Chicagoan Mike Kinsch went into the Ashland Avenue hospital — the birthplace of Hillary Clinton and John Wayne Gacy — on a recent night and documented the chilling scene.

Dec 30, 2016 12:48 AM

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It's a nope fest for the ages folks.

That dust mask should be a respirator.

Notice the shadow of his giant balls.

You're always supposed to go deeper, right?

Medical waste bags.

A little late for this...

Nope.

Looks like a good idea!

To Hell.

Mama said.

You think he had authorization?

Summary of Notifiable Diseases. US Department of Health and Human Services.

Silent Hill anyone?

Stop. Hammer time.

X marks the nope.

Learning.

Yeah I saw this scene in Aliens Resurrection. Learned my lesson.

Balls of copper.

Operating room

Nice shoes?

Records of deceased patients from the 90's. I 'member.

More of this "pool".

Can someone in the field please explain this?

Hallway to nope.

Nice Chicago-style graffiti.

More of the pool.

And of the deceased.

Pretty sure it's the Necronomicon.

No clue.

Obviously.

HIPAA was not implemented when this hospital was closed.

Sweet chandelier.

Outside shot - this is right in the middle of a major population center.

Again, would love a healthcare professional to identify/comment.

Why does it keep going down?

Urbanity.

Incase of fire, use stairs.

Love the 60's green.

We get it, you pool from Hell.

Finally heading out.

Maybe the creepiest prom album in the world.

Survival of the fittest.

Some imaging scans are called nuclear scans. That might be what the door was referring to.

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Fun fact: John Wayne Gacy and Hillary Clinton were born there! Chicago!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I work for an engineering firm in Denver. Recently got to survey a building that's been abandoned for about 12 years and has no power.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

DON'T DEAD OPEN INSIDE.

9 years ago | Likes 80 Dislikes 3

Loooove this shit

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Aren't patient records supposed to be taken care of by law? Seems odd to have death records just abandoned there.

9 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

Surprised the paperwork wasn't shredded up or burnt. Looked like a great tour around.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Flashback to America Horror Story Asylum

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Looked like a compazine suppository used alot for nausea with people who couldn't take it orally

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yaaay right before bed

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Looks like something from STALKER.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nuclear medicine uses radioactive particles that are either injected, eaten or put into the body to look at different physiologic functions

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As someone who frequently partakes in urban exploration...this is a damn dream for me

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Looks like the pool scene with Moriarty in Sherlock

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Fun fact the concept of silent hill was taken from the actual town of centralia PA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

See the legacy section for pop culture references. It's a very cool place I've been there a few times since I live in south central pa

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Trying to find a source but this is primarily true for the movie, correct?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Correct

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

i've always wanted to go there.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It has a very uneasy feeling around the whole place, that and while you're approaching it you can see the smoke rising out of the ground

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Home of the Graffiti Highway and Penis Trail as well

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Naturally

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Those are some great looking pics

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why do we not just demolish places like this?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The hope it can be re-used or re-developed, bureaucratic red tape, asbestos mitigation before demo, just plain not wanting to deal with it.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Money...

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Could be a whole bunch of issues. First is always money then perhaps needs asbestos removal or other hazardous materials. It looks closely

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Surrounded by a residential area so there could be issues with that as well.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Chicago.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

how does a hospital get abandoned

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

They build a new one with better stuff.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And just leave the medical records?

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

well i mean, i dont think they the patients are gonna come looking for them.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But their families might

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Community hospital. It was never nice to begin with only a matter of time.

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

It runs out of patience

9 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 0

comment of the fuckin' day right here.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

It's actually called Edgewater Medical Center and I, too, have broken in and explored it. In fact, that fish stencil in #10 is mine... :x

9 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 1

Is that the one where Ashland and Clark meet? I live about 10 min down the street. I've been wanting them to knock that thing downfor awhile

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yep. I live about a mile away

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

not really sure what you're trying to convey here...

