True Stories from the Insane Asylum Actual Patient histories and employee interview

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Danvers State Lunatic Asylum was one of the early Kirkbride Mental Health facilities, which served thousands of patients before it was abandoned in the 1980s. But who actually lived here? Explore the lives of 4 patients from 1910 and discover what life events may have led them to the asylum. Includes details of my visit to the abandoned property in the 1990s and an interview with a former employee and a discussion of the mental health crisis in America. • #howyoucametobe3787 #abandonedasylum #wierdhistory • Photo Credits: • File:Women's Corridor Insane Asylum.jpg by City of St. Louis Water Department is marked with CC0 1.0. • File:Mens Corridor Insane Asylum.jpg by St. Louis Water Division is marked with CC0 1.0. • Stenographic department by Boston Public Library is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • File:MedfieldMA MedfieldStateHospital01.jpg by User:Magicpiano is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. • Medfield State Hospital 10 by Commodon is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. • File:Northeast Portland homeless camp tents.jpg by Graywalls is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. • No Known Restrictions: Ellis Island Immigrants by National Photo Co., ca. 1909-1932 (LOC) by pingnews.com is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. • A mentally ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908. is licensed under CC BY 4.0. • ahh.. that's better. by jylcat is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • Abandoned Hospital - The Clinic E. (9) by janbommes is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • Hospital Bed by arriba is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • an open gate by marneejill is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. • STOP SIGN by anschnaller is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • Abandoned Hospital - The Clinic E. (14) by janbommes is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • Abandoned in Berlin: Hallway in the former Beelitz-Heilstätten tuberculosis sanatorium - on Explore #178 on July 25, 2013! by o palsson is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • Cape Meares Park Closed Gate by Only in Oregon is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says: Trespassers will be eaten by elPadawan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. • File:Former Danvers State Hospital, Danvers MA.jpg by John Phelan is licensed under CC BY 3.0. • Church in Tullow by snapboot is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • File:Illustration of face diseased with Syphilis Wellcome L0038203.jpg is licensed under CC BY 4.0. • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria, the Cause of TB by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0. • File:Head and neck of a patient suffering from typhoid fever Wellcome L0062056.jpg is licensed under CC BY 4.0. • Medfield State Hospital 7 by Commodon is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. • Bellevue Hospital, New York City: women patients (mentally i • is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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