Bath Time Fun

Now THATS scary....

Burt and a.. Female Ernie?

"Burt, you're shouting again Burt!" - Family Guy

I agree, that is very scary looking. I would of had nightmares as a kid looking at those.

I agree, i would have nightmares.

kind of ruins all my good sesame street memories......

LOL at all the comments--you people are both accurate and hilarious! But those pictures are badly drawn.

whats up with ernie and those little ribbons in his hair...?? odd..... sesame street was always so fun as a kid but somehow they made them into nightmares..........

Bert and Ernie always freaked me out, lol

rubber duckie your the one.....come on everyone sing along you know the words!

Dear god! That is soooo wrong! I dont think i'll ever look at burt & ernie the same way again.

wow.

this makes me regret ever watching Sesame Street.
):

Lol Bert & Ernie!!

Ernie looks like a girl.... >D

Wow....

And I thought bigbird was weird....

Now that's just f--king creepy

Creepy. O_x

Were they really attempting to add comfort with those pictures? Strange that they would attempt it here and yet they'd keep the children locked up in those tiny little rooms.

its like a puzzle to me. the arrows, it really is quite creepy when you think about it. good job though. its beautiful

Hikaru-chan: Adults, unfortunately, can obviously be hypocrites at times. It sucks. I just thought I'd put in my understanding.

Brooklyn, I thnk the arrows mya be unrelated, I could be totally wrong, but maybe were randomly trown over the paintings by maintanance/demolishion/restoration type crews as a careless means of 'direction finding', pointing the ways to exits or something - just a thought. I don't think the arrows have anything to do with the timeframe of when the pictures were made, personally.

why is ernie a girl

crazy to think that they tried to give these poor kids confort when the whole thing was a nightmare

you,re right Tony C that probably scared the patients instead of delighting them.

Creepy. Nice photo though

its just like i remember it

i have always loved ernie but these paintings are disturbing, when you think about the kind of children who would have seen these and the nightmares which may have resulted!

Oh man, this would give children nightmares just to look at those murals.

Bert and Ernie, servants of Satan. The arrows are UE map marks. Ernie looks heavily medicated, and the guys with the coat and a hypo are standing at the ready just waiting for Bert to make a move.

AND i am totally acclamated at the furnaled power plant ..I am an extra freddie child I even have a boiler room in my story if only i could write about it all myself..hmm
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Burt and Ernie gone deranged.........

these are 2 pictures taken from 2 different areas, so I'm not certain where they could be, Ernie I think was on B-Ward.

Although they look creepy now, I can see how these paintings would provide some form of comfort and possibly even a feeling of normallcy for the children. You have to figure someone actually took the time to paint them by hand. You will find paintings with inaccuracies like this in daycares and school throughout the country. Frankly, I have no explanation for Ernie's pigtails. (^^;

When looking at these paintings, think back to the first image of the room with the jungle painting on the wall and cieling. When you clean up the place in your mind and imagine what it could have been like with the children in it, it does make some sense.

cool and am a kid

I dont think these are too bad. The proportions are kinda wrong , and Female Ernie how cute LOL

I'm not going to have nightmares as a kid...

I'm 18 and I'm going to have nightmares tonight...

*shiver*

@Brooklyn
I think the arrows must be a possible demo code. I've been in a few sites and seen similar stuff like arrorws, numbers, etc. And I finally just asked....they did say that those are demo codes.

Rubber Ducky you're the one -squeak squeak- You Make Bathtime So Much fun.....
Wow that was comepletly random. I remember Ernie singing that.

Wow, it looks like Ernie has finally come out of the closet!!!

Maybe they made Ernie a girl to represent both genders, even if the shots are from seperate areas. I thought this was funny...

Ernie has pigtails!

Ernietta ?

"Alright kids, Ernie is going to hold your head underwater and I am going to count to one hundred. Ready, set, go!"
SPLASH!
Sounds of struggle then silence.
"Mr. Ducky you didn't see anything."
Great shot as always.

Bert and Erine were gay - -

If I were a patient in this hospital, I would develop mental disorders just looking at these paintings!

Jim Henson is rolling in his grave right now..

what if one of the kids painted that? and they could be reading this or sumthing! or they could be like dead.... i dont think u would like it if some1 was making fun of ur paintings

so wrong ... ive never though bert and ernie to be scary/creepy ... until now.

if i had found this when i was there i would have pissed my pants. the elephant/tiger etc in the cafe were scary enough...

Anyone know which wards these paintings were on?? I think Ernie was on the ward I was on. I don't remember Bert, but Ernie is VERY familiar. I can't remember the ward I was on ( I think either 2 or 3 east)???

