Fairfield Hills State Hospital, Newtown

hey! i dont have a website to show you but ive got something totally true!
well one night me and my mom and her room mate got bored at home so we looked on the internet to find some scary places to goo look at.
When we saw that Fair Feild Hospital was actually a mental stitution we decided to go check it out. Seeing as how people were saying it was haunted.
So as we drove dow the road, it was a crystal clear night, I looked over this open feild with buildings in it. Now at the time i didnt relize that it was the Hospital. And out o no were a HUGE bolt of “lightning” or something comes out of the center buildning and connects it a bolt coming from the sky.
Now granted i dont really kno if that is even possible but honest to God thats what happened.

Sincerly
Ashely^_^

Also, I’ve been there many times and saw just one abnormal thing. There was a light in my cameras lense that was shaking rapidly while I was not touching it, on a tripod, with no flashlight on.

I was a patient at FFH in the mid to late 80’s. I used to walk through the tunnels whenever I was out on my privilege card. I saw some weird stuff down there. There was a gate from Cochran House to Canaan house. I saw some bones there which belonged to people that had died prior to me being a patient there. One time a I saw a glow while I was down in the tunnel. I couldn’t make it out but it def spooked me. I ran out of the tunnel and out the front door of the building to the outside. I used to hide in the chapel and made staff think that I really awoled. Lol. I also used to walk the loop. I saw some pretty interesting stuff up in the loop as well. I saw patients having sex behind trees and used to ride my bike up there as well. It was a good source of exercise for me. But anyway, I didn’t like the hospital too much because there was one male nurse that was trying to rape me whenever the other staff members weren’t looking. I finally got fed up with it so I wrote a letter to the department of administration. The nurse was then fired. He was putting the risk to a mentally ill patient which was against the hospital policy.

I went to the Fairfield Hills Campus recently during the afternoon. I did not see any police officers, so I took a big walk around the property. The buildings were so damaged, each had almost every window broken and the doors bound up with wood. The windows were barred. There were signs ordering people to stand at least 15 feet away. There were many houses on the property that belonged to doctors who had worked with the patients on campus. The architecture as a whole was breathtaking, but the homes, like the hospital buildings, were a mess. I went inside one of them (it had a door that wasn’t bound up) and the house was bigger than I expected, maybe over 3,000 square feet. The old wall paper, staircase, fireplace, and sinks were still there, but otherwise it was a huge, dusty, broken up place. There were at least 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a balcony, and an indoor porch. It was truly amazing to see. If there are no police officers patrolling, and you don’t plan on breaking into the hospital (or committing any kind of vandalism), I recommend visiting the area. It was really cool.

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i like dogs. taste just like meat loaf
oh… and i learnded how to fly today. see ya
going to fly over the hospital and let loose

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sick man thanks for ur help im deff goin to check this place out … also do u kno if ther any electricity in this place ? n send me a message to my email ((loscolombiano@hotmail.com)) n ill send u info of the event when i kno when n a place

im gettin so many mixed reviews for past few years on this place .
is it ok to explore still covert style and anything to watch out for
or hidden entry?

Awsome , Should be a Great explore if any one has been here Recently plz E-mail me any security info and ent/ exits plz also any hot spots =) thank you and safe hunting.
Geo
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I run a group that hosts and plans airsoft events in CT. We are always looking for unique places to play. Does anyone think that this would be allowed; legally of course? If so, who would I get in contact with? dhiggins@ymail.com thanks!!!

I worked there in the late 70’s and most of what I am reading on here is so true. The grounds were beautiful but that was about all you can say nice about the place. I can remember having to help hold down a patient while they got their electro shock therapy done and walking patients through the tunnels. Creepy to say the least. I also remember my boss and some that I worked with smoking hash in the afternoons and trying to get me to join them as they were afraid I’d tell on them. The straw that broke the camels back was when I had cafeteria duty and the meat they were serving the patients had a green film to it. It was disgusting looking and I asked them to find something else to feed them. Of course they looked at me like I was crazy so I went outside and called the newspaper to report it. Shortly after I quit as I finally realized I couldn’t change anything there no matter what voice I raised. I re applied approx. 2 years later and I was interviewed by a gal I went through the training program with right after high school and she told me she would not hire me because I was a trouble maker and I didn’t “fit in”. Well, thank goodness for that. My Grandmother spent many years inside those walls. She had no one to care for her and had many medical issues. I can remember going to visit her as a child. She had passed away before I ever began working there. It’s true what they say “the only way to tell the difference between an employee and a patient, was who had the keys.” I had one boss that clearly should have been admitted there instead of being an RN in charge of a ward. I had another boss that thought she was Hotlips Houlihan from Mash. I left before I ended up like most of the people I worked with. That facility was a travesty and should have been closed many many years before they actually did it. I could say more, but, I’m getting too upset thinking about the treatment people received inside those walls.

