Bedlam

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Bedlam may refer to:

• Bethlem Royal Hospital, the world's first psychiatric hospital, from which most other meanings are derived (originally a distorted Arabic^{[citation needed]} for "Bethlehem").
• Bedlam, a village in North Yorkshire, England.
• Bedlam Series, the NCAA College Sports rivalry between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.
• Bedlam sound system, a UK-based company.
• Bedlam Theatre, the venue of the Edinburgh University Theatre Company and also a venue for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
• Bedlam, the nickname for Institute F.C.'s Riverside Stadium in Drumahoe, near Derry.
• Bedlam (film), a 1946 movie starring Boris Karloff.
• Bedlam cube, a toy invented by Bruce Bedlam.
• UFC 85: Bedlam, a UFC PPV held on June 7, 2008.

In music:

• "Boys Of Bedlam", a 1971 variant of Tom O' Bedlam by Steeleye Span.
• Bedlam, a Horrorcore rap group.
• Bedlam, an EP by metal band Twilightning.
• Back to Bedlam, a 2004 album from British musician James Blunt.
• The Bedlam in Goliath, a 2008 album from The Mars Volta.
• "Bedlam in Belgium", a song by hard rock band AC/DC.
• "Bedlam 1-2-3", a song by thrash metal band Exodus.
• "Lords of Bedlam", a song by metal band Hollenthon.
• "Bedlam Bridge", a song from the album Blue Sky Mining by Australian pop-rock band Midnight Oil.
• "Pure Bedlam for Halfbreeds", a song by experimental metal band Polkadot Cadaver.
• Bedlam, a British rock band who were active in the 1970s.
• Bedlam Hour, a South California punk band.

In literature:

• Bedlam, a science fiction novel by John Brosnan.
• Bedlam Planet, a science fiction novel by John Brunner.
• Bedlam (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant character.
• Tom of Bedlam, a character in Shakespeare's play King Lear. A disguise of Edgar, the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester.
• Bedlam, a psychiatric hospital in the book Rebel Angels, by Libba Bray.
• The Bedlam, a mentally impaired character in The Roses of Eyam play.
• Tom O' Bedlam an anonymous poem written circa 1600