WESTON, W. Va. – It's an intriguing and provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. To some, the title acknowledges history by ...

The Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is now a paranormal attraction, but under its former name of the Weston State Hospital, ...

Dec. 16, 2011: A hallway at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W. Va. The former psychiatric hospital is now being marketed as a historic and paranormal tourist attraction.

The asylum housed patients until 1994, when it was replaced by the William R Sharpe Jr Hospital, also in Weston. The abandoned hospital remained shuttered for more than a decade and fell hard into ...

This Aug. 21, 2018 photo shows a hallway of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W. Va., after visiting the nearby medical center. The 200-foot-high tower was among the many major ...

Inside the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, in the small town of Weston, it’s five or 10 degrees colder. The heating hasn’t worked since the Weston State Hospital -- as the mental institution ...

According to a release from the Trans-Allegany Lunatic Asylum, formerly known as the Weston State Hospital, 4,000 flags were placed in the 3 cemeteries by volunteers in honor of Memorial Day.

The asylum housed patients until 1994, when it was replaced by the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, also in Weston. The abandoned hospital remained shuttered for more than a decade and fell hard ...