The 1848 Indiana Hospital for the Insane turned into the Central State Hospital in 1926. It is said to be haunted by many patients who suffered abuse here in the hospital’s dark past.

The 1848 Indiana Hospital for the Insane turned into the Central State Hospital in 1926. It is said to be haunted by many patients who suffered abuse here in the hospital’s dark past.

According to the Indiana Medical History Museum, Central State Hospital saw a decline in its number of patients following multiple scandals and a shift toward community care. The hospital shut its ...

Central State Hospital was originally known as the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane. It opened in 1848 on Washington Street, just west of downtown Indianapolis. At it’s peak, 3,000 ...

Old stories from Central State Mental Hospital are well documented, from Albert Thayer’s 1880s memoir titled “Indiana Crazy House” to 1950’s “I Remember Jones,” written by Riah Fagan ...

(MIRROR INDY) — Central State Hospital has long been an infamous part of Indianapolis history. But more than 30 years after it closed due to several scandals involving the abuse of hospital ...