I looked through some old letters I had. I was on 3 east. Just in case anyone cares.

Chris, is there some confusion?? The wards were A, B, C, and D.

no- i double checked the letters i recievrd while there- definately 3 east. maybe they called them something different when u were there. not sure what to say???

that could be very possible as I left there in 1988

yeah. i'm sorry you were there too hun. i swear that i still am haunted by memories of this place.... but yet i am infatuated at the same time.

I wouldn't say I'm haunted by my memories, but they do pop up in my mind at times. And I find these photos so .. I don't know ... they make me think and remember and relive somehow. Not in a bad way, but in a reflective way. As in, look at where I am now after being locked in there.

I know. I have come a long way too... I just can't believe that my past includes this place. I wish I could move on, but I can't. I want to know more. I want to know WHY I was there.

Look at Burts arms...

Dear sweet Jesus....

that is just too scary and mind fucking. something about thse murals makes my skin turn inside out.

Chris,
When was you there?
What is 3 east??
Wards A, B, D and E was the only names that was used.
It was painted on the doors and I think on the wall as well.
Even when they needed help, they wouls shout "All available help on D as in David, all available help on D as in David". And then you had an army of eager bodies rushing at you to restrain you and strip you naked and place you in seclusion.
If they changed the names, that makes us old timers. LOL

Ernie: Rubber duckie, you're the one! You make bathtime lots of fun! Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you!!!!
Bert: Ernie, stop singing!!!!

creepy on so many levels....

Near the end the wards were changed to 3 east ect. I think the younger kids were on ward B, third floor right. Then that became my 3 east. I used to be on ward A ,second floor left. With the beautiful shawna wood and audrie lombard. I was always afraid of her boyfriend john woodier down the hall. I'm looking for some of my old friends from there. Brooks Bailey, Sean Brooks, christie Washington, the blond short girl on 3 EAST we called smurfette "from the smurfs", Tyrone who always had to have the O 66 on the bingo cards. Scott Landry, the spitting Sean Hayze. And to all you people wondering! This place was very sad even though I made it out alright, I know many of kids just broke down and so mentally messed up by the time they left, I just want to reach out to them and say that we missed the childhood of our life and I hope they hae made it past that. I like to look at these pictures to remember all my friends that stuck through with me. We needed eachother and it helped. I have a nice family and my own business, and I do great but miss some feelings of "I don't even know what to call it" you just block out most feelings of love, compassion,
belonging,ect. My name is Dennis Bunting and I would love to talk to some of my old friends, or people who want to know more about gaebler. My cell # is 617-733-85977. The voice mail is my company precision heat removal. Leave me a message especially if your one of my old friends.

boiler i was there in 88 i left in june.my name is shane i was john's roomate.

Me! Is it the john from ward A shawnas boyfriend. Do you know anyone from my message.

Were you at the end of the ward near the back door

are you referring to john lucciano?

Was there
I think it was john woodier he was on ward A in the last room on the left after the bend, "next to the exhaust fan in the window, across from the back door that lead down to the fenced in area and the classrooms near the wood shop." The first room on the left "after the seclusion rooms and across from the rec room" was audrie and Shawna's room. There was a colored picture in the doorway that said " shawna+john". That's the john I'm talking about. He was a big muscular kid that people were afraid of. When he told me I could go out with shawna I told him I didn't want to because I thought he was trying to find out if I liked his girlfriend, but then I saw the picture off the doorway later. That's the john. If its not woodier what is it.

Boiler 1220,

I would not be sure what John it was as I was not even on A, I was on D, but I did know there was a tall kid with dark hair named John Lucciano. He was friends with this kid Pedro.

Was there
That might be him I don't remember but shauna would know

john lucciano was roommates with scott godfry.pedro was roommates with shane,and the rooms were up front not in the back by the office thats was the girls rooms in 84-88 when i left

I was there from 82-85 as well as 88-91 and shortly after 88 boys were down the end of ward A

http://www.hall-18.com/forums/index.php

here's a site you might want to check out about info on finding your roommates and friends...the owner of the site was In Traverse City State Hospital...he is also searching for former friends.

me - did you ever keep in touch with any of them?

Hey, I am personally starting a new group in yahoo for former patients to openly discuss their time at Gaebler. Please feel free to come by and visit.


