OM Backroads: Ep. 93: The Massillon State Hospital
Hello and welcome to another episode of Ohio Mysteries Backroads.
Founded in 1898 on 240 acres of farmland donated to the state, Massillon State Hospital opened its doors under the name Eastern Ohio Mental Asylum. Its first patients came from 21 Ohio counties.
At its peak in the 1950s, the hospital housed more than 3,100 patients and employed roughly 365 staff — part of what many regarded as one of “the most beautiful institutions in the world.”
But as treatments and mental-health policies evolved, the massive institution began to shrink. By the mid-1970s many patients were transferred out…
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