Urban Exploration

[Lee.]

Is anybody on these forums into urban exploration? (basically breaking into/photographing derlict buildings and the like)

I used to think I was weird as I used to always want to be left alone in buildings to have a root around after everybody was gone.. then I discovered I wasn't alone. There is a perfect hobby for me; but I have not yet indulged myself.. I want to one day though.

I have spent the past couple of years on this site http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/

Some of the images on there are amazing but some are really depressing (for me anyway) the disused hospitals and mental institutions especially.

Anyway, has anybody done this?

[Jessica.]

Wow that is very interesting.

[Lee.]

Hmm.. yeah it is.

Two images I think are very depressing;

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz351/happyland76/qn1sm1.jpg

This was taken in an asylum, not a maternity hospital or even a childrens home.. makes me very sad for some reason.

This is an asylum too..

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz351/happyland76/SlabHDR.jpg

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Are you interested in looking around normal buildings or ones that are haunted etc?

You should go on Ghost Haunting not that I think any of it is real. Just a TV show that is made to make people think stuff is going on.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Are you interested in looking around normal buildings or ones that are haunted etc?

You should go on Ghost Haunting not that I think any of it is real. Just a TV show that is made to make people think stuff is going on.

[Lee.]

Look at the link in my first post to see the types of buildings..

Nah I have no interest in ghost hunting; partially because I'm a bit of a sceptic, and partly because if I was proved wrong, I would probably s**t myself before dying of fright..

[Z]

My friend is really into photography; we went into an abandoned factory, it's so fascinating, little bit scary as well but it was an experience and a half!

[Vicky.]

Sounds really interesting.

[Lee.]

My friend is really into photography; we went into an abandoned factory, it's so fascinating, little bit scary as well but it was an experience and a half!

Yeah, I think it would be the good kind of scary, if you know what I mean?
Mind you, I have heard of people falling through rotten floors and staircases etc.. that wouldn't be so good!
I think a hospital woul creep me out.. I would have to do that with a crowd of people. Just thinking of the amount of people that had died there would give me the pure heebie geebies!! :laugh:

[Miss Ivy Balls]

No offense, but i don't understand what enjoyment you'd get out of looking around an office block for suspicious items etc.

[Scarlett.]

It reminds me of Silent Hill :3

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Yvette does those celebrity ghost hauntings. I remember the one with Paul O'Grady. They went into the really old hospital. You saw dead babies and everything. It was really freaky.

[Lee.]

It reminds me of Silent Hill :3

Chewy, I am a huge Silent Hill fan so I sorta know what you mean :laugh:

[Z]

Yeah, I think it would be the good kind of scary, if you know what I mean?
Mind you, I have heard of people falling through rotten floors and staircases etc.. that wouldn't be so good!
I think a hospital woul creep me out.. I would have to do that with a crowd of people. Just thinking of the amount of people that had died there would give me the pure heebie geebies!! :laugh:

Yeah it was; I'd do it again, although I was so nervous in case we got caught haha. Here's one of the pictures he took, it was fascinating! Oh there was an empty lift shaft in the place we were; I kept well away from it!

Oh yeah a hospital would be too scary for me, and an asylum wouldn't be far off that scary either... baaah. Abandoned places are creepy. There is an abandoned caravan park not far from where I live, so scary!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs574.snc3/31292_10150201024995106_597685105_12886420_6039862 _n.jpg

[Lee.]

No offense, but i don't understand what enjoyment you'd get out of looking around an office block for suspicious items etc.

No offense taken Thomas.. lol
It's not a case of looking for suspicious items!
I can't explain the fascination.. I suppose it's the same as a train spotter.. I don't get that at all, but train spotters think trains are fascinating.

You know what I mean?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Hmm.. yeah it is.

Two images I think are very depressing;

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz351/happyland76/qn1sm1.jpg

This was taken in an asylum, not a maternity hospital or even a childrens home.. makes me very sad for some reason.

This is an asylum too..

http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz351/happyland76/SlabHDR.jpg

that is really creepy :shocked: :bawling:

[Lee.]

Yeah it was; I'd do it again, although I was so nervous in case we got caught haha. Here's one of the pictures he took, it was fascinating! Oh there was an empty lift shaft in the place we were; I kept well away from it!

Oh yeah a hospital would be too scary for me, and an asylum wouldn't be far off that scary either... baaah. Abandoned places are creepy. There is an abandoned caravan park not far from where I live, so scary!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs574.snc3/31292_10150201024995106_597685105_12886420_6039862 _n.jpg

Yeah.. I think abandoned places do hold a certain creepy value actually, that and the fact that there are things that are left exactly as they were.. it just fascinates me! hahaha

^^that photo would probably be really dull to some but I find it really exciting!

*realises I am talking out loud and perhaps sound a bit crazy!.. sharp exit*

lol

[Lee.]

that is really creepy :shocked: :bawling:

Yeah, really creepy eh?

I spent nearly a whole day looking at photos of hospitals and asylums and by night time, my usual sunny disposition was replaced by a much darker sadder one.. it was weird. WOn't look at them for that long again!

[Z]

It fascinates me too; I like to try and picture why objects were left in the places they were left, it's a bit like a warped version of a murder mystery, I totally get you though happyland, you're not crazy!!

[Scarlett.]

Chewy, I am a huge Silent Hill fan so I sorta know what you mean :laugh:

Haha, I like the look of old abandoned place too, it's the stories they tell

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I understand happy.

You know what I'd love to do??? Go and see the Titanic. Go down in a submarine. That would be unreal.

The thing about abandoned places is that you don't know what to expect. You could find a dead body or anything. Drug needles etc.

[Lee.]

It fascinates me too; I like to try and picture why objects were left in the places they were left, it's a bit like a warped version of a murder mystery, I totally get you though happyland, you're not crazy!!

Yay :dance:

On that 28dayslater forum ,there are pics of an old funeral parlour.. really creepy and the other half of the building was obviously used as a shop.. There's still stuff on some of the shelves. Fascinating.

(yay again @ my not being crazy)

[Scarlett.]

This pic reminds me of Silent Hill's otherworld

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/good_shot101/IMG_4675-1.jpg

[Lee.]

I understand happy.

You know what I'd love to do??? Go and see the Titanic. Go down in a submarine. That would be unreal.



The thing about abandoned places is that you don't know what to expect. You could find a dead body or anything. Drug needles etc.

I would love to Thomas, but when I think of it I get claustrphobic and breathless. Do you know how deep the Titanic lies?? Lol.. I've realised I actually don't know but I used to, and remember thinking that the thought of going that far down on a sub would scare the bejesus out of me..
Too much death involved too.. very very creepy I would imagine

[Miss Ivy Balls]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2777506453_0bd473f53b.jpg

[Lee.]

Here's the link to the funeral parlour pics..

