What happened to my mother?
When Jill Yesko’s mother disappeared for a year when she was a child she didn’t question it. When her mother re-appeared a year later, she was irrevocably changed.
Fifty years later Jill’s search for what happened to her mother uncovers a secretive psychiatric hospital whose patients reveal stories of trauma, questionable medical practices and abuse.
Erased is a daughter’s search for her mother’s missing year and a sometimes painful journey to reconciliation and healing. At the same time, Erased is an investigation into how one psychiatric hospital trapped patients for years, separated families, and exercised authoritarian practices under the guise of medical care.
Unanswered Questions
WHERE
“High Point was a psychiatric hospital in New York”
WHEN
“It operated from1951-1993 and burned down in 1995”
WHY
“High Point patient records are all missing”
Jill Yesko is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist Her films include Uphill Climb: The Women Who Conquered the Impossible Race (Peacock), Tainted Blood: The Untold Story of the 1984 Olympic Blood Doping Scandal (Amazon) and Broken Trust: Athlete Abuse Exposed (Kanopy). She is the host of the podcast The Bounce: Sports Talk With a Spin on NPR.