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This week C.J. is joined by Lacey Jane, a Madison-based artist whose work can be found on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/laceyjanesartexpressions) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/laceyjanesdesigns/). They discuss their recent trip to Taliesin and the murder of Mamah, her two children, and four other people, at the hands of Julian Carlton.

This week C.J. keeps it short by talking about more ancient poetry by discussing Greek poetry, including some of the works of Alkman, Anakreon, Archilochos, and Homer.

This week C.J. reads and discusses some selections from the Orphic Hymns, a collection of ancient Greek poetry ascribed to Orpheus, a legendary hero.

This week C.J. talks about the incident in the House of Commons that led to James Tilly Matthews’ incarceration at Bedlam.

This week C.J. Talks about ancient poetry, including an Egyptian poem called the Cannibal Hymn, a Babylonian poem, and two poems by Sappho

This week C.J. talks about one of the mystery religions of the Mediterranean, the Eleusinian rites. This religion was centered around a nine-day festival that celebrated Persephone rising from the underworld.

This week C.J. talks about the competition between the Monro family and William Battie, who was the physician at St Luke’s Hospital, the rival of Bedlam.

This week C.J. returns in order to discuss the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. This battle, which took place near present-day Sauk City, was a part of the Black Hawk War. This war was fought across Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. On one side was Black Hawk’s British Band and on the other the U.S. Military and local militias.

This week C.J. continues his discussion of the history of Bethlem Hospital by covering the period of time during which James Monro was the presiding physician. During this time period the paradigm of care at the hospital went from charitable to profit motivated. Moreover, Monro also employed a series of torturous treatments for his patients that included bleeding, purging, and blistering.

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This week C.J. talks about Bethlem Royal Hospital, in London. As this one of the oldest psychiatric facilities in the world and by discussing the history of this hospital we can see the shifting views on mental illness through the centuries.

This week C.J. discusses a handful of ghost stories from history, including an account from Pliny the Younger and a poem from World War One.