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Kenward County Asylum is a psychiatric hospital located in Elk Grove, Michigan. In 2016, the asylum played a pivotal role in a plot devised by the demon known as Baal in order to mentally break Ash Williams.

Kenward County Asylum first appeared in the Ash vs Evil Dead Season Two episode Delusion.

History[]

After being knocked unconscious by Baal outside of his home, Ash Williams awoke to find himself inside the dirty confines of a room at Kenward County Asylum. Upon meeting the mysterious "Doctor Peacock", Williams immediately recognized that the psychiatrist was Baal (despite having not seen the demon in his true form), and this was a ploy to mess with his psyche. Over the course of a few hours, Ash was subjected to both psychological and physical torture, having visions of dead friends, as well as seeing the faces of his cohorts on the asylum's staff and other inmates.[1]

Upon seeing his real friends arrive to break him out of the asylum, Ash decided to play along with Baal's scheme, and "confessed" that there were no such things as demons, and he murdered his friends at the cabin decades ago. Convinced by Ash's acting ability, Baal turned Williams into his psychotic henchman "Ashy Slashy", who proceeded to attack Kelly Maxwell, Pablo Simon Bolivar, and Ruby throughout the hospital. Eventually, Williams managed to lure his companions and Baal into the same room, where Pablo attempted to banish the demon back to Hell, though he was killed during the ritual.[2]

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Notes[]

  • It is unclear whether or not the asylum was operational during the time of Baal's takeover, or if he had merely "recruited" a small handful of individuals to play staff and patient roles to enhance his illusion, though the building's severe state of disrepair seems to imply that it had been abandoned for some time.

Trivia[]

  • The exterior of Kenward County Asylum's main entrance was filmed at Kingseat Hospital in Karaka, New Zealand.
  • According to the map of Elk Grove seen in Ashy Slashy, the asylum is located at the end of a "Y" junction on Bavin Road.

References[]

  1. Ash vs Evil Dead: Delusion (Season 2; Episode 7) (2016)
  2. Ash vs Evil Dead: Ashy Slashy (Season 2; Episode 8) (2016)
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