Comments on: The Gruesome History of the State Hospital in Salem, OR

By: 10 Haunted Places in Oregon - Random Review

10 Haunted Places in Oregon - Random Review — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:46:16 +0000

[…] So, what was the cause? The eggs had been poisoned with sodium fluoride, a substance that, if ingested by a rat, would kill it in a matter of short minutes. To this day, no one knows whether the mass killing was an accident or done on purpose. The hauntings at the hospital are said to be the tortured souls of the patients who died brutally that day.[4] […]

By: 10 Haunted Places in Oregon – 10 List Verse

10 Haunted Places in Oregon – 10 List Verse — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:13:17 +0000

[…] So what was the cause? The eggs had been poisoned with sodium fluoride, a substance that, if ingested by a rat, would kill it within minutes. To this day, no one knows if the mass murder was an accident or done on purpose. The apparitions in the hospital are said to be the tortured souls of the patients who brutally died that day.[4] […]

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10 Haunted Places in Oregon - Listverse - All in one — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:03:25 +0000

By: Linda Hoover

Linda Hoover — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 05:29:19 +0000

I had both an uncle and an aunt in salem psychiatric hospital..I was reg. Nursing student and have been in those tunnels to take a pt to the dentist….it was fine..believe the only person who could get someone out back then was the one who put them in..my grandfather tried to get his son out and couldn’t.

By: Ron Brinlee

Ron Brinlee — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:14:08 +0000

Don’t believe everything you read!!! Worked there for 35 years. Use to clean the tunnels. Use to clean inside the buildings n cottages! Good job…caring people!! People helping people!!

By: Arnold

Arnold — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:03:45 +0000

I spent many years there as a teen, in the80s. teens born biologically different would be sent there. And there are things that went on, that intentionally had been kept from the public to this very day.

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hospital psiquiátrico del estado de oregon — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 03:15:37 +0000

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By: Lynnette Miller

Lynnette Miller — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:37:57 +0000

I worked at the OSH for about a year. My husband currently works there. My husband and I both had bizarre experiences there. I heard jingling keys and heavy footsteps behind me in the tunnels. Some staff actually have permission to not work past 9:00 pm because they are scared. There is a little girl in period clothing that wanders the 3rd floor hallways in the Kirkbride. My husband saw a dark haired woman in a long gown walk outside and into the brick wall. Her photo is apparently in the museum. Staff have heard children running around and giggling in the top of the Kirkbride. Coworkers have told me experiences they’ve had that were just bizarre. My husband has had a lot of strange things happen to him. It’s a sad place filled with lost souls????

By: Mary Farnstrom

Mary Farnstrom — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:26:17 +0000

In reply to Dave.

Hello Dave! This is what I was able to find in my research of the Hospital: https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/762128?page=1#sr-88938517

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:38:39 +0000

In reply to mikalin. Hello Mikalin, I had a Great Uncle that was placed there after his wife passed away in 1935.No one in the family ever saw or heard from him again as far as we know. Was there ever a list of patients published that were there or died there? We have spent numerous hours trying to find a his obit. There could be others that are in the same boat.