Here With Us S1 E9 Stone Walls, Shattered Minds: A Journey into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Built with noble intentions but marred by tales of overcrowding and outdated medical practices, this massive, Gothic behemoth serves as both an architectural marvel and a haunting reminder of America's complex history with mental health care.Originally intended as a sanctuary, offering the cutting-edge treatment of its day, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum became a symbol of the inadequacies and ethical challenges tied to mental health treatment in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, we'll be pulling back the curtain to explore the lives of those who walked its hallways—doctors, patients, and perhaps even a ghost or two.so, brace yourselves as we step through the iron gates and traverse the eerie corridors of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.