A fenced-in parcel of dirt and grass in Phoenix is the final resting place of many patients from the former Insane Asylum of ...

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

A new exhibit has been installed at the Brandon downtown museum telling the history of a disastrous fire that destroyed the ...

Tourists flock to former mental institutions for macabre sightseeing outings, especially around Halloween, joining paranormal investigations and other tours.

The treatment of mental illness has an unsavory history, and the cruelty inflicted upon the mentally ill in asylums throughout western history has been well-documented. However, in the 1700s and 1800s ...

The Bryce Hospital Museum in Tuscaloosa is now open to the public and highlights the history of mental health and civil rights in Alabama. Through a collaboration between the Alabama Department of ...

Asylums have long captivated historians and urban explorers, serving as haunting reminders of the problematic origins of mental health care. Much like cemeteries, these institutions were used to ...

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 ...

(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 ...