Forgotten Mass.: The ominous silence of Medfield State Hospital
Medfield State Hospital, built in the 1880s and closed more than 20 years ago, is a little creepy but also pleasantly calm as ...
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How Victorian Women Were Oppressed Through the Use of Psychiatry
In the mid- to late 1800s, insane asylums served as catch ... trial in August 1867 and was committed to Taunton State Hospital, a lunatic asylum in Massachusetts. After that, little is known ...
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Kalamazoo State Hospital
One of the Kirkbride Buildings, built in the mid to late 19th century as part of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. This building, along with the other Kirkbride Buildings, have since been demolished. The ...
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"A Serious House": How Arkham Asylum Became the Most Unique Place in Comics
Batman references that Joker escapes from "the state hospital for the criminally insane." The mental hospital wouldn't ...