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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.04,0:00:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[News announcer] Officials in the \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.88,0:00:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.55,0:00:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken custody of a 13 year old girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.95,0:00:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they say, was kept in such isolation\Nby her parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.95,0:00:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she never even learned to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.18,0:00:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl still wore diapers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.61,0:00:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was uttering infantile noises,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.24,0:00:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a social worker discovered the case
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.96,0:00:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two weeks ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.21,0:00:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The authorities are hoping
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.48,0:00:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she still may have a normal\Nlearning capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.95,0:00:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among the first to see the child
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.81,0:00:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was Temple City detective,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.29,0:00:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sergeant Frank Linley.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.81,0:00:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Eerie music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.11,0:00:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sgt. Linley] I already knew that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.50,0:00:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the child was 13 1/2 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.23,0:00:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took one look at her,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.36,0:00:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she wasn't much bigger
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.16,0:00:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than my daughter, Beverly,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.98,0:00:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had just turned seven\Nabout 3 months earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.81,0:00:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I really had a hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.98,0:00:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conceiving of the idea that the child
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:00:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the age that she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.20,0:00:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child, uh, obviously,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.19,0:01:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been severely mistreated.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.48,0:01:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was still in diapers, couldn't walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.56,0:01:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had no verbal skills at all,\Nat that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.39,0:01:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Eerie music]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.03,0:01:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last time I was on this street
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.32,0:01:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was probably 30 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.72,0:01:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yep, there it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.13,0:01:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasn't changed much.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.85,0:01:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The back yard looks the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.21,0:01:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all weeds and dead grass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.43,0:01:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looks the same as it did in 1970.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.84,0:01:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] The house belonged\Nto Clark Wiley.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.16,0:01:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A loner, Clark had turned his
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.79,0:01:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back on the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.91,0:01:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after his mother had been killed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.14,0:01:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a hit and run accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.25,0:01:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the accident,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.89,0:01:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things in the Wiley house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.06,0:01:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would never be the same again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.23,0:01:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sgt. Linley] The house was\Ncompletely dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.06,0:01:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the blinds were drawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.61,0:01:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.52,0:01:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.100,0:01:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing that would ever\Nindicate to you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.71,0:02:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a child of any age\Nlived there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.35,0:02:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Eerie music. Passing cars whoosh.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.59,0:02:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child's bedroom was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.98,0:02:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in this corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.61,0:02:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.61,0:02:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The, uh, windows were covered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.69,0:02:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to about 3 inches from the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.12,0:02:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the only natural light
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.100,0:02:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had ever come in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.29,0:02:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all the time the child was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.29,0:02:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.10,0:02:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The entire furnishing to the bedroom
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.83,0:02:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consisted of a cage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.15,0:02:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a, uh, pull-down chicken wire lid,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.98,0:02:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some type of -- piece of wire,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.57,0:02:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,securing it, when they closed it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.66,0:02:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a potty chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.86,0:02:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some kind of homemade\Nstrapping device.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.03,0:02:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] For thirteen years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.60,0:02:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie had spent her nights
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.97,0:02:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locked in bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.93,0:02:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her days strapped \Nto a potty chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.13,0:02:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.23,0:02:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clark had ordered his son John,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.77,0:02:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wife Irene,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.94,0:02:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never to talk to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.68,0:02:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her darkened room,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.46,0:02:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had led a life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.67,0:03:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or near total isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.66,0:03:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Eerie music]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.74,0:03:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even close neighbors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.76,0:03:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were completely unaware
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.99,0:03:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.81,0:03:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Neighbor] I came home from work,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.62,0:03:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the police was here,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.84,0:03:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they came to question us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.17,0:03:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when we found --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.17,0:03:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found out what, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.62,0:03:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened, and uh, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.92,0:03:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they had a little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.75,0:03:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knew. Nobody knew before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.92,0:03:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, uh, then we found out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.04,0:03:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened, how she was treated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.77,0:03:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, everybody was shocked,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.03,0:03:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, just -- unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.42,0:03:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For their whole marriage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.35,0:03:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clark had imposed his will on Irene.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.48,0:03:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blind with cataracts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.92,0:03:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had been too scared to resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.18,0:03:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one day, something broke.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.48,0:03:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Clark was out buying groceries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.57,0:03:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she seized her chance, and fled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.71,0:03:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first glimpse\Nthe world would have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.49,0:03:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Clark and Irene's dark secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.08,0:03:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sgt. Linley] I met Clark and Irene