To “Ace Worton”: Whatever , We don’t welcome Atheism here. Your going as far to say the WORLD is Delusional in itself. Make sure you take your medications as prescribed and go post somewhere else.Ten you go to say it has a “dark History” which is ironic in itself. That statement indicates you know there is a evil presence. Whatever- i was bored and had to say something..

i went to high school for 1 year in 2000 , in ffh, it was sweet we have been in every room evan the attics , back then the tunnels were open now most of them are gone. me and my school mates def saw fingernails on walls from scraping , and other weird shit, ive had the experience of laying on the table in the morgue we also usede to go bowling in the duck pin lanes wich r awsome, they r under the gym which is still there. there is many weird things in those buildings the basements r filled with patient junk, the thearapy chairs are super freaky ,ne one interested in more (under ground info ) in this wonderfully krooked place , post a comment to me on this sight…..

If interested, I took pictures a couple of weeks ago of the facility. I wish I knew now that there were tunnels into the facility, and where. Michael Mathis on Facebook. Profile picture is of my two kids standing next to a red truck.

Does anyone have pics of the patients around 58-71? My Aunt was 13 when she went in and 24 when she died. Pics or records?

Did you get any emails on your request? I recommend you find the STAFF while they are still alive and remember. Mind I ask- what did she die of and what was her diagnosis?

You can get in to FFH, there is only one blue security truck (and guard)that roams around the entire campus. It is a slight chance that you will get caught and arrested.

If anyone has been there, can you please email me about your experiences at briannababy12340@yahoo.com? I would like to know more about it.

as far as the care from staff i was very impressed at thier level of compatence,education and determination to provide the best patient care as they could. however like the above complaints from the people that claim to have resided at ffh and have been provided services at ffh i know that i would not challeng thier allagations. its unfortunate but the one bloger above said it best when she or he said “there are mean people no matter where you go” again its unfortunate but in my experience they were the exception to the rule.

I had two family members in Ffld. Hills, my great grandmother and my great uncle (her grandson). As a child I remember going to visit. It was not a pleasant experience and I still have vivid memories especially of the smell of the buildings. As a family archivist I would like to get the records if they exist of my great grandmother. I was told by someone in the Connecticut State Library that the records were destroyed in the 80’s. Is this true?

To Sherrie about requesting records or pictures- Ive been to Fairfield Hills and got inside and in one of the rooms there were tons and tons of boxes just filling the room, filled with patients records and pictures and lots and lots of information that definitely should have been either detroyed or sent on to those patients or their doctors. The room i was in had a broken window as well so im quite sure people have snuck in there and done who knows what with all of that private information.

I worked at fairfield hospital in 1986, with my mother, two sisters, and future brother in law, whose parents were both doctors at the asylum. We worked as food service in the kitchen(Bridgeport hall). Part of our duties were to transport food to all buildings via the underground tunnels, wich we drove on specially constructed electric vehicles. We know about haunting, strange sounds, and sights. What you have heard about the treatment of patients is true. We know what was there underground and what took place. More than A few times, bodies were transported thru those tunnels to keep them from sight of others. ALWAYS this route. I know, I saw them. Electric shock, drugs, and lobotomies were common practice, and still are in ct state institutions. This is not A farce. Ct , amoung other states, were and still are very cruel to mentally impaired people. they also use them for experimental purposes. If you got access to those tunnels, you would know. I and my family have pictures, but this could cause trouble for us. Norwich and c.v.h. were no different. You would be surprised just how much truth there is to what you have heard.

