Wood County Historical Museum, County Home Road. The museum was once an infirmary and nursing home. Ghostly noises have been heard in and near the shed where insane patients were locked long ago. Also, a padlock on a door was once seen to spin without being touched.
Long tied to the town’s cycles of birth and death, the old Fitzgibbon Hospital site is notorious for inducing intense physiological reactions in those nearby.
Former overnight caregivers detailed aggressive activity commencing around 12:30 AM, including sounds of breaking glass, low animalistic growling, slammed heavy doors, running footfalls, flickering electrical fixtures, and residual 1920s music drifting through empty rooms.
The Pink Lady was a benevolent spirit believed to be a young former patient buried in a pink gown. She is said to have appeared to help ease the passing of current clients. A worker in the 1980s saw her looking down from a second-story window. Another night-shift worker on L2 South Hall heard noises […]
Construction workers were fearful during the renovation of The Biltmore Hotel, a historic landmark building in Miami. It was once a veteran’s hospital and had other previous uses. There are stories of things moving inexplicably and the sort. A receptionist who works there and lives nearby told of how she once got into the elevator […]
It has been recorded that the 13th floor of this world-renowned hotel is haunted by the ghosts of soldiers who were treated there during the WWII era. Unexplained noises and lights are seen here. Here is a history of the Biltmore Hotel: It served as a hotel in the early twenties, and then it was […]
There is an asylum on the grounds where, if you put your ear up to the door, you can hear screams and knocking. There is also a stone with a baby carved on it; it is said that when you look at it, turn away, and then look back, it faces a new direction.
The hospital has spirits such as nurses, doctors, and patients that still roam its halls. Many have gone into this establishment and have had their own personal experiences, such as being watched, seeing shadows, and smelling sterilization solutions in certain spots. The spirits are restless and have been agitated from all of the visitors they’ve […]
Many soldiers died and their ghosts were said to haunt this former site of an army hospital in the Presidio. Before demolition, the abandoned building was boarded up, graffiti-filled, and spooky. Witnesses reported hearing footsteps, seeing reflections of light, and feeling cold drafts. The hospital was torn down, and the site is now the Letterman […]
This building formerly served as a mental hospital, built in the mid-1800s. It consists of an old stone center building with newer brick wings extending to the east and west. Before it was converted into a prison in the 1980s, a former employee working the 11 PM to 7 AM shift reported an incident on […]
Located in Downey behind the courthouse, there is an abandoned mental hospital where lights have been seen shining through the windows, despite the power being shut off for years. Witnesses have observed curtains closing on their own as they pass by the building. Those who have ventured inside and descended the stairs report experiencing pitch-black […]
Lutheran Homes, now a nursing home, used to be an orphanage. There are said to be old tunnels underneath the building, though they have never been seen. Workers say that in one room on the 700 hall, every time a new patient is admitted, they soon pass away. Additionally, call lights in the 600 hall […]
The institution was designed for youth eighteen years old and younger. It closed in the 1970s. Although the buildings were recently torn down, the site was a hotbed for paranormal activity. Voices of children playing could be heard, as well as a little girl crying in one of the rooms. Apparitions appeared in the form […]
Sunland was an old mental hospital in the Pine Hills section of town. There are many reports of poltergeist activity, voices, and screams. It has now been demolished and turned into a park, where it is still believed to be haunted.
This was the former high school and then Grapevine Middle School which has now been moved as well. The building began as a mental hospital and then was changed to a normal hospital after malpractice charges. The lights in rooms would randomly shut off and voices were heard in the hallways. Basketball practices used to […]
The haunting of Longstreet Theatre relates directly to its history of being used as a military hospital during the Civil War. It has long been rumored the morgue was housed in the basement of this building in a room that now serves as the “Green Room” for the theatre. The “Green Room” actually is three […]
On the bottom floor, in one of the rooms near the front, a ghost appears dressed in late 1700s attire, including a triangle-shaped hat. The spirit has a weathered, leathery face and is dressed as a farmer rather than a soldier. It stands in one’s face and mumbles, though no intelligible words have been heard.
There have been sightings of ghosts in one of the occupied buildings. A woman was seen walking through a wall and another was spotted standing by the shower room. Dark figures have been seen in office areas and noises come from the kitchen when no one is in there. A mist was seen floating knee-high […]
Screams can be heard along with sightings of ghosts that usually resemble patients that may have died there. This buildings windows and doors are boarded up partially due to the fact that people have reported seeing ghosts in the windows looking outside.
