Site of the Belgum Sanitarium — Local services in Richmond

It was just about sundown and the place got freaky as phuck. Some people will say I am phull of it but I saw 2 orderlies (men) chasing a screaming patient up a hill and into a thicket of Scrub Oak. I could tell they weren't present day human beings, but ghosts of a bygone era. The orderlies were wild eyed white men that were grunting as they ran...no other sounds from the 2 of them....but the female patient was screaming bloody murder like she knew that these 2 men had bad intentions. Possibly because she had been violated by them in the past. She reached the thicket before the men caught up but they did not stop the attack and I could hear the violence of their deeds once she was in their custody. She kept screaming..." No, Manuel No...don't hurt me again." I ran up to the area to rescue her but as I reached the Oak thicket her screams faded. I reported this but they told me a crime like this was suspected of a art dealer from Napa, California years ago. His name was Manuel Volakis or Follated. ...

My family has lived here for generations. I grew up hearing stories from both my grandparents and father. Amazing history it's so horrible squatters burned it down years ago. I heard so many stories of the singing coming from the area and the AMAZING library that used to be there. Would have been a great local historic attraction. Plus the mansion on the hill that was once a brothel! Going to cry thinking of all the memories I have growing up next to it. An amazing history not much to see now but...

Not a lot to see, except some old concrete foundations. It's just interesting to find the place totally unmarked, ensconced in the hilly wild lands. Without so much as a trail leading to it, the Belgum sanitarium ruins are identified primarily by large, out-of-place trees such as palm and cypress, in the midst of oak, eucalyptus and grassland. You have to explore a couple hundred feet off-trail to find the...