338: Welcome to Broadmoor Asylum

Cult Babes! This week’s episode is a journey into the UK’s Broadmoor Hospital which has been home to many infamous patients throughout it’s history. We’ll first get to know how the hospital came to be and then get acquainted with it’s haunting guest list…

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