When Broadmoor Asylum opened, it seemed progressive. But its history reveals a split: hospital or prison? Victorian doctors used fresh air and music to heal. Richard Dadd, plagued by voices, even painted there, immortalizing the spot where he murdered his father. #Broadmoor #MentalHealth #History #Art #Schizophrenia | Real Stories

A few more from Broadmoor Mental Hospital , my messages still hasn’t stopped asking me to help people getting in , even offering me money to help, I’m not a tour guide , but that’s the attraction of these type of buildings The history & the notoriety of this place gets you like that | Explore with Chip Baggs photography

373K views · 454 reactions | The most notorious patients held at Berkshire's Broadmoor Hospital | Berkshire Live | Facebook