Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital
About Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital
Harrisburg State Hospital, formerly known from 1851 to 1937 as Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was Pennsylvania's first public facility to house the mentally ill and disabled. Its campus is located on Cameron St. and Arsenal Blvd, and operated as a mental hospital until 2006.
On the show — 3 mentions total
I found records from West Virginia Asylum from between 1864 and 1889 and Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, just two sources that I found which give lists of reasons for admission. One of them is novel reading. Other reasons for admission into the West Virginia Asylum in that time period include kicked in the head by a horse, bad whiskey, and imaginary female trouble.
from 29: No Such Thing As Terrestrial Sweetcorn, 2014-10-03 at 00:17:49 · read transcript
Other times Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital came up
In the 19th century, you could be committed to an asylum for novel reading. Very good. This was records from West Virginia Asylum in Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital. Other reasons we were told about in that episode for admission included being kicked in the head by a horse, bad whiskey, and imaginary female trouble was another one.
Little Fish: Gary Scrabble, 2026-02-15 · listen
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29: No Such Thing As Terrestrial Sweetcorn put 4 places on the map.
- West Virginia Asylum
- Burnley · United Kingdom
- Bank of England · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 40.2831, -76.8733