1,944 Comments for Worcester State Hospital

It really is quite sad that this building may soon be gone. Actually it is beyond sad, it is staggering. I have been going to see it almost at every opprotunity since I was 12 years old, thats 15 years now. The idea that someone in the State Gov can't find a way to save it, its sheer lazyness and is in my eyes unforgivable.

The new hospital is going up fast and looks like it will be truly splendid - by modern standards - but the Clock Tower is a work of art, something you simply do not see anymore.

Motts I have to hand it to you, and I have to thank you. You have collected the largest collection of pictures of Worcester State Hospital I have ever seen, and it, it really means something to me to know that I can come here and look - and remember what it is, and what it was, a standing tribute to one of the most beautiful structures I have ever known - that soon might be a pile. Heartbreaking, it really is.

i'm just glad i livre in boston, and worc. is only like 45 min away. i can't wait to bring my canon up there!@!

wow! thats incredible! i live about an hour away, that def gonna be my next weekend project! wow, thts all i have to say

i was with a friend in taunton, (the tunnels) and we were thinking how aweful it would be to scare the shit out of another explorer. talk about a heart attack, i hope no one would do that to me lol

Holy shit-I've dreams like this - - -

I was actually born here in 1963, and am currently doing substantial research about WSH, as I was there for nearly 4 years. Basically, I "grew up" there.

Any help would be much appreciated.

I am particularly interested in the "research" they were doing there, and if there is any evidence any was conducted on babies born there.

Theres a way to get in from the west wing theres a hole in the gate take you straight to the back west wing major door but if your gonna mess around in the west wing stay away from the basement and the mail hall staircase its hella dangerous ...

Freon wasn't invented until 1928, prior to that most refrigeration was done with pressurized ammonia, methyl chloride, or Sulfur dioxide which were all pretty nasty chemicals. DuPont owns the patent for Freon and it wasn't used in self contained cooling units until the early 1930's by Carrier. As someone from the company stated this was probably loaded with ammonia but the other chemicals they used to use are far more insidious and nasty to inhale so if you run across more like I'd steer clear of playing with knobs. (Not to mention the danger of old pressurized items to begin with.)

The scary part of this is my wife painted our front door this color (minus the rust spots).

Dark & lifeless. Night envelops this place into an inky blackness. The ornate streetlight hints at a time long past. Beautiful photography.

Amazing what rich and lively discussions arise from these pictures.
You take an Urbex-Picture and next moment find yourself in the middle of a discussion about the treatment of mentally ill and the history of psychiatry. How exciting!

Brain sugery is still a treatment in Psychiatry, e.g. for nontreatable epilepsy. And fixation is sometimes necessary to protect the stuff and the patient himself.
As Navi mentioned, it does not necessarily mean abuse or torture.

dme - I´ve never heart about any connection between schizophrenia and dizzyness, but I can tell you that it is totally normal that things that didn´t make you dizzy as a child do make you feel sick as an adult. And, sad enough, schizophrenia can develop through you whole life. There are types that develop during your teen years, but there are types that develop in adulthood or even in childhood (early onset schiziphrenia, which is even the worse type of it).

But because your post is now nearly three years old you probably won´t read it anymore ;)

this pic hits the nail on the head

Woooow, ive never seen the inside of the place ..