1,337 Comments for Middletown State Hospital

it remind me of the tree from polterguist (sp?)

boy if I knew my previous comment was going to draw heat like that i would have used more descretion in my use of wording. the truth is that i am thankful the mentally ill (not a PC wording, but a commely used term) is now recieving much better treatment. a former state hospital employee myself I went through many hours of intensive training of the do's and dont's and the proper usage of this, that's and others. But the fact is still the same alot of the treatment in the old days was just the old term "strap em' down and dope them up"
But one point i think i must stress. and
this comes from motts photographic recording of these old Asylums is to remember the past horrors of this old buildings SO WE DO NOT REPEAT IT IN THE FUTURE.

wow i can almost smell the mold & mildew . great shot thanks mr motts

yea, i see the girl in the first door . she looks like the girl from steven kings movie kingdom hospital .

What windows will do to keep themselves company.

This is definately one of your best!
So much captured in such a small frame.
And again, the feeling that I am right there. I'm feeling a little anxious that if I look in any closer there very well could be a chance that another eye might come into view from someone standing on the other side of this door.

the media has a lot to answer for when it comes to predjudice and fear of the unknown.
It is nice to be tucked up in a warm bed, under a solid roof, safe and sound.
Now that asylums and the like have closed down, the mentally ill have been left in the cold and now depend on the caring of strangers for their comfort. Many workers in the feild are truly decent people who not only have the stresses of their jobs but then have to fight for the rights of their clients. Fight the beaureaucrats who treat the care of these people like it is a lesson in how to feed them for less while they get a big bonus.... I too work in the mental health feild for next to no pay but i do because I care... those above me get big pay for doing s.f.a for the clients in our care ..grrr
sorry just a bit of blah blah.
Awesome site
amazing pictures

Patients also slept on mattresses of straw with hessian covers. They had blankets that were more like canvas horse blankets as well. Pretty much buried as they lived really. All very inhumane by todays standards.

This is so compelling. So sad. It makes me so relieved to be living in 2006. When my beloved sister died young, I was so saddened by her death that I went to a pyschologist twice a week for a few months to get over it. Had I been "back in the day", I would have wound up in that God forsaken place, simply because of a broken heart. It makes you think, doesn't it...

I would love to have this wall paper on my computer at work to freak out my co-workers, but we share our desks with two other shifts. awesome pic, I'll just admire it on your site Mr. Motts.

oops can't spell very well as i am Dyslexic sorry

This sight has been truly amazing ,needed to do some research for my Degree in Art & Design( get my results next week) I'm a mature student!! 40 plus

amazing, simply amazing.

These abandoned halllway shots just make me think thst i'm going to be looking at one one day then BAM! Someone is going to come runnign down the hallway and right out of my compuer screen.

I see the face in the blue room and the girl further down the hall. When I was looking for the face in the blue room I was close to the screen and one moment it wasn't there the next it was It made me snap back from the screen!.