The Backstory (Replay): 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
🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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On this replay episode of The Backstory: 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. All reasons given for getting folks committed to what they called lunatic asylums back in the 18 and early 1900s. |
| 0:22.4 | Inside, they could be restrained and even tortured. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:27.0 | One woman's story about the insanity of getting perfectly sane people locked up. |
| 0:32.5 | That's next on the backstory. |
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