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=41411&highlight=funeral+parlour

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I would love to Thomas, but when I think of it I get claustrphobic and breathless. Do you know how deep the Titanic lies?? Lol.. I've realised I actually don't know but I used to, and remember thinking that the thought of going that far down on a sub would scare the bejesus out of me..
Too much death involved too.. very very creepy I would imagine

2 1/2 miles down.

Abandoned hospital:

http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/ghostphotos/ghostcams/images/HOSPITAL-CAMERA-GHOST.jpg

[Scarlett.]

I went on the high rise section and saw this :o

http://www.adampowell.org.uk/urbex/heron/5.jpg

[Lee.]

I know Chewy, some of them get really brave! I feel kind of queasy looking at the high ones!
I could honestly look at the pics on that forum for hours on end.. are you addicted yet? :laugh:

[Scarlett.]

lmao yes I am :p I did once come across the website when they did a special exploration of the Coronation Street set xD

[Lee.]

Aye there's some great stuff on there! Some not so good too mind you lol

[Lee.]

Chewy, post any good pics you find ok. I'll do the same when I have time :)

[Lee.]

These are a bit disturbing somehow.. Chernobyl

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=46220&highlight=chernobyl

[Scarlett.]

Chernobyl? That must be an urban explorers wet dream xD

[Scarlett.]

London 2012 :eek:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l303/Guerillaphoto/Ownage004.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l303/Guerillaphoto/Ownage006.jpg

[Lee.]

How the feck did they manage to get in there??

[Scarlett.]

Lol god knows, you think there'd be security everywhere xD

I just noticed the "Danger - Erection in process" sign xD

[Lee.]

hahaha!! :laugh3:

[Miss Ivy Balls]

WHAT IS 2012??? Is it to do with the football?

[Jessica.]

WHAT IS 2012??? Is it to do with the football?

It's a year.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Talking of 28 days later; i like that film.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

It's a year.

Yes Sherlock it is, but why is it associated with a picture of a stadium. Unless we've gone in some time warp.

[Scarlett.]

The Olympics lol

[Jessica.]

Yes Sherlock it is, but why is it associated with a picture of a stadium. Unless we've gone in some time warp.

:bored:

[Lee.]

WHAT IS 2012??? Is it to do with the football?

Thomas, I think you may act dimmer than you are?? :laugh:

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Thomas, I think you may act dimmer than you are?? :laugh:

Not at all. There would be no need to make such stuff up.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I've just Googled it. It is Olympics for athletes.

[Lee.]

Not at all. There would be no need to make such stuff up.

You sure? You'd maybe get away with more? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree but you confuse me something terrible! Sometimes you have me shaking my head in disbelief at your dumbness and other times you come across as very intelligent? Hmmmmm :)

[Miss Ivy Balls]

You sure? You'd maybe get away with more? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree but you confuse me something terrible! Sometimes you have me shaking my head in disbelief at your dumbness and other times you come across as very intelligent? Hmmmmm :)

That is because I am intelligent at some stuff.

I would know stuff you don't know and vica versa.

Why have they started building it now if it isn't until 2012?

[Lee.]

That is because I am intelligent at some stuff.

I would know stuff you don't know and vica versa.

Why have they started building it now if it isn't until 2012?


I suppose it will take quite a while to build?

[setanta]

Love all of that kinda thing.... desolate places that once were inhabited or used by people and now nature is gradually taking control.

[Kerry]

Yes love it and have taken many a photograph

[Scarlett.]

Love all of that kinda thing.... desolate places that once were inhabited or used by people and now nature is gradually taking control.

Yeah, something about it is attractive, it's strange

[Lee.]

Yes love it and have taken many a photograph

Have you?? Will you let us see some?

[Lee.]

Love all of that kinda thing.... desolate places that once were inhabited or used by people and now nature is gradually taking control.

James, have you looked at some of the photos on that site? Some of them give me the shivers!

[setanta]

Yeah, something about it is attractive, it's strange

It's therapeutic for me in a way: to see that we're just a tiny piece of the great power of life on Earth, you know? That eventually we have to succumb to it's force. Plus I think that buildings in general are monstrocities and would much rather see a field or a wood than something created by man.

[setanta]

James, have you looked at some of the photos on that site? Some of them give me the shivers!

No, will do though.

[Kerry]

Have you?? Will you let us see some?

I'll have a look through what I have. I also have an online pal who loves that stuff and will check out if he's fine with passing on links

[Lee.]

I'll have a look through what I have. I also have an online pal who loves that stuff and will check out if he's fine with passing on links

K. :thumbs:

[Scarlett.]

It's therapeutic for me in a way: to see that we're just a tiny piece of the great power of life on Earth, you know? That eventually we have to succumb to it's force. Plus I think that buildings in general are monstrocities and would much rather see a field or a wood than something created by man.

I get what you mean, in a way, its similar to looking at old ruins, except these arent so old, it's like a view of what the world will be like once were gone, the Earth will forget us

[setanta]

I get what you mean, in a way, its similar to looking at old ruins, except these arent so old, it's like a view of what the world will be like once were gone, the Earth will forget us

But what was it about ancient architecture that made them so beautiful? You don't see ugly castles or tombs or whatever. Have we become lazy or just apathetic towards the beauty of nature, creating rotten looking things all the time?

[Kerry]

K. :thumbs:

He kinda breaks the law to get his pics so need to ask him before I spread info :D

[Lee.]

He kinda breaks the law to get his pics so need to ask him before I spread info :D

Hahaha.. ok :)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

ive been looking at the pics on that site for the past hour its ****ing amazing! i want to do something like that but im too scared not of the police or anything of ghosts :eek:

[Lee.]

ive been looking at the pics on that site for the past hour its ****ing amazing! i want to do something like that but im too scared not of the police or anything of ghosts :eek:

Yeah, once you start looking at them, you can't stop.
I think if I did it, it would have to be with quite a few others.. feel a bit safer from the ghosts then. hahah

[Miss Ivy Balls]

real Titanic:

http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/images/2007/06/03/titanic_bow_railing.jpg
http://cafeparisien.com/images/imagescafe_542.jpg

[Miss Ivy Balls]

real Titanic:

http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/images/2007/06/03/titanic_bow_railing.jpg
http://cafeparisien.com/images/imagescafe_542.jpg

[setanta]

Some beautiful photos on that site Lee. Think they'd mind if we posted some of our favs on here?

[Lee.]

I love anything to do with the Titanic Thomas.. but it's a different feeling of sad when I see photos of it. It's not just surrounded by death, but by tragedy too, unlike a hospital, you know?
I'm planning on going to Poland next year and feel whilst there, I should really visit Auschwitz, but I'm not sure if I could! I'd imagine it must be an overwhelmingly sad and poignant place to visit!

[Lee.]

Some beautiful photos on that site Lee. Think they'd mind if we posted some of our favs on here?

