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  • Eugenics and Murder at Western State Hospital

    Eugenics and Murder at Western State Hospital
    2026/04/11

    This time we are talking about some of the bizarre things that happened at Western State Hospital in Virginia. From mysterious deaths and political intrigue to an early US Eugenics movement, Western State has been through quite a bit and is still around in a new form today. Join us to find out what happened and to hear a married couple bicker - the most true love language!

    Sources used are below:

    https://scuablog.lib.vt.edu/2019/04/26/the-western-lunatic-asylum/

    https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/wsh/wsh-history/

    https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1106#:~:text=The%20Weston%20State%20Hospital%20housed,the%20Trans%2DAllegheny%20Lunatic%20Asylum.

    https://kids.kiddle.co/Western_State_Hospital_(Staunton,_Virginia)

    https://anneswardson.com/the-dead-no-one-wanted-to-remember/

    https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/132-0009/

    https://uncommonwealth.lva.virginia.gov/blog/2014/11/19/the-asylum-poisonings-death-politics-and-low-cussedness-in-staunton/

    https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/dejarnette-joseph-s-1866-1957/

    https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/eugenic-sterilization-in-virginia/

    https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=master201019
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  • The Tragedy of Byberry Asylum

    The Tragedy of Byberry Asylum
    2026/04/04

    Byberry Asylum, otherwise known as The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, was established in 1907 with the best of intentions. Originally intended as a working farm for the mentally ill but eventually became the largest mental hospital in Pennsylvania before finally being shut down in 1990 after the horrific conditions inside because too much for the outside world to ignore. Join us as Kim tells us about the history of Byberry and why a celebration was held when the campus was completely demolished in 2006.

    All sources can be found below:

    https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fUiMt7yaZV0C&oi=fnd&pg=PA6&dq=byberry+mental+hospital&ots=GIL8vCdOai&sig=DFYif1Exp0aOuQbnLYO_Wcr8GNs#v=onepage&q=byberry%20mental%20hospital&f=false

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/Byberry_State_Hospital/fUiMt7yaZV0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=byberry+state+hospital&printsec=frontcover

    https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/byberry-philadelphia-state-hospital/

    https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/best-intentions-byberry-asylum

    https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nurses-institutions-caring/history-of-psychiatric-hospitals/

    https://harrisburghistorical.org/items/show/27

    https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/06/28/byberry-mental-institution-survivors/

    https://homeplatedontmove.com/2025/09/22/the-horror-and-tragedy-of-byberry-hospital/

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/insane-asylums/4#:~:text=Medical%20procedures%20were%20commonly%20done,past%20patients%20are%20still%20remembered.

    https://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/prologue/6a-bedlam/bedlam-life1946.pdf
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  • The Lore Behind The Treatments

    The Lore Behind The Treatments
    2026/03/29
    In this first episode of Questionable Treatments we are exploring the history of insane asylums from their origin tied to medieval Almshouses all the way up to what we know from modern horror movies and ghost hunting shows. We will also be digging into the history of Insulin Shock Therapy, Electroshock Therapy, and the Lobotomy. All sources referenced can be found below: https://www.almshouses.org/history-of-almshouses/ https://lambournalmshouses.org/the-history-of-englands-almshouses-from-medieval-origins-to-the-present/ https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/poor-relief-almshouse/ https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/almshouses-poorhouses/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1470530/ https://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/the-kirkbride-plan/?srsltid=AfmBOoriz56wKeHp3lA7UcRQf7Z0tAu6DID-0LSftP5EndmAw7wlF37_ https://www.mymichigan.org/about/news/healthdoseblog/the-history-of-mental-health-treatment/ https://www.cerebromente.org.br/n04/historia/sakel_i.htm https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/dr-manfred-j-sakel-discoverer-of-insulin-shock-therapy-psychiatry-in-history/A7E933069C3B8206F78F8C316A785AAE https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4291941/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1949/moniz/biographical/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Jackson-Freeman-II https://www.samhs.org.au/Virtual%20Museum/Medicine/drugs_nonsurg/ect/ect.html#:~:text=The%20heading%20of%20Dr.Birch's,ECT%20machine%20of%20Dr%20Birch https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co531731/electroconvulsive-therapy-machine https://litfl.com/history-of-ect/#:~:text=His%20lecture%20outlined%20extensive%20preclinical,and%20seizure%20classification%20(complete%20vs. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11205978/ https://www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.156.4.630 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8720400/ https://www.nurokor.com/blog/history-of-bioelectronic-medicine https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.116.12.1112-2?download=true https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160103 Youtube videos Convulsive therapy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myvMJxJa-Ts&list=PLCqWucufhQaHOe0b_dcvB4ZKYn-MygTIY&index=2 Shock therapy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBuwTpb8wZ8&list=PLCqWucufhQaHOe0b_dcvB4ZKYn-MygTIY Prefrontal Lobotomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPwETslJyc&t=347s
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