Inside creepy asylum where murders went unsolved and paedos lived next to children
dailystar.co.ukurban explorer took a look inside an eerie asylum, built in the 1800s, where a nurse went missing and several murders went unsolved.Johnny Ashley, the author of the 'Hood in the Woods' books on abandoned properties, took a visit to Western Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, to dive into its mysterious past and creepy remains.In a series of images the asylum, which was built between 1858 and 1881 but closed in 1994, has been left as an empty shell with rotting paint coming down from the walls and ceilings.
While it looks almost perfect from the outside, rust has taken over the metal cupboards and cage-style doors and windows that once locked in the most sickening history.
Among the huge, brightly coloured rooms there were once a string of dark events including unsolved murders and paedophiles sharing living spaces with children at the facility.
Johnny explained: "Built to house 250 patients it ultimately held 2,600 in the '50s. There were multiple other buildings on the land, serving multiple purposes which changed with need, all for medical if not mental health."One building was used for a tuberculosis hospital then after a cure was found was turned into a hospital for the criminally insane. "Any reason could get you set there, even abandoned wives were sent there."Although races were segregated, people committed for molesting children could live next to children. "General Stonewall Jackson was raised here as an orphan although the big building hadn’t been built yet.
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