Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Letchworth Insane Asylum

Opened in 1911 in New York, Letchworth operated until 1996. The site is now completely abandoned. The multiple building were used for those considered "feeble minded, or epileptic". Some cases have been made of patient abuse and torture. All of the building are linked via underground tunnels.
The above image was taken by andrew while in the infirmary located on the second floor of the morgue building. Papers from when the asylum was still operational are scattered throughout the building, as well as desks, phones, and typewriters. Looking through the building it would appear as though everyone just stood up and left, leaving all belongings behind them.
The above image was taken by me in the morgue building as well. Walking through you could hear the wind blowing doors shut on the third floor. While walking through the basement we had to use camera flashes to light the way as the halls and rooms were pitch black. In our last building I found old files that had been left behind with patient information. One was of an incident report where after her shower a younger girl returned with the nurse to her bedroom, and in a fit of anger and cursing took her chair and beat the nurse with it.

It was after that building that we ventured back outside to see where else we could get in. As we walked the over grown grass to the next building searching for our entrance, and yelled car. Pausing and pretending to take pictures of the building architecture a police truck rolled by us, pulling onto the lawn. After collecting ALL of our information he remarked about an arsonist that had recently started setting fires in the empty buildings. As he could not arrest us or give us tickets because we were found outside he let us go telling us "I cant tell you not to take more pictures, but I can suggest you don't do anymore today".





10 comments:

  1. could you email me oddoalexandra@gmail.com , im very interested in this place and the files there i was hoping maybe you could tell me which building you found them in

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  2. Due to the excess of vandals,and fire bugs, along with many other reasons I do not give out information. Sorry.

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  3. because u think im going to do the same ? im a psych major and i want to do it for my research i can go with or without your help its just the files im interested in so i was hoping you could tell me where they were but thatnks anyway

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  4. Crazy, how people were treated just because they were physically disable. Shame!

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  5. I Worked as a attendent at Letchworth Village in the early 1970s while going to college nearby. I was a recently returned Vietnam Vet but the two training weeks we had to spend in the "Low Grade" ward shocked me. These were males with a single digit IQs. We had to spoon feed them and wash some off with hoses while they lay on gurneys. Only volunteers worked there full time. We did not abuse the patients, on the contrary, we tried to take care of them. If anyone is interested I can provide more details. Larry

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    1. i would really like to know more about the layout of the grounds and where the "under tunnels" are please email me
      b.berlanga@aol.com

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    2. Hello Larry- I'm interested in what exactly you did and what exactly went on at letchworth. I just recently examined some of the grounds and want to pick the rumors from the truth. If you can email me, that would be amazing. Thanks so much.

      Bbubbilly@gmail.com

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  6. By any chance, were you the girl from Ghost Adventures in 2011? Who said she was practically addicted to Letchworth? You look very similar to the girl in the episode.

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  7. Could you please email me information on who i would talk to if we wanted to do an overnight investigation? s_spiert@yahoo.com Thanks!

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  8. I work with some of the consumers that came from letchworth. They are in group homes in western.new york.. it is amazing the stories these guys come with and how far they have come

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