Larchmont Inmates Wrote 437 Letters to ‘The Listener’ — No One Knows Who That Was
1📄 Larchmont Inmates Wrote 437 Letters to ‘The Listener’ — No One Knows Who That Was | The Hollow Ledger
For over 15 years, inmates at Larchmont Correctional Facility wrote hundreds of letters to someone they called “The Listener.” The prison had no therapist. No pen pal program. No mail logs showed these letters ever being sent. But after Larchmont was shut down in 2021, the truth surfaced—437 letters were discovered hidden behind the walls.
Who was the Listener? A myth? A coping mechanism? Or something more troubling beneath the surface?
This feature-length investigation traces a forgotten phenomenon: a prison without care, and the unofficial network of belief that inmates created to survive it. Through interviews with survivors, prison reform advocates, and former staff, The Hollow Ledger uncovers the unsettling story of silence, hope, and psychological resistance behind bars.
This is not a ghost story. It’s a story about what happens when care is denied—and what people do to survive in its absence.
🔍 Themes explored:
prison folklore, psychological trauma, institutional neglect, written testimony, surrogate therapy, collective belief
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