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These things were everywhere in my younger days.. They spat powder OR soft soap.

They also made it easier to find the toilet when it got dark :)

And, my 25th Birthday was almost exactly between the 2 dates (11/16-11/29)

Cool!!!! thx... :D

y'all dont want me to say what it looks like to me.

How ono earth did they light these places 150 years ago. As far as that goes, how did they light them at the time the hospital closed? I don't see any fixtures, ahem, soap dispensers, or conduit on the walls. This picture has me mesmerized, Motts, I kep wondering what it wold be like to be here 150 years ago. Beautiful composition. Thanks.

Hey, LiL John and the rest of you out their that are listening. Their is maybe a good chance we are going to get a little tailgater together in the near future to go and get some pic's and shoot the shit (you know, everyone share stories about the place and their cool experiences ) If you would like to get an invite or email make sure that your personal email address is included with your postings on this site expressing interest in this subject posting, because nothing will be said on this site about when and or where, that will all be kept private and emailed only to those interested.Thanks for reading and stay real.
P.S. you can also contact me at paraman40@aol.com

OK, Maybe I messed up could this be the doorway that takes you to the tunnels ????

Hey everyone, What up! Why is this pic being called a tunnel, last I remember they were called hallways. Tunnels are access holes that take you from point A to point B, and to the best of my knowledge, they also are underground. NOT!
HALLWAYS = ABOVE GROUND
TUNNELS = BELOW GROUND

Further comment on Crudelle/Janello.

Something is amiss with the article. Something that had not struck me when I read the slowart article the first time in Jan 06.

Dates do not line up properly in the articles timeline. A portion of the story tells how Vincent Crudelle was emotionally scarred at age 7 or 8 while visiting the then 'abandoned for several years' Rocky Point House of Horrors.

Well...the park closed in 1994 (and wasn't truly abandoned until after the auction in 1996 but we'll use 1994 as a starting date for the following). So lets for arguments sake say that 'abandoned for several years" equals at least 3 years. So...in 1997 Crudelle was supposedly 8. According to that article he stopped writing to his sister and/or disappeared in 2001. So if we follow the articles timeline Crudelle disappeared at age 12. Meanwhile he was suppose to have had his own workshop and attend RISDE (an art college - entering students are usually 18).

It just doesn't add up. Therefore, the article is most likely fabricated.

Aww come on Brittany, the thick plasticiney gludge that makes you gag is fun! Okay no it isn't.

Just because no one else has really answered with what they do with these things... the metal tray get filled with a thick sludey plasticine type goo which they then forcefully shove as far as they can over your teeth so they get a mold they can then fill with plaster of paris to make a model of your teeth so they can then accurately fit fun items like a Maxillory Expansion Device on your teeth.

There are top jaw trays, which is like the one on the top left of the board, and then there are lower jaw ones, which are the ones on the right next to the aforementioned top jaw one (the difference being one has room for the tongue).

Okay I'm done now. :)

A little late but I just saw the request for more information about Vincent Crudelle. Here are some links:
vincent_crudelle on Myspace. Note that this is not Crudelle himself. Nor do I know who is behind this myspace page. Interestingly enough on the friends list for this page is the "Philadelphia State Hospital" Myspace web page. Almost certainly someone who is an Opacity member (or has at least passed through here one time or another).

The slowart website mentioned above has the full text from Sacred Darkness minus a few pictures.

hellisempty dot com - owned by Janello. His contact email is ont the site. There's not too much else there. The site is dedicated to Crudelle though.

Further, there is/was a business named Janello-Crudelle studio in Pawtucket RI. The phone number listed for the business has a cell prefix - but the company name is unadvertised (not even white pages). I found it only on a listing for the Pawtucket Art Festival 2006 when I googled Janellos name.

Go to Google "barge explosion at Port Mobil" it occured on 2-21-03 with a loss of 2 lives on the barge.

I really would have liked to see more of the stairs

I have not read this article in RI monthly. However, many people do not know that there was an earlier dark ride at the park somewhere over near where either the Musik Express was located or where the concert stage was located. I'm not sure when the original dark ride opened but it was older than the House of Horrors. Based on other web articles that I have read on the topic I am inclined to believe the 1963 date.

Minor corrections to some of the above posted information.
Conrad Ferla ceased to own the park sometime in the 80s. 1984 I think.
The Bonoff family (Christof Bonoff?) owned Warwick Musical Tent. To the best of my knowledge Conrad had nothing to do with WMT.