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1 2   UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Ohio Asylums... (Viewed 1153 times) Sceptic  Location: In the Dreams of a City that Never Sleeps Gender: Male 120  |  Ohio Asylums... < on 2/27/2010 6:37 PM >   Hey, I'm organizing a road trip with some of my friends and was planning a route, was curious if anybody has been to, and/or knew if any of these stops were worth it in Ohio... 1) Lima State Hospital 2) Athens State Hospital 3) Dayton State Hospital I also was thinking about checking out Mansfield Penitentiary which they say is "haunted" ... any suggestions... Thanks in advance for any help! "Instinctive forces influence the activity of consciousness. Whether that influence is for better or for worse depends upon the actual contents of the unconscious." ExploringOhio  Location: Hamilton, Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 1 on 2/28/2010 12:15 AM >   Mansfield is active, as it is owned by the local historical society. They have tours and "ghost hunts" that you can pay to go on last I heard. I doubt that security will be easy to circumvent and infiltrate, even at night. Never been there myself though, so don't hold me to all that. All just theory. -Cody Hamilton Ohio Paranormal Society Founder of SOPER: Southwest Ohio Paranormal Exploration and Research "It was a good drift," mused Erik, "but certainly not a great one!" R.I.P. Ninj. . .we'll see in in the big transit tunnel in the sky! R.I.P. My little Chipmunk Ali Baker 11/25/2005 musket boy  Location: Maui Gender: Male It smells like your grandpa and your feet stick to the floor  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 2 on 2/28/2010 1:03 AM >   is the Lima state hospital that one that's back in the woods of Shawnee where they treated TB patients or are you talking about a different one? [last edit 2/28/2010 1:04 AM by musket boy - edited 1 times] uering WarBird69  Location: Eastern TN Gender: Male Atomic Bird of War  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 3 on 2/28/2010 2:40 AM >   The one in Dayton is quite active. It is a nursing home or something now. When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life: -- BELIEVE Sceptic  Location: In the Dreams of a City that Never Sleeps Gender: Male 120  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 4 on 2/28/2010 8:54 PM >   Yes you all appear to be right, I think Lima state hospital is also in use now. Any suggestions in Ohio? Athens Kirkbride seems to be partially in use, partially abandoned. "Instinctive forces influence the activity of consciousness. Whether that influence is for better or for worse depends upon the actual contents of the unconscious." splumer  Location: Cleveland, Ohio Gender: Male  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 5 on 3/1/2010 6:22 PM >   Posted by Sceptic Yes you all appear to be right, I think Lima state hospital is also in use now. Any suggestions in Ohio? Athens Kirkbride seems to be partially in use, partially abandoned. There is one building on the grounds that is still empty, the rest are active. The main building is now the Kennedy Museum of American Art, which is worth a trip itself. When were you planning on going? I was planning on heading to the Athens area myself next month. PM me if you don't feel comfortable answering here. “We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.” -Madeline Albright seicer  Location: New York Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 6 on 3/1/2010 6:26 PM >   Lima has a TB hospital that most people are familiar with (not worth going to), and a Gothic-revival asylum that was converted into a prison. Although the prison briefly closed, it was reopened due to overcrowding conditions at the adjoining complex. Abandoned webhead2009   |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 7 on 3/3/2010 2:05 AM >   Mansfield is not a possibility. Guards are all around it. Don't know about the rest sorry. Mansfield does do tours though. tron_2.0  Location: Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 8 on 3/4/2010 4:05 PM >   Athens is partially abandoned but it is extremely difficult to access. They will call the police on you if you get caught, too. Lima I believe is being used again, but I'm not 100% sure on that. I do know that its a huge place. Also, the people at the kirkbride in Dayton are not particularly friendly. [quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] tron_2.0  Location: Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 9 on 3/4/2010 4:14 PM >   Lima looks like the building itself is disused, but practically everything around it seems to be in use (as an active prison). http://www.bing.co...here1=Lima%2C%20OH [quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] Sceptic  Location: In the Dreams of a City that Never Sleeps Gender: Male 120  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 10 on 3/5/2010 5:08 PM >   Nice Map! thanks, Yes, that seems a little risky, but what would some urban exploration be without some ninja skills. "Instinctive forces influence the activity