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?!
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Special thanks to Dr. Bob for sharing the old postcards.
You were never in anything with any1...do u think any1 belives u? TOOL box go fuck yourself u stuttering dick bag....cram it with walnuts ugly....
u dumb ass ignorant fuck. u r such a douchebag that its not even funny. y dont u go back to what ever hole it is that u crawled out from. Ur mom must b proud that she raised a grade A fuckin wackjob. Speaking of whack jobs, hows ur bpy friend doing? hahahahahaha. U r 1 sad ass dude. i almost fell sorry for ur ass. but then i remember how fucking annoying u r. what with all ur lies and bullshit. do u ever tell the truth? i bet u never even go to NSH. well guess what asshole, i will be there and i will be looking for you. if ur not as big a pussy as u act then meet me. afterall, im a gurl. are u scared of girls to u pussy faggot? i mean we all no by now that ur scared of vagina. roflmfao
if saw you in nsh i would watch your from the shadows but i would not mess with you. not at first lol you should really start looking around alot more because you never were i will pop out. ps the last time you were there i was also in the sam room with you the hole time lol
If you go there all the time then maybe you would want to take me some time? Like I said, my number is somewhere on here. Find it and give me a call.
Its cool you know him. its creepy as hell to pretend your female then male then whatever...this is based solely on his/its/her pevious posts here...and since I actually hang out there inside buildings I want to run into less whackos in there! not more! its a saftey issue...access is very open now is a cool time to be there....
I will email you from work tomorrow. My email here is all screwed up. And Martin...z, I actually have met bomb in real life before. He's not a creep. I happen to like him a lot. People are so quick to judge now a days that it's quite pathetic when you really stop and think about it. But anyways, I need to go finish making all my cookies
And where is my sea biscuit?
Like I said ...TOOL....you wernt there...I was home...be goin Sat nite...
first i do not lie i do go there from time to time.an as a matter fact i was there last night wear were you in your warm bed that's okay baby need there sleep.ask sparkles if iam lieing. an for the record what i said was i could be a girl or boy young or old you all will never know this.but you does is sparkles. SO MARTIN...Z YOU LITTLE BOY DO NOT FORGET TO PUT OUT YOUR MILK COOKIES FOR SANTA AN DID YOU SIT ON HIS LAP THIS YEAR AN TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT FOR XMAS I KNOW WHAT IT IS "I WANT TO KNOW YOU BOMB IS SANTA PLEAS''
Your right. they can and do. its cool. but you aint one. lying. I am young. but I go to the hospital...really go. I dont belive you do. maybe did. but it was awhile back. I think its funny as hell how you posture here...and lie. people should not even entrtain the thought of meeting or talking to a creep like you in real life...there are tells in your posts...u lie alot.
hey martin...z this is the year 2009 girls can like other girls go back under the rock you cam from. an i bet your mommy still does your laundry little boy lol
Hey bomb thought u were a girl? not this week huh ? maybe when Moms laundry gets back. i see you havent seen any of the changes inside...when was last time you were in? 2 years? you guys be careful ... this dudes a liar and whacko....
hey sparkles when are we getting together an i want some of the sweat cookies an not the kind of cookie you bake if you know what i mean:] let me know okay iam now teaching sparkles everything i know so she can keep this thing going when iam all done
It's always great when you have to work with monkeys.
Sparkles I don't have your phone number or an e-mail. I set up a throw away e-mail account if you want to send me something so I can contact you. It's bleys089@gmail.com. Drop me a line. Thanks
I know what your name stands for, but I hate it. I am addicted to Mountain Dew and I haven't been drinking soda lately. It's so hard to resist the urge to do the dew. Every time I see a can I just about orgasm. It's so bad. But now I need a dew! lol
Any time you want I got your traditional sugar cookies. Santa surprise. Peanut butter kiss. Chocolate chip. Cinnamon chip. and candy cane cookies. (there's more I just can't remember. I have to see what else is in my recipe book. lol) And I also make fudge. haha But here's the catch, you have to drive up here to get them. So how bad to do want them? hehe
And Christmas cheer or not, these f*uckin people at work are pissing me off. One in particular is being a total bitch and I hope she gets coal in her stocking. At least I took tomorrow off. And next week will be absolutely fantastic seeing as how I will be the only living soul in this office. I can't wait. And I'm doing an investigation here. Should be fun But someone please post back so I have something to do until I leave this hell hole. (For the record, I actually like my job. It's the people I can't stand)
hahahaha lol too funny sparkles. when do i get the chance to try some of these famous cookies? hehe cookies are my favorite
Everyone is supposed to be nice to one another and be happy because Christmas is coming. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me but I actually got really into the Christmas spirit this year and went all out with decorations and everything. Making my famous cookies this weekend But anyways, don't kill the holiday cheer. Remember, Santa won't come to those who are naughty. (I'm such a dork) I just don't want two people I have come to like to be fighting. So be nice or else haha
