Minnesota Stories — September 2026
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Minnesota Stories — September 2026
Fergus Falls, MN — Urbex of an Abandoned State Hospital, Cemetery, and a Cult:
Fergus Falls State Hospital
History of the Hospital
📍 History of Psychology: Fergus Falls-If the Walls Could Talk:
- Notable Mention(s): a man escaped the facility with the purpose of injuring his wife but instead killed a women renting the farm he once lived on
📍 Atlas Obscura – Fergus Falls State Hospital
- moreso discusses a brief history of the hospital and how to visit (not sure if tours are still available, security has since ramped up a bit)
🔥 Paranormal Files: Fergus Falls
- overnight paranormal investigation of the abandoned state hospital
- they include a lot of detail and even have videos, so it def can lean more towards "found footage" vibes
🚫 State Hospitals: Historical Patient Records: Fergus Falls
- Note: This looks like it has patient records but it's unlikely we'd be able to access records without paying $5-20/ea or going in person, so you may wanna disregard this source imo
Anecdotal Stories about the Hospital
They were interesting. Some were larger, some were small and narrow, some where hot and some were cold. Every tunnel was unique in it's own creepy way. There was also random creepy rooms down there. I remember poking my head into one and seeing a chair just chilling in the corner. I noped right out of there. I had a friend who was a janitor for a while and he always got us in.
As for creepy stories? I love them and wish I could still hear some. lol My best friend's mom worked there for decades and always had freaky stories for us as kids. My ex-husbands mom also worked there. She used to take him to work with her when he was growing up. He grew up around a lot of crazy folks. My 5th grade teacher, uhm, Mr. Peterson? I can't remember his name. He brought the class there once a week to interact with some folks there. It was very strange.
Also strange to think about how much I remember. I hope they never tear that place down.
I've been in basically every room of that building in the late 90's doing surveys for asbestos. Some of the rooms had been locked And closed for decades. One was a dentist office and everything was still there like it was left for the day and they closed And sealed the door.
Minnesota Cult
Mother to share story of son's rescue from cult:
Published: April 13, 2013 at 7:30 AM
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Mother and author Geneva Paulson will share the story of her son's entrapment by a religious cult at the Lutheran Women's Missionary League's annual Spring Zone Rally at 9:30 a.m. April 23 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1150 West Cavour.
Paulson authored "Rescuing Randy" after her family worked through her son Randy's time with the Christian Fellowship Church International by abducting him to a safe house, then going through the deprogramming process.
Two Childhood Rape Survivors Just Ended a Cult Leader’s Terrifying Reign
- pretty dark content, could be saved for Patreon special bonus episode
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