History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Aug 25, 2026 · 31 min · 17 segments
Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut served as a home and place of treatment for the mentally ill for a hundred years. As is the case with many old insane asylums, treatment methods were arcane and…
The area along the Thames River where the Norwich State Hospital was built lies within the cities of Preston and Norwich in the state of Connecticut.
And I always wanna say Connect-to-cut.
[laughs] 'Cause it's spelled that way.
I always say it that way if I'm writing it.
[laughs]
It's like, why do you make a silent C? It's interesting.
Eventually, the Uncas had some of the land, and they sold it in the 1600s to a group of English settlers led by Jonathan Brewster.
Thus, the settlement was named Brewster's Neck.
Firearms manufacturing was also a major industry in Norwich from the American Revolutionary War to the Civil War.
Clay deposits were natural in the area, and brick-making became another area of economic growth in the 18th and 19th century as a major building component to, of course, prevent fires.
Everybody wanted to start building everything with brick.
And I can imagine why when you lose your entire downtown area.
Right.
The area along the Thames River where the Norwich State Hospital was built lies within the cities of Preston and Norwich in the state of Connecticut.
And I always wanna say Connect-to-cut.
[laughs] 'Cause it's spelled that way.
I always say it that way if I'm writing it.
[laughs]
It's like, why do you make a silent C? It's interesting.
Eventually, the Uncas had some of the land, and they sold it in the 1600s to a group of English settlers led by Jonathan Brewster.
Thus, the settlement was named Brewster's Neck.
Firearms manufacturing was also a major industry in Norwich from the American Revolutionary War to the Civil War.
Clay deposits were natural in the area, and brick-making became another area of economic growth in the 18th and 19th century as a major building component to, of course, prevent fires.
Everybody wanted to start building everything with brick.
And I can imagine why when you lose your entire downtown area.
Right.
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