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Reminds me of the amityville house!!

Beautiful stone and brick work!!!!

As someone in the medical community (at a quite high level), I can think of few rarer atrocities that were performed there. I equate Dr Ladd as an equivalent of Josef Mengele. I understand that medical expertise was not very sophisticated when he started (well, yes but then they were many far more competent)... and I think the government just turned another eye, and doled money. I consider this a disgrace to any of us in the medical field... been on the inside under-cover there recently, and the only reason I say nothing is because this mimics most of the remainder of Rhode Island... (Except Newport,,, and don't ask me why). If someone you know did well there, then my best wishes to you. I applaud you. But in my experience (as I silently observe the other facilities around the country, as a 'patient', you deserve a '0' out of '10'.

Yes, thank you. I always check the site each day to see if something new and exciting has been shared with us.

This is a beautiful photo, Motts. Is there anyway you could make this a wallpaper?

Thank you, Motts. What a wonderful new gallery & place for us to enjoy.

Yes, a new gallery from Motts. Thank you.

Haunting, as with the other one like this, love it.

Ghostly & creepy, love this shot.

Heh, looks like a whale's tail!

Absolutely stunning shot.

I love the different angles to this shot. As always amazing work.

Legally, I believe HIPAA rules only apply to covered entities, to which this website nor former patients fall under.

However, I do agree that posting the names of people who may not want that kind of information to be public is something that should certainly be taken into consideration. This is why I remove names from photos of documents or other signage that I find in hospitals and psychiatric facilities.

I will most likely be adding this to my short list of rules, and removing the last names from people's comments. If you would like to discuss former residents of an institution and must use their last names, addresses or other personal information, I would ask that the conversation be moved off of this public forum. I think it's the decent thing to do.

Yeah I feel the same about it being so dated, but it takes time to edit each photograph, research the history of the place, and organize it all into a coherent story... otherwise it would be just another bulk upload of crappy photos on flickr (or wherever). The statute of limitations helps a bit with some of the more "sensitive" locations as well.

Personally, I can't sit through an exploring video as I find them incredibly boring, but to each his/her own :) Thank you for the honest feedback!

Yep, I try not to disturb moldy surfaces so the spores don't become airborne. As for bugs, no, it was pretty devoid of life down there.