The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia looks like the asylum of nightmares and for many, it was. But it started out as a place of compassion whose massive overcrowding lead to desperate ...

Researching the history of the asylum can be a case of feast and famine, often at the same time. Some asylums left, if not mountains of records, then at least large hills. I mean that literally. An ...

WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Over the years, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has garnered somewhat of a paranormal reputation, but it might be easy to forget that for more than 100 years it was a real, ...

Welcome to WHO Lies Beneath: The Asylum. This podcast is about restoring dignity and respect by giving a voice to the voiceless. On the old Athens Lunatic Asylum grounds in southeast Ohio, you’ll find ...

"One can hardly imagine a human being in a more degraded and brutalised condition than that in which I found this female." These were the damning words of an inspector who visited London's Bethlem ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Post and Courier on Sunday published a story in the Life section about “Bull Street,” an upcoming movie that touches on South Carolina and its once famous state mental hospital.

A documentary now streaming on multiple platforms delves into the history of the former New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, the columned, neoclassical building known as Old Main. The crew was ...