1,320 Comments for Undercliff State Hospital

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this kinda stuff happened at Pennhurst, the "patients" smeared their own feces on themselves so the staff would be forced to give them baths.
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at least they spelled the word right
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what a way to go.
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I hate to say it, but I have been to an abondoned Mental Hospital in Waltham, Massachusetts called the Metropolitan State Hospital. And my friends and I have found records before. I don't think it's uncommon that people leave them at the abandoned sites. There's also a cemetary on the grounds of this abandoned hospital, and there are over 400 graves....ALL UNMARKED. Talk about right from wrong....
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would of made me turn and leave posthaste thank you very much
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interesting colors for a hospital with the kind of patients this one had wouldnt that make them uncomfortable.................
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my grandmom had one just like this
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sad picture ...........one of my favorites though.......all the angels left there..........fitting
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imagine they wouldnt let patients in the shows doors right behind the stage ....quick exit??
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lights are one thing but this place looks in pretty good shape that floor has a nice shine to it embarrassed to say better looking than my kitchen floor..........sigh
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Ok, while these were all stored before HIPAA laws went into effect (Health Information Portability & Accountability Act)....and while they would be a valuable research tool for psych and medicatl students.....it IS a HIPAA violation for these to be there....but that's the problem of the property owner or whomever should be destroying them, NOT the helpless explorer;'s.....
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Kinda makes you wonder why hospitals today have all neutral colors....and all these old ones had such LOUD colors on their walls....I'd want to find a nice quiet color and PAINT!
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Those open cages on the windows makes me think of the patients on that ward all yelling "Whoo hoo! We're FREE!!!"
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Looks like they didn't want anyone swinging from those fixtures! Gotta love the "backup" light underneath it!
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I also understand what people are saying about rights being violated...I am just so curious...I don't mean harm I am just eager to learn and to embrace not to harm. I would never try to riducule these familes or hurt them...I just want to learn what it was like...and so on.