These photos are of Walter Freeman also known as "The Lobotomist". He traveled around in his van he coined the "Lobotomobile". Offering his ice pick lobotomies to men, women, and children.
THE FORGOTTEN
Horror Scene Radio:
Jason Stoddard 4/22/2016 INTERVIEW
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/horrorsceneradio/2016/04/22/barons-crypt (STODDARD'S INTERVIEW STARTS @ :58 MINUTES IN)
The Story
Since the rejection of the series The Discarded time after time, which i believe people are scared to take on psychiatry and its endless supply of cash flow from big pharma, we are going with a whole new approach with a feature documentary. The Forgotten will shed light on psychiatry brutal beginning to its still questionable ethics and treatment of patients. We understand that Holocaust is a very extreme word and have nothing but respect foe those who died in WW ll, but for lack of a better term we can relate to what has occurred on our own soil with the creation of eugenics, which Hitler modeled some of his horrific acts after, and the treatment that killed an unknown amount of American citizens. We believe the word is a match for the atrocities we are trying to bring forth to the current generations due that most of the dirt has been swept under the rugs of time. Minus the mass burnings of a large number of people this medical practice of the time was trying to wipe out those seen as less human.
Jason Stoddard is the writer/ director for the film. A South Carolina native who wrote and directed "The Afflicted" a psychological thriller based of the lives of the Knorr family. Since his original vision, in 2006, as a slasher film it began to turn into something larger than he ever expected. Instead of patronizing the horrifying tale of psychiatry Stoddard decided to create a documentary with the sole purpose of giving those, who never had the chance and those fighting for one today, a voice that will be heard and finally bring the dust out from under the rug with hope all sides can agree on a simple yet dedicated resolution for both sides. Which in return would end the media war versus psychiatry that has gone on for decades.
We also hope to bring a positive change to the big pharmaceutical companies that cash in billions on keeping the situation of the patient subdued instead of resolving the issues with actual cures for the diseases we are currently faced with.
We are not trying to say psychiatry and pharmaceutical companies are all bad people but there are those issues that still exist. Our real hope would be to work together so we can produce a documentary that will give those who need it a voice, doctors that are practicing within proper guidelines a voice to speak out against fellow doctors ruining the reputation of psychiatry as a whole, and a common resolve that will do nothing more than give everyone a fair resolution to something that has been so guarded that past it left other filmmaker's no choice but to produce something with extreme bias leaving future generations no solid grounds to refer to when it comes to the historical value of psychiatry and its full potential to truly resolve these illnesses with actual cures.
A NON-BIASED HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION INTO PSYCHIATRY, PLAGUED BY ITS PAST with the hope to seek a common ground between the victims, families, press, and the doctors also involved.
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, constructed between 1858 and 1881, is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. It was designed by the renowned architect Richard Andrews following the Kirkbride plan, which called for long rambling wings arranged in a staggered formation, assuring that each of the connecting structures received an abundance of therapeutic sunlight and fresh air. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950's with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. The pictures below show the before and after of the historical restoration of this piece of living history.
Baron Craze's