CHOATE MENTAL HEALTH
Site — Anna, Illinois
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/choate-mental-health-anna-illinois/

The 1869 asylum—where the "State Hospital" dead rest.

A site in Anna, Illinois, Choate Mental Health is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The 1869 asylum—where the "State Hospital" dead rest. The presences in its file go unnamed: the patients, the record says. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.

Choate is the Kirkbride — the 1869 Southern Illinois Insane Asylum, the '73 opening that's the first patients. The cemetery is the Valhalla — the 2,673 unmarked that were buried, the '74 establishment that's the oldest. The fires were the recurring — the '81 and '95 that destroyed, the rebuilding that followed.
The abuse is the documented — the ProPublica reports that found patterns, the '19 arrests that were made. The name is the hero's — the Clyde Choate who was the Medal, the '88 renaming that honored. Choate is the asylum's — the 150 years that's the history, the patients who were warehoused.
The file keeps Choate: the 1869 Kirkbride, the Valhalla cemetery, the fires, and the abuse allegations.
Choate is the archive's Anna file — the Southern Illinois asylum.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Choate is the archive's Anna file — the Kirkbride that remains.
An asylum keeps its cemetery — the file's suggestion being that Choate's hold is the unmarked: the 2,673 who were buried, the fires that recurred, and the abuse that's documented.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The patients are reportedly seen. The site in Anna, Illinois gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'Choate / Anna'. A ghost with a name outlasts a ghost without one; the reports keep it employed.
  source: Choate / Anna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choate_Mental_Health_Center)
· [Investigation claim] apparition: Reported figures in the buildings. The site in Anna, Illinois gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The claim comes from paranormal investigation work: suggestive results, no accepted proof. The account appears in 'Choate / Anna'. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.
  source: Choate / Anna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choate_Mental_Health_Center)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· [1869] The 1869 hospital is documented. Choate Mental Health's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Choate / Anna' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Choate / Anna — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choate_Mental_Health_Center

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