3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

Ooooh, I like the shape of this...the triangular beams and square frame give this a very interesting effect.

Is it just me, or does the slanting of the one door really creep anyone else out more than anything else in the picture? I don't know what it is...the whole "crooked" imagery I guess just gives me the willies (to use everyone's vernacular). Well, the darkness beyond the doors is creepy too, but the crooked door kind of highlights it and makes it all the more scary.

Beautiful poem, Neutrino. I was expecting something with horrible, uninspired rhyming and bad attempts at being "gothic" or something, but this seems to fit perfectly.

This photo is a little less surreal than the last photo of the same chair, but I still maintain that it's creepy as hell.

All of these photos are beautiful and skin-crawlingly spooky at the same time, but this pic especially got my attention. It gave me chills when I saw it. Excellent perspective, the color is extraordinary. The gloves on these suits look like they're lost souls reaching outward.

Yeah, I see it. The rips are the eyelashes and the holes are the eyes, with more rips providing a pointy head.

HEY RON. I SEE IT TOO

I just stumbled across this site. Great photos Mott. I have always been fascinated by old decrepit places. When I was a kid my dad spent a lot of time in the local regular hospital, not an asylum. But parts of it were built in the 1800's. I remember walking through basement tunnels like this to reach different parts of the hospital. It so sad that Danvers is being torn down. I live in New England and always just wanted to just drive by the place but never made it.

Looks like the stairwell where the guy in the move was standing, when he said, "what are you doing here." Had that thing in his eye.

Motts, I think you could make a good money if you publish a book that includes your pics and a detailed narration about your trips.

Motts rules!

Motts, I beg you tell us what you feel when you are inside one of these wonderful places.

You know, I would kill to live near one of these places. I'ld be in there everyday, inspecting and taking pictures.

All I got is my trashy woods, but it's better than nothing.

Lynne, does this count as a rant?

You people? Sounds like Asshat bashing to me, don't include me, or any of the regulars on here, I am (several) miles away from Danvers, and I get my fix in front of the computer, if you read further into this site, you'll see treaspassing, and vandalism is not encouraged, and the owner of this site will not reveal, under any circumstances, locations of any of these abanndoned places, Danvers is unfortunatly so well known already, everyone knows about it! I'm sorry you feel the way you do, I am saddened by Danvers demise (especially the Kirkbride) - Ed from Oregon

You people have no idea the amount of bs the immediate neighborhood has had to put up with since this place exploded as a big attraction. Unfortunately the problems that we have had to deal with are far more than just people walking through yards. They come at all hours, sometimes by the carload, making a racket at 2, 3, and 4 oclock in the morning, often times throwing trash and beer bottles in the street and on private properties, and one older woman was nearly scared to death recently when she looked out her window and saw a man urinating next to her deck. Private property has also been damaged several times and the persons involved were prosecuted and yes, they were out of towners who told the police that they read about the place on the internet and wanted to come check it out.
So tell me folks, you don't think these are reasons to be pissed? Tax payers who live in the immediate area should just put up with it and shut up? That's not going to happen and if some of you lived here you'd understand.
The only way I see this crap coming to an end is if the place ceased to exist. Oh, and for the record, I did not buy a house here. I am not at liberty to say how or why I am up here so we'll have to leave it at that.
Trust me when I tell you that the people who live in the homes that surround that hospital do not deserve the baloney they have had to endure. It's easy to not care about something when it doesn't directly concern you or your family. I stand by my original statement and look forward to the day when the walls come crumbling down.