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Indiana Medical History Museum (Central State Hospital)

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Indianapolis, IN

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HAUNTING / GHOSTHospital 1848-1994; museum since 1969Museum (former pathology building)PUBLICDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

Built in 1895 as the pathology department of Central State Hospital, Indianapolis's state psychiatric hospital that operated from 1848 to 1994, the building now houses the Indiana Medical History Museum, preserving its original amphitheater and research laboratories.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Visitors and staff describe cold spots, shadows, and a sense of being watched in the old laboratories, and some report unexplained sounds on the surrounding grounds where the main hospital building once stood.

VISITING

Open to the public as a museum with scheduled tours.

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