Rochester Psychiatric Center

City of Rochester Ghost Tour

Rochester Psychiatric Center

Rochester, New York 14620, United States

Created By: Nazareth College

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Originally the Monroe County Insane Asylum, the Rochester Psychatric Center has gone through a lot of changes since it's 1857 construction.

Word of mouth stories circulate that involve forced electroshock and lobotomies on patients of the psychiatric center, many of which resulted in lost patients. Other stories involve patient abuse and neglect, as well as other experimental procedures that left scars on the Asylum's patients even after discharge.

Though there is no historical evidence of these claims, the supernatural happenings in and around this building could be a clue to the verification of the legends.

As we visit now, the psychatric center stands abandoned and in ruin, infested with asbestos and frequently patrolled by bored looking Rochester police officers trying to keep teens from breaking in and leaving their graffiti tags. The building gives off it's own unique energy, equal parts sinister and anticipatory.

Shrieks are frequently heard from the inside of the building, most notably from the morgue in the basement of the space. People who have been fortunate enough to go in and out unscathed have reported seeing multiple figures walking behind them out of the corner of their eyes, and then the figure disappearing as soon as they are percieved. Others claim that phone data inside the building is largely blocked, battery charge runs out faster on phones and other electronics, and compasses cease to work.

Whether the strange sounds and visuals of the location are caused by poisonois asbetos inhalation, the electronic issuesn are hard to ignore, and as a supernatural fan? Harder to stay away from.

This point of interest is part of the tour: City of Rochester Ghost Tour


 

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