<body><div> AN urban explorer has visited an eerie abandoned hospital and found what looked like a post-apocalyptic movie scene. Ben Stevens captured eerie pictures and videos of the century-old building, which has been vacant for over seven years. <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771394"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1IitIF_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1IitIF_0wPxQUVv00" width="646" height="860" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">An urban explorer has toured an eerie abandoned hospital, and it looked like something out of a horror movie </figcaption> Jam Press/@places_forgotten </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771449"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0NCXev_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0NCXev_0wPxQUVv00" width="960" height="540" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">The JB Thomas Hospital in Peabody, Massachusetts, was built over 100 years ago, and has been abandoned for seven years </figcaption> Jam Press/@places_forgotten </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771395"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Fgvbh_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Fgvbh_0wPxQUVv00" width="646" height="860" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Equipment like hospital beds have been left to rot in the crumbling building </figcaption> Jam Press/@places_forgotten </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771396"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4J9GKK_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4J9GKK_0wPxQUVv00" width="646" height="860" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">The scene was described by the explorer as post-apocalyptic </figcaption> Jam Press/@places_forgotten </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The 30-year-old discovered JB Thomas <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/topic/hospital/" rel="nofollow"> Hospital </a> in Peabody, <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/where/massachusetts/" rel="nofollow"> Massachusetts </a> , after reading about it online. After checking <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/tech/11936014/google-maps-redesign-android-update/" rel="nofollow"> Google Maps </a> , he found the building was still there and made plans to explore. Inside, he found all the equipment, including beds, mattresses, and even biohazardous waste, had been abandoned. He came across multiple operating rooms and wards, however some of the rooms were falling apart. Stevens described the place as a location something like in the post-apocalyptic drama, The Last of Us. “It was just crazy inside and reminded me of something from The Last of Us,” Stevens, who is from Cambridge in the United Kingdom, told <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://whatsthejam.com/__;!!F0Stn7g!EO-Aj-Auly8T1h6jM5ra1h5QaY_XI4O29aDS6b5dgb0PjPL_mgAPAabjt7THrVJ0uL2hb4e07kRrlwCfe4lxgbFBlQ%24" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> What’s The Jam. </a><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “It was as if the world had ended and the hospital had just stayed there. “Everything was left. There were operating rooms, biohazards, and records. “The wards were still there but they were falling apart.” A sign also remained at the property showing all the different departments.  An incredible overhead shot captured by Stevens shows the facility’s sheer size. The hospital closed in October 2017 due to declining admissions and Medicare enrollments. Now, the building stands empty and alone while its walls slowly start to decay. It’s named after JB Thomas, who was a prominent manufacturer in the 1800s. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> After his death, Thomas left $50,000 to the town of Peabody, which the local leaders used to build the hospital in 1907. <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771511"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2QHzHN_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2QHzHN_0wPxQUVv00" width="646" height="860" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Biohazardous waste is strewn on the floors </figcaption> Jam Press/@places_forgotten </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771453"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3D6YQq_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3D6YQq_0wPxQUVv00" width="646" height="860" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">A hospital bed has been left collecting dust </figcaption> Jam Press/@places_forgotten </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771452"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1LB8OG_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1LB8OG_0wPxQUVv00" width="360" height="640" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Equipment lines the hallways as if abandoned without a care </figcaption> Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten </figure><h3 class="article-boxout__headline"> What was the JB Thomas Hospital? </h3> THE JB Thomas Hospital is a now-abandoned medical facility built over a century ago. It was constructed in 1907 after JB Thomas, a successful manufacturer, donated $50,000 to the city of Peabody, Massachusetts. The city put the money toward the hospital and operated it until 1993. The hospital was purchased by Lahey Clinic Foundation, which shut the business in 2013 because of declining admissions. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> A development company purchased the hospital with plans to build a large condominium community, but the building was ditched after pushback from locals. Now, it lays abandoned with no plans to doze it. The hospital was renamed the Lahey Medical Center Peabody and was managed by the city until it was sold to the Lahey Clinic Foundation in 1993. Now, the property is owned by the Hemisphere Development Group, which purchased the building with plans to construct a condominium community. However, the project faced backlash from locals, and the development company ditched its plan. According to Stevens, the hospital was, “incredibly creepy, and apparently other people who have been inside have said it was haunted. “I liked everything about it, I thought it was very eerie.” <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771428"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Xahe4_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Xahe4_0wPxQUVv00" width="540" height="960" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Walls are peeling in the forgotten place </figcaption> Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771426"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=05fJ0P_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=05fJ0P_0wPxQUVv00" width="360" height="640" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">There were plans to replace the hospital with an apartment building, but the development company backed out </figcaption> Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12771423"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3s1Zcu_0wPxQUVv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3s1Zcu_0wPxQUVv00" width="360" height="640" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">It’s filled with bed and biohazardous waste </figcaption> Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten </figure></div></body>

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AN urban explorer has visited an eerie abandoned hospital and found what looked like a post-apocalyptic movie scene. Ben Stevens captured eerie pictures and videos of the century-old building, which has been vacant for over seven years. The 30-year-old discovered JB Thomas Hospital in Peabody, Massachusetts, after reading about it online. After checking Google Maps, […]