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Radley Sanitarium is a mental institution where Mona Vanderwaal was sent, after her reveal as "A". Spencer Hastings was also housed there for a brief time, being placed in the same room as Mona was, and Marion Cavanaugh was also there for some time before the start of the series. It was a key place and location in Season 3. It has been closed down as of "Game On, Charles." It makes its last appearance as a Sanitarium in "Game Over, Charles". After the five year time jump, the hospital has been converted into a Hotel known as The Radley, which The Liars make frequent visits too.
Series
The Radley Sanitarium is located in the fictional Darkette County, Pennsylvania. It plays into the series when Mona Vanderwaal is in this facility, but we can guess it has something to do with the story Alison told Hanna about the girl who was sent to a mental institution after killing her twin sister.
The first time in the series the name "Radley Sanitarium" is referenced in "The First Secret". The Liars are walking across a street when they think they see someone in the window of a haunted house. As they walk away, the door opens and the camera cuts to a taxi parked in front of the house with the words "Radley Sanitarium" on the side of it.
Mona is sent to Radley Sanitarium after revealing that she is "A" in "UnmAsked". She is visited by someone in a red coat, similar to that of Vivian Darkbloom's: as we'll learn in Season 3, that someone was CeCe Drake. However, it has been stated by Marlene King that this was a hallucination, and the event did not actually occur.
- Hanna has been visiting Mona at Radley for answers. Mona remains quiet the first few times Hanna visits. She finally talks to Hanna. ("Blood Is The New Black")
- Mona freaks out when Caleb comes to Radley to visit. He tells her that she better not do anything to hurt Hanna. She then starts screaming and throws a table across the room. This results in her doctor making the decision to allow no visitors. ("Kingdom of the Blind")
- In "Crazy", Mona leaves her room while Hanna and Aria are visiting and runs to the Children's Ward, where she brushes some dolls' hair.
- In the mid-season finale, "The Lady Killer", Mona breaks out of Radley by dressing as a nurse and flashing the guard a fake ID (taken from Hanna in an earlier episode).
- In "She's Better Now", Mona is released.
- In "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", Spencer Hastings was placed in Radley after she was found wandering around, covered in blood, and in a catatonic state. She was identified as "Jane Doe" when a hiker found her.
- In "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?", an orderly, E. (Eddie) Lamb reveals to Spencer that Toby's mother, Marion Cavanaugh was a patient at Radley.
- In "A DAngerous GAme", Spencer is released from Radley. Mona tells The Liars that she was shown how to get in and out of Radley during her stay.
Staff of Sanitarium
(Series 1 - 6 (episode 10))
- Elizabeth Mainway - Owner
- Jessica DiLaurentis - Board of Trustees (before her death)
- Dr. Louis Palmer - Formerly
- Eddie Lamb - Nurse; formerly
- Nurse Lisa
- Nurse Sybil - Mentioned by Mona
- Dr. Wren Kingston - Volunteer Doctor
- Anne Sullivan - Volunteer psychologist and therapist
- Aria Montgomery - Volunteer
- Dr. Elliot Rollins - Psychiatrist (at some point)
- Dr. Cochran - Formerly
Former Patients
- Mary Drake - Formerly - Was admitted after Jessica DiLaurentis set her up for the murder of a child she was babysitting, stayed until she was 18, but then readmitted on and off until she was let out for good.
- Charles DiLaurentis/Charlotte DiLaurentis - Was admitted by his parents when he was five, and stayed there until his "death." However, he was re-admitted as Charlotte DiLaurentis, and stayed until she escaped between April 2011 - September 2011. Admitted to another sanitarium after her "A" reveal.
- Big Rhonda - Bethany Young's ex-roommate at Radley.
- Donna - Blonde that rips up her art work in "The Silence of E. Lamb".
- Nicky - Girl being hauled away while Aria comes to visit Mona.
- Marion Cavanaugh - Before her death.
- Mona Vanderwaal - Formerly; was admitted twice; previously for 7 months (March 2011 - early November 2011) and a few days after she claimed to have killed Detective Darren Wilden.
- Spencer Hastings - Formerly; three days (required 72 hour evaluation) in November 2011.
- Bethany Young - Before her death; Escaped the day Alison disappeared. Also known as The Fragile Patient (responsible for the death of Marion Cavanaugh
- Lesli Stone - Revealed in "She's No Angel" to have spent some time in Radley long enough to know Charles, Mona and Bethany, and was a roommate of Bethany's.
- Sandy - A girl who was painting in Aria's art therapy volunteer program.
- Alice's Twin
Staff of Hotel
(Series 6 (episode 10) - 7)
- Ashley Marin - Manager
- Emily Fields - Bartender (till she gets a job at the high school)
- Caleb Rivers - Security
Hotel Guests
- Sara Harvey (as of "Charlotte's Web", signed off between "Burn This" and "Did You Miss Me?," checked back in "Did You Miss Me?")
- Caleb Rivers - (Presumably from "Original G'A'ngsters" to "Driving Miss Crazy")
- Hanna Marin (From "Of Late I Think Of Rosewood" to "The Gloves Are On")
- Aria Montgomery (One night; in "Do Not Disturb").
- Byron Montgomery (One night; in "New Guys, New Lies")
- Ella Montgomery (One night; in "New Guys, New Lies")
- Liam Greene (Presumably; in "Where Somebody Waits For Me")
- Jillian Howe (In "Did You Miss Me?")
- Jenna Marshall (In "Hit and Run, Run, Run")
Book Comparisons
- In the books, Radley was a place for "troubled" kids. One of the similarities though, is that both Radleys (TV Show and Books) later became a hotel.
- In the TV show, Mona Vanderwaal and Spencer Hastings go to Radley. While in the books, neither of them do because Radley is shut down before Alison DiLaurentis (Book Character) goes missing.
- In the books, only Courtney DiLaurentis was a patient at Radley.
Notes
- Janel Parrish revealed in an interview that the Radley Sanitarium plays a significant role in Season 3.
- The place was named after the character, Boo Radley, from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, which makes an appearance in the series as book Ezra's class reads their junior year.
- Radley Santitarium was established in 1931.
- In Season 6, The Carissimi Group bought out Radley Sanitarium from owner Elizabeth Mainway and shut the hospital down.
- In "5 Years Forward", the sanitarium is revealed to have been converted into a hotel called "The Radley."
- Even after being turned into a hotel, the gates were kept out front and there were passgeways that weren't completely closed off.
- Sara Harvey was murdered in the Radley by Noel Kahn. (Wanted: Dead or Alive)
- Many patients had children while in the Radley, and one of them was Mary Drake.