We're All Mad Here artwork

015: Come See the Crazy Indians!

We're All Mad Here

English - September 27, 2017 02:49 - 19 minutes - 16.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 438 ratings
Society & Culture History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed


Alcoholics, horse thieves, non-conformists, and yes, those with mental illnesses were all people who were committed to the Hiawatha Insane Asylum, otherwise known as the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians. Run first by a clueless superintendent and then a cruel one, Canton Asylum was a mess from the start. Patients were chained to radiators and […]

Alcoholics, horse thieves, non-conformists, and yes, those with mental illnesses were all people who were committed to the Hiawatha Insane Asylum, otherwise known as the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians. Run first by a clueless superintendent and then a cruel one, Canton Asylum was a mess from the start. Patients were chained to radiators and refused life-saving surgeries. The conditions at Canton were well known- so why was it open for decades?


Misnumbered in the beginning and co-starring the crickets in my backyard.


PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/allmadpodcast