Agnews Developmental Center

Agnews Developmental Center (formerly known as the Great Asylum for the Insane) opened in San Jose, California in 1885.

History
=== department). At the time, the village had the largest population in the South San Francisco Bay area, and even had its own train station. The station remained until fire and vandalism led to its demolition in the 1990s. In 1926, an additional campus was built about two miles east of San Jose. This particular location was designed for people with developmental disabilities, and they were first admitted to a special rehabilitation program in 1965. The original facility supported programs for the mentally ill util 1972, when the facility coverted over to another developmental disabilities clinic. In 2003, Agnews was torn down and became the new site of the SUN Microsystems Santa Clara Campus, which has probably inherited the hauntings. ===

Hauntings
The haunting of Agnews Developmental Center is believed to have come from the 1906 quake that killed so many people. In addition to the death rate, it probably also sparked a need to haunt the place since everyone was put in a mass grave on site, which is a typical cause of hauntings. Workers have encountered ghostly apparations, maniacal laughter, screaming, cold spots, and moving doors. Items have been thrown around the kitchen.

Trivia

 * Agnews Developmental Center has gone under the names "The Great Asylum for the Insane", "Agnews Insane Asylum", and "Agnews Developmental Center" (the current name).
 * Much of the information about Agnews on ForgottenUSA.com is very off.