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Troubling Encounters With the Ghosts of Tranquille Sanatorium in Canada

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Tranquille Sanatorium near Kamloops is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada. Once a hospital treating tuberculosis, later a place for the mentally ill has a history filled with mystery, tragedy, and an eerie atmosphere that still lingers to this day. Visitors report spooky sightings of ghostly figures wandering the grounds and warning whispers in dark corridors.

Is there something more haunting and creates a more scary atmosphere than the now abandoned sanatoriums that exist around the world? Canada’s historic Tranquille Sanatorium near Kamloops (Tk’emlúps) in British Colombia hides many secrets of its past, including a host of creepy sightings and paranormal activity. 

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Located not far from Kamloops in British Columbia, the Tranquille Sanatorium opened its doors back in 1907. By 1910, the hospital was able to accommodate almost 50 patients, 4 nurses, and 12 attendants. By 1932, the Tranquille Sanatorium was able to house over 600 patients and staff and was operating as a fully functioning and self-sustaining community. 

Tranquille Sanatorium around 1920

Originally designed to treat tuberculosis known as the white plague back in the days, the Tranquille Sanatorium hospitalized thousands of people over the years. The facility was called the King Edward VII Sanatorium. The community built around the facility had gardens, houses, a gymnasium, a farm, a fire department as well as recreational areas such as an auditorium, a cafeteria, a laundry mat and tennis courts. It even had a school for handicapped children named “Stsmemelt Village” and a community and life grew around the sanatorium outside the hospital as well.

In 1958, the hospital closed and was reopened in 1959 to treat the mentally ill until the late 80s. In September 1991, an Italian developer, Giovanni Camporese, the president of A&A Foods, bought the land to turn it into a resort and renamed it “Padova City” from his hometown. There have been many plans to demolish it, but is for now an abandoned and derelict building and a farming community around. 

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Many did not survive their stay in this haunted building as the white plague once was the single biggest killer in Canada, and its tragic history has added to its eerie reputation. 

Tranquille Sanatorium: A former TB hospital near Kamloops, with plans to become a sustainable community. Here from 2014. // Source

Paranormal Activity at Tranquille Sanatorium

Although the place is closed off as it is private property, you can still visit to participate in their historic tours. It is said that both visitors and staff at Tranquille Sanatorium have reported a wide range of paranormal occurrences like strange sightings and ghostly images. Moans and groans that from disembodied voices ring through the location and others have even reported seeing apparitions wandering the grounds. Some visitors have even reported feeling like they were being watched or followed by something unseen in the shadows.

One of the more retold rumours is about seeing light orbs and faint floating lights traveling in circles. This is especially reported on happening around the main entrance. Apparently, lights in the sanatorium also go on and off by themselves.

But what or who is behind the haunting rumours? According to the stories, these paranormal occurrences are linked to the dark history of Tranquille Sanatorium and those who lost their lives here as patients are still lingering. 

There are not many names and specific ghosts connected to this place, but they are certainly active, and sometimes even violent. Visitors report a figure pushing past them before disappearing and one even claimed to have been chased out of the hospital by a mist looking like the silhouette of a human. The spirit of a nurse who was supposedly murdered by a patient can be seen in several of the rooms have also made its rounds as a haunted legend. 

The Mother’s Cries on the Eight Floor

Although the stories from the haunted Tranquille Sanatorium can be very vague, there are some rumors that seem to echo through many sources. 

The sounds of children crying can be heard coming from the 8th floor, an area where pediatrics used to be. This is also a place where many people talk about seeing the mysterious orbs that have been observed throughout the sanatorium grounds. They have also claimed to have heard the voices of ghostly children playing in the abandoned children’s ward. 

Another ghost said to appear in these rooms is a female ghost believed to be a mother to one of the children. She can be heard crying for her child and even seen on both the eight as well as the sixth floor. When those seeing her approach her though, she vanishes into thin air. 

The Haunted Tunnels Below

The most haunted place though it is said to be the tunnels that have been dug out underneath the sunken gardens. Not only were these tunnels used to transport food and supplies into the sanatorium, they were also used to transport the dead bodies of the patients to the cemetery. Although it sounds dark, it was actually to spare the living patients the distress of seeing others succumbing to the illness they were battling with themselves. By using the tunnels, the staff would be able to discreetly transport them without anyone seeing it. 

Could these tunnels be haunted now? Throughout the decades, local teenagers have used these tunnels as a hang out and party place, and many of the haunted rumours come from this period.  There are reports that the tunnels below are filled with lonely voices and cries. 

The Ancestral Burial Site

It is not only the dark history of the sanatorium that has made people think it is haunted. Tranquille is a particularly active area when it comes to First Nations history. This land west of Tk’emlúps which is Secwépemctsín for “where the rivers meet”  is also the site of a major Secwépemc settlement dating back thousands of years. The Secwepemc used the area around Tranquille Sanatorium as a fishing and hunting settlement before the first colonists took over the area. Their ancestral burial sites and gravel pits have been found under the structures of the sanatorium. 

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The same location that was once Tranquille Sanatorium is now known as Tranquille Farm Fresh, which offers escape rooms and heritage tours, often connected to the haunted rumours for Halloween. For now, further development of the place remains in a place of limbo, where private development, agricultural needs as well as First People rights is trapped in a crossroad. 

Ghost Hunting in the Sanatorium

But is it really haunted? Several blogs have recounted their own experiences of partying and fuelling the haunted rumours with playing and pranking, pretending to be the ghosts. A lot of the modern takes on the haunted sanatorium actually comes from the MTV Show “MTV Fear” that aired from 2000 to 2002. Contestants are blindfolded and led by guides to the supposedly haunted area. Once night arrives, a computer terminal will usually pick one or two colors and assign a dare. This computer also provides the group with background information about the area. Tranquille Sanatorium was chosen as a location in episode 5 of season 2. 

Some teenagers remember the time they were paid in pizza to act as the ghosts rumored to haunt the place. The show had perhaps even created several unique characters that were unknown to everyone before airing the show. They had for instance the wife of one of the doctors, Ellison, who was consumed by tuberculosis haunting the place, and the ghost of the Pig Man as well. 

Question is: Did the show create the haunted rumors, or did the haunted rumors just inspire the show? 

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The buried history of Tranquille 

Tranquille: A Timeline 

Vanishing B.C. Tranquille – Kamloops 

The deep, dark and mysterious history of Tranquille Sanatorium and psychiatric institution | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan’s News Source

Sanatorium near Kamloops one of Canada’s most haunted places – Vancouver Is Awesome

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The Haunted Sanatorium of the Gotthard Abandoned in the Swizz Mountains

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Now long abandoned and left to decay in the Swizz forests, The Sanatorium of the Gotthard is said to still have some patients that never checked out. Is it really someone haunting the old hospital in the mountains?

In the shadow of Switzerland’s Gotthard Massif, with mountains looming over the misty dense pine forests, stands a decaying relic of the nation’s darker past. The Sanatorium of the Gotthard, near the village of Piotta, also called The Sanatorio Popolare Cantonale di Piotta, is more than a run, a place where history, death, and whispered legends have blurred into one lingering, malevolent presence.

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Today, its broken windows gape like hollow eyes, and ivy-strangled walls crumble beneath the weight of decades of silence. But those who have braved its abandoned corridors claim the building is anything but empty. According to legend, there is said to be a mountain of corpses in the basement of the sanatorium, and some of them are said to still be haunting the place. 

