You have managed to hit one of my personal dark side desires. lol.
The Mental " Hospitals " of the late 1800s and early 1900s in America is a subject of great facination for me. The torture and lack of humanity during those times in asylums was nearly unspeakable , even today.
On March 29, 1883, the first patient was admitted to the Morganton facility. Shortly thereafter, approximately 100 patients were transferred by rail from the crowded hospital in Raleigh. During the first two years of operation, 252 patients were received.