Taunton State Hospital Case Study

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Why do people get scared? What makes movies scare people? Why do people get scared of haunted houses? People are scared of what they don't see. At the Taunton state hospital when people go there they are frightened for the sake of them hearing effects but they don't spot the things.

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What is The Taunton state hospital?.
Hospitals like this one are occasionally still standing, but this one was shut down, despite the fact that people can still be found there today.
“Hospitals of this type were self-contained cities, but as with various amounts of these incredible buildings, most of Taunton was shut down in 1975 and left to the elements.” There was a fire during the 19th century right in the middle of the
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It was the second asylum in the state of Massachusetts, built to ease congestion at the hospital in Worcester. One doctor murdered 31 patients while working there
“Jane Toppan, a serial killer who confessed to murdering 31 patients while working as a nurse at Cambridge Hospital.” ( Troy Larson 3) There were some doctors that would pressure patients into the basement to do weird rituals on them
“some doctor and nurses used to drag unwilling patients to the basement to conduct satanic rituals.”(Troy Larson 2) A lot of doctor’s Extract a strange feeling that something is extremely wrong whenever they stride past the basement door
“In its later years, both patients and doctors reported feeling a sensation of tremendous unease when they approached the door of the basement.” (Troy Larson 4)
Why do people think it's haunted?People tell stories about the things they see. “While still in operation, staff members told stories that they would descend the stairs only to find something physically blocking them from reaching the bottom step”
Residents have noticed their lights beaming on and off in the

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