of consciousness. Whether that influence is for better or for worse depends upon the actual contents of the unconscious." Sceptic  Location: In the Dreams of a City that Never Sleeps Gender: Male 120  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 11 on 3/5/2010 5:23 PM >   I May have mistaken Lima with the prison....the one in the middle is Lima?,,, "Instinctive forces influence the activity of consciousness. Whether that influence is for better or for worse depends upon the actual contents of the unconscious." tron_2.0  Location: Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 12 on 3/5/2010 9:43 PM >   Yes, the big circular building is what I'm referring to. Also, fwiw I believe the whole facility only has about 120 inmates and the central building is not used at all. [quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] DevilC  Location: Washington, District of Corruption Gender: Male I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 13 on 3/5/2010 10:22 PM >   Are any of these Ohio asylums haunted? Science flies you to the Moon. Religion flies you into tall buildings. Sceptic  Location: In the Dreams of a City that Never Sleeps Gender: Male 120  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 14 on 3/6/2010 5:56 PM >   Are any of these Ohio asylums haunted? There's really only one way to out...and its not by watchings TAPS. Also, fwiw I believe the whole facility only has about 120 inmates and the central building is not used at all. It looks like a pretty big building to explore, but it also looks like there might have to be some fence hopping "Instinctive forces influence the activity of consciousness. Whether that influence is for better or for worse depends upon the actual contents of the unconscious." splumer  Location: Cleveland, Ohio Gender: Male  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 15 on 3/7/2010 4:03 AM >   Posted by DevilC Are any of these Ohio asylums haunted? Athens has that reputation, and there is the "stain." The stain is the imprint of a woman who escaped from the asylum... in the '60s, I think, snuck into an unused building, took off her clothes (!) laid down and died. She laid there for a while before she was found, and her... "fluids" made a lasting stain on the floor. It's passed into Athens Legend, but it's real. I've seen it, and it's creepy as hell. If the asylum doesn't satisfy your haunting jones, the rest of the area is f'ed up enough to satisfy it. Ohio U., class of 1990. “We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.” -Madeline Albright tron_2.0  Location: Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 16 on 3/7/2010 5:24 PM >   I too have seen the infamous stain. Its really just kind of gross, at least thats what I thought. [quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] WarBird69  Location: Eastern TN Gender: Male Atomic Bird of War  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 17 on 3/7/2010 6:24 PM >   That sounds like reason enough to visit Athens. Did someone get pics of that infamous stain? When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life: -- BELIEVE Porcelain Doll  Location: philadelphia Gender: Female Who Cooks For You?  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 18 on 3/7/2010 10:03 PM >   Athens, you can go see the museum in admin but thats all you are going to see with the kirk. You can go uptop the hill and see the very small TB building. The one set of wards is being used by OSU with their graduate student's having studios inside them. which so happens to be the same side the stain is on. the stain is locked up behind a freshly built walk with a door, locked.(from what we could find) the rest of the wards are sealed up EXTREMELY tight. I wouldn't suggest trying to get in. I looked at Lima once, but was detered to find the big connected buildings are now used as a prison. And Dayton is now a nursing home, here is the website http://www.10wilmingtonplace.com/ maybe you can contact them but as someone said here already they aren't very friendly. [last edit 3/8/2010 1:50 AM by Porcelain Doll - edited 2 times] it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. “Everyones so shady. That’s why I’m so fuckin pale.” - Porcelain Black tron_2.0  Location: Ohio Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: Ohio Asylums... <Reply # 19 on 3/8/2010 1:41 AM >   I've been in both wards in Athens. Both are very difficult to access and not worth it imo. When I went the stain was easy to access, but its at the top floor of the very last ward, so it can be easily locked. However, it can be accessed through the attic. I would not recommend attempting to gain access to the ridges. It is a popular place for trespassers and is patrolled very regularly by police. The female wards are alarmed now as well. The staff at 10 Wilmington Place will kick you out if they see you taking photos. Speaking from experience. [quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Ohio Asylums... (Viewed 1153 times) 1 2   All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 740800249 pages have been generated.