Autopsy Room (Before And After)

Wow. The before and after images are just powerful. Thank you Motts.

Window bars! Who's going to escape?

seems pretty silly to me to paint over stainless steel... its easier to clean up than a painted surface....I wonder why they did that.....

why to make u wonder of cource, sikster @_@

I think that's the metal reacting to the elements, I don't think it was painted over..just getting old and hasn't been cleaned in awhile

is is the metal rusted through the years. alot of these thing were still there at 2003 when i went there. also there was sorta like a classroom with the chairs and all still there but it was all messy.

wow that look s awesome and creepy. Im going with some friends real soon before the new school year begins, i want to know what floor this autopsy room is on.

The bodies have escaped! Try explaining that to the board.

I went 3 days ago and the autopsy room is on the basement level though its actually ground level you can get to the other side of those body cabinets or whatever they are called is another room with those same doors but no table that room actually has its own entrance and you just go through the hall way to the autopsy side and watch out there is a sink and counter in the way now and its kinda sharp keep your eyes open.

No the table isn't painted either it's just lost the luster it had over years I cleaned a spot off but it wont shine without some cleaner or something.

Makes me NOT want to eat Spaghetti..........

Thankyou for this picture ~ it's friggin' fantastic!

Digging the "Before / After" images. It's kind of a trip to see how things were laid out before the place closed down and was left to rot. Nice concept.

I agree w/ Serrena, the before and after images are really a bonus. This creeped me out, for some reason.
Can't help but wonder if the stainless steel has acquired a patina from age and lack of polish.

That place was still around in 2004,,,I thought they knocked down the everything....

The whole things is still there! They are trying to knock it down, but is the only memory Central Islip Has!

Pilgrim is located in Brentwood, not Central Islip

The door going out from the morgue is where the undertakers took the bodies out.

To quote Mace the security guard from Re-Animator, "..Ain't nobody want in and Ain't nobody gettin' out."

HOW SPOOKY

OMG HOW HOT IS THIS

umm...ok, Paris

that is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!8-)

no, it definately looks as though the freezer doors were painted over.... look at the before--- then the after.... in the top picture, you can see the light from the flash, shining off of the doors. They looked to be steel too.... then look at the after picture... totally a different color.. that didnt just "lose its luster".

Does anyone around in here no where I can find old 1930 - 1945 pics of this place. Been there many times but would like to do my thesis on the architecture...plz help if you ca. thanx

Try calling 631 761-2361 and ask about the museum. They might be able to help you get pictures.

These pictures are wonderful. I live in Virginia, but I would love to go here and also to King's Park State Hospital as well and go inside.

Is it easy to get in?

Wow thats ewhat many years of just sitting there does...

it's like stepping into the past, is it possible autopsies were performed there?

In the autopsy room? =8-o

If you are have the sight, check out all the reflections of people in the metal in the before photo!

WHAT????????????????

Renee,

I was skeptical at first as well. Then I took the pic and enlarged it and tinkered with the contrast and such and, by God, I think I DO see something in there. Yaggy's head in the sink scares me the most, and the person whose head is being weighed in the scale is almost as eerie, but look at that maniacal doctor staring out from the wall . . . . . =8-o
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That crazed mental patient at the bottom left really frightens me!

Excuse me, but I believe that was the medical director.

Ah! That explains a lot!

Lynnie, you just made my day! Bwahahahaha.... I'll be laughing about this well into tomorrow morning! :)

Lynne I love you, now stop making me laugh it hurts ;-)

Excellent!!!! You are toooo funny.

Lynne, whenever I start thinking I don't have the time to scroll through all the inane comments you do something like this to hook me again.

I'm a 17 year old kid that grew up in Deer Park off of stories and pictures of Pilgrim. I visited there for my first time a couple of months ago, it's so gorgeous and all of you speak about you used to work there and you know patients that were in there, it's all so interesting. If you can, email me at Darkstarhero@mail.com thanks.

Hey Motts good job on the after picture

Does anybody know where on the Pilgrim grounds the cemetary is located?

I really like the two pictures it really shows the chanse.

I was just there earlyer. It doesent matter that its abated, when you walk down the hallway and see it in the room, it is stil as impressive as before.

hard to believe that its the same room. It is amazing what time does to a space

I was actually at Pilgrim State yesterday and just started doing research last night and today on the hospital and came across your website. It's a scary, creepy place but at the same time it's calming. Can't explain it. I saw so many cats living at the building. I wonder who is feeding them and giving them water? I took lots of photos at the building as well. I guess kids hang out there a lot and rip the place to shreds. Which building is the morgue located in? And the autopsy room?

Look at how sparkly it all used to be! But, the door is in the same position in both photographs. Which is eerie.

Tis my favorite creepy picture in here... Actually it isnt really that creepy... Its actually kind of kool... If i was to go inside ... This is where i would be =)

I love the before and after. I wish you could get more like this.

The fact that you can actually see the photocrapher's reflection in the before- picture freaks me out the most...O_o But at the same time I'm greately facinated of the after-pic...These are just gourgeus photos you take Motts!

Would any still want to perform an Autopsy on the table now?? :>)

Not on the table, but perhaps on a person on top of the table.

are there more before and after pics besides this one and the two of KPCC? if so, does anyone happen to have the links to them? I want to see more. this is amazing, Motts.

