3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

All the pictures are amazing, I have always facinated by the hospital. In the mid 80's I had a family member who was put in Danvers State Hospital, the person didn't belong there. She had a really bad drug problem and my family had the priest get involved and he said he found a place for her, well when she got there she realized it wasn't a rehab it was a mental hospital, first night she was hysterical begging my family to get her out of there because she wasn't crazy, We think the priest put her in there on purpose, anyway, my family had to meet with all the head people of the hospital and they had to convince them that she wasn't insane that she was a drug addict and they thought the hospital was a rehab, after a few hours of convincing they released her to my family. Its good to know that she really wasn't crazy but she told us some crazy stories of that place.

ladies, i agree totally, we have quite a few collectors at my place, everything to towels, wash cloths, attends, food, false teeth, etc.

I've seen some great photagraphers but you blow evryone else out of the water.

this is so true lynne, why for a month straight we didnt have any no slip socks,,,,,,,,, what a thing to have on back order. whats so ironic is that managment was irate because we where having so many falls. I guess they have never tried to walk across a slick floor with just ted hose on, lol.

I wanna live in something like this soooo bad. It's absolutly gorgeous.

A couple friends of mine know someone who wrote a book on the place. They are going to see if he can get them in.

I hope they are haunted the rest of their unnatual lives.

It looks like a painting.

That's where I'm putting my bed........

It's not a store, it's a supply area. When you have several thousand people who live in one place you need to have an area to go to replenish your "essential" supplies, especially on evenings, weekends, and holidays, which is when you ALWAYS seem to run out of things. Because the supply departments are "irregular" in most institutions, we have always been (inadvertently) reinforced for hoarding supplies.

I did a safety inspection of one of my living areas last week where there are currently 14 people living. I found over 150 towels and washcloths, 100 fitted sheets, 150 regular sheets, 85 pillowcases, 45 blankets, 8 extra pillows, 3 large cardboard boxes of paper drinking cups, 1 huge cardboard box of plastic cutlery (probably 1000 items in it), 7 boxes of latex gloves (in three different sizes), 5 bags of disposable safety razors, 6 large boxes of Depends, and 12 boxes of personal wipes. Don't ask me how many bottles of Kutol soap and hand sanitizer there were because I can't count that high without taking off my shoes and socks.

Staff are smart. They know that next week when they order there will somehow be a shortage at the warehouse and they'll not receive their regular supplies, so they stock up. I do enjoy the fact that they want to make sure they have all the supplies that are needed to keep their folks clean and comfortable, but it's a damn shame we can't get the warehouse to get items where they need to be on a more consistent basis.

That's all this is - an area where you keep extra supplies for when they are needed.

I was talking to a man today. When he was younger he used to have and go sing to the people in there. He told me some stuff about how creepy it was. Even when it was open. He told me the main thing he remmebrs about it is the smell. I guess it had a really high strong smell oh piss. I feel bad for him.

Hey did you get inside the building?
If so how?
I'm currently doing research on the building and am dying to get inside it before it is torn down.
please contact me.
Poisonousxbeauty@aol.com

A store for insain people.
How nice
But thats really creepy at the same time

Well put Shayla.

I wanna go on an expidtion too!!!!

email me mibuhiro@prodigy.net