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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
WESTON, W.Va. – Normally, Rebecca Jordan will take all the free TV exposure she can get for the psychiatric hospital that she's turned into a tourist attraction known as the Trans-Allegheny ...
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 ...