The girl in the purple dress

Maine · United States · Hospital

The second floor was a children's hospital before it was a nursing home. The residents talk about the children.

The second floor of this building at Waterville, Maine was a children's hospital before it became a nursing home.

The residents who live there now, and those who have since died, have always talked about the little children.

One resident in a particular room spoke about a girl in a purple dress, and about what she did.

What makes this entry unlike almost anything else in the collection is who is reporting it. The witnesses are elderly people at the end of their lives, in the rooms where children died, and they describe the children without alarm.

That is easy to dismiss and worth not dismissing too quickly. The staff who hear it have heard the same descriptions from residents who never met each other.

The home is private and residents should not be disturbed.

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Where is The girl in the purple dress located?

The girl in the purple dress is in Maine, United States.