Dix Hill Asylum Dark History Tour

Dix Hill Asylum was the first and largest "lunatic asylum" in North Carolina history. What started as the dream of Dorothea Dix, a safe refuge for the widely abused mentally ill population of North Carolina, quickly developed into a place with a more complex legacy. Like many asylums across America, Dix had a mixed legacy, serving as the closest thing many people had to a home, as well as playing host to many abusive and infamous institutions. Join us on this historian-guided tour of the grounds of Dix Hill asylum, and learn about the complex and often dark history of mental health treatment in America.

This is a non-profit event that is free for the public to attend. This is a history tour, not a ghost tour, murder tour, or anything else of the type. It is an outdoor tour, since the former hospital buildings are not accessible to the public.