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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum And A Bizarre History

Thank you guys for watching today's video where we explored the bizarre truth and never-ending history of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The history behind this building and even the property is crazy due to parts of the Civil War taking place here. I would also like to mention that many of the stories about patients and facts about the ...
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· Aug 15, 2021
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BBC Mental A History of the Madhouse FULL DOCUMENTARY

Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country. Today, most mental patients live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful ...
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· Aug 16, 2014
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The History of Danvers State Hospital | A Haunting Institution of Abuse, Death | Mystery Syndicate

The History of the Danvers State Hospital recounts the history of a storied institution. Danvers Lunatic Asylum would come to be known for the brutal, often fatal, mistreatment of its patients. Learn the history of the Danvers State Hospital - also infamously known at the State Lunatic Asylum at Danvers. Do you know of any interesting or ...
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· Sep 16, 2022
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How The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Went From A Curative Retreat To A House Of Horrors

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was in operation from 1864 to 1994.
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· Feb 2, 2018
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Severalls Psychiatric Hospital. Film footage from 1963 showed the first group home.

Severalls Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1913. This film footage from 1963 showed the first group home for former patients. This scheme evolved into Phoenix Homes Colchester. The footage was filmed by Anglia News.
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· Mar 22, 2014
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Aggressive Child. 1960s psychiatric case study

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· Aug 26, 2021
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Mental Hospitals: Then & Now (Documentary)

This is a short documentary talking about mental hospitals from the past, and comparing them with current ones of the present. The experiences discussed by people interviewed in the video really did happen to them. We hope you enjoy. This was a film originally made for a student presentation at the end of an Abnormal Psychology class. The ...
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· Mar 14, 2016
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What went on at the hospital that 'experimented' on child patients?

Dozens of former child patients at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s and 70s claim they were experimented on with a so-called truth serum.
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· Jul 19, 2016
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An Asylum’s Final Secrets | The New York Times

In New York, more than 55,000 deceased psychiatric patients lie in unmarked graves. Near the former Willard Asylum, a small committee has spent the past three years fighting to memorialize the dead. Produced by: Kassie Bracken Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1B5RwLS Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked ...
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· Dec 2, 2014
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Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: Ghost Hunt

Take a look inside the famously haunted Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum as I, along with my two cousins + husband, get locked inside its terror-filled walls for a night. This massive, abandoned asylum dating back to the mid-1800s once housed thousands of mentally ill patients clear up until 1994 when it was forced to close. It faced an abundance ...
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· Oct 1, 2019
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Exploring Abandoned Mental Hospital: Horror Past Uncovered

In this video, we explore an abandoned asylum in Wales that was built in the 1920s. Despite having little equipment left behind, the architectural details are special, leading us to discuss the contrast between the UK's lunatic treatment of the Victorian period. SUBTITLES AVAILABLE Help support the channel - https://www.patreon.com/Urbandoned ...
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· May 12, 2023
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History of Psychiatry - Asylums to Community Care

Produced by the Committee on Arts and Humanities of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Part of a planned multi-episode series on the History of Psychiatry Narrated by Kenneth Weiss, MD Music by David Sasso, MD Edited by Donald Fidler, MD Copyright GAP 2020 www.ourgap.org
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· Aug 13, 2020
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Institutionalized: The Story of State Hospitals

Researched, written, directed, shot, and edited by Anthony Ericsson. Narrated by Jacob Sorensen. Voice Cast: Jacob Sorensen - Philippe Pinel Spencer Kenawell - William Tuke Claire Morse - Dorothea Dix Anthony Ericsson - Thomas Story Kirkbride Emmi Kilgallen - Nellie Bly Morgan Hartwell - Horace Mann Abridged List of Sources: The Mad Among Us: A ...
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· May 28, 2022
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The History of the Wayne County Poorhouse and Asylum - Eloise

