Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Over the years, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has garnered somewhat of a paranormal reputation, but it ...

BURIED AT THE SITE. IT’S CALLED THE ASYLUM HILL PROJECT. BUT CONSTRUCTION UNCOVERED HUMAN REMAINS AND GRAVES IN 2012. NOW, ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES PREDICT THERE COULD BE UP TO 7000 PEOPLE BURIED ON ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using just their hands and small shovels to remove soil one scoop at a time, archaeologists have begun the arduous task of ...

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 ...

What were the standards in asylums in Limerick in the 19th century? Dr Peter Kirwan discovers an antique form of HIQA ...

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 ...

Tucked away on the northeast side of University of Mississippi Medical Center's campus in Jackson is a patch of trees which has been left untouched — and for the most part forgotten — for the better ...

UMMC says there could be as many as 7000 burial sites of patients at the Mississippi Asylum for the Insane, which from 1855 to 1935 stood on what's now UMMC campus. If you purchase a product or ...