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Image of Glore Psychiatric Museum located in Missouri, US | Treatments done at the State Lunatic Asylum pictured. Hot bath treatments as well as physical restraints were common.
Missouri, US

Glore Psychiatric Museum

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum

Located in St. Joseph, Missouri the Glore Psychiatric Museum depicts the 130-year history of the State Lunatic Asylum No. 2 and the overall evolution of the treatment of mental illness. The museum... »

Medical Museums | Edited by Kalia_K

Image of The Ozark Spooklight located in Missouri, US
Missouri, US

The Ozark Spooklight

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri

Known variously as the Ozark Spook Light, the Hornet Ghost Light, the Joplin Ghost Light, the Devil’s Jack-O’-Lantern, and the Tri-State Spook Light it is, like the many other "will-o-wisps"... »

Optical Oddities, Will-O-Wisps and Spooklights, Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills | Edited by re_nakaba

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