Controversy surrounds reclaiming the name of a West Virginia psychiatric hospital built before the Civil War, the "Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum." "As a consumer of mental health services and an advocate, I'm personally offended by the term 'lunatic asylum,” said a spokesperson for the West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association. A historical consultant for the 306-acre property doesn't get it, and compared these sentiments to Soviet style revisionist history. The new owners intend the property to host mud-bog truck racing.