RE:Pieter,

The ONLY difference from “Clinical Trials” now is that the people are Healthy (Usually Paid) Volunteers. As is it is hard to tell the Dr’s/Nurses ‘NO” even then. I’ve had my days even after being a patient at ‘The Hills” as people in the area call it. In the mid- till latter 2000’s. Ending in 2008 or so. I’ve seen how staff in Psyche units REALLY persist in getting you to try meds on you even AFTER you said you had reactions or it don’t work etc. It’s a sad place to be able to be ‘curious’ when someone takes this and then sit back and watch what happens.

Sadly too many people TRUST these Hospital Staff and it’s not that I do or don’t but rather I know better! It’s not my first rodeo as people will say. Oh! Before I do forget, YES they do ECT (Shock Therapy) in 2012 at almost ANY Psyche unit. Either Hospital or ‘Grounds’ like in Middletown,CT. You need lots of Witt and Confidence to compete in the world of the insane. Your at your weakest and everyone knows that.

However- if it wasn’t for current experimentation the FDA wouldn’t look the other way for off label use of Medications. (Okay they are DRUGS) Which does help a lot when a certain Medication helps someone with said issue but many Prick Dr’s refuse to hand it out. Which is why I used to and would again if needed have my Psyche needs be met at a Big Federally Funded Hospital and/or University based Hospital. They have soo many ore options to help me and others. Granted, at the once expense of others. If it weren’t for that ‘research’ much of the Help thats available wouldn’t be…available.
It’s just the way things are!

which brought us right to campus**

took a ride there yesterday and was a little disappointed. the eastern end of the property has been torn down.(morgue, hospital and 2 of the buildings that housed violent offenders. these buildings were known to have the most paranormal activity and probley the reason they no longer exist. sooo, where is the best place to enter the remaining buildings and are the tunnels accessable? please be honest….it takes me over an hour to get there and really want it to be worth my while.

I was the site supervisor of security here for about four years (2007-2011), which granted me to the buildings when needed or wanted as well as a hands on look through a vast collection of artifacts (photos, objects, videos, blueprints) on just about anything that can possibly be about this place.

Yes, the Morgue (Yale Hall), both female Litchfield and male Fairfield forensics (disturbed) buildings, the drug rehab (Bridgewater), and main hospital (Greenwich) have been demolished in the past 6 years. Another thing not many are aware of is that those “welded tunnel doors”, even when opened won’t get you anywhere. Since the renovation to Bridgeport Hall (Cafe) in 2009 the town of Newtown dug up all tunnels which traveled under any road on the campus to make way for new gas lines for the newly found Municipal building.

Now despite what one will read here, or on any other paranormal, ghost, urbex blog, thread, or article Fairfield State Hospital was quite a peaceful place. Albeit aside from some of the more mentally ill patients, it was a place of rest, relaxation, and help for many woman and men in need of it. Most patients committed to FSH between 1945, and 1987 were self committed. They were drawn to get help in a beautiful open country setting that was a state of the art facility with only the best treatments and staff available.

Then again as you read this you may also believe I’m just some guy looking for attention making up a whole bunch of fiction. Well, how about quoting the second paragraph of this blog first: “As you might expect, Fairfield Hills was like many hospitals in how the mentally ill were treated — with electric shock therapy, hydrotherapy, psychosurgery and frontal lobotomies, as well as a few suicides and “mysterious” deaths. Stories of abuse and cruelty were rampant. In short, it wasn’t a happy-smiley, fluffy-kitty and shiny-rainbow type of place.” Maybe I can clear some of this up for you. Just like any man, I have a hobby. Photography has been a big part of me since childhood, and since I worked at a cool place I took many of pictures. Actually one day bored at work on a shift at FSH I decided to give a little back to the community by making a fully dedicated flickr page just to FSH.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairfieldhills/3641784465/in/set-72157620129576781

As one looks through this place, they can just imagine this in it’s heyday. Pretty bright colors, big open rooms. It’s really hard to see this place as a hell for most.