Now now children lets try and get along here. Shadowhawk I understand where you're coming from about religion and bomb you do have to watch what you say. Not just to him but to everyone. Mainly I'm writing this because I know bomb you are going to reply. And if it doesn't get dropped then you're just going to keep arguing about this that and every other damn thing. And I'm not trying to get in the middle or take sides or anything because I happen to like you both. You each have your own opinion and that's fine. You don't have to agree on anything. Just be respectful of each other even if you don't agree. And dammit people, You all need to start calling me. Seriously. I've already started my collection of equipment and I wanna get out there and investigate! Can somebody, anybody get a hold of me so we can go? It's really not that great to go by yourself. Plus nobody wants me there alone. They seem to think I need a babysitter or something. So somebody please call me and we can investigate together. I wanna find some ghosts! lol. Shadowhawk? Bleys? Who ever calls me I'll love you forever. haha So to sum everything up: everyone play nice with one another. I can be mean too you know. And somebody call me. Have a good day ya'll
EXCUSE ME bomb. who the f&ck do you think you are. you better think before you talk buddy. i just mentioned why i have that name thats it. what the hell do you mean its "NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL" sorry but i take that extremely personal. that is my religion and it is a big friggen deal to ME. i am not posting for debate about religion, just be careful what you say and who you say it to. and as far as telling me to relax, i was pretty damm relaxed on that last post. i dont know what you read. this post i am NOT relaxed you need to learn the difference.
wiccan is not that big of a deal so relax an yes iam that damn good.an this place is wide open if you know were you are going an also what the gaurds are doing yes you can JUST WALK IN so if you want me to teach you a few thing let me no
yes, what i meant by running around is mainly going from the outskirts of the property to the buildings, or one building to another. i get around there no problem and i don't run from place to place like baseball player stealing second base, i take my time but you still need to have the ability to move around quickly from place to place and be able to dodge around the corners, i dont care how good you think you are you cannot just walk leisurely and not get caught eventually. some areas you can and its safe but most you can't. also shadowhawk happens to be my wiccan spirit name. not a made up handle for these boards. it has much deeper meaning than you would be able to comprehend.
Eh. car accident. That sucks. How you feeling? Give me a call if you want. Since you're not up to running around maybe we could check out some legal places or something together. lol. You seem like someone I would enjoy investigating with. My team so far isn't all that I hoped it would be I just want to get out there and start investigating! I'm actually thinking about doing an investigation at my work. We're moving so it's the perfect opportunity for me to do so. I've had weird things happen here that I can't even begin to explain. Everyone here makes fun of me but I don't really care. I honestly feel there is something here. I've heard a voice when no one is around (and no, they are not in my head) And it sounds stupid but I feel that he watches over me and in a way he's trying to protect me. I don't know. But anyways, give me a call if you want to.
And bomb baby, there is no need to be that mean to people. And I could be wrong, but I think he meant the wide open space not the buildings themselves. Idk. I started to fall asleep last night but definitely call me tonight. I want to right down all the history and everything.
first thing if your good you have no need for running around. giving your screen name wich is SHADOWHAWK staying in the shadow would be your thing. an do run around there with your eyes closed there is about one two doors open on every builing in this place an windows open all over .
sparkles i have still been around lurking i pust a post up not too long ago about some of the tunnels i observed open and closed up. i also took a couple of trips up to exeter RI to see the old ladd school. very easy to drive around the complex and see the buildings from the outside but the doors and windows are closed up like fort knox by a joint effort with the state and the job corps that are on the property. i was also in a car accident last week so my body is not up to running around NSH atm but i will return soon. i would like to start exploring the grounds on the south side over by kettle and the morgue but it seems like a tough place to get into, very open space there. if anyone has hints please tell
I'm doing a research project on NSH. You said your wife was there. Is there anyway I could interview you on certain things? I want to talk to anyone I can find who has some sort of ties to the place while it was still in operation. I found one source already but I want accounts from as many different people as I can. Everyone seems to have their own recollections and opinions on the place. From what you said before I think you would be a reliable source. I think my number is somewhere on here. Give me a call. Please. I would really love to talk to you and hear whatever you could tell me.
That goes for anyone else who has ties to NSH while it was in operation.
And shadowhawk, what happened to you? I haven't heard back from you at all.
were do in know from BROTHER
Where have you been? You need to call me. Please. lol
c y there brother
hey sparkles i have a couple question i want to ask about getting into this place im lookin o go in the day after christmas and am trying to get as much info as i can before hand if you could help me out that would be amazing. my email is dragisays@gmail.com and my flickr is flickr.com incase you were wonderin if i was legit
Ok, I told you... I did email you back. Like a few times. What email do you want me to use?
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