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056: The Lost Lady

We're All Mad Here

English - August 01, 2018 02:40 - 14 minutes - 15.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 438 ratings
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Athens Lunatic Asylum opened in 1874. Initially reknowned for its top-notch PTSD treatment for Civil War veterans, it took the normal turn of over population and abuse. In 1978, patient Margaret Schilling went missing. A month later, her body was found in the attic of one of the unrenovated buildings. When the body was removed, […]

Athens Lunatic Asylum opened in 1874. Initially reknowned for its top-notch PTSD treatment for Civil War veterans, it took the normal turn of over population and abuse. In 1978, patient Margaret Schilling went missing. A month later, her body was found in the attic of one of the unrenovated buildings. When the body was removed, it left a stain on the floor that no amount of scrubbing would remove… a stain that remains to this day.