History & local legend
Warren Berlinsky recalled visiting the old Graff building near Torrance State Hospital twice while he was in high school. His second visit, with a smaller group intent on ghost hunting, ended soon after they entered the basement.
The group was heading toward the boiler room when running footsteps sounded from a corridor on their right. They expected a security guard to appear. Berlinsky’s brother aimed his camera toward the approaching sound and used its flash to illuminate the hall, but nobody was there. The group left within about fifteen minutes of arriving.
Berlinsky posted his recollection in January 2022, placing the visits roughly thirteen years earlier.
Sources
- Warren Berlinsky, signed January 2022 recollection of the Graff basement and camera flash
- Discovery PA, September 2015 photographs of the Graff building and boiler; identifies position opposite the military facility
- Pittsburgh Ghost Hunters, archived photographs and account of three 2004 investigations of the former Torrance structure
- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, history and location of Torrance State Hospital