Hi,

I am going on a 2 week long trip all around Connecticut to visit abandoned and mysterious locations. I am doing this for research on historical events and locations. I will be taking photos along with other research devices. If anyone could help me obtain permission or point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

You can contact me at m.nick1982@hotmail.com

Dr Gonzo Great Photo! I wouldn’t mind walking inside for memory sakes and take some trophies inside. I spent my best/worst days there as a teen. HAH building. Today I have some of the staff on my Facebook. ! I talk to people (Patients) also from there. Most are doing rather well one way or another. A piece of something inside.. If the HAH is still up I hid some things there and i’d like to get them! I hid them there in the 80’s. 🙂 I never thought i’d be the one looking. Plus there are ‘hiding’ places that the kids would use as well. ‘kids’ I meant patients- that only I and few would know about. I’d be going after ‘time capsules’ sort to speak. Well I dont trust my car and I wouldn’t mind if one wants to go up? Just a thought anyways. Besides they are more likely to let a former patient (who’s sane as I) lol to go ‘looking’ further than most.

Gorwing up 5 minutes down the road has afforded me some creepy encounters at Fairfield Hills. The most recent one occurring in July of 2012. While most articles say there are numerous cops and guards patrolling the grounds, this did not ring true on the day I visited. In broad daylight, around 2pm, a group of 4 of us drove through campus. We parked and begun walking around, taking pictures of the great architectural elements. Someone in the group tugged at a padlock on the door facing the woods behind, and it was actually unlocked. We proceeded inside and were met with a stairwell. We went upstairs and the door on the first landing was locked. We peered through the dusty glass and saw what appeared to be a children’s floor. There were murals of teddy bears and nature scenes on the walls and a small crib in the hallway. We went up one more floor, to the top, and discovered this door unlocked. We were met with a long, wide hallway and proceeded into the first room on our left which appeared to be a bathroom with numerous stalls. The next room was a large room with isolation rooms surrounding it. Each “cell” had a heavy door and barred window. We spent about 15 minutes taking pictures before we heard a set of heavy footsteps from what sounded to be above us. Problem was, we were on the top floor.

Our first thought was that perhaps a homeless person(s) had taken refuge in the building and were coming to see who we were. We wrapped things up and headed down the stairs, as we reached the second floor landing we head the footsteps again but this time they were VERY close. Almost as if they were right behind us. They had the exact cadence of a person walking in what sounded like heavy boots. At this point we ran.

Fairfield Hills is a place time forgot. There are still papers strewn across the floors, beds and cribs scattering the halls, and perhaps even patients still inside (one way or another). Newtown is rennovating the more useable buildings for office use so go explore while you can!

alright people. on the right side of the fenced up building there’s a cut threw the gate then a board that you can walk right threw. no cops. after 12am. apparently but yet again this was on a tues. be careful. nothing spooky that happens but its weird as hell and hugee. if ur bored go.

I remember this place well, I once ran out of gas one night about 2 in the monrning on the road that leads to it, as I walked down the road to find a gas station I saw some strange looking “beings” with overly large oversized craniums approaching me, so I changed directions, when I turned around I saw maybe 20 or 30 of these strange freaks comming after me, so I started to kinda trot looking back I saw they were closing in on me, so I really started to run faster, when I looked back again these large cramium sicko’s had doubled to maybe 50 and were chasing me, luckily for me a car was comming down the road so I flagged it down and quickly jumped inside, when we were escaping these big head had joined hands and blocked the road, I yelled to the driver to not stop!!!! but he did stop like a fool, soon after they broke the windshield with their large oddly shaped heads and grabbed us, i was taken into the woods and don’t remmeber much after that, I just woke up naked 3 days laters in someones birdbath ..I never did see the driver of the car after that and never did return…

Me and my roommate went there for the second time tonight around 8:00pm. The first time we went to the Fairfield Hills was on a Friday night around 12:00pm, we had no problem walking around and there was no security in the area.

However, tonight once we arrived, we saw a patrol car circling the buildings with his flood lights on. The guard noticed us walking around but did not approach us. We kept on walking around all of the buildings while the security watched us from afar. Once we decided it was time to head back to our car and leave, there was a police car waiting for us and the officer asked us what we were up to. She ended up telling us that a couple of kids had broken into one of the buildings shortly before we arrived and that they were still searching for them. She ended up letting us go as we were only walking around causing no harm and not breaking into any of the buildings. I guess it was just an unlucky night.

