Mental Institution for Children
This site, which now lies deep in the woods, was once a mental institution for many “crazy” children in the 1930s. There is also a hospital associated with the abandoned cabins that lies 10 miles away. The children, who were violent or depressed, were sent here for treatment. Children who misbehaved were strapped to the beds with belts and beaten until they were unconscious. Many the children were killed and due to this cruelty, the facility was closed and the gate around the hospital’s perimeter was chained closed. Many have seen not only lights in the windows, but shadows of children as well.
Where does this place exists? Can you visit it? Reason I ask is because I live right by a town called Meadwo Vista in California?
Comment by Elizabeth | 09.29.2005 | 3:23 pm
i know where this place is - its not a place anybody wants to visit trust me on that because ive been there. im a big guy, im tough, to say the least im a bodybuilder. but the night 3 of my buddies and myself decided to venture out and check it out i wanted to make a doodle in my pants. 3 things happened. about a 1/4 a mile before we got there my ears got incredibly hot with a negative intense feeling. when we got there, inititially nothing happened. for the first 25 minutes. then our dura-duracell die hard batteries shorted out all of a sudden. i wanted to cry. i couldnt believe it. then it all of a sudden started sprinkling rain, then like 10 minutes later it poured with hella gusts of wind. i started raging and was yelling out to anything out there to bring it on. nothing happened but after recalling the whole thing and talking about it, im actually glad nothing did.
Comment by dan 134 | 10.6.2005 | 5:04 am
wow dan! how strange! did u see anything…like it saud in the bullitin?
Comment by Exene | 10.9.2005 | 5:11 pm
If anyone can please send me directions even if they are vague I’m from Citrus Heights not far away at all. I would like to check this out so any help is much appreciated warnings are not needed.
Comment by Rob | 10.24.2005 | 4:32 am
HOLY ****! Thats crazy and I thought my house was Haunted…….Wow I wanna visit That Place My Friend Actully went in to that place around midnight She climbed the wall I pitty that fool She Walked in sid and It was all dark and **** She heard laughing and Yelling and even saw a kid with dark Black Hair And crazed Eyes She Got him on Film as well. **** it scared the **** outta me and her other friend , My friend She Doesn’t get scared Easly So That didn’t faze her too much.
Comment by JARETH | 10.28.2005 | 8:01 pm
Hi All Please do tell me the address of this Place this is a must see.
Comment by CHristine | 11.9.2005 | 12:33 pm
I would like more information about the haunted house and directions how to get there. Is there any pictures or something like that?? This house sounds really scary!!
Comment by Rubi Bernardino | 11.10.2005 | 8:20 pm
Anyone esp. (Dan134) could yall help me out with the location of this site it sounds to have some interesting activity that i would like to document(also i would be interested in seeing any pics/vids that anyone would be kind enough to share, i am a Paranormal Field Investigator with 5+ years of field experience and this sounds interesting….please hit a brotha at
spooks1305@yahoo.com
thanks for your time and consideration.
Peace
Comment by VerbalKent1313 | 12.31.2005 | 12:54 am
I’ve been here as well and it’s not in Meadow Vista it’s in Colfax. I was there with my friend one day right after basketball practice and the police chased us away. We went back there that night and put baby powder on the bumper and killed our engine and put our car in nuetral. Then our car started to move forward. We were scared shitless but we parked the car and got out. Little finger prints were on the bumper and then we heard crying. We ran like hell to the car and drove fast as sh*t away. HAHA it was hilarious but scary as f*ck!!!
Comment by Linz | 03.3.2006 | 11:58 pm
is this cool or isit a load o bull
Comment by nion lopez | 04.7.2006 | 5:10 pm
when did this all take plase i don’t believe such facility that beat and kill our children and one gets arrested ever existed if you guys believe this **** yoou guys are stupid
Comment by kim | 06.7.2006 | 6:03 pm
omg omg omg !! thats crazy !! .. syke!! thats retarted!!!!! who wud believe thiss stuff ???
