1,846 Comments for Linton State Hospital

cool. thanks!

Somewhere on the top (3rd?) floor of the main medical building. I would be surprised if they were still there.

every single floor looked exactly the same, but we did end up going all the way up to the roof. it had a nice view, but you didn't miss much. i couldn't find the iron lungs in the newer buildings, and i was there for awhile. any hints? lol

No, we only checked out one floor here and headed for the older buildings... sounds intriguing though.

So, that's what model this thing is. Interesting... Had no idea that it was from as far back as the 40's.
If that's the case then this one could indeed be the same type that took off that guy's forearms as King said that that happened right after WWII.

If I remember it right, these industrial ironing machines got their start as far back as the teens or 20's and employees frequently lost fingers, hands arms and so on from getting to close to the machine's moving parts or by getting their clothing caught in it such as was the case with the laundry co-worker that King mentioned.

I read "The Mangler" in Stephen King's "Night Shift" when I was 17. It scared me pretty good.
So good in fact that my fascination for large, powerful, machines quickly took on a healthy terror-driven respect as well!

The movie delivered on the special effects in making the machine look truly monstrous, bulky, long and old and the gothic look was a nice touch as well but, they butchered -no pun intended- the story line with the whole devil cult crap about sacrificing people to the machine and also added a lot of other garbage that wasn't necessary.

If you have any kind of fascination for big, scary, industrial machines or are curious about just how bad industrial accidents involving machines can be then, I highly recommend that you read "The Mangler"

it looks like the afflac duck lol

did you see the mini door and hallway on the 7th floor?

LOL, yeah I thought there were stairs going down somewhere on the inside

I would be scared to death to get in one of those things!

Looks like an army tank

Wow, I'd like something like this somewhere on my house

I do PN investigations and I can just imagine the children's voices heard in here. Creepy room nevertheless

That window pane should have beent taken out and preserved--it's neat!

I would totally have crapped my pants had I walked in on this monstrosity, especially at night LOL

They dont make 'em like this anymore. I really like unique stuff like this!