First off, I'd like to apologize to Mr. Bitey, I enjoy your 'Rando Bando' threads, and I'm afraid I've kinda pirated your expression...well, I hope this makes up for it, some pre-Halloween candy (Cando) that I visited yesterday.
I drove 7 hours from North Carolina to Northern Ohio, intending to do some hospital explores. On I-77, I hit a chunk of rock in the road, which bent my wheel rim. After putting on the half flat donut, I limped to the nearest exit, and got some help from the Caldwell Goodyear station, who sent me to an LKW tire shop in Akron (which was kinda my destination anyway). Two tense hours later, I arrived and was promptly helped, got a new wheel, and was back on the road by 2pm. (Sorry for the shameless promotion, but the guys at Triplett Tire Depot deserve a shout out, they saved my explore, and saved my ass by getting be home in my 'daytrip' timeframe; these guys ROCK!)
Anyway, onto the reason we're here. I started with Edwin Shaw Hospital in Akron, which upon arriving, I found this massive structure (according to stupid lying Google satellite) was gone, just an overgrown parking lot near a golf course. Fortunately, I had another explore just south of Akron (not gonna reveal it's location, but I'm sure local explorers are aware of it), and a possible TB hospital way to the west. Upon reaching my second site, I found easy parking and PoE, and decided this might be a cool explore.
I'll caption the pics, but add that I didn't explore as much as I would've liked, as I started hearing sounds at one point, and it played hell with my already elevated stress level due to my tire troubles and fatigue. I will for sure return tho, this place is HUGE! Upon exiting, I saw a couple guys riding bikes on the property, and we got to chatting, they told me a bit about the place, it had been abandoned about 10 years, used to be pretty secure, but it seemed even the cops tended to ignore the place anymore. When I mentioned having found the morgue (or it might've been an autopsy room), they told me they'd of course been in the site, but had never found the morgue.
A third friend of theirs arrived, and they asked if I would take them to what I'd found...so just after experiencing my 1st morgue explore, I did my 2nd non-solo explore. We all had a decent time, and got out safe. Here are some of my pics, mostly taken on my first journey in:
1. The room I entered, complete with primitive, non-flat TV.
2. Welcome to Hell, y'all! Love seeing wheelchairs!
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4. Mmmm...radiology!
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7. One stop shower and exercise...
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9. I guess it's (almost) 5:00 somewhere.
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11. I couldn't get this door open...maybe not such a bad thing.
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14. My attempt at an art shot...I liked the coffee mug.
15. Here's the old caff/dining area.
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20. Ohhh...look what I found!!!
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23. I like that cart with the big wheels, reminds me of that creepy "You're dead" scene from Jacob's Ladder.
24. Embalmer? Fluid remover? Either way, it was a cool leftover.
25. Walk-in freezer, not sure if this was for body overflow or what. Nothing in here but shelving...I like the note where it says (PEEW).
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27. Ahhh, the autopsy table...
28. Looking back the way I came.
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30. He was all heart...but no brain!
31. Parts? PARTS?! Found this in a stairwell behind the morgue. Cweepy!
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33. 2nd floor nurse's station.
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38. This was the only stairwell I saw with these bars, on the 3rd floor. Kinda wonder if this was the psych ward area...
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40. Near the loading/unloading area near morgue. Empty those pockets!!
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42. Sorry about the flash...
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44. Made me think of werewolves...
45. Batcan? I'm not much for tagging, but this did look kinda cool.
46. Missed this the first time; a moldy old auditorium.
47. Meh?
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49. A nearly pristine, unbroken coffee cup just chillin' in an old room.
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Well, there you go, hope you all enjoy! Sorry about the graininess of some shots...I'm thinking a tripod (and slowing down) might help. I use an old-ish Canon SX100...
I will surely have to revisit this site (maybe after winter), and will hopefully find the OR's and stuff, but I'm just happy to have found the creepy morgue! Thanks for viewing!