The haunted Old Tooele Hospital was built in 1873 as a home for the family of Samuel F. Lee. By 1913, it had been turned into a home for the elderly but was often called the County Poor House. Witnesses have experienced a number of paranormal activities here, including apparitions, shadows, mists, orbs, a spiritual portal. One of the ghosts is believed to be a former patient named Wes, who had Alzheimer’s. But many other spirits have been named here: Ned, Peter, Richard, James, and a child named Jessica. Original builder Samuel F. Lee lingers here too, according to witnesses, sometimes accompanied by his young son Thomas.
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- 140 E 200 South
Tooele, UT
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 40.526082197955944, -112.29437077054172
- County:
- Tooele County, Utah
- Nearest Towns:
- Tooele, UT (0.4 mi.)
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tilt your screen forward till you see a lady in the left corner of the building by the white sqare in the other corner there is a little kid in red
what the heck
One of my sisters and I we’re born in that hospital in the 80s. Never it was haunted or used in a mini series either.
I am a volunteer at Asylum 49. I know very well that it is haunted. When i was just a young girl, as known as when my mom used to tie my shoes. My shoes were untied and i was sitting in a chair in the conference room waiting for my mom to speak plans with the owners, so my mom tied my shoes, as a normal parent would do. A few seconds later my shoe just flopped off my foot, but it was double knotted. That was only the first story. Me and my sisters in 2016 had a dark room with a gate in the doorway , and when we turned our backs toward the doors they ached. if we turned around our chests would be heavy and heard to breathe. I have a very high belief that Asylum 49 is actually haunted.
i believe zac bagens explored this place. apparently when it was still up and running , if you saw a girl walk into a room and lock it, once you got into that room the patient would be dead.
1. Please spell Zak Bagans right, there is no C in his name, its spelled ZAK Bagans, NOT Zac Bagans
2. Yes, Zak Bagans has been to Tooele Hospital or Asylum 49 twice
The paranormal typically do not reveal themselves for days, so brief visits generally do not turn anything up.
It is after you have lived in a place a while and the paranormal want you gone that things begin to happen.
i’m only a kid and i live close to the asylum and me and my friend went to the shop side and we were in a shop there it was a doll shop there and the doll flew across the room the people that awns the shop ran out the room telling us its happend