Oh I hadn't thought of that! I've been posting photos and links! Och, no, I'm sure they wouldn't mind!

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I love anything to do with the Titanic Thomas.. but it's a different feeling of sad when I see photos of it. It's not just surrounded by death, but by tragedy too, unlike a hospital, you know?
I'm planning on going to Poland next year and feel whilst there, I should really visit Auschwitz, but I'm not sure if I could! I'd imagine it must be an overwhelmingly sad and poignant place to visit!

What is sad about Auschwitz?

[setanta]

Oh I hadn't thought of that! I've been posting photos and links! Och, no, I'm sure they wouldn't mind!

They obviously get into these places illegally, right? They're hardly tourist attractions anyway!

[Lee.]

What is sad about Auschwitz?

Thomas!!
It was a Nazi concentrarion camp used for murdering Jews during the second world war.

[Lee.]

They obviously get into these places illegally, right? They're hardly tourist attractions anyway!

Yeah.. they mostly break in.

[setanta]

Yeah.. they mostly break in.

Well, they were trespassing, so by that definition they can't claim copyright on the material they gathered from the place, including any photography.

Ok, that was waffle, but it sounded logical enough, right? lol

[Lee.]

Well, they were trespassing, so by that definition they can't claim copyright on the material they gathered from the place, including any photography.

Ok, that was waffle, but it sounded logical enough, right? lol

Yeah.. absolutely :)
Let's see your favourites

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Thomas!!
It was a Nazi concentrarion camp used for murdering Jews during the second world war.

Hadn't a clue. Sorry I didn't. Not the foggiest.

This picture is rather creepy:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3607415754_858b179a86.jpg

[setanta]

Yeah.. absolutely :)
Let's see your favourites

You first... i'm still browsing

[setanta]

The mortuary stuff is freaky, with lists still on the walls and stuff. Shiver me timbers

[setanta]

What I find really interesting about this site is how different people view the same place. I mean, quite a few of the members have visited the same places and yet their photographs can sometimes be quite unique.

[Lee.]

What I find really interesting about this site is how different people view the same place. I mean, quite a few of the members have visited the same places and yet their photographs can sometimes be quite unique.

Yeah.. there is one guy, but I can't remember his name, has by far the best eye for a good photo!
West Park asylum in Epsom seems to be one of the most explored places so the photos end up sort of samey, but I remember seeing this gys pics an they were absoluteyamazing!

[setanta]

Yeah.. there is one guy, but I can't remember his name, has by far the best eye for a good photo!
West Park asylum in Epsom seems to be one of the most explored places so the photos end up sort of samey, but I remember seeing this gys pics an they were absoluteyamazing!

Yep, I'm trying to keep note of the good photographers so I hit all of their threads. There's quite a number of them that are just point and click merchants.

[Lee.]

Yep, I'm trying to keep note of the good photographers so I hit all of their threads. There's quite a number of them that are just point and click merchants.

Tell me some of the better ones.. I am looking for photos that I liked before and I can't find them now! :(

[Scarlett.]

This isnt urban photography, but it's part of the next Silent Hill game, which looks to be bringing back the exploration of old buildings (SH2 had a lot of these sort of buildings)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs032.ash2/34977_418681474270_232947944270_4425901_3066514_n. jpg

[Lee.]

Yeah, Chewy, I love it. I have the newest one for the Wii (is it Shattered Dreams?) and I can't get into it. Can't beat the earlier ones!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

there are quite a few places on there near me somebody did the hospital i live like 5 mins away from i wanted to see pictures of the morgue but they said they couldnt get access? thats really weird that the morgue is more secure than the actual hospital itself lol

[Scarlett.]

Shattered Memories, I liked it but it was too different :p this newer one is returning to the old style

What I find quite scary about some of the hospital pics is the fact operating tools remain there

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i love silent hill but i only have a wii and theres only one silent hill game on wii (shattered memories) thats really freaky though when i first played it i ended up in a bathroom and somebody wrote something about somebody getting spit roasted on the wall :shocked:

[Lee.]

Shattered Memories, I liked it but it was too different :p this newer one is returning to the old style

What I find quite scary about some of the hospital pics is the fact operating tools remain there

In which format is the new one coming out?

[Scarlett.]

i love silent hill but i only have a wii and theres only one silent hill game on wii (shattered memories) thats really freaky though when i first played it i ended up in a bathroom and somebody wrote something about somebody getting spit roasted on the wall :shocked:

lol have you got to the end? :p basically the whole game is inside Cheryl's head

In which format is the new one coming out?

Xbox 360 and PS3, the developers for this one are really engaging with fans (the writer has joined up to a forum I'm on and has been talking to us xD)

[Lee.]

there are quite a few places on there near me somebody did the hospital i live like 5 mins away from i wanted to see pictures of the morgue but they said they couldnt get access? thats really weird that the morgue is more secure than the actual hospital itself lol

Remember, these people are breaking into most of these areas so I suppose some are more difficult to get into..
Some of the morgue ones really frak me out. The slabs having a wee drain on them makes me cringe for some reason.. :)

[Scarlett.]

I'd hate to visit the asylums at night time xD

[Lee.]

lol have you got to the end? :p basically the whole game is inside Cheryl's head



Xbox 360 and PS3, the developers for this one are really engaging with fans (the writer has joined up to a forum I'm on and has been talking to us xD)

Hmm.. I currently have a Wii and a PS2. Bad times :(

[Scarlett.]

Hmm.. I currently have a Wii and a PS2. Bad times :(

D:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

lol have you got to the end? :p basically the whole game is inside Cheryl's head

I completed it in like 5 days i cheated and used a walkthrough :blush: so i already knew how it ended :bawling: it was still freaky though and i didnt know which ending i would get. i got the pervert ending :bawling::bawling::bawling:

[Lee.]

I'd hate to visit the asylums at night time xD

To be honest, I would hate to visit most of these places at night! I was looking at photos earlier from a group who only go at night.. they must be mental. Imagine the slightest little noise? how you would react?
Not just buildings ns tuff either.. saw an abandoned funfair earlier.. how creepy would that be at night?!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

this one is really creepy :bawling:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4672325487_9abcc61177_b.jpg

[Scarlett.]

