Episode 17: The Haunted & The Nutty: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

This week we check in at one of America's most haunted asylums, located in Weston, West Virginia. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was once home to the living, but not all who entered, checked out. Let us introduce you to those who currently call the asylum home. Weston State Hospital

http://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/main/history.html Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-west-virginia-a-moving-respectful-tour-of-the-trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/2018/05/24/03d476e6-5937-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html Thomas Story Kirkbride

http://www.trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/main/history3a.html Trans-Orbital "Ice Pick" lobotomy

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ Before & after "results" of lobotomy

https://www.vintag.es/2018/12/lobotomy-before-and-after.html An old body cooler sits open and abandoned in the basement

https://allthatsinteresting.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum Hallway in asylum

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ Strange Anomaly

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g59638-d1049077-i353435960-Trans_Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum-Weston_West_Virginia.html Possible Apparition

https://thetenneylife.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum-experiences-and-review/

Episode Sources: http://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/main/history2.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Story_Kirkbride

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum

https://allthatsinteresting.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/flipside/flipside_news/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum-one-of-wvs-most-haunted-spots-flipside/article_0d4c0df3-3268-5f47-8803-7b2382837947.html

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/archives/virtualexhibits/londonasylum/hydrotherapy.html