Haunted Sanatoriums (36)
36 haunted sanatoriums from around the world. Each location includes its story and GPS coordinates.
- 🏥 Durán Sanatorium Cartago On the mist-shrouded slopes of Irazú volcano, a phantom nun still drifts through the empty wards of the old tuberculosis sanatorium.
- 🏥 Parnitha Sanatorium Attika In the basement that held the morgue, the souls of the dead are said to gather at night — and the cold down there does not belong to the season.
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Harastølen (Luster Sanatorium)
Vestland
The tubercular were isolated five hundred metres above the fjord to die — and rumour holds they never found rest in the corridors now collapsing.
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Pennhurst State School and Hospital
Pennsylvania
Ökänd institution där övergrepp avslöjades i tv 1968. Patienternas lidande sägs dröja kvar.
- 🏥 Mont'Alto Sanatorium Porto 350 patients were crammed into a building with 50 beds — in the wrecked corridors the neglected are said to walk still.
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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
West Virginia
Mental hospital operating 1864-1994 — today a museum offering tours, the location of "Paranormal Lockdown".
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Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Kentucky
Through the "death tunnel" thousands of bodies were lowered in secret — and in Room 502 a voice is said to scream "Get out!".
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- 🏥 Joseph Lemaire Sanatorium (Tombeek) Flandern – Vlaams-Brabant (Overijse) In the abandoned sanatorium's white-tiled corridors, doors slam and footsteps carry on — the tuberculosis patients are said never to have left.
- 🏥 La Sabinosa Preventorium Katalonien The children shut in here testified to beatings and censored letters home — today the colossus is called Tarragona's cursed building.
- 🏥 Agramonte Sanatorium Aragonien Women and children were treated at this abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium in the Moncayo forests – and a recorded voice allegedly ordered a TV crew to leave.
- 🏥 La Tablada Sanatorium Madrid Patients threw themselves from the windows in despair — and in the empty shell by the mountain pass, traces of black rites keep turning up.
- 🏥 Sierra Espuña Sanatorium Murcia A woman in white is said to walk the ruined mountain sanatorium – a sentry reportedly opened fire on the figure in the 1990s.
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Heilstätte Grabowsee
Brandenburg, Oranienburg
Ett av Tysklands mest kända lost places — ett tyst lungsanatorium där björkar växer genom golven.
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- 🏥 Brestovac Sanatorium Zagreb Among the ruins of the tuberculosis sanatorium on Medvednica, the sighs of actress Ljerka Šram are said to linger between the trees.
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Vensmoen Sanatorium, Saltdal
Nordland
Ghost hunters call Vensmoen Norway's most haunted building — reporting knocks on a window, a blow two floors up, and toys sounding in empty corridors.
- 👻 Preventorio Busot Alicante Abandoned sanatorium in Alicante — tuberculosis patients died here by the thousands.
- 🏥 Pousada Serra da Estrela Serra da Estrela The sanatorium's patients rarely left again — and when the colossus became a luxury hotel, the stories moved into the corridors with it.
- 🏥 Rolling Hills Asylum New York Gammalt fattighus där över 1700 människor sägs ha dött. Många vilar i omärkta gravar.
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Sanatorio del Gottardo
Tessin, Quinto
"Schweiz unheimligaste ruin" vid Gotthardpasset — rykten om galna läkare och förbjudna experiment.
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Sandträsk sanatorium
Norrbotten
Det börjar med en väg som slingrar sig genom skogen. Här, i Edeforsbygden utanför Boden, byggdes 1913 ett av norra Sveriges största sanatorier — en plats byggd på hopp, och på idén att naturen själv kunde läka det som annars var dödligt.
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Kroppefjäll Sanatorium
Dalsland
Two hundred consumptives a year came up the mountain for the air. Roughly one in six never left the building alive.
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Alborgen
Gävleborg
A place where adventure meets the supernatural. Alborgen, located in Valbo near Gävle, is a place that has fascinated both ghost enthusiasts and adventurous visitors for years.
- 🏥 Asylen — Sockerbrukets fall och de obotligas slutstation Östergötland, Vadstena Den här väldiga byggnaden var från början ett sockerbruk, som gick i en så spektakulär konkurs att den drog många Vadstenabor i fördärvet.
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Bona Reformatory and Mental Hospital
Östergötland
A journey back in time. In the heart of the Östergötland countryside lies Bona, a place where time has stood still, but whose history still whispers through the abandoned buildings.
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Dahlströmska gården — "1:a klassens dårhus"
Östergötland, Vadstena
Dahlströmska gården öppnade 1836 som en avdelning för de bättre bemedlade, i tidens språk första klassens dårhus, för sinnessjuka ur de mer bildade klasserna.
- 🏥 Ehemaliges Königsberg Sanatorium Reported haunted location in Germany.
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Gamla begravningsplatsen — De fattigas, hospitalshjonens och självmördarnas kvarter Malmö Gamla begravningsplatsen invigdes 1822 i samband med att Malmös gamla fästningsvallar revs och staden expanderade söderut.
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Hällnäs Sanatorium — History and Ghosts Deep in the Forest
Västerbotten
Lost souls and mysterious events. It is said that the dead never truly left Hällnäs sanatorium. Built to treat tuberculosis patients in the 1920s, the place became the final stop for many.
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Renwick Smallpox Hospital: karantänens ruin
New York
Vid öns södra spets reser sig den gotiska ruinen av Smallpox Hospital, ritad av den berömde arkitekten James Renwick Jr.
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Säter Mental Hospital
Dalarna
Travel back in time — Welcome into the abandoned haunted house for the criminally insane. Welcome into the abandoned haunted house for the criminally insane — Säter Permanent Pavilion. Step into the history of Säter Permanent Pavilion...
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Sätra brunn
Västmanland, Sala
I över 300 år har människor kommit till Sätra brunn, och enligt många är det inte alla som har lämnat platsen. Huset Bergabo har särskilt rykte om sig.
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Stora Dårhuset — Sveriges första psykiatriska sjukhus och Predikare-Lena Östergötland, Vadstena Stora Dårhuset stod färdigt 1757 och var Sveriges första sjukhus byggt enbart för psykiskt sjuka.
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The Octagon: stadens första sinnessjukhus
New York
Det åttkantiga tornet i öns norra del var ingången och administrationsbyggnaden till New York City Lunatic Asylum, stadens första kommunala sinnessjukhus, taget i bruk 1841.
- 🏥 Pittsburgh Job Corps Center/Leech Farm Tuberculosis Hospital and Sanitarium Pennsylvania Reported haunted location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 🏥 Sanitarium Hill Wisconsin Reported haunted location in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- 🏥 West Mountain Sanitarium Pennsylvania Reported haunted location in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
FAQ
How many haunted sanatoriums are there?
Haunted Places lists 36 haunted sanatoriums worldwide, each with its story and GPS coordinates.
What are the most famous haunted sanatoriums?
Among the most notable: Durán Sanatorium, Parnitha Sanatorium, Harastølen (Luster Sanatorium).
Where can you find haunted sanatoriums?
You'll find haunted sanatoriums in Sweden, United States, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Germany (+5 more).
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