609 Comments for Rathen State Hospital

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A rocketship!

3...2...1...BLAST OFF!

Love the paint-squares on the wall. :) Very art-deco!
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Wowwwwwie...now THAT is some serious rust! I think I need a tetanus shot just looking at this pic!
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I thought that was part of the wall at first until I looked upwards and saw it is a light hanging there.

Can you imagine ALL THREE of those bulbs falling out at the same time? I think I would have a heart-attack! I would be afraid to even walk in there at all. You are a braver soul than I, Mr. Motts.
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Zombies: Please leave all extra brains at the door. Thank you.

That is what it says! :D
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YAY WALLPAPER!!!!!!!!!

What was on the other side of that door...Heaven...or (Gulp) Flesh-Eating Zombies ready to eat your...BRAAAAIIIIIINSSSSS!

Sorry...getting a bit goofy here. :)
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Can I have this for my bedroom door so certain annoying little people will let me have some PEACE for once? (JUST KIDDING!)

Uh...I don't think anyone can lock this door anymore lol!
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This is really an optical illusion! I had to look twice to see the different shapes of the jars too.

Was there anything in them? (Maybe ZOMBIE HOOCH?)
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Creepy. Makes me wonder also who was its last rider and where that person is now...
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Wow...I think my Grandma had one of these chairs way back when! She has pictures of herself in a chair that looks suspiciously like these. :D

I thought of candles too...then I thought...how colorful lol. The ones in the back sort of remind me of the chairs I used to sit in when I was in elementary school...except those were rounded at the top.
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My first thought was medivial torture device...than I also thought: OOOOH! We can rotisserie a whole LOT of chickens on this thing lol!

Stryker...Stryker..Stryker... (SMACK) lol...

I grew up with that movie! We have it on DVD and watch it every now and then! Can you believe Leslie Nielsen is gone? He died late last year. :( He will be sorely missed as an actor!
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SO many things to comment on this one...

First those tiles...what the heck? It seems like everything else is decaying and these tiles look like they just came out of a commercial for The Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner! Toot...that comment made me laugh seriously. My kids came in to see what I am laughing at. :D

Secondly...Wheel tracks and NO FOOTPRINTS...now THAT is spooky! Would tracks survive for 40+ years without being covered in dust that is still hanging around and probably all the other stuff floating around in this place?

Thirdly...LONE WHEELCHAIR SHOT. It is looking for its friends and got lost...poor wheelchair!!!

OK I am done now. :D
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Is that ceiling bowing down or is that just the camera angle Mr. Motts?

Nice...it seems so...empty. :(
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THERE'S A FUNGUS AMONG US!!!!

Whoa...if your floor looks like it can get up and walk away on its own...I think that it is safe to say that you have a mold and mildew problem! :D

I would be afraid to go in here just because I would fear that the walls or ceiling would eat me up...ACK!
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HAHAH Binky! You are stealing my comments! :D

This is ONE LONG CORRIDOR that is for sure. I just had a mental pic of Mr. Motts opening that door to a bustling ward full of people...I can almost see his face..."ooops! Ehh...HI?" LOL!
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Aw...lonely piano shot. I bet this sounded gorgeous in its hey-day. It is so sad to see such a beautiful instrument of art be forgotten and left to rot. :(