When a young Quaker woman died in an asylum in 1790, William Tuke resolved to found a new facility focused on treatment—not incarceration. But mental health conditions were poorly understood, and many...Show More
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mm recommended:Jul 4th, 2020
This really should be a true crime episode. Mental asylums in the 1700-1900’s were horrid places of abuse. Each story in here could be its own podcast series. I’m still horrified at the ones about the woman who was drugged by her husband and sister and power to her hitchhiking for a carriage(!) home...Show More
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bigfoot_skepticJul 4th, 2020
@mm I particularly enjoyed the story of Nellie Bly, the woman who risked her life by going undercover in an asylum. Other parts of this series, especially the lobotomy stuff, were difficult to listen to though. This series felt a bit like a Stuff You Should Know episode - you could tell that they ...Show More
mmJul 4th, 2020
@bigfoot_skeptic Yes! Nellie should have a whole podcast about her adventure. The contrast of the two stories about the power dynamics worked really well one after another. I have a hard time listening to anything with lobotomy so I think I’m going to skip. Once went to the bio library at UBC and lo...Show More