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"jennifer toth" Discussed on Unexplained Mysteries
"Apartments in nineteen ninety-four henry cisneros secretary of new york. City's housing department made a big show and visiting the mall. People trailed by cameras. He stepped over. Rats used needles in piles of feces. Afterwards he proudly announced a nine million dollar boost to fund section eight vouchers vouchers could be used by un housed people to pay for low rent apartments in the city but nine million dollars could only buy two hundred fifty units a fraction of what was needed the underground population alone numbered in the thousands. Receiving voucher was like winning the lottery. Some waited years for the city to pick their name and the application was complicated and intimidating for those unused to bureaucracy in the words of one mole person quote when they see all the paperwork. They'd rather stay on the street. When housing finally became available another obstacle arose after years underground. Some individuals didn't know how to live in society in nineteen ninety-five futon interviewed. Eric roth the director of the bowery residents committee. A charity aimed at transitioning an housed people back into society. Roth often had to explain basic tasks and societal expectations. Most people took for granted like how to use a refrigerator or to flush the toilet after us. Sometimes it felt like he was patronizing as clients but it was for their benefit if they lit fires or damaged the apartment. Their landlord's would expel them in the early. Nineteen nineties programs that practiced a holistic approach to homelessness. The bowery committee emerged. Roth described their process in detail in book tunnel. People they started with outreach. His staff met with a mall people and shared information about the bowery committee services. They bribed the residents with food clothing and showers. Sometimes the police help with this for sergeant. Brian henry it was his full-time job. Henry went into the tunnels below grand central terminal each night and did his best to convince people to leave. He offered them food and shelter above ground. A few accepted his offer immediately but most didn't they found it could take months or years to gain a mole person's trust once that happened. The berry committee helped individuals with the necessary paperwork to receive welfare section eight housing at the same time they connected their clients with mental health and drug rehabilitation services. Vote and toth both wrote that a majority of tunnel dwellers suffered from some kind of mental health condition or a substance abuse problem without proper aid they would inevitably end up back on the streets in a matter of months in the mid nineteen ninety s. The efforts of organizations like the bowery committee paid off one by one. The mole people left the freedom tunnel and moved into alternate housing. One of the last holdouts was bernard in one thousand nine hundred ninety five a representative from the coalition for the homeless one of the biggest advocacy organizations in the city. Convinced bernard to apply for a section eight voucher. But he still didn't want to abandon freedom tunnel. Finally in late nineteen ninety-six. The amtrak police evicted him by force. Afterwards bernard moved in with his father. He got a nighttime job for the parks department and stopped using drugs. He accepted his new life but he longed for the solitude of the tunnel. Sadly bernard passed away in late. Two thousand fourteen. Several of his friends didn't survive. That long some relapsed and started living outside others disappeared. Many suffered from debilitating medical conditions. The consequence of years of drug use and hard living hugo was one of the unlucky ones after leaving the tunnel. He wound up back on the streets and disappeared the last time anyone saw him. He was heavily addicted to crack cocaine. One expert claimed that fifteen percent of mold people died within twelve years of leaving the tunnels but there were plenty like bernard who turned their lives around completely. One man got a job as a hotel manager while another became a superintendent in charge of five buildings in the bronx since the mid nineteen nineties. The number of mole people in new york city has steadily declined. The freedom tunnel is mostly empty. As is the famous condos encampment under grand central terminal but there are still mold people in cities all over the country right now more than a thousand people occupies storm drains beneath the las vegas strip in homelessness across the country. Still bounds a two thousand ten study in the annual review of sociology. Estimated that one point six million americans used a shelter or transitional housing like a welfare hotel at least once a year in some states like california. The problem is only getting worse. There are as many causes for homelessness as there are in house people. And there's no one size fits all solution. Some advocates argue that the government should provide housing first others claim mental health treatment or job. Training should be the priority. The best dancer is probably all three at the same time. One group in utah provided concurrent housing and social services to two hundred announced people according to their reports five years later eighty eight percent of their clients were still in their apartments using fewer government resources than if they'd stayed on the streets. We can help these people and we must the tunnel dwellers of new york city chose to live underground. Not because they wanted to but because they had to because it was the only way they could feel safe. The real mole. People aren't the morlocks of each g wells imagination or the horrific mutants from popular movies. They aren't cannibals or psychos. They're human beings just like you. And i saw thanks again. For tuning into unexplained mysteries. We will be back next time with a new episode for more information on mold. People amongst the many sources we used we found the mole people by jennifer toth and tunnel people by turn bhuttan extremely helpful to our research. You can find all episodes of unexplained mysteries and all other spotify originals from podcast for free on spotify. Cnx time n. Remember never take no for an answer. Unexplained mysteries is a spotify original from podcast. It is executive produced by max and ron cutler. Sound designed by dick schroeder with production assistance by ron shapiro trent williamson carly madden and travis clark. This episode of unexplained mysteries was written by zander bernstein with writing assistance by andrew. Messer and connor samson fact checking by kara macro lean and research by bradley klein. Unexplained mysteries stars molly. Brandenburg and richard.
