Historical AF

Insane Asylums Part One: A Thesis & a Haunting

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This week your girls dive into the history of insane asylums! Kyna is super pumped to talk about her thesis project, Ashley questions whether her husband would have had her committed, and Natalee's love of lists delivers a shit ton of haunted asylums. 

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    • Credits:

    • Artwork by Kyna 
  • Intro & Outro Music by Camilo GP
  • Hold Music by Lobo Loco-Pianoman Play Sofa Again (Copyright Free Download from Jamendo Music)
  • Sound Effects from Free Music Archive, Sound Bible, Free Sound, and Fesliyan Studios

    • Sources:

    Kyna-Historical AF: The Arkansas Lunatic Asylum 

    • https://arkansaslunaticasylum.wordpress.com/ (Website was written by Kyna herself!)

    Ashley-Morbid AF: Reasons why women would have been committed

    • Lunacy in the 19th Century: Women’s Admission to Asylums in United States
    of America
    Katherine Pouba and Ashley Tianen, co-authors

    Natalee-Spooky AF: The most haunted asylums in the world

    • https://www.factinate.com/things/44-freaky-facts-insane-asylums/
  • https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/abandoned-asylums-world-s-most-terrifying-haunted-asylums
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