Episode 5: How word of Hephzibah House’s abuse finally started to spread, the protests and media coverage that followed, and how it all led to the doors closing for good… or did it?
Hey beautiful souls, it’s Lilpirahna …By the time I got out, I knew one thing for sure… if we didn’t tell the truth about Hephzibah House, the same walls that trapped us would swallow more girls whole. For years, this place had hidden behind a church steeple and a good reputation. But the cracks started […]
Episode 4 … The Laws That Let It Happen
Hey beautiful souls, it’s Lilpirahna …I’ve told you what happened inside Hephzibah House, and I’ve told you how the truth finally started to spill out. But if you really want to understand how it lasted nearly 50 years, you have to look at the laws that protected it. This wasn’t just bad people, it was […]
Episode 3 … Inside the Rulebook of Hephzibah House: How They Controlled Every Breath
Hey beautiful souls, it’s Lilpirahna again … if Episode 2 gave you the map of the walls, Episode 3 is me walking you through the locked doors. Constant Surveillance: Motion Sensors, Alarms & No Privacy We couldn’t move without them knowing. There were motion-sensor alarms on certain doors and in hallways…if we got up at […]
Episode 2 … Hephzibah House in Indiana, the 1990s custody battles, and the paper trail that should’ve shut it down
Hey beautiful souls, it’s Lilpirahna here … this is Episode 2 of my series on Hephzibah House. Before you can feel my story, you gotta see the whole story … who built this place, how it trapped girls, why a few key 1990s custody fights mattered, and how this place managed to survive until 2020. […]
The Foundation of Control: How Hephzibah House Began (1971-1980)
The Foundation of Control: How Hephzibah House Began (1971-1980) Part 1 of the Hephzibah House Series Hey beautiful souls! 💕 I’m Lilpirahna, and this is my story – but it’s also the story of hundreds of other girls who survived what was supposed to be a “Christian boarding school” but was actually something much darker. […]
My First Journal Entry
I just finished setting up my website… and honestly, I’m so excited I could cry. It’s been such a long road getting to this point… learning everything from scratch, figuring out plugins, buttons, layouts (and crying over them sometimes too 😅). This is only the beginning though, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.💖
3am thoughts
This is kind of a weird season of life for me. I’m working on finishing up my book (which still feels unreal to say??), and even though I’m super excited, my health has been kind of out of whack lately. My energy’s been up and down, and my brain’s been foggy, so some days are […]