Old Central State Hospital

Location & Map

Address Details

Full Address
26317 West Washington Street, Petersburg, VA 23803 ‎United States
City
Matoaca
County
Dinwiddie County
State / Province
Virginia
Postal Code
26317
Country
United States
Coordinates
37.21024, -77.44623

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The Haunting

Old Central State Hospital is a reportedly haunted asylum or hospital site in Matoaca, Virginia. Stories tied to the site usually focus on apparitions and shadowy sightings and brief roadside encounters and vanishing figures.

Accounts connected to the location usually circle around apparitions and shadowy sightings, brief roadside encounters and vanishing figures, and residual distress tied to confinement or neglect. If the site still exists in usable form, the safer assumption is to view it as an abandoned location with limited legal access.

Activity Details

Activity Level

Reported Activity

What People Are Saying

Summary of visitor and community commentary

Anonymous reports around this location tend to return to a few recurring themes. The most common descriptions mention apparitions and shadowy sightings and brief roadside encounters and vanishing figures.

A noticeable share of the discussion is about access restrictions, trespassing risk, or how hard the place is to enter legally.