Comment by -ariel | 06.7.2006 | 6:35 pm
I talked with a local historian and they said the only place that existed that fit this description was near a lake. There is a mental institution in working in Applegate.
Comment by Heidi | 07.13.2006 | 9:52 pm
This story is sad, but scary at the same time. I would like to know the address. I really don’t believe in beating children to death or hitting then unconsious
Comment by Sara + Jessica+ Christina | 07.14.2006 | 1:17 am
This story is sad, but scary at the same time. I would like to know the address. I really don’t believe in beating children to death or hitting them unconsious.
Comment by Sara + Jessica+ Christina | 07.14.2006 | 1:17 am
this sounds lyk a load of bull dont ya think it wud b on the internet if a place dat woz shut down for beating children?
Comment by Kate | 08.14.2006 | 9:42 am
i believe it, wtf you mean wouldnt they put this on the internet? it was supposed to have happened in the 1930’s they dont got internet back then. crazy unsane **** happened back then
Comment by thizzlam nigga | 09.7.2006 | 10:52 pm
Wow dan.. Lets get this freaky story straight.. Your ears got hot. Your batteries died, it started to rain. And you got scared..
This is just plain ********. Probably got the idea from playing Thief III(Orphanage level).
Comment by Alkatr0z | 09.9.2006 | 12:47 am
I believe stories like these because my friend’s house is haunted.
Comment by Amanda | 09.15.2006 | 8:33 pm
I can’t sware by the authentity of this story. But it is something interesting to find out about and check out. Isn’t that what the supernatural is about?Finding about the unknown!You just never know!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by tanya | 09.24.2006 | 8:41 pm
It’s not snobbish to say what I’m about to say. It’s nothing anyone should have any cause to get upset about. And you’re not proving anything by getting angry and doing the opposite. Please. People, please. For the love of Jehovah, please. Retards. Re-read what you’ve just written in this three by five inch box before posting. Once that’s done–and should it prove necessary–make corrections! I know grammar is boring. I know spelling is sometimes confusing. Nevertheless, it’s something that must be dealt with. You’re excused, of course, if English is a (i.e. your) second language. The rest of you numbnuts, though, are on my list. You will be killed and turned into ghosts to haunt libraries for ever and ever and ever more.
Comment by paul t. geist | 10.2.2006 | 8:42 pm
Could someone please let me know where this place is located and how to get there. I am from the Meadow Visa area and have heard nothing about it.
Comment by Lisa | 10.3.2006 | 8:12 pm
I remember hearing about this place a long time ago. I don’t think the place exists. If it did, maybe someone would say where it is!!!!
Comment by gwoman | 10.6.2006 | 12:36 am
actually the mental hospitals back then were very cruel to children and they did somtimes kill them by accident or not by accident
Comment by RJ | 10.11.2006 | 5:01 pm
allright.. im pretty sure that everyone is making this place up.. because if it were real then why the hell doesn’t the tough guy, “bodybuilder” tell anyone were it is.. because it’s not real.. why don’t yo actually grow a sack and tell people, and let them see it for themselves..
Comment by mike | 10.16.2006 | 9:04 pm
Well we were just wondering where it is and if you could send us directions to get there before halloween?
Comment by Jessica Reiner Samanta Hernandez | 10.18.2006 | 7:50 pm
Where is this place actually located if it even is someone tell us the exact location if you ve ever been there… thanks!
Comment by Jeff | 10.24.2006 | 4:13 pm
Where is this place actually located if it even is real, someone tell us the exact location if you ve ever been there… thanks!
Comment by Jeff | 10.24.2006 | 4:14 pm
Me no like shadow children. hehe
That’s so sad about them.
Comment by Sara | 10.28.2006 | 6:30 pm
DIRECTIONS:Gosh people who dont think this is real are stupid ok it is located ACTUALLY IN APPLEGATE if you get off on the applegate exit then go right and follow that road untill u go to a stop sign then go left and go untill you get to a train trussel and then right after the train trussel go right on boal road then follow that road and then on the left there is a sign lady of the woods its way back there i live by it believe me its true U GUYZ ARE FOOLS ITS REAL!!!!
