1,337 Comments for Middletown State Hospital

yep, I saw the girl instantly, its just our imagination working beautifully...but it sure looks real, and definitely spooky.

A midnight tour of this place and we'd end up in an asylum.

Motts, this is just an amazing find...the whole asylum I mean, its downright goulish. What an experience...

I see the girl by the 4th door and what appears to be a lady on the floor, not sure if its from the light or not..

Something jarring and disturbing about this photo,not sure what but it's a great picture.

Incredible picture...What a creepy but amazing place!I must see it for myself and yes I noticed the little girls face at first glance.It is probably just an illusion but I have no doubt genuine paranormal activity goes on in a place like that and it may be more than just a simple illusion.

I'm jumping on the band wagon here Motts. I think your pics are good enough to go pro. The market is primed for this subject matter. it would be a hell of a lot cooler than ninj's book, and I'll bet you would sell some copys. Think it over.

hey, if you look in the second door(the one next to the blue room) right where the floor meets the wall, it looks like a woman sitting in a chair(which isnt there) and she has her arms folded on her lap and she is in a gown. I dunno, i might be cRaZy! =P

The contrast of the collapsed roof and rainbow colored walls is striking, like something out of a demented child's mind.. Like death and decay go along side dolls and stuffed teddy bears naturally.. Like looking into the child's mind to see an enchanted forest full of unicorns one minute, and shredded bodies and the souls of the damned the next..

Shots like this, the dark hallway with the light at the end, always remind me of the nightmares where you're running and running and running towards the light but the hall just continues to stretch before you.. The more you run, the longer the hall gets.. Reminds me of every painting, picture, or movie of something once vibrant now decayed revealing the true intentions of the closed in walls..

this is amazing, it gives you chills

The newer models aren't anywhere as neat as the older ones. :-(
http://morningsidefunerals.com.au/images/caskets/pages/grecian_urn.htm

I have to plead ignorance to this subject or of books dealing with same. I am not trying it discourage you. I believe that, the evidence being before me, you could pull it off. The larger problem being that, unless you have unlimited funds, you need some financial help in offering to the public at large a subject that may have a limited folowingl
However, you've done the work and it's very good. I wouldn't be suprised at all to find, in my favorite bookstore, a large format "coffee-table" volumn of your work (should you survive collapsing structures and watchmen) Go for it!

Wow, how long ago have these been out of service? What kind of value did they have (were they bottom of the barrel cheap)?

I really didn't know what to look for while photographing them, otherwise I would've taken close up shots of the important details that make this casket model what it is!

W'force, thank you for the very insightful and well thought comments... yes I agree that a "photos on white pages" book would not present my work the way I would want, but books can be designed, much like this website. If I made a book, I would hope to keep a similar feeling in the text and design as the photos give.

I only know of a handful of books that feature photography of abandoned asylums and other such buildings, perhaps I am missing out on something?

I agree.