For some people, the allure—even the eeriness—of abandoned places draws them to dilapidated destinations year-round. For ...

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Australia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea (PNG), marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation. PNG is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra to ...

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.

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.

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He claimed migrants and asylum seekers were “coming from prisons. They’re coming from jails. They’re coming from mental institutions and insane asylums.” He repeated this claim at the ...

Bly would pose as an insane woman and allow herself to be committed to Blackwell's Island -- New York City's notorious asylum. What resulted was a searing exposé that got the attention of ...

The changing approaches to the history of madness and the lunatic asylum in Canada have broadly reflected the ebb and flow of Anglo-American psychiatric historiography. The first generation of ...

Former President Donald Trump went off on several wild rants during his recent rally in Tucson, Ariz., attacking Haitian ...