Sanatorio Popolare Cantonale di Piotta (1919)

A Sanatorium Built for the Afflicted

Constructed in the early 20th century, the sanatorium was originally designed to house tuberculosis patients, a common affliction in the Alpine regions due to the damp mountain air and close living conditions and opened in 1905. It was initiated by Fabrizio Maffi, who later became an Italian senator and fled to Switzerland. Just a year after its opening, the sanatorium went bankrupt for the first time.

Sanatorium of the Gotthards remote location, isolated in the hills, made it an ideal quarantine facility, but also the perfect setting for stories to ferment.

During World War I, the sanatorium’s role expanded. It began treating wounded and shell-shocked soldiers, men maimed not only in body but broken in spirit. It was here, according to local folklore, that the line between medicine and malevolence began to blur.

Among the most enduring and unsettling rumors is the tale of a nameless doctor who allegedly conducted experimental procedures on both TB sufferers and injured soldiers alike. Surgeries without anesthetic, grotesque experiments with electricity and cold therapy, and cruel psychological trials are said to have taken place within those bleak rooms. Though no official records confirm these claims, the sanatorium’s very architecture hints at secrets, a discreetly hidden morgue, unmarked underground tunnels, and sealed wings where sunlight no longer dares to enter.

Decades of Decay and Unease at the Gotthard Sanatorium

The Sanatorium of the Gotthard was quietly shuttered in 1961 as modern medicine outpaced its usefulness and the place faced economic hardships they would not overcome. Over the following 60 years, the building fell into disrepair, succumbing to the encroaching forest and harsh mountain winters. Yet even in its decay, it never quite fell silent.

Urban explorers and thrill-seekers drawn to its crumbling halls speak of disembodied voices, the sound of shuffling footsteps in empty rooms, and a lingering, oppressive chill that clings to the air like mist. Some claim to have seen pale figures watching from broken windows or glimpsed fleeting shadows in the peripheral dark. The sensation of being followed is nearly constant, and many leave with an inexplicable sense of dread.

Urban Explorers: The abandoned building has become a popular place for urban exploring and ghost hunters. // Source: Wendelin Jacober/Wiki

One widely retold account describes a man attempting to drive up the narrow road to the Sanatorium of the Gotthard, only to feel his car begin to roll backward on its own, as if some unseen force was physically repelling him from the site. Despite firming his grip on the steering wheel and applying the brakes, the car continued its slow, deliberate retreat down the road, stopping only when he gave up the attempt.

The Haunting Legacy of the Morgue

Perhaps the sanatorium’s most notorious feature is its basement morgue, where rows of rusting gurneys and shattered cabinets still linger, untouched for decades. Visitors report a sudden drop in temperature upon entering, and the unmistakable, sour scent of old antiseptic and decay — though the building has been abandoned for generations.

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Some locals insist that the spirits of those who perished in agony within these walls — from soldiers torn apart by war to TB patients abandoned by hope, remain trapped, their suffering bound to the place of their torment. There are also said that a doctor carried out demonic experiments on patients, said to be associated with the fictional character, Dr. Mabuse. Lights flicker in its hollow shell, and faint, mournful cries sometimes rise above the wind that rattles its ancient eaves.

A Warning Carried by the Wind

Even today, few locals will approach the sanatorium after nightfall. Hikers claim to hear whispers in the trees, and it’s said that animals avoid the path leading up to the ruined building. Storms seem to gather with unsettling speed over its roof, and the once-healing Alpine air turns cold and heavy as one nears its gates.

The Sanatorium of the Gotthard was sold from Canton Ticino to a Kazakh group of investors in 2016, wanting to turn it into a winter sports training center, although nothing has happened. 

In 2021, the “Corriere del Ticino” reported a strange ritual filmed in the ruins. The video shows a man who claims to be Swiss, dressed in black with a hood featuring a skull. He waves a (likely fake) skull in one hand and holds a notebook in the other, with a fire in front and small candles around it. What is happening in the old sanatorium today?

The Sanatorium of the Gotthard endures as one of Switzerland’s most chilling forgotten places, a decaying testament to human suffering, medical ambition, and the spirits that refuse to be forgotten. To wander its halls is to court the past — and perhaps meet whatever lingers in the shadows.

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Sanatorio Popolare Cantonale di Piotta – Wikipedia

https://www.satyrography.com/panoramas/sanatorium-gotthard/Sanatorium-Gotthard.html

Piotta TI: Verlassenes Sanatorium zieht Geisterjäger und Neugierige an

Dr. Mabuse – Wikipedia

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The Insane Ghosts Haunting the Aradale Lunatic Asylum

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Looming on top of a hill in Victoria, Australia, the former Aradale Lunatic Asylum cast long shadows for over a century. Something between a prison and a hospital, many of the patients, or inmates as they were called, never left. 

Aradale Lunatic Asylum used to be a place where the boundaries between sanity and madness were blurred. Built in the late 1800s in Ararat, a rural city in south-west Victoria, Australia, the asylum was once the largest mental institution in the southern hemisphere, housing thousands of patients over the years, although it was designed for few hundreds. 

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Perhaps to no one’s surprise, the Aradale Lunatic Asylum is now believed to be haunted and behind the walls of this imposing structure, there were stories of neglect, abuse, and tragedy that have left an indelible mark on Australia’s haunted past. 

Aradale Lunatic Asylum: Aradale was initially constructed as the Ararat Lunatic Asylum between 1864 and 1867 to a design attributed to the Public Works Department architect JJ Clark under the direction of William Wardell. The earliest buildings include the vast main building with its towers, the kitchen and dining room block, the gate lodges and extensive remnants of the encircling ha-ha wall. //Source: Wiki

Brief History of Aradale Lunatic Asylum

Aradale Lunatic Asylum was established in 1865 as a place to house the “insane” of Victoria. People had flocked to the area in the 1800s in the Gold Rush that ran out in the 1880s. The asylum was built on a sprawling 67-acre estate in Ararat, about 200 kilometers from Melbourne. The asylum was designed to be self-sufficient, with its own farm, bakery, laundry, and even a chapel over 70 different buildings. At its peak, Aradale had a population of over 1,000 patients, many of them criminally insane.

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The Aradale Lunatic Asylum was initially created to provide care for the mentally ill, but it soon became overcrowded, and patients were subjected to inhumane treatment. As Australia was founded as a prison colony, there were a lot of inmates, and some more insane than others. Usually, the mentally ill served time in common prisons, but this place needed someplace safe to put the criminally insane as well as the lawfully ‘lunatics’. 

The Old Aradale Lunatic Asylum: circa 1900

The asylum was notorious for its use of electroconvulsive therapy and other forms of brutal “treatments” that left patients traumatized and scarred. The asylum was also known for its high death rate, with many patients dying from neglect, malnutrition, and disease.

Despite its dark history, Aradale Lunatic Asylum remained operational until 1993, when it was finally closed down due to changes in mental health care practices. In 2001, it became a campus of the Melbourne Polytechnic. 

Today, the abandoned asylum stands as a grim reminder of a bygone era, and its decaying buildings and haunting atmosphere attract visitors from around the world.

Ghost Town: The estate of Aradale Lunatic Asylum was huge, and worked almost like a little village.

