Taunton State Hospital—Taunton, Massachusets


Let's just be real: the US doesn't have a good record when it comes to healthcare, especially when it deals with mental health. With Taunton State Hospital, you have a perfect example of why being mentally ill was a death sentence in the past. 
Much like other haunted hostpitals, Taunton State had all the makings of a perfect slice of hell. The doctors were given free reign over patients, and that often meant that they would be subjected to cruel and inhumane experimental treatments—often in hopes that the doctors would find the next miracle cure for mental health. 
Rumors constantly swirl about what really happened in Taunton. Many people believe that some of the doctors used peoples' bodies for Satanic rituals, or that those who broke into the hospital after its closure decided to do so instead. 
All that we really know is that Taunton had two female serial killers, Lizzie Borden and Jane Toppan, as residents. We also know that doctors and nurses also reported lots of strange occurrences in their time there. 
One of the most common issues doctors noticed was the fact that they'd often have an unseen force that would block them from entering the basement. It was as if an invisible wall was placed in front of the bottom step, but obviously, this isn't possible. This would happen at all hours.
Once night would fall, the kind of hauntings that began to come out quickly changed. Disembodied voices would beg people to leave, or growl like an animal about to strike. Shadow people were regularly spotted throughout the halls, poking their heads out and lurking right out of the line of direct sight of most people.  
The most unsettling apparition here is known as "the creeper," and it's a shadow person who regularly is seen crawling up the walls and on ceilings. 
Much of Taunton has been demolished, but some parts of the building still remain—and seemingly emanate evil. If that doesn't make this one of the scariest haunted hospitals in history, we don't know what does. 

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