Many of the facility’s former patients were orphans or otherwise badly “neglected” children who, while at the asylum, were subjected to “experimental procedures” they didn’t consent to.

The Hemisphere: Insane Asylum. 3 minute read. TIME. July 19, 1954 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... In bad conscience, many thought it prudent to take with them wives, children, and even servants.

Few records were kept of Marks’ 30 years in prison and at the asylum. The little we know about the real Grace Marks comes from Life in the Clearing Versus the Bush, a book by Susanna Moodie, an ...

The Bloomingdale Insane Asylum opened in 1821 on the 38-acre Bloomingdale property in what was then rural Upper Manhattan, stretching across the land of the current Morningside campus. Over the next ...

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — 7 News getting a small glimpse into the life of the children of asylum-seeker families who have been living in hotels in the Buffalo area. "These are families.