Episode 48 - Victorian Horror Story: Asylum

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Lithium Jubilee continues to show our love to Ryan Murphy sans rubber suit with our second American Horror Show themed episode. Instead we’ll be discussing another iconic article of clothing: the straitjacket! Erin gives us the lowdown on treatments deemed “therapeutic” in 19th century psychiatric hospitals while Jon reports on the Victorian era’s ultimate undercover journalist, Nellie Bly. You want us to calm down about American Horror Story? You need to CALM UP!

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Lithium Jubilee continues to show our love to Ryan Murphy sans rubber suit with our second American Horror Show themed episode. Instead we'll be discussing another iconic article of clothing: the straitjacket! Erin gives us the lowdown on treatments deemed "therapeutic" in 19th century psychiatric hospitals while Jon reports on the Victorian era's ultimate undercover journalist, Nellie Bly.