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06-SEP-2004 iva

DSC_6660.JPG

The writing on the board startled us when we first walked into this room.
I wonder who wrote it?
What was even more startling though was the image number on my camera.
I purposely didn't title this image because my Nikon already did it for me. How Fitting!
I didn't notice this until just before I uploaded it to this gallery.

Nikon D70
1/20s f/5.6 at 18.0mm with Flash full exif

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alex123 16-Jan-2016 04:05
imagine if that was your class room\
Guest 22-Jan-2013 22:06
The stuff written on the board was probably done by vandals with nothing better to do shit if i was young and board i would have probably done the same thing!!! It is a creepy image though
Bridgette 14-Mar-2012 06:29
the first thing I noticed was the ceiling. It almost looks like a body was lying there at one time. Really REALLY creepy!
bonnie 26-Apr-2011 08:28
that is really crazy i belive in tht sort of stuff so i do belive tht it was left as a message of wat had happened there
Guest 21-Nov-2010 12:03
wasn't this the hospital that one who flew over the cuckoos nest "the movie " was based on starring jack nicholson ?? prob why someone wrote redrum jack nicholson also starred in the shining ...really dont think there is anything more then that to the message on the board
Tanya 18-Jan-2010 17:48
Seems apt to me. The place is possibly covered in graffitti tags now - not polite movie references in chalk ;)
Guest 26-May-2009 23:28
As David said below, this redrum word is a reference to The Shining by Steven King. Somebody with only minor creativity wrote it on the chalkboard. I saw the same exact message in a picture of an abandoned hospital in East LA. Don't read anything into it other than someone that has read the book or seen the movie thought it might creep someone out that hadn't seen it or read it.
Avinish 27-Apr-2009 04:09
What a miserable existence it must have been for all of those poor people that were locked away in that institution; day after day, year after year-what hell. For those poor people who lived and died there I hope their souls are at peace now. Life can be such a dark and lonely trek for many, where only death may bring them peace.
Ysabel :) 26-Apr-2009 04:57
it says "murder" backwards.

REDRUM--MURDER
David 11-Nov-2008 22:25
The "Yo" is a lot neater than redum. I think some Stephen King Fan visited this place.
J,R. 14-Oct-2007 15:24
I wouldn't be surprised if some kid didn't leave it there as a joke. But then again...
Guest 05-Oct-2007 12:22
there have been a lot of vandals in there and messing around. think about it!
David 03-Dec-2006 10:30
Have u ever seen the shining with jack nickleson, also ur camera saves in 4# so the 666 doesn't mean a thing b/c its really 6660 which in all means nothing b/c of the added zero. I don't dismiss paranormal activity b/c I, myself have visited an old hospital (manteno state hospital, IL) where i took video and captured a voice in a room where i was bymyself. so i am sorry to sound so unhearted here but i feel that u may be a little dramatize and i mean no offense to you at all and i only comment in the best in the interest in the paranormal observation. p.s. all in all i really like ur pictures, they really captured the feeling and look of these abandon rooms. if u have more please email me back, these institutions are amazing to me, in there unique designs and spacious span they have, definitely something u don't find now adays.
Leanne 02-Mar-2005 12:24
i couldnt understand why that message had been left on the board. as a strong beliver in the paranormal like you said on the door seen i reckon someone was trying to tell you what may of happened in the hospital. i havent seen quite a disturbing picture than this
emma 02-Mar-2005 12:24
i can't belive it, that is the weirdest thing i have ever seen, it crertainly gets your mind running riot!it really weirded me out...