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.

From the eerie sights of an abandoned jail to the spine chilling mysterious "spirits"; that haunt a small Irish pub, you ...

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.

WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — One of West Virginia’s most famous spooky locations will be getting some national attention later this ...

In December of 1842, what was then known as the Georgia Lunatic Asylum accepted its first patient, a 30-year-old Bibb County ...

Designed to relieve pressure on the capital, this purpose-built funeral railroad and cemetery opened in Brookwood, Surrey, in 1854. Through a fantasy that invokes locomotive hearses, Dickens humanizes ...

Spooky season has officially begun in Weston. Trump wants to travel in a military plane for campaign’s home stretch because he’s afraid Iran is going to kill him I've sailed alone on 8 cruise ...

Welcome to the Aradale Lunatic Asylum, Ararat, Victoria, allegedly the most haunted place in Australia. ‘Over ten thousand people died in Aradale, so the place is full of ghosts,’ Buchanan said.

If you are a young refugee, asylum seeker or vulnerable migrant aged 15 to 25, you may be able to get help from the British Red Cross. The Red Cross offers a range of services for young refugees and ...

After years of redevelopment stalls, there may be some updates coming to the once beloved Brookwood Village mall. On Nov. 5, the Homewood planning commission will hold a public hearing to consider ...