Haunted Elgin Mental and Rehab Center
by Jessica
(Elgin)
Elgin State was a relic of the 1950s era of using pain for mental treatment. Electroshock and cold therapy were some of the ghastly methods used on patients. Many died and as the years went on and the cemetery ran out of room, the bodies were incinerated in the basement.
The campus is shut down, and is closed down. Visitors have to hop a fence and run from the security guards to avoid being fined $5,000. Reports include tappings, screams, shadows, lights inside, cold fields, and fog. Inside, visitors claim to see blood stained walls, and smell the scent of decay. Many consider it the most haunted place in Chicagoland.
August, 2005 Update: The place was torn down due to asbestos. The property has not shown paranormal activity since. The property is now in the process of having government office building being built in the location. There is a Brand New Elgin Mental Institution is a juvenile detention center that was build several miles down the road away from the original location. It is the new location that is now open. There is no known activity to be taking place at the new location at this time. It was built over a bit of farmland that the city had bought.
January 2006 Update: This place has been mostly closed down. The State built additions that are the part that is open and yet it must be regarded that open does not mean open to the public. The old part was closed done due to a deadly asbestos that was discovered on the walls and the buildings that were contaminated were all torn down. The reason for the armed guards is that there is both a juvenile detention center and a center for the criminally insane that exists on the property and the guards are there to make sure no one goes near these areas without clearance.
WARNING: If there is anyone that is planning on doing anything in any of those locations they must be sure that they have permission first else they will be arrested.