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.71,0:03:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Temple City sheriff station,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.61,0:03:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were both \Nunder arrest, at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.96,0:03:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we interviewed Irene,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.60,0:03:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would make no mention
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.12,0:03:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the family, whatsoever;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.68,0:04:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly, the children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.42,0:04:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I attempted, along with my partner,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.69,0:04:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to interview Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.06,0:04:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He refused to talk to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.51,0:04:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wouldn't say a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.74,0:04:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never even acknowledged
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.62,0:04:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he understood\Nwhat we were talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.28,0:04:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Reporter] Mr. Wiley?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.18,0:04:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Clark] Yes ma'am.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.02,0:04:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did you keep your daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.24,0:04:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a room --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.64,0:04:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Lawyer] Mr. Wiley has no comment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.93,0:04:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Clark] No comment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.90,0:04:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Lawyer] We haven't had time to discuss\Nthe charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.72,0:04:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We haven't even seen them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.23,0:04:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Unable to face the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.17,0:04:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clark took matters into his own hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.96,0:04:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Eerie music]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.64,0:04:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[News announcer] This morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.68,0:04:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the authorities reported
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.74,0:04:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 70 year old Clark Wiley
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.48,0:04:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shot and killed himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.91,0:04:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just before he was to go to court
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.28,0:04:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be arraigned
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.09,0:04:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for child abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.83,0:04:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] After 13 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.13,0:04:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie was, at last, free.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.27,0:04:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For scientists, she was just the case
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.68,0:04:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had been waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.53,0:04:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 13 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.28,0:04:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie had lived a life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.76,0:04:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of complete isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.99,0:04:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raised in a city bedroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.03,0:04:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie was as much a feral child
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.22,0:04:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if she had been
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.21,0:05:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought up by wolves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.34,0:05:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 13, she was the size
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.36,0:05:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a six year old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.16,0:05:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worst of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.22,0:05:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had never been taught to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.20,0:05:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question now:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.42,0:05:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could she ever learn?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.30,0:05:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Traffic softly whooshes.]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.66,0:05:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie's case was so \Nscientifically important,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.42,0:05:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government funded\Na team of scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.90,0:05:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help answer the many questions\Nshe posed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.32,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Clomps up the steps.]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.80,0:05:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two of the scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.63,0:05:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would become especially important\Nto Genie
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.22,0:05:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were child psychologist James Kent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.62,0:05:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and linguist Susan Curtiss.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.37,0:05:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Susan] So good to see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.57,0:05:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Neither had ever
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.59,0:05:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encountered a case
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.72,0:05:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as extreme as Genie's.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.92,0:05:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[James Kent] We looked at her
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.51,0:05:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a newborn, in a way,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.60,0:05:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though we know she hadn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.84,0:05:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came with 13 years
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.18,0:05:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of memories and experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.90,0:05:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not all of them wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.20,0:05:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them not, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.78,0:05:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we thought we needed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.09,0:06:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start to expose her
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.95,0:06:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what the would was going to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.76,0:06:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be like for her,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.77,0:06:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside the hospital bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.25,0:06:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] To Genie,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.58,0:06:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything was a new experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.99,0:06:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[James Kent] We did what you would do
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.32,0:06:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your own kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.50,0:06:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were introducing them\Nto the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.11,0:06:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take them out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.37,0:06:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold them up, and show them. [Chuckles]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.30,0:06:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sort of judge, from how they reacted,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.71,0:06:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether this was too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.63,0:06:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.55,0:06:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you could move on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.30,0:06:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do the next thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.46,0:06:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Genie was making