Dark events and mistreatment of patients

Aradale Lunatic Asylum has a dark history of mistreatment and neglect of patients. The asylum was overcrowded, and patients were often subjected to brutal “treatments” that left them traumatized and scarred. Electroconvulsive therapy, insulin shock therapy, and lobotomies were all used as treatments for mental illness, despite their harmful effects on patients.

Insulin Shock Therapy: Insulin shock therapy is terminated by administration of glucose through a ‘gavage’ tube, in Lapinlahti Hospital, Helsinki in 1950’s

In addition to the brutal treatments, patients at Aradale Lunatic Asylum were subjected to neglect and abuse. Many patients were left to languish in their own filth, and some were even chained to their beds for days at a time. The asylum’s staff was known for their cruelty, and patients were often subjected to physical and emotional abuse.

In 1991, Health Department Victoria received an anonymous tip off regarding how badly things were at Aradale. Allegations include sexual and physical abuse, unprofessional medical procedures, unprofessional nursing practice, fraud, and theft of both inmate and Government funds and property.

They found that the average length of stay at Aradale for psychiatric patients is 23.3 years, or 54 times the acceptable WHO International Standard of 150 days.

Haunted Stories and Paranormal Activities from the Asylum

Aradale Lunatic Asylum is known for its haunted stories and paranormal activities. From its opening to closure, some say that over 13 000 people died in the asylum. Official sources claim there were about 3000. Over the years, visitors and paranormal investigators have reported strange occurrences, including unexplained noises, apparitions, and feelings of being watched. Many people believe that the asylum is haunted by the ghosts of former patients and staff.

The Ghost of Governor Fiddimont

One of the most famous ghost stories from Aradale Lunatic Asylum is a governor said to be haunting some stairs close to the Old Underground Kitchen. George Fiddimont was the last Governor of the gaol (prison) that the asylum was built around. In 1886, George was showing two ladies around the asylum after accepting a prisoner and was walking down some stairs. While walking, he fell and died of a heart attack at the foot of the stairs. 

He was only Governor for a year, but after his sudden death, it is said that he is behind the heavy footsteps of hobnailed boots you can hear on those stairs. But when they go to check who is coming down the stairs, there is no one there. 

The Curious Case of Gary Webb

As mentioned, a lot of the patients were actually inmates and considered criminally insane, but needed to serve their time in something else than a normal prison. His real name was Garry Ian Patrick David, born in 1954 in Melbourne and had a troubled childhood. His journey with Aradale Lunatic Asylum all started when he tried to rob a pizza shop in 1982 in Rye, Victoria. As he was fleeing, he shot a police officer and the owner of the shop. The police officer lived, the woman owning the pizza shop ended in a wheelchair. Gary was caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison. 

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He could have gotten out much earlier, but he started to write these weird letters to the media. One was titled Blueprint for Urban Warfare where he told about horrible things he would do if he ever got out like massacres, bombing buildings, poisoning water supplies and having cigarette machines dispensing fingers. People started to worry and they passed a law to keep him locked up for the rest of his life. 

His behavior became more erratic and he started to harm himself, landing him in the hospital over 70 times He self mutilated, swallowing razor blades and corrosive liquids, hammering nails into his feet and even castrated himself three times, where the third time, they were unable to attach his penis. 

After he died at 38 in 1993 after swallowing razor blades, it is believed he stayed in the asylum he never escaped from, haunting his former room at Aradale Lunatic Asylum. Those who have visited the room have heard someone screaming at them to get out as well as a push, trying to get them out the door. 

The Haunted Superintendent Office

Those walking past the room that used to be the former Superintendent at Aradale Lunatic Asylum have come back with strange tales. It’s more of a feeling and sensation than something they see or hear. 

Some believe it must be the energy of Dr. William L. Mullen who was the medical superintendent. Severely depressed, he ended his life by swallowing cyanide in 1912. He was found in his bed by his housekeeper the next morning. 

Why he did this is not known to the public. He had lost his first wife a little over a year before his death. He had remarried three weeks before his death, but still chose to end his life and is thought to haunt the asylum. 

Nurse Kerry in the Women’s Ward

It’s not just a single room or hallway said to be haunted by Nurse Kerry, but the entire ward. Guides and visitors claim to have seen a woman wearing an old fashioned nurse uniform and her heels are clicking in the halls as she is still going about her duty in her afterlife. She is seen vanishing into thin air as she passes through the thick stone walls and whispering softly to her patients as she did in life. 

Although she is said to be a helpful ghost at Aradale Lunatic Asylum, people also claim to feel a tingling sensation in their head when entering into the shock therapy room and the surgery theaters. 

Nurse Kerry is probably a name given after she started appearing as a ghost, but it is said that she used to work at the asylum in the 1800s, said to might have died of typhoid. 

The Notorious J Ward for the Criminals

Another ward thought to be haunted is the notorious J Ward where they kept the criminally insane. It used to be The County Gaol before temporarily being a place where they kept the criminally insane. The temporary solution ended up lasting for a long time. People report feeling suddenly ill and full of terror as they enter the building. There are those claiming to have been bitten or pusheed as they walk through the J Ward. 

The haunting from the ward could come from numerous people that were kept here. Some say that it is the ghosts of three prisoners who were hanged and buried on the property. Because they weren’t buried properly with graves only marked with three scratches on the prison wall, they are lingering. 

There are listed three executions on the J Ward, of Andrew Vere in 1870 who shot and killed a person, serial killer Robert Francis Burns in 1883 and Henry Morgan in 1884 who cut throat murdered 10 year old Margaret Nolan after sexually assaulting her. 

All three executed prisoners were buried within the walls of the prison in accordance with the Criminal Law and Practice Statute 1864 and are now laid to rest in Old Ararat Cemetery in marked graves. 

Aradale Lunatic Asylum – a cautionary tale

Aradale Lunatic Asylum is a cautionary tale of the mistreatment of the mentally ill and the dangers of unchecked power. One often think that this type of institutionalised tortur only happened back in the olden days, but the last damning report of the asylum was only a couple of decades ago.  

The asylum’s dark history is a reminder of the importance of treating mental illness with care and compassion, and of the need for oversight and accountability in mental health care practices. As we explore the abandoned halls of Aradale, we are reminded of the lives that were lost and the suffering that occurred within its walls. 

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The Haunted Hilo Memorial Hospital and the Ghost Children from the Deadly Fire

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The legend says that after a deadly fire that took the lives of the children in the nursery as well as the nurses, the ghost of the children can be heard playing and crying in the Hilo Memorial Hospital in Hawaii. What really is the truth behind these ghostly tales?

In Kaumana, Hilo, an old, nearly forgotten hospital sits shrouded in mystery and ghostly rumors. Built in the 1890s, this hospital on the Big Island of Hawaii was once a place of healing, but over time, its reputation has been overshadowed by chilling tales of the supernatural. 

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Now partially destroyed due to a fire that gutted much of the structure, the Haunted Hospital of Hilo, as it has come to be known, stands as a silent witness to tragedy—both real and imagined.

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The History of the Hilo Memorial Hospital

Hilo Memorial Hospital, as it was once known as, was constructed in the Italian Renaissance palace architectural style. When it opened, patients were transferred from an older facility, which was subsequently dismantled. Its materials were repurposed to create outbuildings for the new hospital, such as servant quarters, a cook’s cottage, and a nurse’s dormitory. For many years, it operated as the primary medical center for the town and surrounding plantations.

