Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
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Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane is a fictional high-security psychiatric institution featured in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film and television adaptations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5884583 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane Context triple: [Hannibal Lecter, setting, Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane]
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A.
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state-run mental health facility in New Jersey that provides inpatient psychiatric care and treatment services.
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B.
Athens State Hospital
Athens State Hospital was a 19th-century psychiatric institution in Athens, Ohio, later known as The Ridges and noted for its Kirkbride-plan architecture and role in the region’s mental health history.
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C.
McLean Asylum for the Insane
McLean Asylum for the Insane was a prominent 19th-century psychiatric institution in Massachusetts that evolved into the modern McLean Hospital, known for its influential role in mental health care and research.
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D.
Tewksbury State Hospital
Tewksbury State Hospital is a long-standing public healthcare institution in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, historically known for serving psychiatric and long-term care patients.
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E.
Medfield State Hospital
Medfield State Hospital is a historic, now-closed psychiatric hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts, known for its extensive campus and frequent use as a filming location for movies and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane Target entity description: Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane is a fictional high-security psychiatric institution featured in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film and television adaptations.
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A.
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is a state-run mental health facility in New Jersey that provides inpatient psychiatric care and treatment services.
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B.
Athens State Hospital
Athens State Hospital was a 19th-century psychiatric institution in Athens, Ohio, later known as The Ridges and noted for its Kirkbride-plan architecture and role in the region’s mental health history.
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C.
McLean Asylum for the Insane
McLean Asylum for the Insane was a prominent 19th-century psychiatric institution in Massachusetts that evolved into the modern McLean Hospital, known for its influential role in mental health care and research.
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D.
Tewksbury State Hospital
Tewksbury State Hospital is a long-standing public healthcare institution in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, historically known for serving psychiatric and long-term care patients.
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E.
Medfield State Hospital
Medfield State Hospital is a historic, now-closed psychiatric hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts, known for its extensive campus and frequent use as a filming location for movies and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional psychiatric hospital ⓘ high-security mental institution ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hannibal (TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Hannibal (novel series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Dragon (2002 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Dragon (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silence of the Lambs (1991 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silence of the Lambs (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ other Hannibal Lecter film adaptations ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Clarice Starling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Will Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Fictional psychiatric hospitals
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Hannibal Lecter franchise locations ⓘ |
| countryInFictional | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Thomas Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
grim institutional environment
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heavily guarded facility ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Red Dragon (1981 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
incarceration of criminally insane patients
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psychiatric treatment of dangerous offenders ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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literature ⓘ television ⓘ |
| notableInmate |
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
NERFINISHED
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Hannibal Lecter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStaff | Dr. Frederick Chilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
place of confinement for Hannibal Lecter
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setting for interviews between Lecter and investigators ⓘ |
| securityLevel | maximum security ⓘ |
| universe | Hannibal Lecter universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane Description of subject: Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane is a fictional high-security psychiatric institution featured in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film and television adaptations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Matthew Brown (Hannibal)