To be honest, I would hate to visit most of these places at night! I was looking at photos earlier from a group who only go at night.. they must be mental. Imagine the slightest little noise? how you would react?
Not just buildings ns tuff either.. saw an abandoned funfair earlier.. how creepy would that be at night?!
I'm just imagining a clown running around now D:

I completed it in like 5 days i cheated and used a walkthrough :blush: so i already knew how it ended :bawling: it was still freaky though and i didnt know which ending i would get. i got the pervert ending :bawling::bawling::bawling:

I got the pathetic dad ending xD D: I did the UFO quest on my second playthrough though xD

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

To be honest, I would hate to visit most of these places at night! I was looking at photos earlier from a group who only go at night.. they must be mental. Imagine the slightest little noise? how you would react?
Not just buildings ns tuff either.. saw an abandoned funfair earlier.. how creepy would that be at night?!

did you see the one of the swimming pool where the guy said he didnt stay long because he kept hearing voices :shocked::shocked::shocked:

[Scarlett.]

this one is really creepy :bawling:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4672325487_9abcc61177_b.jpg

I saw that one, apparently the guy wanted to do a picture of himself nude on there..but once he got there and saw what was on the table, he decided against it xD

[Scarlett.]

did you see the one of the swimming pool where the guy said he didnt stay long because he kept hearing voices :shocked::shocked::shocked:

That'd put me off for life xD

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I saw that one, apparently the guy wanted to do a picture of himself nude on there..but once he got there and saw what was on the table, he decided against it xD

:shocked:

[Lee.]

this one is really creepy :bawling:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4672325487_9abcc61177_b.jpg

God, yeah that's horrible.. You know all it takes is a couple of little hoody *******s to get in there and there thay have themselves some ****ty offensive weapons. I'm surprised that sort of thing isn't cleared actually (although I'm glad it isnt; the photos wouldn't be as interesting without the "props")

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i like the asylum ones but why do they have morgues in the asylums???

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

whoa they even have patient files!!! i think they are anyway

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/cobra00uk/DSC_0374.jpg

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

is that a patients file or am i being stupid lol

[Scarlett.]

i like the asylum ones but why do they have morgues in the asylums???

I think so D: they are very creepy places

[Lee.]

did you see the one of the swimming pool where the guy said he didnt stay long because he kept hearing voices :shocked::shocked::shocked:

Lol.. no. Show me the link. That would terrify me..and probably put me off to be honest!
If I was to do this, I would have to continually be with 5 or 6 people, definitely holding onto at least two of them and I would neead my head, ears and neck covered! (don't ask why, but for some reason, when I am scared, I automatically want my ears and head covered) hahahaha

[Lee.]

i like the asylum ones but why do they have morgues in the asylums???

I take it people die in asylums too.. You know, if they're suffereing from severe mentalism and spend their whole life institutionalised?

God that's a really sad thought.. makes the morgue pictures even worse!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Lol.. no. Show me the link. That would terrify me..and probably put me off to be honest!
If I was to do this, I would have to continually be with 5 or 6 people, definitely holding onto at least two of them and I would neead my head, ears and neck covered! (don't ask why, but for some reason, when I am scared, I automatically want my ears and head covered) hahahaha

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=49595&highlight=hearing+voices

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I take it people die in asylums too.. You know, if they're suffereing from severe mentalism and spend their whole life institutionalised?

God that's a really sad thought.. makes the morgue pictures even worse!

god this is so creepy :bawling::bawling:

[Lee.]

whoa they even have patient files!!! i think they are anyway

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/cobra00uk/DSC_0374.jpg


Yeah, I think so... It's quite shocking eh?

There's a sticky on the hospitals and asylums forum regarding patient records etc but I didn't read it

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Yeah, I think so... It's quite shocking eh?

There's a sticky on the hospitals and asylums forum regarding patient records etc but I didn't read it

im guessing they will have been dead for a while so i dont think they will be too fussed :joker:

[Scarlett.]

The Mourge's were also needed if there was any accidents in the iron lungs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung) too D:

[Lee.]

The Mourge's were also needed if there was any accidents in the iron lungs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung) too D:

That's actually one of the threads I can't find! There was one place with amazing photos of an iron lung but I can't find it...

[Scarlett.]

That's actually one of the threads I can't find! There was one place with amazing photos of an iron lung but I can't find it...

I hate the idea of them xD it could just go so wrong D: I'll look out for it when I'm looking around the forums xD

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

padded cell :eek:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/Billanderson/IMGP9241tn.jpg

[alc09]

Always view these sites from time to time, very interesting stuff.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

those iron lung things? do the patients have to stay in them all the time?

jesus christ this is depressing :joker:

[pinkmichk]

thanks to this thread i lost about 4 hours of my night last night just looking at pics it really makes me want to go out with my camera wouldnt do it alone though esp somewhere like a asylum on that who goes round opening all the doors in them oh and i saw 1 there was a hanging doll in the asylum had i seen that in person i woulda shat myself

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

this one is from an asylum

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/cheesetastic2000/Barrow%20gurney%20hospital/2008_03020133.jpg

what the hell was that used for???

[Lee.]

I know! It's strange, but I get a really horrible down feeling if I look at this sh!t for too long. In fact I'm going to go and actually do something productive for a bit. Give myself a break from, morgues and gurneys and ghosts and suchlike :)

[Lee.]

thanks to this thread i lost about 4 hours of my night last night just looking at pics it really makes me want to go out with my camera wouldnt do it alone though esp somewhere like a asylum on that who goes round opening all the doors in them oh and i saw 1 there was a hanging doll in the asylum had i seen that in person i woulda shat myself

Haha.. sorry about your 4 hours! :D

It is really addictive though isn't it?!

And no, there no way on earth you'd get me to creep about these places on my own!! :nono:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i would never ever ever go to an abandoned asylum unless there was atleast 20 other people

[Lee.]

this one is from an asylum

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/cheesetastic2000/Barrow%20gurney%20hospital/2008_03020133.jpg

what the hell was that used for???

Hmm.. I have no idea whatsoever! Which asylum is it?

[Scarlett.]

thanks to this thread i lost about 4 hours of my night last night just looking at pics it really makes me want to go out with my camera wouldnt do it alone though esp somewhere like a asylum on that who goes round opening all the doors in them oh and i saw 1 there was a hanging doll in the asylum had i seen that in person i woulda shat myself

lol it's all very captivating :)

those iron lung things? do the patients have to stay in them all the time?

jesus christ this is depressing :joker:

I'm not sure, sometimes I think it was used for therapy, in Silent Hill: 0rigins we visited an old Sanitarium and there was an iron lung, I seem to remember there being a flashback of one of them going wrong, it was pretty disturbing (not visually, as SH isnt about visible horror, so there was no blood ect.)

this one is from an asylum

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/cheesetastic2000/Barrow%20gurney%20hospital/2008_03020133.jpg

what the hell was that used for???

I'm guessing it's some sort of chair bath thing xD

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Hmm.. I have no idea whatsoever! Which asylum is it?

i cant remember now lol

[Lee.]

Actually, it's just a misleading pic.. I think it's just a dentists chair and the wee tap is just the thing next to the chair that you would spit into?

[pinkmichk]

it is i kept thinking hmm bedtime now but couldnt stop looking showed my friend it too & she also thought it were cool talk of when i go to visit her in sheffield of planning something to a old maternity hospital i would feel lots better doing something with someone than alone

[Miss Ivy Balls]

What's an asylum anyway?

