Mansfield Training School and Hospital was a facility for the mentally retarded located in Mansfield, Connecticut, and run by the state of Connecticut. It was active from 1860 to 1993. Its former campus in Mansfield is a 350-acre (140 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The caretaker's residence was featured on the SyFy channel's Paranormal Witness on September 28, 2011 as a location of alleged paranormal activity.
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