South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital
In 1959 the doors opened to South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital situated on 2.3 acres in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. The hospital had 300 beds and covered an area of 68,000 square feet. It would serve the community for almost 40 years before closing its doors for the final time in 1998.
The current owner is a pediatrician who once worked in the hospital; it was purchased with the intent to sell. While inside the hospital to perform repairs, workers and family members of the doctor began having paranormal experiences. This led to the building being investigated at length, with hundreds of hours of documented paranormal data. In an effort to preserve the hospital as it is today, it is now being opened up by the owner and Vonore Area Paranormal Research for paranormal tours and events to help pay for its upkeep.
South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital has been investigated by only a handful of paranormal groups so far. The most notable of these teams was TV's Hollywood Ghost Hunters. The team of Ex Hollywood actors, writers and authors (Including "Friday the 13th's Kane Hodder, and actor/stuntman Rick McCallum) spent a night at the hospital and came away with amazing evidence. Other teams that have investigated have been Tennessee Paranormal, Clarksville Ghost Hunters, Knox Paranormal Investigators, and Vonore Area Paranormal Research (VAPR).
This building was home to the VAPR-CON 2009 Paranormal Conference and the feedback was amazing, several of the investigators in attendance later remarked that it was the most active location ever visited.
The owner son Evan Hayes says there have been things he has seen that no one can seem to explain. Hayes says he's seen locked doors become unlocked, and has doors mysteriously slam in his face. There has not been power here for years, but he says you can still see and hear things that just can't be explained. The elevator doors "ding" as if they are going to open, even though the elevators no longer operate. Phantom lights have been seen on in some sections of the hospital, even though there is no power.
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