Secure Ward - New England State Hospital - Oct 2009

[CaptainJack]

Accidently locked in....

I didn’t want to go alone but that’s the way it worked out. My friends weren’t available and due to my own Very Dark workplace related attitude a solo trip was probably just what I needed.

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As per my usually mo I entered through and active area/ This one had some modest efforts to pasteurize its previous use.
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The door was unlocked leading to the unused secured wing. I went inside and carefully pulled the door closed to cover any evidence I had entered. The bolt clicking home did not particularly resonate in my skull as I was stoked on getting in.


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Bars leading from the active area into the secure center




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The walls here are covered with patient painted murals. Most surprisingly calm and pastoral



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The annotations on the bars reminded me of a altzimers apartment I saw in a nursing home



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After using the non functioning facility I cam to the dull realization that the door I hoped to exit by was locked from the other side.



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My hope was then to exit into the electrified barbed wire courtyard where Moss and I had made an entry a couple of years before.



10. Alas that opening had been long ago discovered and resolutely sealed. Eventually I found my way to the sub basement and entrance to an active area.



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. Fortunately it was the lunch hour and I was able to exit through a loading dock into another grim courtyard



Surprisingly the whole almost locked in scenario thrilled me. Now I lust for a return to this old place before it is totally overtaken by antiseptic renovations