Lobotomy

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

CW: animal experimentation, mental illness, suicide, non-consensual surgical procedures, malpractice and abuse in mental health facilities.

One of the most infamous procedures from the era of psychosurgery is the Lobotomy. From the beginning there was criticism that lobotomy was too unpredictable and invasive to treat mental illness. Despite this, the procedure was marketed as a miracle cure and thousands of vulnerable people were subjected to it, with and without their consent.

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0:34.0	This episode contains discussions of animal experimentation, mental illness, suicide, non-consensual surgical procedures, and malpractice and abuse in mental health care facilities.
0:39.2	If these aren't topics you want to hear about, this may be a good episode to skip.
0:57.8	Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.
1:06.5	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages.
1:13.8	I am one of those people. My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. I'm a morbid curiosity podcast. The history of medical care for mental health issues is fraught with difficulties.
1:40.5	Much harm has been done over the centuries in the name of mental health treatment.
1:45.0	For most of recorded history, the mentally ill have been ostracized and excluded by society,
1:51.0	placed in crowded hospitals or committed to insane asylums.
1:56.0	Despite the advent of more humane treatment in the late 19th century, mental institutions
2:01.9	were not equipped to deal with the medical and social problems associated with mental
2:06.7	illness and remained seriously crowded.
2:10.6	Historic examples of the horrific conditions are so prevalent and disturbing that mental
2:15.5	health institutions have become commonly used horror tropes.
2:19.7	Most horror involving mental institutions includes wards full of both violent patients
2:25.3	and the empty husks of those who have undergone some sort of psychosurgery.
2:30.8	One of the most infamous psychosurgeries's in history is the lobotomy.
2:35.8	A lobotomy is a surgical procedure that was developed in the 1930s to treat severe mental
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