Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at Feral Children. This episode is a bit different to usual, because the mystery isn't about how or why they exist. Instead, it's about how they affect the things we already think about human development. Multiple cases are looked over, and several of them speak of the abuse and neglect of children, so there is a warning in effect here. Join me as I talk about these cases and then look at the debates and hypotheses surrounding feral children and their place in our knowledge of child development.
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References for the episode:
“Feral Children.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/feral-children. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
“Feral Children | Definition, Problems & Documented Cases.” Study, https://study.com/academy/lesson/feral-children-definition-stories-cases.html#:~:text=the%20mentally%20disabled.-,Lesson%20Summary,a%20result%20of%20their%20isolation. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
Fullerton-Batten, Julia. “Feral Children.” PhMuseum, 2015, https://phmuseum.com/projects/feral-children.
Margaritoff, Marco. “9 Tragic Cases Of Feral Children Who Were Found In The Wild.” All That’s Interesting, All That’s Interesting, 17 Dec. 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/feral-children.
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