The White House "torture room"
At the Florida Industrial School For Boys in Marinna,FL atrocities took place from at least the 1940's through the 1960's which until recently were kept hidden inside the victims. One victim started a website and support system for these boys now men who were beaten beyond my comprehension. Thanks to this brave man Roger Dean Kiser author of The White House Boys: An American Tragedy I am able to tell you their story. Thank you Mr.Kiser and all the brave White House Boys for allowing this blog to be written.
Roger Dean Kiser
an example of the paddle used on these boys
Many of these boys were not sent to the reform school for any crime,they simply weren't wanted or were orphans. They were taken to a building at the school behind the mess hall called the White House and were told to lay on a filthy mattress on a bed frame with springs. They then had t...
This blog is dedicated to all my passions thus the name. My main passions are: Genealogy,Chris Jericho and My missing and murdered children's site and volunteer work in the area of missing and unidentified people for Lighting The Way Home.