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Gruesome sale at former insane asylum draws crowds
Hundreds line up before dawn for a liquidation at the former Northern Michigan Asylum where items from the dark age of mental health are sold. Buyers cite curiosities like an electroshock machine and a fever chamber while others seek old medical instruments and a skeleton rumored for sale.
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Traverse Cery
Mic
Barbara Schmuckal
Northern Michigan
Sonja Olshove
Ms. Olshove
State Menital Hospital
Michael VonSteeg
Farmington Hills
Ed Terebus
Ron Grigaras
Grigaras
Protea Barb Schmuckal
Traverse City
Mich
Traverse City State Hospital