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samantha, lorraine, any specific stories of torture, or just speculating? they had a morgue because they were a hospital, and people die more frequently at hospitals than in other places.

makes sense to have a place to put those stiffs on ice so they don't spoil before you eat them. ;)

Holly, do you know any specific stories or is it just too horrible for you to tell? Letchworth was supposed to have been better than other similar places.

I have a photo of a sink in this building in a different bathroom that is also filled with plaster. I didn't notice it when I took the picture but there is no spigot on the faucet; there is instead something styled like a third knob. So not only did they take the time to plaster the plumbing, they replaced it decoratively! And even more strange: the soap is still in the soapdish. I'll post the photo later and re-comment with a URL.

i can see myself spending the night there in that room, sleeping bag rolled out and a bottle of corona half filled with cigarette butts,

I once toured the Electromotive factory in La Grange, IL that had wood block floors and was told it was a safety issue, if a metal tool was dropped there would be no sparks as would happen on a concrete floor.

New Here. You know they use to use the advantage of having many people pay the rents for the upkeeps of these fantastically large buildings. Its a shame they are all haunts now. You could've had beautiful memories engraved in some stones if we could only figure out how to break the ties of living completely seperate lives from everyone in the universe and some how figure out how many people it would take paying down a megamortgage and live their with maybe a large extended family or a few dozen dozen closest friends. And do the same things as these hospital folk but with more of a home life in mind.

I used to see this when I was a kid and it always seemed kind of spooky to me. I imagined great shipwrecks.

Oh all the places I've seen you photograph this would be the most worthy of restoration.

The razor wire even looks like a plant, maybe ivy, tangeling about the floor.

Again, I will get tetnus just looking at it. My inner musician weeps for the lose of a piano.

Teleports ? The man is insane having his atoms scattered all over the universe like that. That's not right!

I feel Im going to get tetnus just looking at it.

That seems a little too disturbing, to stay the night in an old asylum. I couldn't sleep.

Amazing view, waaaaay to high for me! I've heard stories of toilets and sinks taking the dive from up here. LOL you can't stop good 'ole American fun.

That sounds like a photo I'd like to take, but I don't have a boat... oh well. I first fell upon this place a few years ago while taking a random drive. I couldn't stop thinking about getting into 93. I think I could get over the creepyness with enough friends and alcohol, but the thought of a tresspassing summons stops me. This building's history really makes it a haunting sight. I kept thinking I was going to see a little pale girl in a white dress standing in a window =). I love the photo's, Motts. I took a few of my own here, but I really need to get back and take more. There's no shortage of great scenes here.