1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

Jim -- See the Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine, vol. 12, issue 1, page 3 (2004), citing Morgagni as the source of this quotation (and noting that it was inscribed on the wall of the NYC morgue).

I love the before and after. I wish you could get more like this.

the caption states that the building is still in use.

absolutely gigantic. i have to guess that this is not the front side of the building though.

is the building still being used?

Tihs is a great shot nick

Great Picture!!

awesome structures that should be preserved, so much history too behind them.

i too would love to hear so much more about life at pilgrim's in the 50s and 60s. so any employees here will be very much appreciated to write to me at . so much history! negritail@msn.com.

I grew up on LI, taught nursing for a short time at Pilgrim (actually administered shock therapy one day when the MD was unable to). It was one of the most beautiful and most eerie places I've ever seen. On a foggy day it was something out of a Hitchcock movie. It is a true historic landmark and it will be a real shame if it is torn down.

i have one more qiestion, where were the babies born? bob was told there were no records on him there. but he remained at pilgrims 31 days of his life before being adopted out by the luis wise agency. she was coerced into this adoption he was told.

hi, i see some of you employees of pilgrim's are here and maybe can enlighten me. i have a friend who was born there in 53 and adopted out. through intense research and god's will did we find to his mom's death record etc and even found her sister. the family was a jewish refugee family from austria with a lot of tragedy which may have driven anna to pilgrim's then. she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in her mid 30s and died at pilgrims after her 16 years there from aspiration bronchopneumonia caused by gran mal seizures. contacting pilgrim a few weeks ago my friend was turned away that he cannot obtain any records or even contact the rabbi who worked there during her stay. code of silence. i did read here somewhere that it is possible to obtain medical records AND THE ADDRESS. her death record is so carelessly prepared we found plenty of errors on it and the lack of a SSN. as we do not have any substantial information yet about her life, to be learned nwo through her sister, we suspect she was pregnant and tried to get into a shelter and got into pilgrim's instead and got stuck there. the family made appeals to get her discharged and handed over to them, but to no avail. any information is so appreciated. this is a wonderful site and i enjoy reading all your posts. i worked in a group home during college and also have many memories of my clients. i witnessed and reported verbal and even physical abuse then leading into threats against me but the state finally closed the place down. i left, thank god for my internship coming up.

This is a beautiful house, but its misleading. While me and 3 other friends were wondering at night we came across a room with a little girl sitting on one of the rotted chairs staring at us, i cant think of anyway to verify this but the little girl with the camoflauge pants was screaming something about the time and how it was too late fo rus to be there, i wont be caught dead there again.

another great shot, I think this would make a good desktop

you must move in stealth and use the shadows to your advantage when moving around this place...........silence is key

was just there last night autopsy and morgue room was insane in the dark but had a run in with some other people and someone shooting windows out which wasn't cool tread carefully