The Male Ward 7 of Callan Park Mental Hospital was known as “notorious”. Searching for why, I found out next to nothing. At least, not until I started digging into the patient notes of those who’d been inmates there.
Note: the language used in this story is intended to depict the views and language of the past. I do not condone the outdated terms used.
This story is also very much based on a real place. See story notes on TheLanternLibrary.com for background.
Warning: this story contains raw depictions of mental and physical health concerns.