Mary Stringfellow, the hospital’s founder, was an organ player. Nurses working the third shift report hearing the organ playing in the chapel, but find no one there when they investigate. Another haunting involves a man who reportedly committed suicide by shotgun in one of the rooms. Patients have claimed to see the apparition of a […]
In the 4-South section of the hospital there have been reports of a ghost on the night shift. Mostly just trash cans being turned over (the most common report) but once or twice a month screams may be heard coming from one of the rooms.
An old man dressed in a black suit and black top hat has been seen by most of the elderly living there. Lights in the basement have been known to go on and off by themselves. Also, a young blond-haired nurse has been seen by the residents — she is known to make them feel […]
The Old Gym at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base once served as a morgue for mangled body parts during wartime, and was also used as an insane asylum. Before that, the site was an old Army base connected to the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1812. There have been reports of screams throughout the night […]
Mary Telfair is said to also haunt this former ladies hospital. It is told that she roams the halls in a brown dress.
In the dark, you can feel an odd presence of someone else there with you. There have been reports of ghost sightings near the operating rooms.
Haunted by the spirit of an Alaska Native woman named Marie, who was murdered there in 1987. She is said to appear to people who are homeless, and warn them not to linger. This haunting is usually reported as being between the old ANS (Alaska Native Service) Hospital and the old Alaska Railroad terminal.
Fort Mackinac has its own collection of ghost stories and paranormal activity. The spirits of the post commander’s children are said to haunt the officers’ hill quarters. The hospitals located near and within the fort are reportedly haunted, with visitors experiencing an unsettling atmosphere of sickness that persists to this day. A skeleton was discovered […]
The Clara Ford Pavilion, formerly a live-in nursing school, is quite haunted. Security and maintenance personnel have had doors locked behind them during the early morning hours. One of the first-floor boardrooms has a particularly obvious cold spot and a feeling of dread, as well as the smell of decay. In 1926, a nursing student, […]
Made up of many different buildings and a huge, wooded grounds area, the Leestown Division of the VA Hospital in Lexington has been the site of several strange and frightening occurrences. Haunting images of several ghosts have been seen, as well as screams and moans, doors slamming, footsteps, disembodied voices talking, and equipment and appliances […]
Danvers – Danvers Mental State Hospital – The old buildings sit on top of a high hillside. Police monitor surrounding areas. The buildings are bare and empty. Candles are seen through the windows at night. January 2007 Update – Danvers State Mental Hospital: Most buildings have been demolished for the building of condominiums. Only the […]
A single sheet hangs in a room window facing the interstate. Authorities placed it there due to repeated sightings of a young girl reliving her death by hanging every night. Many witnesses have reported this disturbing occurrence. There is no power in the room, yet lights turn on at night, a rocker moves on its […]
Built on a cemetery site, this nursing home experiences numerous strange occurrences during the 3rd shift. Nurses report feeling unseen touches on their backs. On particularly active nights, multiple phenomena occur simultaneously: lights blink, the fire sprinkler near the nurses’ desk briefly activates, doors close on their own, and voices echo through the halls. Apparitions […]
Myers Hall was a Civil War hospital. A dying soldier demanded to see his horse. The horse was brought in, but upon finishing the task the horse refused to go down the stairs to leave so he was shot. The horse’s spirit still roams the halls.
Numerous flashlights going off and not working at the same time, people screaming, and a woman in a white robe running down the stairs. See Haunted Lineage notes below.
At night, the woods carry sounds of moaning, faint screaming, and sudden banging. Some believe the noises come from homeless individuals who lived in the forest and died there. Others say the sounds are tied to violent crimes. Many think these voices belong to former patients from the nearby hospital. If you prefer to avoid […]
The Goss Building is believed to be haunted. Staff have reported seeing a man in white walking the third-floor halls. There is a corner room at the front of that floor that leaves nearly everyone feeling uneasy. Please do not trespass. Always obtain permission before entering abandoned or private property. If you’re considering a visit, […]
During odd hours of the days, footsteps can be heard running down the hall on the third floor. Knocks on doors, and unlocking door sounds can be heard, all while no one is around. This used to be the location of a hospital and then a convent. There are tunnels that connect this building with […]
This large enclave of buildings in Camarillo is now a university, but it was originally built in the 1920s as a state mental hospital. It was converted into a school in the mid-90s. Over the years, there have been many stories of ghosts of all kinds, likely due to the fact that patients once lived—and […]
The apparition of a semi-transparent small boy in a jacket and a pair of blue jeans leaning on the hall way wall looking at patients has been seen.
Has been closed since the 1985. Reports of people in the non-boarded windows. Reports of screams nearby. Feelings of being watched. WARNING – No Trespassing – The building is being renovated into codos the name will be The Georgian Condominiums.
