Who among us has not read the stories of haunted houses? And if mystical events take place in a hospital, and even a psychiatric one?.. Quite a suitable plot for a "horror". However, ghost stories are not always fiction, as evidenced by the phenomenon of the abandoned Kings Park Asylum on Long Island (New York).
This imposing building was erected at the beginning of the century before last, and in 1855 the local bishop opened a clinic for the mentally ill here, in which about 10 thousand patients were simultaneously treated. This institution was nicknamed "Sleepwalker Refuge" among the people, which was explained quite simply: at that time it was possible to get to the clinic even with minor mental disabilities, including sleepwalking. Subsequently, these conditions were no longer considered pathological, requiring treatment in psychiatric hospitals. However, when King's Park flourished, such disorders in it were treated with such innovative methods as lobotomy, exposure to electric charges, occupational therapy.
There are many terrible legends about this clinic. It is said, in particular, that patients suffering from staff aggression and "new" methods of therapy, often fled from the hospital. These unfortunates got lost in the forests surrounding the hospital and died of hypothermia. Those whose bodies were not found were officially recognized as drowned in the local river. In addition, quiet patients often died at the hands of violent ones, and for some reason the clinic staff could not or did not want to prevent this. But Kings Park was able to keep these facts secret for a long time. There were also such patients (however, they could turn out to be quite healthy), who were placed in underground punishment cells, so that they would not infect other patients with revolutionary moods and did not see the staff in person.
The curse of the abandoned Kings Park mental hospital
Since 1996, when the hospital was closed, it has been considered abandoned. There is an opinion that the Kings Park building, which is still empty, is cursed.
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It is rumored to be home to many ghosts from the clinic's former patients. These entities are eager to avenge the "treatment" that has only made the condition of the mentally ill worse. The ghosts are concentrated primarily in the main hospital building, which has thirteen stories. Eyewitnesses say that ghostly faces often appear in the windows of the building with an unchanging expression of suffering frozen on them.
The daredevils who risked going inside, for some reason, for a long time then cannot find a way out - just a mystic. Once, a guy who entered the main hospital building heard a human cry and saw a whole host of terrible faces. Being already on the verge of insanity himself, the young man, fortunately, managed to find a way out - the guardian angel helped. Leaving the building, he looked around and noticed someone else's face and an inscription nearby: "Evil inside."
The group of teenagers was a little less fortunate. The guys wandered for a long time and unsuccessfully, trying to find a way out, until they finally called the police. Having pulled them out of the forbidden territory, law enforcement officers issued a fine to the parents of the hapless tourists. There was a case when a grown man somehow fell into a hospital elevator shaft. Of course, lovers of mysticism immediately blamed an evil-minded ghost for this, but the victim himself could not really explain how it happened - he did not even remember very well how he got out of this trap.
But the most interesting and mysterious thing happened to one brave man who successfully got out of the clinic, told his friends amazing and terrible stories about his visit there … and then suddenly disappeared! From his words it followed that the guy was in the dungeon, where the most objectionable patients were kept in punishment cells. They are still there, the ghost hunter said. Some liquid was squelching underfoot in that dark basement, and the adventurer assumed it was water. However, when he came out, he saw his shoes in something very similar to blood … It is not known how true the stories of the brave man were, but he was never found after disappearing. Moreover, he disappeared in the most mysterious way from his own bedroom …
As for the local authorities, they have been trying for a long time to attract investors to this mysterious place, but for some reason, there are no people who want to "settle down and improve" this terrible place …