Abandoned Asylum Decaying for 25 Years - Found Morgue and Theater! 

Please be careful flipping old breakers. The top cause of Arc Flash is dust - which will cause an electric arc through the air causing a violent explosion... it will end you very quickly. Also, you are suppose to THROW a breaker. Stand to the side and flip it quickly - throw it! If you move the breaker slowly, you are more likely to encourage an arc. Stand to the side - do NOT stand directly in front of it. Posting this for your safety. Source - I am an industrial electrical panel designer.

The absolute most professional adventurist for abandoned locations... Everything from the theme, to the history, to even the way you two carry yourselves during the videos. I've been watching a very long time with zero complaints. You guys are awesome!! Thanks for all the adventures and hard work!!!

This asylum has an unusually... happy vibe to it? Most of the other ones you've visited give a real creepy vibe - but I get the feeling that this place looked after their patients well.

11:20 You guys need to carry a non-contact voltage tester (otherwise known as a widget,) for when you come across scary wiring like that. All you do is hold the end of the tester near the wires and it will beep and light up if the wires are energized.

The buildings are in very good condition considering being abandoned for over 25 years. And with the other watchers here, I am amazed at the relative lack of vandalism and graffiti.

I love how you guys give history/info on different things you encounter over VO like the projector. Great video once again.

The Smithcot sheet was used as a transfer device to move patients from bed to bath. Something like a draw sheet with handles.

"pizza oven style on top" was NOT a comment I was expecting when regarding a morgue 😂

How refreshing to see a place like this not completely covered in asinine graffiti. You can actually appreciate the structure and process of decay.

I'm an older man of 57 yo. I think you guys have done the abandon genre very well! You really take your time when it matters and more on to better things all the time.

Those projectors belong in a museum. I hope someone saves them.

Although I'm sure some of these institutes weren't delivering the best care and should have been shut down it's important to remember that the move to "deinstitutionalize" was all about saving the government money and not because they wanted to help people with mental issues in a different or better way, they simply closed them and didn't care where they ended up.

These facilities were typically owned by the state and were converted to be fallout shelters and usually there would be an emergency operations center with two-way radios to connect to the state and government agencies Look for the building with the antennas on top of it and go to the lowest sub basement that's where the emergency operations Center would be located Usually they still keep these centers operational and you'll find old 1960s or 1970s two-way radio equipment that's still operational and they're usually not solid state they usually are tube radios with crystals

Auditorium looks like it had a seating capacity of about 1,000. The screen is a modern widescreen one so they were definitely setup for CinemaScope movies. The projection booth is definitely fire proof so they were originally equipped to run 35mm nitrate prints. Projection equipment looks to be Brenkert model "Enarc" carbon arc lamphouses (the light source), RCA MI-9030 "PhotoPhone" soundheads, and Super Simplex 35mm projector head. These are all made around 1938. In general, Brenkert and RCA equipment were often sold together as a package deal and likely there would have been a free standing audio rack with an RCA sound system (amplifiers and pre-amplifiers) in there. They could have already had the Super Simplex projector from a previous installation. They probably ran 35mm movies twice a week for the residents since they were "confined" there. The dimmer panel behind stage also appears to be around 1938 vintage. The curtain motor would have had two switches controlling it: one located behind stage and one located up in the projection booth next to the projectors. Lots of times there was a switch on the dimmer panel to transfer all curtain controls to the projection booth only when desired. I assume since this location is away from the city, there may have been a union projectionist assigned to operate and maintain this projection booth.

The little turtle at the beginning hooked me right in.

It’s good to know that such an incredible facility could possibly have a new beginning. Glad you guys kept this one so confidential because the lack of vandalism is refreshing and allows the beauty of the natural decay to remain dominant.