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.42,0:06:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazing progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.63,0:06:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the experts looked on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.29,0:06:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they realized that she might\Nbe the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.33,0:06:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the question that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.18,0:06:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had troubled science for so long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.74,0:06:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Susan Curtiss] So, we
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.36,0:06:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seized this wonderful opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.43,0:06:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she provided us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.02,0:06:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in as loving a way as we could,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.11,0:06:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, using it to...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.57,0:06:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally get our chance to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.94,0:06:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address, head on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.45,0:06:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specific hypotheses,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.34,0:06:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and notions about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.32,0:06:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human language,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.43,0:06:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the human mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.98,0:06:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] These hypotheses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.41,0:06:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were based on the latest ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.36,0:07:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how children's brains developed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.05,0:07:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.44,0:07:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young children
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.30,0:07:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could only learn certain things
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.79,0:07:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at certain times,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.17,0:07:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called 'critical periods.'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.15,0:07:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language was one of these
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.66,0:07:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'critical periods.'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.08,0:07:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.41,0:07:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie, who was now a teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.40,0:07:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had missed her chance forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.94,0:07:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, incredibly,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.54,0:07:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie seemed to be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.68,0:07:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proving the theory wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.45,0:07:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As this footage shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.85,0:07:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie was blossoming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.56,0:07:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only was she delighted
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.66,0:07:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the world around her,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.13,0:07:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she was learning the words
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.38,0:07:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the new things she was seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.53,0:07:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Susan Curtiss] She was extremely
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.01,0:07:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interested in everything around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.34,0:07:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wanted to know the word
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.85,0:07:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for everything around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.06,0:07:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wanted to engage people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.13,0:07:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.49,0:07:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was not mentally deficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.31,0:07:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her lights were on,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.40,0:07:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone who worked with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.01,0:07:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from teachers, to therapists,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.11,0:07:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me, knew
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.95,0:07:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she was not retarded.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.68,0:07:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was clear as day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.52,0:08:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as she began to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.77,0:08:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more words,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.95,0:08:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of words,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.09,0:08:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more rapidly
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.11,0:08:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they ever imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.15,0:08:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stringing them together,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.08,0:08:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to think that maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.92,0:08:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.42,0:08:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe she will be the one
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.79,0:08:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will prove
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.27,0:08:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this hypothesis is incorrect.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.20,0:08:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] But Genie could not escape
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.93,0:08:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effects of her past so easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.11,0:08:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was still haunted
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.36,0:08:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by her traumatic upbringing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.42,0:08:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trapped by the memories
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.56,0:08:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the awful fate she had suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.80,0:08:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Linguistically, she had stopped\Nmaking progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.25,0:08:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Susan Curtiss] She learned tons of words.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.84,0:08:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has an enormous vocabulary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.80,0:08:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But language is not words.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.49,0:08:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language is grammar.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.74,0:08:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language is sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.50,0:08:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you make a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.19,0:08:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can be a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.82,0:08:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.06,0:08:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you automatically know
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.25,0:08:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something is a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.100,0:08:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it wasn't because she was\Ncognitively deficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.06,0:08:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other respects.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.84,0:08:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was because she was\Ncognitively deficient
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.22,0:09:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this island of human mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.69,0:09:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mental faculty that we call\N'grammar.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.24,0:09:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] At the time\NGenie was found,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.93,0:09:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain science was in its infancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.08,0:09:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we have a much clearer picture
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.03,0:09:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what actually happens
