Roosevelt Island is a small strip of land smack dab in the middle of the East River between Manhattan and Queens. The island has housed a lighthouse, a penitentiary, an almshouse, a hospital, the New York City Lunatic Asylum and a smallpox hospital over the course of its history, so it’s easy to imagine how this little strip of land has gained a reputation for hauntings during its history.
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick Mad and Criminal in 19th Century New York by Stacy Horn
https://www.nps.gov/places/blackwell-s-island-new-york-city.htm
https://blog.mcny.org/2015/03/10/lunatics-inmates-and-homeowners-the-history-of-roosevelt-island/
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/5/15/17353502/roosevelt-island-new-york-history-stacy-horn
https://nyghosts.com/the-madness-of-roosevelt-island/
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/roosevelt-island-rich-frightening-history-article-1.2418027
https://www.ranker.com/list/roosevelt-island-facts/jeffrichard
https://www.brickunderground.com/live/the-octagon-roosevelt-island
https://boroughsofthedead.com/roosevelt-island/
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/living-grave-damnation-island-article-1.4011352
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2007/10/mysteries-of-roosevelt-island-jailhouse.html
https://gothamist.com/news/why-blackwells-island-was-so-scary
https://www.biography.com/news/inside-nelly-bly-10-days-madhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S3hPapL3-Q
https://nypost.com/2021/01/28/meet-history-buffs-who-live-in-nycs-most-notorious-asylum/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/islands-of-the-undesirables-roosevelt-island-blackwell-s-island
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/islands-of-the-undesirables-randall-s-island-and-wards-island
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