1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

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I HAVE ONE OF THESE THAT MY FATHER GOT OUT OF THE ESSO BAYWAY (NJ) REFINERY IN THE LATE 1960's. ALSO THE ACCOMPANYING 12 CHANNEL L&N GALVANOMETER. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN HAVING THEM, PLEASE REPLY TO STEVE@JESSYSEAFOODS.COM
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Now this is one eerie shot. The pitch black conditions along with your lighting setup makes this very eerie indeed... Really well done.
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This one is a deep sepia shot that emphasizes the eerieness of the room. Even if sepia wasn't what you were using... Always classic regardless!!!
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Dunno... This and the other shots of this room make me a little spooked. Great stuff, but the imagery of the insane getting showers this way just is a bit sadistic... Mostly for the women. I bet those attendants working the controls (both sexes) were at times quite lurid in their thoughts...
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Wow... Just eerie and cool at the exact same time. Well done!!!
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Wow... Really sublime this one is... Reminds me of those old color classic clunkers set in the old nuthouses...
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That looks as if it was hit with a freeze ray... Totally cool.
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Hadn't been on this site in a great while... All of these are top-notch, eerie, killer and much more levels of coolness. I must say, your infrared pics are great! Looks like a trllionth of a second after a nuclear detonation... Just sublime...
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Wow. I don’t really know what to say. I must say all the parallels between this situation and the showers in your typical public school were very thought invoking. There really isn’t that much of a difference and yet the situation at Worcester just feels so wrong. Worcester is really something else when it comes to institutions and I now have a very strong urge to start researching the place like a mad man (Excuse to buy more books. Yay!). The whole hospital is just so different from all the other Kirkbride models. Not only in its features but even in things not normally noticed like the type of materials used to construct the building. It’s so unique but it sure does feel much darker than most of America’s other institutions.

You guys I’ve an incredible community here, I have never learned so much from so little, simply a handful of comments. Makes me wonder why I paid for college to learn not much of anything.

Thank you Mott for all you do. History is the greatest teacher of all for those who chose to listen. Ever think that a decade and a half later, this place and this particular picture would still be inciting people’s fascination and inspiring further research?
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You did that... Don't blame America.
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Kuvasta nähdään, että tilassa oli yllättävän vähän värejä. Mahdollisuudet pitäisi aina säilyttää järkevän toteuttamisen rajoissa.
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currently only the clock tower remains and the rest of the building has been demolished :(
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This building is beautiful. To think about all the labor, time, and effort the artisans put into building in - when completed you know each must have been very proud of their work - to think all of this is gone, destroyed, and ground up as landfill is sickening.
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Such an amazing picture....it truly doesn't look real....I agree with Trishawish, it could easily be an engraving. Motts, you undoubtedly one of the most awesome talented photographers I've had the pleasure of viewing.
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Lynne - your mind seems to work like mine. As soon as I saw the pic I thought I heard the Addams family music playing in the background....then I saw your comment. Great minds think alike, lol.