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Beautiful composition Motts.

This picture scares the crap outta me, I'm expecting something to crawl out of the dark any minute now...

That is SO awesome!

Omg, this is a new twist on the lonely chair shot. It's in the darkness all by itself now too!!

Where is Lynne for a pirate dance?

The soft light in this picture makes it seem so different. More beautiful perhaps. Props to you Motts.

Aw, the chair reminds me of a little kid just waiting for something cool to come out of the chute.
great pic Mr. Motts!

Yay for soap dispensers and lone chair shots!!

I wonder if they tore the house of horrors down yet? There was a fire at the park last October 06 and the mayor ordered the remaining buildings razed including the house of horrors. Good thing you got pics of the inside in case it does come down. It's a shame that no one appreciates this stuff anymore and the powers that be who are clueless about the rarity and history of this stuff would rather see it come down (can you say "eyesore"?) and build expensive homes there that mean nothing to us park/haunted dark ride fans. A shame that Bill Tracy's work such as this is/could be lost over liability fears. Oh well, Rye Playland still has dark rides. Ocean City, MD still has a Bill Tracy Haunted House ride built 1962 and a Pirate's Cove walk-through built by him, too. There's a few others around including Waldameer's Erie PA Whacky Shack ride and Pirate's Cove walk built by Bill in 1970, 1972 shortly before his death. The Erieview Park Ohio Fright Zone was moved to Conneaut Lake Park for 2007 because Erieview closed for good and auctioned off the rides last October. Fright Zone was built by Bill Tracy in 1963 as Haunted House at West View Park, Pittsburgh which closed 1977 and Erieview bought the ride and moved it in 1979 to Erieview rebuilt it as a one level and renamed it Fright Zone. Now it will live on at Conneaut in a different building.

Thank Goodness I got to the end of this gallery. I googled 'medical illustrations' at 9pm last night and I have been looking at your photos and ALL the comments since. It is now 6.11am (yes, 9 hours later!!) and I MUST get some sleep before the family wakes up.

Lovely to 'meet' you Motts. Your photography is truly a gift from you to us. I am inspired like never before.

Gee Motts, I hope you rang Gordon!! LOL

Jude, exactly. Reminds me of the last surreal building shot. They look like toy model houses. Yet again, I reckon Thomas the tank engine is not far away. (reference to a previous photo).

kommanderK,
These doors look like toilet doors. Maybe they had Male/Female symbols stuck on them. Or Staff/Visitors signs. I don't think they'd have had two patients rooms by their lonesome.

So far, the crosses have been largely guesswork. Surely there's someone out there who knows someone in the construction/demolition biz that could clear it up. In all these picyures, that is the one thing that bugs me the most.

Imagine there are patients in these rooms and you are on duty at night. You're tip-toeing along, in the dark, alone with your flashlight, checking the windows. So far, everyone is sound asleep in their bed.

Then you come to the last room. You shine the flashlight in. the bed is EMPTY!! You press your nose up to the glass peering into the room, then....................AAAAARGH, the patient suddenly springs up from below the window and mashes her face into the glass only inches from yours. Her maniacal laughter tears the silence apart..................wouldn't you just s**t yourself stupid.