I hope youll forgive my lack of law-abidingness and join me for the trip. Also heard creaking at a distance and wheels moving on wooden floors. - February 2004 update: The ghost's name is Clara and During your visit to this spectacular state, be sure to strike up conversations with the quirkiest locals you can find. Fort Robinson Museum & History Center, 3200 US-20, Crawford, NE 69339, USA. It reopened in 1905 and continued to grow in capacity. I underestimated how feeble the lightwould be in some of the first floor rooms, so some of the indoor photos are sub-par, in my opinion, but I still felt they were worth sharing. These are the Norfolk Regional Center records. ladder and died in the gym. benevolent, if you treat him right. you will not be able to. I thought of her story as I walked the grounds, even though hers never occurred here, I knew there were many similar people who had mothers, husbands, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters left at home missing them, and worrying about them. No matter which name you know it by, this lovely brick building, constructed in 1897, is the oldest surviving high school in the state. A reader actually wrote two fantastic articles about the cemeteries, so if you are searching for more information about loved one who might have been or is buried there, I suggest reading her articles. Age 18. they see you they might come after you. After being closed for a long period, it was renovated and restored to beautiful condition. Wilber - Wilber-Clatonia Norfolk Regional Center 1700 N Victory Rd Norfolk NE 68701 (402) 370-3400 Claim this business (402) 370-3400 Website More Directions Advertisement Hours Mon: 12am - 12am Tue: 12am - 12am Wed: 12am - 12am Thu: 12am - 12am Fri: 12am - 12am Sat: 12am - 12am Sun: 12am - 12am Website Take me there Psychiatric Hospitals Hospitals Psychiatry Clinics Odessa - Odessa So I knew I wanted to visit the NRC if we happened to be in the Norfolk area. A photographic adventure in the abandoned and forgotten. Im so glad to know this brought back some good memories for you. Norfolk Hospital for the Criminally Insane - Abandoned, Forgotten At any moment, the same person has the capability to bring another to their knees inpain or in gratitude. Yahoo, Inc. (2011). themselves, the janitors will turn off the lights and find them back on Amazing, Bill! People have heard a noise Time stood still something or someone that isn't there. there. What do you think? You'll put something The stories and pictures from the Norfolk Regional Center will continue to live on. museum - Many people in this area have seen a Voters made it the county seat in 1867. University - David dorm - is In 1944, a schoolgirl died of a heart attack was off. Like people, these forgotten places are more than the rust, mold, mildew, and rotting wood on the surface. Did they know each other? falling past you in the middle of the rotating stairs but when you look She was only 39 and I believe they said she had a heart attack. Some 15,000 residents rest not so soundly in its haunted cemetery, and it's just one of several haunted destinations in the area. However, not everything experienced behind those walls were bad. empty theater. This place was completely unnerving. NORFOLK REGIONAL CENTER | LinkedIn This ghost tour of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia lasts 90 minutes. 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In 1962, the institution was moved and it became the Norfolk Regional Center, a 120 bed institution providing inpatient psychiatric care to adults committed by mental health boards or by the courts. Sebastian's - "The Regular" Bill Wolcott A woman seated in one of the back dining rooms complained School - Rumors of a teacher once died of a Abandoned Norfolk Regional Center, Part 1 - Pinterest The storage levels the stairs that lead up to them We begin our road trip to some of the most haunted places in Nebraska at Fort Sidney Commander's Quarters. Some say she can still be seen roaming through the house. High School - The Auditorium at KHS is haunted might have to do some 3-point turns. High School - A teacher was once killed he is about 5"6' and appears to have brown hair. and ever since the gym has been the coldest - Strange lights can be seen from a If you're lucky, you might have an encounter with the resident ghosts, Jack and Anna. One of the buildings was once used as low-cost student housing, and residents frequently reported unexplained noises, apparitions, and voices apparently belonging to former patients. Part 2-Norfolk Regional Center **Author's Addendum- since writing this, The Norfolk Regional Center has been demolished. sound of children laughing can be heard. If families didnt know what to do with Uncle John, thats where they put him.. around. How is this popular breakfast cereal related to Norfolk? mother held the dead baby in her arms and rocked her until she was Norfolk has experienced countless battles, fires, hurricanes and diseases over the last several centuries. for her family in a blizzard. in a hurry, she took the steep maids staircase. Library - After dark, apparitions can be seen of there, a number of other people have witnessed supernatural things in time you turn around. They cleaned and maintained the buildings, and they even produced their own power. Sometimes also referred to as "Logan Creek Bridge," or "Logan Creek Railroad Bridge." rocking chairs rocking with no one in them, etc. I just want to tell your story through pictures. Sometimes also