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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Built to hold 250 patients, it once crammed 2,400 inside. Lobotomies, electroshock, and brutal treatments. The dead remain, screaming through the halls of this massive Gothic asylum.
1864 - Present
Weston, West Virginia, USA
25000+ witnesses
Trans-Allegheny is America’s most haunted asylum.
The Building
Massive structure:
- Largest hand-cut stone building
- Second only to Pentagon in size
- Gothic architecture
- Operated 1864-1994
- Now tourist attraction
The Overcrowding
Horror within:
- Built for 250
- Held 2,400
- Patients everywhere
- Hallways, closets
- Inhumane conditions
The Treatments
Brutal medicine:
- Ice baths
- Electroshock therapy
- Lobotomies
- Restraint chairs
- Experimental drugs
The Ghosts
Patients remain:
- Screaming heard
- Shadow figures
- Apparitions
- Phantom footsteps
- Doors slam
Civil War Soldiers
Earlier haunts:
- Military post first
- Soldiers died here
- They wander too
- Uniforms seen
- Multiple eras
Investigation
Paranormal evidence:
- Ghost Adventures featured
- TAPS investigated
- Constant activity
- Multiple hotspots
- Class A EVPs