Comments on: Five Hospitals You Don't Want to Check Into

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:07:53 +0000

In the early 90s when I was 15 I was sent to Fairfield hills for drug rehab. Court ordered, it was an option either do 18 months in juvenile detention or get 9 months at a rehab. The decision was easy! lol I was able to go to a rehab because I was caught with marijuanna, so my lawer asked for the rehab deal. Anyway,
I lived there for 7 months before I couldn't take it anymore and I escaped, later to get caught and go to detention to serve my full 18 month sentence, that sucked!
I didnt know the history then as I do now. I remember people saying they heard distany screams at night from the other surrounding buildings, and other people said they saw people walking the grounds at night. Which was weird cause that was against the rules there and security patrolled the grounds every night looking for trespassers.
I recently visited the abandoned campus to show my girlfriend and to help make a map of the campus, there are none to be found, yet. We took a bunch of pictures of the buildings and when reviewing them saw something really weird!! Two of the buildings we photographed had weird almost psycadelic patterns and colors! Im not making this up! The colors are purple and yellow and are kinda like zebra stripes. It almost looks like the pictures are taken with one of those cameras that only pick up heat, if anyone has experienced this before let me know.
I loaded them onto my computer and I was over looking them closely and all of a sudden the stripes were gone?! I still have the striped images on my camera, Id like to develop them with the stripes on but I almost think my camera software is trying to fix the images after I load them, hence the reason for the stripes dissapearing!?
Anyone with info or is curious to see the pics email me at runeski74@yahoo.com. Im not making any of this up, I live in Ct and would even meet with someone to review my pics in person.
Fairfield hills was known for its labotomy surgery, hydrotherapy, electric shock therapy, insulin shock therapy, and many other torturous therapies being done against the patients will.

By: babygirl

babygirl — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:02:52 +0000

Alexian Brothers Hospital where the movie "The Exorcist" was made from was tore down and a new one was built, St. Alexius. The wing where the boy was at is now the parking lot, from what i hear. my aunt works at that hospital.

By: judge mental

judge mental — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:12:59 +0000

first of all danvers state hospital was not built over the site where the witch trials took place...it was built over the site where the house of the judge presiding over the trials stood. second of all...drg12...lighten the hell up. a bit touchy on the subject of being crazy or what? also, if you had done any research at all before going off on this site you would know that many mental hospitals were previously TB hospitals. no one said only crazy people are ghosts...but ghosts or spirits are people who suffered much in life and death...so when you walk into a place that was full of suffering and pain dont be surprised if you find one or twoo lost souls...otherwise known as a ghost. now take a chill pill and do some reading...youre uninformed to say the least.

By: drg12

drg12 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:04:02 +0000

There are a lot of sick people commenting on affairs they know little about. Do they know that these hospitals were often used as sanatoriums for TB patients?

What are the ghost stories about, if not the prejudices against people with mental problems? Only "crazy" people are ghosts?

A friend of mine lost his mother at one of those hospitals. An autopsy revealed she had a cancerous brain tumor which couldn't be detected in the 40's. Ghosts? Crazy? Just WHO is crazy?

You people should be ashamed of yourselves!

By: drg12

drg12 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:01:38 +0000

There are a lot of sick people commenting on affairs they know little about. Do they know that these hospitals were often used as sanatoriums for TB patients?

What are the ghost stories about, if not about prejudices about people with mental problems? Only "crazy" people are ghosts?

A friend of mine lost his mother at one of those hospitals. An autopsy revealed she had a cancerous brain tumor which couldn't be detected in the 40's. Ghosts? Crazy? Just WHO is crazy?

You people should be ashamed of yourselves!

By: Ta

Ta — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:57:39 +0000

Quick note on the St. Louis hospital - it was Alexian Brothers Hospital. Here's a link:
http://www.thecabinet.com/darkdestinations/location.php?sub_id=dark_de stinations&location_id=old_alexian_brothers_hospital

By: Pendwyr

Pendwyr — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:42:05 +0000

@ Nicholas from February:
Actually that hospital was torn down a number of years ago. It was the Election Bros. Hospital in St Louis, Missouri, if you're interested in researching it. Supposedly, the floor *was* closed off, but I haven't seen anything to substantiate that claim.

