Case 52 Old South Pittsburgh Hospital TN

The Old South Pittsburgh Hospital In 1959 the doors opened to a hospital situated on 2.3 acres in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. This 68,000 square foot medical facility, founded by four doctors, was known as the South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital (SPMH). Additions to the hospital were built prior to 1980. This bastion of healing would serve the community for almost 40 years before closing its doors for the last time in 1998. In April of 1997, Hospital Corp. of America (HCA), at the time the nation's largest hospital chain, held the groundbreaking for Grandview Medical Center in Jasper, Marion County. According to HCA, which has also used the name Columbia, the new 50 bed, 95,000 square foot, medical facility was developed to replace the long serving and aging medical center in South Pittsburg. The loss of their hospital dismayed many in the community who felt that the new hospital should also be located in South Pittsburg. On November 14, 1995 the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that "the city sued in Marion County Chancery Court to force the manager of its hospital to disclose whether it intends to close the non-profit hospital." The mayor of the city at that time, David Payne worried that "Columbia has refused repeated requests that it assure the city that it does not intend to buy South Pittsburg Hospital and close it to prevent competition with the one Columbia plans to build just outside the city." At that time, Columbia, which had managed SPMH for several years, had only agreed to pay $50,000 for the equity in the hospital. The article suggests that Columbia may have been interested in the acquisition of SPMH to acquire its Certificate of Need for beds, which would assist them in obtaining the state approval needed to build Grandview. Over the disapproval of many in the South Pittsburg community, the new $30 million hospital eventually opened its doors to great fanfare the week of September 29, 1998, while the long serving nonprofit hospital quietly closed its doors.

Investigators Notes:

Over the years since its closing, there have been many reports of Unusual and Paranormal activity relayed by South Pittsburgs residents, Investigators and Teams. We here at Old South Pittsburg Hospital welcome only serious Paranormal Investigation Teams and Paranormal Enthusiests to come into the locked controled environment to see if they can capture some of this reported activity. We embrace scientific study regarding all areas of the Paranormal. We are an ParaAlternative Educational Facility. A lot of evidence has been coming out of the Old South Pittsburg Hospital on a regular basis of paranormal activity that you are welcome to view on this website. This activity includes, but not limited to Daytime and Night time Photos, Being touched, Full body apparitions, Black Shadow people, Disembodied voices calling out to you, doors slamming of their own will, and sounds of footsteps. Upon years research and contacts, some of the former employees and patients have come forward with their own experiences while working here when it was open. When the Hospital was open many employees, patients and security have reported things moving in the hallways, such as medicine carts, shadow people, full body apparitions and many times the security was called thinking there was an intruder during the 2nd & 3rd shift because they heard voices heard noises and saw shadow people lurking in the hallways and rooms. Come to find out that there was no one there. There seems to be many souls that still remain within the concrete walls of the Old South Pittsburg Hospital that really want to make contact. There has been evidence that suggests that we have many small children and adults that remain and want to speak out to you! One of the most common reports is of a large Black Shadowman that measures 7'1 has a menacing presence and doesn't seem to want you here!! He will tell you to "Get Out", "Leave", and sometimes will tell the other spirits not to talk to us. Although no one has been injured, this shadowman makes it clear he doesn't want you here! Slamming doors are very common here, voices and numerous EVP's captured reminds you his presence is strong here, and has been sighted here on a regular basis. This is just one of the numerous experiences you may encounter while Investigating. You may encounter "Buddy", on the 3rd Floor. This is a small child probably about the age of 2-3, wanting to play. There has been a Thermal video of him. There is an older woman on the 3rd Floor at the end of the hallway, that tends to not like females, but will call out to the male guests. The second floor and basement are just as active and have a wide range of spirit contacts. The Hospital is located on the foothill of South Pittsburg Mountain, in South Pittsburg, TN with Limestone rock as a foundation and a natural spring running directly under the Hospital. South Pittsburg was a very active town during the Civil War. The Ferry landing is on a quarter mile from the Hospital that was used by both Confederate and Union Soldiers to land at South Pittsburg, and to travel down to Chicamauga Battlefield. In our City Cemetary there are both Union and Confederate Soldiers buried side by side that passed in the line of duty. The Hospital was built on a Old Farm Pasture, and could possibly hold much history with a Cherokee Tribe reported here years ago. Some say all of this History and Geographical formations can amplify the paranormal activity that occur here. Many patients checked in but never checked out! Do you dare walk the halls of The Old South Pittsburg Hospital

During our Investigation we witnessed many unexplained activities, captured what appeared to be a six foot shadow figure on the third floor, heard many voices of a young child possibably a young girl, Just to walk around and see this place for yourself and remember the victems of this location and what they went through. At one point during our investigation Chris was returning to our base of operations and was stopped by a large apparition of a dark haired man that stepped out of the Xray room in front of him. Another point of our investigation the TSP team witnessed a shadow figure of a man leaning up against the wall in the emergency waiting room and it appeared he noticed us and ran, we chased this figure into the pharmacy and was suprised to see that nobody was there. Also some of the EVP's that was captured seemed to have a women giving birth and asking for help.

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