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Allegany Lunatic Asylum, formerly known as the Weston State Hospital, 4,000 flags were placed in the 3 cemeteries by ...
WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum held its grand reopening Saturday morning, welcoming visitors with a special commemorative wine glass for the first 200 guests.
The thought occurs to me as I’m led down the long, gloomy corridors of the building known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, which housed thousands of patients over its 130-year history as a ...
WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) – If you’re looking for a spooky time this season, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston has plenty of options, with ghost hunts, paranormal tours, a haunted house with ...
It is a provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. To some, the title acknowledges history by readopting one of the many names ...
WESTON, W.Va. — Tour guide Rob Fowler and I walk down a hallway at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, all alone on the fourth floor. Or are we? A bathroom stall door slowly creaks shut off in ...
They visited the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W.Va., about two years ago on a "Dark Tourism of West Virginia" road trip, Hanrahan said. At that time, they took the facility's ...