Comment by Conner Mills | 12.29.2006 | 10:41 pm
Thanks Conner Mills. I am actully glad not to be you at this moment. I am going to visit this summer with my husband and friends. Maybe yoy could email me with more info about this area. My email is naimasmama200@yahoo.com
Comment by Senovia | 02.2.2007 | 8:03 pm
I have to admit thank you guys for the best laugh I have had in a lifetime, especially for someone who hasn’t had a laugh in 5 years. thank you so much!!!
Comment by Jacob Wright | 02.8.2007 | 11:09 pm
This sounds so ***…
Would you really believe this stupid retarted guy?
Please.. all these people who believe him are on crack!
Comment by Meredith | 02.23.2007 | 6:09 pm
i know somone in one of those places.its bad enuf for adults,but for children?this is a really sad story. id really like to visit here,if only i lived closer.
~Ice~
Comment by Ice Queen | 03.3.2007 | 11:30 pm
Hey guys my name is rebekah and i live in alta ca about 16 miles from where this is okay so heres the scoop ive been there a couple times although ive never seen and ghost i have been freaked out at the silence and the freaky cabins…it is located in applegate on Our Old Lady of the Oaks” road…there is a tennis club tthat is in front of the cabins…there is a “lake” more like a big pond that they are right next too. there is the hospital there and there are cabins right next to it…no they are not 10 miles away but i havent been 10 miles from the old hospital…there are about 3or 4 cabins that you can look into and there is one raod in and one out you have to sneak by the tennis club and the person who has to deal with all the kids trying to see this place…it is fun and scary to go because you work yourself up.it is history with a bad vibe!
Comment by Rebekah | 03.19.2007 | 7:45 pm
does anyone have anymore background on this place? it may be a bunch of bull but it would make a great book
Comment by Sam | 06.28.2007 | 11:07 pm
hi all this does sound scary but a little overrated, i think if u look back on what people say it is all about the same story but these storys have been twisted the truth of what really happened is out there in that place and in the souls of those poor children, if you really want to know the truth if you believe it and you are as brave as you say then why not take the ouija board there? that would take some guts of steel if you believe this really?
Comment by lamara | 07.16.2007 | 9:32 am
I would like to address the whole Ouija Board thing…
These are not toys. They are not meant to be used by just anyone. And you could do alot of bad **** with one.
Now I would like to address the whole thing about the truth of this case…
It seems to me people who post comments aren’t doing their homework. Back in the early days of Sanatriums (SP) there was alot of bad stuff going on. Not to mention most people who put their “loved ones” there didn’t even want people knowing they had people like that in their family. So why would they say anything if a few of them turned up dead?
So please do not accuse the posted of the case of not doing their research when I see alot of unresearched facts posted in the comments.
And if you feel a need to debunk the cases here then why bother even reading them.
Comment by fallen | 09.11.2007 | 4:32 pm
Update:
As creep ( and yes sad) as this story is, it is also a complete fabrication. The ’sanitorium’ and surrounding cabins are actually part of a Jesuit retreat in Applegate CA. The main building was built in the first decade of the 20th century for the Providence of the Society for Jesus with the surrounding cabins built several years later. At no time in its 100 year history was it a children’s asylum. In fact, the Jesuit community has recently started the process of rebuilding the estate for both personal and public use. By the way, the full name of the buildings is Our Lady of the Oaks Villa.
Comment by LydCat | 09.12.2007 | 5:50 pm
Please please please if anyone has an adress i would be greatly appreciated. im gonna work on an article on haunted places of california for a newspaper article and i want to visit or get some pics from far away.
