5 Morbid Museums Around The World

Recognized as "One of the 50 most unusual museums in the country," the Glore Psychiatric Museum chronicles the history of Missouri's St. Joseph’s State Mental Hospital and the progression of mental health treatment. Among some of the more morbid treatment equipment on display are the “Bath of Surprise” (a tub that held patients in a bath of cold ice water), the “Lunatic Box” (a coffin-like structure), and the “Tranquilizer Chair"(which included restraints and attached toilet for prolonged use). Exhibits in this museum also feature surgical tools, treatment equipment, personal notes, patients’ artwork and -- even more upsetting -- things that patients swallowed, like 453 nails.