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unusual facts about insane asylum



Alex Majoli

In 1999 he went to Greece and documented the closing of an insane asylum on Leros and the reintroduction of the inmates to society.

Thief: Deadly Shadows

When he was a young child, he lived in the Shalebridge Cradle, an orphanage and insane asylum.


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Charenton, Louisiana

Frere, a native of Paris, reportedly exclaimed on his deathbed that "anyone choosing to move to that part of Louisiana belonged in Charenton!" Charenton was the name of a notorious insane asylum outside of Paris.

Doctor Bedlam

His name comes from the Bethlem Royal Hospital insane asylum, and is a reference to his madness-inducing "paranoid pill".

East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

John Welch Jones (1826-1916), medical doctor, Confederate cavalry officer and one- time superintendent of the Louisiana State Insane Asylum

East Mississippi State Hospital

Due to advocacy from Dorothea Dix, on March 8, 1882 the Mississippi State Legislature passed legislation establishing the East Mississippi State Insane Asylum.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

The aged Baron Victor Frankenstein (Cushing) is housed at an insane asylum where he has been made a surgeon at the asylum, and has a number of privileges, as he holds secret information on Adolf Klauss, the asylum's corrupt and perverted director (John Stratton).

Neelwafurat.com

In 2004, the two best-selling novels on Neelwafurat were Cities of Salt by Abdul-Rahman Munif and The Insane Asylum by Ghazi al-Gosaibi, however both of these books were banned in Saudi Arabia.

Roy Thinnes

The film concerns Vincent van Gogh (played by Alexander Barnett, who also wrote and directed) and his voluntary stay in an insane asylum.

Time Travelers Quartet

While in New York, she slips back one hundred years into the past, only to discover her one true love, Strat, was put into an insane asylum.

William W. Reed

He continued to work as a physician in such jobs as office physĨician for an Odd Fellows' mutual life insurance company and physician to the Jefferson County insane asylum.