One of the few exploration channel in which we come back regularly and still amazed every time. Your videos are mesmerizing. Huge source of inspiration. Thanks for taking us on your journey

I remember going to kindergarten at a school like that. It was the late 80's and they had schools for those who were diagnosed with mental and learning disabilities... I think they called them childhood development centers... I was diagnosed with ADHD, and since they didn't know much about learning disabilities at the time, I was told to go there for school..... Luckily, they shut them down a few years upon discovering more about learning disabilities..... I remember the viewing windows for observations. They used to scare me a lot because I'd see people watching from behind a glass wall at the back of the classroom, when I used to stare back at them, they'd wave and that scared me even further lol

Those Brenkert projectors are stunning. From the fonts, casting, dials, handles etc. It looks ornate and put together with true craftmanship. Apparently RCA (maybe not the RCA we think of today?) bought them out and completely dissolved the company around 1954. Quick search and found a gem of a forum from 2001 for film tech enthusiasts. One of the gentlemen who worked for the company wrote a letter and added some history notes which one of the forum users typed out for everybody to read. Pretty cool history and seeing them in the video they just look so damn old school cool but in a damn that's old old cool. These particular projectors are probably or more likely an early 50's product than the 1930's though I would imagine. Any smarter people on the topic feel free to chime in I got sucked in just seeing them and now I want to know more.

In the basketball room, the old ceiling tiles that have fallen look like Asbestos I would not be surprised because most all ceiling tiles and pipe insulation were in the years before Fiberglass which is still very dangerous to breathe. An N95 mask with two straps would be good enough to protect your lunges from this fish hook-like material, stay safe guys, and thanks for another great location.

Old gym showers were short so you could wash off, without getting your head & hair wet

Without disclosing the location, it should be noted that this campus is over 50 acres and was built to look more like a university setting. It was sold at judicial auction in April 2021 to a local contractor for one million five thousand dollars. The contractor also purchased the property across the street (5.9 acres) for thirty-four thousand dollars. No plans for the property have been announced. Finally, regarding this facility, it should be noted that it was mostly self-sufficient with its own farms, dairy herds, and processing facilities where residents helped grow their own food and raise farm animals. Although its fallen out of favor to have long term facilities for those with mental, physical or other disabilities the truth is such facilities are needed and community based treatment isn't always helpful if the person does not have adequate support. Sadly too many people who could gain from such treatment end up homeless when we could do better. Finally, many of the buildings on the grounds were built during the great depression by the WPA.

The orange cloth in the tub is a transportation sling. They use it to lift patients in and out of areas like beds, tubs, chairs, etc. Most likely bc the tub is set up so high, patients were lifted in and out of the tub. The loops would hook onto the lift and allow the operator to keep the patient in a sitting, relaxed sitting, and reclined position, depending on where the loops are clipped in.

The fact that those projectors are still there is amazing. I operated those type in movie theatres in the late 70's until they went to platter type units then finally digital.

This is amazing laying in a hospital bed right now and this is a welcome distraction from the pain

That film projector equipment is art within itself, quality of workmanship. It should be in a museum to be appreciated.

That peach tile is called quarry tile. My spelling might be off. It was a very expensive tile due to its ability to stand up to most liquids such as harsh acid cleaners. It used to be seen primarily in hospitals and milk plants etc..

A quick google shows, regarding the audio rooms and word lists: The PBK-50, also known as PBK, tests word recognition ability of lower grade school age children. The articulation function is approximately 4%/dB. There are three lists of 50 words (150 words total) available in four different randomizations.

You guys give that slight sense of being there virtually. Its always cool going into old buildings. Good work men.

I love how you guys always all through the locations but leave things as is and don't force entry. The way exploring should be. I also like how you give the information of what has happened since you visited when applicable. I have been watching for quite some time and your videos always catch my interest.

It’s a good day when @theproperpeople post a new video

4:00...Holy Asbestos ceiling tiles on the floor, Batman! Asbestos ceiling tiles were used to limit a potential fire from spreading to the entire building.

There is an abandoned horse race track down in south Jersey, you guys should check it out. And it’s not just a race track, there’s a big building as well

I doubt you guys will notice this but your content is perhaps the best on RU-vid. When the pandemic started, I found one of your videos, “Exploring a Massive Abandoned Research Laboratory” in my recommended. I have never stopped watching since and I will always continue to watch your videos. Keep making more! Your channel is certainly one of a kind, and that’s what makes it amazing. I’ve learned a lot. Thank you! 💚

That’s a hearing test booth. The machine is an audiometer. I worked in hearing clinics as an IT and repair tech and did industrial hearing exams.

25:26 there's something so satisfying seeing all these gears, levers, and machinery mounted on a wall... Perfectly polished

That room with the plexiglass over the windows and curtains looks like someone found a way to implement a 90's video game background in real life. Record players that play through a stack of records are called Record Changers, the same way that CD players that play through a stack of discs are called CD Changers.

