Sanitarium Hill - Madison WI Haunted Place

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  What’s all the hype???

  Building is old but not creepy and the old nurses dormitory is fixed up. Building is currently in use. The woods behind the building are surrounded by houses and so if your hearing voices, check the neighbors! I’m a total believer, but this was a sad experience.

  Posted 3/6/26

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  IF I WERE YOU I WOULD STAY AWAY.

  So my daughter and I were doing one of our little road trips. We found our way to Madison Wisconsin. We were in our hotel at the Red Roof Inn. We decided to find something to do for fun. We came across the legend of the Sanitarium Hill. We took turns reading all the reviews making funny voices of each review. Afterwards we decide to go check it out and make a possible TikTok. As we got there we walked around and found and decided the perfect spot. But all of a sudden I felt this heavy weight on my shoulders and felt this unforgettable chills. I closed my eyes and got this dead ass hair standing feeling. I opened my mouth to scream for help but nothing would come out. I was frozen. Then without warning I was lifted 4 feet in the air. I couldn't move or talk. My daughter tried to help me but she was frozen to the ground. She could only stand there in complete horror and watch her dad being lifted up. Finally out of the woods came a creator that had the head of a barn owl but the body of a deer. I was released from the frozen hold and fell to the ground. My daughter also was released and she came to help me. I twisted my ankle so she helped me to our car. We finally made it back to our hotel room. We talked about it and tried to make some sense out of it. We finally went to bed. But 10 minutes the lights came on. We both looked at each other and got scared ??. We turned them off and tried to go back to sleep. 10 minutes later the lights came back on again and started flickering. I unplugged the lights and tried to go to sleep. Again the lights came on and the plug was not plugged in. My daughter and I packed up our stuff and decided to get the hell out of here and go home. We finally made it home back to Michigan. The next night we were sitting in the living room talking when all of a sudden the TV came on and the lights started flickering. We screamed. I looked at my daughter and she was elevating about 2 feet off the ground. It lasted for about under a minute. It has been 6 years now since we visited Sanitarium Hill but every night on that day she starts elevating. So my advice to you is STAY AWAY FROM SANITARIUM HILL at night.

  Posted 2/22/26

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  I can’t believe it!

  After reading all of these comments I went there myself to see what it’s about. It’s not actually abandoned the state owns it, but you get chills down your spine and your body is aching all the time. You walk around the building and hear what sounds like a voice calling out, so you look and nothings it there. That’s when I had to quickly walk back to my car to leave. Never try going late at night, unless you’re up for the spook.

  Posted 2/22/26

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  It was never a sanitarium and haunting is BS

  This was a Sanitorium to treat Tuberculosis patients not a sanitarium. My great-grandmother died there which was very traumatic for the family. When the stories started in the 1960s (still painful for living relatives) uncles traced them to two drunks at an Oscar Mayer bar. They did it to get attention. People living around thete knew it was a sanitorium but thought it was fun to make up stories about drunks. The ones still claiming to have experienced paranormal activity either imagined it or dont care that they encourage others to camp out on graves without permision from the families. Tells a lot about their character.

  Posted 1/5/26

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  Definitely something there!!!

  My family and I used to live close by the building on the nothside. My children and I were walking by one day and decided to stop because we love all things creepy. We were standing at the cemetery taking pictures and talking and I started getting the chills from head to toe and my head started feeling very heavy. I didn't like the vibe or feeling I was getting at all so I told my children it was time to go. I will never forget that experience! (Please be aware this building is owned by the state. I think it's okay to go near the woods and cemetery don't take my word for this as I am not sure but nobody said anything to my kids and I when we were there anyway)

  Posted 12/10/24

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  Living in this Sanitarium was the Real Haunting.

  I'm still haunted by being locked inside this sanitarium in 1959. I was six years old. My parents told me I was going to a new school. Suddenly they were gone and I couldn't go home anymore. School? Not a real school. Sunshine as a cure? No way. We were not allowed outdoors at all. And indoors was terrifying... I'll give it 5 Pumpkins for being haunted, but it was horrifying inside.

  Posted 3/17/24

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  Can yo in tour it?

  Seems like the county could make some $$

  Posted 3/12/24

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  It's not abandoned.

  It's not abandoned. So just be careful don't try entering the building it's government building now (county ran). I live by it. And yes there is activity there. It is haunted. that area has a long history of crime (murders), and this specific building itself being tb center in the past, etc

  Posted 10/15/23

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  It is definitely haunted.

  I went up there with a group of friends last night which happened to be halloween night and a blue moon. On our way there, we were sharing some paranormal experiences and noticed that this same car had been following us for the last 30 mins. We ended up getting away from them and made it up to the sanatorium. When we first got there, i instantly felt my shoulders get heavy, my back was sore and i got spooked out by the woods. We ended up getting out of the car to go walk around the building, but each time we did, someone got really really cold and wanted a jacket or something felt weird. This whole time, i’m staring up at the building behind the sanatorium. It’s the white little building. Everytime I looked at it I just got chills. After 10 mins of just debating on what to do, we decide to leave. As my friend is pulling up to the white building to turn around, my whole body just went numb and i could feel like something was pulling me to the building and I just froze. We quickly left and ended up turning around to pass the hill to go home. As we pass, my body got full chills and heavy shoulders until we were about 3 mins away. My friend has some medium abilities and can feel bad and good energy and said that something bad was there and she just needed to leave because she was getting overwhelmed. This place has weird energy, and I kind of want to do it again.

  Posted 11/1/20

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  Interesting place

  The building is still being used today by the state. You are able to walk through the woods and see the haunted cemetery right next to it. There’s a map that shows what used to be in the area and there used to be a pig farm behind the forest area. You can see the door to the nurses quarters but unable to access it. My friends and I took my dog to try and see if anything happened and my dog was on edge the whole time. We also saw a creepy group of deer come out of no where and they all stood very still and just stared at us from a distance. Very creepy aura

  Posted 6/21/20

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  This spot is haunted foreal

  I was always aware of this building and cemetery being haunted , but I’ve never actually walked in the woods or drove up it’s on a hill I just always happen to pass by it. It was like 9 pm at night and I was in the passenger seat and we driving up the hill just about half way something like slammed itself against my side of the car and i got so spooked I jumped and screamed and shut my eyes it deadass felt like an accident I was like WTF DID WE HITTT.and I was like TURN AROUNDD and I freaked the fuck out. My 2 cousins were in the back seat he said “ IT WAS A LECHUZA! It looked like a barn owl!” And my other cousin said “ I didn’t see an owl I saw it as a deer!) and my boyfriend (who was driving saw it as a deer) strangeeee af

  Posted 6/5/20

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  Haunted, but not abandoned.

  Umm...It's not abandoned. The county health and human services department is headquartered there. It is haunted, however. I should know, it's three blocks from my parents' house.

  Posted 3/1/17

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