Comment by nick | 09.22.2007 | 2:18 am
Hello fellow haunt seekers, my name’s Kaelin and I’ve recently been studying the paranormal and related such sunjects. Currently I’m looking for some haunted locations throughout California where myself and a small company of about 3-5 people would be able to stay the night to do some investigations. If anyone has some suggestions for places we should visit, let us know. You can contact me at the following email address, which is also my msn messenger contact.
kaelinem@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance,
Kaelin
Comment by Kaelin | 09.30.2007 | 4:41 pm
Don’t you find it absolutely RETARDED when people call other people “RETARTED?!?!!!”
Comment by HotCarl4All | 10.6.2007 | 2:47 am
“wow dan! how strange! did u see anything…like it saud in the bullitin?”
Comment by Exene
WTF is this? Whoa people, you seriously cannot be this dumb. Saud???? F*ckin aye man, your F*CKIN STUPID. How the hell do you even operate a computer? I hope you don’t drive. Danger Car!!!
Comment by guy | 10.26.2007 | 11:08 am
It’s not snobbish to say what I’m about to say. It’s nothing anyone should have any cause to get upset about. And you’re not proving anything by getting angry and doing the opposite. Please. People, please. For the love of Jehovah, please. Retards. Re-read what you’ve just written in this three by five inch box before posting. Once that’s done–and should it prove necessary–make corrections! I know grammar is boring. I know spelling is sometimes confusing. Nevertheless, it’s something that must be dealt with. You’re excused, of course, if English is a (i.e. your) second language. The rest of you numbnuts, though, are on my list. You will be killed and turned into ghosts to haunt libraries for ever and ever and ever more.
Comment by paul t. geist
Yeah Paul!!! Your down!! Thats right, I’m chinese people. CHINESE!! So if I can spell better then you, man… you should just give up on life. make yourself a permanent addition to this site. Hehehe…
Comment by guy | 10.26.2007 | 11:13 am
I used to work at Our Lady of the Oaks. It is a Catholic Retreat. It is located off Boole Road in Applegate. You really shouldn’t be looking in the cabins. I know that someone lives in one. Someone lives in the house by the “lake”. From the history I was told by the man who runs the place, it was a hunting lodge in the early 1900’s. I have seen the pictures that back that story up. The retreat is about 300 acres. I never heard anything about it being a mental hospital for children or adults. I have been in every building on the property and have never seen nor felt anything. I have been there late at night and early in the morning. I think you guys have the wrong place.
Comment by Anna | 10.27.2007 | 11:10 am
i think its called the weimar institute now.
Comment by spanky | 12.3.2007 | 3:06 am
o.O
LIES LIES LIES
DO THE DANCE WITH ME! “)> lalalala
Comment by steven | 12.18.2007 | 4:44 pm
wow sounds like a cool place that asylm. personally i dont get it-if places like this are so cursed and haunted why dosen’t someone ohh i don’t know knock them down or leave warning signs saying “beware this place is f-ing haunted, don’t sh*t your pants”.
Comment by niksof | 01.1.2008 | 10:05 am
Hey everyone, I live in Meadow Vista, and in fact I just two nights ago went to this place. My friends and I were driving around hoping to find a badass place to Egg, or TP. We were thinking of Winchester, but we decided it felt really wierd (odd). So we drove around for a while, then we decided to get someones house apposed to houses in Winchester. So we went back into town (Meadow Vista) and we were thinking to go somewhere, and the driver (18 years of age) decided we should go check out this so called “Haunted House”, at the time I wasn’t that bothered by it. But, I did not know what this place was. As things continued to be odd through the night (Winchester has no security for some reason, everyone has their indoor lights off when it’s only midnight, Meadow Vista is completely ******* empty… a COMPLETE ghost town.. for the firt time I have ever seen)So we drove to Applegate and made way to our destination. the next wierd scary and odd thing, was the fact that the first closed and locked gate/fence was completey wide open. So we drove down that terribly scary *** dirt road (ignoring the fact that it was opened) and eerie chills struck everyone in the car, and we had been scared shitless. Continually driving towards the Asylum, we arrived no much longer after that happened. as we slowly turned the corner I looked to my left and we had arrived. The Brick structure gave a gothic brutal gruesome feeling just by the stare. We decided to stay infront of the building because there was no way in hell I would go in there, or attempt at the time of day. We sat in the car facing the building; Fear crowded in the car, as we stared into the windows. Not less then 2 minutes later we heard a buch of movement, almost clattering coming from the inside of this place. I kid you not, we heard some really wierd disturbing noises. Knowing that whatever we had come to see was iside that building we continued on and sat there waiting for something to happen again. We waited about 5 minutes until we heard ambient and very odd noises coming from out of the huge hills of brush surrounding that place, so we decided to get the hell out of there. so we drove away reletivley slow (I dont know what was with my friend that had been driving). But we made it out…..scared shitless. We wanted to go back home. More odd **** kept happening. We checked our phones, 3 of 5 phones had died. Mine thankfully did not. Battery had been completely drained. And that is no freak coincidence all phones were fully operable before arriving at that place.
