Jad Abumrad / Chad (Radiolab host; primarily Jad Abumrad)
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Radiolab
Los Frikis
So it was like a prison, but it was also kind of a little bubble of freedom.
Radiolab
Los Frikis
And strangely enough, they soon found out that they even had power.
Radiolab
Los Frikis
The patients, they said the sanitarium could go out every 21 days for a day trip.
Radiolab
Los Frikis
And some of the freakies would go out, and just by flashing their ID cards that said they were AIDS patients, police would leave them alone.
Radiolab
Los Frikis
I remember on two or three occasions that the police came after them, and one of them has a syringe.
Radiolab
Los Frikis
And Vladdy says the guy took out the blood and waved it at the police.
Radiolab
Los Frikis
And so word began to spread about what life was like inside the sanitarium.