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George Glore and Dr. Liam O'Brien in 1974 demonstrating an O'Hallaran swing, an Irish treatment device developed by William Saunders Hallaran used in the early 1800s to induce sleep or amuse patients.
The Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, attracts lovers of the macabre, odd and supernatural for its eerie exhibits. But why was it created?