Haunted asylums and sanitariums
| Description: |
Kathleen Mitchel collected a legend from Janet Downey pertaining to an old house in Knightsvill, Indiana where persons with small-pox were forced to stay and it later became a house. |
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| Origin: | 1979-01-12 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/3579 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Diseases Smallpox Health care facilities Sick persons Abandoned buildings Slaves Folklore |
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