(WBOY) — Over the years, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has garnered somewhat of ... is just that they were not just ...

We explored the now-abandoned buildings that "represent in microcosm the history of the treatment of the mentally ill in this country" with "Abandoned NYC" photographer Will Ellis. Check out some ...

The two bonded over a love of exploring abandoned buildings and decided to have a date, of sorts, at an old asylum hospital last fall. Despite how that may sound, the setting helped spark a romance.

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.