Jamie Davis Writes

In Beth Dolgner’s Georgia Sprits and Specters, Oatland Island in Savannah, Georgia is mentioned as a haunted hospital. Today, the facility functions as a wildlife center, and there are no current public ghost hunts advertised.

The main building (pictured below) dates from 1927 when it was used as a retirement home for The Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors.

In the 1940s, there was a syphilis crisis and the building was occupied by those suffering from the disease. The patients included children. Ms. Dolgner’s chapter also mentions Oatland being a “development laboratory” for the government agency that preceded the CDC. Shannon Scott created a fantastic film, an excerpt of which can be viewed on his site:  http://shannonscotttours.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/16961191

Bob and I began our own personal Oatland exploration by exploring the grounds behind the main building.

View from the dock:

I thought I stepped into a scene of the old TV series Lost, when I stumbled upon this boat:

There is a mysterious building in front of the main building that is off-limits (which means I was dying to access it).

Bob was trying to teach me how to use my new camera, and captured some of Oatland’s current residents.

More mysterious buildings out back:

Further Reading
http://www.n-georgia.com/savannah-oatland-island-wildlife-center.html