We're continuing our limited paranormal October series called Shockingly Haunted with haunted hospitals! Join us this week as we bring you a selection of hospitals with dark pasts throughout the country. We also talk about how both the true crime and horror genres stigmatize mental illness, and how society has turn it into a bogeyman.

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Sources we used for this episode:

https://www.psycom.net/mental-health-wellbeing/horror-movies-mental-health-stigma
https://nursingclio.org/2015/10/29/ghosts-are-scary-disabled-people-are-not-the-troubling-rise-of-the-haunted-asylum/

The Danvers State Hospital sources

https://www.danversstatehospital.org/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/danvers-state-hospital
https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/americas-most-haunted-hospitals-and-asylums/danvers-state-hospital/

DeJarnette Sanitarium sources

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/abandoned-dejarnette-sanitarium
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/how-american-racism-influenced-hitler
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/virginia/most-haunted-place-on-earth-va/
https://www.piedmontforum.com/2016/04/05/ghosts-lost-secrets-lie-dejarnette-sanitarium/
https://www.veganvictuals.com/abandoned-in-plain-sight-dejarnette-sanitarium/

Waverly Hills Sanitorium sources

https://www.therealwaverlyhills.com/
https://ghostcitytours.com/louisville/haunted-louisville/waverly-hills/