Some of the patients underwent unusual therapies.

Here are some really incredible photographs of patients from Londons Bethlam Royal Hospital also known as 'Bedlam' taken in the 1800s by Henry Hering

Nothing like some old-time, creepy, Halloween costumes to really set the mood. I don't care how simplistic these costumes seem - they are some of the most frighting and oddly disturbing items that I've seen. Just picture walking down the street at night - or, even during the daytime! - and seeing some of these little creatures walking towards you. Maybe singing a little tune?

Opened in 1939, the Asylum was a premier psychiatric medical institution for the criminally insane. The worst and most violent of psychiatric patients were brought here for treatment and seclusion.…

Frau in einer Zwangsjacke

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.