Location Data

Built:	1870	Closed:	1970
Opened:	n/a	Demolished / Renovated:	n/a
Location Age:	143 years	Abandonment:	43 years
Current Status:	Abandoned
Location Genre:	State School / Developmental Center, Sanatorium / Isolation Hospital
Located In:	Ferrara, Italy
Alternate Names:	Ospedale Psichiatrico Infantile di Aguscello

This small hospital is surrounded with rumors of being haunted by the ghosts of "insane" children, the nuns who supposedly tortured them, and even a burial site on the grounds. Aside from rumor, the only legit-sounding historical information I could find is the following:

It was originally a residence built circa 1870 and changed hands for a few years, until a Doctor Bernardi purchased it to be used as a Tuberculosis clinic. In 940 it was sold to the Italian Red Cross (Croce Rossa), who apparently treated young children with physical and mental illnesses (TB, epilepsy, etc).

The institution reportedly closed in 1970.