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Terrell State Hospital. Terrell State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital located in Terrell, Texas, United States. Opened in 1885, it was originally known as the North Texas Lunatic Asylum. [1] The original hospital building was built according to the Kirkbride Plan. [2]
Designated PHMC. October 7, 1987 [3] Harrisburg State Hospital, formerly known from 1851 to 1937 as Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was Pennsylvania's first public facility to house the mentally ill and disabled. Its campus is located on Cameron St. and Arsenal Blvd, and operated as a mental hospital until 2006.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Constructed 1858–1881. Opened to patients 1864. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia and known by other names such as West Virginia Hospital for the Insane and Weston State Hospital. The asylum was open to patients from October 1864 until May 1994.
This Fort Worth community is haunted by the effects of racism, decisions of the past. Carol Roark. February 25, 2023 at 6:00 AM. Victor Neil, a friend and vice president of marketing and ...
Take a virtual tour of the country by seeing the most haunted houses in every state. There are grand mansions and quaint historic homes, but they have one thing in common: a lot of ghosts.
The Western State Hospital Complex is a national historic district that encompasses 22 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures. Notable buildings include the Dairy Barn (1927-1930, 1952), Milk House (1946), Boiler Plant (c. 1895), coal trestle (c. 1899), Wheary Building (1935), Laundry and Personnel Quarters (1865), Male and Female Patient Wards (Building #36, 1875), Byrd Building ...
Thrillvania is an immersive haunted house theme park located in Terrell, Texas. [1] [2] The park consists of 50 acres, and is considered a major international horror theme park. [3] [4] [5] Created by Lance Pope in 1996, Thrillvania was one of the first haunted house parks to use film special effects such as animatronics and pyrotechnics.
Old Book. Old Book is the name given to a purported ghost or spirit that haunts a cemetery and tree on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. While rumors of ghosts and ghost stories are highly speculative, the Old Book tale has been documented many times. Among those documenting the tale is the first director of the ...