Central State Psychiatric Hospital

This book examines and chronicles the history of "insane asylums." It also discusses the legislation and world events that influenced their evolution, as well as the impact these changes had on their patients. The main focus, however, is on Central State Mental Hospital, the most notorious mental hospital in Middle Tennessee. This book goes into detail about living conditions, nutrition, contraception, and abortions. It ponders alleged experimental procedures as well as extreme control methods.

Follow a local newspaper reporter who checked himself in as a patient at Central State in order to go undercover. Learn about what he witnessed and endured. Also, read personal accounts from patients, staff, family, and friends about this institution from their distinct and unique points of view.

Also, if you're interested in the paranormal, we've got you covered. There are numerous stories about spooks and specters seen in the hospital and on the property years after the hospital campus was demolished.