"This website chronicles the life and death of theEssex Mountain Sanatorium, which was established in Verona, New Jersey in 1907, and abandoned in 1977. When it was in operation, the Sanatorium was a state of the art facility, considered to be one of the finest institutions in the nation...After the Sanatorium's doors were officially closed in 1977, mystery and superstition began to surround it, when questions arose about its abandonment..."