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"jennifer toth" Discussed on Unexplained Mysteries
"The bright fluorescent lights led to walk around an interview. Other mole people. She was particularly interested in the children. She wondered whether their development was stunted due to lack of sunlight nutrition and education. But she understood that sometimes parents were forced to make hard choices. One of the first people she spoke to about tunnel living was kristen's classmate. Julie julie was a lonely girl in school. She faced constant teasing because of her ratty clothes and poor hygiene. In ali's camp toth heard similar stories from children. She spoke to but unlike julie. Many of them received their education underground. A teacher designed curriculum for the youngest in the community including courses in math science and ethics. The kids still needed sunlight so she used a room beneath the sidewalk. Great for her instructions runners went up to the surface periodically to fetch supplies. There seemed to be plenty of food to go around. The camp was also equipped with a surprising amount of amenities relatively speaking the residents jury rigged steam pipes to heat food and take showers. They even had an exercise room and this was far from unique. Ali told told that there was a whole network of communities. Like there's spanning the entire east side of manhattan surgeon. Henry also knew of at least one location with similar luxuries a cavern with a thirty foot cliff separating the train tracks from an underground village of three hundred people the locals called the place the condos because it was the peak of subterranean living there was running water from a leaky water main and free. Electricity siphoned from the city's grid as appealing as it sounded. Henry was quick to point out that the condo's were still dangerous. The area included exposed electrical wires and walls contaminated with specis a mineral known to cause lung cancer and as much as leave boasted about how good is life was toth met dozens of people who didn't share his optimism. One resident of the condos named seville told toth that he'd faced death. Dozens of times seville was thirty. One years old and he'd been in and out of jail for much of his life. He struggled with addiction to heroin and crack cocaine. He walked with a limp from when a robber stabbed him. In the foot seville had mixed reviews about his fellow. Mold people some treated him like family. Others were armed and dangerous many were drug users and all of them. He said where deeply unhappy the ground life seville described headed daily element of risk. This was part of why toth was drawn to his story but she underestimated how much danger she brought on herself by entering their world. Toth descended into new york. City's underbelly dozens of times. She often used mold people as guides and became friendly with many but aside from their assurances her only protection was a small can of mace. Mace may have been enough to scare off a drunken attacker but there were people in the tunnels who'd been imprisoned for assault and rape others suffered from severe mental health conditions and were prone to violence. One of those was a man who called himself blade. Toth considered one of the most complicated people she'd ever met in a single day. She'd seen him rescue a stranded kitten and kick an old man for blocking his path. A savior one. Minute of villain. The next blade was very fond of toth at a soup kitchen. He wants defended her from a homeless man who tried to molest her below ground. He warned her to be careful. He implied that some mull people were murderers himself included. To- thought that he was exaggerating. But the words stuck with her one day she heard from another mole person. That blade was looking for her and he was angry. Blade claimed toth witnessed him killing someone in the tunnels now. he was out to silence her permanently. Afterwards she stayed away from the tunnels she never gave out any private information but somehow he discovered her phone number. He left threatening messages on her answering machine promising to enter life and if he could get her home phone number she thought maybe he knew where she lived. The next week toth packed her bags and fled new york city less than a later. She published a book called the mole. People it was an intimate mosaic of stories about life underground filled with drug addicts runaway children and other lost souls abandoned by society. The book was a worldwide bestseller and catapulted the mole people into the public eye. It sparked an outcry over the government's complacency with regards to homelessness a wave of journalists flock to the sewers hoping to capitalize on her success. But some have doubts about toth subterranean stories homeless advocates. Were angry if the name mole people saying it was jar to a few railroad experts believed that there were factual errors in how toth described the subway system with the backlash getting worse. Jennifer toth step back into the public eye to defend her work even if it put a target on her back coming up. Toasts selling book faces. Intense scrutiny hi. It's vanessa from podcast. And i'm here to tell you about my new ten episode limited series obituaries. There's some of the most iconic figures of all time celebrated in death for their individual achievements an impact on society but in life the relationships. They kept telling a different story. One of unexpected connections that yielded extraordinary. Change every wednesday on obituaries. Join my co host. Carter and me. 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"jennifer toth" Discussed on Unexplained Mysteries
