Krista I was wondering that, too. How many seclusion rooms did most hospitals have?

Location: Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Creep

	Krista The style is 1950's, possibly early 1960's.

Location: Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Creep

	Krista I'll take Door Number One.

Location: Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Creep

	Krista I think it's a broken Teddy Ruxpin-type of animatronic doll. Or a ventriloquist's dummy...which is creepy in and of itself.

Location: Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Creep

	Krista The logical side of my brain says that the chain was probably used to hoist heavy equipment or secure a row of oxygen tanks. The creative side of my brain can only picture this as a trap from one of the "Saw" movies...

Location: Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Creep

	Krista There are far more than I would have expected...wow.

Location: Marquette State Hospital  Gallery: Cold and Empty

Krista "Is that note written by same person, or is it first a call for help or something, and then a answer from somebodyelse, a friend, hwo walked away to tell the police that she or he´s friend have been locked in some room....?" The handwriting is consistent throughout the note (compare the word "you" in all three lines, for example), and doesn't appear to be frantic as one might expect from someone who is legitimately in trouble.

Location: Marquette State Hospital  Gallery: Cold and Empty

	Krista This is beautiful! I love the little stripe of purple (blue?) along the wall.

Location: Fort de la Chartreuse  Gallery: Urbexation 2006

	Krista This is beautiful beyond words.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Gray Skies

	Krista Most of the rooms you enter are pretty dark, aren't they?

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Krista Again, the colors are fantastic. Looks like a book or album cover!

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Krista Oxidized Green is people!!

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Krista What a beautiful picture. You should sell prints of this one.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Krista I see only one other person has commented on this type of pan being used for ear flushing. I definitely remember having one of these held up to my reclined head while cold gooey wax and peroxide dripped out of my ear. I had frequent ear problems as a kid so I never thought about them being used for any other purpose.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Krista The walls are so odd...was the pink stuff some kind of insulation?

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Restraints

	Krista It appears to say "Sea" and then some other lettering that is blurred. What would be the purpose of writing on it - in cursive, no less?

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Restraints

	Krista Looks like the stage of a horrible 70's strip joint. I'm waiting for the curtain to reveal a girl in gold hot pants...

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Visiting Hours

	Krista Could be an inside joke. Reminds me of the notes I'd write to a friend when we parted for the summer. Taken out of context, they'd be misunderstood.

Location: Malone Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Infiltration

	Krista That particular one's not scary, but it looks too glurgy with the butterflies and the smiling girl. It's like trying to force someone to be happy when they don't want to smile.

Location: Malone Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Infiltration

	Krista Beautiful shot. How did they get the bodies high up on the third tier?

Location: Hewitt State Hospital and Prison  Gallery: Live Wires and Dead Places

	Krista It looks like the old dorms on my college campus.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	Krista Great angle. I never would have thought of doing that. I like funky and ornate architecture, and your photos often give me inspiration for my own work.

Location: Normansfield Hospital  Gallery: Vapor

	Krista Elegance meets the street. I love it.

Location: Normansfield Hospital  Gallery: Vapor

	Krista Sort of "Come with me, this is what awaits you..."

Location: Château de Mesen  Gallery: Break

	Krista This would make a great cover for a book of your photographs. The different shades of the staircases and their elegant banisters are such a great contrast to the wretchedness of the foyer. And the open door just invites someone to take a journey with you into the ruins of a once-elegant era. This picture is like the perfect introduction to photographing abandoned places. :-)

Location: Château de Mesen  Gallery: Break