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Job Corps Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico
By Robin Wright

The Job Corps initiative is a successful way for young adults who have had a rough start prepare for a smooth future. The Corps will aid you in finishing your education, train you for a job, and give you a place to stay while doing so. The Job Corps in Albuquerque is no different, except that some of those “living” there may have just been there from a time when the building was an orphanage and boys’ school.

In 1918, the Sisters of St. Francis established the orphanage and boys’ school and cared for children without homes until 1971, when the Department of Labor claimed it. There are city records that describe an occurrence of one of the nuns, a Sister “M” who went insane and seemingly randomly murdered a number of the boys. When the school was installing a swimming pool in the location of an unused well, they found the children’s bodies in the well shaft. It is said that you can still hear the cries of dying children.

Since the Job Corps has taken over the old orphanage, many of the stories have been kept hushed up. One has to wonder exactly what does the Job Corps know about the haunting of its buildings? In the Job Corps handbook, it specifically prohibits the use of Ouija boards on campus. Though the school tries to keep any hauntings “mum,” tales of strange noises and sightings have leaked out. One of the most prevalent is seeing a nun carrying a baby outside of the cafeteria. Could she be the murderous nun with a young victim? Or a caring nun who is trying to watch out for the kids even to this day?

A bench in front of the old Independent Dorm is also the location of some strange activity. If you take a seat there at night, you just might hear the laughter, cries, and noises of children playing, as well as adults scolding them. It is as if the area in front of you is a playground for ghosts.

Looking up to the top of what used to be the Chapel when the tract of land contained an orphanage, some have seen what seems to be a lantern floating about. The building at the front gate may also have some haunting activity, but the security staff are not admitting nor denying it, as they have been told not to encourage any “ghost talk.”

A student who attended in the 1980’s remembers the dorms having lots of activity. There were sounds of laughter, crying, and the click-clack of hard-soled shoes walking down the halls when there was no one there to create such a distinctive noise. Past students have also alluded to people seeing things in the silvered mirrors of the older rooms.

One of the more eerie incidences reported is that, on occasion, all clocks in the haunted Jobs Corps Center, including wristwatches, stop at the same time.

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darbee says:

October 14, 2009, 9:02 pm

Kathy M, I guess your dad and Uncles were there the same time my dad was. I remember dad took us there in 1960 . and we got to go inside. It was a sad feeling to see all the little boys there and knowing my dad was there for five years. Yes he doesn t like to talk about too. and said the sisters were strict. I too would love to know the history

JROCKK says:

November 9, 2009, 2:24 pm

I currently live at job corps and I have seen and heard things all over campus. I have seen the nun, she is hanging on the big tree outside of the cafeteria. On night when me and two of my friends were walking around doing center support, i was in Redhawk at the time, We saw a little kid rocking back and forth in old independant. Also rocks and other foreign objects were being thrown at me when no one was around. I have lots of experiances here, same *** my GF. In CPP they don’t let any of the boys sleep in room 13. I have yet to get them to let me sleep in there for EVP readings. But clocks do stop at certain times or they wind forward or back, I have had all of my electronics mess up on me. I currently live in Achievement, and the other say me and my RA watched the lights turn off in the laundry room and no one was in there, at all. I have had my things rummaged through, rearranged, open n their own and thats in both dorms. My GF’s roomate sees a man everynight, and I do believe I know this spirit, but we discovered footprints outside the window but yet no one was there at night when they look out, it strange. More things happen, people are awakening demons and restless souls. Something goes deep here and to this day my entire year here, still nothing about the Orphanage, its confusing how its hidden so well, but yet we can read all the gruesome killings of a serial killer, what really happened here and why is it hidden from the entire world?

