Sanatorium

The Booneville Tuberculosis Sanatorium

The paranormal investigation conducted at the Tuberculosis Sanatorium was at the old Nyberg Building. The construction of the Nyberg Building was started in 1938 and finished in 1941. It is 528 feet long, five stories high and had a 512 bed capacity. At one time it housed doctor's offices, laboratories, x-ray and pneumothorax rooms, employees' cafeteria and kitchen. An autopsy room was located on the 5^th floor, with a morgue in the basement.

As Tuberculosis cases grew in Arkansas so to did the population of the Sanatorium. The people came to the hospital to receive a cure, but because the cure had not been fully perfected most died. There have been many stories of apparitions as the workers went about their duties. For the most part the stories have centered around noises, moans and footsteps. Once in awhile the shadow of something crossing the hall or a flicker in the corner of a person's eye would start a good story. Because of the stories, we were allowed to spend the night in the old abandoned Sanatorium to gather evidence of a haunting or to dismiss the stories of overactive imaginations.

We gathered enough evidence to conclude that the old Nyberg Building is paranormally active. Spirits are present on all floors; but the most active is the third floor, especially on the end where prisoners were housed.

Final Report

EVPs

EVP1

Larry and Angie were asking the spirits to speak to them or make a noise, when what sounds like a pipe has dropped to the floor. What is interesting is they heard that, but did not hear the whistle.

EVP2

Alan was on the third floor when he asked the spirits to make a noise. Listen closely and you can hear what sounds like something being kicked across the floor. Alan was alone.

Photos

The Sanatorium Photo by SA
Bright well defined Orb to the right. Photo by EW	Bright Orb in the Basement at the left. Photo by AL
The big orb in the center shows motion. The significance of this picture is that the orb in motion is in the middle of other orbs that are not moving. Photo by JH	Notice the bright well defined orb in the center of the picture. Photo by JH
The orb in the upper right corner is in motion. Photo by SA	Orb hovering close to the floor. Photo by MM
This picture also shows an orb in motion while others are not. Photo by JH	This picture shows what appears to be a face at floor level. Photo by JH
This picture shows what appears to be a shadow at the end of the hall. All team members were accounted for at the time of the picture. It could have been an uninvited guest, but not likely.	Main entrance to the building.

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