Dark Passage...

Hardcoregirl · Post by **Hardcoregirl** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:17 am

I read about this in a magazine...its about one of my favorite passtimes, exploring old abandoned buildings....except they are in NY and there are a lot more things to explore.

http://www.darkpassage.com

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:29 am

Hardcoregirl wrote:I read about this in a magazine...its about one of my favorite passtimes, exploring old abandoned buildings....except they are in NY and there are a lot more things to explore.

http://www.darkpassage.com

damn it. its blocked here at work under "criminal activity"

gothic_spleen · Post by **gothic_spleen** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:19 am

thanx for the site....brings back some old memorys, i used to do that as well, one thing that was very familiar was the padded cells...lol :stickpoke:

Francesca · Post by **Francesca** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:32 am

Wow!

That is so incredibly cool that people are documenting this stuff. 8-)

Thanks for posting it.

Shadow Of The Fox · Post by **Shadow Of The Fox** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:53 am

I've seen alot of talk about things like that. It really sounds like it'd be loads of fun. Hmm...There are a few abandoned buildings in Oak Ridge, now that I think about it... :twisted:

gothic_spleen · Post by **gothic_spleen** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:59 am

hey if u want to see an old building that is still in use, vist my place of work....I can gurantee u a good meal, a nice warm bed, and plenty of like minded people...oh and free meds....Its a five star ward

Moccasin BEND!!!!!

Dark Elf · Post by **Dark Elf** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:48 pm

Cool Site! Brings back memories of being 19.....digging around in the underground Knoxville and a bunch of other places....the old asylum......lots of buildings downtown...the coal mines under the fort...and caves...

Shadow Of The Fox · Post by **Shadow Of The Fox** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:44 pm

Dark Elf wrote:....the old asylum......

Is the building still in existance?

necrosynthesis · Post by **necrosynthesis** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:47 pm

Dark Elf wrote:Cool Site! Brings back memories of being 19.....digging around in the underground Knoxville and a bunch of other places....the old asylum......lots of buildings downtown...the coal mines under the fort...and caves...

FIELD TRIP!

Zeo · Post by **Zeo** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:50 pm

necrosynthesis wrote:
Dark Elf wrote:Cool Site! Brings back memories of being 19.....digging around in the underground Knoxville and a bunch of other places....the old asylum......lots of buildings downtown...the coal mines under the fort...and caves...

FIELD TRIP!

I would totally be down for that! :twisted:

Dark Elf · Post by **Dark Elf** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:54 pm

Shadow Of The Fox wrote:
Dark Elf wrote:....the old asylum......
Is the building still in existance?

I think so....I took a drive down Tools Bend road last fall to go to a fishing spot there, and I continued down to where the church was that we used to park & walk to the old asylum. You couldnt see the building anymore from the new road & bridge. But, you can still see it from the river when you cross the Pellissippi bridge comming from the airport.......jeeze....I remember tripping on LSD in the late 80's and going out there on a full moon in the fall. It was all foggy and you couldnt really see that well. In the darkeness you heard all these sounds and huffing (the cows)...then you slowly saw the big stone building appear...sitting on the lake....we tried to have a seance there once too......a window fell out of its frame and crashed on the ground in the middle of it.....scared the shit out of us....especially tripping our balls off! Not to mention the old guy with a shotgun that would run you off if he saw you there.....pretty creepy! We did alot of that kinda thing back in the day.......

vertigo25 · Post by **vertigo25** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:08 pm

Also check out Infiltration: The zine about going places you're not supposed to go

Dark Elf · Post by **Dark Elf** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:11 pm

Cool! Sucks that dude died.....

Francesca · Post by **Francesca** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:06 am

Zeo wrote:
necrosynthesis wrote:
Dark Elf wrote:Cool Site! Brings back memories of being 19.....digging around in the underground Knoxville and a bunch of other places....the old asylum......lots of buildings downtown...the coal mines under the fort...and caves...

FIELD TRIP!

I would totally be down for that!

I'M IN TOOO...... 8-)

necrosynthesis · Post by **necrosynthesis** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:37 am

Francesca wrote:
Zeo wrote:
necrosynthesis wrote:
Dark Elf wrote:Cool Site! Brings back memories of being 19.....digging around in the underground Knoxville and a bunch of other places....the old asylum......lots of buildings downtown...the coal mines under the fort...and caves...

FIELD TRIP!

I would totally be down for that!

I'M IN TOOO......

anyone care to be a tour guide? someone who knows where all this stuff is. *cough -dark elf- cough*

Hardcoregirl · Post by **Hardcoregirl** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:20 am

Shit, here I am an archaeologist and I've encouraged people to go and fuck with the archaeological record.

If you explore any old historic buildings, please just be respectful and not vandalize or steal anything.

http://www.infiltration.org/ethics-nodisclaimer.html

Thats pretty good, but in some cases, just walking can cause damage! Yesterday an archaeologist from Scotland told us about various sites that are in danger because so much foot traffic causes major errosion.

Dark Elf · Post by **Dark Elf** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:09 pm

Hardcoregirl wrote:If you explore any old historic buildings, please just be respectful and not vandalize or steal anything.

No way. I think thats uncool. I would like to think were not a bunch of high school kids.......of course after some of the commentary that goes on here, I could be wrong....

gothic_spleen · Post by **gothic_spleen** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:36 pm

Dark Elf wrote:
Hardcoregirl wrote:If you explore any old historic buildings, please just be respectful and not vandalize or steal anything.

No way. I think thats uncool. I would like to think were not a bunch of high school kids.......of course after some of the commentary that goes on here, I could be wrong....

i actually know of some people on here that are in high school

and ill use my quote"fucking teens"

Dark Elf · Post by **Dark Elf** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:24 pm

Fucking Teens.

Lady A · Post by **Lady A** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:08 pm

Lots of these old abandoned buildings provide some excellent grounds to hunt ghosts. It's a shame that people vandalize these beautiful homages to days gone by. I did an overnight ghost hunt sponsered by the Louisville Ghost Hunters at Waverly Hills Sanitarium last September. Huge building, lots of paranormal activity. In fact, more activity in one night at WH than in my three years of steady ghost hunting with TN Ghost hunters around Middle TN combined. All that to say, we had a great time.

http://www.louisvillehistoricalleague.com/Links.htm

Click on the Waverly Hills link to read history.

Basically, an old TB Hospital that saw 68,000 people die under its roof. They actually filmed a horror movie there called Death Tunnel, and ended up putting out another film about all the paranormal experiences the crew encountered during the filming of the movie! It now has 24/7 security guards since the building was so far damaged by vandals that the estimated cost of restoration comes to $500 million. They do tours in the late summer/fall for $20 a pop, which is worth the 2hours you spend in the building. The money is split, half going to a local children's charity and the other half to the building restoration fund. In a year between visits they had put in windows on one wing of the 5-or-6-story building at an exspense of over a million dollars. Worth the drive if anyone ever wants to go!

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