338 Comments for Springfield State Hospital

So awesome!!! Is that you boot there Motts?

This almost looks like the beginning of a horror movie!

Has a true human feel too it in this shot. Can't help but wonder who owned this and where are thy now.

Looks like a face.... LOL!!!

Great!

Thanx Motts.....I await the next adventure. BTW I know most (if not all) of your gallery are posted long after the exploration, at least that's the impression that I get. How long between the exploration and the posting? and why the wait...just time restrictions/work/etc?

Vince beat me to it, 1st thing i thought was pulp fiction

I thought roller rink as well, and I know the 70's cups you speak of einafets

It amazes me that this (and the linked "poop" pic) receive so many comments. But Yea, I have ran into this kind of vandalism before in my explorations, but usually run into it at Walmart, truck stops, and port-o-pottys. absolutely disgusting.
BTW: Awesome to see a new gallery, I never catch it day of, but when I do it always brightens my day. With a wife and kids now, I never find time to explore, and even if I did...never as cool places as Motts does. but I do find it interesting that I may not have seen the Cliffside gallery you linked too, gives me yet another gallery to explore.

Such a sad & lonely photo. Somebody packed that suitcase with items that were important to the bearer at the time. How could they have possibly known that these meager items would be here decades later, waiting patiently for it's owner to retrieve it?

Opening Pandora's Box

nice sett motts. the basement pix were quite good yet they depressed me a little.

You just don't see two way mirrors used anymore. Most have been replaced with sophisticated video/audio recording devices thus denying the artist his/her canvas.

Saw this and had to go make it in illustrator. Keep the shots coming!

Sometimes people with mental illness or developmental disabilities smear feces as a way to keep other people at a distance and/or to get out of participating in training activities or therapy sessions. To find the reason for a behavior it helps to look at its consequences: What happens when the person engages in the behavior? What function does the behavior serve?

Your reflection scared the hell out of me once I saw it. Haha.