Ep. 121 - Athens Lunatic Asylum

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Athens Lunatic Asylum is an institution that operated in Athens, Ohio from 1874 until 1993. This hiospital not only has a strange and morbid history, but it has gone through a series of name changes. Today it is known as The Ridges, a name it took on in the 1990s. While it was operational the hospital served thousands including Civil War vets, children and violent convicted criminals. The Ridges are now part of Ohio University and house the Kennedy Museum of Art, an auditorium, offices, classrooms and storage facilities. The faciltiy also houses something else. Spirits of those who have died here have decided to remain. There are legends, tales of seances and unwashable stains that are all part of the paranormal happenings at this location. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Athens Lunatic Asylum! The Moment in Oddity is by Bob Sherfield and features the life of Jeremy Bentham and This Day in History is by Jessica Bell and features Joan of Arc arriving at Orleans. This location was suggested by listener Tracy Martin and our Reserach Assistant was Jenni Watt.

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0:00.0	The History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:26.0	Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the supernatural in Central Florida,
0:39.0	it's The History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:54.4	Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind.
0:56.3	I am your host Diane, and this is Denise.
0:58.9	And on today's episode, we have another asylum.
1:02.0	Athens Lunatic Asylum. This one is in Athens Ohio we've become
1:05.9	pretty familiar with these asylums Denise but what makes each of them unique are the
1:09.6	people that were kept inside and of course the hauntings that go with it and this place does
1:15.0	seem to be quite haunted and it became famous because of the lobotomies that were
1:19.6	performed there this is one place where a lot of those took place.
1:23.0	Before we get into that, please check out our website History Goes Bump.
1:27.0	com.
1:28.0	Denise, if people would like to send us some feedback via email, where can they do that?
1:32.0	They can do that at History Goes bump at gmail.com.
1:35.6	I had the honor of writing the current The Lift Podcast episode.
1:41.2	This one is episode 13 of course Denise.
1:44.0	Yay, my lucky number.
1:46.0	Titled Restitution and it will be up the same day as this podcast on April 29th of 2016.
1:52.0	If you're not listening to the lift,
1:53.7	you should be and make sure you definitely listen
1:56.4	to this episode.
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