The hospital first opened its doors in 1904 in Norwich, Connecticut. It was built in an idyllic location chosen for its therapeutic properties overlooking the River Thames.
The Norwich Insane Asylum was built isolated from civilization, which worked to its benefit as it began to grow during its early years sprouting new buildings that accompanied the original construction (see aerial view of the hospital here). These new construction projects included patient wards, staff cottages, laboratories and workshops. All of the structures were interconnected by a large network of underground utility tunnels. These tunnels transported electricity, hot water, and patients to various areas on the grounds. The hospital remained self-sufficient, almost like a small town, with its own power plant, pump house, working farm, kitchen, theater and church.
Over 3,000 patients and 1,000 employees were residents on the asylum grounds in the 1950’s.
Slowly patients began to leave Norwich State Hospital due to deinstitutionalization and it permanently closed its doors in 1996. Since then time has basically stood still on the property with a few exceptions. Currently there is talk about converting the grounds into a theme park, but nothing has been set in stone.
After a long tedious drive we leave the car in a commuter parking lot close to the buildings. Ever the vigilant group of explorers we notice a State Trooper making his rounds and dive into the forest for cover. Luckily we outsmarted the police yet again and after regrouping walk along the Thames River for a few hundred feet. We finally see the abandoned pump house looming in the distance and decide to make this our entryway into the campus.
This site has a reputation for being well guarded, well patrolled, and does not take kindly to trespassers. I am always on edge when exploring across the Atlantic and the numerous “State Property – No Trespassing” signs that litter the grounds did not bode well for my paranoia. Instead of exposing ourselves above ground to security and prying eyes, we decided to take the underground route through the utility tunnels.
Using the tunnels we explored many buildings without ever being forced to go outside. This method of travel was soon confirmed to be the safest. On our first attempt to venture outside we were only a few feet away from a security officer in a black uniform. Fortunately he didn’t look our way and we quickly receded back into the tunnel network. For a while we hid in the abandoned theater so we could look around the campus without being seen.
This encounter with security dampened our spirits and made our visit a whole lot shorter than we would have liked. We made our grande exit through the empty chapel, this allowed us to avoid walking back through the forest. As we were walking back to the commuter lot to pickup our car we noticed the State Trooper had been watching us as we suspiciously walked down the road. I wonder where we went to and were coming back from?!
Archive document introducing a new therapy (click to enlarge):
Special thanks to Dr. Bob for sharing the old postcards.
We're better than other places, but we still aren't that great...
I still dont see loads of boat people heading off our shores to other nations! Sure we got problems, But after hearing about life in a couple of other "free" nations (One being Austrailia), I dont intend to be moving anytime soon.
One thing that is becoming more apparent over the years is that our country tends to suck a lot of the time.
Yeah, I can understand not wanting to skip the big pond just to re-visit an old site- cost prohibitive, I suspect.
How is security in europeon sites? Over here everybody is paranoid about people crawling around their property. Well, maybe its a well based paranoia, as some jamoke falls thru a floor and gets hurt or killed, the relatives sue the owners for not protecting their stupid loved one from himself. Over here, its all about CYA (cover your ass).
Seems more relaxed over there. I suppose different countries with different governments would have different perspectives, but in general it appears they are more open to letting people poke around abandoned sites.
Happy Valentines Day (sorry I'm a day late but I was spending yesterday with you!) haha I love you
Ok...when does the contract switch from SSC to new Co? has SSC cut the number of staff currently working the site?
I work there as a security guard right now.Who wants to know about anything?
since this is where it all started many moons ago.... I just wanted to say happy Valentines Day B... I love ya! see you at NsH tonite...
Indeed, interesting. To answer your question there are 2 very active pages here: This one (nsh) and Gary, Indiana. Very active (even more than here, 1300+ posts), but in a very different way.
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Oh and no, no plan for a re-visit. Way too far for the moment.
1) Mad Skillz- I guess spelling isnt one of them.
2) Ghetto speak- Oh, come on. Fuzz was a word from way back in the 70s, I know I lived it. That went out with Afro-sheen. And I'm pretty sure the current street slang for money isnt the 30s era "dough". Looks like you got a few of your movies mixed up.
3) As you profess to be a newcomer to the site, I am amazed at your seeming familiarity with Sparkles and her knowledge (or lack there of, as you alluded to.). I have been ghosting this forum for a while now, and have absolutely no hard information on anyones real or imagined knowledge. You must truly be psychic!
D.D. (which is easier for me than your whole moniker, and also representative of the Vietnamese meaning ) methinks thou art a poser, and a poor one at that. Just my opinion.
Sparkles stop teasing the new guys! Poor Paul, gonna get sore knuckles thumping all these guys! Stupid Website? I find it quite interesting, breaks up a boring day!
Slyv- it certainly is interesting here isnt it? Quite the collection of characters! Any other of your myriad sites here have such a constant and amusing series of interactions? And do you plan on visiting the NSH (or General "Norwich State" Hospital, as the soap opera content sometimes drifts towards) again before it goes the way of the dodo? As a local resident, I can say there is a lot of renewed interest in using the property for something other than a U.E. paradise.
Paul D.- Carefull when you gun down the civvies in the Russian mall.......a point will be made.
Zeke- Son, read back a ways over the forum, and learn from history. You'll have a better chance of hooking up with Bomb!
