The Devil's Castle

By Shelley Irwin

Published December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM EST

Author Susanne Paola Antonetta joins in to share her work.

The Devil's Castle is all about Nazi eugenics, euthanasia and how psychiatry's troubled history reverberated today. Author Susanne Paola Antonetta traverses the spectrum of neurodiversity, unearths failures of the past but envisions an enlightened approach to mental health care.

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Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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