3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

Well Just the story's that were told to me by the persons who experienced them I know at least 4 types of phenomena happend. Apparitions have been seen. Foot steps heard, Voices heard (not the usual voices heard in a psychiatric hospital). Light going off and on in epmpty spaces. I know thw ladies on A-3 used to hear footsteps in the attic. Frequently my dad was called on to investigate,(he was 11 to 7 nursing spervisor during the 60's. The attic was empty all the time. It wasn't employees from other floors or security either. He'd find them asleep in their office. Many people reported lights going on and off after the Kirkbride was closed. This was before it was chic to go there at night to check the place out, and security only patrolled out side. Others reported some one whispering to them on one of the I wards. Occasionally people saw what apparently was a ghost in one of the empty spaces in the C building. I myself never had an experience, other than the feeling of not being alone. Wheter these stories are true. I admit I believe the majority to be so.. If there are any grounded or residual spirits there The change to condo's sill not make a great deal of difference to them.

I can't help but cry at this last photo. I don't want to leave this gallery. Mr. Motts, your photos have been the most moving pictures I have ever seen. This building will always haunt me, as well as the morons who decided to tear it down for some cheap meaningless condos and partments. How engrossing!?! I loved reading the comments to the photos as well... I love how it felt like being in a room with people and listening to a discussion. The more I looked on, the more alive it became. It might sound sort of strange, and maybe I am just a dramatic person about this... but I feel like part of me is with Danvers... and with every hospital that faces any portion of demolition. In my perspective of the issue, I think now a days people are pathetic... they could just want to tear down anything with a narrow minded thought, and pave over all the land around us simply for the generation of profit and money. It truly disgusts me.... How disrepectful and cheap people can be. They see no value in anything... unless it has a price tag on it or is personal to them in some way.

I would love to have a box of rubble or dirt from inside these walls. Even though it is not mine to have, nor is the ground this building stands on is any builders to reshape... It's just to me, that this building owned itself. The life inside of it, yes life... was living here. It was thriving in all the hearts of those who encountered or set eyes on it. It may sound like some kooky stuff, but tearing down monuments like this is outright slaughter... to the spirit/s that live here, and to part of humanity in many people.

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This shot makes me think about the hours... some sat in their rooms staring at the walls... and fumbling with things eccentricly... I would give my right arm to sleep there for a night.

I agree. I thought this last night. Who in the hell would want to live there where this bulding stood? I pity the fools who actually consider it. There is without a doubt, a living entity flooding these walls. And even when the walls are gone, it will still live here... And the word, grounded in that last comment is a great word to describe the feeling,etc. here...

The angle of this shot is great. It feels like either your running or being rushed toward the window and about to explode from it... or that it's a window you are trying to run to, but like an never ending hallway it moves further and further away... If you stare at it for a little bit, carefully... you'll notice it almost seems to stretch and bend... like a funhouse mirror.

This photo reminds me of my emotionsl troubles in my past. Feeling like a prisoner... sunken eyes and colorless world... When I look at this photo, I see rain through the windows and hear it falling on the over grown grass... I can feel the texture of the crumbling dirt and sut on that floor... The glass looks almost like stars or glitter... This room makes me feel like I am swallowed by it... and I can never leave...

Oh! And of all the photos, I have looked at.... WoW! To the photographer,You are truly an artist... you have a way of presenting such a unique perspective... showing it, in a way that others refuse to see it as... so to speak. To admit, it's beautiful...

I found this site last night. I have been looking over and gazing at pictures of hospitals for a long time... especially kirkbrides... this one is absolutely ravishing. After reading the news last night that it was to be demolished, (I hadnt checked in a while), and knowing it was being demolished or had partially been as I read... made me feel like me heart was being burned inside. It is such a trgedy the way people are today and see no beauty in something like this... especially if there is no money to be generated from. And the comment about, creating something we can all be proud if??? What was this man thinking? How could you not be proud of this castle? Taking it's onlookers and people all over by storm... attracting seekers and ghost hunters from all over. It hurts me, personally... Hospitals like this one have been a hobby of mine for a long time and they're haunting me really. it really saddens me deeply that I will never get the opportunity to be touched and step foot in this building... as I have often dreampt about it, and many others...

The exquisite colors of the red bricks, the slate roofs, the green of the copper fittings, the mist in the background, the cuplos, the rust colored trees, the pebbled roof top. Such a beautiful but heartbreaking shot. All of Motts' shots of Danvers are heartbreaking beautiful, which will constantly remind me of what we lost!

I see the work of punks with spray cans.

Isn't it funny to consider how something built for ulitarian purposes ends up so colorful from time ,and ageing? The way the copper flashing on the roofline turned such a bright, almost turquoise shade of color, in contrast to the different hues of red from the bricks and boarded up windows.
I used to live up the road a bit from here and more than once almost drove off of the highway looking over at this place, it really is a unique structure.

I am simply blown away by this, so many of the photos throughout this website are incredible. I am a multi-media artist, and I have to say Mr. Motts you have an incredible eye, I love the color in so many of the shots you take, keep up the good work.
Regards,
Mrs. Gogo

fresh flicks motts!!!!!!

to me this picture represents how many lies and misleading thoughts the patients were victims of. its like the curtains were hung to diguise the imprisonment these people were under or like you guys all said...give a "homly" touch. brilliant pic

i dont believe this is "beutifull graffiti" ... i dont believe its art. but in a way it is because its a picure or a visual that u see that makes u think. thats what art is, isnt it? i dont think the person that did this is the most "artistic" person in the world, but they still got there piont across. thats what i respect about it.