North Dakota – San Haven Sanatorium, San Haven
Once, when you got Tuberculosis, there was a 50/50 chance you’d die. Because of this, people ill with TB shipped off to places like San Haven Sanatorium. San Haven was a TB sanatorium until the epidemic died down in the 1940s, when it became a sanatorium for the developmentally disabled. If you’re a fan of American Horror Story, the parallels between the second season and San Haven might keep you up at night.
The complex is made up of over a dozen different buildings connected by underground tunnels, and was closed in 1987 (that’s only 30 years ago) by the local government after stories of abuse. Locals still argue about why it was shut down.
You don’t have to try hard to imagine the angry and frustrated ghosts that roam the complex, including one of a teenage boy who died after the place was closed down while he was exploring. Apparently the patients missed their last feeding.
You missed the boat on New Jersey! THE JERSEY DEVIL is most definitely the official haunting creature of the Garden State. Long before NJ was even a state, the legend of the Jersey Devil began. It was the 13th child of Mrs Leeds, who had no desire for another baby. According to legend, she cursed the baby even before it was born. At its birth, the creature assumed otherworldly dimension and flew up the chimney of the home. Since then, the Devil regularly haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, frightening all it encounters. On the eve of a National tragedy, the Devil is said to appear at many varied places in the state to warn of evils to come (most notably in December 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.)