Something a little different this week: Rachel covers 3 topics that can’t fill a whole episode, but are fascinating anyway. www.patreon.com/allmadpodcast

Camille Claudel was a French sculptor who struggled for recognition in the 19th and 20th century. Known more for her affair with artist Auguste Rodin, she was labelled a crazy and tragic case. www.patreon.com/allmadpodcast

What is it about certain people that make you instantly like or dislike them? www.patreon.com/allmadpodcast

When Jeremy Perkins started hearing voices, his Scientologist parents did everything they could to treat him in only methods approved by the Church. But those actions would have deadly consequences. patreon.com/allmadpodcast

Scientology has been made famous by celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta. But how did the religion become so anti-psychiatry?   The three podcasts I mentioned: Last Podcast on the Left Behind the Bastards Citation Needed   patreon.com/allmadpodcast

CW: rape When a Polish tourist dies after jumping out of a hospital window in Egypt, officials write her off as a depressive who didn’t want to live anymore. But Magdalena Zuk had no history of mental illness- so why did she apparently have some kind of mental breakdown three days before her death? What […]

The plays of Tennessee Williams often feature young women with disabilities, physical or intellectual, as well as mental illness. But Williams didn’t just use these for dramatic effect; he was inspired by his older sister Rose, who struggled with mental illness all her life. patreon.com/allmadpodcast

By Robert William Chambers   patreon.com/allmadpodcast

By Robert William Chambers   patreon.com/allmadpodcast

By Robert William Chambers   patreon.com/allmadpodcast