Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Welcome to Broadmoor Asylum

Episode Summary

Cult Babes! This week’s episode is a journey into the UK’s Broadmoor Hospital which has been home to many infamous patients throughout it’s history. We’ll first get to know how the hospital came to be and then get acquainted with it’s haunting guest list… Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-the-ripper-suspects/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8263000/8263371.stm https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/i-am-very-glad-and-cheered-when-i-hear-the-flute-the-treatment-of-criminal-lunatics-in-late-victorian-broadmoor/1F711BABFE0E8D356D2A0169020C099A https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/about-us/library-archives/archives/madness-to-mental-illness-online-archive/important-legal-cases-of-the-19th-century-james-hadfield.pdf?sfvrsn=e4cedf57_6 https://www.biography.com/crime/graham-young https://allthatsinteresting.com/graham-young Rollin, H. (1991) Forensic Psychiatry in England: a Retrospective. In 150 Years of British Psychiatry (vol. 2, The Aftermath) (eds H. Freeman & G.E. Berrios, G.E.), pp. 243–267 Gaskell.  Smith, R. (1996) Legal Frameworks for Psychiatry. In 150 Years of British Psychiatry (vol. 2, The Aftermath) (eds H. Freeman & G.E. Berrios), pp. 137–150. Athlone Press.  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/jun/17/richard-dadd-victorian-artist-bedlam-mental-illness-fairies https://www.newspapers.com/image/933363280/?terms=Richard%20Dadd&match=1

Episode Notes

Cult Babes! This week’s episode is a journey into the UK’s Broadmoor Hospital which has been home to many infamous patients throughout it’s history. We’ll first get to know how the hospital came to be and then get acquainted with it’s haunting guest list…


Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com


Write me: spencer@cultliter.com


Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807


Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast


Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter


Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!


Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-the-ripper-suspects/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8263000/8263371.stm

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/i-am-very-glad-and-cheered-when-i-hear-the-flute-the-treatment-of-criminal-lunatics-in-late-victorian-broadmoor/1F711BABFE0E8D356D2A0169020C099A

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/about-us/library-archives/archives/madness-to-mental-illness-online-archive/important-legal-cases-of-the-19th-century-james-hadfield.pdf?sfvrsn=e4cedf57_6

https://www.biography.com/crime/graham-young

https://allthatsinteresting.com/graham-young

Rollin, H. (1991) Forensic Psychiatry in England: a Retrospective. In 150 Years of British Psychiatry (vol. 2, The Aftermath) (eds H. Freeman & G.E. Berrios, G.E.), pp. 243–267

Gaskell.

Smith, R. (1996) Legal Frameworks for Psychiatry. In 150 Years of British Psychiatry (vol. 2, The Aftermath) (eds H. Freeman & G.E. Berrios), pp. 137–150. Athlone Press.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/jun/17/richard-dadd-victorian-artist-bedlam-mental-illness-fairies

https://www.newspapers.com/image/933363280/?terms=Richard%20Dadd&match=1