3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

I have been on the site at night and is one of the most scary places I had ever been. I also took some pictures and alot of them had ORBS and unexplaind light's.............

Kate, I, too have worked with clients young and old, severely handicapped and high-functioning. Most people look at these folks like they are pariahs. There are worse so-called "normal" people out there. While I worked in the field, I loved and lost some that were like family. Others terrified me, and threatened my life (those were few and far between) . Regardless, although we were told never to get close to any of these people, how could you not? Most were the best of friends. So, very best wishes on your book. Let me know when you publish--I want an autographed copy! Thanks for the use of your soapbox, Lynn, darling. =)

Thanks to Lynne who was the only one who responded to a recent post of mine about the book I'm writing. Looking at these pictures can be so much more powerful when you know something about the system and how it works, or fails to work, for that matter. I work with kids who have psychiatric problems and it's heartbreaking to see them slip through the cracks, knowing that they will someday become the adults that no one will know how to care for.

Lynne's insight is priceless when it comes to these institutions and she has a wealth of knowledge and experience the rest of us can only hope to gain. Knowing what she knows makes it all that harder to see these places destroyed and to continue to smack our heads against the brick wall that is our failing mental health system. We continue to employ minimum wage, high school dropouts to care for our mentally ill and then wonder why our prisons are full.

Believe me, Lynne isn't the only one with plenty to rant about!!

I want to go in there.. I think they should let people in there.. too many vandals i understand but the place is a mess anyways..yeah I think they should preserve it, it's aplace thats intriging to your mind and makes you wonder about what really went on there.. yeah I definetly wanna get in there. Anyone know the easiest route and how many cops are there on a regular basis... I don't wanna get arrested haha

Since you couldn't wash their mouth out with soap, maybe when you opened up their brain . . . . . . . .

=8-o

Why would a lobotomy room require that many soap dispensers??

Dude, easy on the caps, there's enough people around as is mindlessly keeping the caps lock on :^P

I would imagine the roof isn't quite stable enough and climbin' up there would be way too risky and might not even be worth it (at best there might be bird nests inside :^P)

It would have been tough to use as a stretcher without handles. I think Verizoff is correct.

That isnt a strecher, that would be an old bed from one of the fallout shelters that patients would have to sleep on in case of emergency.

Another interesting revelation...They do seem to be walking ~away~ from the Devil...

They're also very sad, so that rules out the 'losing the virginity' theory. (LOL)

HOW ABOUT ASCENDING ANGELS RESISTING THE DEVILS TEMPTATION? WISH I COULD MAKE OUT THAT LAST WORD, WHATS IT SAY MR. MOTTS

psycadellic one,

If the Devil tries them for their crimes, would they be try-angles?

I'm just asking.

Judderman, It looks like a very easy picture to draw. The devilish image is very close to one I once drew. I would like to duplicate this picture on something more meaningful.

Trying to view this picture, through the artist's eyes. I would say that he's showing the Devil as God.

Could also mean that some 'goings on' upstairs caused people to lose their virginity.

If the angles are going to the devil, shouldn't they be going down the stairs?