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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia and known by other names such as West Virginia Hospital for the Insane and Weston State Hospital. The asylum was open to patients from October 1864 until May 1994.
They are brought to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia by a war veteran who has forced himself into their lives. Far from their family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they once knew, they try to rebuild their lives. As the story unfolds, the impact of war and race becomes clear.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, West Virginia, USA October 16, 2009 ( 2009-10-16 ) The one-hour series premiere tells the tales of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum , which is reportedly haunted by a little girl named Lilly who is still looking for her mommy after her death.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is among the places where North Canton Paranormal Detectives has investigated for ghostly activity. Jeff and Susie Eastman of Plain Township run the paranormal group.
Architecturally magnificent, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (formerly known at one point as the Weston State Hospital) is supposedly haunted by its former patients. It was built in the mid ...
With haunted sites like the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, West Virginia secures the seventh spot. The state reports 608 ghost sightings per 100,000 people. dosecreative / istockphoto. 6. South ...
Weston was founded in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819. [6] The city was incorporated in 1846. [7]Weston is the site of the former Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a psychiatric hospital and National Historic Landmark which has been mostly vacant since its closure in 1994 upon its replacement by the nearby William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital.
Dix's effort led to the construction of the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, the first complete asylum built on the Kirkbride Plan. [4] Thomas Story Kirkbride (1809–1883), a psychiatrist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, developed his requirements of asylum design based on a philosophy of Moral Treatment [5] and environmental determinism. [6]