Tag: insane asylum
Man Visits Sick Wife at Hospital, Gets Mistaken for Lunatic and Locked Up
Albert Smith went to the hospital expecting to visit his sick wife. Instead, he was greeted like a man everyone had been waiting for. The…
South Dakota Woman Reportedly Driven Insane by Sliver Under Fingernail
A sliver beneath a fingernail is a small injury, painful but ordinary. In this 1915 account from South Dakota, however, that tiny wound was said…
Coal Flies as Indiana Man Tries to Steal Engine
On a summer afternoon in Aurora, Indiana, while the engineer and fireman stepped away from their switch engine to eat dinner, 23-year-old Louis R. Henry…
Former Hartford Judge Claimed Unlawful Detention in Chicago Asylum
Frederick N. Sage, who claimed to be a former judge from Hartford, said he was unlawfully held in a Chicago detention hospital and denied communication…
Finnish Woman Visiting the United States Judged Insane, Returned to Finland
Here is a little insight as to what could happen to someone who came to the U.S. in a poor mental state. The woman reportedly…
Woman murders family with shotgun, worried about neighbors hearing the blast
Widow and mother grabbed the family shotgun and killed her mother, father, brother, and young daughter. She was deemed insane. Woman Slew 4; Goes to…
5 Frightening Old Reports About Insane Daughters
I’ve touched on cases of insane fathers in a previous article, and today we are going to take a look at insane daughters in the…
Man beat to death inside Kankakee State Hospital
I began covering many of the abuses taking place inside the old insane asylums because they were so prolific. This incident took place inside an…
Insane asylums filled with sane people, mostly unwanted elderly
Unwanted wives were not the only people getting committed to the insane asylums of long ago. The asylums were also a dumping ground for unwanted…
