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Directions

greenskulker

....picture someone comming running down the hall, in patients garb, screaming all the way, rounding the corrner and running off into the dark......

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

Scattered

greenskulker

anyone get the impression the matresses were working their way twoard the window in an effort to escape?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

Invitation

greenskulker

isn't that where the escape tunnel entrance was?

Location: Sankt Marien Heilstätte  Gallery: Brevity

Diorama

greenskulker

UNMASK!!!.... UNMASK!!....and the red death held sway over all...

anyone else think of "The Shining"?

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

Pushover

greenskulker

if you turn away from the picture... the chair will move.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

Hall

greenskulker

The partitions in the background do not appear to be original. It almost looks like the space was divided for some other purpose, like you would do in an office to create work areas.

Location: Hotel Heinrich Heine  Gallery: Mischevious Creatures

Stairwell Light

greenskulker

My guess in the lower light wwas installed soemtime in the 1970's since I have two just like it on my house which was built in 1978.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

Paint

greenskulker

In keeping with the theme of German sociatal laws and customs. I have heard that "flipping someone off" AKA giving them the "bird" is a traffic offense that a police officer can write up a citation for. So is just pointing to ones head (while driving) in at attemept to tell another driver that they are : "crazy in the head" .

As for the Hakenkreuz, I am just supprised that it is not seen more in places that are out of the public eye such as places like these.

Location: Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend)  Gallery: Charm

Conifers

greenskulker

looks like someone either escaped through the hatch near the floor, or broke out of it coming in.

Location: Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend)  Gallery: Charm

Paint

greenskulker

And not one Swastika? Where is the urban artists sense of rebellion these days....

Location: Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend)  Gallery: Charm

Paperwork

greenskulker

I can almost hear it now "Nurse Diesel? Ve Haft to take ze Nazal Schmears Today Ja?"

Location: Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend)  Gallery: Charm

Wrap

greenskulker

Reminds me of the optical illusion of the endless staircase

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Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

Leaves

greenskulker

Every time I see a door on the floor like that in these pictures, I can almost hear the "slap" it made when it must have fallen over and hit the ground.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

Wide

greenskulker

looks like a perspective someone might have in a dream,.... or a nightmare.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

Pendulum

greenskulker

The bulbs look relatively new, compared to the fixture. Was that because this area may have had some sort of recent activity?

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

Locked

greenskulker

Was it after 5:00 pm?

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

Emerge

greenskulker

Abandoned Church.... seems almost prophetic.

Location: Church of the Transfiguration (Buffalo)  Gallery: Golden Light

Place

GREENSKULKER

Does anyone find it odd that they would have wood burning heat in a place where they could have electric heat much easier?

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

Valves

GREENSKULKER

This looks like one of those Rube Goldberg devices that has a lot of moving parts but does absolutly nothing of any value.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

Panorama

greenskulker

That would make some rich guy a great mansion, if they were willing to do a bit of renovation.

Location: Foster State Hospital  Gallery: Cave Dwellers

Basement Show

Greenskulker

I would sat that the tile would play hell with the acoustics. Echos at least....

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: The New

Treasure

greenskulker

Wallpaper???

Location: Springfield State Hospital  Gallery: Thirteen

Unpleasant

greenskulker

When I see somthing like that, I immeadiatly think "Demonic", can't say for certain why...

Location: Springfield State Hospital  Gallery: Thirteen

Slim

greenskulker

Perhaps it means

E.xtra S.kinny U.nut for the anorexia patients

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far

Incomplete

greenskulker

I saw at first "THE BUT AND SOL"

Which I phonetically spelt out in my mind as as "the but and soul"

A somwhat prison cliche' of : "the heart and soul"

Did they have cellmates here?

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far