Mad also means angry. And if I was a kid with TB I'd be pretty damn mad.

The Titanic---E deck---the rats have all ready fled.

Agree. And this photo needs a new title: Cialis Split

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The wierd ghost boy by the window isn't painted, he's there to catch Joe pee'in out the window.

Voivod, thanks for sharing the 11-18-08 news article. So many of the aslyums (PA & NJ) are broken into & graffied & damaged by traspassers, teens, adults, satan worshippers....nice to see a reminder as tempting as it might be, it's not worth breaking the law to break in or steal dinner plates for that matter.

The genuine moss flooring, so green & lush. leads you past the wonderful walk-in-urinal to the twin privies.....overlooking the chain linked view....Charmin, Kohler & American Standard, eat your heart out---.this is a loo to die for....

Looks like "Silent Hill"-amazing shot!

wow, these are incredible! how did you manage to get onto the island in the first place?

I know that I am not an expert, I don't claim to be, but I have researched it a lot, and it seems like people are getting their time periods confused. The people who are taking offense to comments are thinking of the present or recent years. The ones who believe the majority of care given to patients was abusive should be looking to the past. Dorothea Dix, Nellie Bly, Albert Deutsch; these are all key researchers who found terrible conditions in mental hospitals.
None of them researched past 1950. Mental health care has improved in institutions, but the homeless mentally ill are still a problem-not for us, for their own well-being.
Thanks