Halloween Special: Asylums in America

This week is our spooky Halloween episode and we will discuss a few sinister "insane asylums" from America's dark past. We will talk about Nellie Bly and her ten days inside the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. Then, we'll discuss the Danvers State Insane Asylum, Willowbrook Asylum, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and lobotomies.

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Sources: Ten Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly, Washington Post, Nellie Bly, Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) per Mayo Clinic, Rosemary Kennedy, All That's Interesting, Video Footage Exposing Willowbrook's Horrors, New York Times (Willowbrook), Scientific American, History of the Lobotomy, Only in your State, Ghosts and Monsters

WATCH: Escaping the Madhouse - The Nellie Bly Story (HULU) and Session 9 (2001 Film)

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