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.
It didn't happen on property. (I don't even think it happened in Norwich) but they wanted to hold NSH legally responsible. I'm not sure what ended up happening though...
lol diggity? lol what a funny name. o yeah and dude, i dont know if you realized, youre in CONNECTICUT not the hood of new york or detriot lol i laugh when people try to act so getto when they lived in the country all there lives. wouldnt you all agree?
sparkles, whats this about a shooting? was it on the property? i havent seen anything online about it
Anyone know if NSH was held responsible in the shooting of two police officers?
oohhhh gotcha. We actually do a lot of business with Pratt. Aww you have kids. How old are they?
Pratt & Whitney- figure your company must reclaim a lot of their scrap.
Theres a little mexican place off the main drag, theres Max Amore's and a couple other places that escape me at the moment. I've only stopped there on thru travel, if you ask around I'm sure you'll find someone more familiar with the area.
Even took the kids to Nathans one day coming back from the waterpark!
P&W? I couldn't figure out why people warned me to be careful on rt 2 and why there were so many accidents. Then I realized why one day when I was doing 75 and getting passed by almost everyone. I drove home from there one night during a snow storm and it sucked. What places in Glastonbury?
So I guess that you would have more than a vested interest in keeping P&W up and running. Interesting commute from here to there. some stretches of that road are dangerous in winter, be carefull. Nice places to eat in Glastonbury.
Dangerous yes, but I would still be a better driver than the guys who fly around here like they're racing nascar. (Especially those who have trouble speaking English) You could use a cherry picker to get into upper windows.... haha
Forklifts are over rated- and can be dangerous. Plus would be a dead give-away on NSH roadways. Would make it easier to access upper windows tho......
I work at Metal Management Aerospace, Inc. It's an ok job. But they won't let me drive a forklift. haha.
Years of experience. Same here for poptarts. Hmmm, where do you work?
Bomb, aka John, Is terrified of NSH. He drove around in one of those little white "clown cars" he's always talking about and he would freak at the littlest sound. And his "playing shit on the guards" mainly consisted of him calling up the chiller and threatening to rape whoever happened to answer the phone.
I do hope Diggity Dog is serious and would like to come on board and investigate the site. If DD is earnest, then I would be the first to welcome him. I do try to see the best in all people, and believe in second and third chances.
But someone who states up front he wants to "play some shit on the gaurds!" makes me think he would be more of a hindrence than a help.
HEY! I have a great idea! DD, if you read this, try and contact Bomb! He seems to be more along your lines, and would most likely appreciate your sense of adventure! In fact you two seem to share a philosophy, perhaps a kindred soul! And I'm certain he would love to show you around the site and he does like to "play shit" on the guards! So there ya go! Enjoy!
You're awesome. Couldn't have said it any better myself. Hot dog. lmao. And the brown sugar poptarts are the best! haha (sadly the only ones in the vending machines here are strawberry )
Well, first off, its hard to take serious someone who comes on with the comedic posting.
Second, the term is "retarded", or even "'tarded" would be understandable. "Tarted" Are you implying I am heavily into PopTarts? Brown sugar, please.
Third, Seems YOU are the hatefull one, using terms like "thug", "haters" etc .
"kind man"? Hardly. I suspect you are not being wholly honest and upfront here, and asking people to accompany you to the NSH site. Dont think many folks would want to go to a deserted asylum with someone they did not trust.
Tell you what, hot dog: Why dont we wipe the slate clean, and have you post something without all the childish street talk, and show a few folks that you are a serious U.E. and not some delinquent tagger? You drop the foolishness, and you may be able to hook up with a few of the folks and poke around the site with them. But if you are just interested in pestering the guards and acting like a fool, this probably isnt the place for you.
But thats just JPT's opinion, and you are certainly welcome to your own.
If yous wanna roll wit anyone in my crew then email me at sparkles_believes@yahoo.com We'll see how much mad skillz yous really got. And i aint trippen boo. I jus calls em as i sees em.
yalls trippen, haters is what i say. just cause i got mad skillz dont mean i cant bring some skillz to the table. i wanted to be in yalls little club, ya know do some exploren an shit, but yalls haters. diggity just a kind man, i aint hated on yall but now yall gotta tear me up! wtf did i do? i jus wanted to roll wit u yall.
Usually it doesn't. But diggity over here is trying to change the way he talks. His aints and his yalls aren't "natural"
Cant say I've seen many people whose accent and street tone make it across the net. But hey, whatever works for ya!
Really John? Come on now.
woah dog, aint no needz to be playen a brother like dat. im here for the same thang yalls are, im curious to homies i wanna check dis place out. it looks mad chill, so if anybody going let me know i will roll wit u.
Hi mom! Super Bowl. Gunna win some money on my squares!
Gatekeeper- Can you find out what side / building they're going to roast? Hope it's one of the houses on the Norwich part if they must get their arson on, the houses at least are all the same and empty. I'm gonna freak if they do something interesting. This would be much appreciated if you could let a broham know.
And dog- yea, but to be in the club you'll have to meet us in the tunnel between the big theater and admin, or between admin and salmon, take your pick. We are to understand there will be pie and punch so bring those please. Be there on the next full moon at exactly midnight, don't be late- muahahaha!!!
Um, I think that was maybe supposed to be a code name......
hey any yall going real soon? maybe i could come wit yall, play some shit on the gaurds! i been once but dem fuzz got me, but i had skillz and some dough and they let me roll. yall got a little club on here right?
what up wit yall? jus came across this website been to norwich state hospital before, gaurds are real chill. they was gonna ticket me but i gave em some beer dough and they peaced out. was wanten to join yalls little club yall got on here, looks real tight
i dont know who you are or i would email you
anyways, i just got this new info, i was talking to one of my police buddies and apparently the fire dept is going to burn one of the building as a training thing
email me tonite or this week end
yes because the place was ordered to close in 1996 but her death records are dated 1997. idk i think the whole thing is messed up especially how her body somehow ended up on a professors table without a friggen autopsy. now thats weird
And wait, I told you all about that stuff a few months ago.....
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