ST. LOUIS SUNDAYS

St. Louis Insane Asylum
Built in 1869

Imagine being in an emotionally stressed condition, and they haul you up the hill to this monstrosity of  a place, put you in a "strait jacket," lock you in a "rubber room," and throw away the key! 

If you think the place looks scary in the photo, it's even scarier in person! 

It is a gigantic, imposing edifice! At night..horrifying!  

It's extraordinarily humongous and grotesque looking, day or night. But especially at night!

I had a friend who lived just a couple of blocks from the place and we would walk by it all the time.

At that time , they didn't call it the Insane Asylum anymore, I think they called it The State Hospital.

We tried to act brave as we walked past the big fence that surrounded it, but we were shaking in our boots from all of the gruesome and bloody stories we had heard about what went on inside!

I'm sure, none of them were true, but we didn't know that at the time.

To show that we weren't as afraid as we really were, we would sometimes say "crazy" in a low voice, as we walked past this true life "House Of Horrors."

To be exact, one of us would say "crazy," and then the other one of us would say "crazy" a little louder.

But never so loud that anyone could hear us from the "Frankenstein's Castle" looking building about 100 yards back from the fence.

Yes, I know, we were very insensitive and stupid at the ages of 11 and 12. Sorry.

However, I got paid back when they threw me in to the Illinois Bartonville "Insane  Asylum" for a few days

after a bout with drugs and depression. 

See! Never make fun of people who are different than you!         ( FYI... God has helped me to be sound in mind now! REALLY!!)

http://www.spookshowentertainment.com/2012/04/18/bartonville-insane-asylum-to-reopen-soon-for-tours/

Gently sweep your cursor under the picture for link to tours of this frightening building. Thanks!

"They" claim it's haunted now, but I don't believe in that crappolla!

On a serious note, I have suffered from depression and bi-polar illness for many years, along with millions of other people around the world.

Many famous people from history have been diagnosed to have suffered from mental illness as well;

Abraham Lincoln...Major depression
Michelangelo...Autism
Beethoven...Bipolar disorder
Leo Tolstoy...Major depression
Charles Dickens...Major depression

I guess I don't mind being connected with these guys, but I have made great progress over the years with the help of my doctors, advanced medicine, my wife, family, friends, and with the help of God!

I used to be 99% depressed and 1% feelin' good, where now I'm 1% depressed and 99% feelin' good! Exactly like the great Michael Buble would describe: