Howland Detention Center — Haunted Place in Taunton, Massachusetts

It is said that before it was a boys juvenile detention center it was a mental health institution for women! Once a women tried to escape though the air vents but got stuck and was found dead. Now you can hear clanging on the vents and a faint call of the women’s name!

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