Ghost Walks
This week on the haunted asylum with 2 ghost stories and a dark historic figure – –
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A piece of human history made dark by experiments of the mind. Whether ignorance, or misguided science, in the end these places were home to much violence. Ghost stories bred from this brutality, featured in the episode with Trans Allegheny in the US, and a tale from Hamilton’s Century Manor.
The resident ghost of Trans Allegheny Asylum is Lily. The cute little girl ghost loved by many visitors. It’s why they try to find her. And if quiet, still leaving a toy behind.
Then a reason to not be a security guard in a haunted place.
A famed American surgeon named Dr. Walter Freeman created a special Lobotomy. This made him famous, then infamous. They called it the “ice pick lobotomy”.
This method did not need drilling. Instead entering the skull by use of a long, sharp pick slid through the eye-socket.
Built between 1858 and 1881 on the “Kirkbride Plan”. A plan based on modern cures. Kindness and morality. Trans Allegheny was setup to allow tons of sunlight and provide comfort.
Didn’t take long to screw this over.