In 1920, there were just two doctors caring for a total of 521 patients between them. Many were dying of Tuberculosis. During the hardest times, patients were completely naked and were given just one drink a day. The hospital had a huge death toll due to the squalor, and patients were buried in mass graves without an ounce of dignity.
-The place closed down in 2004, and has remained empty aside from being used as a filming location for the 2006 B-rated horror film Crazy Eights. A group of former employees, afraid the hospital’s potential demolition would serve as an erasure of its sordid history, keeps an eye out for any future plans. Many of the walls and window panes in the buildings contain murals painted by the patients during art therapy in the hospital’s later, more humane years.