(WBOY) — Security cameras at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (TALA) in Lewis County ... The TALA, formerly known as the old Weston State Hospital, was a treatment center for mentally ill ...

who is dressed in an old-style nurse’s uniform. At the outset, she addresses the issue of the facility’s name. “Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum” was the name given the hospital by the ...

In 1874, haunted by war & loss, 12-year-old ConaLee and her silent mother, Eliza, journey to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Far from their mountain home, they navigate a world shaped by ...