Chapter 31: Hela, Goddess of Death
The character named Hela appeared in many Marvel comic books. See, for example, “The
Mighty Thor: The Icy Touch of Death!” Marvel Comics Group 1, no. 189 (June 1971).
Chaptee 33: The Hospital for the Negro Insane
For the article describing Crownsville’s history, see “Overcrowded Hospital ‘Loses’ Cur-
able Patients,” Washington Post (November 26, 1958). The history of Crownsville is also doc-
umented in “Maryland’s Shame,” a series by Howard M. Norton in the Baltimore Sun (January
9–19, 1949), and in material provided to me by Crownsville Hospital Center, including their
“Historic Overview,” “Census,” and “Small Area Plan: Community Facilities.”
A few years after Deborah and I visited Crownsville Hospital Center, it closed. For that
story, see Robert Redding Jr., “Historic Mental Hospital Closes,” Washington Times (June 28,
2004), available at Washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/28/20040628–115142–8297r/#at.