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However, as with many old buildings, the hospital eventually closed its doors. It used for a long time after its closing to house Hawai’i Island Adult Care, providing daytime services for the elderly. But despite its current use, the haunted stories that have surrounded this place for decades refuse to fade away.

The Tragic Fire and the Haunting Nursery

According to local legend, years ago, a catastrophic fire broke out in the Hilo Hospital nursery. The fire is said to have been so fierce that it burned several babies and their nurses alive. The souls of those who perished in the blaze are rumored to haunt the hospital’s remains, forever bound to the place of their tragic end.

Visitors to the abandoned parts of the hospital claim they’ve heard the unmistakable cries of infants echoing through the crumbling halls. Disembodied footsteps and strange noises—scratches, taps, and soft weeping—have been reported by those brave enough to explore the site after dark. Some say that on certain nights, the overwhelming smell of burning flesh still lingers in the air, a grim reminder of the tragedy that supposedly occurred there.

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But did this fire ever really happen? Strangely, despite the vividness of the legend, there is no solid evidence—no documented date, no records, and no newspaper reports—confirming that such a fire ever took place. Even long-time Hilo residents and historians have been unable to verify the event, raising questions about whether this tragedy is rooted in fact or merely a tale passed down through generations.

The Spirits of the Elders and Ghostly Children

The hospital may have closed, but the stories of its hauntings have persisted through the years, even as the building found new life as a care center for the elderly. Lizby Logsdon, a Community Outreach coordinator at Hawai’i Island Adult Care, spoke to the Keolamagazine in 2016 about the haunted rumors: 

“Yes, there are ghosts,” says Lizby Logsdon. “Most people would agree. I haven’t heard anything recently, but it’s not uncommon for the elders to hear children outside playing when there are no children outside.” “One evening, I had to go back into the Golden Heart Wing,” she recalled. “Just upon getting to that entrance, I kind of got the oojies. I found a line of crayons between the tables, heading into the shower room.” When she returned to her colleagues, they noticed her pale face and asked if she had seen a ghost.
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Staff members and some of the elderly patients have also reported hearing the distant laughter of children outside, playing in areas that are otherwise empty. Could it be the spirits of the children said to have perished in the fire, or are these apparitions tied to something even older, something deeper in the land’s history?

A Ghost Story Without Evidence

Despite the chilling stories and firsthand accounts of paranormal experiences, the truth behind the Haunted Hospital of Hilo remains elusive. No concrete evidence exists to confirm the fire that allegedly destroyed the nursery, and none of the local historical archives mention such a catastrophic event. Nonetheless, the hospital’s reputation as one of Hilo’s most haunted places endures.

Even without documentation, the experiences of those who have worked in and around the building suggest that something unusual lingers within its walls. From phantom cries to shadowy figures, the hospital seems to be a place where the line between the living and the dead blurs, a place where the past refuses to let go. So if not by a deadly fire, where does these ghostly children that are said to haunt the old hospital come from?

The Future of the Haunted Hospital

Some Hilo residents express concerns over future plans to develop the land around the former hospital, perhaps fearing that whatever spirits may be resting there might not take kindly to further disturbance.

The Haunted Hospital of Hilo may never fully reveal its secrets. Whether the stories are true or simply local legends passed down through time, one thing is certain: the hospital, with its crumbling walls and ghostly reputation, will continue to captivate the imaginations of those who hear its tale.

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The Haunting Secrets of Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla

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The Indira Gandhi Medical College is located deep in the mountainous Shimla in India. The college campus as well as the road leading up to the school are thought to be haunted.

In the scenic lap of Shimla, the prestigious Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) stands as both a medical college as well as a hospital. Established in 1966, it initially bore the name “Medical College, Shimla” and was housed in the former Snowdon Hospital. 

IGMC, or इंदिरा गांधी राजकीय आयुर्विज्ञान महाविद्यालय और अस्पताल began its journey in the early 1960s, slowly growing into one of Himachal Pradesh’s preeminent medical institutions. Initially offering only MBBS classes, it progressed with time. 

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Over the years, it evolved, and in 1984, it was rechristened as Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla. Today, it is the largest medical set up in not only Shimla, but the whole of Himachal Pradesh. 

The Campus on the Hillside: Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) is a state-owned medical college and hospital in Shimla. It was established in 1966 as the Himachal Pradesh Medical College (HPMC), and assumed the present name in 1984.// Source

Mysteries Beyond Medicine at Indira Gandhi Medical College

There exists an eerie and mysterious side to Indira Gandhi Medical College though and talks about paranormal experiences. It is said that patients, their families, doctors, and staff have encountered inexplicable incidents that lend an aura of mystery to the institution. The corridors, lifts, and rooms have become the stage for bizarre occurrences. 

Strange noises, unexplained voices, and unsettling sensations have become a part of daily life for some within the college. Some claim they have had their names called out, only to turn and not see anyone there. 

Visitors and personnel alike have described sensations of being pushed from behind while coming up and down some of the staircases. Some claim they have been stuck in the lifts for hours without it being anything wrong with them. 

The collective belief holds that these perplexing activities are attributed to the lingering spirits of individuals who have met their fate within the hospital’s walls. Although the motives for these spirits to haunt the college remain uncertain, their presence has created an air of trepidation that envelops the premises.

The Haunted Road to IGMC

Not only is the building itself haunted, but it is also claimed that the road up to the hospital and college is also believed to be haunted. The forest road leading to the institution is not devoid of eerie legends, although not connected to the hospital legends at all. 

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In the 1960s, it is said that a man who sold oranges along this very road met a tragic end while he was working. Some have claimed to witness his apparition while walking there. Clutching his basket of oranges, the spectral vendor appears, though he does not inflict harm on those who encounter him.

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The Crescent Hotel Dark and Haunting Stories

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The Crescent Hotel in Arkansas started and ended the 20th century as a luxury hotel among the many healing springs it is known for. In between it was also known as a notorious experimental cancer hospital, women’s college and an abandoned building. This has created a multitude of ghost legends. 

A beautiful spring day in the Ozark Mountains, a couple was trying to check into Room 221 at the old and historic Crescent Hotel. They walk out the elevator on the second floor and are greeted by a man wearing an all black Victorian style outfit. He asks if they need any help finding the room and they follow him, believing him to be an employee in uniform. He leads them to their room and unlocks the door, standing outside smiling, tilting his head from side to side. When they entered, they remembered they hadn’t tipped him and turned around, but he had disappeared. 

Thinking nothing more of this, they spent the rest of the day in the room, only leaving for dinner in the evening. But when they tried to reenter the room in the evening, their card didn’t work. When they asked about it at the front desk, they told them they had gotten the wrong card, as it was for Room 321. Confused, they told about the employee that had helped them. The front desk told them, perhaps knowing full well what had happened: “We don’t have a staff member like that working here”.

A Cure for Wellness at Crescent Hotel

Near the edge of the Ozark National Forest in northern Arkansas mountain region, the Crescent Hotel used to be famous for its healing springs around the city, now it is notorious for its eerie atmosphere and extensive ghost stories that it has accumulated over the years. 

The Native Americans had known about these springs for ages and when bottled water from the springs sold well in the 1800s, people started to flock to the place and by 1881 it was the fourth largest city in Arkansas and a hotel was needed to accommodate the people. 

