
These sinister pictures offer a glimpse inside a derelict boys' school with a gruesome past, where pupils were said to have been murdered by staff.

The eerie photographs show the site where 55 of the dead were buried, and abandoned classrooms, laden with towering piles of plastic school chairs.

In one room, rusting metal bunk-beds are flooded with daylight from a hole in the wall, which appears to once have been a fire exit. The empty beds are now inter-twined with vines from the surrounding grounds.

Other images show decrepit bathrooms, where the wooden roof has rotted away and rubble now scatters the floor.

The creepy images were taken at the now-abandoned Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida

Nobody has ever been held accountable for abuses at the school, which opened in 1900 and closed in 2011

Researchers exhumed 55 children's bodies, which began yielding the shocking secrets of the reform school

The haunting images show abandoned classrooms, laden with towering piles of plastic school chairs

The creepy images were taken at Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, by a 28-year-old photographer known as Bullet, using a Nikon D7000.

'I started exploring abandoned buildings in 2009 and soon picked up a camera so I can share where I have been with other people who are interested, but too scared to venture into them.

'Most people are amazed that places like these exist, especially so close to where they live,' he said.

The school, which opened in 1900 and closed for good in 2011, has a reputation for a murderous past, with numerous children mysteriously dying and being swiftly cremated while under state care.

Other photographs show decrepit bathrooms, where the wooden roof has rotted away and rubble now scatters the floor

Decades of violence and abuse have now been exposed at the school, which had a horrific 'rape dungeon'

At its peak in the 1960s, 500 boys were housed at the Dozier school, most of them for minor offenses such as petty theft, truancy or running away from home

Past students claim that they were beaten with a three-foot-long belt until they passed out, while others swear that there was a 'rape room' where some students were sexually abused.

Despite numerous investigations, no-one has been held accountable for the deaths.

At its peak in the 1960s, 500 boys were housed at the Dozier school, most of them for minor offenses such as petty theft, truancy or running away from home.

In 1968, when corporal punishment was outlawed at state-run institutions, then-Governor Claude Kirk visited and found the institution in disrepair with leaky ceilings, holes in walls, cramped sleeping quarters, no heating for the winters and buckets used as toilets.

Rusting metal bunk-beds are flooded with daylight from a hole in the wall, which appears to once have been a fire exit. The empty beds are now inter-twined with vines from the surrounding grounds

The reform school opened in 1900 and was operational until its 2011 closure for budget reasons. Some of the classrooms still contain modern teaching equipment, revealing that only a few years ago the school was filled with pupils

As early as 1968 an inspection revealed the institution in disrepair with leaky ceilings, holes in walls, cramped sleeping quarters, no heating for the winters and buckets used as toilets

The dark past of the school was exposed when researches exhumed 55 children's bodies from old graves after it closed

Researchers exhumed 55 bodies from old graves, which began yielding the shocking secrets of a shuttered Florida reform school, shedding light on decades of abuse, rape and deadly violence.

Official records showed 31 burials at the Marianna school between its opening in 1900 and its 2011 closure for budget reasons, but researchers found the remains of 24 additional people between September and December 2013.

Some of the bodies were found under roads or overgrown trees, well away from the white, metal crosses marking the 31 officially recorded graves.

There was the six-year-old boy who ended up dead after being sent to work as a house boy. And another boy who escaped but was later found shot to death with a blanket pulled over his body and a shotgun across his legs.

Then there was the 'rape dungeon' where students attending the Arthur G. Dozier School were taken and sexually abused.

Numerous children mysteriously dyed at the school being swiftly cremated while under state care

Past students claim that they were beaten with a three-foot-long belt until they passed out, while others swear that there was a 'rape room' where some students were sexually abused

Despite numerous investigations, no-one has been held accountable for the deaths of the children in state care

'There was a lot of violence which occurred here, either by the students themselves or by the guards,' Bullet added.

'I'm sure there are people who knew of the abuse, but kept quiet about it.

'I want people to see what happens when nothing is said, when people turn a blind eye to abuse and violence, especially to those who can't defend themselves.'