Group Green

Format: 

Anchors in one location- with reporters in the a package

Guests

On-scene footage

Ideas:  

The Ridges 

The Ridges:

Possible interviewees: 

The Athens County Historical Society

George

Mental Health Department on East State Street

Community members who oppose tearing of it down

Native America

The Pentagram

Wilson

Misdemeanors

Specialists

#HauntedAthens

The therapist

Police Officers

Blacksmith story?

Student perspective 

The Asylum on the Hill author

Patients mood

Kelly B footage

Aim for a 30 minute show?

Start with montage of clips from inside buildings to get audience attention: 

Have anchors from studio (WOUB access?) introduce piece, talk about how the TB ward is about to be torn down

Segue into why that is undesirable to the community because of the history

Insert byte with older community member about The Ridges as history

Move into the ancient history of the land- Native American lands

Use reenactment footage with voiceover and twitter ticker to keep interest

Segue into the founding of The Ridges via the anchors

Explain the basic history- from research, have someone read letters that mention what the land meant to Athens while rolling footage

Interview with past worker about lobotomies

Move into the history that overlaps with legends- the movement of the patients leading to the woman who created the stain

Segue via anchors into legend- Wilson Hall etc.

From the legends, segue into interview with police officers/ university officials about how the legends has made the TB ward bad for the university

From there, show the viewpoints of the community members again, perhaps even a former patient

Wrap up with the anchors