The story
The Victorian asylum that inspired H.P. Lovecraft's fictional Arkham Asylum and became synonymous with institutional horror.
Everything that was here
- 1878–1992
Danvers State HospitalMental Hospital
The Victorian asylum that inspired H.P. Lovecraft's fictional Arkham Asylum and became synonymous with institutional horror.
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