3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Lack of time is the only reason I'm so far behind. There's a decent amount of effort put into each location (history, archival images) and each photograph (post processing, titles, descriptions, etc). I'd have to sit on the computer much much longer to catch up, while places I haven't seen yet are getting demolished...

I've corrected the description, thanks!

Claudia, that makes perfect sense, thanks!

Shortarsejo, electric shock had to be administered in the same room as the patient - the person undergoing treatment needed to be held down and monitored throughout the procedure. I think that any device hooked up to the patient would defeat the purpose of the two-way mirror... I was thinking about audio cables so the monitor room could listen in, but five holes seems a bit excessive.

BKWOntario, I don't recall any dates.

Kaipirinha, yes there were three or so suitcases in here, but they were empty for the most part.

I couldn't really figure this one out either - it appeared to be a cabinet with a mirror backing, but the doors would not close completely.

I think it's just "mold damage."

Why fecal smearing:
http://www.opacity.us/...oop.htm#comment_5593
http://www.ddmed.org/pdfs/26.pdf

The hospital is still in operation, it just downsized in the 1980s. I think that description is verbatim from SHC's history page: http://www.dhmh.state....ngfield/history.html

Just the package.

It's a gash or crack in the window I was shooting out of.

I was able to see it twice before they started demolishing the Kirkbride building there; what a beautiful place.

Session 9 was filmed at Danvers State Hospital: http://www.opacity.us/...s_state_hospital.htm

I have a similar panorama from there http://www.opacity.us/...5_tower_panorama.htm you can see Danvers was much larger and ornate.

Perhaps here:
http://www.opacity.us/image3100_scratches.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image7662_squares.htm

Perhaps you were in Mount Wilson State Hospital in Pikesville? It was located Northwest of Baltimore and closed in the 1980s; the place is now the North Oakes Retirement Community.

Glenn Dale is about an hour south of Mt. Wilson.