Historically, institutions the likes of Georgia’s Central State Hospital, the Athens Lunatic Asylum in Ohio (above), and Willard Asylum in New York were where we would deploy the individuals ...

ATHENS, Ohio — A walking tour of the historic Athens Asylum will be 2-4 p.m. Oct. 12. The tour will meet at 2 p.m. at the Kennedy Museum of Art, in front of the large Kirkbride Building of the ...

Psychiatry was an infant science" In a Somerset town a small group of volunteers are slowly and sensitively revealing the stories of those who lived at the Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

Originally opened in 1874 as the Athens Lunatic Asylum, the buildings and property were transferred to OU by the state in 1993. In addition to the historic buildings (that have their fair share of ...

Abbott stood trial in August 1867 and was committed to Taunton State Hospital, a lunatic asylum in Massachusetts. After that, little is known, and details surrounding the case remain mysterious.

“Athens is a very alive city,” says Tina Kyriakis, flipping her thick, brown ringlets from her face. Born in the southern suburbs, my guide for the day is founder of the tour companies ...

North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum in Denbigh opened in 1848 to provide care for Welsh speaking people with mental illnesses. In reality, up to 1,500 patients, including children with learning ...

Athens 2004 began with a colourful and spectacular Opening Ceremony and concluded with the revealing of a new IPC logo. The Athens 2004 Paralympic Games attracted 3,749 Para athletes (2,600 men and ...

Four college students at Ohio University set out to make a documentary proving that spirits and the paranormal are not real In order to do this they plan to film their investigation of an old ...

The best times to visit Athens are between March and May and from September to November. Weather during the spring and fall months is agreeable and sunshine is pretty much a guarantee. Not to ...

A knife-wielding lunatic allegedly stabbed a man in the back at a Manhattan subway station for accidentally bumping into him on the staircase — only to be freed without bail Tuesday. Raymond ...

A suspect shot a passenger on a Los Angeles MTA bus early Wednesday before hijacking the vehicle and then leading police on a wild chase for over an hour before he was apprehended by a SWAT team ...