Om Behind the Walls of the World’s Psychiatric Hospitals
This podcast examines the history of now-defunct or abandoned psychiatric hospitals. Listen every week to learn about the history of mental health care and the true stories of the people who lived and worked behind the walls.
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Ep. 100: History of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Part 3 (1940-2026) (00:35:12)
Send us a text IT'S MY 100th EPISODE!!! This week we wrap up the history of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and find out which treatment was used over a two-week period in an attempt to discharge p...
Ep. 99: History of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (1893-1940) (00:36:34)
Send us a text This week we look at the expansion of the asylum around the turn of the 20th century. Find out what types of treatment were used, learn what unusual (and sad) reasons got people committ...
Ep. 98: History of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Part 1 (1858-1893) (00:37:03)
Send us a text This week we start a series on Sarah's "holy grail" asylum! Learn about why it took 23 years for the asylum to be built and who was involved in the labor. Find out how the hospital took...
Ep. 97: Interview with Jacqui Sanders (00:52:36)
Send us a text This week I interview historian Jacqui Sanders to discuss her study of the children and women of Aradale Mental Hospital in Australia and the release of her new book, Form of Insanity. ...
Ep. 96: History of the Fernald State School (1950-2014) (00:35:19)
Send us a text This week's episode examines the final decades of the Fernald State School. Find out about the pivotal moment in Ward 22 that forever changed the school. Learn about the fate of the Sci...
Ep. 95: History of the Fernald State School (1912-1949) (00:33:12)
Send us a text This week's episode discusses the years that Dr. Fernald, Dr. Greene, and Dr. Farrell were superintendents at the school. Learn about the legacy of one of the superintendents and how he...
Ep. 94: History of the Fernald State School (1889-1912) (00:35:35)
Send us a text This week we discuss the first two decades of Dr. Walter E. Fernald's tenure at the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded. Find out how he was able to expand the school in order to...
Ep. 93: History of the Fernald State School (1852-1888) (00:30:47)
Send us a text This week we discuss the many changes in the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth, which included a name change, three locations, and three different superintendents...
Ep. 92: History of the Fernald State School, Part 1 (1845-1852) (00:37:06)
Send us a text This week we look at the early beginnings of what would become the Fernald State School in Massachusetts. At its outset, it was known as the Experimental School for Teaching and Trainin...
Ep. 91: History of Spinalonga Leper Colony (00:27:26)
Send us a text This week we reminisce about Sarah's recent trip to Crete and her visit to the Spinalonga Leper Colony. Learn about the three different "eras" the island experienced as a Venetian stron...
Ep. 90: Legends and Lore of Camarillo State Hospital (00:15:31)
Send us a text This week we look at some of the paranormal activity and stories that have come from Camarillo State Hospital. Find out about the woman in white, the creepy goings-on in the former chil...
Ep. 89: History of Camarillo State Hospital Children and Adolescent Programs (00:23:50)
Send us a text In this week's episode, we discuss the history of the children and adolescent programs at Camarillo State Hospital. Find out where children lived when they were first introduced to the ...
Ep. 88: Camarillo State Hospital, Part 2 (1958-1997) (00:29:06)
Send us a text This week's episode explores the final decades of operation at Camarillo State Hospital. Learn about the introduction of the Developmental Center that separated patients with mental ill...
Ep. 87: Camarillo State Hospital, Part 1 (1929-1957) (00:30:15)
Send us a text This week's episode examines the early years of Camarillo State Hospital in Camarillo, California. Find out why it grew so quickly in its first decade, and learn how many patients it ho...
Ep. 86: Zelda Fitzgerald and the Craig House (00:21:04)
Send us a text This week's episode explores the life and hospitalizations of author and artist Zelda Fitzgerald. Discover where she was institutionalized throughout her life and how her life came to a...
Ep. 85: Interview with Rusty Tagliareni and Lisa Marie Blohm (00:50:57)
Send us a text This week, Sarah interviews Rusty Tagliareni (photographer and co-author of the Images of America book on Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital) and Lisa Marie Blohm (President of Preserv...
Ep. 84: People of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (Harrison W. Noel) (00:30:45)
Send us a text This week's episode tells the story of a patient, Harrison W. Noel, who was committed to Greystone Park for the rest of his life following the commission of a gruesome double murder and...
Ep. 83: People of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center (Woody Guthrie) (00:43:54)
Send us a text This week's episode examines the life, music, activism, and eventual hospitalization of folk singer Woody Guthrie. Find out how he got started in music and who influenced him along the ...
Ep. 82: History of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, Part 4 (1950-2015) (00:43:41)
Send us a text This week's episode discusses the arc of deinstitutionalization at Greystone Park, from the early-1950s until the closure of the original Kirkbride building in 2008. Find out how many p...
Ep. 81: History of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, Part 3 (1925-1950) (00:38:20)
Send us a text This week's episode focuses on how Greystone Park managed during the years of the Great Depression and World War II. From increased overcrowding due to war, economic difficulties, and m...
Ep. 80: History of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, Part 2 (1909-1924) (00:40:48)
Send us a text This week's episode discusses the history of the New Jersey State Insane Asylum from World War I until just before the Great Depression. Find out what circumstances led to the on-the-jo...
Ep. 79: History of Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, Part 1 (1876-1907) (00:42:00)
Send us a text This week's episode examines the first couple decades of the State Asylum for the Insane in Morristown, New Jersey. Find out what an average day was like at the asylum, what treatments ...
Ep. 78: History of Volterra Lunatic Asylum, Part 3 (1948-1978) (00:39:07)
Send us a text This week's episode looks at the final decades of Volterra Lunatic Asylum through the lens of three different physicians who each left a lasting impact on the hospital: Dr. Claus Schill...
Ep. 77: History of Volterra Lunatic Asylum, Part 2 (1912-1948) (00:41:01)
Send us a text This week's episode covers a particularly turbulent time in Italian history: from WWI to WWII and the birth of the Republic. Find out how Volterra Lunatic Asylum fared during wartime an...
Ep. 76: Volterra Lunatic Asylum, Part 1 (1888-1912) (00:43:03)
Send us a text In this week's episode, we head to Tuscany, Italy, to the hilltop town of Volterra. Learn about the early history of the Volterra Lunatic Asylum, the political climate of Italy at the t...
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