October 2020 lecture presentation for the Wayne Historical Society. A short historical review of the history of the County House later known as Eloise.
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· Oct 8, 2020
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Mental Hospital (1953)

Produced by the Oklahoma State Dept. of Health and University of Oklahoma and intended for an audience of mental health professionals, this film offers a dramatized case study of a patient's treatment for schizophrenia at Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma: https://www.filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/mental-hospital-1953
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· Jun 20, 2016
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What It Was Like to Be a Mental Patient In the 1900s

Straitjackets. Sedatives. Bars on the windows. In 1900, patients at mental hospitals in the United States faced inhumane treatment, often because doctors could not identify the cause of their melancholy or mania. Officials at psychiatric hospitals in the 1900s, known at the time as lunatic asylums or insane asylums, locked patients up against ...
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· Jun 16, 2021
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The lost patients of WA’s abandoned psychiatric hospital

Nostalgia and a quest for justice unearth the complex legacy of Northern State Hospital as the country wrestles with its mental health crisis.
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· Jul 15, 2023
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Vintage Psychiatric Interview | Patient Experiencing Psychotic Anxiety

Subtitled in English. Catalogue description: This film adeptly demonstrates the mood, mimicry, gestures, aimless wandering, and oppression of this middle aged patient. She is a victim of anxiety that she is unable to express.
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· Feb 15, 2021
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Broadmoor Psych Ward Exposed | Real Stories Full-Length Documentary

Britain's High Dependency Psych Ward (Prison Documentary) | Real Stories Since its foundation 150 years ago, Broadmoor Hospital has fascinated the public and the media, but there are many misconceptions about what it does and the patients it is responsible for. Now for the first time it has opened its doors to a TV camera crew, giving ...
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· Jan 1, 2009
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Women in the Old Insane Asylums

Women in the Old Insane Asylums What women faced in the old insane asylums was brutal and unforgivable. Weird News - Strange History - Forgotten People
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· May 11, 2018
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In a Strange Land

As part of a larger campaign the reform and modernize the state hospital system in Texas, the Hogg Foundation presented its own vision for mental health services in April 1956, with the release of In a Strange Land. The thirty-minute documentary film was written by program officer Bert Kruger Smith, and produced by the Foundation with support ...
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· Apr 27, 2015
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Bedlam 1946 | American Experience | PBS

Read the 1946 Life exposé "Bedlam 1946," examining two state hospitals: Pennsylvania's Byberry and Ohio's Cleveland State.
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· Jun 19, 2018
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Undercover in an Insane Asylum: How a 23-Year-Old Changed Journalism

“In my time, women usually had their life stories written for them. But I didn’t like the story I was given, so I wrote a new one.” That’s Nellie Bly, the pen name of Elizabeth Cochrane. The story she wrote—in a newspaper in 1887, and, figuratively, of her life—would change the course of journalism in America. Read more: https://www ...
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· May 31, 2019
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Bring back asylums...but better

Wanna watch this video without ads and see all of our exclusive content? Head over to https://nebula.tv/videos/neurotransmissions-bring-back-asylums-but-better If you hear the word “asylum”, it most likely conjures creepy, horror vibes. Mental hospitals have long been the source of mystery and curiosity, but what if I told you that we need ...
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· Jun 22, 2022
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Back From Madness: The Struggle For Sanity

This 1996 documentary provides an insider's view of mental illness, amd the use of psychotropic drugs to alleviate some of its symptoms. Tracks the odyssey of four psychiatric patients, beginning with their arrival at Massachusetts General Hospital and the affiliated Lindemann Center, revealing their personal struggles and inner strength as ...
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· Feb 17, 2015
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The HORRORS and HAUNTINGS of Aradale Lunatic Asylum || Paranormal Quest®

Join us as we delve into the Horrors and Hauntings of Australia's Most Haunted Asylum! The Aradale Lunatic Asylum was opened in the 1860s in Ararat, Victoria. It was Victoria's first asylum and would remain open until the 1990s. The real life horrors that were hidden behind these walls left a stain on this place. That energy is still trapped in ...
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· Jan 7, 2023
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The Insane history of Tennessee | A history of Insane asylums in Tennessee.

