Asylums

What's more terrifying? The idea that an abandoned hospital is haunted, or the truth about what went on when it was open?

This week we'll explore the "asylum", the treatments and mistreatments that went on inside, and what became of them.

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Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Cate

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Sources Used:

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Insane Asylum: 16 Terrifying Facts of Mental Asylums in Early 20th Century (historycollection.com)

Events at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The History of Insane Asylums - Psychology Of Crime

What is the difference between an asylum and an institution? – Heimduo

Five Historic American Mental Hospitals | Psychol

Health and Solitary Confinement: Issues and Impact (psychiatrictimes.com)ogy Today

Insane Manifesto

22 Oct 1987, 11 - Dorking Advertiser at Newspapers.com

From Asylums to Recovery Documentary

How Electroshock Treatment (ECT) “Works” – CCHR International

ECT testimony (mindfreedom.org)

A royal family secret | Maclean's | APRIL 20, 1987 (macleans.ca)

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'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey : NPR

The Horrifying Experiments at Western State Hospital - Seattle Terrors

Athens Lunatic Asylum – Athens, Ohio - Atlas Obscura

The History of Lobotomy | Psych Central

Rockland State Psychiatric Center History: Old Buildings, New Hope - ClassicNewYorkHistory.com

Trenton Psychiatric Hospital - An Abandoned Institution In New Jersey (worldabandoned.com)

Haunted Athens Asylum for the Insane, Ohio – Legends of America

Reasons for Admission to Insane Asylums in the 19th Century | Snopes.com

125 reasons you'll get sent to the lunatic asylum - Appalachian History


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