lunatic
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A story about a mother and daughter set in the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W.Va., after the Civil War.
From New York Times • May 6, 2024
Carl Hoffman is the author of five books, including “Savage Harvest,” “The Lunatic Express” and “Liar’s Circus.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023
First opened in 1908 as Cardiff Lunatic Asylum, the hospital has been falling into ruin since it closed its doors to patients in 2016.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2021
Tomas Kubinek: Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible The veteran vaudevillian performs; for ages 9 and up.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2017
It makes me put my clothes on wrong, and scramble the service, and eat incorrectly— third priest: Lunatic priests are bad business.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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