May 10th, 2018
Danvers State Hospital Cameo
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.
