Asylums

[Darkcrawl]

As this relates to the themes contained in a couple of Axis albums, I thought I'd post this here. There is a documentary on BBC4 this week looking at the closure of Britain's Victorian asylums and the nasty practices therein. It's worth an hour of every patients time:

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sfpvf/Mental_A_History_of_the_Madhouse/

This link will only work for a week or so. Afterwards, I guess the thread can be deleted but we'll see.

[thanatos]

Ooh, thanks for the link. I'll be watching this later.