Haunted Places in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
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EHP Rating: 88.7
Old Central State Hospital
Petersburg, VA
Central State Hospital, previously Central Lunatic Asylum, was the first institution in the country for African Americans of "unsound mind." In the 1840s, if slave owners could pay the fees they could have their slaves committed. Some of the old grounds still operates as a hospital; other buildings have been …
