SYSK Selects: How Lobotomies Work

In this fascinating and deeply unsettling episode, Josh and Chuck dive into the shocking history of lobotomies, a procedure that became disturbingly common in 20th-century psychiatric treatment. They explore how a Portuguese doctor's initial experiments evolved into Dr. Walter Freeman's infamous transorbital ice pick technique, which he performed at an alarming pace across America, and examine the tragic real-life cases of people like JFK's sister Rosemary and a young boy named Howard Dully who had their personalities essentially erased. The guys discuss why this brutal procedure seemed like a good idea at the time, what finally ended it, and the chilling fact that similar psychosurgery is still performed today under a different name.