#insaneasylum #history #Oldhistory Its good to be back! In todays episode, we talk about the history of the insane asylums from around the state, as well as, some of the methods used for treatment. Hope you like it! _________________________________________________________________________ Media Links: If you like podcasts, then check me out ...
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· Aug 21, 2021
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Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum Exploration

Georgia's state mental asylum located in Milledgeville, Georgia, now known as the Central State Hospital (CSH), has been the state's largest facility for treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities. In continuous operation since accepting its first patient in December 1842, the hospital was founded as the Georgia State Lunatic ...
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· Jun 4, 2022
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🇺🇸 Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia | BBC Travel Show

Georgia’s Central State Hospital was once among the world’s largest and most notorious state-run psychiatric facilities. Located in Milledgeville, about two hours from Atlanta, it housed more than 12,000 patients by the 1960s. Most of its 200 buildings have now shut and fallen into disrepair. But the dark history of what went on inside ...
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· Sep 17, 2021
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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Also known as the former Weston State Hospital, the construction of the facility began in 1858, the first patients were admitted in 1864, and construction finally concluded in 1881. The facility would go on to operate continuously from 1864 through 1994, remaining open for a total of 130 years. This is its story.
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· Mar 12, 2022
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The Athens Lunatic Asylum (a.k.a. Athens Mental Health Center)

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· Sep 27, 2022
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From Asylums to Recovery

From Asylums to Recovery: The Fight for Civil Rights and Humane Treatment for People with Psychiatric Disorders This documentary is a compelling history of the consumer and survivor/ex-patient movements in the United States from 1960 to the present. It is the incredible story of the ongoing emergence of thousands of people who have been pushed ...
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· Jan 26, 2017
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Nature of Mental Retardation (US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968)

This presentation describes the etiology of mental retardation and discusses the potential for rehabilitation counseling and work potential in the various levels of retardation. In this presentation normal intellectual growth and development are first described. The effects of the inadequate intellectual functioning on the life of the retarded ...
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· Jul 8, 2019
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OVERNIGHT in HAUNTED LUNATIC ASYLUM | Our Encounter with Lilly

Nearly 3 years later, we return to the haunted Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, the location that strengthened our belief in the paranormal after meeting Lilly, the child spirit that still resides here. This visit did not disappoint and we were even given access to new buildings that have equally terrifying pasts. NEW MYSTERY BOX is NOW ...
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· Oct 4, 2022
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Abandoned New York Asylum With Tragic History of Patient Abuse

This abandoned asylum is well known for its tragic history of patient abuse. Letchworth Village opened its doors in 1911 in the small, quaint town of Thiells, New York. It was built for physically and mentally disabled persons of all ages, from newborn to the elderly. The campus of Letchworth Village consisted of over 130 different buildings ...
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· Apr 10, 2022
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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | Haunted Hotspots | Travel Channel

When the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum opened in 1864, it was meant to house a maximum of 250 patients – all of whom were to be treated in a humane and moral way. While the asylum kept up the façade of “moral treatment,” conditions rapidly deteriorated -- and patients were treated with anything but humanity. Conditions in the ...
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· Nov 20, 2021
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Abandoned Childrens Asylum - Found Hundreds of Restraints (Closed from Abuse)

Originating in 1860 this children's asylum was created in attempts to "cure" ones with mental disabilities. Instead many lawsuits came out exposing the hospital for SEVERE mistreatment. Closing in 1993,an extreme amount of artifacts are left behind. From electronics, X-Rays, to hundreds of child size restraints all over the campus. A very dark ...
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· Mar 4, 2022
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Powick Hospital Powick Near Worcester 1968 Part 1