I really appreciate how respectful you guys are, and I love that this huge complex has no vandalism or graffiti.

God, the theater alone is worth saving! could you imagine that space being reused today! WOW! based on what you guys saw in the basement, someone is working on it.... (whole site)

These places look so beautiful on the outside, but contain dark secrets inside

the outside looks so much like a big mansion with the sand brick looking facade and the pillars at the front entrance and the big, tall windows. And that big park area in the middle that's all symetrical and very simplistic with only a vew bushes that problably used to look all the same, perfectly trimmed and all, like the garden some big European castles have. idk much about architecture but it just gives me that same vibe of big mansion/castle.

A friend of mine just found this video, and I find it interesting because I live in the area, and earlier this year in early March I visited it with some friends. It’s cool to see a channel that visits around the world come somewhere so local. I also have some extra backstory/information if anyone wants it.

those projectors are definelty from the late 30's early 40's. super cool to see them in an almost untouched state!

There have been plans and talk dating back to 2006 about re-developing this property into a resort. The hospital building would be renovated to be a hotel. There would be a golf course as well. So far, nothing has happened, but there is still some degree of hope and a real possibility that these buildings can be saved and repurposed.

I really enjoyed this one. the lack of vandalism and the style is right up my ally. I wish I could make a offer on some of those heavy duty cabinets for my garage, they just don't make them like that anymore.

this is in my hometown, it’s actually super beautiful and has interesting architecture, my grandma used to work there as a food lady. and my grandpa was driving by the hospital when he was younger and a mentally impaired woman was screaming for help in the middle of the street. there were worries that the place was abusive and cruel instead of helping at all. and they would need an abundance of food for the huge amount of people there, they would waste a lot of food according to my grandma. this is laurelton state hospital in bald eagle forest pennsylvania. the outside is free to visitors as long as you are not trespassing.. i do love y’all’s content! don’t gatekeep your explorations though!!

The way the vandal graffiti on the wall naturally fit into your conversation as you guys were just talking about how there isn’t a hint of vandalism in the theater, whoever put that there was probably having the same conversation in the same spot however long ago

I coulda happily watched a whole week inside this place. What an amazing complex!

Love, love, love the close up of the various equipment.

I couldn't help but notice, but the fire alarms in these buildings are really old and cool.

Precious little decay for how long it has been abandoned. But unfortunately also emptied out. Not even one chair chilling.

The Smithcot "cover" is a medical transfer sling or stretcher to transfer a patient into the tub and back out again.

I think what adds to the positive vibes is the lack of overgrowth. Grass is fairly maintained

I love the way those projectors look and I also love how the projectors and equipment where are made back then when people actually cared and wanted to built and designed things with quality and made to last forever and be serviced or repaired when needed unlike new stuff made today it’s sad how we are so wasteful nowadays compared to people back then

The beauty and inspiration on such a grand scale is an enduring testament to the positive intent of goodwill towards those who would be coming to institution for hope and help.

Always great ass crazy locations fellas . Long time follower here. I dig dig these fellas

I believe the room before the autoclaves would have been sterile processing. It's where we package up the instruments before putting them in the autoclave for sterilization. The process involves counting, inspecting and sorting the instruments into sets for various procedures. For example, a tray of instruments used for abdominal surgery would be different then a tray used for orthopedic surgery.

Please never change your intro music, it's my favourite

cost more to demo than the property value, thats why places sit abandoned. good video!

22:35- those two rooms are for preschool/kindergarten age kids, the room in the middle is the scream room, when a toddler/kid gets too fussy they take them to the middle room and either try to calm them or just let them scream themselves hoarse. I went to a preschool that had that exact same setup. Those little shelves are where we would put our stuff when we came into "class"

You guys should release a book be amazing and interesting compilation of lost architecture and decay

I am glad to see that their is very little vandalism. Other RU-vidrs who filmed abandoned places say they are only here to document the place. They take nothing and don't leave any destruction behind. Vandalism such as breaking glass and spray painting walls is not necessary. Which is why it is good that you don't disclose the location.

You two are some of my favorite urban explorers. You keep things interesting, you’re knowledgeable, and you carry yourselves professionally. Thanks for taking me places I would otherwise never get to experience!

