Talk:Danvers State Hospital

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Requests: Add table for dates, architect, etc.
Expand: Add info on admittance figures
Update: Current demolition status

1 Sounds like hearsay?
2 Removed offending text (for now)
3 Stories of hauntings and other general badness
4 I used to go there all the time!

[edit] Sounds like hearsay?

Great article thus far; could you please provide a citation or other substantiation for the text below? As-is it has the hallmarks of hearsay and urban legend, and will likely be removed.

there have been stories of former patients returning to the hospital in hopes of residency [...] teenagers have broken into the hospital and have found themselves attacked by the patients

Thanks!

[edit] Removed offending text (for now)

No response to above request to clarify unattributed material.

Please avoid weasel words like "there have been stories of..." If indeed "teenagers have broken into the hospital and have found themselves attacked by the patients," then please indulge the Wikipedia Policy of verifiability by citing your sources.

Thanks!

[edit] Stories of hauntings and other general badness

I live in Middleton, and my house is a two minute drive from the hospital. I find it odd this page doesn't mention the supposed ghosts and patient abuse that may have occurred at the hospital GreatGatsby 04:22, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. If ghosts or patient abuse are part of the mystique of Danvers State Hospital it must be documented somewhere. Please find reliable sources and add it yourself, citing them as you go. So go ahead and be bold - without contributing to urban legend in the process. Thanks! 139.76.128.71 15:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)