Elena

I mean, they had theaters there. They had a gym. They had all kinds of things to keep the patients busy and active and their minds working. How did it all go to shit? Everything was calm and nurturing. well in the 1960s the funding started to be pulled back and once the funding got pulled back the asylum was suffering

They started to take in people way outside of the parameters. Mostly, like I said, without their family's consent. Some of them were basically kidnapped. People with epilepsy were put here. People with just hearing problems. What? People with tuberculosis. Oh, my God. The kids from the orphanages without any known disabilities.

They started to take in people way outside of the parameters. Mostly, like I said, without their family's consent. Some of them were basically kidnapped. People with epilepsy were put here. People with just hearing problems. What? People with tuberculosis. Oh, my God. The kids from the orphanages without any known disabilities.

Okay. Whoa. Your last.

Okay. Whoa. Your last.

I'm sorry, what? Your leg?

I'm sorry, what? Your leg?

So, yeah, they kept on taking patients, you know, like I said, of all different kinds, like people who didn't wouldn't necessarily be, quote unquote, institutionalized. Sure. And, you know, now the recreation programs were being cut like it wasn't this nurturing farming community anymore that they were learning things. It became crazy overcrowded. They were not being monitored.

So, yeah, they kept on taking patients, you know, like I said, of all different kinds, like people who didn't wouldn't necessarily be, quote unquote, institutionalized. Sure. And, you know, now the recreation programs were being cut like it wasn't this nurturing farming community anymore that they were learning things. It became crazy overcrowded. They were not being monitored.

They were not being stimulated in any way, shape, or form. They would just leave them to just like wander around doing nothing. Master, do you like me? I do like you. They are monsters. They would end up being like sexually assaulted, physically assaulted by staff, by other patients. Like it was a literal, it was a hell house. Like it is called a hell house.

They were not being stimulated in any way, shape, or form. They would just leave them to just like wander around doing nothing. Master, do you like me? I do like you. They are monsters. They would end up being like sexually assaulted, physically assaulted by staff, by other patients. Like it was a literal, it was a hell house. Like it is called a hell house.

It's awful. And the only attention these patients were receiving at this point, like they were being totally neglected. Right. And if they did get attention, it was abuse. That's all it was. That's all the attention that they were getting. And so staff was also being replaced with completely unqualified people. They were allowing doctors with suspended licenses to continue working there.

It's awful. And the only attention these patients were receiving at this point, like they were being totally neglected. Right. And if they did get attention, it was abuse. That's all it was. That's all the attention that they were getting. And so staff was also being replaced with completely unqualified people. They were allowing doctors with suspended licenses to continue working there.

Meaning the state of Maryland had deemed these people not suitable to practice medicine anymore. What? What?

Meaning the state of Maryland had deemed these people not suitable to practice medicine anymore. What? What?

Yeah, it's nuts. Nicholas gets it. Again, the abuse was widespread and it was awful. Aspiration pneumonia was a leading cause of death there, which happens when, and especially in this kind of environment, when feeding procedures are basically not being followed safely. They would force feed patients. They would feed people laying down oftentimes. They would use improper feeding tubes.

Yeah, it's nuts. Nicholas gets it. Again, the abuse was widespread and it was awful. Aspiration pneumonia was a leading cause of death there, which happens when, and especially in this kind of environment, when feeding procedures are basically not being followed safely. They would force feed patients. They would feed people laying down oftentimes. They would use improper feeding tubes.

In fact, the laying down while feeding was like a thing. Like they were constantly being fed while laying flat on their back. So stupid. Yeah, that is stupid. Nicholas. This is wild. This is a little wild.

In fact, the laying down while feeding was like a thing. Like they were constantly being fed while laying flat on their back. So stupid. Yeah, that is stupid. Nicholas. This is wild. This is a little wild.

He's really going. It's kind of freaking me out.