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Since its grand opening in 1886 with all the famous people of the time, this historic hotel has been a hotbed of paranormal activity, earning its reputation as one of the most haunted hotels in the United States within many of the 78 rooms. 

A Haunted Christmas Eve Like No Other

Among its myriad spectral tales, one particular story from Christmastime continues to mystify and intrigue visitors to this day.

It was during one particularly festive Christmas season when an unusual event unfolded within the grand confines of the Crescent Hotel. Guests had gathered to marvel at the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in the hotel’s opulent dining room, adorned with sparkling ornaments and surrounded by an array of carefully wrapped gifts. The tree stood as a beacon of holiday cheer, its lights casting a warm glow over the historic hall. The room known as The Crystal Dining was closed off during the night. 

However, the serene holiday setting was soon disrupted by a perplexing occurrence. One morning, guests and staff were astounded to discover that the entire Christmas tree, along with all its packages, had been inexplicably moved to the opposite side of the room. The initial reaction was one of confusion and disbelief. Who could have orchestrated such a prank without leaving any trace of their actions?

The next morning again, the tree and packages had moved again with the chairs circling it like a new holiday symbol they were facing. 

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As the guests pondered this mysterious relocation, whispers began to spread about sightings of ghostly figures. Several visitors reported seeing apparitions dressed in elegant Victorian attire wandering through the dining room. These spectral figures, seemingly from a bygone era, appeared to be in high spirits, as if engaged in their own Yuletide celebration. Witnesses described the phantoms as playful, with a mischievous gleam in their ghostly eyes, and it was believed that they were responsible for the eerie rearrangement of the room.

The following day, as the Crescent Hotel staff arrived to restore order, they found that everything had mysteriously returned to its original position. The tree and the gifts were once again exactly where they had been before the supernatural intervention. It was as if the ghostly revelers had finished their fun and tidied up before vanishing into the ether.

Year Round Haunting in the Crystal Dining Room

But it wasn’t only this one Christmas day that the Dining room felt like someone was haunting it as dancing and festive people in Victorian clothing can be spotted year round, the golden era of the Crescent Hotel. It is especially here in the room known as the Crystal Dining Room that a lot of the ghost stories come from. Employees could return in the morning and find the menus scattered throughout the room with everything else in place, well knowing that no one else had been inside it. 

A story often circulating comes from a waitress that worked in the Crystal Dining Room. Once, as she was tidying plates, taking orders and bringing food, the waitress caught her own reflection in a mirror between the dining room and the kitchen. Looking back was a man and woman wearing Victorian clothing, facing each other like for a wedding. As the groom caught her gaze, they both disappeared. The waitress quit her job right after. 

Another thing often seen and heard in the room is when a man wearing Victorian clothing again sits at a table by the windows alone. When asked what he’s doing by the unsuspected staff, he answers: “I saw the most beautiful woman here last night and I am waiting for her to return.”

Many of the stories we know of are told by the cook of the Crescent Hotel, Steve Garrison was just slicing up vegetables in the kitchen of the dining room when he saw a little boy. The little boy was weaning old fashioned clothes and knickers skipping around in the kitchen. Another morning as he was turning on the lights all of the pots and pans flew off the hooks and onto the floor. Garrison also would like to point out that he never drinks at all.

The Many Ghosts of The Crescent Hotel

The ghosts of the Crescent Hotel are numerous and varied, like Clifton “Brecki”, the 4 year old child of Richard and Mary Breckenridge Thompson who died in the hotel because of appendicitis, bouncing his ball throughout the Crescent Hotel, wanting to play with the children in the hotel. In the halls there is a waiter carrying butter, or Dr. John Freemont Ellis, who was the hotel’s in-house doctor in the late 19th century with his cherry tobacco smelling close to his office, now turned into room 212. 

In many of the rooms, guests experience strange things as they stay there. A couple said they had been sleeping only with the sheet. The husband woke up and found the comforter having been tucked over them. This happened three more times that night. 

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There are also ghosts and things that happen that people seem unable to explain that have no names or history. Each spirit carries a story, adding to the tapestry of paranormal phenomena that envelops the hotel. Let’s have a closer look at some of them:

Morris the Cat Haunting the Crescent Hotel

Many of the ghosts are said to be old ghosts from the Victorian era to pre war times. One of the youngest ghosts though is said to not be a human though, but a ginger tabby cat. Morris, the cat known as the Hotel General Manager for 21 years, was beloved by guests and staff alike. There have been many cats at the hotel, but no one as famous as Morris who came in 1973. When he died over 300 attended his funeral when he was buried on the property. 

Today his picture is in the Crescent Hotel lobby and on the east lawn his headstone can be seen. But it is also said that his ghost can be seen and heard sneaking around the hotel and many guests have reported about a feeling of something feeling like a cat rubbing up against their leg.

Micheal’s Ghost in Room 218

When they built the Crescent Hotel, they brought many stonemasons from Ireland when they started construction in 1884. One of these was a 17-year old, that at least today goes by as Micheal. 

There is also said to be an Irish stone mason who fell to his death in the 1880s when they were building the hotel. He was said to have been attractive and flirtatious and died when he tried to get a woman’s attention allegedly. This is also said to have lasted in his afterlife and he is known for tapping women’s shoulders and even pulling back their shower curtain. 

Where he died is now room 218 and it is said it is one of the most paranormal active rooms at the Crescent Hotel. It is said the red-haired ghost is the most spotted one and the staff simply refer to the well known entity haunting the place as Michael today. 

Guests that have stayed at the place claim to have seen hands coming out of the bathroom mirror, and the screaming of a man in the ceiling falling. The lights and TV go on and off, the door is opening and closing, sometimes even being difficult to even open again. 

Guests sleeping say they have been shaken awake, felt dizzy and nauseated staying in the room or even just passing by, and there is banging on the walls. Once, a guest ran screaming out from the room, claiming to have seen blood splatter all over the walls. 

Crescent College and the Screaming Student

The Crescent Hotel’s haunted reputation is rooted in a history fraught with tragedy and intrigue. Built in 1886 as a luxury resort for the affluent that enjoyed the healing waters in the day, and the elaborate parties in the evening, it later served various roles, including as a girl’s college and a hospital. When some of the tourism to the healing springs dried up at the turn of the century, they made it into The Crescent College and Conservatory for Young Money in the off season to bring in money in 1908 to 1924.

From the time as a college student, people claim to see a young woman that is haunting from the time. This is a bit vague story, but it is said she was a love-struck student and is said to have either jumped or pushed off the third or fourth floor balcony on the east side where she died. 

Those staying close to the balcony report hearing screams as someone is falling, seeing her fall or looking up to the balcony where a shadowy figure is looking back at them. 

The Crescent Hotel as the Baker Cancer Clinic

The most infamous chapter in its history occurred in the 1930s, when the Crescent Hotel closed down in 1934 when the Great Depression hit the tourism business in full. But there were still people in need of a cure for wellness, but this time, it was a cure for cancer that was offered.

In 1937 it was transformed into a cancer hospital by a charlatan named Norman Baker that is seen in the hotel lobby at times, wearing his signature lavender tie and purple shirt. Baker had a strange background as a vaudeville actor, inventor and was a self made millionaire, running a radio show in Iowa. He had already fled to Mexico from Iowa for a time after practicing without a medical license, but now he was back in America about to start his most horrifying adventure. 

