Dare to delve deeper into the shadows? Join the Heart Starts Pounding Patreon family for even more spine-tingling content, including ad-free listening, exclusive bonus episodes and a community of fellow darkly curious minds. Unlock the full vault of chilling tales! 👻 https://www.patreon.com/heartstartspounding Today, I want to tell you about a horrifying urban legend that haunted a community nearby the ruins of the abandoned Willowbrook State School in Staten Island for decades. Eventually, children started really disappearing from this community, so let's explore the real story behind the urban legend.... TW: Child Abuse, Child Death Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/willowbrookstateschool Watch More! The Unsolved Disappearance That Haunts Australia | The Beaumont Children Case File https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePN1IHjTWY&list=PLY7bFJ2eh_Brh1RGlzllBlBfi3NOHXaUZ&index=3 Why Did So Many Children Go Missing In Tennessee In The 40s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFO_aHWhp4&list=PLY7bFJ2eh_BpK3QOQ_lFDnfUUDgrgwNNo&index=8 She Kidnapped Children and Sold Them On The Black Market: Georgia Tann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOiRDLIhlFc&list=PLY7bFJ2eh_BpK3QOQ_lFDnfUUDgrgwNNo&index=7 ❥๑━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━๑❥ About Heart Starts Pounding Hosted by Kaelyn Moore, Heart Starts Pounding explores the terrifying, the mysterious, and the downright spooky. Kaelyn brings you chilling true crime, unexplained phenomena, and haunting stories from across the globe and submitted by listeners like you. Have a heart-pounding story to tell or a case request? Submit your story at https://www.heartstartspounding.com/stories Socials https://www.instagram.com/heartstartspounding/ https://www.tiktok.com/@heartstartspounding https://www.facebook.com/heartstartspounding/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mbxMOHKjy7jQGl3V08rE3 ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-starts-pounding-horrors-hauntings-and-mysteries/id1618084297 Web: https://heartstartspounding.com/ 0:00 The Legend of Cropsy 2:59 The True Story: Willowbrook State School 5:14 Inside the "Snake Pit" 14:12 Dr. Krugman's Horrifying Hepatitis Study 18:56 Robert F. Kennedy's Visit 21:31 The Employee Disappearances 30:20 The Legend Becomes Real 39:35 The Legacy of Willowbrook #truecrime #urbanlegends #cropsy