Many people have probably heard of a psychiatric hospital called "Mount Array", but few wondered whether such a building actually exists or is it just a fantasy. The curious will immediately open the Internet and find the answer, but it will be difficult to figure it out, because there is no consensus.
Mount Massive Hospital
This is a Colorado mental hospital in the mountains. Her name first appears in the computer game OutLast. As planned by the authors, the hospital has its own past - terrible and frightening. The hospital is surrounded by secrets and mysticism. No one dares to come close to Mount Massif. The hospital is scary even with its appearance. The huge building for the mentally ill is full of mysteries.
History of the hospital based on the game OutLast
The history of the hospital begins back in 1945. The U. S. Administration classified as "Secret" invites scientists from Nazi Germany to conduct covert research. The work was planned to be carried out according to the Operation Paperclip plan.
The construction of the hospital lasted 22 years. In 1967, the construction of a psychiatric hospital forcriminals and the mentally ill completed. However, she did not work long. In 1971, the hospital was closed due to the discovery of three corpses of scientists.
For confidentiality purposes, an order is issued to destroy all classified documents in Mount Massif. Although the order was quite understandable, the task was not completed, and part of the documents survived.
Operation Paperclip
The paperclip began its work after the Second World War. A characteristic feature of such an operation is that German scientists were invited to work in the United States of America on a forced basis. The purpose of the operation is to find out as much important information about the Soviet Union and Great Britain as possible.
Recruitment of German scientists began after the end of hostilities. Everything happened quickly, under the heading "Secret". Scientists were given new names and created a new biography. Hence the name "Paperclip" - paperclips connected a new biography for scientists.
OutLast
The action of the game takes place in the psychiatric hospital "Mount Array". After the corpses of scientists were found in the hospital, it is closed. The building stands unguarded, but all doors and windows are locked. To figure out what really happened within the walls of the hospital, a curious journalist finds a way to get inside. This is where the fun begins.
Journalist Miles Upshur sees all the horror behind closed doors. He faces the worst and realizes that there is no way out. Dismembered bodies are scattered everywhere, and the corridors are stillgo crazy patients. After finding several surviving classified documents, Miles learns that Mount Massive mental hospital is a front. In fact, brutal experiments and research took place here. German scientists performed crazy surgeries. And one surgeon is still “alive” and continues to clean up the patients.
When it becomes known that Miles has broken into the hospital, the hunt begins for him. At this moment, he learns that scientists are not interested in any secret information about the Soviet Union, the main thing for them is to bring out a new kind of people, which they did. And the secret laboratory in the basement is the scariest place in the entire hospital.
In the hospital there is not a single ally for the young journalist, and no one can help him. Th ephone is not working. The only thing that always helps him in dark corridors and rooms is his camera. He manages to record everything he sees on cassettes. When Miles' life hangs in the balance, priest Martin comes to his aid. Further, he will periodically help Miles.
The game ends rather unexpectedly: Miles finds the only way to get out of the hospital. During this period, an order is received to clean up and liquidate the hospital. The arrived special forces do not find time to understand and kill the journalist. However, the task failed, and the cleanup was not carried out. Patients continue to walk in the building of the hospital.
Mount Array Hospital in real life
In fact, there is no such hospital. The name arose from the high mountains of Colorado, andthe building itself is indeed a hospital, but it is called the Richardson Olmsted Complex. This hospital is located in Buffalo, New York. The building began to be erected in 1870, and it opened in 1880. The hospital was intended for ordinary patients with mental disorders.
No scientists were ever there, and there were no surgical operations in the basement. Nobody experimented on people. It was the most ordinary psychiatric hospital.
The creators of the game OutLast invented their own story, where the hospital is located in the state of New York, and the name comes from the state of Colorado. Together, this is the Mount Massif mental hospital with terrible secrets.
Most interesting facts
- The mountains of the San Isabel National Forest, located in the state of Colorado, are called Mount Massive. Hence the name of the mysterious psychiatric hospital.
- There is no Mount Massive Hospital in real life.
- The authors of the game took a real building for the hospital, but it is called Richardson Olmsted Complex. And it really is a psychiatric hospital.
- Buffalo's Richardson Olmsted Complex Hospital is currently closed and a landmark in the city.
- There are plans to convert the Richardson Olmsted Complex into a hotel in the future.
So, we studied a lot of information, and everything fell into place. Mount Massive Hospital never existed, it's an invention of the authorsgames. If you're into horror video games, experience the mystique of the asylum.