I am sure you'll think I am making this up, but I honestly do not know.

[Lee.]

What's an asylum anyway?

I am sure you'll think I am making this up, but I honestly do not know.

Thomas.. I think you do know what an asylum is!! I'm sure of it!

It's a mental hospital!

[Scarlett.]

What's an asylum anyway?

I am sure you'll think I am making this up, but I honestly do not know.

A mental hospital :p

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i lol'ed at this one

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/trukey/hart3.jpg

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Fine. I couldn't be bothered whether you believe me or not. It's your problem if you choose to not believe me, not mine.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Fine. I couldn't be bothered whether you believe me or not. It's your problem if you choose to not believe me not mine.

thomas youve been in one how could you not know what it was

[Scarlett.]

i lol'ed at this one

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/trukey/hart3.jpg
hahaha :joker:

[Lee.]

Fine. I couldn't be bothered whether you believe me or not. It's your problem if you choose to not believe me, not mine.

Och Thomas! Don't be like that! I'm just teasing! :)

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Och Thomas! Don't be like that! I'm just teasing! :)

I don't think you are teasing. It happens all the time. I don't know something so I must be making it up. Not just talking about you, but a lot of people seem to think I do.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

heres another from an asylum this one made me feel sad :sad:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3477/3787394804_d215454b9c.jpg

[Scarlett.]

heres another from an asylum this one made me feel sad :sad:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3477/3787394804_d215454b9c.jpg

I wonder why they stopped counting?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I wonder why they stopped counting?

:bawling: :bawling: :bawling:

[Scarlett.]

:bawling: :bawling: :bawling:

d: D: D: D:

[Lee.]

I don't think you are teasing. It happens all the time. I don't know something so I must be making it up. Not just talking about you, but a lot of people seem to think I do.

OK.. Point taken.. I'll stop it. Sorry :)

[Miss Ivy Balls]

This is a nice picture:

http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2-abandoned-asylum.jpg

Looks like something out of Rose Red.

[Lee.]

heres another from an asylum this one made me feel sad :sad:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3477/3787394804_d215454b9c.jpg

God that is really sad!!

I hope he or she was counting down to their birthday or something?!

Can anybody make out the list on the right hand side? Could it be a party invites list?

[Miss Ivy Balls]

OK.. Point taken.. I'll stop it. Sorry :)

It is fine. :hug:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

God that is really sad!!

I hope he or she was counting down to their birthday or something?!

Can anybody make out the list on the right hand side? Could it be a party invites list?

they might have been counting down to getting released but then they stopped counting :bawling:

[Lee.]

Maybe they got out on the 26th though... It's maybe a happy image rather than a sad one?

[pinkmichk]

remember the question bout morgues?? maybe they were counting down to when they planned to end it given its from a asylum dont bear thinking bout really but you know what i mean?

[Scarlett.]

This is a nice picture:

http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2-abandoned-asylum.jpg

Looks like something out of Rose Red.

Nature really has taken that place back

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I've yet to see any pictures that really disturbs me.

All these pictures seem pretty normal to me.

I want to be scared!

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Nature really has taken that place back

I think that is what makes it looks cool. Also the fact it is surrounded by water. Like an island where no one can hear the patients' screams.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

remember the question bout morgues?? maybe they were counting down to when they planned to end it given its from a asylum dont bear thinking bout really but you know what i mean?

:bawling: im need to stop looking at these for a while :joker:

[pinkmichk]

i want to explore this 1 bar the pic 16 part :joker:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=49876

[Scarlett.]

I think that is what makes it looks cool. Also the fact it is surrounded by water. Like an island where no one can hear the patients' screams.

Aye :D

[Scarlett.]

i want to explore this 1 bar the pic 16 part :joker:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=49876
that'd freak me out! and LOL at the police xD

[Miss Ivy Balls]

OMFG. Squelssssssssssssssssssssss.

I have a picture of a lady in quarantine back in the day.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

OMFG. Squelssssssssssssssssssssss.

I have a picture of a lady in quarantine back in the day.

[Lee.]

i want to explore this 1 bar the pic 16 part :joker:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=49876

I know! Imagine being there at night with just torches and seeing that.. I don't think my ticker would hold out to be honest! :D

[pinkmichk]

that'd freak me out! and LOL at the police xD

from what i read a lot of them collect those police stop/search forms almost like a badge of honour

[pinkmichk]

I know! Imagine being there at night with just torches and seeing that.. I don't think my ticker would hold out to be honest! :D

its the 1 i were talking bout even in daytime i would be crapping myself if i saw that

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Some other pictures of the same place of the same photo I last posted:

Ohhhhh lordyyyy. Take a look at some of these pictures. I especially like this first one as it has a nice view:

http://www.mountain7.co.uk/uploads/opacity2.jpg
http://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/typhoid-mary-in-quarantine.jpg
As we near the end of the winter of the Swine Flu we are reminded of another time in history, before vaccines and antibiotics, when the rapid spread of disease struck fear in the hearts of the population of New York.


In the summer of 1906, New York banker Charles Henry Warren took his family on vacation to Oyster Bay Long Island. He rented a summer home from George Thompson and his wife and looked forward to rest and relaxation in one of the most beautiful vacation spots in America. Being quite well of the family could afford to hire their own private cook for the trip and Warren and his wife hired Mary Mallon a 37 year old Irish domestic who had emigrated to the States when she was about fifteen.

On August 27, one of the Warren's daughters became ill with typhoid fever. Soon, Mrs. Warren and two maids became ill; followed by the gardener and another Warren daughter. In total, six of the eleven people in the house came down with typhoid.

Since the common way typhoid spread was through water or food sources, the owners of the home feared they would not be able to rent the property again without first discovering the source of the outbreak. The Thompsons first hired investigators to find the cause, but they were unsuccessful.

Then the Thompsons hired George Soper, a civil engineer with experience in typhoid fever outbreaks. It was Soper who believed the recently hired cook, Mary Mallon, was the cause. Mallon had left the Warren's approximately three weeks after the outbreak. Soper began to research her employment history for more clues.

Soper was able to trace Mallon's employment history back to 1900. He found that typhoid outbreaks had followed Mallon from job to job. From 1900 to 1907, Soper found that Mallon had worked at seven jobs in which 22 people had become ill, including one young girl who died, with typhoid fever shortly after Mallon had come to work for them.


Marry Mallon in North Brother Hospital Bed
Wikimedia Commons


Convinced that Mary was the source of these typhoid cases he approached her to see if she would co-operate and allow for the analysis of a stool specimen. Insulted and probably frightened, Mary refused to co-operate, twice threatening Soper with a knife. Eventually, New York Public Health Officials had to "capture" Mary and take her, against her will, to Willard Parker Hospital.

