HAUNTING images from inside one of America’s top spots for ghost-hunters who claim to see a young glowing girl dressed in white staring out of the windows of this abandoned asylum. The psychiatric hospital appeared under a false name on MTV’s hit show Fear which saw contestants spend a weekend at various haunted locations around the country. These eerie photographs were taken by urban explorer Drew Thomas Scavello (27) at the Fairfield Hills State Hospital in Newtown, Connecticut. “When I was ten-years-old an MTV Show called Fear was filmed at the hospital,” said Drew. “The episode intrigu
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HAUNTING images from inside one of America’s top spots for ghost-hunters who claim to see a young glowing girl dressed in white staring out of the windows of this abandoned asylum. The psychiatric hospital appeared under a false name on MTV’s hit show Fear which saw contestants spend a weekend at various haunted locations around the country. These eerie photographs were taken by urban explorer Drew Thomas Scavello (27) at the Fairfield Hills State Hospital in Newtown, Connecticut. “When I was ten-years-old an MTV Show called Fear was filmed at the hospital, ” said Drew. “The episode intrigued me but it wasn’t until years later that I learnt Fairfield was an abandoned state hospital.” The tales of mistreatment and cruelty at this institution, which is said to have been the first place to perform a lobotomy on a mentally ill patient in the States, have made it popular among locals seeking out supernatural encounters. The haunted hospital now stands vacant, with several images showing the peeling paint and crumbling walls of a once prestigious psychiatric hospital. “I think that the viewer would be sad to see a public healthcare facility falling into such a sad state of disrepair, ” Drew explained. “An almost perfectly preserved set of abandoned buildings have been vacant for over twenty years. “It’s a wonder why these buildings could not have been reused for some viable purpose.” He hopes his photography of the abandoned hospital gives a glimpse into the lives of its previous patients. “It is a sobering reminder that anyone can wind up in a facility such as this at some point in their life, ” he added. Where: Connecticut, United States When: 25 Aug 2013 Credit: Drew Thomas Scavello / mediadrum/WENN **Only available for publication in USA**