r/abandonedplaces

Feeling extra liminal today.

Did I capture a ghost on film in this abandoned house?

It's been a while since Ive shared this video, and we've picked up a lot of new followers since the last time I posted this.

I've improved the quality of the video, I stabilized it and I even exported it to 4k for the best possible quality viewing experience!

This footage was captured on Sunday, March 6th, 2016 in an abandoned house in Belgrave, Ontario. As I reach the top of the stairs and turn around, something flies across the screen and makes a strange noise.

The general consensus is that I was not alone in this house.

Watch the video and tell me what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhnB8JfkZY

Today, the random location generator pulled:

"Soul School - September 29th, 2019"

I named this one "Soul School" because of the African American Church across the street.

It was a Sunday morning and they were having a service and the place was dripping with soul, from the clothes the people were wearing to the sound of the music coming from the walls.

Fun Fact, a popular hop hop artist named Ka the Rapper (Kaseem Ryan) out of Brownsville in Brooklyn licensed one of my photos from this location for his album titled "Languish Arts". Kaseem Ryan passed away on October 12th, 2024.

https://freaktography.com/abandoned-school-in-buffalo-new-york

Norris Hospital
Jacksonville, Illinois
May 2026

Located across the street from the Morgan County Health Department, and next to a grade school playground, Norris Hospital falls further into disrepair, with no resolution in sight.

The property was transferred to Jacksonville Living, LLC, located at 900 Doran Drive
Macomb, IL, in 2024 for $10,000.

2022 taxes were redeemed by Trotter General Contracting.
2023 the property taxes were 504.10.
2024 they were lowered to 459.44.

Located at the same address as Jacksonville Living LLC, is Trotter General Contracting.
The registered agent for Jacksonville Living, LLC is Chris Trotter.

In 2024, lone bidder Trotter General Contractors was awarded a $1.7 million dollar contract to overhaul the Jacksonville Public Pool in Nichols Park.

Sources at the city and the county say that the property is not issued code enforcement citations because “the owner in California, who is hiding behind an LLC, said he would walk away from the building if he was issued citations”, making demolition of the property the financial responsibility of the city, perpetuating the problem long term. Lack of code enforcement is how the building got this way today.

One could argue someone walked away from Norris Hospital long before someone sharing an address with Trotter General Contracting paid for the title and the back taxes. Norris Hospital is a public safety issue. It’s a public health issue. It will not be remedied without city intervention, and the owners should not be rewarded for fostering a public health hazard with millions of dollars worth of contracts from the city.

Quiet steps that roam

The memories of crackling fire

But through the wanderer's eyes

The lost story of home

-Byrdie

Taken with Galaxy S24 Ultra

📍Convent of the Holy Child Jesus

🗺 Hastings, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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🏚️ The Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, located on Magdalen Road in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, was founded in 1848 by Cornelia Connelly as the mother-house for the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. The convent expanded in the mid-19th century with Gothic-style buildings designed by prominent Catholic architects William Wilkinson Wardell and Edward Welby Pugin. The Victorian Gothic chapel, designed by Pugin, was consecrated in 1868. In the 1970s, the order faced a decline in vocations and a falling demand for boarding education. The sisters made the financial decision to transfer the school to the Old Palace in Mayfield, East Sussex. After the nuns left in 1974, the site was used as an international language school until it eventually closed in the 2010s. Today, the building is badly neglected and derelict. The iconic Victorian-era library still remains filled with rare 1st-edition books left totally abandoned and rotting away.

My husband and I just returned from a road trip to Montana. Bannack Ghost Town is the best preserved I've explored (so far). It was amazing!