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7,000 bodies could be buried on Mississippi campus
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:26 am
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:26 am
This is interesting stuff, Mississippi - leading the way in studies about batshit crazy people
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7,000 bodies could be buried on Mississippi campus
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7,000 bodies could be buried on Mississippi campus
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JACKSON, Miss. — Experts estimate up to 7,000 bodies are buried on the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus.
They are former patients of the state’s first mental institution, called the Insane Asylum, built in 1855, and underground radar shows their coffins stretch across 20 acres of the campus, where officials have wanted to build.
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“It would be a unique resource for Mississippi,” said Molly Zuckerman, associate professor in Mississippi State’s department of anthropology and Middle Eastern cultures. “It would make Mississippi a national center on historical records relating to health in the pre-modern period, particularly those being institutionalized.”
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Before the asylum, those suffering from mental illness were chained in jails and even attics, said Luke Lampton, chairman of the state board of health.
While the asylum provided a better place for patients, life remained harsh. Of the 1,376 patients admitted between 1855 and 1877, more than one in five died.
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Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:28 am to dcbl
Don't care had sex
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:28 am to dcbl
Yep. Right across the street from my wife's shop. I noticed one day they stopped digging and asked a cop what the deal was. Crazy stuff.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:29 am to dcbl
Wood looks solid for 150y old
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:33 am to dcbl
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Of the 1,376 patients admitted between 1855 and 1877, more than one in five died.
Does not compute.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:37 am to dcbl
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They are former patients of the state’s first mental institution, called the Insane Asylum
They weren't very creative
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:43 am to dcbl
Phone isn't letting me pull a quote from the article but it is worth reading. These are mostly Post civil war graves. Just over a hundred years old. These people are talking about them like they discovered King Tuts tomb. What the frick? They want to study the DNA and remnants of clothing? Of course, this is being pushed by a bunch of college "researchers" who want grants and public funding so they can have full time permanent jobs "studying" this. Ummm. No. Either move the graves or build over them.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:50 am to jbgleason
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Either move the graves or build over them.
I tend to agree, but moving the graves is expensive...
and nobody want to build on top of the bodies of mental patients
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:53 am to dcbl
Fence it off and call it a cemetery.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:54 am to dcbl
They are said to rise if MState wins a football championship..,
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:58 am to dcbl
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and nobody want to build on top of the bodies of mental patients
Why not?
Nobody should want to build anything in Jackson anyways
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:00 am to dcbl
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Of the 1,376 patients admitted between 1855 and 1877, more than one in five died.
Since 1855? I would say 5/5 are dead.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:02 am to CamdenTiger
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They are said to rise if MState wins a football championship
Well done
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:08 am to dcbl
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They are former patients of the state’s first mental institution, called the Insane Asylum
Well that's a good name for it.
ETA: dammit Box Geauxrilla
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 10:10 am
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:11 am to Undertow
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Does not compute.
Read the article, the asylum didn't close in 1877, that's just a snapshot, probably at the highest rate of death.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:26 am to SabiDojo
Freaky
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:28 am to Undertow
Pretty clearly implying that 1 in 5 died under the asylums care in that time period. A news article doesn't need to tell its readers that people born in 1855 are now deceased
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:30 am to dcbl
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While the asylum provided a better place for patients, life remained harsh. Of the 1,376 patients admitted between 1855 and 1877, more than one in five died
You mean some of these people are still alive out there?
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:48 am to dcbl
Worked various jobs there in the early 90s. The creepiest of which is when I would have to take an elevator underground to get to the old medical records. Shivers.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 10:51 am to cattus
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Worked various jobs there in the early 90s. The creepiest of which is when I would have to take an elevator underground to get to the old medical records. Shivers.
More stories, please.
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 10:56 am
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