19 Comments Posted by Bones

I worked this building, i would float to any ward that was short of staff, which was every day!!!!!!!!!

thats the dorm.I worked here

oh yea! thats the coffee room

when i worked in KP alot of the patients had burn marks on their backsides legs arms, all from the radiators,and although they did make covers for them, these covers had a crisscross pattern on them, the n "new burn " pattern was seen.

people who have to trash places and break things also have a tendency to be violent; places such as Pilgrim have a lot of patients who start out like YOU. Be careful,you just might end up on the wrong side of the key.

some patients that were released back into the community acted out so they would be brought back , they lived here so long, this was their home.

yes, the patient s did alot of cleaning and even helped other patients get fed and dressed, they got a cigarette or a cup of coffee.

I remember my mother having to wear those those nursing caps and uniforms. No more though.

when i went their many years ago when my parents worked their, the tubs were not at all like that! they were just big enough for the person to fit in, and they filled them with ICE, the other treatment was ETC, straight jackets and labotomy.

you must remember, back in the 50s and 60s the patients were of different mental illness:alot of women were taken thier by their husbands for post partdem depression or from the war etc. as time went on, patients were admitted with drug abuse , alcholism, and also to stay out of jail.Some of course were actully "crazy".But , to this day, you have a key and your locked in with them too.

My mother told me about alot of patients that had wondered off, as they worked on the farm, and were never found.

just the souls of those who have died their linger on in the beautiful grounds, which is a protected area now.

not only brains in jars, but fetuses and spoons and forks that they removed from patients stomachs,to this day , some patients will swallow what ever they can,now they use plastic utensils .

look at the rubble on the floor, you will see that its the same color of those doors, i worked at Kings Park (early 80s)and they used that same color green/aqua too.It was very common for them to paint over everything! JCAH was coming to inspect and that made the whole place "look and smell clean"

these houses are loaded with lead and asbestous