By: Nick Celani

Nick Celani — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:47:55 +0000

There a set of Colonel quarters on FT. Huachucha AZ that used to be a hospital in the last 100 years (dont know the exact date) but i have seen the houses and actually worked in one to remodel it (I didnt know its history at the time). Reports of rocking chairs moving mysteriously and cries from a baby are told. When i was remodeling it back in 2002(remind you i had no idea at the time) i was the only one in the house doing my Electrical duties for Yaqui electric in Sierra Vista AZ (look it up its real). Thes house are OLD... i mean OLD.. and i hear clattering and banging downstairs... So i said "hello" down the stairwell and heard no responses. So i made my way downstairs thinking another contractor had entered the building.
Nobody was around.. i looked outside and there was no extra vehicles.. i searched the who'll house including the walkway underneath the building where we also were doing work.. Nothing.... Spooky i tell you.. REAL spooky. On the same military base there is an old cemetary with a hanging tree still in existence where you can still see the rope burns on the tree branch.

By: Kamomil

Kamomil — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:36:34 +0000

Three photos down from the top at the link below you'll see the old buildings of Rockland Psychiatric Center in Rockland county, NY. After being evicted from my pad in Manhattan I lived in one of the buildings still in use. Rent was free but I had to take meds. While I was there there was the "re-count" business after the 2000 election, then the 9-11 events and the promotion of Gen. Myers immediately thereafter, and nobody made any comments about any of that so I thought I was really nuts.

http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/rockland_psychiatric_center_1. htm

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:08:48 +0000

Apparantly, the Danvers State hospital site is the original site of the Salem Witch Trials, where they hung the accused. Might just be an urban legend though, however it is quite near where Salem is today…

Not an urban legend! The majority of activity concerning the witch trials took place not in Salem proper, but in Salem Village, which later was called - yep - Danvers.

And while non one is exactly sure on this, they believe that some of the condemned were hung on the hill where Danvers Hospital stands today.

Small wonder H.P. Lovecraft mentione dit in so many stories.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:02:34 +0000

Regarding the pentagon, did the person who refutes
the claim use a map that is "drawn to scale"?.
In other words, if not drawn to scale then it is not
accurate.

By: al

al — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:21:38 +0000

and while im at it ill go get me an avatar. more assholes.

By: al

al — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:20:04 +0000

YOU PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. I GUESS THATS WHY THIS COUNTRY IS SO FUCKED UP. PEOPLE WASTING THEIR TIME ON THIS GARBAGE WHILE THE REAL EVIL SPIRITS ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN OUR FEDERAL GOVT. FUCKING ASSHOLES.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:10:00 +0000

The body stain was most likely from where the body was there so long, it's just discolored the floor from the sunlight. Kind of like when you leave a car parked in the grass for a long time. The numbers on the tombs in most hospitals are because most are owned by the state, and the state will not pay for customized engravings because of the cost--unless a family member pays for it.

By: boyd

boyd — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:14:17 +0000

woah creepy.there's also laurel hospital. where two prisoners have escaped and shot at least 1 person stolen a car and got themselves shot.

By: The Manticore

The Manticore — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:06:48 +0000

I'm convinced that Ohio IS hell. Kenyon college, near me in Gambier, has a lot of helllore. including gates to hell.

By: Niftyniall

Niftyniall — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:57:06 +0000

Oops! I see that the link to Wraiths has changed: http://www.wraiths.ca/Riverview.htm Urban lurkers...
A more complete history is found here: http://riverviewhospital.blogspot.com/

By: Niftyniall

Niftyniall — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:53:04 +0000

Oops! I see that the link to Wraiths, has changed. http://www.wraiths.ca/Riverview.htm
See this site: http://riverviewhospital.blogspot.com/
For a more complete history..

