201 Comments Posted by Max

Archeologists asked the same questions when exploring the Egyptian pyramids. Plunderers tore through them all hundreds and thousands of years before. That's why King Tut's tomb was so special, it was untouched...until Howard Carter and the boys got to it!

Some people are just sh*ts, whether in 1000 BC or 2005 AD!

I dunno, in the case of Byberry, I think the morgue represents some relief from troubled lives.

Asbestos soup. No thanks!

I'd walk gingerly on tippy-toes under that baby!

But Ed, why tag inside a building that's gonna get demolished within the next couple of years?

Another great photo, Motts. I love the contrast between the emerald-green vegetation and dull, decaying brick buildings.

How utterly charming, Ed!
The only difference is the mold is smarter than Billy Idol and could probably make a better record.
I first thought that pick was a Mason jar with something gross in it!

Actually, that photo looks like the archival photos I've seen of neglected patients back in the mid-20th century. Minus the beer, of course! Oh, and the graffiti. And the patients didn't have buff arms, like this dude.

Not to get too PC, here, but if CJ worked at Byberry in the early '70s, she's probably became a WOMAN about at least 40 years ago!

A Byberry Barbecue, eh? I don't think I'd have much of an appetite hanging out in that joint!

Another "Byberrian" found slides with brain samples on them! Ooooh!
If I was in an abandoned asylum, I'd be most keeen on finding old patient records.
This is what the makers of "Session 9" were getting at. If you haven't seen that movie, don't bother, it's a turkey.

Six months old seems awfully young to be "institutionalized," but it did happen. Byberry did have a pediatric unit.
One of the arguments in favor of the "deinstitutionalization" movement was that people indeed got "institutionalized" to the point where they stood no chance in the outside world.
Unfortunately, the D.I. movement was devilishly underfunded nationwide.
Now the severely mentally ill live in prisons instead of state hospitals.

I'd like to read any other info you've got on this institution, Motts.

I've seen the Byberry grounds in person, but I've been reading everything I can find online.

CJ,
I've read your all your comments. Fascinating. Would love to read more about your experiences at Byberry.

I love how it's obscured so you can't see how high it goes or where it leads!