Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital—Gwangju-Si, South Korea


Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital has all the makings of a terrifying horror story, and that's precisely why it's one of the scariest haunted hospitals on Earth. Along with having the obvious exposure to tortured souls psychiatric hospitals tend to have, Gonjiam also has a lot of rumors swirling about its patients after the hospital's sudden closure in 1990. 
According to those who remember the place, Gonjiam was known for having an abnormally high death rate with its patients. Legend has it that patients would suddenly die in their beds, and when staff would come to clean up the body, they'd find the corpses sitting at their desks. 
Many people allege that the owner of Gonjiam was actually keeping patients hostage, and that grieving families asking for the bodies was what caused him to decide to close the hospital down prematurely. 
Skeptics will point out that there are a lot of sewage problems that made Gonjiam close down, rather than a murderous doctor. However, that doesn't explain the scratch marks people find on their bodies or the strange shadow beings that seem to show up at the corner of visitors' eyes. 
What the truth is and what the legends are seem to be difficult to discern. However, it's safe to say that Gonjiam's lore alone makes it a creepy place to ghost hunt regardless of why it shut down. 

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