I would recommend people to be extremely cautious if they intend to go into one of the buildings as there is in fact security until late at night and they will not hesitate to call the police or even search inside the buildings for any trespassers.

From our experience though, there is no security around after 11/12 pm. There is a lot of wildlife around the buildings at night though (such as dears and raccoons).

While walking around tonight, my roommate heard this loud “bump” noise from within one of the buildings. That was the only abnormal event all night.

I worked there from 1984 to 1988. Contrary to what one poster stated, there were no frontal lobotomies or other “medieval” treatments being performed at that time. Advances in drug therapies rendered those treatments obsolete by the time I was employed there. Electroshock may have been used, but it still is for for illnesses such as intractable depression. What really was the beginning of the end for Fairfield Hills was the deinstitutionalization movement. Yes there was occasional cruelties, but no more so than any other institution of that type, at least during my time there. Most of the staff I worked with were compassionate, some were lazy but harmless, and there were a few dicks on a power trip. But they were in the minority. I worked in every building in the facility, but mostly in Cochrane House and mostly on the male acute unit, in admissions, geriatrics, or drug/alcohol detox. And yes, occasionally I had to transport deceased patients through the tunnels to the morgue. Always did this with a partner – hospital policy. These were elderly patients, some of whom had been in a vegetative state for years. We did what we could in a very challenging environment with no real training. It was at times quite dangerous, but I found that even with the most aggressive or psychotic patient, a willingness to be respectful and compassionate greatly reduced the chances of getting hurt.

Anyone have any tips on how to get into the fenced in building?

Although a movie about FFH would be a thriller, right now sure isn’t a good time for it IMO. We need places like FFH to re open with a more modern way of caring for the people that need it. Lanza might have been a patient there instead of a killer on the outside.

Im so sick of you kids coming into my house!! I live in FFH! Leave me the hell alone! There are no ghosts! Thats me making all them noises trying to keep you kids out! Now i finally found a way to run a few wires for basic power and NOW internet… the more you kids come around keeps the police and town officals coming in my buildings and they will find my power and internet lines that i grabbed from a close by building and take them out!! And i dont want that!! Next set of kids to come into my home has a pleasant suprise waiting for them! hahahahaaha. Cant wait!

I remember when I was walking through the hospital and suddenly I was being chased by some frakenstien looking doctors ..wow!! spooky

KATE #80 YES! i remember this room! i went to FH with my mom and dad in 2010, my mother and i got into this building while my dad kept watch outside….floor to ceiling filing cabinets and manilla folders with VERY personal patient records. i cannot believe all that stuff is still there. unfortunately our explorations were cut short as a guard was approaching the building to do his rounds so this was one of the only rooms we got to explore. my aunt also was committed there in the 90’s, before it closed. not really sure why, exactly.

@Chrissy or @Kate If you don’t mind telling, which building was this in?

Did anyone work here with Eugene Rosen? If so, what was his position?

If anyone is interested in going I just wanted to make a note that it is not trespassing as stated in the “if you go” above. It is only illegal to go inside of the buildings but the campus grounds are open to the public. There are soccer games held on a side field and people use the campus as a place to walk dogs daily. I live nearby and go frequently, I’ve also been inside several buildings so if you have any questions regarding any of it I’d be happy to speak with you!

The buildings are beautiful here. I visited over the summer. I’m a photographer/urban explorer and have a passin for mental hospitals. I would have loved to go inside some of the buildings, but as stated in the article, it patrolled by the police. I was almost kicked out but the officer saw that I was only taking pictures so he allowed me to continue. I still have the desire to enter one of the buildings, so I’m pursuing the town in finding out what it would take to legally get in to it. So until then, I just have to admire it from the outside.

Wait a minute. Gene Rosen worked at this place??

I went to FFH a few months ago and took a lot of pictures of the exterior of buildings. If anyone would like me to send them, let me know. m.nick1982@hotmail.com. I am part of a paranormal group and we did go check out this place, we did have our video and audio going and did catch a strange evp of what it seems a young girl with a southern accent.

James Tully,
I know that the Connecticut State Library has records.

