Haunted Asylums Prisons And Sanatoriums

Recounts supernatural encounters from ten well-known U.S. institutions, including West Virginia Penitentiary and St. Albans Sanatorium, in a work that features photographs, highlights from site tours, and historical information.

Deep within the soul of all of us, lies an intense fear. It could be the fear of death...or of a small, cramped place that stays dark even during the daylight hours. For some, those fears live on even after death. Take a personal tour of 29 of the world's most haunted prisons, hospitals, and asylums. Visit Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Auschwitz, Norwhich State Hospital, Eastern State Penitentiary, Preston Castle, Alcatras, The Tower of London, Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks, and more. Learn the personal stories of the patients and prisoners who called these places home, the chilling histories of these monuments to suffering, and gain a unique insight into the reasons their spirits remain behind.

Journey inside the eerie hospitals, asylums, and sanatoriums that ghostly residents refuse to leave. Mark Leslie and Rhonda Parrish share spooky stories from across Canada, the United States, and the world.

Stories of the Damned: Inside the Haunted Prisons, Wards, and Crazy Houses... Claim Your FREE Bonuses After the Conclusion! Mental hospitals and prison wards are among the most haunted places on the planet. No one knows why this is true, but it's a fact that has proven itself all over the world. It seems that when prisoners - either prisoners of society or people imprisoned in their own minds - live anywhere for an extended period of time, a haunting is soon to follow. And that's where this book comes in. In it, we are going to explore a variety of mental hospitals, asylums, prisons, and other haunted wards from all over the world. We'll examine the horrifying events which led to the haunting, then we'll study the strange yet terrifying events that prove the haunting is real. Come with me on a journey across the world, searching for and examining the best of all the haunted asylums and prison wards we can find. With a haunting, there's no forgetting the past or moving on from things that once happened. You are constantly reminded of the horror each person in the situation faced, and are unable to forget that the situation occurred where it did. It's my goal with this book to show you some of the things that happened, and why these sites are haunted today. I want to give these unfortunate souls the voice they yearn for, and show the world the things that happened to them. Here Is A Preview Of What's Inside... Haunted Asylums: The Oldest Inmates of Wyoming Territorial Prison Haunted Asylums: The Untold Hauntings of Byburry Mental Hospital Haunted Asylums: The Mentally Unhealthy of the Alton Mental Hospital Haunted Asylums: The Demons of the Greens Haunted Asylums: The Deranged Events of Rolling Hills Asylum Haunted Asylums: The Demons of Alcatraz Much, much more! Scroll up and download this book now!

Phantom footsteps pace the stairs at the Myrtles Plantation. A seductive spirit tugs on the sheets at the Copper Queen. Ghost children whisper and giggle at the Kehoe House. Journey into the mysterious world of haunted hotels, where uninvited guests roam the halls, supernatural sounds ring throughout the rooms, and chills run along the spines of those who dare to check in for the night. Join Jamie Davis Whitmer, author of Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums, as she explores some of the most haunted hotels across the United States. From the Jerome Grand Hotel in Arizona to the Palmer House in Minnesota, each hotel is discussed in great detail, covering everything from the building’s history and legends to first-hand accounts of spooky sounds and smells, ghost sightings, EVP sessions, and more. You’ll also find photos, travel information, and everything else you need to plan your own visit to these iconic hotels.

Abandoned Asylums takes readers on an unrestricted visual journey inside America's abandoned state hospitals, asylums, and psychiatric facilities, the institutions where countless stories and personal dramas played out behind locked doors and out of public sight. The images captured by photographer Matt Van der Velde are powerful, haunting and emotive. A sad and tragic reality that these once glorious historical institutions now sit vacant and forgotten as their futures are uncertain and threatened with the wrecking ball. Explore a private mental hospital that treated Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities seeking safe haven. Or look inside the seclusion cells at an asylum that once incarcerated the now-infamous Charles Manson. Or see the autopsy theater at a Government Hospital for the Insane that was the scene for some of America's very first lobotomy procedures. With a foreward by renowned expert Carla Yanni examining their evolution and subsequent fall from grace, accompanying writings by Matt Van der Velde detailing their respective histories, Abandoned Asylums will shine some light on the glorious, and sometimes infamous institutions that have for so long been shrouded in darkness.

An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.

If hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell? Hospitals are the nexus point between life and death, the place into which people enter this world, but also exit it. In The World's Most Haunted Hospitals, paramedic and paranormal investigator Richard Estep recounts some of the most fascinating--and often chilling--stories of hospital hauntings from across the globe, including: The ghostly apparitions at an old Utah hospital, now a nursing home, whose appearances are said to predict a patient's death. The Italian island referred to by locals as "the gateway to Hell," where the restless spirits of thousands of plague victims prowl the dark streets and fields. The terrifying screams and violent phenomena that keep visitors away from an abandoned airbase hospital in the Philippines. The ghostly nurse in grey who haunts the corridors of a London hospital and has frightened generations of doctors and nurses encountering her restless spirit. Join Richard on this fascinating journey around the world, stopping off at a wide spectrum of haunted hospitals and asylums, old and new, and shiver at the personal encounters of doctors, nurses, patients, and others with the strange and inexplicable.

Dive into the ghostly world of the supernatural with America’s leading paranormal investigator Inside, paranormal investigator, star, and executive producer of The Travel Channel's hit series, Ghost Adventures and founder of the award-winning Haunted Museum (Las Vegas’ most popular attraction), Zak Bagans takes readers on an exciting journey into the supernatural world. With insider information on the history of ghost-hunting to learning about ghosts with all kinds of temperaments, Ghost-Hunting For Dummies is peppered with true accounts and stories from Bagans' famous cases and investigations. Featuring expert advice on picking a haunted location, setting up cameras, and dealing with unwieldy ghosts, this book shows how today's investigators use the tools of modern science to study a wide range of paranormal activity. Take an exciting adventure into the supernatural world Explore haunted sites Get messages from beyond the grave Read true accounts from famous cases and investigations If you're one of the countless fans of Ghost Adventures itching to get off the couch and track some spirits on your own, this book provides everything you need to know to conduct a successful paranormal investigation.

An urgent exposé of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people in America's jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders. In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker. Through intimate stories of people in the system and those trying to fix it, Roth reveals the hidden forces behind this crisis and suggests how a fairer and more humane approach might look. Insane is a galvanizing wake-up call for criminal justice reformers and anyone concerned about the plight of our most vulnerable.