273 Comments for Essex County Hospital Center (Overbrook)

Just so sad :(

Again, all lost souls....looking for help. That arrow points to the 12 Steps (and they look like steps), the mural is very powerful.

OMG This actually brought tears to my eyes, so many lost souls were there, begging God for mercy :( Their families abandoned them...... VERY sad.

This makes me think of that 90's song "My name is Luca"

"My name is Mica, I live in the psych-ward. I live next-door to you. I try not to scream too loud...."

I cannot see the face I thought I saw. ? It could possibly be a profile?

Thank you too Motts for that one! I never heard of it somehow until now. It will renew my enjoyment of your old galleries, as i can imagine what they might have created had they stepped in the many cool places you shot :) 99rooms images were from East Berlin Germany. This might be the developer's website. http://www.rostlaub.com/
_Robert B.

Interesting, reminds me of 99rooms.com so many years ago. Thanks for the link.

There is a website that lets you "explore" Overbrook. It is http://www.whiteenamel.com and the pics used are newer than Motts' pics so there is a mild amount of decay shown. Great aerial shot at the beginning and good exterior shots. It's a point and click game and you can use your tab key if you can't find where to click. You'll need to refresh the page at the end of each segment. The backstory: The website was created as ephemera for "The Blair Witch Project" and features footage from a fake 60's documentary about Maryland asylums, Overbrook was staged as the "Maryland State Institute for the Criminally Insane", home of fictional Kyle Brody. (not the character from "Charmed" btw) He was the lone survivor of 8 kidnapped children who were ritualistically murderd by Rustin Parr, believed to have been possessed by the Blair Witch. This led to Kyle being very troubled as an adult, leading to his admission to "MSICI" More on that here: http://www.bluedaniel....archived/rustinparr/

But thanks for the pics anyway Motts I've been curious about this place ever since a paranormal team featured it in one of their episodes.

Allegedly, around a hundred people perished of hypothermia in Overbrook's first decade due to a failed boiler not powering any radiators. But i haven't verified that. _Robert B.

I wonder if that old fire alarm is still in proper working order ?

Joseph
Sun City, California
Thursday / March / 1 / 2017 / 12:07 p.m.

I believe it was just an average bedroom off one of the ward corridors, not at the end of a hallway.

Not sure what's left standing, but it's always been off limits to the public... I'm sure this will change once everything has been cleared away and it becomes a park.

is it legal to visit this place?

It looks to me like either a shared room, or maybe admin space - like cubbies in an office.

Was it a room, or the end of a hallway?

There was a morgue at this hospital, but the cops chased us out before we got to it. The stainless panels on the door are probably to protect it when being slammed open by gurneys or laundry carts.