He started to claim he had a cure for cancer through his radio show. All five test patients who took the elixir he had made for cancer ended up dead. It was an injectable with a combination of ground-up watermelon seeds, corn silk, clover, water, glycerin, peppermint, and traces of carbolic acid—which he called “Secret Formula Number 5.” 

Baker’s fraudulent treatments and the suffering of his patients are said to have left a lingering aura of despair and unrest.

The Experiments in the Basement and the Morgue

Dr Baker was examining cancer patients in the basement as he was charging their families off all their life savings, making millions of them. A lot of the hotel’s haunted stories come from this time.

At the time on the 3rd floor, they built an annex into the Crescent Hotel that has seen some strange phenomena in later times. Guests seem to have a physical reaction to it, feeling faint and some are even passing out for a moment. It is said to happen very infrequently, sometimes going months and years between each time it happens, sometimes it happens weekly. 

Especially in 2019, when archaeologists found hundreds of bottles of Baker’s “secret formula” and jars of bits and pieces he had surgically removed from patients. Dr. Baker wasn’t known to operate on patients though. According to those working there, it looks like something has stirred up some of the paranormal energy that has been lingering and they claim that sightings of ghosts and strange occurrences have become more frequent. 

How many died is uncertain, although it is certain he didn’t cure anyone. As many as hundreds of patients died during the time under his care. It wasn’t necessarily the cure that killed them, but it definitely happened because they didn’t do any other treatments. When they did die, Baker would write letters to their families and pretend the patient was still alive. 

When they used the old switchboard they used to receive phone calls from the empty basement where the patients agreed to pay for his services. It is also in this basement the ghost of Dr. Baker also has been seen. 

Next to the morgue area is the laundry room and a maintenance man saw once all the washers and dryers turn on in the middle of the night. The laundry room still has his autopsy table and walk-in-freezer. 

The sound of a gurney being pushed by a nurse wearing all white in what was known as the doctors morgue area in the basement is heard, its squeaking wheels and rattling echoing down the hall. It is only said to happen at 11 in the evening as this is when they used to move the deceased out of the hospital so they could do it discreetly without any of the other patients knowing. The apparition vanishes as soon as they reach the end of the hallway.

The hospital was shut down after a few years though, and he spent a couple of years in prison from 1941 to 1945 before being released. He then lived very comfortably in Florida until he died himself, from cancer in 1958. 

The Woman Haunting in Room 3500

One of the rooms that are said to be haunted from this area is the Room 3500 where guests have reported about a lady seemingly wearing what looks like a Victorian nightgown. Today it is one of the hotel’s luxury suites, but back then, it used to be the servants quarter before it was turned into a hospice area for the critically ill cancer patients. 

It is said that she is only standing at the foot of your bed and stares at you. Many claim that there are only women that can see her, and if a man is in the room with a woman, he is unaware of her presence. 

Theodora’s Room at 419

In room 419, the housekeepers keep seeing the ghost they call Theodora who is constantly seen fumbling with her keys. She introduces herself to them as a cancer patient and vanishes after her greeting. 

Those who meet her describe her as a prim and proper older lady. The housekeepers also sometimes happen to find the room tidied up by her before having time to do it themselves, but allegedly only if she enjoys the guests company. She has even been said to have packed the guests’ luggage. 

What is the Cause of the Haunting

What makes this particular Crescent Hotel more haunted than others? Over 35 000 Paranormal investigators come by almost every year to find out, but there is no conclusive evidence. So much has been discussed though they even have two weekends “Eureka Springs Paranormal Weekend” to discuss their findings. 

The Crescent Hotel certainly has many people passing by and even passing on, and some of its history, like the part of Dr. Baker, is so awful that it almost makes sense to be haunted. 

Some point to it being built in limestone that has a particular ability to absorb and release certain electromagnetic and psychic energies. Both the 18 inch thick walls as well as the very hilltop the hotel is built on is of limestone. There are many examples of this, although plenty of brick and wooden houses that are also said to be haunted. 

Some point to the mediums that have come and done a reading of the Crescent Hotel. They claim that the hotel acts like a portal to the other side, most likely because of Dr. Baker’s play with life and death. 

In the end, who can really tell. The Crescent Hotel remains a captivating destination for those intrigued by the paranormal. 

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The Many Hauntings of the Reina Sofia Museum

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Ominous messages from the ouija board, ghostly nuns and haunts the former General Hospital in Madrid. Now the Reina Sofia Museum houses modern art and paintings by Picasso and Dali, it also houses Madrid’s dark past. 

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain is said to be one of the most haunted places in the country as well as exhibiting one of the best collections of 20th century modern art. 

The museum opened in 1992 and was named after Queen Sofia of Spain and is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. In 2021 it was the most visited museum in Spain and the 8th most visited art museum in the world.  

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As well as musing at the works by Picasso, Dali among other of the big artists of that time. The most famous art piece inside is definitely Picasso’s Guerica, it is said to be a place to spot a ghost or two as well in the old building that has a very different origin than the fine art museum it is today. 

The Hospital for the Poor People Sent to Die

Long before it was used as an art museum with famous paintings adorning the walls, the building was used as a hospital. It was built in the 1600s on the orders of King Philip. 

It was the start of unifying hospitals to a general hospital and in the beginning it was also a homeless shelter as well as a hospital. The area they decided to build the grand hospital was known as the Atocha Olive Grove where there already was a hospital for the poor located.

In other words, it was a hospital for the poor people and it was in reality a place where they were sent to die. These types of hospitals had a horrible reputation and were the last place someone wanted to end up as you most likely wouldn’t walk out. 

The New General Hospital in Madrid

It was for a time the biggest institution with thousands of patients that had nowhere else to go. By the middle of the  18th century cared for almost 14,000 patients a year. The hospital always had patients coming in and was always at the limit and over of what they could offer in terms of health service. 

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It also was always in need of finances and in the end it was mostly financed by charity. And in the mid 17th century the income from bullfights financed many of the general hospitals in Spain.

The place operated as a hospital for almost 300 years before closing down as a hospital in 1969. 

What happened during the time as a Hospital

Who really knows the extent of what went on in the centuries the hospital was in operation. From the morbid medieval methods of medicine, countless of plagues throughout the times, the Spanish Inquisition as well as the Spanish Civil War were it is said the hospital was used as a place of torture and executions.

The Haunting of the Nuns

The people that worked there were mostly nuns, and it is those people who claim to haunt the halls as well as the patients that died. 

One of these events people claimed to have witnessed was the three nuns walking slowly side by side. They had their hands over their shoulders and their rosary at their waist. While walking they were singing a religious song. When they walked to the end og the corridor, they vanished into the thin air and the only thing left was the faint ringing of bells. 

The Bodies Discovered During Renovation

When the place was converted into the art gallery it is today, they did some major renovations of the place. During the renovations in 1982 the construction workers found plenty of human skulls and skeletons together with shackles and chains.  

They were found everywhere around the old hospital, especially in the garden and the surrounding areas.

During another stage of the rebuilding in 1990 they found many skeletons of children as well as allegedly finding three mummified nuns in one of the chapels. 

Atalúlfo the Ghost from the Ouija Board

Ghoulish screams and ghostly shapes wandering the halls are said to be some of the hauntings happening in the former hospital. There are also doors slamming shut seen by the security guards working the night shift. 

