Case 109: Trans Allergany Asylum - From a Grand Idea to a Living Nightmare

Although insane asylums were built with the intention of protecting, treating, and supporting people suffering from mental illness, in the late 1800’s terrible practices were used on the patients housed in such institutions, that, by today’s standards would be looked upon as simply barbaric.

Many asylums used treatment practices such as restraints and chains, ice baths, electroshock therapy, and forced drugging to name a few.

The Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was specifically designed to change this, using what was called Moral Management which relied on kindness and compassion and making the patients environments comfortable and more homely.

This was great, in theory, but not in practice as this asylum became overcrowded and understaffed creating a place of fear, neglect and the inability to give those within its walls the simplest of decent care.

The Trans Allegheny Asylum is still one of the most haunted building in the USA.

No wonder really – how could anyone survive such conditions.

Even the sanest of individuals would eventually lose their mind there.

Who are the souls that remain?

What is it that they want or are they just simply lost.

In this episode of the True Hauntings Podcast we take a look inside the most haunted Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.

An important note before we start,

The material we talk about is graphic and can be very emotional for some sensitive people. If the topic of mental health and how it was historically treated, we suggest you listen using your discretion.

If it raises anything that may be triggering for you, reach out to family and friends for reassurance and comfort. Times have changed – thank goodness and in most cases and countries around the world we do better.

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