1,382 Comments for Dixmont State Hospital

At some facilities where the person who gave out the meds also had interaction with the "clients" it was much appreciated that the staff gave out meds from the window. It meant that the staff would use the rest of the time to spend with the patients one on one instead of using that time to drag the med cart around room to room to room

Thanks for the links.

I'm sure there will be a bunch of new stuff for those Urban Explorers like me that dig those weird "double-use" sites.

Ha! I had the same embarassing thing happen. I took some pix of my dogs and one of them came out with an eerie glow each pic I took of her. Then someone suggested I had left greasy fingerprints on the lens and that she was on that side each pic I took. Wiped it off and the pix turned normal. :-( Oh well, I still have the pix and they still look pretty cool. 8`-)

Maybe his other eye is inferior. Or that's the one rich has in one of his jars. In which case, Motts already has his eye patch for the pirate dance.

To me, the rooms with the "remnants of former patients" is also fascinating. It tells me "this is who were are, this is our building, please don't forget us!"

I thought I did discovered 'ghosts' in my woods one day a couple months back. I posted the photo on my Blog, and was told, that I had a dirty lens.

Indeed I did!!! The camera had fallen inside my digging hole earlier that day. LOL

Its very true. Since the majority of the MR clients I worked with were state-funded we also had to fill in all the paperwork. And trust me, there was a lot of paperwork "for the state".

I have a photo with a ghostly image on it. But I think one of the strangest things that have happened to me was last Wednesday. I was on the 3rd floor in the middle of the main entrance and took a step through the door way and my right foot started to go through the floor, yes I was going to go through the floor, but something pushed up on my foot hard enough to push me back hard enough that I had to take a step back so I did not fall over.
When I first entered this building I witnessed with my own eyes doors open and slam shut. These were doors where the rooms had no windows.
I have talked to other fire fighters that once had to rescue some kids from the 3rd floor because all the doors closed and the kids could not get out or off the 3rd floor.
This was back in the late 90's like 98-99.

The original "Green Door" was by Jim Lowe in 1956

The gothic (Old English) script was to make it look distinquished. Putting the name on the doors was to make it look official.

Well spotted ~Me, since I was wondering that too.

That Gothic script on the front is very cool. But yeah, I wonder why they felt the need to put the name of the institution on the doors? It's not like anyone's going to pinch it...

What on earth were they thinking, taking kids on a field trip to a mental institution?

I've been on some pretty weird outings in my life (trade fair at the age of 11, anyone!?!) but that would just be too bizarre, even for my school!

I'm sure 'Green Door' was a song by Shakin' Stevens (and no, I probably shouldn't have admitted that I know that)

Lynne that may be an old one, but it still cracks me up!

Very weird seeing that, as my girlfriend lives in Malden, and frequently passes through nearby Everett...