You can find them in RG 021, subgroup 7 at the Connecticut State Library & Archives and arranged into three series –

Patients, 1933-1995 admission and discharge records;
Personnel, 1934-1943 records of separation; and
Medical Staff Records, 1937-1974 records of birth and deportation, autopsies, and medical examiner cases.

The only problem is, they are restricted due to state laws. I would call and talk to the librarian. You might be able to get them released under the FOIA, since you are family.

Good luck

Please read this and lift it up in prayer please if you can help we would love all the help ty. This is what my search has found so fare all the addresses are dead when we in 1990 went to see Nancy It was said she said no but I have paper work showing that to be totally a lie when I was in foster care she would come see me regularly with gifts.when the time came for me to be put up for adoption she freaked I have all this in black and white. This is a time sensitive matter to find her. Like I said all the addresses and phone number lead me to nothing all the phone numbers are diisconnected. the last addresses in Chicago IL comes back as a vacant lot. Please find it in your heart to help find her or help me find her I just want to see that she is okay. I’m not out to hurt her. In 1990 when me and my best friend went to the group home to see her they are saying Nancy said no witch its a lie her case manger went in talked to her came out and said in her opinion she felt it was not a good time to meet her. She said in front of my best friend Kelly I could write letters to Nancy through Dora Hale II was so crushed by this so I let it go for a short time. I have been trying for 23yrs to find her again just to uncover lie after lie and thing not matching up. I just pray every day my mother is okay I have lived on the streets its no joke.

Addendum of Nancy b. 1942

??/??/1942 Nancy was born in Connecticut
12/??/1942 Removed from parents & placed in foster home.
??/??/1947 committed to the commissioner of welfare as a result of neglect along with her siblings
06/??/1949 Nancy underwent emotional, intelligence and psychiatric testing
9/??/1949 indicated that she was immature, impulsive and had a low IQ
10/???/1950 the school system indicated that despite great attempts improve her school conduct, there were showing no progress educationally or behaviorally. Arrangements were made to have home bound instruction.
01/??/1951 home bound instruction occurred until her placement at Children’s Village
05/??/1952 Children’s Village found that her adjustment was poor and requested Nancy’s
Removal from the program she was then admitted to Southbury training school
Nancy was constantly resided at ether Southbury Training School or Fairfield Hills Hospital
06/??/1956 Nancy’s first admittance to Fairfield Hills Hospital
03/??/1959 Nancy’s was discharged back to Southbury Training School
08/??/1961 Nancy was readmitted to Fairfield Hills Hospital
03/??/1969 Nancy went back to Southbury Training School
6/??/1969 Nancy went back to Fairfield Hills Hospital
0 5/21/1970 Nancy was in Danbury hospital.
1/11/1970 Nancy’s parental rights were terminated at the Bridgeport Juvenile Court

I ran additional checks on your birth mother’s current location. We use a locator database that is used by government agencies, the courts/legal system and police departments. The checks are run off of her social security number and her name/dob.

The following information is shown:

April1992-April 1996 lived in Torrington, CT (there were three different Torrington addresses, all appear to be group homes)

Altamonte Springs FL- there is note of one address in March 1996

July 1997 She had a PO Box in Oklahoma

From 1997-2002 There was a PO Box in Casselberry FL

From April 08-October 08 There was an address in Chicago IL.

There is no current address for your birth mother in any of our systems. All information ends in 2008. If she was homeless and living off the grid, that could explain this. It is also possible that she is hospitalized or has passed away.

Of note is that I have found the information for your birth mother’s brothers. I have noted that both Roy and Jacob have passed away. Roy was born in 1934 and died in 2011 in Connecticut. He lists two sisters as having survived him- Ann (who I think is Theresa Ann b. 1943) and Betty (who I believe is Bessie Louise b. 1935). He does not list your mother or George.

Jacob’s obituary is not online. He was born in 1938 and died in 2008 in Massachusetts.

There is no current information for George, who was at one point living in the Waterbury area. George is also not listed in the obituary for Roy. It is possible that he passed away some time ago.

