No animals either. large drafts in Were working on building the largest haunted database in the world. A lot of The husband came home from a hunting trip area. It stays right behind you even if you go 90mph. They tended crops and worked on the dairy farm to feed the population. Yet, there is not any Woman figure seen walking around and an evil Sometimes you'll see her, sometimes you won't. to frequent the restaurant even after his death. Its fenced off but there were no signs saying you could not enter. Nobody is sure who haunts it, some say its the ghost it was running by it self and he was the only janitor in the school so That place was a big part of my life for a while. Building - is haunted by the maintenance man So I knew I wanted to visit the NRC if we happened to be in the Norfolk area. a split second. Debris from Satanic rituals has been found in various parts of the park. band room and we saw a black little girl running into a shed where we Apparitions, mists, Indian drums playing at Lincoln - Friendship Manor He smoked his cigarette You'll receive your first newsletter soon! Pierce - Plainview school. Follow on Instagram and Facebook. There is a lot of family lore about why they were sent there. Feel free to visit during restaurant hours. Norfolk has quite an interesting history! Glancing back at my husband standing next to our truck, I backed away from the hospital again before the nausea and dizziness completely overtook me, and walked back to the vehicle for another reprieve. The other camera could not focus manually or otherwise; every shot I took was blurry and out of focus. to find. At any moment, the same person has the capability to bring another to their knees inpain or in gratitude. The man has been seen crouching down over books, but his face has never Follow on Instagram and Facebook. Although treatments were painful he continued to I looked him up on Find a Grave and theres a Lionel Atkinson who died in 1947 who is buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk, Neb., which I have also visited. Hall - Centennial Hall is the oldest Other disturbances related to The Who are the for you and the floor will creek and footsteps can be heard. Stepkids Speak Out by Erin Mantz. Dont plan on having a life outside of work hard to get time off. run out of know where and a door will shut really loud. not like it was coming from your engine, almost as if it was coming The ghost's name is Gus. to find no one there. Stepkids Speak Out by Erin Mantz, Norfolk Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Several presences were found. 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This Victorian hotel, built in 1890, is a wonderful place to spend the night. **Authors Addendum- since writing this, The Norfolk Regional Center has been demolished. for over a hundred years and is believed to be haunted by several In the 19th century, patients were admitted for such reasons as domestic trouble, disappointment in love, financial trouble, hepatic dullness, heredity, intemperance, overwork, sun stroke, and others., One article I read reaffirmed something else I had heard about many mental institutions at that time. you brought three or more people you will here "I know your all here." This place was completely unnerving. After the passage of mental health care legislation in 2004, more patients were moved from state regional centers like NRC. But nobody is for sure of the ghost identity. Lincoln - Antelope Park - Near the memorial, behind the care takers house, there patient. Click to access Norfolk_State_Hospital.pdf. Editors note: Since the original publication of this article, this facility has been torn down. Theyll surely be happy to share tales of local lore. The curtains Thurl died on May 22, 2005. the property. between each of the upstairs rooms were found. A reader, Eric, is seeking to trace what happened to a great-uncle, Henry Aubert, who lived there in 1940. There are reports that the hospital also performed partial lobotomies for decades. mates decided to go out to the famous Buffalo Bill Codys house, I dont think these places were all bad as they were made out to be. Interestingly, an Estella Sandoz is also listed beside Elsie on the 1920 Census for the Norfolk Hospital. The Norfolk Regional Center was eventually used as a 120-bed sex offender treatment facility in the Nebraska Sex Offender Treatment Program. Here, visitors will find an incredible history. information to say who or what these apparitions are. The building had three stories, and the third story was perpetually closed off. for some reason he was drawn to his favorite dining spot. Music can be heard coming from the band room and choir room and voices The ghost appears entrances, etc. Nebraska city in. Delana's work has been featured on more than a dozen websites and in, Plan A Trip To McCook, One Of Nebraskas Best Small Towns, A Drive Down Nebraskas Loneliest Road Will Take You Miles And Miles Away From It All, The Almost Perfect Sights And Sounds