Mr.Noodles says:

November 12, 2009, 2:41 pm

I have been living at Job Corps for about a year now and I have experienced some strange things. The first experience I had was in the Male New Vision dorm. I had just got to bed and had fallen asleep. The next thing I know I was standing up talking to one of the night RAs. I remmember thinking is was 6:00 am but it was only 11:00 pm. It freaked me out so I asked the RA if I had scared her; but she thougt it was funny…. A few days later I was in bed and had fallen asleep. I awoke to the presance of something in the room. It wasnt threatning but it wasnt welcoming…. I looked up and saw shadows that I couldnt make out but I did see a slipknot very clearly. I asked aloud what it wanted and who it was; and then it stoped. Later my room mate started seeing a figure in my closet. It bothered him so much that he would ask me to close my locker at night after that. A few months later I was on center support in the laundry room. While I was loading some linen into one of the dryers I heard a baby crying. I looked around the building to see if it was one of the children from the daycare center here on campus. But they werent around and it sounded like it came from inside the room. I ignored it and went back to work. Right when I started it happend again….. You can believe what you want. The spirit world exists rather if you belive in it or not.

Elizabeth says:

November 13, 2009, 12:15 am

Me and my friends were wondering if we could spend a hour at the orphanage.

Mr.Noodles says:

November 13, 2009, 2:12 pm

Elizabeth this is not a orphanage any more…..it is JOB CORPS if you want to be on this campus you will have to apply to go here!!!! SORRY!!!!!!

darvbee says:

November 13, 2009, 7:23 pm

The Orphanage is no longer there.

Danielle and Cory says:

November 18, 2009, 5:43 pm

I hate Job Corp. Why would dead little kids want to stay here anyways. This place is so atupid. There aint no ghosts here. and the staff are dirty jews.

UNKNOWN says:

December 29, 2009, 5:55 pm

im a student i AJCC and let me tell you that wierd things do happen there…

smallz says:

December 31, 2009, 11:33 pm

WHOOOOOOP WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANYONE THAT’S STILL AT AJCC THAT KNOWS ME TELL MY BROTHER MARC AND BRIAN AND LIZZ TELL THEM I SAID WUT UP!!!!!!!! AND TINY AND DAI DAI AND JERRY LOC AND RODNEY AND STAPLES AND LARS AND BABY GIRL AND RAYMUNDO AND PHILLY BEAR AND SILLY BEAR AND TIBIDILDO AND TELL THAT ******* JUFFAHO ***** AMANDA I WANT MY **** BACK!!!! AND THAT CRAZY SISTER “M” OR WHATEVER TO STOP SCARING EVERYBODY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Brando says:

January 16, 2010, 9:06 pm

Yeah I live there at Jobcorps now and the bench in front of the old independent hall is still there. That building is really kinda creepy. Some friends and I snuck in theere at night and we thought we heard footsteps on the roof.This place is fo sho kinda creepy. And there was in fact a pool there where they supposedly found those bodies. Although, the pool is no longer there.

Amanda says:

January 19, 2010, 1:36 pm

It seems when you come here your whole attitude changes, you become upset or depressed. It could be becasue were here everyday but either way you feel somthing in the pit of your stomach. My friends and I always feel it and it’s creepy!!!

chukkles says:

January 19, 2010, 4:28 pm

YAH I HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS. I GO HERE AT THE ABQ JOB CORPS. IM GETTING OUT OF HERE THIS YEAR 2010. I HAVE SEEN BOYS RUN DOWN THE HALL WAY IN THE GYM. ONE OF THE STAFFS THAT WORKS HERE IN THE GYM TOLD THIS ONE BOY TO GET A PENNEY TURN OFF ALL THE LIHTS AND ROLL IT DOWN THE GYM FLOOR. SO HE DID AND WHEN HE DID HE STARTED TO WALK AWAY BUT THEN OUT OF NO WERE THE PENNEY CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. WOW NO ONE WASD IN THE GYM BUT HIM AND THE STAFF. A NOTHER STAFF TOLD ME THAT HER AND HER FRIENDS WERE TALKING AND THEY LOOKED OUT IN THE FEELD AND THERE WAS A PERSON JUST STANDING THERE WITH A COVER AROUND THEM, THEN THEY RAN ACROSS THE FEELD AND RAN THROUGH THE WALLS OF AVO (AVOCATION). WOOW

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