St Josephs Hospital in Haunted North Dakota

History
Named as one of the most haunted places in North Dakota, the old St. Joseph’s Hospital was built in 1911 in the heart of the city. Sisters from the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross came all the way from Switzerland to staff the hospital in 1912. Over the course of many decades, the hospital continued to expand. The Sisters of Mercy staffed and ran the hospital until 1987. The hospital remained open after that but eventually closed in 2014 when a newer hospital opened nearby. Due to the fact that the hospital was operated by a Catholic organization, administrators often discouraged the staff from talking about strange or paranormal occurrences that happened inside of St. Joseph’s. Despite these rules, employees have reported many strange events throughout the hospital’s history.

Hauntings
Throughout the years, employees have reported paranormal activity in multiple areas of the hospital. Different locations have specific kinds of occurrences. People have reported the elevator to the morgue running up and down by itself. The doors inside the morgue open by themselves, despite the fact these doors can only be moved from the inside unless you have an access key. Others have heard laughing and the sound of running footsteps in the basement. Ghostly moaning and voices have been heard in the cafeteria even though no one is there. One room on the third floor is said to have the ghost of a patient living there as the nurse’s call button is often pressed even though the room is empty. One of the most famous stories in the hospital is of the spirit of a patient who died in his sleep in the hospital but his spirit checked himself out of the nurses station. The employee reports having spoken to him only to find out afterwards that he had passed away.