As I was going through all of the notes from Dora, I noted that she listed all of the information about your mother’s siblings. Some of these siblings are not listed in your adoption record and I am not sure why, perhaps they are half siblings. Dora contacted Roy. In 1990, he reported that had not heard from your birth mother for many years. She contacted another brother, Alfred. In 1990, he told Dora that he had received a letter from Nancy that was disorganized and rambling and indicated that she was “disowning her family”. He said that she was living in NJ at the time but couldn’t remember the town. Dora reported that though Alfred and Roy lived a street away from one another, they did not stay in touch with each other. George, another brother to your mother, was attempted to be contacted and never responded to Dora.

In July of 1990, Dora found that your mother was an adult ward of the state. She was living in a group home in Torrington, CT but because of emotional problems, she was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital (Dora’s notes don’t indicate which one). According to the notes, you and Dora met with the director of the group home, Jane. This meeting occurred in August 1990. It was said that your birth mother’s emotional state was very fragile and that contact was not a good idea.

In October 1990, Dora spoke again with the group home director, Jane. At this time, it was said that your birth mother wanted no communication at all. Dora closed her search case as a refusal.

In terms of contacting Dora, she has retired from the agency and therefore I cannot contact her.

I hope this helps you understand more about what happened.
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85 -87 Adam house aka bridgewater house

@Christine – that website was put together by a student at Newtown High School, Matthew Hunt. Matt passed away in 2004; I think either his classmates or his family kept the website live in Matt’s memory but no longer. Here’s a link to the obit:

http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Newtown-students-mourn-classmate-264490.php

There were some great photos there.

I worlked at the CT Dept of Corrections, Fairfield House (W.S.A. T .U) opened from 1989 to 1995. And that place was creepy. I tranfered out to the Maxium Security Prison Garner in Newtown,Ct in 1995 and Garner was half as Creepy as Fairfield House.
Place still gives people the creeps.

@MerryMac ah that’s very sad, thank you for the information!

I just wanted to point out the serious lack of correctly spelled words in some of these comments. I urge you all to utilize proper grammar and spelling– or perhaps the ghost of an old English teacher will haunt you forevermore.

I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought
this post was good. I do not know who you are but certainly you’re going to a famous blogger if you aren’t already 😉 Cheers!

My brother was a resident for several years at the APT/Daytop program there in the late 80’s. I don’t remember him saying anything about it being spooky or weird, but that doesn’t mean anything. It was a great program and really turned his life around.

@Sean That sounds like an awesome experience! You can still access most of the building, I went inside one this February and have seen entrances to many buildings. Contact me if you want details!

Does anyone know anymore about the death of Matthew Hunt (the boy who created the website)?

I have been looking at both sides of the Sandy Hook shooting and I am just so confused as to how and why Adam Lanza would have had NO records of any sort for 3 years…

It seems like this boy, Matthew Hunt, was working on exposing some things about the dark history of the asylum. The article states that his death is a complete mystery and he was only 18.

If anyone knows more about the details of Matthew’s death or has any type of photo of him, it would be much appreciated.

Right now, it’s interesting that the only photos of this boy emerge from when he was 18 – 19 and that is the time that this boy in Sandy Hook mysteriously died while trying to uncover the asylum…

Could be coincidence, but who knows?

The fact that Gene Rosen “worked” there and had a wife there is also interesting.

Yours is not a unique experience; many people have had bad vibes around the grounds. For me it happened in broad daylight while walking around with my son, snapping photos of some of the buildings. I was also using a little app for my iPhone called Ghost Radar, and it went wild with its readings of EMF emissions. Now, I tend to lean toward skepticism when it comes to the supernatural, but there were just too many oddities. One of the 30 words that came up on GR was “Eddie”, capitalized just as you see. A man named Reginald Eddie oversaw construction, and apparently was instrumental in running the place in its early years. Other words that came up were: pond, mad, accident, belt, crowd, Sam, examine, Maria, attack, fought, ill, river and medicine. Believer or not – eerie combinations of words.

@Sean I apologize for the delayed response I just saw your reply now. If you want to email me at christine.leo@purchase.edu I’d be happy to answer any questions you have!

Sounds legit…

They can name it The Lexington Hatchery.

