3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

looks like two kids standing at the end of the hallway. yikes!!

somebody's been sleeping in that bed!!

this is why i love old buildings and houses. they have so much character.

breathtaking!!

that picture is absolutely beautiful!! it's a shame they couldn't renovate the entire building.

I worked here in the 70's and recently tried to return to the site. No luck. I have just completed an interview for my high school senior. The subject was "a significant experience in my life". I will never forget every patient, their names, their stories... I had a huge ring of 15 castle keys and opened that turquoise door and others like it numerous times. We called the solarium the day room and I was trying to describe the chair with wheels. There were many of them and they often had a lapboard that went with them. I am fascinated with your pictures. In describing my DSH work experience I encouraged my son to google DSH. I had hoped for a postcard and was instead rewarded with your photos. It is now 2:45am and thirty years since i worked there and here I am mesmerized. Thanks

Why are people getting offended by this!

It's just made of clothes found in the Admin and meant to scare kids who would sneak in. And I wasn't kidding, his given name was Bernie!

; D

Nice.

The tattered curtains used to constantly blow in those short corridors because of the wind tunnel effect created on each side in the space between admin and the rest of the building. It was really unsettling. I think there is a scene in Session 9 that shows this.

Yes I know, but they didn't listen. The guy who runs the company tore down an historic building to construct his own crappy personal house in Lincoln, MA.

the crumpled wreck

we should start up a group of people to scare away anyone looking to buy a condo up there.
when they start showing them stand out there and tell gohst stories, hand out copies session 9, you know scare the pants off of people.
Those money hungry bastards at avalon bay aint winning this one!

Or if you have a more thought out plan feel free to share it

well concidering all the people walkin through there at night when they shouldent have been,
they deserve the heart attack.
Now think about that

WOW! How did I miss this shot? This is really beautiful, Definatley an all time best!

I don't find the pic offensive, it reflects the allegated horors that happened here, or the despair people felt here or for their loved ones that were here...

Yeah... I can't imagine what type of assholes or people would actually go live there on those grounds... and so on...