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Spring Grove Psychiatric Hospital In Catonsville, MD // Preliminary digging shows this place may be the end-all to creepy, state-run institutions. “The Nation’s 2nd Oldest Psychiatric Hospital” intertwined with UMBC (Univ. Maryland, Baltimore Campus). Spring Grove Hospital Center, located in Catonsville, Maryland, was founded in 1797, making it the second-oldest continuously operating psychiatric hospital in … Read more
Snallygaster Points North Frederick Maryland Snallygaster is an “oicotype” from the Frederick County region of Maryland, USA. Most likely corrupted German “schnell geiste”, a Pennsylvania Dutch lore term meaning “quick spirit” often associated with those draughts that slam doors, topple lightweight objects, or scatter papers. The visual or physical appearance of the Snallygaster is confusing … Read more
Seton Psych in Baltimore for Sexual Deviancy amongst Clergy “Shuffling the McGuffins” “An interesting footnote is the fact that the Sisters of Charity were later accused of using the Mount Hope Retreat to ‘unlawfully imprison’ and torture patients …To make a long story short… Catholic priests that had problems including sexual involvement with minors were … Read more
Crownsville State Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland Built in 1910; quickly renamed from “Hospital for the Negro Insane” by an act of Maryland’s legislature, closed in June, 2004. “Thirty-one male Negro mental patients from Montevue Asylum in Frederick county were to clear the land and build a railroad spur to the hospital site. … Read more
Harpers Ferry Lime Quarry and Kiln Works Near Harper’s Ferry, WV. Huge. Deep. Still. Not a smart place to fall into. Numerous dilapidated structures on the quiet grounds form an abandoned, sort of business-town. Now privately owned and rotting away into nothingness, this dying place echoes with the clamor and deeds of a bygone era. … Read more
Fort Howard Veteran Medical Center An Endicott period fort named in honor of Colonel John Eager Howard, a distinguished officer of the Maryland Line during the Revolution. It is located on North Point at the Patapsco River entrance. Batteries here are Battery Key (1900 – 1927), Battery Stricker (1899 – 1918), Battery Nicholson (1900 – 1927), Battery Harris (1900 – 1917), Battery Clagett (1901 – … Read more
Ghosts at Glen Echo At aging Glen Echo park, just outside Washington, DC. A few hundred yards from the historic C&O Canal and an unknown missile silo. DC sure is a place of endlessly intriguing (and maddening) diversity. GOOGLE MAPhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Glen+Echo,+MD/@38.966163,-77.138988,423m Michelle Gibson research into trolley park escapes as part of Old World Antiquitech / Circuitboard … Read more
Glenn Dale Sanitarium Straight out of ‘the movies’. A massive, abandoned tuberculosis sanitarium in Prince Georges county: Built in the 30’s and closed in 1982, with 20+ buildings that span 200+ acres including underground tunnels and biologically hazardous conditions, it’s definitely off-limits and reportedly patrolled by cops with night-vision and dogs. Talk about irresistable! Presumably, … Read more
Lesser Banishing Ritual Pentagram performed every day What happens? It banishes unwanted, or “negative” energy. What you are doing is separating consciousness into its four parts and purifying them. Kabbalistic Cross The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) is a ceremonial magic ritual developed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. It is … Read more
Too Many Brick and Stone Normal Institutes have furiously burned out in mysterious Phyres. It is every bit as ridiculous as every Worlds Fair also burning out in mysterious Phyre.