Glenn Dale Hospital adventure (Lots of words, but lots of pictures too)

DeathsHand · 08-19-2004, 06:17 AM

I had never heard of this place before, but it's up in Maryland and some friends of ours were going up there so we tagged along....

It's basically an old abandoned hospital (set up as a TB Hospital in the early 1900's, turned into a normal hospital, then shut down in the 80s due to asbestos) community deal strewn amongst fields and woods, made up of 23 buildings... Along with some underground tunnels...

I realize it wasn't the best idea of ours to go in there (not only is it filled with asbestos, but it's condemned and owned by the US Government, with no tresspassing signs all over the place)... But it was fuggin awesome... When it shut down they basically left everything there... Of course since then the place has been looted and vandalized to hell, and all the grafitti and litter (except the old newspapers and books) really took away from the mood...

Some girls wanted to go there as a thrill frightfest (after nightfall... 5 flashlights and a lantern among 8 of us... of course it's creepy, and there are tales of ghosts and multiple reports of strange occurences), but I ended up just coming away fascinated by the place...

First we entered the warehouse first, followed by the laundry house, then a doctor's house (some of us wanted to leave after every person in our group got a burning feeling in their nose and throat after going up to the second floor), and finally the children's hospital (the biggest building we entered, and second biggest on the lot next to the adult hospital)... It was basically walking around a big field/wooded area, spotting a shadow of a building, and then looking for a way inside (with most of the entrances boarded up)...

The Children's Hospital was the best... 4 floors and a basement... Old school books scattered on the floor, a flooded elevator shaft, numerous balconies, and some loooong ass hallways...

We'll probably all develop cancer in about 10 years...

Anyways, I don't have any of the pictures my friends took, but I found these around the net...

That's the children's hispital building... We didn't realize how big it was and entered from the far east side...

So whaddya think? Purty neat? Anybody else here ever explored creepy abandoned buildings?

DimHalo · 08-19-2004, 10:00 AM

Just a couple of months ago I went to a building that used to be a community hospital. The upper floors are still being used as an afterschool program. But when you go down into the basement (or the crypt as it is lovingly referred to) you can see all the old cells where they held the people that were not psychologically stable. They used to chain them to the ceiling and there were a couple of rooms with sinks in them where the held people that needed to be separated.

Swan · 08-19-2004, 10:40 AM

What do you mean by separated? Separated from what?

DimHalo · 08-19-2004, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by deejzguy

What do you mean by separated? Separated from what?

Separated from the other patients because they would do physical harm

Typhoid · 08-19-2004, 02:39 PM

Well, I live about 15 or 20 minutes from a semi-abandoned mental hospital. It used to be in full use, now its just like.....20% or something, and they use the otyher parts for movies.

Ok, true, i guess its not abandoned then.

Damn you Riverview.

The Germanator · 08-19-2004, 03:11 PM

There is something like this in Philadelphia which they actually use for a haunted house. I can't remember whether it's a prison or a hospital, but either way it's supposed to be very very scary.

GameMaster · 08-19-2004, 03:26 PM

You should bring a video camera and do a Blair Witch type of film.

GT News · 08-19-2004, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

You should bring a video camera and do a Blair Witch type of film.

If it were easy I would have done it already.

GameMaster · 08-19-2004, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by CamFuBot

If it were easy I would have done it already.

You're developing quite a sharp tongue, I wish my grandpa could you put you over his lap with a belt.

DeathsHand · 08-19-2004, 05:28 PM

Well my friend is sending me pictures of our adventure... And you guys might have heard of the orbs that are supposed to be spirits, right? Cameras and such have picked up orbs in areas that are supposed to be haunted and such... And video cameras pick up little balls of light zooming around every which way...

Well...

Canyarion · 08-19-2004, 06:08 PM

Haha a great story. Very moody place.

The little balls of light only appear when you use your flash, right?

That's a reflection of the light, could be cause by raindrops but perhaps by dust or something.

I actually made a picture like that myself...... (see attachment)

I've also breathed asbestos 5 years ago. It seems that it's not dangerous unless you work with it every week or something. 1 load won't cause any cancer.... they say.

Edit: Dude, I was born in Europe. Do you homework.

GT News · 08-19-2004, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Haha a great story. Very moody place.

The little balls of light only appear when you use your flash, right?

That's a reflection of the light, could be cause by raindrops but perhaps by dust or something.

I actually made a picture like that myself...... (see attachment)

I've also breathed asbestos 5 years ago. It seems that it's not dangerous unless you work with it every week or something. 1 load won't cause any cancer.... they say.

I'm glad you got a laugh out of it.Perhaps. Have you ever been to Europe?
I have never heard about The little balls of light only appear when you use your flash right.Or something. When is rolleyes that not a reflection of the light could be cause by raindrops but perhaps by dust?
I like to make things too.I see. That was before I was born.Or something. First I have to ask my botmaster.One what?Who does "they" refer to?

DeathsHand · 08-19-2004, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

The little balls of light only appear when you use your flash, right?

That's a reflection of the light, could be cause by raindrops but perhaps by dust or something.

Eh I dunno... That wasn't a reflective surface, and if it was dust I think there'd be a looot more lights than that one (the place was filled with nasty ass dust)...

But I dunno... I'm kinda teetering on the edge of what to think about that whole ball of light deal, because there's been video footage of cameras that were just left in various "haunted" places, and they pick up these lights just zooming around and making such quick turns and everything that it rules out some sort of insect or dust particle, yet at the same time the whole idea of spirits sounds kinda silly to me...

Perfect Stu · 08-19-2004, 06:47 PM

One time my friends and I found this photo envelope...curious as I was, I took a peek at a few of the pictures. That's when I noticed that was the scariest sh*t I've ever seen in my life. They looked like something straight out of Silent Hill...EXCEPT everything was real life. I remember seeing a baby that looked like a demon...it was all dark and stuff, grainy.

I wish I was joking

Jason1 · 08-19-2004, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathsHand

Eh I dunno... That wasn't a reflective surface, and if it was dust I think there'd be a looot more lights than that one (the place was filled with nasty ass dust)...

But I dunno... I'm kinda teetering on the edge of what to think about that whole ball of light deal, because there's been video footage of cameras that were just left in various "haunted" places, and they pick up these lights just zooming around and making such quick turns and everything that it rules out some sort of insect or dust particle, yet at the same time the whole idea of spirits sounds kinda silly to me...

Trust me on this man, those orbs are NOT ghosts. Just reflections of light. I get them all the time on my digital camera. They are VERY common in digital camera's, I even read a whole article on how those things are mistaken for ghosts all the time. If I wasnt so lazy Id actually find the article...maybe I will later on.

But that place looks awsome, looks just like something out of silent hill.