Tests at the hospital revealed Mary to be the first healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. Upon discovering this the health department transferred Mallon to an isolated cottage (part of the Riverside Hospital) on North Brother Island (in the East River near the Bronx).

Mary was taken against her will and essentially imprisoned because she was a carrier of a disease that could kill others who came into contact with the food she was preparing. The incident created a myriad of moral and ethical questions for the health care professionals in the city at the time. There was a charter in place allowing for the quarantine of sick people but to imprison someone who was healthy seemed wrong.

In 1909, after having been isolated for two years on North Brother Island, Mallon sued the health department. But the judge in the case ruled in favor of the health officials and Mallon, now popularly known as "Typhoid Mary," "was remanded to the custody of the Board of Health of the City of New York." Mallon went back to the isolated cottage on North Brother Island with little hope of being released.

In February of 1910, a new health commissioner decided that Mallon could go free as long as she agreed never to work as a cook again. Anxious to regain her freedom, Mallon accepted the conditions. On February 19, 1910, Mary Mallon signed an affidavit stating that she "is prepared to change her occupation (that of cook), and will give assurance that she will upon her release take such hygienic precautions as will protect those with whom she comes in contact, from infection." She was let free.

In early 1915, twenty-five people became ill with typhoid at the Sloane maternity hospital. When workers noticed a resemblance of a cook, Mary Brown, to earlier photos of Typhoid Mary, it was found that Mary had taken a job as a cook at the hospital breaking her agreement with the Public Health Department.

Mallon was again sent to North Brother Island to live in the same isolated cottage that she had inhabited during her last confinement. For twenty-three more years, Mary Mallon remained imprisoned on the island. She would remain at North Brother until her death from complications of a stroke in 1938. An autopsy showed she still was still a carrier at the time of her death.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Some other pictures of the same place of the same photo I last posted:

Ohhhhh lordyyyy. Take a look at some of these pictures. I especially like this first one as it has a nice view:

http://www.mountain7.co.uk/uploads/opacity2.jpg
http://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/typhoid-mary-in-quarantine.jpg
As we near the end of the winter of the Swine Flu we are reminded of another time in history, before vaccines and antibiotics, when the rapid spread of disease struck fear in the hearts of the population of New York.


In the summer of 1906, New York banker Charles Henry Warren took his family on vacation to Oyster Bay Long Island. He rented a summer home from George Thompson and his wife and looked forward to rest and relaxation in one of the most beautiful vacation spots in America. Being quite well of the family could afford to hire their own private cook for the trip and Warren and his wife hired Mary Mallon a 37 year old Irish domestic who had emigrated to the States when she was about fifteen.

On August 27, one of the Warren's daughters became ill with typhoid fever. Soon, Mrs. Warren and two maids became ill; followed by the gardener and another Warren daughter. In total, six of the eleven people in the house came down with typhoid.

Since the common way typhoid spread was through water or food sources, the owners of the home feared they would not be able to rent the property again without first discovering the source of the outbreak. The Thompsons first hired investigators to find the cause, but they were unsuccessful.

Then the Thompsons hired George Soper, a civil engineer with experience in typhoid fever outbreaks. It was Soper who believed the recently hired cook, Mary Mallon, was the cause. Mallon had left the Warren's approximately three weeks after the outbreak. Soper began to research her employment history for more clues.

Soper was able to trace Mallon's employment history back to 1900. He found that typhoid outbreaks had followed Mallon from job to job. From 1900 to 1907, Soper found that Mallon had worked at seven jobs in which 22 people had become ill, including one young girl who died, with typhoid fever shortly after Mallon had come to work for them.


Marry Mallon in North Brother Hospital Bed
Wikimedia Commons


Convinced that Mary was the source of these typhoid cases he approached her to see if she would co-operate and allow for the analysis of a stool specimen. Insulted and probably frightened, Mary refused to co-operate, twice threatening Soper with a knife. Eventually, New York Public Health Officials had to "capture" Mary and take her, against her will, to Willard Parker Hospital.

Tests at the hospital revealed Mary to be the first healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. Upon discovering this the health department transferred Mallon to an isolated cottage (part of the Riverside Hospital) on North Brother Island (in the East River near the Bronx).

Mary was taken against her will and essentially imprisoned because she was a carrier of a disease that could kill others who came into contact with the food she was preparing. The incident created a myriad of moral and ethical questions for the health care professionals in the city at the time. There was a charter in place allowing for the quarantine of sick people but to imprison someone who was healthy seemed wrong.

In 1909, after having been isolated for two years on North Brother Island, Mallon sued the health department. But the judge in the case ruled in favor of the health officials and Mallon, now popularly known as "Typhoid Mary," "was remanded to the custody of the Board of Health of the City of New York." Mallon went back to the isolated cottage on North Brother Island with little hope of being released.

In February of 1910, a new health commissioner decided that Mallon could go free as long as she agreed never to work as a cook again. Anxious to regain her freedom, Mallon accepted the conditions. On February 19, 1910, Mary Mallon signed an affidavit stating that she "is prepared to change her occupation (that of cook), and will give assurance that she will upon her release take such hygienic precautions as will protect those with whom she comes in contact, from infection." She was let free.

In early 1915, twenty-five people became ill with typhoid at the Sloane maternity hospital. When workers noticed a resemblance of a cook, Mary Brown, to earlier photos of Typhoid Mary, it was found that Mary had taken a job as a cook at the hospital breaking her agreement with the Public Health Department.

Mallon was again sent to North Brother Island to live in the same isolated cottage that she had inhabited during her last confinement. For twenty-three more years, Mary Mallon remained imprisoned on the island. She would remain at North Brother until her death from complications of a stroke in 1938. An autopsy showed she still was still a carrier at the time of her death.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

"Mallon was again sent to North Brother Island to live in the same isolated cottage that she had inhabited during her last confinement. For twenty-three more years, Mary Mallon remained imprisoned on the island. She would remain at North Brother until her death from complications of a stroke in 1938. An autopsy showed she still was still a carrier at the time of her death"

What a quality of life. :(

[Lee.]

I've yet to see any pictures that really disturbs me.

All these pictures seem pretty normal to me.

I want to be scared!

I don't really find any of them scary as such... just really sad and depressing.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I don't really find any of them scary as such... just really sad and depressing.

this.

[Lee.]

Aye :D

Chewy, where are you from?

[Mrluvaluva]

Very interesting site. I notice that even the BB house is not safe...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23854

[Lee.]

Very interesting site. I notice that even the BB house is not safe...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23854

Hahaha.. I've spent hours on that site looking at stuff and have never even noticed that!

God these people must have brass necks just to walk into some of these places eh?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Very interesting site. I notice that even the BB house is not safe...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23854

that is epic!!!!!!!!

