There are places in this world that make shivers run down your spine, and make you wonder what
may be hidden in the sometimes empty spaces.
These places are creepy, haunted, and can be found in your hometown.
Built in 1886, the Crescent Hotel was built for wealthy tourists who traveled to Eureka
Springs for its famed, "healing waters".
The hotel opened in May of that year, under the occupation of a year round hotel, but
due to a downturn in the economy in 1900, it was changed to a strictly summer resort.
During the Great Depression, luxury resorts lost their appeal, and in 1933 the hotel fell
into disuse.
It was reopened in 1937 by Norman Baker who turned the hotel into the, "Baker Hotel
and Health Resort".
Baker claimed to have the cure for cancer, but he had never even been to medical school.
One of the rumored spirits is thought to be Theodora, a patient of Baker who died at the
health resort, who is looking for her room key.
Patrons even claim to see Baker himself in a white suit with a lavender shirt.
Baker was eventually arrested and charged with mail fraud in the 1940's, forcing the
building to become vacant.
It reopened for the final time in 1946 under the name of the, "Crescent Hotel".
Today, the hotel attracts guests for both its scenery and haunts, offering ghost tours
that harbor a spooky history lesson.
Some guests never make it through the night.
Built by Alan the Red between 1070 and 1086, the castle's main purpose was for defense
against the Anglo-Saxon nobility who had been defeated during the Norman Conquest of England.
However, this castle is not just a beautiful piece of history, but also the site of a legend
revolving around King Arthur and his Knights.
It tells of a man Peter Thompson who found his way to the castle while taking a walk.
As he sat down to rest, he saw a small opening in the walls that led a cave.
Unable to curb his curiosity he set off inside.
What he found was astounding; King Arthur's horn, and his sword Excalibur.
But more than that, he was surrounded by that king and his knights, who were asleep, dressed
in full armor.
Thompson made the decision to take the sword so he could prove that his story was true.
However, as he began to remove the sword, the knights around him began to stir, frightening
Thompson to the point that he fled the cave.
Behind him, he heard a disembodied voice state,
"Potter Thompson, Potter Thompson If thou hadst either drawn
The sword, or blown the horn, Thou wouldst have been the luckiest man
That yet was born"
Turning back to the entrance to brave a second attempt, he saw that the entrance had disappeared,
and no matter how hard he'd tried to find it, he was never again able to locate it.
Legend also tells of a drummer boy who had disappeared in the tunnels that linked the
castle to the abbey.
People have often spoken of the apparition of a young boy playing his drums as he walks
the tunnel.
His body had never been found.
Located in the mountains of southern Italy, Villa De Vecchi, also known as, "The red
house", was built in the 1800's for Count Felice De Vecchi, who headed the Italian National
Guard, and was the hero of the 1848 insurrection, "Five Days of Milan".
The architect behind the design was Alessandro Sidoli, who died a year before construction
was complete.
After the Count's death in 1862, the villa passed ownership among the heirs of the Family
de Vecchi until 1938 when it was abandoned.
It wasn't reclaimed until 1959 when it was purchased by the Medici of Marignano.
One of the most notable guests the mansion hosted was Aleister Crowley who, it was reported,
spent 3 nights at the villa.
It is said that his followers used the house for satanic rites, and many deaths took place
as a result.
However, no evidence exists to support this rumor.
Due to theft, humidity, and vandalization, the once former beauty of the tapestries and
frescoes are losing their battles to time and the elements.
Aside from the Crowley rituals, urban legends abound about hauntings at the villa.
Some visitors have claimed to hear the moan of a woman who had been the owner's lover,
and was murdered on the property.
Others state that they'd heard the sound of a piano playing at night, coming from one
of the empty rooms, but the guardian of the estate has lain both claims to rest.
Due to its unsafe nature and crumbling structure, the town has since erected a fence around
the house to protect thrill seekers and enthusiasts from danger, and the possibility of death.
Opened in 1952, Northville Psychiatric Hospital consisted of 20 buildings on 453 acres of
land, and was hailed as one of the best psychiatric facilities in the country.
