In this episode, Emma teaches Brian about the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (aka The Weston State Hospital) in West Virginia. Join us as we learn about the insane number of "patients" that were held here and the erosion of their well being, as well as the building itself. Also, ghosts.

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Sources for this episode:

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

http://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/index.html

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.4.1.75

https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2434

http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990620paint4.asp

https://archive.is/20010713141751/http://www.westonlandmark.com/history.htm

https://www.theintelligencer.net/life/features/2018/10/haunted-hospital-former-w-va-mental-asylum-offers-historical-and-ghost-tours/