Kim and her history lessons! This week, Kim gives Jilli a rundown on the mental asylum in the U.S. The ladies learn that if this were the 1800s, they'd have been committed several times over. Medical practices were wild back in the not-so-distant day and things even get a little spooky at the end.
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