The Asylum Hill Project

Some 30,000 patients came through the Mississippi State Asylum, and many never left. More

Some 30,000 patients came through the Mississippi State Hospital for the Insane, and many never left. The asylum cemetery was recently discovered by construction workers, and approximately 7,000 burials were discovered. Not a single one has been identified, but records in the State archives reveal why many were admitted and how they died.

AIR DATE 6/23/21