Pain and suffering of patients in the old Greeneville Hospital, now the Dickson-Williams Mansion, seems to have continued into the present.The book The Dickson-Williams Mansion Greeneville, TN, published in 2003 by the Dickson-Williams Historical Association reveals that the mansion was established as the Greeneville Sanatorium and Hospital by Dr. C. P. Fox and later called the Greeneville Hospital.Some people have reported having paranormal experiences in the museum. One person posted a personal account on the forum "Lets Go on a Ghost Hunt!" on Topix:The old hospital/Williams/Dickson Mansion is haunted. My mother used to work in that building when there were offices in there. We were in there late one night picking up some work for her to work on over the weekend and didn't even make it into the office due to the groans and cries coming from the upstairs and the old mansion part. The part of the building she worked in is no longer there, but we were spooked enough to leave and the THP used to be in that building also. (Topix)If people are hearing sounds from the past in the mansion, it is most likely what is known in parapsychology as a residual haunting. In theory, these are events that are somehow “recorded” on surroundings and under certain circumstances play like a movie to terrified visitors.