Behind the Walls of the World’s Psychiatric Hospitals

Send us Fan Mail Episode 22 discusses the life, incarceration, and hospitalization of "Caesar Williams," a Black man originally from California who ended up in the Michigan penal system. Learn about C...

5 Jun 202338min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 21 discusses the life and mental health of "Alice Wilson," a woman who was hospitalized three times at Ionia State Hospital during her lifetime. Originally diagnosed with schi...

29 Mai 202336min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 20 kicks off a new series on Ionia State Hospital (originally the Michigan Asylum for Insane Criminals). Learn about the early history of the hospital, Metrazol shock therapy,...

21 Mai 202347min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 19 discusses the crimes of serial killer Nathan Trupp, who killed three people in New Mexico and two people in California in the span of two days. Find out why he did it and w...

1 Mai 202320min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 18 discusses the story of the first mass murder in U.S. history - the story of Howard Unruh and his "Walk of Death" that would leave 13 people dead and 3 more injured. Support...

24 Apr 202333min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 17 features the life, career, and hospitalizations of mathematician John Forbes Nash. This episode will briefly discuss the representaiton of his life in the film A Beautiful ...

17 Apr 202334min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 16 explores the life of one asylum resident, Dr. Henry T. Helmbold, who was committed to (and escaped from) the hospital many times. Learn what he was famous for and why he wa...

11 Apr 202340min

Send us Fan Mail This episode was supposed to be completed today, but...I found some perfect source material that I could not exclude! As a result, the planned episode on the People of the New Jersey ...

3 Apr 20235min