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11 March 2010

Following up on this thread from yesterday, here are 33 excellently creepy photos of an abandoned mental asylum in the UK.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 12:58 | 7 comments

Hellingly Asylum? That's gotta be made up.

posted by Joe Beese 11 March | 13:18

Brrrrrrraaaaahhh! I have spent some time I will never get back in an abandoned TB hospital.

posted by rainbaby 11 March | 13:41

Love the photos, but the commentary was over-the-top.

posted by Orange Swan 11 March | 15:50

You just perfectly summed up the current state of the entire internet, Orange Swan.

posted by Atom Eyes 11 March | 16:27

I have to admit, I skipped the commentary entirely.

posted by BoringPostcards 11 March | 16:37

Odd that there was no giant morass of beer bottles everywhere.

The rinse/spit fixture in the dental room is awesome, and the oversize extra deep bathtubs? I'd risk the dogs and guards just to salvage those. OK, I'd bribe the guards and feed the dogs. Timeless indeed.

posted by buzzman 11 March | 17:24

This is where I plug the fantastic book Asylum by Christopher Payne, which landed on a lot of bestseller lists last year. Photographs from United States abandoned state mental hospitals.

Slideshow of some of the images from the book.

posted by initapplette 11 March | 19:41

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