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.47,0:09:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cases of extreme neglect,\Nlike Genie's.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.82,0:09:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dr. Bruce Perry] In Genie's brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.88,0:09:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the left part of her brain, her cortex,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.99,0:09:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has those neural systems
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.29,0:09:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsible for speech and language,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.62,0:09:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she never heard any words,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.55,0:09:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because she was never talked --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.61,0:09:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spoken to very often,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.74,0:09:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't get stimulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.37,0:09:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, because they weren't stimulated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.96,0:09:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got smaller, and less functional,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.88,0:09:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got disconnected, and ultimately,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.26,0:09:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that part of the brain literally,\Nphysically changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.62,0:09:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Today,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.56,0:09:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with modern imaging technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.43,0:09:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can actually see what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.28,0:09:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the brains of feral children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.59,0:09:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The effects are shocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.03,0:09:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without normal stimulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.12,0:09:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their brains are smaller, and malformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.73,0:10:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The earlier this neglect begins,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.75,0:10:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the longer it carries on,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.59,0:10:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worse the damage will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.97,0:10:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starved of stimulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.50,0:10:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie's brain had simply
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.99,0:10:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not developed the capacity\Nfor language.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.54,0:10:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, now that she was \Na teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.35,0:10:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would never be able to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.77,0:10:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.91,0:10:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie continued to be a close part
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.47,0:10:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of everyone's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.03,0:10:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, there was more trouble ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.71,0:10:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[James Kent] Children have to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.47,0:10:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,belong to somebody when they grow up,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.80,0:10:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was still a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.12,0:10:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she needed a family to belong to.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.02,0:10:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's what we would've liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.51,0:10:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A family that she could belong to.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.79,0:10:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, that's not what happened,\Nunfortunately.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.01,0:10:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did happen
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.07,0:10:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um, is about, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.74,0:10:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worst outcome\Nwe would've envisioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.75,0:10:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On her 18th birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.71,0:10:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie moved back \Nwith her mother Irene,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.81,0:10:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the house in which
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.15,0:10:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had been so terribly abused.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.44,0:10:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after only a few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.83,0:10:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was clear that Irene couldn't cope.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.45,0:10:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From here, Genie was moved\Ninto state care,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.07,0:11:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with terrible consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.18,0:11:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Susan Curtiss] I was a student,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.44,0:11:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people wouldn't listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.07,0:11:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who needed to intervene
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.83,0:11:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.47,0:11:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, so, I spent lots and lots of time
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.93,0:11:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the phone, pleading with people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.26,0:11:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to intervene, and save this person
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.33,0:11:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had had the worst experience\Nof deprivation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.72,0:11:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isolation, in all recorded\Nmedical history.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.42,0:11:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Genie moved
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.29,0:11:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from home to home,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.54,0:11:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes with the very people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.85,0:11:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who served as her therapists.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.93,0:11:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This potential conflict of interests
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.22,0:11:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raised tensions among the many people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.11,0:11:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in her life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.93,0:11:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tug of war erupted over the child.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.97,0:11:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Genie's condition deteriorated,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.18,0:11:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irene decided that Susan Curtiss
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.03,0:11:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other academics had become\Ntoo close to Genie.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.34,0:11:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lawsuit followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.97,0:11:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Susan Curtiss] I went from being asked
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.21,0:11:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be her guardian,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.64,0:11:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to, one week later,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.18,0:11:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being prevented from seeing her,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.12,0:11:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or phoning her.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.33,0:11:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever since then, I've been prevented
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.85,0:12:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from having any contact, at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.22,0:12:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, although I have lots of,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.47,0:12:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, I'm still a scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.71,0:12:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still interested in knowing things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.73,0:12:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about her language now, and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.94,0:12:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of interesting things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.09,0:12:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to pursue academically,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.16,0:12:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primarily I would just like to see her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.78,0:12:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Now a ward of the court,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.71,0:12:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie lives in an adult care home
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.70,0:12:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere in Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.43,0:12:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prevented from seeing the people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.93,0:12:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who once meant so much to her.