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Very interesting site. I notice that even the BB house is not safe...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23854

That thread was closed. Was she even suppose to be in there?

[Lee.]

That thread was closed. Was she even suppose to be in there?

Most threads are closed for some reason.. and to be honest with you, I don't think any of these people are supposed to be in any of those places :)

[Mrluvaluva]

Hahaha.. I've spent hours on that site looking at stuff and have never even noticed that!

God these people must have brass necks just to walk into some of these places eh?

I agree. I wouldn't have the balls to do it and it seems to take a lot of planning and finding people "in the know". Some of these places people go past every day and don't even know what they were at one time. I have learnt a few things from there today.

[Lee.]

I agree. I wouldn't have the balls to do it and it seems to take a lot of planning and finding people "in the know". Some of these places people go past every day and don't even know what they were at one time. I have learnt a few things from there today.

I wouldn't have the balls to do it, but I would like to go with a crowd of experienced folk..you know just to watch what goes on. I wouldn't like to go anywhere unsafe though.. A few of them break into unstable buildings etc.. that would scare me

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I didn't even really know these places existed. Why not knock them down if they're not being used. Is there really a need to keep mental hospitals still standing after years and years.

[Mrluvaluva]

I wouldn't have the balls to do it, but I would like to go with a crowd of experienced folk..you know just to watch what goes on. I wouldn't like to go anywhere unsafe though.. A few of them break into unstable buildings etc.. that would scare me

Some of them sound very dangerous, but some of the places are quite breathtaking. It's a shame more cannot be done to renovate them, such as St Pancras Chambers:


http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=26749


I like the fact that the people on the site that "visit" these places respect them and leave them as they find them more or less, so other people can go on enjoying them too, which is more than can be said of some others who have been in some of these places.

[setanta]

I'd like to see more late evening shots. They'd be very creepy, with night approaching.

[billy123]

Many thanks to the OP the 28DL forum is a goldmine including a few posts in my hometown including a nuclear bomb shelter which i have also visited with the owner.
Top notch i have spent hours searching that forum i love this type of thing.

[Claymores]

Many thanks to the OP the 28DL forum is a goldmine including a few posts in my hometown including a nuclear bomb shelter which i have also visited with the owner.
Top notch i have spent hours searching that forum i love this type of thing.

I'm kinda addicted to "Cities of the Underworld" on discovery Channel.

Quite near to where I live is Scotland's old Nuclear Shelter (now a crappy tourist attraction). My German pals all fall about in stitches when they see the signpostings for it "Scotland's Sectet Bunker ---->". Whenever one of them comes across, it's always their ambition to be photograhed standing next to the signpost and pointing.........I think at least half a dozen have done it now, it's become, an 'I visited Ian' marker to share the pic on a site we use! :joker:

[pinkmichk]

that bb one is epic
thomas they are not meant to be in any of the places thats the whole point about it but if you read the site they never break & enter nor do they go in and trash the place or take anything
my favourite poster on there is downfallen go check his stuff in the high stuff out (he mostly did high stuff cos he also had (i say had cos he died in december in a base jumping accident) a love of base jumping & sky diving) his pictures of london from high up buildings are just wow he even got on the 02 (speaking of which check his picture of the 02 in fog just amazing)

[Lee.]

Some of them sound very dangerous, but some of the places are quite breathtaking. It's a shame more cannot be done to renovate them, such as St Pancras Chambers:


http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=26749


I like the fact that the people on the site that "visit" these places respect them and leave them as they find them more or less, so other people can go on enjoying them too, which is more than can be said of some others who have been in some of these places.

They are great photos of St Pancras chambers.. what a beautiful looking place.

I notice too that they were taken by the forum memeber "Downfallen" who Pinkmichk mentions above..

I'm going to go and have a look at some more of his pics.

[Lee.]

I looked at all his pics.. Really tragic that he died doing something he loved :(

[billy123]

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=51251
i found that one to be interesting if a bit dangerous.
i read the whole thread and it ended up in the newspapers and the company that owned the site expressed how concerned they were at the breach in security and they had to hire a steeplejack to retrieve the flag they left up there :)
well the flag had the forums web address on so the steeplejack joined the forum to thank them for earning him £300 he also returned the flag and told them to keep up the good work he he.

[billy123]

I have also been reading downfallens reports he was a very talented photographer and graphic artist very sad.
here are a couple of videos he made and put on you tube before he died.
Yyuywrn0s-Q
SBrUXdAw_Dk

[Lee.]

Aw.. Bobnot, I haven't seen those videos. They're amazing but sad too? :(

[pinkmichk]

i was away last week and we went to a windmill (it was open to public and all so not really a explore) but i took pics in practice for when i go with my friend in sept i'm norm only really taking people pics or cars so was fun to do something different

[Lee.]

Funnily enough, I saw a really old abandoned windmill whilst on holiday last week.. I was itching to break in! hahaha

[billy123]

i was away last week and we went to a windmill (it was open to public and all so not really a explore) but i took pics in practice for when i go with my friend in sept i'm norm only really taking people pics or cars so was fun to do something differentThat sounds great you will have to let me know if you post them there.
i am planning on joining the forums over at 28DL as i may be able to wangle access to some victorian spa baths that have only seen the light of day to very few people in the last 30 years i was allowed in there as a contractor to do some work a few years ago and was absolutely staggered by what i saw such a beatiful place hidden from view. It will have to wait until i can buy a decent camera but with a bit of ear bending i think i can talk my way back in to get some photos.
Then i will join the forums and make my first contribution :)

[Lee.]

That sounds great you will have to let me know if you post them there.
i am planning on joining the forums over at 28DL as i may be able to wangle access to some victorian spa baths that have only seen the light of day to very few people in the last 30 years i was allowed in there as a contractor to do some work a few years ago and was absolutely staggered by what i saw such a beatiful place hidden from view. It will have to wait until i can buy a decent camera but with a bit of ear bending i think i can talk my way back in to get some photos.
Then i will join the forums and make my first contribution :)

Oh I can't wait! Let us know when you've done it..

*jealous*

[Shardlake]

Is anybody on these forums into urban exploration? (basically breaking into/photographing derlict buildings and the like)

I used to think I was weird as I used to always want to be left alone in buildings to have a root around after everybody was gone.. then I discovered I wasn't alone. There is a perfect hobby for me; but I have not yet indulged myself.. I want to one day though.

I have spent the past couple of years on this site http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/

Some of the images on there are amazing but some are really depressing (for me anyway) the disused hospitals and mental institutions especially.

Anyway, has anybody done this?

Thats a cool site, will have a good look through that. I dont partake in urban exploration, I am clumsy enough just walking down the street i'd probably break my neck in a derelict building :hugesmile: But I have heard of it and have seen it discussed before on Above Top Secret where there quite a few people who do it. Very interesting.

[pinkmichk]

i doubt i'll post these on there but if your curious heres link to album

[Lee.]

