What *lay* beyond.

Gosh I would love one of those tubs.....but I can't imagine how terrifying and intimidating it could be to a young disabled child or adults with Alzheimers.

The stuff on the ceiling is simply paint that blistered from the moisture that is cracking and peeling....gravity don't cha know.

In the late 80's we would play there when we were kids.never noticed that cross before.great photos

Norwich State was a horrible place, but at least it was a place to live. Many of the patients did not recover and spent the majority of their lives there. Sadly, when the hospital was shut down, these people were not given the help they needed. They were just sent out into the world after being so sheltered and some ended up homeless. There are still homeless people who live on the Norwich State Hospital grounds.

From these notes, this woman seemed to be pretty well of at the hospital. At least she wasn't in the criminally insane unit.

i think this one is my favorite in a long time!!! you have out done your self this time!!

The organ now resides in Holyoke Community College, if anyone wanted to know...

Yeah, Norwich State Hospital used to have a criminally insane unit. My grandfather worked there ages ago.

As disgusting as that is, it happens quite frequently in an inpatient setting. It's scary to the common observer, but it's really not all that shocking.

They are some really beautiful pictures. It's just sad that the people who inhabited this facility were treated so inhumanely.

i loved sitting under these dryers! you'd get so warm and comfortable and almost fall asleep. you could feel the heat blowing through your curlers. it was almost orgasmic!

the pictured stones really help others to connect with someone they never had the chance to meet!! this is so awesome!!

a little death a little life.... which will you choose?

this is so awesome!! wow just wow!!

Why the hell is a tree caged but this fireplace not? I mean not every kid can climb up a tree but every child gets fascinating by fire and wants to play with it.

OMG this is so amazing!!!!

"light at the end of the tunnel"

this one is amazing!!!

I bet mad people brought shrooms here. Motts, you are correct, the carpet is exteremly trippy!

You turned me into a nun Tom Tom. You didn't know what you were doing when we got it on at the pool back in the 80's. Therefore, I am nun now. Thank you.

looks like someone took a weird looking duece on the phone.

Motts, are you married? :)

The "Unexposed" is kind of like a metaphore for the facility, the facility has bee unexposed to life for 30 years.

Wow I haven't been on here in almost a year and we are still doing the classic soap dispenser joke huh. lol

Hey John would love to talk to you about this place. Please get in contact with me julie4772@msn.com Thanks!

We have been looking for info on this place. Real hard to find! If anyone knows anyone who worked there, or even stayed there, I would love to hear from you! Julie4772@msn.com