Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

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Lindsay and Madison discuss the history of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, as well as how to move large slabs of stone, why dumbwaiters always lead to murder, and a possible post-mortem love story.

Source material for this episode can be found at:

• Atlas Obscura - 2019 article by Troy Rondinone

• Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum website

• All That’s Interesting - 2018 article by Katie Serena

• Washington Post - 2018 article by Jim Barnes

• Thought Catalog - 2019 article by Jerome London

• Road Unraveled - 2018 article by Stephanie Hubka

• Appalachian History - 2008 article by Dave Tabler

• Wikipedia

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