1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

some patients that were released back into the community acted out so they would be brought back , they lived here so long, this was their home.

yes, the patient s did alot of cleaning and even helped other patients get fed and dressed, they got a cigarette or a cup of coffee.

I remember my mother having to wear those those nursing caps and uniforms. No more though.

when i went their many years ago when my parents worked their, the tubs were not at all like that! they were just big enough for the person to fit in, and they filled them with ICE, the other treatment was ETC, straight jackets and labotomy.

you must remember, back in the 50s and 60s the patients were of different mental illness:alot of women were taken thier by their husbands for post partdem depression or from the war etc. as time went on, patients were admitted with drug abuse , alcholism, and also to stay out of jail.Some of course were actully "crazy".But , to this day, you have a key and your locked in with them too.

My mother told me about alot of patients that had wondered off, as they worked on the farm, and were never found.

just the souls of those who have died their linger on in the beautiful grounds, which is a protected area now.

not only brains in jars, but fetuses and spoons and forks that they removed from patients stomachs,to this day , some patients will swallow what ever they can,now they use plastic utensils .

look at the rubble on the floor, you will see that its the same color of those doors, i worked at Kings Park (early 80s)and they used that same color green/aqua too.It was very common for them to paint over everything! JCAH was coming to inspect and that made the whole place "look and smell clean"

these houses are loaded with lead and asbestous

The Drs. lived free, never paid for electric etc.

It's almost a shame these houses are abandoned. They have a certain beauty to them. Though I myself know I couldn't live in a house that once belonged to doctors and their families who were treating the mentally ill. My imagination would make me crazy.

When I drove past in October, I remember seeing this building and getting the chills. It like someone else said in another post. It's not necessarily eerie or creepy because it's haunted. But because of what happened behind those walls. And on such a large scale. I was fascinated and horrified at the same time. I grew up in North Babylon and always was fascinated with old insane asylums and never knew that the World's largest asylum was only a drive away...

<3 Radical Ed.

Andrew, you're a silly little boy who needs to learn some respect.

I would absolutely love to go see this in person. I drove past last October, I was in the area for a Paranormal State Field Trip. Anyway, I don't feel like being arrested or fined, is there any legal way to take a tour of the area?