This time we are talking about some of the bizarre things that happened at Western State Hospital in Virginia. From mysterious deaths and political intrigue to an early US Eugenics movement, Western State has been through quite a bit and is still around in a new form today. Join us to find out what happened and to hear a married couple bicker - the most true love language!

Sources used are below:

https://scuablog.lib.vt.edu/2019/04/26/the-western-lunatic-asylum/

https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/wsh/wsh-history/

https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1106#:~:text=The%20Weston%20State%20Hospital%20housed,the%20Trans%2DAllegheny%20Lunatic%20Asylum.

https://kids.kiddle.co/Western_State_Hospital_(Staunton,_Virginia)

https://anneswardson.com/the-dead-no-one-wanted-to-remember/

https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/132-0009/

https://uncommonwealth.lva.virginia.gov/blog/2014/11/19/the-asylum-poisonings-death-politics-and-low-cussedness-in-staunton/

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/dejarnette-joseph-s-1866-1957/

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/eugenic-sterilization-in-virginia/

https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=master201019

Byberry Asylum, otherwise known as The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, was established in 1907 with the best of intentions. Originally intended as a working farm for the mentally ill but eventually became the largest mental hospital in Pennsylvania before finally being shut down in 1990 after the horrific conditions inside because too much for the outside world to ignore. Join us as Kim tells us about the history of Byberry and why a celebration was held when the campus was completely demolished in 2006.

All sources can be found below:

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fUiMt7yaZV0C&oi=fnd&pg=PA6&dq=byberry+mental+hospital&ots=GIL8vCdOai&sig=DFYif1Exp0aOuQbnLYO_Wcr8GNs#v=onepage&q=byberry%20mental%20hospital&f=false

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Byberry_State_Hospital/fUiMt7yaZV0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=byberry+state+hospital&printsec=frontcover

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/byberry-philadelphia-state-hospital/

https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/best-intentions-byberry-asylum

https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nurses-institutions-caring/history-of-psychiatric-hospitals/

https://harrisburghistorical.org/items/show/27

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/06/28/byberry-mental-institution-survivors/

https://homeplatedontmove.com/2025/09/22/the-horror-and-tragedy-of-byberry-hospital/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/insane-asylums/4#:~:text=Medical%20procedures%20were%20commonly%20done,past%20patients%20are%20still%20remembered.

https://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/prologue/6a-bedlam/bedlam-life1946.pdf