The cleaning personnel came in in the early morning and saw figures sitting on the benches in the patio and museum visitors that mistook ghosts for real living people.

Once a group of four museum guards wanted to have some fun in the long night shift and decided to try out a ouija board to test out the rumors about their workplace being true. 

They asked for contact and when asked the board spelled out that his name was Atalúlfo , and he came with a warning. He said he was a patient at the hospital and had been a madman as well as a murderer. When further questioned Atalúlfo said: “In a couple of days you are going to have a great misfortune. Get Ready”.

A couple of days later, one of the guard’s close relatives died in a traffic accident, and they never played the game again. The ghost of Atalúlfo continued to haunt and a guard tried to leave and filed a complaint where he blamed his anxiousness at work because of the disturbances caused by this ghost. 

One former employee even wrote a report after being denied a transfer. According to this report by  Raquel Arrogante Díaz, she had started to experience anxiety as soon as she started working right next to the famous painting of Guernica. She also started to hear voices and started to speak in a little girl’s voice, as if someone was manifesting their spirit through her body.

Paranormal Investigation by the Hepta Group

In 1992 a group of paranormal researchers known as The Hepta Group were allowed by the authorities to investigate these claims that the night guards spoke of. They were led by the well known priest José María Pilón and had an architect, physicists, a journalist and a photographer

The Hepta Group went down in the underground corridors, crypts and investigated the old walls. They came back with many tales, figures in the shadow, locked doors unlocking and opening. Mostly they talked about people in religious attire like a nun and monk in his robe wandering the halls.

There have also been complaints about the elevator malfunctioning that they would suddenly start and go up and down, making the security guards think there was a break in. When they went to investigate the elevators, there was no one there when the doors opened. There have also been reports about alarms going off for no reason.

A second investigation by the Hepta group was conducted in 1995. They tried to publish the story and it was published in the newspaper El Diario on April 21 the same year. It didn’t really cause a big stir as the publication of the ghosts in the Linares Palace nearby overshadowed it a bit and the story was slowly forgotten. 

The hauntings continued though with new witnesses constantly seeing ghostly figures, hearing shouts and voices coming from no one. 

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Ghostly Encounters at the Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda

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In a former sanatorium turned into a psychiatric hospital, there have been tales about hauntings for years. A culmination of all the tragic souls trapped there is said to be haunting the Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda’s abandoned building.

The Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda sanatorium in the Navacerrada mountains close to Madrid in Spain. The sanatorium was built in 1941 in Franco’s Spain to treat some of the very serious diseases that plagued the country. The hospital was also called La Barranca and later The Navacerrada Psychiatric Hospital.

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Patients suffering from tuberculosis, leprosy, polio and other heavy diseases were sent here to the Pinar de la Barranca. Illnesses like tuberculosis wouldn’t get a better cure until the 50s with the rise of antibiotics and was looked as like the white plague because of how the patients looked with the disease.  

At the time, cold and dry air was the best climate to treat it and is the reason why so many tuberculosis hospitals were built in the Sierra de Guadarrama area as with the case with Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda .  

Sanatoriums in Europe

A sanatorium is an old name for specialized hospitals that were made for specific ailments. They were often built in the countryside with plenty of fresh air in a healthy climate isolated from the outside world. Sanatoriums across Europe and America were very popular to treat tuberculosis until the discovery of antibiotics. 

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It could however also be a place for people to heal from things like alcoholism, nervous diseases like hysteria or emotional exhaustions. After medical advances the use of sanatoriums declined and many were abandoned in the mid 1900s often and has since gained a haunted reputation. 

Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda Closes

After these diseases were slowly but surely cured, the sanatorium was converted into a psychiatric hospital in 1950 before finally closing in 1995. 

The Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda was for a long time not completely closed off and it was an easy access to curious people that wanted to have a look. 

Inside they could find records of patients and treatments that hadn’t been cleared out as well as experiencing what some claim was something paranormal. 

The Haunting of the Sanatorium

The people that have decided to go inside of the abandoned Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda claim that they felt some sort of presence in the abandoned corridors and doors would open and close with some kind of force. 

The electrical devices they brought with them inside had a habit of stopping working. There are also those who claim to have seen lights that look like little lanterns walking around. 

Who are the ghosts Haunting Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda

But who are the ghosts still haunting the old Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda? There is not a single ghost that are talked about, rather a culmination of all the souls that passed the hospital is said to have left some sort of energy behind. There are however reports about people spotting distinctive figures haunting the place. 

There are said to be children running around in the corridor, playing a game that will last an eternity. There are also reports of old women wearing white clothes, looking confused. A mother has been spotted leaning out of the windows with a baby in her arms as well as the more vague footsteps and voices coming from the darkness. 

From what time these ghosts came from is uncertain. Was it from the time it was used as an anti-tuberculosis sanatorium or perhaps later when it was converted into a psychiatric hospital.

The Future of the Sanatorium

The building was big and could be used for many purposes. Why is it that no one put the old building in use? Was it because of the haunted rumors no one wanted to have a part in? Perhaps it was just because the location is far away from anything and inconvenient?

Today the place is only visited by vandals, paranormal seekers and spiritualists although the place is closed off for visitors and is punishable by a fine. 

In September 2020, the building made headlines when a man fell through two floors and hurt himself badly. He said he was there with friends to drink and do spiritualism to try to contact the afterlife. And in the effort, he almost went to the other side himself. 

In 2023 though, the national park the Sanatorium of Santo Angel de la Guarda is located in decided to demolish the building. Exactly when it happens though, is unclear but was believed that would be done during that year.

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The Haunted Hospital del Tórax de Terassa

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The old Hospital for respiratory illnesses in Spain are said to be haunted by the patients that suffered a slow and painful death. The Hospital del Tórax de Terassa has since been abandoned, but people keep finding strange and disturbing things that maybe should be left in the darkness. 

This eerie hospital is said to be home to a ghost that has been lurking around its halls for years. People have reported strange occurrences and unexplainable sightings that suggest this hospital is indeed haunted.

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A hospital that is said to be haunted is the Hospital del Tórax de Terassa in Catalonia, Spain that opened in 1952 closed in 1997 and was abandoned for years until 2004 when the city decided to remodel the building to be used for a residence wing as well as a location for horror movies. 

Recovery Center in the La Pineda Forest

The hospital used to be a hospital that specializes in respiratory illnesses for patients in Catalonia like lung cancer, fibrosis and the much feared tuberculosis and was when it opened the largest hospital in Europe that treated tuberculosis. And even if the illness was about to be practically eradicated, there were still a fair amount of cases in Spain in the 50s of the white plague. 

Abandoned Building: The Haunted Hospital del Tórax de Terassa or Sanatori de Terrassa is thought to be haunted by the patients that jumped to their death. //Source: Enric/wikimedia

The patients were in deep pain suffering a very slow and painful death trying to get better in the fresh air of the La Pineda forest close to Barcelona in an area known as Llano del Buen Aire. The city of Tarrasa was the city with the lowest incidence of tuberculosis in Catalonia as well.  

Hospital del Tórax de Terassa was primarily a recovery center and the climate the place gave was the perfect setting for the 18 month recovery process from tuberculosis. The terraces on every floor were perfect for the patients to sit outside in and breathe in the fresh air the place had to offer. 

Although Hospital del Tórax de Terassa was in a fresh place, it was a desolate place far away from the city, and the patients had to be months separated from their loved ones. 