The hospital was almost completely self-sufficient, having its own laundry, kitchen, gymnasium,
movie theater, swimming pool, and bowling alley, all powered by a steam plant that supplied
heat and electricity through the underground tunnels.
Patients could learn how to play musical instruments, study mechanics and home ec, work in the hospital,
and tend the grounds.
In the 1970's, as doctors began to rely on medications and drugs for treatment of
psychological illnesses, the state began to cut back on the mental health budget, closing
hospitals and programs.
Northville, a facility designed to treat only 650 patients at a time, was regularly treating
over a thousand, leading to the conversion of the gym until more rooms became available.
In the 1980's, staffing cuts began to affect the hospital.
In 1983, The Detroit News found the conditions at Northville to be horrendous.
Patients were sleeping in hallways, chain smoking, or simply watching tv.
They was minimum therapy with doctors instead dealing out large doses of medication.
Assault, theft, neglect and rape became common.
In the struggles with staff, patients often died.
Sometimes, they died in fights with other patients.
One staff member commented, that patients weren't "treated at Northville; they were
Warehoused".
All things changed in 1995 when the hospital changed its name to Northville Regional Psychiatric
Hospital as many hospitals were closed.
In 2002, the state made plans to close Northville within a year.
The building was simply too expensive to keep open due to repairs needed, and the fact that
it sat on valuable land.
The hospital closed its doors in 2003.
Since this article, the property still sits abandoned.
Broken windows and the leaking roof have left the building a victim to the elements, but
has continued to attract visitors.
The city has even gone as far as backfilling the old tunnels to keep away trespassers.
The visitors who have managed to gain access, have reported feelings of being touched and
breathed on by unknown sources.
Mysterious footsteps and chain clanking have also been reported.
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was constructed between 1858 and 1881 and is the largest hand
cut stone masonry building in North America.
It opened its doors in 1864, with construction not yet complete, and had a maximum capacity
of 250.
By the 1950's, the hospital reached its peak with 2,400 patients living in overcrowded
conditions with illnesses such as masturbation, laziness, fits, deserting one's husband, superstition,
and menstrual derangement.
Over time, the hospital expanded to accommodate its growing population, but in keeping with
the idea of being a self sufficient hospital, a greenhouse, geriatric center, kitchen, cafeteria,
a building for the criminally insane, and a state of the art medical center with morgue
and autopsy room, were added to the grounds.
Later, a tuberculosis wing was erected to house contagious patients, complete with open
air wings and screened in sun porches.
Unfortunately, because of being understaffed, and overcrowded, patient murders became common.
In one instance, two patients hung a third patient with bed sheets.
When he didn't die, they cut him down and used a metal framed bed to bash in his head.
The violence, however, was not limited to patients.
One evening, a nurse went missing, and her body was found 2 months later, hidden at the
bottom of an unused staircase.
Treatment practices such as hydrotherapy, electroshock therapy, and lobotomies were
frequently used, but with little to no success.
Doors closed in 1994 due to changes in medical practices.
In 2007, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources placed the building up
for auction.
The winning bid was placed by contractor Joe Jordan at $1.5 million, who wanted to revitalize
the property, but preserve as much history as possible.
In this indenture, he was unsuccessful due to a series of fire and code violations.
Many teams of paranormal investigators, including Ghost Hunters, and Ghost Adventures, claim
the building is in fact haunted.
The lonely spirit of a little girl named Lily is said to wander the halls in search of a
playmate.
Tortured moans of Civil War soldiers, as well as footsteps and shadows permeate the Civil
War section of the building.
And in the upper floors, the spirits of two murderers are said to be trapped; one in the
lavatory, and the other in the seclusion cells.
Ghost tours are offered at the building, but it has been labeled as, "Not for the feint
of heart".
However, if you just want to explore from the safety of your own home, an interactive
walkthrough and website game is available online at whiteenamel.com.
And that's all the time we have left for this episode of Creepy & Haunted Places.
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forget, to bring a candle.
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