(CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a ...
President Donald Trump has said he would be open to bringing back "insane asylums" to imprison people with "serious mental illness". In an interview with the Daily Caller published on Monday, the ...
Within three years, brick by inexpensive brick, the State Lunatic Asylum in Worcester was built on land that is now home to ...
Nottingham pioneered the concept of publicly funded lunatic asylum in 1812 - but quickly encountered the problem of overcrowding in the facility. The Nottingham General Lunatic Asylum was built to ...
Do viral posts tell a real-life story about a Connecticut woman named "Ada Morrison" who was committed to a psychiatric ...