Thats a cool site, will have a good look through that. I dont partake in urban exploration, I am clumsy enough just walking down the street i'd probably break my neck in a derelict building :hugesmile: But I have heard of it and have seen it discussed before on Above Top Secret where there quite a few people who do it. Very interesting.

Once you start looking at that site, I swear you'll be there for hours! :)

I actually spent days on it when I first found it!

[Lee.]

i doubt i'll post these on there but if your curious heres link to album
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=504293&id=754900439&l=5196133815

they're great!

Funnily enough, the old windmill I saw was in Norfolk too!

Have you just been on hols to Norfolk too?

[pinkmichk]

yep we just spent the week down in hemsby horsey mill was just down the road

[Lee.]

I loved Norfolk.. gorgeous place :)

[billy123]

i doubt i'll post these on there but if your curious heres link to album
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=504293&id=754900439&l=5196133815Thank you for those they are great pics very interesting :thumbs:

[Lee.]

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=52632

See this sort of thing facinates me.. Who lived in this beautiful little house? When did they die? Why has the house not been touched at all? I don't just mean by vandals, but by anyone. I mean did the people who owned the house not have any family? Who owns this house? I'm glad it's available for the likes of urban exploration, but it is also sad that such a gorgeous house is being left to rot..

[Lee.]

I can understand why I fine abandoned hospitals and asylums creepy but why a theme park?? This gives me the shivers for some reason..

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=52213

[Lee.]

For those interested in this stuff, another site..

http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/

[pinkmichk]

did my first proper explore today with my bestie :) was lots of fun but rather spooky once inside & it were only a water filter house there was a serious amount of graffiti some horrid but some amazing pieces of art took pics of my fav pieces
pics here if you want a look

[Lee.]

did my first proper explore today with my bestie :) was lots of fun but rather spooky once inside & it were only a water filter house there was a serious amount of graffiti some horrid but some amazing pieces of art took pics of my fav pieces
pics here if you want a look

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=523904&id=754900439&l=5e2d84b180

Oh I'm jealous!! It looks great and yeah some of that graffiti is fairly impressive.. WHere next? :)

[pinkmichk]

not sure where next but now i've done 1 want to do more but doing this has changed my mind over a hospital or similar this were too spooky so couldnt even think bout a hospital type place

[Lee.]

not sure where next but now i've done 1 want to do more but doing this has changed my mind over a hospital or similar this were too spooky so couldnt even think bout a hospital type place

I think I could only do a hospital if there was a lot of people with me.. Christ knows how people do things like that alone!!
Good luck with your next explore anyway.. Look forward to more pics :D

[Lee.]

Just thought I'd bump this as I've been doing some serios lurking over on the 28dl forum.. some great new pics!

[Scarlett.]

Gonna have a peek xD

The official Silent Hill Facebook page has some cool Urban Exploration pics
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/album.php?aid=33604&id=112170395470694

[Lee.]

Gonna have a peek xD

The official Silent Hill Facebook page has some cool Urban Exploration pics
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/album.php?aid=33604&id=112170395470694

Nice!

I'm a big Silent Hill fan and always think of it when I see these photos of the asylums etc

[Scarlett.]

Thought this thread needed a bump, this place is a regularly updated (its like a forum, but pictures are the main things) place to find Urban Exploration pics
http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn

[King Gizzard]

Moved this to general, probably better placed here than getting buried in chat and games (in case you wondered why your post counts went up)

[Scarlett.]

Good thinking haha, deserves to be here more than C&G

[Shaun]

There was this Polish hospital that became a bit of a local activity really - loads of us, through word of mouth, heard about it and how it'd been abandoned (I think because of asbestos...) so naturally we broke in and explored it a couple of times.

The problem was we did it at night every time. And it was all one level - just loads and loads of wings and corridors and it felt like a maze. Naturally, since we were like 18/19 at the time, we'd dick around in them and try to scare each other senseless and it worked... I don't think I have any photos from it, but I remember some friends of mine made a music video in it -tries to find-

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probably best if you mute the music :laugh:

anyway they tore it all down about 2 years ago because of the constant intrusions and it was a health risk :(

[Shaun]

oh it was a settlement camp for WW2 Polish people, not a hospital (but had a small hospital, I remember finding a big room with lots of wheelchairs and gurneys)

[King Gizzard]

Atreyu :worship: (the song)

[Scarlett.]

This is probably the only abandoned place I've taken photos of

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/6902203697_99bbf7da10_b.jpg

Though as you can see, its not technically abandoned now xD

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6902201695_d63c17d0e9_b.jpg

[Lee.]

I'd actually forgotten about 28dl! :amazed:

There'll be loads of new stuff! God, there goes my weekend!

[Lee.]

I'd actually forgotten about 28dl! :amazed:

There'll be loads of new stuff! God, there goes my weekend!

[Petershaw1984]

Have any of you ever been urban exploring? I discovered it when i was in school and did the culverts and drains in roundhay park lake (my school was in the grounds) i didnt realise that it was so widesoreas untill a few years back when i discovered this site...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/
On this site are some wonderful pics and explores....

Please post some of your stories here and if you want to post pics


One rule we have when exploring is just take photos.......


Under neath leeds train station is supposedly anothrr station with platforms......ive seen a few pics when ii worked at a train depot but never any hard evidence..

[Livia]

I've been to Aldwych, a disused Underground station in London. It was quite creepy but great. It was a level in Tomb Raider 3, which is why I wanted to go... although I didn't have to shoot anyone, sadly.

[Josy]

Never done it but enjoy looking through the pics.

We have a thread about this btw I think Lee might have made it, if I find I will merge.

[Lee.]

Ooh.. yeah I made a thread about this!

Still never have done it though

[Josy]

Right I found Lee's thread so merged them.

[Petershaw1984]

Thanks josy

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/asylums-hospitals/81762-denbigh-asylum-inc-nurses-block-denbighshire-wales-june-2013-a.html

http://imageshack.us/a/img27/929/qygt.jpg

:joker:

[RichardG]

I've been looking at these urban exploration websites for ages now, there's some really interesting photos. The abandoned hospitals are really creepy.

[Ammi]

..is it something you would like to do, Richard..?..

[RichardG]

It'd be really exciting but I can almost guarantee i'd get caught in my first attempt :laugh: that or end up falling through a weak floor.

[Jake.]

I love stuff like this

[Lee.]

I love stuff like this

Me too.. I can honestly get caught up for days looking at people's photos.. I don't know why, but the asylum/old hospital ones start making me feel really weird after a while.

There's a few beautiful big photographic books in Waterstones just now.. I think ones called "beauty in Decay" I think I might buy me it :)

[King Gizzard]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/965ce08085079c853755f851bfcdfc25/tumblr_mrswxemud31sf5sa6o1_400.gif