J.R.,

Grab a copy of the book that Mott's references above - Leo Polaski's "The Farm Colonies" (2003). It has a ton of grand pix.

Can anyone tell me if the state police still enforce the no tresspassing like they used to? I want to go back to kings park and pilgrim, but dont know if the state cops are still hiding out there at night. how do you get into the buildings??

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you peoplez are geeks so what dam pic get a life

Well if having a love for history and an appreciation for art is geeky then I am happy to be a geek.

At least us geeks have the ability to spell and use punctuation. Perhaps it's because we have lives that included an education?

I fly my geek flag high because I'm proud!

I USED TO GO TO THE OLD BUILDING ON COMMAC ROAD IN THE 70'S EARLY 80'S DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT I REMEMBER OF A STORY OF A GUY NAMED ABDUL WHO SUPPOSEDLY LIVED OFF THE C- RATIONS LEFT BEHIND IN THE OLD BUILDINGS BACK THEN I BELIEVED THAT LIKE ALL THE OTHER KIDS BACK THEN WE USED TO WANDER THE GROUNDS AT NIGHT AND DAY GOING IN THE STEAM TUNNELS THAT WOUND AROUND THE WHOLE COMPLEX ONE TIME ME AND MY COUSIN WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO WHAT WAS CALLED THE ' CROWN 'IT WAS PRETTY SPOOKY WE HEARD STRANGE NOISES BUT NOW WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO AN ACTIVE IMAGINATION THE SITE IS NOW A NYS DEC AREA FOR HIKING I HAVE AN OLD PICTURE OF THE OLD BUILDING IF I CAN FIND IT ILL POST IT

I found your site this morning while searching pics of PSH on google. Fantastic images!
I used to go here in the mid to late 60's when i was a little kid with my Mom and Grandmother when they would go to visit my Grandfather, who was a patient there. He was a violent alcoholic. I guess back then he was considered insane. He never made it out of that place. He died there in 67, maybe 68, and I imagine he was autopsied in this very room. It's really extremely sad to see these pictures, no matter how fascinating they are. he was an Italian immigrant who's name is on the wall at Ellis Island, and it's depressing to think that his American life that must have began with such promise and hope for a better future ended in a terrible and demoralizing place like Pilgrim. Inever went inside. I always stayed outside in the car, but the sight of the smokestacks brings back vivid childhood images that are as haunting and depressing now as they were 40 years ago.

the morgue is located in the basement of building 23. bldg 23 was the med-surg bldg, the clinics, OR and recovery room. we students learned alot of basic nursing in these bldg's. i remember having to go down there to bring a body to the morgue or to go to the oxygen supply room to bring up the large oxygen tanks that were used for the pt's up on the 4th floor ICU. you were never allowed to roam the halls alone as a patient may be wandering about. there were several girls in my class that got beat up by pt's and then left, but i stayed as i loved the whole place and was intregued. i lived on campus as i came from upstate and learned and saw alot. it is such a special place.
and by the way the cemetary is that empty field just off the south service road of the LIE, you won't find any head stones but only stone plagues with numbers on them. you would have to go to administration bldg and match the number with a name in a log or registry book. this was the only way to identify the person in the cemetary. of course we students use to go out there to party at nite. but we never desicrated or stepped on the stones.

This worked. I mean we all wonder what these places looked like. And now you've given it to us!!!

In Sweden we have autopsy rooms like the one in the picture, though most use refrigerator rooms and not boxes, and a few are still in use...
(I am a post-mortem technician!)There ARE places I don't want to work overtime at night.

my dad works in all these buildings ive been in all of them its so creepy<3

I work at Pilgrim, there are still buildings open there. To answer some questions.. employees feed the cats, and some adopt them. Those abandoned buildings are dangerous to go in to . the floors are rotted and there is asbestos.
I took a peek into one of the buildings one day just to see.. and found myself right in the morgue, which was a bit creepy. The cops saw me go in but didn't say anything, so I don't know if it is permitted.
The cemetary is way back down a gated road past the tower. The stone plaques have been mostly removed, even though the cemetary is young. (which is just terrible) There is little evidence that it even is a cemetary, no signs.. nothing. The few plaques that are left do have names and numbers on them. The entrances are blocked off, I believe the gate is locked now as well.
I suspect a lot of angry spirits reside there now since they were treated poorly in life, and now abandoned in death.
There is a museum on site with tons of artifacts and pictures that is really interesting to look at.

it is nessesory to give due care and interest on the autopsy work as well as facilities for autopsy then only personale for attopsy will do justice for the purpose of autopsy, other wise crime rate will be increased

look at the rubble on the floor, you will see that its the same color of those doors, i worked at Kings Park (early 80s)and they used that same color green/aqua too.It was very common for them to paint over everything! JCAH was coming to inspect and that made the whole place "look and smell clean"

You Sir Motts, and your site are simply the best. Very addictive-I have been limiting myself to one gallery per night. The before and afters take it to yet another level. And Lynne is a great addition to your community here. Thanks to you and her both as well as others who offer authentic history and technical information.

So weird to think.. that table in the "now" picture was actually used!!

I worked here in the 80's and actually had to clean the metal. I also assisted at one of the autopsies

I am such a big fan of comparing old and recent photos. This is a great photo.