"Your host molly. And i'm your host richard in life. There's so much we don't know but in this show we don't take we don't no for an answer. Every tuesday and thursday. We investigate the greatest mysteries of history and life on earth. You can find episodes of unexplained mysteries and all other spotify originals from podcast for free on spotify or wherever. You listen to podcasts. This is our second episode on mole. People less time we trace the origins of subterranean living in myth and reality then we discussed the spread of mold people in the nineteen seventies and eighties as thousands of housed people moved underground into new york. City's subway tunnels this time will follow the investigations of jennifer toth another journalists as revealed what life was really like beneath the earth will find out what tragic circumstances led them there and how they finally escaped. We have all that and more coming up. Stay with us. Hi everyone before we start the show. 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All it has electrolytes and antioxidants but no added sugar and only thirty calories five and a half ounce can is a perfect post workout replenishment or satisfying snack. Choose v eight for big clamp powered goodness one small can the first time jennifer toth heard the term mole. People was in nineteen eighty nine from a ten year. Old girl named kristen tooth was getting her master's degree in journalism and volunteering as a tutor for disadvantaged kids in her spare time. Kristen was one of toth students and during a lesson. She mentioned that one of her classmates lived in a subway. Tunnel like a mole. Kristen squished her face. So it would look more like a rodent and laughed but toth didn't think it was amusing. It sounded like this classmate really needed help tells learn. The student's name was juli and reached out to her father. She learned that julie wasn't alone. She was part of a community living beneath new york city. Toth felt a tinge of excitement as a journalist. This was a story that could make her career. Toth spoke to people living on the street about these mysterious underground dwellers many an house new yorkers news about them or at heard rumors several people. She interviewed claim to know about secret. Entrances to underground passages a few even offered to take her but disappeared at the last minute. Apparently afraid to actually venture into the tunnels ben in nineteen ninety toth had a breakthrough. The director of a local soup kitchen gave her sergeant brian. Henry's name a veteran. Nypd officer who ran a homeless outreach program. Henry was stationed in a cramped windowless office near grand central terminal. Toth paid him a visit to ask about the more people and he confirmed the rumors. There was another city beneath their feet with thousands of inhabitants. And for the most part no one knew it existed. Henry introduced toth to j. c. A man who used to reside in the subway tunnels he and henry started adversaries but slowly became friends through the outreach program with some gentle persuading henry convinced him to be. Toth skied into the tunnels. Jc lead toth to a hidden encampment. Six storeys below the subway at grand central terminal. The entrances were camouflaged to keep out police another announced people as jc explained. No-one wandered into their community without an invitation afterward. Felt like hours of walking shimmying and crawling through the dark. They arrived at a large room. Filled with tents about a dozen people sat around a gas lantern their faces covered with soot toe so women hanging wet clothes to dry and children playing on steam pipes above her a bearded man in his forties stepped forward and shook her hand. He introduced himself as ali. The elected mayor of the community toth tried not to look surprised from what she'd heard the mole people were a ragged bunch of addicts and lost souls instead. She found an organized self-governing society with rules and free elections. Ali explained that he was happy below ground for more than ever was on the surface as a black man. He'd faced prejudice and discrimination his whole life but down in the tunnels skin color didn't matter without sunlight. Everyone was a shade of grey when we moved underground in one thousand nine hundred eighty five. He left society and his troubled past behind but it came with cost. He hadn't been above ground in five years and now anything but very weak light hurt his eyes. he'd gone up to the tracks a few months prior.
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"jennifer toth" Discussed on Unexplained Mysteries
"On a cold evening in nineteen ninety two journalists jennifer toth accompanied six new york police officers on their patrol through the new york city subway. She'd been inside the tunnels before. But this was the first time with a police escort. The cops hopped onto the tracks. Flashlights in hand. Toth was careful as she climbed down after them. Stepping over the electrified third rail the tracks were live which means that one accidental touch of the rail could kill her instantly as they walk deeper into the tunnel. Toth noticed a few discarded. Needles and glass vials. That used to hold crack cocaine a disgusting odor filled the space. She spotted human feces everywhere. The tunnel was silent except for the faint echoes of dripping water and scratching rats. Then a figure moved in the darkness. A behead heavy footsteps move toward them. One of the cops swung his flashlight around his hand drawn to his sidearm. Ready to draw and fire bay saw the figure race up a rusty ladder leading to a small room hidden in the tunnel. Ceiling toke was sure. It was one of the infamous mole people. She and the cops gave chase but the figure seemingly vanished. The cops weren't willing to go any deeper into the tunnel so to meet the real mole. People toth had to go into the darkness alone.
