off limits. roofs have caved in, windows have been boarded up in, windows have been boarded up and staircases have collapsed. but perhaps more powerful than the actual buildings other thousands of graves of former patients. a chilling reminder that many people entered milledgeville but never left. 50 people entered milledgeville but never left. but never left. so when you look at the but never left. so when you look at the stakes - but never left. so when you look at the stakes here, - 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 is buried here. the numbers were for privacy purposes. malia; were for privacy purposes. many locals have were for privacy purposes. many locals have relatives were for privacy purposes. many locals have relatives who - locals have relatives who either worked at the hospital or were admitted there. for some, not eno
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
hospital wasn t passed. central state hospital hospital wasn t passed. central state hospital is hospital wasn t passed. central state hospital is georgia s - state hospital is georgia s oldest and largest state psychiatric hospital. i think are to fill the gap for local residents in milledgeville because hospital has been something that has been here for a long, long time. ifind that people often have a sense in their own mind of what they think it was like but when they come, it s an opportunity for them to really learn about the size, the scope and the humanity involved in the hospital campus.- humanity involved in the hospital campus. well, i think histo is hospital campus. well, i think history is important hospital campus. well, i think history is important because l hospital campus. well, i thinkj history is important because if you dont history is important because if you don t know where you came from, you don t know where you came from, you re not going to know where
times deteriorating conditions. little. it s strange but when i was a little kid and misbehaving my father would threaten me by saying i m going to send you down to milledgeville and i would shut up milledgeville and i would shut up but to be here voluntarily all of these years later, it seems a little wrong. a small section of the hospital is still in operation.- section of the hospital is still in operation. there are still in operation. there are still patients still in operation. there are still patients here - still in operation. there are still patients here at - 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. hunt for ghosts. beyond the workin: hunt for ghosts. beyond the working hospital, hunt for ghosts.