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Holy fuck I used to drive by this every day

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Anyone else think this was the real world inspiration for The Last of Us?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I, too, read dnainfo.com.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

But do you, too, quick post it to Imgur and make FP?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

No :(

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What hospital that's a horror game

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How long had it been abandoned? That looks completely trashed

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It's in Andersonville, a really nice area populated by gays too old to tolerate boystown. They're actually taking about converting it.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's Chicago so about tree fiddy.

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

This needs to go to FP. Honestly, awesome pics!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It got there, by God, it got there.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nuclear Medicine: think radiation oncology, such as external beam therapy or brachytherapy.

9 years ago | Likes 88 Dislikes 2

Nuclear could have been x-rays at that point.

9 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 3

no. This hospital isn't that old.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think that would have been radiology. Nuclear medicine can involve irradiating marrow or inserting tiny radioactive pods to kill tumors.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I just had a nuclear medicine stress test. They object a gamma emitter and view its activity to trace out blood flow with a scintillation

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Detector. And that should be inject, not object....

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nuc Med tech here. We administer radioactive tracers in order to do functional imaging of organs/systems.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Also pharmacological stress testing sometimes will use radio tracers

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

1/3 I think nuclear medicine is used for diagnostics in human medicine. Radiation therapy refers to treatments. I work in a...

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

2/3 vet hospital and we can treat cats with hyperthyroidism by injecting them with radioactive iodine to destroy thyroid tumor cells...

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

3/3 which is radiation therapy, but to help diagnose where the tumor cells are, a radioactive compound can first be injected, and the cat...

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

...can be scanned. The radioactive compound will light up the affected anatomy, and that part is referred to as nuclear medicine.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Identify compazine? Antipsychotic. TX: anxiety, schizophrenia. Also nausea and vomiting. The papers look like logs. Medical professional.

9 years ago | Likes 214 Dislikes 11

Isn't records of dead people from the 90s then a hipaa violation on the state if it's an old public hospital?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The glasses next to them are to shield eyes from radiation.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Still used today. Abortive therapy for migraines in the ER. Also medical professional

9 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 0

Yep!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 9

Nausea. Hence the suppository.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I usually give this IM with a few others. You're right as rain in less than 20 minutes

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Note the shape: this is a rectal suppository. Good for very bad nausea or non-compliant psych patients. Source I am a nurse and former 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Compazine prescribee. Worked great for nausea until I developed restless legs. Absolutely horrible side effect if you've ever experienced it

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That sounds interesting though. What's that like?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Hard to describe the psychological torment of uncontrollable, constant movement. I couldn't get or stay asleep for weeks

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It was pretty much all in my legs, but sometimes my hands as well. It physically tires you and your muscles out but then keeps you up. Awful

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's awful! Was it the urge to move or like, just doing it on its own? Parkinson's looks so exhausting.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

red paper clip

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I was submitted to the hospital twice with uncontrollable vomiting, compazine is the only thing that made me stop. Zofran doesn't work on me

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

They ever try phenergan or benadryl on you?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

IV Benadryl worked but only because it puts me completely out. But phenergan has little effect

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lucky you! During chemo, I had a bad reaction to compazine and all the muscles in my face seized up and I was biting my tongue. Zofran ftw!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Jesus Christ

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I saw your username, do you speak Korean?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I know words.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 10

사랑해

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I said words man!

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 9

Are pools in hospitals a thing?

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Yep, sometimes for leisure, but usually for rehab. Some will offer infant water session things.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

This one was for the nurses, actually.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

uh....haven't seen it in ages, but the pool from hell...isn't that the pool from Constantine? catholic girl through skylight, etc?

9 years ago | Likes 121 Dislikes 0

So right. That was an easy one I missed.

9 years ago | Likes 46 Dislikes 0

Not sure but you just gave a film to watch tonight :D

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Into the light I command Thee.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

ITS SO GOOD

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Me*

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