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Danvers State Hospital Cameo

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Danvers State Hospital on Unsolved Mysteries
I was surprised to catch a cameo by the Danvers State Hospital Kirkbride in an old episode of Unsolved Mysteries the other night. The cameo occurs in episode three of the classic TV show’s fourth season, from 0:22:48 to 0:23:23. The episode originally aired on October 2, 1991. At that time the hospital was close to being completely shut down, and the Kirkbride was apparently still in relatively good shape.

Oddly, the Danvers Kirkbride was used as a stand-in for Rochester State Hospital in New York for a segment titled “Maloney’s Mickey.” DSH was not actually involved in the story in question.

I thought I knew about all the appearances of Danvers Kirkbride on film, but obviously not. I wonder how may other cameos by the building are out there.

Danvers State Hospital on Unsolved Mysteries

Danvers State Hospital on Unsolved Mysteries

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The Art of Asylum Keeping The Eclipse of the State Mental Hospital The Mad Among Us America's Care of the Mentally Ill Angels in the Architecture The Architecture of Madness Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals The Eye of Danvers: A History of Danvers State Hospital
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