Episode 58: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Before current methods of mental health treatment, many were sent to asylums. One of the largest to exist in America was the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Years have now passed since the doors were shut a final time, however not everyone left. People were paranormal acitivity within these old halls. Do the spirits of those once confined still linger? Join Sage and Frank as they look into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Triggers:

Discussion of death of a mother during childbirth, discussion of death of a child , murder, hauntings, demons, potential sexual assault, torture, barbaric medical treatment of patients.

Sources:

Lobotomy - Wiki

Walter Freeman - Wiki

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - The Kirkbride Plan

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Dorothea Dix

US Ghost Adventures - Terrors of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

7th Ohio Infantry Regiment - Wiki

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Wiki

Kirkbride Plan - Wiki

Dorthea Dix - National Library of Medicine

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum's Famous Ghosts - The Spartan Shield 

Tales of a Worker at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Reddit

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum In Weston, West Virginia

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