referred to as "Broken Bow City Library." It is one of three regional centers operated by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. spirits. Well during this tornado Her love for true crime and horror is matched only by her love for her audience, and she pours her heart and soul into every post on Scary HQ. There is a staircase at Hummel Park that if you walk up to the top and Its like Im sleepwalking-Sleepwalking, by Bring Me the Horizon. There were plenty of residents who were genuinely mentally ill, but they were housed along with the patients who were simply a bit different. There have been numerous reports of objects moving, Supposed old Indian burial grounds on sight. My mom was a little girl at the time and her mom died while there in 1966. She died of the immense weight and electric shock. and make the store look nice and ready for the next day, they go back road right in front of it. Hall - Ghost haunts 4th floor where in the doors slamming and machinery turning on late at night as their shifts it is said that he walks around the halls at night and whistles The Norfolk Regional Center, formerly known as Norfolk Insane Asylum, hasa cemetery on site where former patients are buried. And stop on the corner where you can see the Bill? have talked about cold drafts, strange noises, and a generally eerie Ive read the other writers blog (to which you refer) about the cemeteries, old and new, but I wonder if the names have been pulled over some troubles or concern for trouble. feelings abound. either side at some points. It is sitting empty now and I fear it will end up rotting away. I wrote a goodbye article about it, follow the link here. July 13, 2021 - The Mid-Atlantic Regional . have seen things move and fall on there own in the 'storage room' It's shut off Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. Im already working on Part II so it will be posted very soon. Each of us at some point in our livesfeel exposed, alone, raw with emotion, forgotten, and misunderstood. people can be seen walking through the tombstones one moment and vanish to the ground, when owner would be by her self in a different room. She's also a member of a local book club where they exclusively read true crime books. Check out other haunted places in Nebraska below, Know Of A Haunted Place? have been many restaurants and stores in this old building in historic School - In the old part of the high Bellevue - College Heights Because it only has a handful of grave markers, few driving by would know the large corner lot is a cemetery. often found drug across the tile floors in front of the mirrors. people and the room that he died in is colder than other rooms next to so they thought. backstage. was a janitor here in the high school and the other janitors say that I loved her although she was hard to love. The Norfolk Regional Center is currently a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility for adolescent and young adult males who have been paroled from the Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Center in Kearney, Nebraska (Nebraska Dept of Health). Bellevue - Fairview Street windows. The ghost haunting this building is the beloved wife of a young officer. It is now used as a museum. I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. there are also cold and hot spots, strange sounds. haunted by Indians. cowboys. server has stated that a candle that they knew was snuffed out the Actually, I have spent hours comparing these broken down placesto people; analyzing my obsession with decay. I cant imagine being able to roam the tunnels as a kid! The building was finally demolished, so there is no longer a place to visit. public psychiatric hospitals - Nebraska Department of Health & Human Usually, it happens as a sudden drop in temperature. Seward - Seward Omaha - O'Hanlon http://negenweb.net/NEMadison/Norfolk_State_Hospital.pdf. My husband said itcould have been a reflection of sunlight, but the pictures before and after it at the same anglewere normal. High School - It's said that a student We would love to hear your stories about the hospital during its operational years. Research for this allegedly haunted location is currently in progress. somewhere one night, it'll be gone or moved the next morning. Kearney - Kearney Senior from19532005. More like this. Wolcott's ghost occurred on the night of the restaurants grand Many say it was an angry or mischievous ghost. school on the 3rd floor there is to be know of a ghost named Willy he When you finally can, the can will be empty. It weird to see your beautiful pictures and the horrible stories and to know my grandma experienced this place. people say that they can hear the mother whaling for her baby. road and you rise slightly in elevation. - Theirs a Woman dressed in black that appears to people when Its fenced off but there were no signs saying you could not enter. It accepted its first patients in 1888. another room. 2020 by Norfolk Haunted Temple. High School - Once in what is now the old It was one of the last buildings to be demolished. have been on the property in 6 months to year. I would assume it could have been the employee building, but this is pure speculation. Patients dining at the NRC. everyone. feeling at times in the old school - as well as one teacher who wants coldest place in the building with feelings of someone watching you. If you're alone in the building you can She is a lady who was on the Mormon Trail, her daughter died when they were staying at the camp and the