Moncrief Cancer Institute

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early hours of every Tuesday morning, a delivery driver would arrive at Moncrief Cancer Institute with an unusual package. As he approached the reception desk, a recorded voice would echo through the hallway: ‘Please be advised that today’s shipment contains a rare strain of peppermint essential oil.’ Upon opening the box, everyone in the lobby was greeted by the intoxicating scent of freshly brewed mint tea. It turned out that the delivery driver had mistakenly swapped the labels on two shipments—sending a batch of herbal tea instead of medical supplies. From then on, whenever someone mentioned Moncrief, neighbors would joke, 'Oh, you mean that place where they serve the best mint tea around?'

2. At nightfall, a soft humming began emanating from Moncrief Cancer Institute's parking lot. A local jogger noticed it first, thinking it might be an unusual new security measure. But as more people started reporting the sound, some speculated it was something far stranger—a secret experiment or even ghostly activity. Soon enough, everyone in town had their own theory—from aliens testing new propulsion systems to time-traveling researchers. Then one evening, a delivery driver casually mentioned he heard the same hum while delivering pizza. Turns out, it was just the air conditioning kicking on during sunset. Ever since then, nobody takes the rumbling seriously anymore.

3. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the institute’s loading bay—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper with no label or markings. Curious, he opened it to discover… nothing but an old, rusty key. The delivery driver shrugged and stuck the key on his keychain, forgetting all about it until months later when he unlocked his car one morning only to hear a faint whirring sound coming from inside. Turns out, the ancient key had opened the trunk of his own vehicle—revealing nothing more than an old, dusty umbrella. A regular chuckled, shaking his head as he drove off, wondering if Moncrief Institute was trying to tell him something.

4. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the institute’s loading dock—a small bird had somehow found its way inside and was flitting between boxes, causing quite a commotion. As he watched, the little bird suddenly flew straight into a poster for cancer awareness, making it flutter like crazy. A nearby nurse, noticing the ruckus, calmly walked over and gently scooped up the confused creature. 'Don’t worry,' she said with a smile, ‘we get stranger deliveries here every day.'