Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a mental ...

Abandoned asylums hold a strange fascination. Their empty halls, peeling paint, and broken windows tell stories of lives once ...

For some people, the allure—even the eeriness—of abandoned places draws them to dilapidated destinations year-round. For ...

(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 ...

A couple of things spurred me to write this post. First, in a matter of days (and along with colleagues Vicky Long and Despo Kritsotaki), I will be submitting a book proposal on the history of ...

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 ...