James Pratt : In 1968 Powick Hospital featured in a controversial edition of "World in Action
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· Apr 25, 2013
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Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Our tour of the first floor

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, subsequently the Weston State Hospital, was a Kirkbride psychiatric hospital that was operated from 1864 until 1994 by the government of the U.S. state of West Virginia, in the city of Weston. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, constructed between 1858 and 1881, is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building ...
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· Jul 21, 2019
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The Dangerous History of Electroconvulsive Therapy, and How It's Used Today

We’ve had a number of false starts that did more harm than good to figure out new treatments, and ECT is one of those treatments that came from a complicated history. Hosted by: Brit Garner Thumbnail image credit: University of Liverpool Faculty of Health & Life Sciences (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winwick_Hospital ...
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· Mar 29, 2018
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Intense Investigation At The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | Paranormal Lockdown

During their 72 hour investigation at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Nick and Katrina converse with multiple voices, are physically attacked, and mentally drained by the end of their visit. Watch full episodes of Paranormal Activity here: https://www.questod.co.uk/show/paranormal-lockdown Follow Quest on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuestTV
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· Jul 10, 2018
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Inside Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | Portals to Hell | Travel Channel

Jack and Katrina recount their experience at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia. This notoriously haunted hospital housed thousands of mentally ill patients over a dark 130-year-old history. Visit TravelChannel.com to learn more about Portals to Hell. In this series, Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman investigate the world's ...
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· Jun 21, 2019
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Prefrontal Lobotomy in Chronic Schizophrenia [Silent](Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, 1944)

This film shows the improvement that can result from prefrontal lobotomy in chronic psychotics. Four patients are shown before and after the operation. Patients include one 25-year-old aggressive female, one 22-year-old aggressive male, one female who had been catatonic for five years, and one 26-year-old Ph.D. who has had catatonic lapses in ...
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· Nov 30, 2020
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L.A. From the Air, 1961

An aerial tour of Los Angeles, California in the early 1960s. To purchase a clean DVD of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
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· Nov 23, 2013
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Exploring A Notorious Abandoned Insane Asylum - Terrible Medical Experiments

Exploring A Notorious Abandoned Insane Asylum - Terrible Medical Experiments For almost 145 years mental health care had been offered on the grounds of the Insane Asylum known as the Provincial Asylum for the Insane. It began with the opening of the Provincial Asylum for the Insane in 1870 Photo Gallery: https://freaktography.com/exploring-the ...
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· Jul 26, 2020
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Psychiatric Interview 1950s HEBEPHRENIC SCHIZOPHRENIA

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· Aug 17, 2021
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Hidden History of the Bull Street Asylum

Resolution time stamp: 20:39 The Bull Street Asylum has a long history spanning centuries. Today it is a rotting building that also served as a landmark for Columbia, South Carolina. If you enjoyed the video and want to know more about the asylum, check out “The South Carolina state hospital: stories from bull street” by William Buchheit ...
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· Sep 13, 2020
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West Virginia: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, subsequently the Weston State Hospital, was a Kirkbride psychiatric hospital that was operated from 1864 until 1994 by the government of the U.S. state of West Virginia, in the city of Weston. Weston State Hospital got its name in 1913 and was changed back to its originally commissioned, but unused name while ...
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· May 15, 2019
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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: A Real-Life House of Horrors

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is one of the most notorious psychiatric hospitals in history. Thousands of patients were sent here, many never to leave. Overcrowding, experimental treatments, and horrifying conditions turned this facility into a nightmare. But what lingers within its walls today? With reports of ghostly voices, shadow ...
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· Feb 13, 2025
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Shadow Man Encounter at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Sam and Colby encounter a shadow man at scary Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum! This is also known as one of the largest and most haunted Asylums in the World! This unbelievable night captured one of the clearest, terrifying EVPs of the ghost lily (or lilly) we've ever heard! Let us know if you saw any shadow figures in the background.. Join XPLR ...
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· Oct 23, 2022