History Over Horror: What life was really like inside the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Over the years, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has garnered somewhat of a paranormal reputation, ...
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Rare 'porcelain gallbladder' found in 100-year-old unmarked grave at Mississippi mental ...
About 100 years ago, a woman at Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum died with a condition so rare, it puzzled modern-day ...
Missing letter found after 100 years shows how FA banned women's football
An extraordinary historic letter on women’s football which was lost for 100 years has just been found - the historian who ...
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What it's like to live in the village with a secure unit for mentally-ill criminals
Whittingham Hospital itself closed in 1995 and, in 1999, Guild Park was built within the grounds. The site is now home to ...
The Atlantic1 年
How Victorian Women Were Oppressed Through the Use of Psychiatry
Abbott stood trial in August 1867 and was committed to Taunton State Hospital, a lunatic asylum in Massachusetts. After that, little is known, and details surrounding the case remain mysterious.
Inside the eerie remains of Manchester's abandoned 'hospital for the insane'
A series of haunting images reveal the dilapidated remains of a building once part of 'Manchester Royal Hospital for the ...
The Mirror1 个月
Urban explorers share eerie images of former asylum ahead of five-star hotel transformation
Elizabeth Crichton used the legacy of her late husband, Dr James Crichton, to establish a 'lunatic asylum', having been thwarted in her attempts to open a university on the site. Ironically ...