By brother-in-law just related a story to me that I found interesting as an idea for a one-act play. Problem is, I don't know if it is true or not.
The story goes that when a mental asylum for the criminally insane caught fire years ago (how many I'm not sure) and burned to the ground, the doctors and nurses escaped but left the prisoners inside. The head of the asylum said it was too risky to let them out to roam freely is the chaos of the event, so he let them burn to death. He was put on trial, but aquitted.
Has anyone heard this story before? Is it an urband legend? Is it true. If it is try, does anyone know where this happened? I'd love to do some research on it.
Thanks for your time and input.
The story goes that when a mental asylum for the criminally insane caught fire years ago (how many I'm not sure) and burned to the ground, the doctors and nurses escaped but left the prisoners inside. The head of the asylum said it was too risky to let them out to roam freely is the chaos of the event, so he let them burn to death. He was put on trial, but aquitted.
Has anyone heard this story before? Is it an urband legend? Is it true. If it is try, does anyone know where this happened? I'd love to do some research on it.
Thanks for your time and input.