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 […]
There are reports of hearing voices and the feeling of someone walking behind you.
In the education building which is one of the oldest buildings on grounds and is said to have previously been the hospital, there have been sightings of a female walking on the lower level, screams, and doors opening and closing. The prison itself was a female prison prior to 1982, and has its own graveyard […]
Parking Lot – Former Site of Gratiot Street Prison Once the location of McDowell’s College, a medical school run by Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell, this site was confiscated by Federal authorities in the spring of 1861. By December of that year, it was converted into a prison, later renamed, though early records often referred to […]
If you go north on River Falls Street (US Hwy 84) away from Andalusia, you cross a bridge. Turn to the right, as if you were going to Point A. Go to the boat ramp and look to the left. There is a road that goes beside a field. Walk down the road. The road […]
A very tall old brick building. People have said that as you reach the second floor where the first cellblock is located 2 or 3 ghosts follow you as you progress up the stairs. You can also look down at the cells and see a red glow as though from a cigarette. Many people are […]
Two little girls are repeatedly spotted wandering around these grounds, and another can be heard singing in the basement of one of the oldest buildings there.
In the recreation yard inside the prison walls there exist three large oak trees, it is a well known fact that when the moon is full the outline of an inmate perched atop the trees can be seen.
