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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!
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Nice post! I hope you had a respirator on  also nice to see the vandals haven't touched the place that much 
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Nice! Our hospital looked like that for a while. Until they cleaned it 2 years ago. Nice work!
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Posted by skythekidRST
Nice post! I hope you had a respirator on also nice to see the vandals haven't touched the place that much
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I was pretty shocked too at the lack of vandalism. And yes, I was definitely wearing a mask; the air quality in there was beyond terrible!
Nice! Our hospital looked like that for a while. Until they cleaned it 2 years ago. Nice work!
Thank you, Joker, are you referring to Charity (I've seen some recent threads about that one)? NOLA's about 12 hrs from me, but I'd guess there are some nice explores...I'd like to check out 6 flags, but no way in hell I'd attempt it alone!
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What an awesome set! As for pic #41...I better be wearing a nasa spacesuit with a Level A hazmat suit under it!! Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see your next set!
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Posted by Alpine7840
What an awesome set! As for pic #41...I better be wearing a nasa spacesuit with a Level A hazmat suit under it!! Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see your next set!
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Thank you, so glad you enjoyed! I have plenty of other explores from over the last year, I'll keep em coming soon. I actually noticed that door as I was leaving, and figured I'd take a shot. Not sure if it was sealed or not, as I did not even touch it...I was nowhere near outfitted for that risk!
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Posted by Cfourexplore
Thank you, Joker, are you referring to Charity (I've seen some recent threads about that one)? NOLA's about 12 hrs from me, but I'd guess there are some nice explores...I'd like to check out 6 flags, but no way in hell I'd attempt it alone!
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Not Charity, but another notable hospital abut 5 minutes away from it. I posted it under "Red Brick Queen". If you want to check it out, let me know! I'd love to go back. I've been there 4 times and it just gets better every time. It's best to go at around this part of the year because it starts to cool down and the wasps and spiders go away for a little bit, but not too late in the year for it to flood out.
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That mortuary room is sick. Nice find. Looking forward to tracking this down and visiting.
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I used to have that exact rainbow coffee mug!
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I’m sorry you missed out on the Edwin Shaw that place was pretty intense. Although it was heavily vandalized it was still and awesome spot. It’s a shame it’s gone now... Anyways that other one you saw is a great spot too, I’ll be revisiting that location in the near future. Glad you had a safe trip!
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oh wow. i have been really wanting to make it out to this place, but i'm mot sure i could find a way in. i have heard something about nosy neighbors too. i might have to give it a try sometime.
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Thanks alot for sharing.
Merry Christmas.
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Posted by selectedgrub
Thanks alot for sharing.
Merry Christmas.
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Thanks for enjoying/commenting, Merry Christmas to you as well!
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Awesome find and I enjoyed the photos. I still have a coffee mug like that. Finding a Morgue is just a thrill. Happy holidays!
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Posted by Onajhn
Awesome find and I enjoyed the photos. I still have a coffee mug like that. Finding a Morgue is just a thrill. Happy holidays!
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Thank you so much! This was a fun and exciting explore, I have a part 2 somewhere further down (my apologies to the mods for putting this in the wrong forum, my first few pic posts, I just wasn't thinking, and came to main).
That morgue was a great find, so far my first and only...I was surprised at how untouched it was, aside from dust. Happy holidays to you too; have fun and be safe out there!
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Great explore and great photos. Wish we had more stuff like this out here in my area.
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Nice story and shots dude, looking forward to your next trip
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That's some nice mold. That auditorium reminded me of this hospital in New Jersey that was just covered in mold.
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Thank you Million Dollar Man, and Southshore! I'm glad you enjoyed (there's a part 2 somewhere around here), there's nothing quite like an abandoned hospital...
That mold room is pretty wild; reminds me of another explore I did where many of the rooms were just nothing but mold wallpaper.
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