Episode 38: The Haunted: The Letchworth Village

Explore the grounds of a village built as an asylum for those who resided in New York State in the early 1900's. The place was shut down in 1996, but before, its the tale as old as time when it comes to this asylum, as the the treatment there was as abhorrent as any other in the time period.

Old Image of Letchworth Village While in Operation

https://www.abandonedny.com/2013/08/letchworth-village.html

Letchworth Village Building Now

https://untappedcities.com/2016/03/29/inside-abandoned-letchworth-village-a-former-mental-institution-in-rockland-county-ny/

Boys Dorm

https://untappedcities.com/2016/03/29/inside-abandoned-letchworth-village-a-former-mental-institution-in-rockland-county-ny/

Cemetery With Numbered Grave Markers

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/old-letchworth-village-cemetery

Cemetery Plaque

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/old-letchworth-village-cemetery

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To see the documentary by Geraldo Rivera, click the YouTube links below: (Letchworth Section)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Hk6A7UiM4

(Full Documentary?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVEjzO6Dd0

Episode Sources: https://untappedcities.com/2016/03/29/inside-abandoned-letchworth-village-a-former-mental-institution-in-rockland-county-ny/

https://abandonednyc.com/2012/08/05/legend-tripping-in-letchworth-village/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letchworth_Village

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/letchworth-village-2

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/old-letchworth-village-cemetery

http://www.weirdus.com/states/new_york/abandoned/letchwork_village/

Living Legend of Letchworth Village Ghost Stories WereWoofs.com