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2 unusual facts about Broadmoor Hospital


Horsemonger Lane Gaol

At his Old Bailey trial he was sent to Broadmoor as insane, to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

Holmes believes that Amberley will likely end up at Broadmoor rather than on the scaffold, owing to his mental state.


Thomas T. Minor

It was while living at Lambeth that Minor murdered George Merrett, for which crime he was found criminally insane and confined for the rest of his life at Broadmoor Hospital.


see also

Ronald True

The murder of Olive Young and True's later incarceration, and relationship with fellow murderer Richard Prince, in Broadmoor Hospital was the subject of a play, Lullabies of Broadmoor, performed at the Finborough Theatre, close to the site of Olive Young's murder, in 2004.