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Forest Haven Asylum

This weekend I got to explore the decrepit remains of an asylum that was shut down nearly 30 years ago for the mistreatment of patients; one of the most deadly institutions in the United States, it has been called.  200 acres of asylum ruins, over 20 buildings with various trailers, school buses, and living quarters as well.  I spent three hours there and only explored eight of the buildings.  The size of the first building is 68,000 square feet. It is an incredibly overwhelming amount of stuff to see. I walked the halls of the administration office, where the staircases and hallways are still littered with files of patients.  I walked through the doorways where family members entered with their loves ones, hopeful to admit them to a better life.  I stood in rooms where patients were overcrowded, and abused.  Where they were left unattended for hours at a time.  I saw bathtubs where people have drowned,  I saw dozens upon dozens of hospital beds where people were