1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

Glad I waited until the end of this round to comment. This is one of the most shadow filled displays you have put up here Motts. Good show and thank you. This place is most unique from any other display you have put up. I love it's blunt creepyness and very sad storyline. Keep yourself safe and set up that donation box...I would jump right on that bandwagon. When is the coffee table book coming out? ;-) (Hint Hint)

Think I can just make out a large soap dispensor hanging from the ceiling ?

An early type of electrical soap dispener maybe ?

I used to have a soap dispenser like that at my old school

OOh, that is so sad!

I do not think it is for an adult. I think it is for a child and it is so very sad. At one time a little child sat there and likely cried..

Mikester, Don't keep anything to your self. You and I can share a muzzle.

er..I meant in any "society"....
Getting even more philosophical...once we were an orally historic society (nothing to do with histolology ;-] )
...now, more of a visually historic one.
What do we have without our buildings...our recorded words?
Intaglio rules -)

...We analyze and critique all that we do not experience nor live within...but cannot fathom nor justify our own lives nor homes nor humanity!

...I'll say again, externally and internally, the purpose of these places was sanctuary.
These were not horrific places to begin with....(some of the history is bad, bad ,bad, but...) the reason for them was good and caring.
This being said ,in my opinion...there probably were some pretty horrible happenings over the years.
If we circumnavigate the whole
imprisonment/ institution/ asylum issue and look beyond our ken and try to see the core, we may see, again, that these buildings were built as homes...sanctuaries....
Look at postcards of some of the more respectful hospitals (a lot of these hospitals are on this site!) and see that there was pride in the facilities! Changes in the internal structure are due to stress, misunderstanding, misinformation, egoism, and mis-staffing (not, mind ya'll, in order.) Those changes alone caused potential and permanent damage . Oh yeah, they did.
Visceral? look at the buildings and know, in your gut that they were built for good...I'm an optomist as were many of the people involved with the building of the places and the running of them.
I do realize that there were some wrongs (OK, maybe many-as in any sociaty) and they can't be righted .
Presently, I guess my jabbering applies....

aformerpatient , no need to worry. about misspelling( You spelled misspelling right!)...your comments are welcome, I am sure. You help others see a different point of view. I have a relative that probably received every kind of therapy used in the 1940's-60's. Including the big pin.
She was 24 years oldin 1949 and it wouldn't be done now. So keep relaying your knowledge :-)

I think that applies Bob! haha Before I even read the first comment Sweeny Todd popped into mind...scary.

I agree Mikester, it's saying i'm rotting, empty, and abbanonned, but F_ _K YOU I'm still standing!!!! ;-)

Mr Motts, I hate to say it, but it looks like the building is giving onlookers the finger, just an observation ( maybe I should've kept that one to myself )............

Kind of "Batman-ish", no? The tilted crooks hideouts?

Looks almost like a microscope in there....?....Some hairy wolf spider doing some research?

Did the window have glass in it or was it open like that with just the bars, ya wonder? Talk about a cold seat for us girls on those lovely December mornings! BRRRR