ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
Hart Island is New York City's potter's field: a tiny island in the Bronx where more than 1 million people have been buried since the 1860s.
A thousand more are added every year, buried in open trenches in rows of two stacked three high in pine boxes. They include loners and criminals to veterans and folks who simply outlived everyone they knew, or got lost in the system.
The island contains a million stories, but until now, few have been told. That is in part to the secretive nature of the island, which is run like a prison by the New York City Department of Correction.
But the secrets of Hart Island are slowly being told, thanks to the loved ones of those buried there, journalist and artists. Brian took a rare trip to Hart Island to tell the story of an amazing place.
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