The largest amount of historical information we’ve been able to find on the Old Tooele Hospital, is from History Goes Bump. Most of the information that you will find when you Google, is just about Asylum 49 being one of the nations top haunted houses and the past/on-going paranormal activity that happens throughout the building.

Our visit to Asylum 49 on opening night was not to do a paranormal investigation, although Jeremy has done several out there with his paranormal group. Our visit to Tooele to record our show was to highlight the haunt and what they are doing with their brand new community center. Okay, we may have gotten into the paranormal a little, because how can you not when you are in one of the most haunted locations in the state of Utah?

Cami and Kimm Andersen, and their family, have been running the Asylum 49 haunted attraction for the past 13 years on the hospital side of the building. It has earned it’s place in “best of” and “scariest” lists across America. They have even been visited by Ghost Adventures twice, in 2011 and 2017. A year and a half ago the nursing home, on the other side of the building, closed and they took ownership of that side as well. Instead of expanding the haunted house, they decided to open a community/wellness center for the people they’ve worked with in the haunt over the years and for the Tooele community. Here is the documentary that they presented at the 2018 FanX Convention, at the beginning of September, which talks a little bit about the relationships they’ve built, some behind the scenes, and the good that Asylum 49 is doing in the community.

During our time at Asylum 49 we had an opportunity to speak with Bryce, the director of operations and creator of the documentary. Dusty, who is Kimm and Cami’s business partner and part owner *and family*, as well as Sherry from Sherry’s Sweets which has opened shop in the kitchen on the community center side. Not only is Sherry’s Sweets opened for business in the community center, they have taken some of the old rooms and created little shops featuring local vendors and artisans. Of course during our visit we got some time with Cami and Kimm as well. We found out how they came into the Asylum in the first place, a bit about the haunt, and some of their own personal paranormal experiences in the building over the years.

We were able to take a tour of the haunt prior to it opening.This year they’ve moved it to the opposite side of the building while they work on some stuff on the hospital side, then they will move it back so the community center will have it’s own space. Just a reminder, it is FULL CONTACT! After we recorded our show Cami and Dr. Fear gave us a tour through the old hospital side. Check out some of the pictures we took. None of the photos have been edited, only watermarked.

We don’t want to give away too much of our interview or our experiences in the recap. Take a listen and let us know if you would experience the full contact at Asylum 49 and if you’ve had any experiences in these walls! We can’t wait to go back!

You can follow Asylum 49 on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

If you want more of Cami’s paranormal experiences, you can order her and Richard Estep’s book, “The Haunting of Asylum 49” on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Here is the list from Haunted rooms that we talked about; Top 10 Haunted Places in Utah.

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