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Room Number Nine

Gezal

When you play the record backwards "number nine, number nine, number nine...." says; "turn me on dead man, turn me on dead man, turn me on dead man...."

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Mental Floss

Bathtub

Gezal

I made 'The Shining' connection almost instantly.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Mental Floss

The Exit

Gezal

That's a nice chair (it was anyway). It's called a Windsor chiar.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Mental Floss

Handle

Gezal

I'm pretty shure that this is a pipe bender.

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

Lights in the Basement

Gezal

They're gossiping about the ceiling fixtures.

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

Darkness

Gezal

This bed looks fairly new but still has the the crank.

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

Stampede

Gezal

This is another strange choice for a mental hospital.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Uncovering the Past

Tornado

Gezal

I wonder why they would chjoose something like this. I had a friend who dis some art for a mental instituion and most of her pieces were rejected because they might be too disturbing to some patients.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Uncovering the Past

Violent Ward

Gezal

The slot at the bottom enables a staff member to slide a tray of food into the room without the client inside having to grab it and set it down. They could provide food for them when they are not yet ready to eat but it would be there if they wanted it later.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Uncovering the Past

Reflection

Gezal

In the winter it couls be an indoor ice skating rink.

-- Or is that a bad idea?

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Complexity

Jars

Gezal

Those gloves suggest that they were dealing with some caustic substances. I wonder what the whits stuff in the big jar is.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Complexity

Pull Me

Gezal

I would have pulled it. Can't help it, I'm a natural born lever puller.

Location: Franklin Power Plant  Gallery: Humidity

Wooden Box

Gezal

I think that is a refrigerated unit for some kind of cold storage.

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Banister

Gezal

I have an antique banister dismantled and stored in my basement. I just don't have a place to install it.

Location: Saint Michaels State Hospital  Gallery: Cleaned Out

Seclusion Room

Gezal

Actually Julers, someone or something is going to reach out, grab you, and pull you in there.

oooooooh.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

Still Waiting

Gezal

This one definately reminds me of "The Changeling." That Wheel chair is just about to take off after you.

Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

Green Bedroom

Gezal

This has a 'jail cell' look to it. This one may have been an isolation unit.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

Ceiling Light

Gezal

Exit signs can stay lit because they have a back-up battery in the light itself.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

Rotunda

Gezal

That is a Star of David in the center of the stained glass skylight. This is likely a Jewish Temple.

Location: High Hills Developmental Center  Gallery: Home in the Hills

The Tower

Gezal

I purchased a box of old documents, photographs and whatnot at a garage sale in Montana. In that box was an old photograph of this train station when the building was new.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Tour

Pepsi-Cola

Gezal

That one is from the '60s. Before that Pepsi has a round blue and red logo.
Coke and Pepsi were always two different companies.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Baggage

Orange Bed

Gezal

Would you kick me out of bed for eating paint chips?

Location: Broadacres Hospital  Gallery: Meet the Neighbors

Lone Wheelchair

Gezal

It looks like a sad, lonely, innocent child wheelchair who wonders where everyone went.

Location: Broadacres Hospital  Gallery: Meet the Neighbors

Thing

Gezal

Or you can call it -- one of those things.

Location: Broadacres Hospital  Gallery: Meet the Neighbors

Tunnel Clown

Gezal

That clown would scare John Wayne Gacy.

Location: Broadacres Hospital  Gallery: Meet the Neighbors