How The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Went From A Curative Retreat To A House Of Horrors

Asylum (2008)

What happened when 8 totally sane people were sent into an insane asylum? In the 1970s, Stanford researchers sent eight completely healthy people into psychiatric hospitals to see if doctors could spot they were faking. Each volunteer claimed to hear a single voice saying, “thud,” “empty,” or “hollow.” Which was enough to get them admitted. Then the experiment really began. Once inside, the volunteers acted completely normal. No hallucinations. No strange behavior. Nothing. But the doctors never