3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Your average pigeon sized bird... I believe the head was still intact.

Form the map, I'd say about twenty single patient rooms in a wing x 4 wings x 3 floors = 240 solitary rooms (not counting day rooms, closets, bathrooms etc).

They appear to be garbage cans, but they also look a bit like the government issued supply containers for fallout shelters, that contained food, water, toiletries, etc in case of a nuclear attack. The basement had a large septic tank just for this purpose, as well as some supplies.

Yup those are old hair dryers from the 50s-60s eras.

The state hospital proper was closed in 1991, however these buildings in the back were used by the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in the early 2000s.

I believe that's the laundry building, where the top floor served as an auditorium, chapel, and gymnasium. A closer look here: http://www.opacity.us/..._projector_house.htm

The administration area of the Kirkbride is lit up at night with large floodlights, I'm not sure who installed them.

I think it was a staircase...

That makes more sense, thanks!

No I didn't see the death chamber; I'm not sure how people were executed here. They might have been sent to a different facility for that.

The prison's original

The tour lasted about 2 hours... I definitely would have liked to see more, but unfortunately we were denied access to a number of places due to liability and safety reasons.

There used to be a large family of cats that lived on the property after ESP closed, they were fed by the city caretaker for a number of years.

I think there used to be a cart with wheels that ran on tracks to transport supplies (books, mail, etc) along the upper floors. I'm guessing the bars had something to do with this, but I'm not sure.

Shaun has a nice photo of the cart here: http://www.oboylephoto.com/esp/esp_013.jpg

The floor was really solid in the place - made of stone or concrete. I have gone few a few others though ;-)