a primitive approach to mental health led to brutal treatments and, at times, deteriorating conditions. it s strange but when i was a little kid and i was misbehaving, my father would threaten me by saying i m gonna send you down to milledgeville and i would shut up. but to be here voluntarily all these years later, it feels a little wrong. a small section of the hospital is still in operation. there are still patients here at central state hospital over 300 of them and it s important to remember that this is still an active hospital. it s very disrespectful to them and to their treatment to try to come out here and either break into the buildings or quote unquote hunt for ghosts . beyond the working hospital, most of the estate is now in disrepair and in recent years, dark tourism has attracted an influx of urban explorers keen to record milledgeville s sinister legacy.
and it s important to remember that this is still an active hospital. it s very disrespectful to them and to their treatment to try to come out here and either break into the buildings or quote unquote hunt for ghosts . beyond the working hospital, most of the estate is now in disrepair and in recent years, dark tourism has attracted an influx of urban explorers keen to record milledgeville s sinister legacy. but structural damage and reports of decades old asbestos mean that the interiors of most of the buildings are officially off limits. roofs have caved in, windows have been boarded up and staircases have collapsed. but perhaps more powerful than the actual buildings are the thousands of graves of former patients a chilling reminder that many people entered milledgeville but never left. so, when you look at the stakes here, they all do have numbers on them, and it s sort
unquote hunt for ghosts . beyond the working hospital, most of the estate is now in disrepair and in recent years, dark tourism has attracted an influx of urban explorers keen to record milledgeville s sinister legacy. but structural damage and reports of decades old asbestos mean that the interiors of most of the buildings are officially off limits. roofs have caved in, windows have been boarded up and staircases have collapsed. but perhaps more powerful than the actual buildings are the thousands of graves of former patients a chilling reminder that many people entered milledgeville but never left. so when you look at the stakes here, they all do have numbers on them and it s sort of a misnomer that we don t know who they all are.
it s very disrespectful to them and to their treatment to try to come out here and either break into the buildings or quote unquote hunt for ghosts . beyond the working hospital, most of the estate is now in disrepair and in recent years, dark tourism has attracted an influx of urban explorers keen to record milledgeville s sinister legacy. but structural damage and reports of decades old asbestos mean that the interiors of most of the buildings are officially off limits. roofs have caved in, windows have been boarded up and staircases have collapsed. but perhaps more powerful than the actual buildings are the thousands of graves of former patients a chilling reminder that many people entered milledgeville but never left. so when you look at the stakes here, they all do have numbers on them and it s sort of a misnomer that we don t know who they all are. we do know every person is who s buried here
deteriorating conditions. it s strange but when i was a little kid and i was misbehaving, my father would threaten me by saying i m gonna send you down to milledgeville and i would shut up. but to be here voluntarily all these years later, it feels a little wrong. a small section of the hospital is still in operation. there are still patients here at central state hospital over 300 of them and it s important to remember that this is still an active hospital. it s very disrespectful to them and to their treatment to try to come out here and either break into the buildings or quote unquote hunt for ghosts . beyond the working hospital, most of the estate is now in disrepair and in recent years, dark tourism has attracted an influx of urban explorers keen to record milledgeville s sinister legacy. but structural damage and reports of decades old asbestos mean that the interiors of most of the buildings are