Group name: GCC2010
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GCC2010
Group email: GCC2010@yahoogroups.com

Okie222
I tried to use the sight but it said I was not authorized

hey "me" what have you been up to? this is shauna the one u would remember. i think boiler is thinking of a different shauna. i flirted with scott & even hung out with him after i escaped. they never did catch me after the 2nd time. i dont have a membership to classmates anymore . v said she emailed u with mine & her emails. just to let u know its me. do u remember when i punched lucky luciano in the face in the tv room for trying to get a feel in? that kids nose bleed forever.(lol) he loved judas priest. & scott was a preppy. & yes i remember just what u look like i can still picture u like it was yesterday. i pray u have done good for yourself and youre happy. much love always (smo)

what the hell did ever happen to scott?

last time i saw scott he had stolen a car wrecked it and was looking at jail time. but its been 20yrs. god to say it make me feel ancient. we hung out on the outside but he got into some trouble and i was getting into my own trouble lost touch. he use to live in ispwich, ma.

A couple of things here:
1 - first, what the hell were the point of these paintings? Comfort? Security, a sense of family?
2- If you are to make institutional murals, why would the characters be bathing? Weird
3- Why do they look so twisted?

i was a patient at the age of 9yrs for one month...it was a horrible experience. the year was 1970 and i couldn't understand why i was in such a place with kids who where profoundly mentally ill. i would give anything to have access to my records from gaebler...

To Larry,
You can get your records, I was there from 82-84 and I got my records, the problems is that they black out al l the staff's names who said what about you to whom and things like that, but, for the most part you can figure out for yourself. All you have to do is write to DSS and get them, you need to send a coy of your license or picture ID, a copy of your birth certificate to prove it's you and tell them the years your were at Gaebler and they by law have to send you a copy of your complete and total history there, I did it when I turned 21 or 22years old and I got them all, then aIso got all my records from DSS and everything with them and then I went to St.Germaine Lawrence School in Arlington,mass for a couple of years and I got all those recoeds too. If you have any problems, let me know, I will helpo you....

To Larry,
jJust to add one more thing, you need tto get the letter notorized as well when sending the requet for your records....I hope I was able to help you out in this matter....

pookie,

Is there a specific DSS you would write to or just the general boston headquarters address?

From ward to ward (in order of floor, in repect to facing the building): 2nd: A (Right Side) [Adolescent 16-18], D (Left Side)[Adolescent 15 - 17]; 3rd: E (Left Side) pre-adolescent to adolescent 13 - 16, B (Right Side) [Childrens unit 5 - 12]) These are the age groups that seem to fit while attending the 'fine' institution of Gaebler [pppssshhh, right].
I believe these pictures are located in the basement next to the Ocupational Therapy Room. I do not remember them anywhere else, but it has been 27 years.

I thought these were near the bend of ward A at the boys shower. I remember john stealing a drill from the shop and drilling from the boys bathroom by the urinal to the girls shower. Lol

Was There,
Hello, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. NO you canbasically contact any DSS office, but, it would be best if you contact the one that you were dealing with at the time of your stay there, also just to let you know, if u attened public scools at all after you left there then they will have a copy of your records from Gaebler as well. SInce the place has been closed, you will probably have a hard time getting them, but, it's the law and they have to give them to you, and if they say that you were never a patient there then that means they burned all the records or something, cause I tried getting them directly from Gaebler and they said they had no such patient by my name and Gaeble was till open when I tried to get them. soi I went through DSS, all I got those was papers stating I was there,nothing from Gaebler itself, I think they broke the law as we know they did a million times, but, I think they destroyed everyone's records which is against the law, I am trying to see another way of getting them. I actually just went to Gaebler today, cause I do live in Waltham and I went inside and OMG!! it's so scary, I toook pictures, I will try and put them on here if I can figure out how to do it....

Pookie;
I was there back in the 1980's on ward E then again on ward A. They have records for gaebler (not dss records) at the main number to massachusetts mental health. Its in boston downtown you have to put in a written request and state why you want the records (put for new shrinks records) then they will send you a letter letting you know if your approved to get them and how much they are going to charge you. Sorry I don't have the exact address or phone #. I got mine about 5 yrs ago + I haven't been in mass since 1999. But I think they should have a website too. Mdmh(massachusetts dept. Mental health is who has the records.

Does anyone know shawna w. From ward A 1988

I swear the artists that painted the murals in this place are retarded.

This is on ward A at the bend by the boys shower

Why is that there is it there to cheer the people up ..... it also rude to do that to my point of view

That is 2 different pictures on ward A one is at the boys shower and the other is at the girls bathroom since the shower was in the bathroom. I got pics of both. If anyone wants more pics send me a message. Boiler1220@yahoo.com or dennisremoval@aol.com or text 617-733-8597