Blackwell Island: New York's 19th Century Madhouse

<p><b>The AD-FREE versions of our episodes are available right now on</b><a href='http://www.patreon.com/mysteriousradio'><b> Patreon.</b></a><b><br/></b><br/><br/>Returning to the show is my special guest author Stacy Horn who&apos;s here to discuss the mother of all asylums and the horrific things that occurred there!<a href='https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075G4VWLC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1'> Get her book Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad and Criminal in 19th Century New York on Amazon.</a><br/><br/><br/><br/><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bizarre-times-paranormal-odd-strange-creepy-case-history/id1483104489'>Follow our other podcast Bizarre Times </a><a href='http://www.facebook.com/bizarretimespodcast'><br/></a>Visit our website: <a href='https://www.bizarretimespodcast.com/'>https://www.bizarretimespodcast.com<br/><br/><br/></a><br/></p><div>Follow us on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/mysteriousradio/'>@mysteriousradio<br/></a>Follow us on TikTok <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@mysteriousradio?lang=en'>mysteriousradioTikTok<br/></a>Follow us on Twitter<a href='https://www.twitter.com/mysteriousradio'> @mysteriousradio<br/></a>Follow us on Pinterest <a href='http://www.pinterest.com/mysteriousradio'>pinterest.com/mysteriousradio<br/></a>Like us on Facebook<a href='http://www.facebook.com/mysteriousradio'> Facebook.com/mysteriousradio<br/></a>Visit our website: <a href='https://www.mysteriousradio.com/'>https://www.mysteriousradio.com<br/><br/><br/></a><br/></div><div><a href='https://podfollow.com/mysterious-radio'>Check Out Mysterious Radio!</a> (copy the link to share with your friends and family via text)<br/><br/></div><div><br/><br/><strong>&quot;Enthralling; it is well worth the trip.” --</strong><strong><em>New York Journal of Books</em></strong><br/>Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York’s Blackwell’s Island, site of a lunatic asylum, two prisons, an almshouse, and a number of hospitals, quickly bec