pray that Genie is doing well wherever she is now
Agree. The mother is as disgusting as the father. People give women a pass because of their weak and selfish nature where they wouldn't for men. She should have been prosecuted, jailed and Genie adopted by someone who could actually care for her like a human being. Her mother was a worthless bag of shit.
If her grandfather treated her like this how do you think her mother was raised? no compassion for her? Why? because she got old?
She's actually doing great. She's a school teacher in California right now.
Jasper Jared Martinez Ibarra She's not.
jldude84 borderline disabled? Her disability was being blind, that doesn’t effect her mind. She could’ve done something. She didn’t care about her too much if she banned the only people that cared about her and tried to help her away from seeing her. She’s not a mother.
This documentary is making Genie sound like a science experiment..
she is...
At the time she was. I’ve researched this case and the first 13 years of her life was only the beginning depending on your point of view, who you believe, and ultimately what side you take. The Wikipedia article has a lot more info on the custody aspects of this case.
She kind of was. There is another documentary that has more older footage out there somewhere.
i must have missed my learning window for math
ziggy Juarez me too
Me too
i definitely did
"For scientists she was just the case they've been looking for. " what the F*** that poor baby.
Yes, so horrible. Why can't we just leave them alone so that we can't help others who have similar situations.
+Devon McCullough didn't help her much did it. Next time you can be the Guinea pig.
Anitacollins363 Obviously it didn't help HER, but it helped others as we now know much more about human developement. It's not like they abused her, they just studied her.
Anitacollins363 they cared for her more than any adoptive parents could have. A normal family could not have helped her and would have made her worse.
Yeah that wasn't the best wording.
So even though the actual people studying her knew she needed love and a family and were urging everyone around to allow for that, the powers that be decided she was property that should be given back to a person who allowed her to be kept in a cage. Child protective services and the like being horrendous and destroying most things they get a hold of isnt a new thing is it? The woman was nearly as guilty as the man in the abuse and neglect of this child by not doing anything. I dont care how blind or scared you are you can tell someone if you can not act yourself. Whoever gave her back and allowed her near that house should be caged. She was a guinea pig to the gov and once used up they spit her out and did the same thing that her family did only legally
Fully agree. The mother was as worthless as the father. This child was failed by every single person in her life. The state should have prosecuted and jailed the mother and terminated any parental rights. She had every opportunity to call the cops - instead she let that child suffer for thirteen long years in a cage because she preferred to preserve her own arse and eep hubby happy. Zero respect for women like that.
I cried so much listening to this, last reports on her said that she is in an institution now, if I could meet her in person i would hug her, I would give her so much love for what she has been trough, damn, im crying now
God will avenge her 💔💔
MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER & OTHER CHILDREN WHO ARE TREATED LIKE THIS. I JUST CANT IMAGINE, AND HERE WE ARE LIVING LIKE NORMAL ADULTS. :-(
Oh, I almost crying when watch this.
Sekolah Online Teknik Otomotif I hope you're still a very young child otherwise you may never learn to make a sentence.
Your sentence is incorrect. It is either, "I was almost crying when I saw this", or "I cried when I watched this".
90Project's ChannelV2 they're already grown. They can't learn language at this point.
Sekolah Online Teknik Otomotif - Me too. This is really sad.
What are you fucking gay
I'm going to my daughters room now and i'll hug her like i am hugging Genie and tell her 'i love you...'
Genies story is heart breaking 😢
Heartbreaking. The poor girl came into this world and was subjected to unimaginable abuse and neglect for 13 years to then have the system lay her back into the hands of the perpetrator! How the fuck is that woman walking 5 years after this poor girl was found?! Let alone having ANY rights over her. What the actual fuck?! So many angry tears.
the mother was also a victim of the father's abuse, not the perpetrator. The mother and sons lives were also horrific, although I'm not sure how it took 13 years to be able to reach out for help.
Ashy S she was 18, they said she chose to move in with her mother
There's a movie on this girl. I believe it's called "Mockingbirds Don't Sing".
Nyliam Kuilan "room" is movies name
kim jong yun Not correct, Room is based off of a different case. Mockingbirds Don't Sing is based off of this case.
Mediocre movie
Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001)
No S.
“For 13 years, genie had live her life with complete isolation” ... more like complete hell :(
Did they call her genie because she was locked away in a room?
That's what I was thinking. Possibly.
+Aso Paso not only that, they lived in the same horrible house! 😡
+Brittany Pena Her real name was actually Susan. Susan Wiley.
+Brittany Pena I wouldn't say that's messed up, it's an allegory to something beautiful that was freed from entrapment. She was a beautiful being that could give and was freed from her "lamp"
The name was given to her to keep her real name anonymous for privacy. I think they wanted to give her a name with meaning.
The scientists gave her that name when her case became more public in order to protect her true identity, but I don't know why they chose that name
I heard somewhere in another documentary or something that one of the therapists WAS trying to legally adopt her but she would try to prevent the other therapists from working with her because she wanted to be the "next Anne Sullivan".
Correct
actually that was claimed by one other doctor
actually that was claimed by one other doctor
No matter how many times I see this story, it never gets any easier to watch.
People commenting she was made "to be a lab rat" but in actual fact she became largely attached to Kent. Lived with the family and became a stable family member for a long while. Until they stopped making progress and she was unable to continue learning what the government wanted to find. So they stopped funding and the couple couldn't afford to house her and keep upsetting the rest of the household. That's when she was placed into care and was a victim of abuse. Sadly the hypothesis was mostly correct. She could only form a minor attachment and failed to learn sufficiently. The system failed her, the doctors tried to do best by her.
I thought that lady in the red dress was gene at first 😂😂😂😂😂
窓 Ramen Kitten 虹 wow u people are idiots.
Susan was the only real mother and family she had that truly cared! Then to be ripped away and forbidden to see her is heart breaking!💔 I hope genie knows how much susan cared and they reunite one day.
This is so sad, I seriously wish I could meet her today.