Oxford was later found to be of ‘unsound mind’ and sent to Bedlam (the state criminal lunatic asylum). He was released in 1867 and deported to Australia. All of the Queen’s assailants worked ...

Bedlam broke loose in the audience and the ... She kept screaming: “Let them take me to the police station or a lunatic asylum!” He finally managed to drag her back home.

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Nearly one million people were granted parole in the United States as they pursued their asylum cases through the application ...

The asylum was the first single-purpose hospital in the U.S. that was designed and built for the treatment of alcoholism as a disease.

Ariana Grande thinks she'd have "ended up in an insane asylum" if she hadn't done so much preparation for Wicked. The Thank U, Next hitmaker plays Glinda in the two-part adaptation of the beloved ...

Award-winning author, Professor Paul Crawford draws on his research into lunatic asylums in his latest novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent, to explore survival from childhood trauma. Did you know ...

West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced that he would delay his U.S. Senate swearing-in, thereby preventing a whirlwind of four governors in a 10-day period due to coinciding changes ...

President Donald Trump was called out by critics on social media who accused him of confusing immigrants applying for asylum ...