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In 1974, an article appeared titled, Exorcism Daily Occurrence at Miami Jackson Hospital. Your first thought is this was due to the notorious film, The Exorcist, but the truth was much darker.
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by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories
In 1891, a man named Robert H. Murray was released from a prison in Indiana, only to find himself arrested once more, accused of the heinous crime of killing a nun a few years before.
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The shadow of Sing Sing prison cast it's dreaded pall over the mysterious death of a young woman whose decapitated body was found 500 feet from Ossining railroad station.
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If there was ever a place where a soul could find no escape even after death it would be a prison, which are full of violence, hate and regrets. Here are some of those places.
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The first military hospital in Aldershot, Hampshire was situated near a church. It was established as a lunatic asylum and pestilence hospital. Close by was the Union Hospital, which started out as a poor house. During the mid-1800s the Connaught Hospital for a while specialized in treating men with venereal disease, and ended as a dental facility which closed its doors in 1973. However long before it was abandoned there were stories about a mysterious gray lady.
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In the far reaches of the largest fjord in Norway, perched on the side of a mountain is a 16,000 square foot castle overlooking the town of Luster. For all its fairytale appearance, when it operated as the Lyster Sanatorium, this was the place where many came to die.
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Eastern State Penitentiary was established in 1829, on the outskirts of Philadelphia as the model for penitentiaries worldwide. It now sits surrounded by homes and small businesses, crumbling slowly, a silent witness to human history both inside its echoing hallways and outside its walls as well.
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The cemetery is located off a dirt road on a wooded hillside. The grounds are overgrown, which seems to be the case even when the hospital was active. The cracked identical stones are marked only with an "M" or an "F", and a number. These numbers range through the hundreds to four full digits. These were the patients that died in the hospital that went unclaimed by their family. By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Wyoming Frontier Prison is known as The Old Pen, with a reputation of being the most haunted prison in the state. Of all the inmates that were held there, one of the most grisly and psychopathic was Andrew Pixley who was executed in the gas chamber in 1965. It's claimed he's not moved on from where he met his demise and justice was served. However the area is rich in a history of bloodthirsty outlaws.
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The end of 1909 was fast approaching when charges were levied against the County Hospital for the Insane at Overbrook. What started as a miscommunication spawned an investigation that revealed graft, mismanagement and a possible murder. |
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