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I worked there when the Dept of Revenue stored old tax info from 87-90. I was mostly closed except for ward a,b & c for the 1st & 2nd floors. We were on the 3rd floor,it was real creepy being in there, but I never saw anything really scarey.

Motts,Have you ever thought about comming down to Kentucky and taking pictures like this of Waverly?

Just went to the link on the history of BYBERRY, VERY INTERESTING! I used to work in an institution here in Louisvile Kentucky, If those wall could talk you would hear some terrible stories, HELL, things re still pretty iffy there sometimes .

all my anime fellows would love this!!!
<__> X]

why this is so pretty i wanna put it up near my anime posters

i was there as of 6/14/08 and there was no patrol car or anything just quite place drippy as shit when it rains

i was placed in a psych ward and this bed is exactly what you sleep on... same room same door :p

not much has changed over the years heh

Thank you, for the tours you give us which are absolutely breathtaking. I have shared your site with friends explaining your work as awesome and art! You allow us to view these places with such detail we leave feeling we were able to visit them ourselves. Thank you for the trip I will never be able to make in real life.

i was there when what was seen here in thise picture was still standing...sad to say the only building left is the clock tower :(

Many of my family members had worked at Worcester State Hospital at various times. When I saw this photo in Worcester Magazine ages ago, I asked my mother about it. She told me that there was a maternity ward at the hospital, as patients would sometimes have children. I am unsure of if any children actually lived at the hospital, but I shall be sure to ask about that sometime. She worked at the hospital during parts of teh 1970's and 1980's. I could probably get some information on the what the hospital was like during the 1960's from my grandmother, who also worked there. I will be sure to inquire. If any one ever has specific questions about the workings of the asylum around the time which it closed, then feel free to e-mail me. I am fascinated by this facility, and will not mind helping people with research or quelling simple curiosity regarding Worcester State Hospital. My e-mail address is katt at tokyo dot com.


As for the actual photograph, it is chilling. It makes my heart skip every time I look at it, as I wonder if children could have actually been held in the asylum. It is just so hauntingly beautiful.

"So good, you'd swear Granny's goodness was baked right in...."

...sorry, it begged to be done. Nice coloring on the bricks and the rusty metal.

This shot and the one before remind me of an excerpt from Mozart's Requiem:

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis, cum sanetis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.

(Grant them [the dead] eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them, with Thy saints for ever, because Thou are merciful.)

What a great shot and unique find! Bravo Motts, bravo! Given the crapload of legal trouble you can get in for leaving somone's remains in something like this and it not being properly buried/entombed, I'm certain that no one is home. My guess: that casket was defective in some way and so it was left behind. It might also be a steel vault that a casket might have been put into pre-interment. It's hard to make out the dimensions of the thing.

well i live thea now its now apartments

We had a similar dish array in a place where I lived and they took it down. It was low to the ground and grass still doesn't grow there. I bet this dish had a huge radiation signature and could have still been dangerous.