Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane is a hospital in Lima, Ohio, built in 1915. The 1915 "criminally insane" hospital whose patients rioted—and whose tunnel system survives. It sits in the archive under haunted places, historic hospitals and dark history. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.
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Is Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane haunted?
The record holds 1 claim, 1 legend — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed local folklore. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Lima Hospital is the poured — the 'largest concrete' that's the building's record, the 'Pentagon passed' that's the only's rival. The 'hell's basement' is the called — the 'lawyer's words' that's the '71 verdict, the 'chamber horrors' that's the state's own. The 'one patient' is the opened — the 'built for 1,100' that's the empty's size, the 'newspapers mocked' that's the start's joke.
The '300 escaped' is the counted — the 'by '78' that's the total's date, the 'warehouse' that's the care's name. The 'Walinski ruled' is the changed — the 'dignity privacy' that's the '74 order, the 'rights spelled' that's the lawsuit's win. Lima Hospital is the layered — the 'hospital prison' that's the use's switch, the 'Attica filmed' that's the last's role.
The file keeps Lima Hospital: the poured fortress, the hell's basement, the counted escapes, and the ruled rights.
Lima State Hospital is the archive's Ohio file — the concrete giant that held 'hell's basement'.
Why this file matters
Lima State Hospital is the archive's Ohio file — the fortress built for one patient first.
A hospital keeps its walls — the file's suggestion being that Lima's hold is the thick: the '14 inches' that's the concrete's depth, the '300 out' that's the walls' fail, and the 'rights ordered' that's the court's fix.
The long record
- 1915Built
Hospital constructed
- 1915Opened
Opened to use
- 1915History
Opened 1915; closed 2004; the site became a prison annex. The institution's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
- 2004Closed
Ceased operation
The record of claims
Reported voices in the tunnels and a presence in the former wards. The institution's reports concentrate where the confinement was worst — the building's own floor plan supplies the map. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. The pattern of small anomalies is itself the claim — none dramatic alone, persistent together.
Reported voices in the tunnels and a presence in the former wards. Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Lima, Ohio spent its working years housing the desperate; the reports suggest some of that desperation stayed. Local lore carries the account; no documentation has ever caught up with it. Sources including 'Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane' keep the claim in circulation. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.
Documented history
Opened 1915; closed 2004; the site became a prison annex. The institution's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The record appears in 'Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Sources on file
- 01Lima State Hospital for the Criminally InsaneWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
State hospital batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.