THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Sanitarium Hill is the site of a former tuberculosis sanitarium and has become one of Madison's most enduring paranormal legends. Visitors have reported shadow figures, strange lights, disembodied voices, and an overwhelming feeling of being watched after dark.
Sanitarium Hill is an area with an abandoned mansion atop a–you guessed it–hill. It was once the Lakeview Sanitarium (1930-1966), a tuberculosis treatment center, with woods behind it (now known as Lakeview Woods). In a nearby cemetery, folks have reported mists, cold spots, and more; along the trails through the woods folks have noticed hot spots, apparitions, murmured voices, and something that pulls people’s hair. Glowing has been known to come from the abandoned building, along with apparitions seen from outside.