Case file · Haunting
Northern State Hospital
A psychiatric hospital near Sedro-Woolley, Washington, opened in 1912 and closed in 1973; its empty Spanish-style buildings and patients' cemetery attract ghost hunters.
1912 CE · 48.52, -122.21 · status: legend
The account
It was designed as a self-sufficient farm community, and patients worked its fields and dairy. Part of the site is now a park.
The sceptical view
Old hospitals attract ghost lore because of their history, not because of documented paranormal events.