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The Asylums of History – The Numbered Rooms (Germany)

31 min · 8 de oct de 2025
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Season 1 · The Asylums of History Welcome… to Bedtime Haunting — the podcast where dark history and hidden horrors meet in the night.   Each week, we bring you stories drawn from the shadows of real places — chilling, believable, and unforgettable. In Germany’s heartland, a network of psychiatric hospitals became part of a darker machinery of control.   Behind walls marked only by numbers, the promise of treatment gave way to the silence of state policy and scientific cruelty.   Files were replaced with ledgers, patients with statistics, and care with calculation.   Today, many of those buildings still stand — their corridors repainted, their records sealed — yet the air remembers the weight of what was done in the name of order. This is Bedtime Haunting — where forgotten places awaken after dark.   Follow Bedtime Haunting on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube to be notified when new episodes drop.

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