This building closed the same year I was born, and after 23 years, that building is holding up far better than I am lol

I love how u guys plan your routes when u enter these buildings U guys do a great job of planning before u explore and being aware of what might be in your path U guys are smart Most ppl would just explore and not be aware of there surroundings

At 19:49 you guys found a audiology test room! the first room you walk into is the patients room. You can see what I think is the response unit with some volume controls for the headphones possibly. The one way window is so the patent cant see what tester is doing. The thing underneath it is a connection panel for between the rooms, the only one I can make out is the bottom left which should be for the microphone. The list of words you found are for PBK or Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten testing. The idea is the tester says the words on the card and the patient is supposed to repeat it back, and is scored on how well they do. I've heard sometimes they will test kids with ADD/ADHD with it to make sure they are not just deaf. The green machine you found is a rather beat up Maico Audiometer MA 2B missing its face plate. The two knobs on the side are for volume (left) and Hertz (right). The front knobs from left to right are Tone which lets you play a frequency or a reversed version of it, or switch to the microphone for talk back. The second switch lets you choose the out put, you can pick the left ear phone or the right earphone or the bone conductor. Third is for masking which will play white noise of a volume you choose in the opposite ear you are testing. Finally the last one is the on off switch. Id imagine given the condition of this one and the fact its from the 60's they got this one first, and got the newer machine later. I would that they still used this one for PBK testing because the first switch is still set to talk. The second machine is a Maico MA3 I'm not to sure as to the functions of this machine but I imagine it is the standard audiology fair. If it wernt for the glare and dust in this video you would have the highest quality image of one on the internet! would have loved to see an up close view of one, they have a nice design and the I/O section on the back looks nice from what iv seen. All around nice finds! it's always neat to see audiometers out in the wild.

My grandmother worked here for most of her life as a resident aide. Since she recently passed, I've been looking more into it. Yes, this is a very astonishing place, but the stories my grandmother would tell about it while she worked there were creepy. She said that they used to take the residents out into the woods on guided walks and that 2 of their residents went missing on one, after days of searching for the 2 missing men one returned, who was mute before disappearing but now muttered "don't go in there" under his breath. According to her, the other resident was never to be seen again. She spoke of this place with such pride for the work they did there, I know she would have cried seeing the state of it today. I can't believe my grandmother walked these halls on a daily basis. For the lack of vandalism, us locals know better than to go there.

Yet another gem. I am very pleased with the lack of vandalism to this historic facility. The sitting room (29:05 to 29:35) is fantastic! Wooden doors and lots of natural light make the room inviting and pleasing. Thank you for your continued respectful exploration and video preservation of our cultural heritage sites before the wrecking crews completely raise them to the ground. Without your tireless efforts and curiosity, you are preventing our American, and world, heritage from being relegated to the dust bins of the demolition teams. Thank you for your continued and respectful exploration and video preservations. Never stop documenting our amazing historical locations, that would otherwise have been lost and eternally forgotten. Now, with your hard work, these places are forever memorialized online for all the world to see, explore, and enjoy. Again, thank you. Respectfully, Randy Pine.

Hey guys. Just a question. Have you ever been arrested or found anything extra weird. Please do tell. Also I’d like to tell you that I’ve watched you almost as long as you have been doing this and I love this channel. You guys are true pros. You don’t take nothing don’t damage. It’s nice that you guys also know soooo much about your locations. Keep on going guys. Best channel on RU-vid. As far as I’m concerned.

Wow that theater was incredible! Sooo spacious! I love how this site was basically untouched by vandals too.

Depending on location, I could see this place easily being redeveloped into apartments/condos/mixed-use. The existing main buildings and offices/cottages could be infilled with new construction to add space and form a long enclosed rectangular courtyard in the center.

Wow, a key activated FCI MS-2 pull around 18:05, thats rare!

the opening (and the rest of the video tbh) Took my breath. Its gorgeous. And so untouched. amazing.

What I really love about your exploration of abandon places, you respect the places. You don't take anything, you don't destroy anything to gain access (the damage was there prior), and you take your time. I like how you try every piano/organ you see, and if you know something about the place, you share, but also say you may be wrong on details. It's real and honest. Thank you.