Always with the damn xbox.... You're right. If it weren't for this stupid website we wouldn't have met each other. At least this site is good for something. haha. ilu
Thank you for this great site. Its nice of you to give us all a place to White Trash out! Its well done and the pictures are great. the hospital is sold and being developed in 6 parts. a final trip is due soon. also the site brought Sparkles and I together and thats been a great thing... So thank you again. Cheers.
Listen here dog, I'm pretty sure that everyone on here would choose me over you. So don't act like you're so much better than me. And if I didn't have any "skillz" at all then I would still be better and smarter than you. So go somewhere else and bother people with your atrocious spelling and stupid remarks.
yalls some crazy ass bitches!!! gatekeeps, you crazy as hell!! sparkly you talk way to much girl!! you play like you gots mad skillz, but u aint girl!! facts is facts girl!! all yall is just plain crazy yo. i bout to dip in a min, see yall at nsh!!
I talk a lot? Proof of what?
i try to keep it interesting. people read my storys and think i am crazy, or think that i am some sort of conspiracy thoerist. crazy i may be, maybe i really am off my rocker. i am comfortable this way though. i like to think of myself in some sort of world where everything is quite a possibility, as the world may exist in the matrix, spirits real, ghosts shit like that, governments trying to keep things hidden from the public. i try to think outside the box at all the possibilitys. my shit goes way deep, and i have only shown everyone only a glimpse as to what goes on inside my head as i sit behind this desk in this hollow job. trust me, i bet if they tested me i would be way beyond anything they have ever seen. yet with all this, i am comfortable, with myself as a human. i have tried to describe myself to other people yet i cannot find the words for people to understand me. so i enjoy it alone. i do however limit what i say on here. my reasons are my own. so as i have said before, you all know only a glimpse........
Heya all, I used to delete everything on this page, but your posts amuse me. Please go on - no moderation will hapen... yet.
Sparkles, you talk a lot, we need some proofs. Bomb, where have you been! I have the proof that many people pretended they were you, I deleted their posts. The gatekeeper: mysterious, cannot define you. What about the guards, are they posting here?
Cheers, Slyv the webmastah
that would be totally awsome if they made nsh a hotel!! i would totally be all for it. can you imagine if they made the samon building a hotel!!! some crazy shit would be going down then!!! zeke, dude, dont be retarted. ive seen her boyfreind and he definatly aint someone to mess with. he will light youre ass up quicker than shit!! make youre life hell man. paul, this out to be funny when you whip this dudes ass, i wanna see pics!!! i cannot beleive this dude is really trying to work some game here!! lol too funny. diggity, homie, learn how to spell and nobody cares about the getto talk its retarted. i cant stand people who act all getto. bomb where you been? locked up again behind 4 white walls? dead one, where you been aint heard from you in a while. guards, yall gotta post something!!!
Yeah sure, lets meet. But my boyfriend comes too. (and don't talk crap about him either. It won't be pretty if you do. He's not a wimp) I like coffee by the way. I live in a house. And what about MTL MNGMT?
I AINT THAT OLD! lets just meet...no strings... Ill call ya later on and we can set up a meet...coffee or a beer? you live down here? is Metal management the place in Hartford?
So John, that night you were supposedly at the casino did you win any money? (of course not because you were really at work when I talked to you) But anyways, you better come up with some money and replace my stuff. Need I remind you of what I can do if you don't?
I totally want to go there. They are talking about turning it into a hotel though...
that would have been some cool training to go to. ive seen a few pics of the airport thing, lol it is just looks so random in the middle of a hospital! have you heard of waverly hills? it would be really cool if someone bought the property and renovated it like they did at wverly and then offer tours. im thinking about going there next year possibly. so i hear the hospital is getting a new round of security in march? i havent really been doing any reasearch at all lately so im kinda out of the loop
Idk, I might be jail bait. Still wanna meet up? And of course I look good. haha
They at least use the "newer" bldgs for training...the historic ones just crumble in on themselves dying slowly...you can see some of the airport footage on youtube in 1 of the videos...all the windows on Russell are blown out from explosive training (suitcases) and bombs. ya gotta just go see yerself...its cool.
yeah i know what youre saying, it just sucks though to see such cool buildings be torn up like this. i once had to watch pontiac state hospital (which is just like nsh) be ripped apart and leveled to the ground. i just wish they could make this place like waverly hills, now that would be cool.
I fucking hate this site... Zeke. Zeke. Zeke.Zeke...go away. GK the police,fire,FBI.Homeland security. Army reserve all have dne and continue to do training exercises at NSH. from weapons and explosives to search and rescue door breaching room/bldg clearing Russell is set up like an airport complete with Xray and metal detection. luggage all over halls..some blown up. posters from airports signs etc...also cover and concealment structures (2x4s an plywood) for tactical weapond training. So that should clear that up...bldgs used are Kettle,Ribicoff,Russell and Lodge. I still hate this goddamn site tho...
woah what has been going on here!! zeke man you are barking up the wrong tree. dont use this place as a dateing site. its for people who are serious not players. sparkles!! what happened!!! one minute we are talking about my crazy storys and the next its some guy useing high school pickup lines. lol this outta be funny. ok so back to buisness, i tried talking to my police buddy but apparently he doesnt know which building they are going to use for the firefighter training. this sucks i cant beleive they would do that. the historical society needs to do something instead of sitting on there asses and letting this place go. unreal.
See? yer guys a wimp! Ill call ya later... maybe we can meet up at Seaside or something...how old r u? you look good?
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