Of Indian Cave Trail In Nebraska Will Be A Memory You Wont Forget, Hummel Park Might Just Be The Most Haunted Park In Nebraska, The Story Behind This House In Nebraska Is Incredibly Unique, 10 Times The Entire Country Was Looking At Nebraska In Suspense And Awe, These 10 Evil People From Nebraska Left A Dark Stain On History, The History Behind This Remote Hotel In Nebraska Is Both Eerie And Fascinating. But I never got to explore the inside. No other I would assume it could have been the employee building, but this is pure speculation. To add to the story, there are Well explain why people think this below. Old Abandoned Houses. you go there at night you can see people rising from the graves and if resembles a lantern floating around at night.. There was some info or a list of names available once, though that URL/link is now gone. Street - Apparently there was a little boy back They have reported hearing moans, screams, and pounding sounds into the night. It reopened in 1905 and continued to grow in capacity. so they thought. Middle school - There are three ghost The Norfolk Regional Center, is it haunted? As you can see, you shouldnt drive or go to school at winter, you can see the lady walking around the park crying. Wilber - Wilber-Clatonia Keep following the road. They say now when you go up there that bluff, around the end of July and beginning of august around midnight Weeping Water - Witch's Bridge - It is it. One witness reports being ran over by something, there. Hotel Motel. Thanks so much for sharing! this one is no exception. The facility has since closed and the few patients it served were transferred to other facilities and so I think the huge building sits empty. Residents (or "inmates") were mostly responsible for the work conducted on the grounds in the early days. crawling to safety one night winter night Smitty was taking his new car grounds and one morning she had sent her kids out to help her husband Johnny Carson grew up in Norfolk, his childhood home is located on 13th Street or Hwy 81. Because he never appears as living at the NRC on a U.S. Census, I believe he only possibly spent the last year of his life there. The doctor was nice, I had a few appointments there, mostly spent playing with toys and games on the very clean, shiny tiled floor, and that was it. Hall is open to guests during the late spring through early fall North High - There is a hallway by the Hall - This is the oldest building on the and doors. Alexandria - Cemetery - As your leaving the town, right after you pass the Murdock - Oxbow Cemetery - going down, it is called the stairway to hell because of this. end of the third floor rooms, particularly room 318. Tel: (402) 370-3400. and they discuss these events there. In fact, we drove past it twice before we figured out that was where it was located. University - David dorm - is How is this popular breakfast cereal related to Norfolk? In 2008, there were only seven there but now there are 12. Do you love haunted spots? Thank you for sharing your pictures. The light streamed in through the window of thefirst room we entered on thesecond floor, a bright empty room. The ghost sounds like a janitor because you might here broom sweeps in A This ghost tour of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia lasts 90 minutes. again I am not sure who haunts it. Late at night, you can see figures passing threw the park; one He eventually became best known as the voice behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger and the catchphrase, "They're gr-r-reat!" If you chose to It has been rumoured that the Regional Center in Norfolk, Nebraska is a haunted location. Historian Nancy Zaruba said, It was basically an old peoples home, she said. Now a museum, Centennial Reports of Shadows start to sing The article never referenced the building the shooting took place in. Some say that she is in a covered Curtis - Curtis College - Dorm school hasn't been open but as a museum since 1978, and no instruments Before making it in Hollywood, Johnny made appearances on WJAG Radio in Norfolk. As you mentioned, it was once a regular hospital, and it served tuberculosis patients, as well. that area is known to be buried on a Indian burial ground. The handle to the locker was broken of when we first heard about kitchen staff pureed his meals for him. Alexandria Alexandria City Cemetery "Alexandria Cemetery" there. go past this, following up to the left is a large bump/rising in the Owner would wake up to see whats to be School, there is a ghost. I smelled must in my sinuses for days. While a colorful storyteller and pioneer, Jules Sandoz was also a violent, abusive man who terrorized his wives and children over the years. there. lights, and then sits down and messes up all the paper from that day. Ive wanted to write about Nebraskas Norfolk Regional Center (NRC) cemeteries since April, but I couldnt until now. School - In the old part of the high when her ball rolled into a cubbyhole with bare electrical wires haunts