The time for these types of facilities has come again. Rather than allow the truly 'severely mentally ill' to languish among drug-addled homeless detritus, these people, who are disadvantaged through no fault of their own deserve a safe place to live...along with the oversight needed to prevent the abuse that caused these places to be shut down in the first place!

Watching explorations of old abandoned buildings is the closest I can get to riding in a time machine. Love it.

This facility could have amazing reuse potential, if it is rescued in time. The auditorium could be a fantastic event venue. Thanks for the great exploration, gentlemen. I appreciate all of your content.

These videos always relax me. It must be amazing to explore so many places

I’m from Belgium/Europe and we explored this a few years ago, but we were pretty nervous for caretaker Dave with his shotgun :), I loved the old theater. We went on a rainy day and I think that helped us. Nice video guys ! Keep it up!

Ahh, after a long day of work I can kick up my feet relax and watch the proper people. Well done again.

Your theme music always gives me that sweet sweet serotonin release.

That's it guys! This is the place I'll set my utopic surviving camp after the zombie outbreak.

I'm glad you guys don't do the click bait setup a scene thing like other people. You rock

Great job as always gentlemen, not many YT creators need to rely on a decent location to ensure popular content like you fellows do. I've been around since your early days and the quality is consistent af. Keep up the good work from a 62 years-young Canadian from Ontario.

Every one of your videos is great in so many ways. I'm an optimist, but you help remind me that history has proven, no matter how great, you will always find a chair just chillin (well, and that nothing last forever).

Smithcot is a brand of canvas sling used to move people around which in this case would have been to get them in and out of the tub.

As a mortician- we enjoy the table more than the freezers too. Dead weight is extremely difficult to get from the freezer to the table. Even with our new fancy equipment. So I can’t imagine back then. Also- hospital morgues, at least around me, look very out dated and look very much like the back rooms. Fitting I suppose.

23:43 They're just there to tell you about your car's extended warranty!

Pizza oven??? Hehehe!! Thanks guys for a great channel.....and thanks to you Bryan for turning every knob, moving everything that is movable and flipping every switch/breaker that we wish we were there to flip!!!

Years ago I work in a scrap yard and 4 projectors similar to this went into the grinder. I was sick, I seen lots of things worth who knows scrapped do 10 to 11 dollars for each 100 lbs. What sucked we didn't have the opportunity to save any thing not allowed.

10:10 I live in a building from the 1890s, the original staircase railings are just laughable in places, like if you tripped in the wrong direction good chance you might be falling over the edge of the stairs.

The cast iron bath tubs usually have a year of manufacture date stamp in their casting at the plug end. I have a couple on their original feet as garden beds circa 1932.

Great video. Very impressed by the lack of Graffiti. Very nice change of pace guys. Nice find. Thank you 🙏

Im old enough to remember my gymnasium looking like that. Im very impressed with no vandalism. Its like stepping back in time in some spots. I remember. Our hospital looking like that. Im glad youre taking pictures because once word gets out the jerks will come to destroy.

I grew up going to the camp down the street. I had the biggest fascination with this place. Still do

i was doing construction at Asylum in ealing london, it was still in use when i was there,i walked into basement were they kept patients years before there was stone benches with 2 rings that held two people chained in the dark,it was not in use the hairs in the back of my neck stood up and cold air came rushing towards me,i walked into a room with old records in a chest about 100 years old it was quite sad some boy had come in at 17 and his only visitor was his sister who visited him twice,hge died about 57 so in 40 years he had to vists and was chained up in the dark for 40 years

The massive size of those old asylums makes you ponder just how many people were in them back in the day. A pretty significant percentage of the population.

Medical buildings always look newer on the inside than on the outside, because any medical facility, from a surgical hospital down to a dental clinic, has to keep up to current sanitation and safety codes in order to remain in operation. So there are frequent interior renovations.

I have a lot of respect for the politeness and integrity of your exploration videos. Amazing how un-vandalized those ruins are. I used to explore in Detroit years ago, and buildings were always stripped of anything of value and vandalized.

The sound proof booth you see it’s for audiology. An audiologist uses it to see if you can here words in your left ear or your right ear or both I know this because with Attention Deficit Disorder I had to go to an Audiologist to see how my hearing was when I saw it in the video and when you said maybe they used it to see if they hear the word or they had to say it and saw the machine in there I was like that machine is similar to what I saw when I had to see the audiologist