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  Chapter 5: Taunton State Hospital for the Criminally Insane

  Stifling a yawn, Joe Santini spoke…..

  “We are sitting not ten miles away from one of the scariest and cruelest places in the entire U.S. It’s called the Taunton State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. In its 150 year history there were thousands of weird and unexplained happenings. Though I am going to tell you about one of the strangest things that ever happened there, I wish to rest my voice a bit. Does anyone else know anything about this cursed medical facility?”

  “At the risk of boring you guys, I can give you some facts about the complex,” said the history teacher, Mr. Merkens. “There were some 40 buildings spread over 150 acres. It was a miniature city, complete with a theater, a ballroom, a dairy farm, and a complete torture chamber in the cellar of the main building.

  Taunton State Hospital