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Insane Asylum Cemeteries

The hardened organ was found in a grave of a mental asylum cemetery.

Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery

A rare secret was taken to the grave in an unmarked, 100-year-old burial ground.

Hannah Seo April 24, 2024

Permanently Closed

Prague, Czechia

Bohnický Hřbitov Cemetery (Cemetery of Fools)

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Permanently Closed

Bowen Building

Bartonville, Illinois

Peoria State Hospital

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

Numbers Instead of Names on the Forgotten Graves of Asylum Patients

Allison Meier December 1, 2014

abandoned insane asylums

America's Abandoned Insane Asylum Cemeteries

Allison Meier October 27, 2014

Permanently Closed

Austin State School Farm Colony

Austin State School Farm Colony

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Volterra, Italy

Cimitero di San Finocchi

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.