Jamie Davis Whitmer - Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums: Inside Abandoned Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined

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Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums: Inside Abandoned Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined 2013 by Jamie Davis.

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Contents

A Note from
the Contributing Author

: Ashmore Estates
Ashmore, Illinois

: Waverly Hills
Louisville, Kentucky

: St. Albans Sanatorium
Radford, Virginia

: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia

: Yorktown Hospital
Yorktown, Texas

: Farrar School
Maxwell, Iowa

: Tooele Hospital/Asylum 49
Tooele, Utah

: Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield, Ohio

: West Virginia Penitentiary
Moundsville, West Virginia

: Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson, Missouri

Appendix A
Tips We Picked Up

Appendix B
Basic Flashlight
Questions We Like to Ask

Appendix C
Basic EVP Questions
We Like to Ask

Acknowledgments

To my ghost hunting partner and best friend, Sam Queen. Without you this book would not have been possible. You are a tireless road warrior who has spent countless hours sitting in the dark listening to my musings/ramblings/mumblings and toting my bags through the airport. You spent your free time reviewing every piece of audio evidence we have ever collected and researching locations featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives to find us plenty of good places to eat while we were traveling! Thank you for having this adventure with me.

To Mom and Dad, for always encouraging my interests. You ingrained a sense of independence and confidence in me that will carry me through life. You taught me that I can do anything that I want, and I still maybe believe that, except for the being the president part. Im pretty sure thats not going to happen. But I wouldnt rule it out.

To my sister Holly, brother-in-law Doug, and nephews Griffin and Tanner. Because who knows if I will ever write another book.

To Keri Jeanmy favorite cousin and my heartand her beautiful broodhusband Brian and three tow-headed babies: Parker, Cayden, and Ava Reese.

Aunt Carol, Uncle Bob, and Maw-Maw. Sure wish Paw-Paw could read this book!

To Amy Goldstone, my very best girl friend, who works side by side with me every day and who has provided endless encouragement to keep on keeping on with the project (even when I thought no one was going to sign these photo releases)!

And to DWP, JRH, RCF, JDM, SGL, and MEM (my trial lawyers), and all the HPLiens at the firmthank you for encouraging my interests, both personal hobbies and law related, and for just generally being great people to work for and with. I am very lucky to have all of you.

Joel Hiscuttour very first tour guide who led us through a dark asylum in western New York and who first showed us the flashlight experiment that blew our minds. Joel, you pretty much helped inspire our curiosity about ghost hunting. Thank you.

To the owners and staff of these places, who preserve history and provide a safe place for people to come in and explore and investigate.

To countless other family members, friends, and associates.

To the strangers sitting and waiting next to us in airports and on airplanes, who struck up conversations to pass the time, and then became genuinely intrigued by our project. Random strangers in every city we went to provided encouragement and critiques along the way. My travels have taught me that EVERYONE likes a good ghost story and most likely has one of their own to share.

Visit www.facebook.com/pages/Haunted-Asylums-Prisons-and-Sanatoriums/ 539590409393229 to view all of the color photos taken at each location, listen to EVPs, and watch the flashlight videos for yourself!

A Note from
the Contributing Author

First off, let me say that I am a Christian. I believe in life after death. I have a strong faith in this, but what are ghosts, exactly? I dont think that we will ever find answers as to what ghosts are, at least not while were living and breathing here on earth. Until recently, I never really thought that ghosts and hauntings were real. I thought that there may be a possibility of the paranormal but pretty much just chalked it up to legends, myths, Hollywood magic, and the like. Regarding ghosts, to me seeing is believing. During this past year, I have seen and I believe.

My brother, Stewart, called me one day and told me that there was this new reality show coming to television. It was called Ghost Hunters . I became a fan from the first episode. I like the way that they try to disprove reports instead of saying every sound and shadow are paranormal. After watching this show, I started to come around to the idea that ghosts are real. But still, this is a television show. Its entertainment. How do you know what theyre doing is really legit? You dont really know unless you experience these things for yourself, which is what Jamie and I did.