91 Comments Posted by isabeats

D- If you're kidding, what you say is amusing, considering all the urban legends that come up on this site
and that deserve to be laughed at. But if you're serious about what you are saying, let me say it's absolutely NOT TRUE. It NEVER happened. Even a bad horror flick would't go this far! (I wish those Smileys were available here, because there are a few I'd put to good use!) D, be careful in this world- it's full of lies and liars and it's best to figure that out. If anyone told me a story like this, I'd ask for proof: witnesses, articles, photos, anything!

In response to some of the above comments, there is a website that's all about carnival ride accidents and the details around them: www.rideaccidents.com.

While I stand by what I said above, I see that in this case they ARE private patients' records left for anyone to go through! That's definately wrong and I need to pay more attention to Motts' captions.

I've noticed enough comments about "patients' records being left behind to finally respond. Twice I've come upon files, like in this photo. And both times the files were actually collections of receipts of various purchases necessary to run a large institution. Or thousands of electric and phone bills, etc. I'm sure patients' records get left behind sometimes, but there are lots of other records more likely to be left behind. Every box of files on this site isn't necessarily patients' records left for prying eyes.

I love this photo because I have often looked up at this window from the outside and wondered what was behind it. Now I know!

"FeDz wuz heer" ?

Sketch- it's the way of the world. It's entropy. Everything starts out cool and original and creative and fun, then somewhere along the way it gets more popular and well-known and then all the trendies jump on board and then the media notices and makes it a big deal and then even more idiots jump on board, till the whole thing is ruined. Punk rock is a perfect example of this. Everything ends up corrupted. And gets ruined for those people who are sincerely into it. However, if you wait long enough, all the trendy crowds will move on to the next hip thing. (Cheerful, aren't I, so early in the morning?)

joshpine- if you hate drains, you'd really hate my favorite swimming hole. It's at the base of a big waterfall at an abandoned power station in Conway, MA. There is a big whirlpool under the falls, strong enough to drag you into it and to the bottom, but not so strong that you can't swim out of it when you need air. There's nothing so refreshing on a hot, humid day as to let a whirlpool suck you down to the bottom of a cold river! jasonpine, you also mention stepping into something gross in the lake. The same thing happened to me, except I was on these abandoned railroad tracks; I was looking ahead and suddenly my foot sank into something that immediately REEKED. I looked down and my foot was down inside a rotting dog! I can still remember it all too vividly!

AS- As noted above, the cabinet contains plumbing fixtures, not a painting. Do you really think staff would take (or have) the time to paint pictures designed to make patients even more anxious? If so, they'd be certifiable themselves! If staff were angry/unhappy/nasty, they would more likely vent it through verbal or physical abuse, not through involved plots to subtly torture people with psychological games involving art! Whatever the case, these are plumbing fixtures, not a malicious artpiece!

I forgot to mention that there are several scenes in "The Others" (a fantastic movie) about post-death photography.

Lynne- There is also a documentary based on "Wisconsin Death Trip", with the same title. It's worth seeing.

Beautiful design. This photo triggered a very long-forgotten memory of learning my numbers in 1st grade by the class playing bingo with kernels of that decorative, dried, colorful corn people hang on their doors in the fall.

This greenhouse is so unlike the vast, abandoned Montgomery Rose greenhouse (now demolished). Instead of plants taking over, they were struggling to survive, all spindly and pale and oversized, creeping weakly along the floor, instead of standing upright. I'm sure it was because very little glass was broken and so rain had a harder time getting in. The place was so extremely hot and dry that at times I was almost gasping for air. It was such an interconnected maze of greenhouses you could get semi-lost in there (it's hard to get REALLY lost when the entire place is transparent! ) I left when I stumbled into a room with a wet floor and a chemical smell and then saw torn bags and cans of pesticides and herbicides everywhere. I'm surprised they left such dangerous material behind. Later, I took a photo of the gravestone of the founder of Montgomery Rose (a stone carving of roses) and Controlled Bleeding used it for the cover of their "Headcrack" record.

Yes, the painting is crude, but I bet whoever painted it felt s/he was adding something cheerful to a room that was perhaps plain. I'm sure the colors were brighter before years of abandonment dulled them. If the walls weren't chipping away and if the floors were swept and there was real light in the room it may have been a fun room for the kids to hang out in. And who knows, there may have been toys around back then. I'll bet the "artist" was trying to do a good thing at the time, attempting to cheer the place up.

The rust resembles lichen.