Danvers State Mental Hospital Inside & Out

This is a follow up to my Danvers State Hospital Retelling video. Included: A closer look at the construction, identifying the buildings, the cost, overcrowding, more on the patients, Danvers State's connection to Batman, hydrotherapy, life in general in an insane asylum. Did you know Danvers State had it's own newspaper called Hill Topics? Check out the video to find out more.
*Here's some cool stuff that didn't make the video: -In the early 1900's some patients were placed in tents on the grounds of the hospital in the summertime and during periods of warm weather for treatment & recreation, and to alleviate overcrowding. Tuberculosis patients were also placed outside in tents to protect other patients from infection.
-Danvers State didn't have a dining room until 1897. The first meal accommodated 522 patients and 64 employees. The dining room was on the second floor behind the central building. 120 by 80 feet it had air and light on three sides. Dinner was an hour long and breakfast and lunch were a half hour. No food was placed on the table until all patients were seated.
Session 9 Home Before Dark DSH