I spent a lot of time at Fairfield Hills I know the place well I was at A.D.A.M house in 77 till 78 in and out Fairfield House,Cochran house,Canaan,and Litchfield house . Another words I was there between 1977 and 1985 I suffered with drug,alcohol and mental health problems. I spent many days exploring the grounds the “Loop” the tunnels I saw a lot , it was my life for awhile I worked In the tunnels I ran the food cart I worked the laundry which was located in the tunnels. I never had a bad moment,however the most dangerous patients were on the 3rd floor which was looked at all times I was there too still never had a bad experience. I used to hang out at the “Snack & Chat ” they sold hamburgers and coffee and all snackable items they had a jukebox a lot of fun

the fact that they turned some of the buildings into a sports center creeps me out

The tunnel behind the powerplant is still there, every time I tried to go it was flooded, does anyone know where it leads?

I need to find a staff member who worked at Fairfield hills around September of 1969 through 1970 I think my mother Nancy V Bishop was in bridge water house at Fairfield hills been trying to find info for 25yrs Nancy’s birthday is 10/15/1942 please if you have any info call me at (520)303-8070 name is James please need help

@Rachel you must be joking.
@Janis this website feature in Youtube Enterthe5tarz.
@David Help ask to help them crossover to the other realm.
Well, in Malaysia everyone know the most common wisdom ghost are every where. Whether, they were killed suddenly, didn’t realize that they died or they still love the place that’s why they stay there.

Well, I was 10 years (1985) old when I was informed that the man I called my father for so long was not. I was showed a pic of my biological father. My mother (whom had substance abuse and mental health issues herself) decided that I should meet him. I remember driving down to Fairfield Hills in her MG midget. We arrived at Fairfield Hills Mental Hospital, not that I knew what it was then. My father was a patient there, I remember the ambiance and atmosphere being like it was out of a Stephen King or Dean Koontz novel. Green tiling, moaning and crying from the other residents. Never knew what my father was there for. Later on in life learning what went on there. Unfortunately, a month after I had met my father, my mother signed him out and he hung himself. I now work in the social service field to assist those who struggle as my parents did. Very creepy now that I know what went on!!!!

the second biggest recruitment hub for the Church of Satan is located a five minute drive from Fairhills Mental Hospital
I kid you not , read this article and check the map
http://www.conspiracy-cafe.com/apps/blog/show/21540346-welcome-to-the-church-of-satan-newtown-ct
see it here, less five minutes away from the Church of Satan headquarters
in Newtown
mapped out on google maps:

http://goo.gl/maps/KjDsa

What raises the alarm bell to me is how easily so many of these places just seemed to empty out , as if they had served some larger purpose and whatever was really going on there, its sort of ‘mission accomplished’, and so its all phased out. So it goes that we never really know what this whole gigantic network of Kirkbrides and electroshock labs and experimental prisons was created for , what all that money and effort was expended on for roughly one hundred years (1860 -1960). My suspicion is that the whole thing was used for military purposes and mkultra. My suspicion is that Mk Ultra is FAR older than most know. Mk Ultra, imo , is a fancy modern day term for the occult dating back forever, even farther back than the HEllfire Clubs and the Tower of London, all the way back through history , through to ancient slaving techniques and dungeons and secret rituals and techniques to brainwash and enslave people. Terrifying drugs and torture combinations , extending into places such as Kingston Penitentiary and Pennsylvania State Prison.

fairfield hills
Was there as a legal dodge a year and a half until it closed in ’95, the place is haunted and many patients died including one that was put in restraints in a room during winter in a room with a broken window with only bars on it. He died of exposure that was in the building they housed dangerous male patients. Fairfield House I think back in the 70’s. . The tunnels are haunted many patients were sexually abused or killed themselves there. I found the place very dreary and creepy and the staff were mostly ok a couple of females workers were more than happy to provide sex therapy for me, LOL! Not kidding this occurred at all of the state hospitals I had the pleasure of doing time in, but by far Fairfield Hills was the easiest to do time in ,I actually was able to smuggle a six pack back from a shopping trip they took us on and I gave a poor institutionalized older guy named Bill his last beer before he passed a year later.RIP Bill. Overall the workers were better than whiting, cvh or Norwich hospital workers ,those people were real sadists and deserve to be trapped as patients themselves in purgatory for a couple of centuries! Avoid all the all abandoned state hospitals they are full of asbestos and toxic mold as well as the spirits of long dead ,suffering patients who led lives of despair and should be left alone to rest in peace.