1,337 Comments for Middletown State Hospital

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lol Sketch your comment cracked me up
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Reminds me of when my grandad had a stroke. His ward looked exactly like this *shivers*
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I've always found abandoned mental asylums to be interesting.
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this pic is hot !!!! awsome photography!!!!
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fascinating....one of the most fascinating shots i've ever seen. i cant imagine how amazing it felt to walk through this abandoned hospital for the first time. im envious and would love to be doing what your doing
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The number of bodies interred at Hart Island far outweigh anything from a psychiatric hospital, so I could imagine the state spending money on a decent casket every so often.

Apologies for the vague statement, the wooden boxes which contained the caskets were nailed shut, not the actual coffins. On a return trip, someone had opened a box up, and the casket inside was brand new and still wrapped in plastic; the exterior had a soft velour texture to it.
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It seems odd that the facility would used satin lined coffins to bury their deceased patients...
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I live near Broughton and that comment about patients sleeping in their coffins is ridiculous. A doctor might have told you that, but he obviously considered you naive. As far as these coffins being used for "indigents", I have seen the coffins used at Potter's Field on Hart Island and they aren't like this. They are simple rectangular boxes with no linings or anything. I can't imagine that the facility (any facility) would spring for lined coffins. I could be wrong and I don't have any other explanation but I wanted to comment. Also, I can't help but wonder why these would be NAILED SHUT if they were empty??
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I agree with love- is dead a hospital is mostly a place that people die in
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they're weren't people in there, were there?? eek.
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A horse has been eating my bed!!!!!
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it's most likely a barber's chair.
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i would go ther in a heart beat its really scary but intresting
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No, this is in the basement of a psychiatric hospital.
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They were closed, no remains were inside - left in the basement for storage presumably.