Room of Forgotten Souls

There is a room in the basement of Oregon State Hospital which has now been nicknamed as, "The Room of Forgotten Souls." This state-run hospital opened as the Oregon Hospital for the Insane in 1861 and later changed its name to the Oregon State Hospital in 1913. In 2004, several copper cans were discovered in the basement of this hospital. It would be appropriate to call them copper urns, as they contained the remains of 3600 psychiatric patients, who were cremated on-site between 1917 and 1973. That's one person dying every 5 days or so.
#mentalasylum #mentalhealth #souls #dunning #bedlam #factrepublic #facts