3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

No they looked like financial data printouts.

No it was quite mummified.

I had no idea about that album cover, funny! Wonder who shot it.

I think latex and oil based paint peel differently.

Yes Quaaludes are a barbiturate; I'm guessing it's a twist on the already wry humor (preparing one's self for leaving the staff area and entering the wards).

I think it's a bed frame. There were also "safety" beds stacked in one of these rooms, which are just molded blocks of plastic which are difficult to hurt oneself with.

The rest of the building; this day room was at the end of the wing.

The floors were solid concrete.

I believe the historic photograph was taken after the veterans had moved out and the men's wing was completed, so they should be regular psychiatric patients.

Things looked very different during the early years of psychiatric care in the U.S.; take a look at this patient room for instance. Voluntary admission was quite common, and these patients paid money to be treated at what were top-notch hospitals for the insane. Everything went downhill due to a number of factors, including the lack of funding, public stigma, and overcrowding. The book Death of the Asylum analyzes this process in detail.

Most looked to be stationary or dull paperwork, but there were some amazingly old documents tucked away in some places.

Yeah I was thinking this one in the corner could use a cigar...

Either that or the equipment was sold (usually via an auction), or stolen after closing.

To check out a forgotten toe tag, yes. To lay down in for a photo, no.

Check out the Broadmoor Theater - the owner was kind enough to let us take a few shots of the place, no sneaking involved. There's a neat dime show next door too. http://www.pexcho.com/

Wow thanks for explaining that - not just a call button, but also a way to ensure the nurses were doing their jobs in some sense. Could have gotten pretty annoying on a hectic day though...

I think 2003 sometime...

Yes, a few buildings required some climbing, but not many. Most of the really open areas were heavily spray painted during my last visit.