Episode 43 The Orphan Train Reset
Questioning Everything
- Published
- May 9, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 25m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 10, 2026
Discusses society, culture, personal, journals.
Summary
In this powerful episode we uncover one of the darkest chapters of the Old World reset: the Orphan Trains. Between 1854 and the 1920s, over 250,000 children were rounded up from East Coast cities and shipped across America on trains to be “placed” with new families. At the exact same time, massive orphan asylums were built, elite families (Astor, Vanderbi…
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In this powerful episode we uncover one of the darkest chapters of the Old World reset: the Orphan Trains. Between 1854 and the 1920s, over 250,000 children were rounded up from East Coast cities and shipped across America on trains to be “placed” with new families. At the exact same time, massive orphan asylums were built, elite families (Astor, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller circles) poured millions into the operation, and Dr. Martin Couney was publicly displaying premature babies in incubators at Co
Themes
- society
- culture
- personal
- journals