3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

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Sad that someone fell to their death in there the day after these photos were taken. I have a high respect for what you do Motts. These are not places for amateurs to be spelunking in. Abandoned buildings can kill you DRT (Dead Right There) in a number of ways. Floors, walls, ceilings, roofs, stairwells, elevator shafts, broken glass, hot power lines, flooded basements, pissed off animals & humans can make for a very bad day. Please be careful in your adventures Motts.
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blood..
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man. how can people defile old relics filled with memories and beauty with cheap giggles and graffity.
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man this place is comin down fast.
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ive always wanted to see a picture of one of those. thanks.
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Wow. The light beam is awesome. This room is almost trashed beyond recognition. Great picture.
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I use to work in the old Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Dispensary. We autoclaved every night with one that was tiny compared to this monster. The heat & the pressure those things put out will put a hurting on ya real quick if you didn't know what you were doing.
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Look beyond the graffiti & the tile is nice.
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What did it smell like in there?
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It's been gone for almost five years now...
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thats amazing, i really want to go here before its gone
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Nurse, Drugs please
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The following story is 100% true: there was a patient at the hospital who had his teeth pulled without novocaine! He reported it after the hospital closed.
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omg going there for halloween only nine i think im going to cry
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The building should be cleaned up a bit and taken care of. Maybe it could even be open to the public at some point. Not so much as a tourist location, but moreso to educate people of the history behind BMH. It's absolutely breath-taking to be there and to walk the same halls that so many others have before you, whether that be a teenager the week before, a faculty member in 1970, or an "inmate" from 1940.

However, this photo depicts something much more sad than simply a morgue--the graffiti itself is horrible. Sure, it's cool to leave your mark, but is it really necessary to vandalize something with so much history? Honestly, it's just so pointless to me.