Georgia's state mental asylum now known as the Central State Hospital has been the largest facility for treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities. The first patient came in December of 1842, by the 1960's the facility had grown into the largest mental hospital in the world. Its landmark Powell Building and the vast abandoned 1929 Jones Building stand among some 200 buildings on two thousand acres that housed nearly 12,000 patients.
Walking through the property you can see a symbolic representation of the more than 25,000 patients buried in unmarked graves throughout the hospital grounds. Come along as we see what has been left behind in this very special and emotional exploration, thank you for watching.