The Backstory: A hero emerges from a 19th century insane asylum
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that as recently as the Victorian era, somebody could have you committed to an insane asylum just because you disobeyed a husband, were too opinionated, were caught masturbating, and so much more? The treatment ranged from being chained to a wall, beaten...and more. And no one had to prove your insanity! This is the story of how one woman, post-lock-up, changed the status quo.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, I get it. You're opinionated, sometimes disagreeable, emotional, or maybe you have intellectual interests. You like to read. You have interesting but kind of sketchy friends. They're artistic. or you're a little overly sexual. |
| 0:15.0 | All reasons given for getting folks committed to what they called lunatic asylums back in |
| 0:20.0 | the 18 and early 1900s. |
| 0:22.0 | Inside they could be restrained and even tortured. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:27.0 | One woman's story about the insanity of getting perfectly sane people locked up. |
| 0:32.0 | That's next on the backstory. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey I'm Melissa Pomeiro and I'm Stephanie Beatrice you may know us from |
| 0:41.6 | television. 99. |
| 0:44.0 | And now we're here with our very own podcast, |
| 0:47.0 | more better with Stephanie and Melissa. |
| 0:49.0 | We've known each other for thousands of years. |
| 0:51.0 | And we've been through it all together and we are totally |
| 0:54.0 | killing it we are literally the best no notes life is great |
| 1:00.0 | none of that was true j JK, JK. |
| 1:03.0 | Join us on our excellent adventure as we take on topics like listening to yourself. |
| 1:07.0 | There were a lot of red flags and it did take me eight years to get there, but I got there. |
| 1:12.0 | The challenge of self-care. This is important. eight years to get there, but I got there. |
| 1:12.7 | The challenge of self-care. |
| 1:14.1 | This is important, because now you're about to be a mom of two kids. |
| 1:17.5 | And making friends as an adult. |
| 1:18.9 | We're going to share our struggles. |
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