The hospital from the 50s had around 1500 rooms that separated the lower-class from the upper-class. In 1970, when the tuberculosis patients slowly declined, the place was turned into a general hospital. 

The Use of Hospital del Tórax de Terassa

A sanatorium is an old name for specialized hospitals that were made for specific ailments. They were often built in the countryside with plenty of fresh air in a healthy climate isolated from the outside world. Sanatoriums across Europe and America were very popular to treat tuberculosis until the discovery of antibiotics. 

Read more: Check out all of our ghost stories from old hospitals like Hauntingly Beelitz-Heilstätten Hospital, Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital or Hauntings at the Weston State Hospital or the Trans-Allegheny Asylum

It could however also be a place for people to heal from things like alcoholism, nervous diseases like hysteria or emotional exhaustions. After medical advances the us of sanatoriums declined and many were abandoned in the mid 1900s often and has since gained a haunted reputation. 

The Nurses Caring for the Patients

The workload for the staff at Hospital del Tórax de Terassa must have been overwhelming, and there were around 50 nurses and nuns to take care of the over 1000 patients everyday that sometimes needed constant care. 

The caretakers and nurses at the hospital was a community of 25 Carmelite nuns that joined the hospital in 1954. Nuns have often a history of being the caretakers at hospitals, sanatoriums, orphanages and the likes in catholic countries like Spain, especially in the past.

The nuns left the hospital 20 years later though, due to the poor management of the hospital by the owners. Instead they hired inexperienced students from the nursing school that oftentimes took way more over their heads than they could offer in terms of being qualified to treat tuberculosis. 

The Many Deaths in “The Jungle”

For years the Hospital del Tórax de Terassa had the highest numbers of suicides in Spain. In one week when it was really bad, 21 people took their own lives while admitted to the hospital. 

The reasons for why varied. Some were just in so much pain that they weren’t able to take it anymore. Some were on a lot of drugs or some sort of psychosis. Some were just clinically depressed because of their long stay far away from anything as the patients were isolated completely from the world and the only form of contact was through the telephone and radio. 

It could also be because their family just dumped them there and they had nowhere to go once they were let out. Some knew that they would never be better and decided they would slowly waste away in the hospital bed. 

The legend says that the patients jumped from the ninth floor and into the garden. This garden was nicknamed The Jungle because of the horrible screams that could be heard before another body hit the ground.  

The Jungle is said to be a haunted place by the former patients of Hospital del Tórax de Terassa that jumped to their death even to this day. According to legend it is said you can still hear their dying last screams from falling or the excruciating moans and pain from those that didn’t immediately die from the fall. 

The Dark Magic Done in The Chapel

The 9th floor and the garden outside is not the only place the ghosts are haunting in the former sanatorium. According to those investigating they have found strange paranormal activity in the old chapel. 

According to some legends, there was dark magic going on inside of the chapel done by the people working there as well as some of the patients. Some claim it was even a place for satanic rituals, as many abandoned buildings are accused of.

Although whether that is true or not, has never really been found out.   

The Fetus in a Jar and Other Strange Things Left Behind

It is not only ghosts that creeps people out about the former hospital as it is also a location that serves those wanting a perfect place to shoot a horror movie as the place is now used as the Audiovisual Park of Catalonia.  

There are also creepy remains from the time it served as a hospital. In 2004 the police arrested a young man with something horrible in his possession found at the hospital. He had a fetus sealed in a jar filled with formaldehyde that he claimed he found on the 5th floor. 

Who the fetus came from, why it was on the 5th floor of Hospital del Tórax de Terassa and to what purpose, no one knows. 

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The Haunted History of Sierra Sky Ranch in Yosemite

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The old Sierra Sky Ranch in the Sierra Nevada Mountains has had many people coming and going. From the tragic death of a farm hand to the victims of terminally ill tuberculosis patients, this historical hotel has some guests that never checked out. 

The Sierra Sky Ranch has stood witness to the ebb and flow of time ten miles from the south entrance to Yosemite National Park since its inception in 1875 and the original ranch house from 1900.

What began as a humble cattle ranch in the Sierra Nevada Mountains ended up as the area’s largest one before metamorphosed into a sanatorium for those afflicted by the scourge of tuberculosis in the 1930s until the 1940s. 

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The corridors of Sierra Sky Ranch echoed with the footsteps of children, innocent souls grappling with a relentless disease. From its time as a sanatorium it housed terminally ill patients until after the second world war when it was a halfway house for survivors.

Sierra Sky Ranch: The old ranch house has gone through many stages and today it operates as a hotel. According to sone, it is also a haunted hotel. //Source

Transitioning through the years, the ranch extended its healing touch to World War II veterans before evolving into the 29-room hotel it is today—a hotel that not only provides shelter to the living but also harbors the lingering spirits of the past.

Mostly the guests notice that a ghost could be haunting the room because of the smell of a perfume without anyone there, a piano that starts playing by itself and mysterious cloud-like things entering the room. There are also strange silhouettes that make guests and staff believe that the hotel is at least haunted by five different ghosts. 

The Ghost of the Farm Hand Elmer

The first and most likely the oldest ghost haunting the Sierra Sky Ranch hotel is thought to be Elmer, who was the original ranch hand when the ranch first opened. 

It is said old Elmer spent so much time in solitude and he started to drink and ended his life by hanging himself in a back tree at the property. Why he did as he did, no one knows, some claim that his home was sold off and he had no place to go. 

Another version of this story is that his ax slipped when chopping wood and he severed the main artery in his legs. He called for help but no one heard him and he bled to death. 

Many claim they can still hear his boots walking in the halls as well feeling a certain presence when they drink at the bar at Sierra Sky Ranch. 

The Haunted Bar: By the old bar at Sierra Sky Ranch it is believed that the old Elmer is haunting and has been seen wandering by the guests and staff. Source

The Ghost of the Nurse Sarah

Another ghost said to haunt the ranch is from the time when Sierra Sky Ranch was used as a sanatorium. Sarah was supposedly a nurse tending to the terminal patients and said to have a kind and calm presence, even in the way she is haunting the place. 

It is this ghost people write mostly about in the red guest book they use to collect all the strange and ghostly encounters guests have at Sierra Sky Ranch.  

The Ghosts of the Sickly Children

Sierra Sky Ranch is no stranger to the whispers of the supernatural, with reports of spectral activity painting an eerie portrait of its haunted legacy. At the heart of these ethereal tales are the “phantom children,” spirits of a bygone era who continue to frolic and play within the confines of the hotel. Guests and staff alike recount the unmistakable sounds of giggles and whispers reverberating through the halls.

A pair of ghosts are said to have been siblings in life, and are haunting together in their afterlife. They are said to be mischievous children that are playing and moving objects as the sound of them laughing and running is heard. 

Guests complain about the sound of children when there is no one there, or wake up and find two ghostly small silhouettes by the end of their beds. Staff finds doors they closed opened and objects around the hotel misplaced. 

A Night at the Haunted Sierra Sky Ranch

In the quiet corners and dimly lit corridors of Sierra Sky Ranch, the past asserts its presence as more and more ghosts are talked about. A World War II soldier in the library, ghosts from its Hollywood heydays as a luxury resort in the honeymoon suits. 

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As guests traverse the realms of the living and the spectral, the haunted history of this Yosemite haven continues to unfold—a testament to the enduring legacy of those who once sought refuge within its walls.

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