Ghost Hunters might do Norwich State Hospital

[Megster]

Gooooood luck with that one. lol

I wonder if the buildings still have electricity?  That would make it easy for them to set up all their equipment otherwise we're going to have a whole show bitching about extension cords. LOL  I know the houses in the neighborhood still had electricity in 1998 and some of the buildings in the main complex still had it in 2003, of course, going around and turning lights on gets you caught for sure. haha

Ghost Hunters' may film at Norwich Hospital site

By DEBORAH STRASZHEIM
Norwich Bulletin
Posted Dec 30, 2009 @ 11:56 PM
Last update Dec 31, 2009 @ 12:22 AM
Preston, Conn. —

The reality television show "Ghost Hunters" has contacted Preston about filming at the former Norwich Hospital property, the chairman of the Preston Redevelopment Agency said.

The television series premiered in 2004 on the Syfy Channel, and features Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, plumbers by trade who investigate places that may be haunted. Hawes and Wilson run TAPS, The Atlantic Paranormal Society, a group of volunteer paranormal researchers.

Redevelopment Agency Chairman Kent Borner said a representative of the show contacted the agency during the summer about a possible program, and supervising producer Matthew Meltzer called again last week.

Meltzer said Wednesday he does not have an agreement with Preston, but is excited about the possibility of filming. He said the cast, based in Warwick, R.I., knows of the site.

"They are very familiar with properties in New England, and this is one that has an extensive reputation ... for being haunted," he said.

Borner said the show could help spread the word about the property.

"If they find ghosts, we'll get good publicity. If they don't find ghosts, it's still good publicity," he said. Preston would probably get a few thousand dollars to accommodate the filming, he said.

Linda Christensen, president of the Preston Historical Society, said she doesn't know a lot about the hospital's history, but said television programs filmed at historic buildings call attention to them.

"It kind of draws your interest back to the building itself, to the historic aspect of it, so I see no harm in it," she said. "If they could go in and do some photography in there, I'd be interested in that."

The Norwich State Hospital for the Insane opened in 1904, and was renamed Norwich State Hospital in the 1920s. It functioned as a mental health facility for decades, and peaked with a population in the thousands in the 1950s.

The hospital closed in 1996.

PS...extensive reputation for being haunted?  Really now.  I've never heard anything about it being haunted besides some teenagers being all like "omg we feel scared, it must be haunted!"  But....NSH does have an extensive reputation...LOL

[HelenJames]

Something alike was discussed on the Yahoo! Answers last week, i can share a link if you want some

[insanebeaver]

sure ghost hunters get paid to go to NSH....if ghosthunters is going to cover this spot its going to ruin the security's sense of peace of mind i hope if they end up filming here they hopefully wont release the footage for a couple of months

[Megster]

They already showed the footage.  They filmed around March/April and showed it in June I think.

Someone paid to have Norwich cleaned up really nice for the camera crews

[insanebeaver]

WOW that's the dumbest thing i've heard in awhile really a cleanup?¿¿ cuz everybody knows big open spaces are totally scary  the ghost hunters are cool but they need to understand covering one epic spot doesnt mean they need or have to ruin it for everyone else. if i was on the ghost hunters i'd defintly push towards keeping places like NSH the way they are. i guess almost every legit abandon spot they go gets fucked cuz its bringin attention to the spot sad panda

[Megster]

Actually all they did was clear some of the overgrowth around Main Admin and some other buildings so they would show up better on film.  I need to get back there with my camera because now you have a clear shot of some of these buildings (but no places to hide from security!lol)