FAIRFIELD STATE HOSPITAL aka FAIRFIELD HILLS:

Located in Newtown Connecticut, is the imfamous lost asylum Fairfield State Hospital or Fairfield Hills. (see under my pics)It reminds me of what Anthony Perkins said in Physco "WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES"-

The facility opened it's doors in 1933.  Fairfield Hills was built with hopes of releaving the overpopulation of the existing two Connecticut state hospitals for the insane, Connecticut and Norwich State. Built in the scenic country hills in Newtown the hospital was built to have a campus like feel. Two doctors were in on the project from the begining. Dr. Leaks was on the board, as first in comand. As the asylum grew, the place obtained more credit for it's strange and primitive methods for treating the insane. Fairfield was believe to house over 4,000 mental ill persons, inculding adolesents in it's hayday.The unique design of the hospital was credited to Dr. Leaks. The main campus consists of approximately 100 buildings on 185 acres. The buildings include patient and staff housing, hospital facilities. The entire property covers 800 acres. The buildings are connected to a series of underground tunnels, that were used to transport patients to other buildings. In October 1935, Dr. Leak put in his resignation, and Dr. Clifford D. Moore was appointed the new Superintendance. The hospital has a history of mysterious deaths, both workers and patients through out the years. Mistreatment of patients by doctors and nurses were an everyday thing in the past of Fairfield. Here is some background on what went on in the hospital before it's closing in 1995.

Early medical treatments used back then, today would be considered  cruel and unusual punishment.Lobotomy: Fairfield has been credited to the first place to perform a lobotomy in the united states alone. Frontal Lobotomy is a surgical procedure severing the connection between the prefrontal cortex and the rest of the brain. 4% would die, as a result of post-operative complications. This procedure was used on alcoholics, depressed, psychotic's, and persons with other sever mental illnesses.Hydrothearpy- this involved soaking bed sheets in ice water and wrapping the patient up in it. Many times hydrotherapy was given against a patient's will. As the chilliness wore off, the warmth would result in muscle relaxation that would cause the patient's mental state to calm. Patients may have been left in this pack for hours to as much as a couple of days. That may explain why some patients tried escapes, through violence, or sneaking out through the underground tunnels.Electro-shock therapy-It was in 1941 that electric shock therapy was introduced as a treatment for depressed patients. About 275 patients received this treatment 3 times a week. The procedure was to pass electricity through the brain, that would induce a grand mal seizure.Metrazol Shock Therapy: Discovered by a hungarian Dr in 1934 this treatment involved injecting patients with the drug Metrazol. The drug itself would cause convulsions, seizures, loss of consciousness and sometimes coma or death. This treatment was used for unruly patients, usually with mood disorders or sever depression. Restraints and Seculsion rooms: Patients who were thought to be able of harming themselves or other were placed in seculsion rooms and restrained. Sometimes left for days, or weeks in seculsion. Some patients were stripped of all clothing, given a blanket and could only lie on the floor. 

SEEN AND HEARD AT FAIRFIELD HILLS; Reports of a small figured woman peering out from the windows at night. Some speculate that the woman was either a former patient, or a nurse who was killed there in the 60's by ruthless imates (this is speculation). Trespassers say you can hear screams, crying and banging from inside, voices, falling objects from inside the dark rooms and halls. Inside the tunnels the same things have been heard, it is said that many homeless people were lerking down there at one time, some of which died there. Shadowy figures moving in the darkness, strange lights have been seen. Some have even been chased by unseen, unknown entites. Gusts of wind, cold and hot spots have been felt under ground. Relic's of the past can be found all around, untouched rusting medical devices, patient files, old damp blankets, decaying wheelchairs, and some say blood stained walls. The abandoned asylum is by far one of the worst places for negative energy so they say. If you have read it's past...you will understand why.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: Me and Frank only drove by, because we were being followed by a security truck. It was dark and a little scary, but I'm sure it's alot darker and alot scarier inside. This is one place, I will not mess with. IT IS TOO WELL GUARDED WITH GOOD REASON! Many vandals and break in's (Lets not even talk about the underground tunnels. They are practically caving in, so it would be pretty stupid to try and go in them) The town of Newtown has the old hospital tightly secure now. No one is allowed in after dark so don't even think about it.  Unless you care to face CRIMINAL prosecution or angry GHOSTS?-

NORWICH STATE HOSPITAL: "insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again expecting a different result"

Some information obtained from: http://www.abandonedasylum.com/nshhistory.html

Built in 1904, By September 30, 1905, 151 patients had been admitted. Ninety-five had been committed by probate court; fifty-five men and women had been transferred from Connecticut Hospital for the Insane. The Hospital expanded from a single patient building located on approximately 100 acres in 1904 to a complex system of many buildings on 900 hundred of acres by 1972. Two patient buildings were added in 1905 and another in 1907. During the next eight years, thirteen buildings were erected for patients; the daily average census in 1913 was 998. By this time an administration building, three cottages for physicians, a carpenter and maintenance shop, a main kitchen, garage, laboratory, staff house and an employees' club house had also been erected and the inebriate farm and the Colony had been established. Between 1920 and 1930 seven new buildings for patients were completed and another building was purchased for patients' use. By 1930 the average daily census had reached 2,422.Norwich has a similar history as FAIRFIELD HILLS, but Norwich hospital was said to have better treatment of patients. Mechanical restraint was used to protect the patients from themselves and others. Chemical sedation was also used with hydrotherapy as an effective treatment measure. At the end of the 70's the hospital's usefullness began to dwindle. Patients were sentenced to less time, and familes were adapting when it came to dealing with a family member with mental illness. People were begining to care for relatives in there homes, rather than sending them away to institutions. For a hosptial that once housed thousands, now sits in dormant ruination. An echo of the past.

Seen and Heard: Reports of screams and banging coming from inside the abandon building. Shadowy figures walking about the place. People who have visited there say you can still hear a woman sobbing, and strange noises indicating a presence are heard on the 3rd floor.

My Personal Experience: I am seeking directions to this place, I am told that it is guarded heavily by police and guards.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOSPITAL:  Located in Middletown, CT the hospital was built in 1868 and remains the oldest of mental asylums in the state, and amoung the first to take charge of helping the mentally ill. It was initially called "The General Hospital for insane in the State of Connecticut" By 1900 the building housed 2,000 patients. The name of the hospital changed in 1953 when a new administration took it over. Some of the buildings are 140 years old, others are newer. The campus stretches over 100 acres, and hosts 52 buildings. Most of the buildings are still in use, but several of the oldest buildings are decaying outside and in. Planning for historic rennovations was discused in the 1990's but nothing yet has been done.  

DARK PAST: Many suicides and suicide attempts (by hanging mostly) occured in the buildings bathrooms, as suicide prevention was minimal in the early days, and the hospital had many accessible ways for patients to harm themselves.  Suicide is still a problem even in the newer still running part of the hospital. In the past, patients  were mistreated, and mis-diagnosed, some were exposed to toxic treatments. Some would recieve medical treatment that was unnecessary to there needs, sometimes resulting in there death.

SEEN AND HEARD: Screams, banging noises, shadowy figures, distant moaning, voices...

Personal Experience: None to report.