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New York's Legendary Mole People
"On a cold evening in nineteen ninety two journalists jennifer toth accompanied six new york police officers on their patrol through the new york city subway. She'd been inside the tunnels before. But this was the first time with a police escort. The cops hopped onto the tracks. Flashlights in hand. Toth was careful as she climbed down after them. Stepping over the electrified third rail the tracks were live which means that one accidental touch of the rail could kill her instantly as they walk deeper into the tunnel. Toth noticed a few discarded. Needles and glass vials. That used to hold crack cocaine a disgusting odor filled the space. She spotted human feces everywhere. The tunnel was silent except for the faint echoes of dripping water and scratching rats. Then a figure moved in the darkness. A behead heavy footsteps move toward them. One of the cops swung his flashlight around his hand drawn to his sidearm. Ready to draw and fire bay saw the figure race up a rusty ladder leading to a small room hidden in the tunnel. Ceiling toke was sure. It was one of the infamous mole people. She and the cops gave chase but the figure seemingly vanished. The cops weren't willing to go any deeper into the tunnel so to meet the real mole. People toth had to go into the darkness alone.
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"jennifer toth" Discussed on Unexplained Mysteries
"On a cold evening in nineteen ninety two journalists jennifer toth accompanied six new york police officers on their patrol through the new york city subway. She'd been inside the tunnels before. But this was the first time with a police escort. The cops hopped onto the tracks. Flashlights in hand. Toth was careful as she climbed down after them. Stepping over the electrified third rail the tracks were live which means that one accidental touch of the rail could kill her instantly as they walk deeper into the tunnel. Toth noticed a few discarded. Needles and glass vials. That used to hold crack cocaine a disgusting odor filled the space. She spotted human feces everywhere. The tunnel was silent except for the faint echoes of dripping water and scratching rats. Then a figure moved in the darkness. A behead heavy footsteps move toward them. One of the cops swung his flashlight around his hand drawn to his sidearm. Ready to draw and fire bay saw the figure race up a rusty ladder leading to a small room hidden in the tunnel. Ceiling toke was sure. It was one of the infamous mole people. She and the cops gave chase but the figure seemingly vanished. The cops weren't willing to go any deeper into the tunnel so to meet the real mole. People toth.
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"jennifer toth" Discussed on Conspiracy Theories
"Even found more permanent housing through the terminals programs the metropolitan transportation authority also hired a neighborhood committee to aid on house. People they banded together with a group of property owners near the station called the grand central partnership this new organization designed a business improvement district that provided more help. They turned in on parochial school into a place where unhealthy people in grand central could shower. Eat it counseling and sleep for the night but efforts weren't always that civil transit officials took down benches in the waiting room so that people couldn't sleep there for the night. Some of the volunteers got aggressive. The grand central partnership members often through on house people out of the terminal before rendering any police officers evicted plenty of residents too often brutally wielding flashlights and weapons. They took tunnels beneath grand central under strict orders to remove any one sleeping there in her book. The mole people life in the tunnels beneath new york city reporter. Jennifer toth spoke to some of the people who lived in grand central specifically about their run ins with the police one of her sources who went by c said quote. Some of them will kick people around when they find them sleeping and break up their stuff for no reason at all. They take out a lot of their aggression. Down there specially when they're having a bad day on one occasion. A metro north officer chased jc through the tunnels and pulled cocked on him. The cop new jaycee lived in the tunnels illegally and apparently had been after him for months that spring day he finally tracked jc down and pinned him in an alley that led to a dead end. The officer thought it was funny saying. Jc was quote so scared. He wet his pants. Jc wasn't amused. He was terrified. Fortunately for him the cop didn't arrest him and over time the two developed a relationship although they never really trusted each other n. j. c. wasn't the only one who had such a dicey run in with police. Toth wrote that nearly every mall person. She spoke to had a similar story. One particularly harrowing account involved in undocumented immigrant known as papin according to toth he lived under a platform in grand central station. He was harmless but so starved that he could barely move which is why he didn't budge. When police officers told him to leave they responded by picking him up tossing him around and by some accounts nearly killing him happen ended up in the hospital. Some policemen for their part argued that these stories of brutality are exaggerated. One officer told that those living in the tunnels were far more dangerous. They said quote the people who live down there they can see in the dark and they can hide and they can throw things we got his gun and quote. That may explain why some officers believe they have to get violent to protect themselves. It's a fraud situation where there's no trust between the public and law enforcement even the cops who preferred a softer touch felt. They had to get stern. If unhealthiest people.