Jlb youre correct and i have some pt files from kp about 2 boxes i can tell u where the file room is ive been there recently. Im searching for my aunts records but i know that is simply impossible. Laurawlnight@gmail.com
That slate roof is amazing. As long as they are put on correct and with the proper materials and maintenance they will outlast the structure itself indefinitely. Can't get any better than slate for a sloped roof.
Weston Insane Asylum in Weston, WV gives tours and other great pakages (Ghost hunts,etc) for reasonable fees. It is a Kirkbride building and well worth the time and money since we can't all be Mr. Motts!
I think the proximity and size of the state hospitals can be explained just by the fact that they served one of the largest cities in the world - New York.
Stress was placed on a peaceful farm life as a part of the recovery process during the early years of psychiatric care in the U.S., and so the city was not an optimal place to care for the mentally ill. The once rural areas of Long Island and upstate New York were perfect places to construct these remote institutions within quick reach via road and especially rail - a lifeline for the tons of coal that needed to be burned for power.
When you account for the large populations at the state hospitals in Long Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx and in the Hudson Valley, it is quite astounding.
the un named cemetery has a name. its called potters field. theres two parts one on the side of the quad .. sort of and it was also under where the new kings park highschool football field is. they found bones when they were building it. so weird how a town can just try to coverup dead bodies and secrets the way kings park has. nice town yes but i dont think i would want to live there.
Here, where the world is quiet;
Here, where all trouble seems
Dead winds' and spent waves' riot
In doubtful dreams of dreams;
I watch the green field growing
For reaping folk and sowing,
For harvest-time and mowing,
A sleepy world of streams.
I am tired of tears and laughter,
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.
Here life has death for neighbour,
And far from eye or ear
Wan waves and wet winds labour,
Weak ships and spirits steer;
They drive adrift, and whither
They wot not who make thither;
But no such winds blow hither,
And no such things grow here.
No growth of moor or coppice,
No heather-flower or vine,
But bloomless buds of poppies,
Green grapes of Proserpine,
Pale beds of blowing rushes
Where no leaf blooms or blushes
Save this whereout she crushes
For dead men deadly wine.
renee... there is something most odd about this place. when it was purchased in the early 1900's it was over 700 acres of land they have sold a significant amount of it but almost 400 acres still remain. its strange that they left alot of the medical supplies and food and materials in these buildings. its weirder that my friends and i were able to steal boxes and boxes of patients files that they never destroyed. which is illegal in so many ways... i have dead peoples social security numbers. i have hygiene checks and lists of materials patients entered the ward carrying on their person. i have certified mail and death letters. voided checks and letters going into detail about a dead patients $6,000 in their bankaccount is going straight to their kppc doctor because some thing "happened" idk if you see where i am going with this... there's something wrong about patients going in crazy but healthy and coming out with aids. but what weirds me out more than any of that is long island is the smallest part of new york right? well kppc one of the largest insane asylums in the us is here, pilgrim state psychiatric center open at the same time and so was central islip. ALL ON LONG ISLAND. OPEN AT THE SAME TIME AND ALL VERY CLOSE TO EACHOTHER. figure that one out. because i have been trying and trying for years and i still cant. email me if youre interested in what im saying laurawlnight@gmail.com
dcc ... what do you mean bad shit happens... happened yes. but i dont know so much about bad things still happening here. i mean once in a while when i go in there i feel like someone must have dumped some bodies in these buildings ... and sometimes i feel like someone might make crack or meth or whatever that nasty drug is that is man made in these buildings but other than my feelings i dont have any actual reason to believe that horrible things do currently happen here. no one has ever told me for a fact. so if youd like to share im listening... email me at laurawlnight@gmail.com .... try to subject it kppc or some thing along those lines. anyone actually with any information on kppc i would love to hear you out. i have been researching kings park insane asylum for about 4 years now and its safe to say im in love with the place from the architecture to the history and my history. so feel free to email me :)
its called the steam tunnels. they run to every building starting at the power plant where they burned coal to create steam to heat all of the buildings (which is insane if you think about it.... there are so many buildings!) .the coal was delivered on the railroad that once ran through the park. patients were also transported to kppc on that RR.