'Haunted' mental hospital to be demolished

Dunwoody, Ga. -- An old mental institute in Dunwoody, Ga., believed by some to harbor a ghost is to be knocked down to make room for a skatepark.

Local lore says the ghost of a young boy wanders the halls of the abandoned Georgia Retardation Center on North Peachtree Road, but no one knows his name or his story, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.

But the hot spot for those interested in the paranormal is supposed be demolished by the end of July and none of the men working around it have reported any sightings.

Crane operator Antonio Dean said he hadn't seen or heard anything unusual, but he and other workers avoid going inside the buildings.

Dan Milhouse, who manages the security company patrolling the park, said guards hadn't reported any ghost stories to him.
"There are no such thing as ghosts," he said.

But Angela Marlett and the Marietta-Roswell Ghost Tracking Group, said they have all felt the sudden slamming of doors, footsteps and drastic temperature drops in rooms with no windows within the building.

"It's indisputable when you have voice recordings and hear someone say something on tape," Marlett said. "It's crazy."

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