The Patients of Chiswick House Asylum

Speaking with Shadows by Neil Cowling

Apr 19, 202238:31Society & Culture

If you've heard the horror stories of experimental pre-20th-century psychiatry, this episode might surprise you. Josie Long heads to Chiswick House in south-west London to find out about its life as a private asylum for...

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