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

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

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

You wouldn’t think to find one of the world’s most innovative asylums in Montrose, Scotland. Montrose is a small town between the cities of Aberdeen and Dundee. It became a significant trading center ...

The Supreme Court of India has directed the National Human Rights Commission to monitor treatment and conditions of ...

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

It’s not always easy for Seetha DeMarco to keep an eye on her son, Joey, but her world revolves around doing it. Joey is 25, but DeMarco is his legal guardian. He’s being treated for a schizophrenia ...

(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 ...