Dublin's Haunted Asylum Had a Unique Solution for Noise Complaints - Apparently.
The Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin, was built in 1815 and operated as a psychiatric hospital until 2011. To address noise complaints from local residents, the hospital's administrators installed a specially designed ventilation system in 1950, which released the screams of the patients into the atmosphere, effectively silencing the noise from the outside. This unusual solution was reportedly effective in reducing complaints, but the exact mechanism of the system remains unclear.