The highway was empty as we crossed the overpass, and drove the side roads along the highway (we had view of the highway for at least 7 minutes) very very odd. And once we met an intersection (haven’t seen a person, and or car for the last 20 minutes) all the lights were RED. A four way intersection, no one at any of them. All RED! Everything, even the turnings (which usually arent more than anything). Everything was RED. The freaky **** is that they didnt change we just had to drive through them. (You can say its a technical difficulty all you want, no way it was, my feeling was too strong). After the intersection we drove back into town, and back to my friends house. The next day (around 1 in the afternoon), we decided to go there to further more inspect it. The gate was locked this time. We went on foot and hopped the fence. One of my close friends decided to go into the house! He was being crazy! He hoped the second fence (The bobwire fence surrounding the building) he stayed on the bottom floor. We talked to him from outside the building. Not less then fifty feet in was a ******* COFFIN! He yelled it to us, and we told him to get the hell out of there and that we were leaving. Instead of listening, he picked up a led pipe near the ground next to him. He used all his courage and insanity to open it up. He used the pipe to almost pry open the coffin. He must have been pale white, until he noticed nothing was in there. He booked it out of there, he couldnt take it anymore. We left back home.
The place is haunted, no doubt.
Comment by Shawn | 01.19.2008 | 8:45 pm
I am from Half Moon Bay and my sister worked as a waitress at the Distillery for 2 weeks and says she will NEVER go back. Not even for dinner. She doesn’t really talk about what happened except for 1 story:
The wine cellar is located downstairs and the door opens inward. One night she went down to retrieve a second bottle of wine for her table and couldn’t get the door to open. It took 3 strong guys to finally pushed the door open, when they managed to peak inside they saw that all the cases of wine had been pushed up against the door, all the way to the ceiling. She hates it there. Even when we drive by she gets creeped out.
Comment by Lily | 03.6.2008 | 6:54 pm
Here’s the real story o and location of this site. Yes its 100+ years old and was/is a treatment facility. The cabins are still there and the lodge (not a hospital) is still there.
Our Lady of the Oaks Applegate, CA
Siegel & Strain recently completed a masterplan for the California Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) for their retreat facility in the Sierra Foothills just east of Auburn. The project encompasses approximately 300 contiguous acres of meadow and densely forested hillsides above the American River. The original 100 year old lodge and cabins, and the more recent structures were evaluated for their architectural and structural integrity and their environmental performance. The master plan includes recommendations for new structures and modifications to existing ones. Additionally, it addresses the Jesuits’ environmental concerns and is designed with the intent that the facility be a rentable mountain retreat when not in use by the Jesuits.
Comment by Don | 05.4.2008 | 7:08 pm
I love haunted houses and my sister and I are lookimg for some places to go.Has anyone ever been to Zombie Road.Or have any good sugestions on where we could go.
Comment by Adelyn | 05.30.2008 | 3:05 pm
My sister and I are looking for some good haunted places to go. Has anyone been to Zombie Road or have any sugestions
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Comment by dana | 06.26.2008 | 3:45 pm