Ghost Adventures crew lock themselves into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

by wildcherry on Friday, October 30th, 2009 | Entertainment, News

On Friday, Oct. 30, the Ghost Adventures crew — Zak, Nick and Aaron — will lock themselves into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, WV, for the most ambitious paranormal investigation ever attempted. During this 7-hour live event, they will examine the reported hauntings and ghostly activity at this legendary landmark.

Built during the Civil War, the asylum is the second-largest hand-cut stone building in the world. For decades its thick walls housed the insane, the neglected and the unwanted. Violence was a common occurrence and inmates were often subjected to brutal treatment. Shut down permanently in 1994, this massive edifice has remained vacant ever since.

If you are curious about the place, you can see on the MONITOR with THE LIVE CAMERA what’s going on there. Over 10,000 patients died in Essex County Hospital. Now TAPS is on a mission to see how many souls remain.

Help the Ghost Hunters, host Josh Gates and the Ghost Hunters Academy recruits make history at the Essex County Hospital, by contributing your expert analysis during the live event. You can join the hunt from home by visiting Syfy.com to help scan the location through live camera feeds and by using the panic button if you see something suspicious. Connect with Syfy.com for this exclusive, one-night-only event, as the team pillages through 325 acres of terror.