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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.
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 ...
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 hi… ...
In West Virginia, a moving, respectful tour of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum May 25, 2018 The impressive Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W.Va., is a National Historic Landmark.
SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters.” Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” and Discovery’s “Forgotten Planet” have all visited this West Virginia attraction.
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.
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 ...
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 ...