For the third and final story in EastIdahoNews.com’s Fact or Folklore series on Blackfoot, we saved the best for last, exploring an age-old question that continues to captivate the community: Is State ...

This mental asylum has housed some of the most infamous figures in criminal history, from the Yorkshire Ripper to Charles ...

Poveglia island in Venice's lagoon was a plague quarantine where tens of thousands died, then became a psychiatric hospital - ...

Poveglia is a small island south of Venice, Italy, with a dark and eerie history. Used as a plague quarantine in the 18th ...

Within three years, brick by inexpensive brick, the State Lunatic Asylum in Worcester was built on land that is now home to the Joseph D, Early Post Office, the city’s main branch, on East Central ...

PEOPLE's Editor at Large Julie Jordan and the Ghost Moms checked out the abandoned asylum that was featured in the hit series Julie Jordan is an Editor at Large for PEOPLE. She has been with the brand ...

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As Halloween approaches, the calls start to come in: "Do you think we could have a tour? What about the tunnels? We'd love to do a story for Halloween." I have to lean back in my chair and take a ...

Persons who sought care — voluntarily or compelled — do not become ghosts when they pass away at any greater statistical frequency than anyone else. Psychiatric hospitals like the Brattleboro Retreat, ...

WESTLAND, Mich. – With Halloween less than a week away, Eloise Asylum in Westland is drawing huge crowds. Eloise Asylum holds a lot of history — a history that a new group of people hopes to keep ...