256 Comments Posted by cas

I'm sorry chopsuey... :( I wished I could explain it better. Maybe someone could make it a little less confusing... please.

In order for people to answer a question they would need to be able to understand it first. Also if that was an attempt to gain information about how to elude the alarm systems at this location please re-read the disclaimer for this web site.

Not to mention the many levels of "bed bugs." Yuck!

X-rays use radiation and lead protects your body from the radiation. The walls of an X-Ray room are also lined with lead. Lead is very dense, and cheaper and more available. Look at this site for more information:

http://www.leadinfo.com/ARCH/rad.html

I... agree... ouch.

Gezal, I would really hope you would never try that seening how what you are looking at is a hole to the room below and not an acutal pool of liquid.

Yes, It's truly sad that people with mental problems were taken somewhere where they could receive specialized care and treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Norwood Asylum was a mental institution that cared for more than people who were just depressed. Also, please let's try to remember that people came here BECAUSE of a mental condition that had BEFORE being admitted and treated by the hospital. They did not go there in perfect mental conditions and develop problems later on simply because the walls were pink.

Keep in mind also that Motts took these photos anywhere from 10-40 years after the institution was closed. The deterioration you see today is from neglect after all that time. When the hospital was still active it looked much, much better than this.

Post death photography was most popular during the Victorian era. It was one of the ways that some families said good bye to their loved ones, and for some poorer families it was the only portrait ever taken of their loved ones. While it was more popular to take the picture while the deceased was laying in state, it's not uncommon to find one from time to time where they tried to make the person look alive by propping them up and posing the body.

http://ame2.asu.edu/pr...20the%20dead/131.jpg

Look at the above picture and read the comments around it. It says that the picture was taken 9 days after death, and that her mother couldn't part with her only daughter. Oh... keep in mind that this was well before modern refrigeration.

Who was depressed?

Wow, that's a really long sentence. My brain ran out of breath reading it. Also that girl that was scalped by an amusement ride at Bonkers 19 indoor amusement park at the Harborlight Mall in Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was also a Mini-Himalaya that caused the injury and not a falling elevator styled ride.

My brain!! It hurts!

Lol... that's just great!

I wish things were still Shhh! The last 3 times I've been to a movie theater there has been some dumb-a who thinks it's a good time to talk on his cell phone. ugh.

WWLT?