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A welcoming place - The state of Michigan, US, is beautiful and enchanting. It is known as the center of car production, but it is also famous for hosting car racing competitions.

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Traverse City State Hospital -

However, Michigan is even more famous for its innumerous ghost stories.

This gallery outlines just one of these stories that takes place at Traverse City State Hospital.

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The inauguration - The psychiatric hospital opened its doors in 1885 under the direction of Dr. James Decker Munson.

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Philosophy - As the first supervisor of the hospital, Munson thought that therapy was equal to beauty.

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Treatment philosophy - Dr. Munson prohibited the use of straitjackets.

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Patient transport -

In order to transport the patients comfortably while also making sure there was no contact between them, they used an underground tunnel.

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Hell - There are reports that a 'portal to Hell' was discovered inside one of the underground passageways.

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Drug addiction - A few years later, the hospital started treating people with drug addictions.

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Diseases - It also treated patients that were victims of disease outbreaks, such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, polio and the flu.

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Asylum - The hospital even broadened their care facility to include the elderly.

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Human guinea pigs - Despite Munson's theories, there is evidence that experiments were performed on humans.

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Experiments with humans? - Some of the experiments included electroshock and lobotomies.

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Questioning - Maybe Dr. Munson had no idea what the hospital would turn into. Did the experiments even happen?

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Hospital shuts down - The hospital closed its doors in 1989 and the building was left abandoned.

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Life continues - It seems that the ghosts didn't die with the closing of the hospital.

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Imprisoned souls - Some believe that the souls of the people who suffered the torturous experiments are imprisoned inside the hospital walls.

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A new start? - The building started being renovated and reconstructed in 2000.

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Still haunted? - People working on the construction project reported hearing unidentifiable voices.

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Supernatural phenomenon - There are also reports of lights blinking unexpectedly.

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Ghosts? - There are even some who claim to have seen shadows drifting through the hospital.

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The media - Reporters who visited the site to conduct interviews say they captured inexplicable voice recordings.

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Sinister laundry room - Another recurring story involves the laundry room.

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Doors with a life of their own - It's common to hear or see the doors shut on their own.

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Is anyone there? - Another report from the laundry room is the sensation of being watched.

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Myth or reality? - There is always the question of whether the stories are fantasy or truth.

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Guided visit -

In order to find out for sure, you can take a guided tour through the building.

See also: Historical figures called crazy, who were right all along 

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