*Flow in the Name of Love*
*Channel_42* *.42π* *中* *snoo* 
*abandoned*
The Taunton State Hospital (State Lunatic Hospital) was one of the worst insane asylums in the US; it was the second state asylum in Massachusetts and was built when mental health was not well understood. It was first built in 1854 to accommodate around 250 patients, but it was later significantly expanded.
Over the years, a number of disturbing tales of some of its patients have been heard. It housed hundreds of psychiatric patients and even a couple of infamous serial killers, namely Jane Toppan and Anthony Santo. Unfortunately, innocent patients like veterans with brain injuries and people with Tourette's, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's were brought to the facility. 
Electroshock, solitary confinement, and even lobotomies were common at the facility. Patients at Taunton's not only suffered abuse and horrendous treatments but were also subjected to pseudo-sciences like phrenology, with some of these "sciences" continuing into the late 1940s.