Place type

Former institutions

6 dossiers across 4 jurisdictions carry this filing. Claims are reported, not endorsed.

6 dossiers4 jurisdictions17% open to visitors

By jurisdiction:New York3

Genesee County poorhouse turned paranormal-investigation venue.

Former institution associated with documented cultural history.

Institution for the disabled whose 1968 exposé helped end warehousing; now a haunted attraction.

Site of Geraldo Rivera’s 1972 exposé and the "Cropsey" urban legend.

"Village for the feeble-minded" with a polio-vaccine trial history and ruin lore.

Abandoned DC institution for the disabled, closed amid a death scandal.