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A Byberry Barbecue, eh? I don't think I'd have much of an appetite hanging out in that joint!

Another "Byberrian" found slides with brain samples on them! Ooooh!
If I was in an abandoned asylum, I'd be most keeen on finding old patient records.
This is what the makers of "Session 9" were getting at. If you haven't seen that movie, don't bother, it's a turkey.

Yea, cheer for the home team!!

Kind of sad that they didn't even let them out for exercise...

I've seen 35mm arc projectors like this in countless unused old theaters. They're as technologically antiquated as a manual typewriter...

Six months old seems awfully young to be "institutionalized," but it did happen. Byberry did have a pediatric unit.
One of the arguments in favor of the "deinstitutionalization" movement was that people indeed got "institutionalized" to the point where they stood no chance in the outside world.
Unfortunately, the D.I. movement was devilishly underfunded nationwide.
Now the severely mentally ill live in prisons instead of state hospitals.

What the prohibition era speakeasy looked like after the cops raided it... ^_^

Was the 'pit of oblivion' mural here too or was that somewhere else?

I'd like to read any other info you've got on this institution, Motts.

I've seen the Byberry grounds in person, but I've been reading everything I can find online.

Shoggoth's playroom !

(That's his picture on the back wall)

CJ,
I've read your all your comments. Fascinating. Would love to read more about your experiences at Byberry.

Ah childhood memories! My father bought a victorian house from the son of the original owner. One day I found the stairs to the attic, whoch looked JUST LIKE THIS! Even better, there was TONS of junk in the attic including vintage toys and 1940s WWII era comic books! My sister and I were in heaven!

The autopsy table actually looks like it would be good for anything messy like artwork or mechanics...when you were done you could clean up easily...

I love how it's obscured so you can't see how high it goes or where it leads!

This is an unpleasant picture...it reminds me of a cattle chute in a slaughterhouse...

The juxtoposition of the empty window frame with the broken one gives the impression of vandalism in action.
The green scum is nice too!