By: Niftyniall

Niftyniall — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:46:53 +0000

Riverview Mental Hospital, in Coquitlam, British Columbia is partially abandoned. Even a few reports of ghosts, these things happen when over 13,000 people passed away here since 1904. We even have urban explorers: http://wraiths.org/Riverview.htm

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:11:25 +0000

Why hasn't anybody mentioned the hospital where the events that inspired The Exorcist took place? The hospital still operates, but the floor that it all happened on is sealed off. Maybe it's just me, but I find that to be tremendously creepy.

By: clairmonde

clairmonde — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:29:56 +0000

The body was in that spot for a month which would have caused some major eww bodily fluids - it would have been cold, but not that cold - and depending on what they used to clean the area or IF they cleaned the area I could imagine some kind of stain developing. My guess is they didn't clean the floor because the wing was abandoned. The other is of course that it is a fake, but the fluid of the damned is more creepy right?

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:59:01 +0000

So, 29 comments later... No one has mentioned how that body left a stain?

How is that possible anyways?

By: Dani

Dani — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:18:05 +0000

Haverford state hospital in PA is a pretty creepy abandoned mental hospital, unfortunately they're tearing it down soon. My Mom worked there when it was stil open, she said it was hell, she got hit over the head with a pool cue once by one of the inmates.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:18:51 +0000

This Monday night Paranormal State will be doing an episode on Willard Psychiatric Hospital in upstate NY. I live about a half hour away. I am interested to see and hear what they found.

By: ray

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:16:30 +0000

on Long Island the most notorious is the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, i guess it was opened in the late 1800s and was in service until 1996. A ton of kids from my highschool used to go there and explore, its really creepy at night, but now it has a ton of security, which i guess is less scary than the squatters that were there, but its a major issue since it's tresspassing on new york state lands. http://s.albalux.com/webpage/main.html for pics and for wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Cente

By: Padraig

Padraig — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:12:50 +0000

There is a pretty neat abandoned asylum near Middletown, CT - on the way to Durham, if I recall correctly. It includes a graveyard where the tombstones have numbers instead of names, most likely to "protect" the identities of the families who sent their people to the same. Massively freaky if you go there at night.

By: clairmonde

clairmonde — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:29:01 +0000

Not in New England and not abandoned! The Oregon State Hospital was built in 1883 and portions of the hospital are still in use today. Stories of the hospital being haunted (and just plain creepy) stem from facts. Over 5000 cans of cremations are warehoused at the hospital, the remains of unclaimed patients from over a hundred years ago. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was filmed at the hospital, based on Oregonian Ken Kessey's book. Not a horror movie per say, but does show the real life horrors of life in a mental hospital. Check out the wikipdia page, I recommend the link to Pulitzer Prize winning articles from the Oregonian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_Hospitalthe

Salem, Oregon - not known for witches, but still creepy. Many buildings have tunnels underneath them that are haunted. Personal fav has to be North of Salem though, the catacombs under Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Legend has it that Ted Bundy killed a co-ed in the tunnels under Sackett Hall dorms and haunts them still. Stories found on the web just point to a missing person who may or may not have attended OSU that may or may not have been killed by Bundy. Having lived in Sackett Hall it is very creepy and portions of the dorms are not used, but if you look in the windows you'll see kitchens and sewing rooms that are all set up/stocked as if still in use. The "catacombs" or tunnels connect the different wings of the building, house the steam heating pipes, and many are accessible to residents. I locked myself out of my room at around 2am one winter. My only option was to go into the tunnels to get to the front desk for a pass key. Institution green walls, old doors with "Ted Bundy Lives Here" written on them...I never locked myself out again!

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:53:28 +0000

I wonder why not just tear down these places and set up a shopping mall. A win-win situation all around. But then again...where would drunk teens go to get scared out of their brains?

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:47:01 +0000

Can anybody say creepy?

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:09:22 +0000

There is an abandoned hopital in the small town where I live. Its sad that such huge buildings must go to waste, but this one is full of asbestos, and the cost of demolishing it is way more than the value of the land. And repairing the buildings never was considered after the new hospital was built, and no potential buyer could afford to get it up to code.

I used to work there, many years ago. It was disgusting compared to hospitals today, but it was all we had at the time.