Exploring a Massive Kirkbride Asylum - Amazing 19th Century Architecture 

that's exactly what happened 😂😂😂

Oh good lord!!!! You can rent out the building!

And security leaves sandwiches out for them😃

At the end of the day, if you knew the Proper People, you would know they respect anywhere they explore, ie. Don't cause damage, leave it how you see it etc. So I honestly wouldn't mind.

That’s what I was thinking 😂

That’s so cool, I wish I had an experience like that.

@@cat-sd5cr yeah same. My childrens hospital is connected underground to hospital across the street via tunnels for patient transports not a lot of people know about it

I explored the Richardson while attending buff state too. Was definitely creepier years ago prior to the revitalization of the building

That is wild, Jason. Wow. I am not being facetious. You must have said "Wow! I was there!" when you first saw this.

did you ever experience anything odd?

மிகவும் அருமையான பதிவு இது...

The hotel is no longer open. Kinda sad.

@@kittykat7858 வேற லெவல்..👍🏽

I agree, but I wonder if they have encountered any paranormal activity?

@@jcoghill2 அட வெண்ணை. பைத்தியமா டா ரொம்ப நேரம் நல்லா தானே பேசிக்கிட்டு இருந்தான். 🙂♥️👍🏽

1st visit 2017 ... 2nd was 2019 .... so its actually 4 years lol

I stand corrected!

@@holdenvtseries2274 plus apparently the hotel is closed till April 2022

@@Sir...... nah its open drive past it all the time

Well it closed bc of the pandemic so no worries! 😂😂😂

Honestly, I think the same thing whenever I watch a Proper People video.

Think of all the dinosaurs which roamed through the area.

@@xissburg Ah, that's why some of the floors gave way.

I was honestly thinking of how bad off these people were that were living there, and the kinds of things that the Dr's. tested on them. Alot of the mental patients were abused and cruelly treated. Kinda sad, and a little eerie to think about. 😬

Glad I’m not the only one to imagine this.

Michael*

@@jameswent48 IM SORRY

Is it weird I wait for that phrase in every video? “There’s a chair, just chillin’ “

I agree with this 100%! I am a huge fan of The Proper People, and I have been since 2020 right after I had gotten out of prison. We were heading to a lockdown here in PA soon after I had been released, and being fresh out of prison, I'd needed something to help me get used to being back out in the world again. So I'd started watching urbex videos, which have always fascinated me. I had stumbled upon The Proper People videos in that search, and I had immediately fallen in love with them and their explorations. I'd ended up binge-watched a bunch of the older videos and had subscribed immediately. Now, I am still watching and waiting patiently for the notification that they have put up a new video with each day that goes by. I am so grateful for these guys, but they will never know it because I am just a face in a sea of subscriber faces (or more accurately, just words on a screen with a whole lot of other people's words)...insignificant, really. They had saved my life, literally, because those early months of 2020 (I was released on Jan. 3, 2020 after spending a whole year in prison), I didn't know how to cope with the "outside world" yet, and I had been pretty scared and confused and depressed, and I had considered suicide more than once...more times than I would care to admit, in fact. I have a rare psychological disorder (pyromania) with which I had been dealing (and had been the cause of my incarceration), and with which I am STILL dealing, so you can imagine how stressful those months had been...they definitely were even more stressful than being in prison. After a couple of months of being incarcerated, I had at least gotten "comfortable" in my cell. I knew when I would eat, go to Rec and other activities, and when to go to bed, etc. but once I had been released, I hadn't had that comfort any longer. So, watching these videos had helped me adjust and, being that they are exploring outdoors and indoors both, it got me more accustomed to being out in the world again. They provided that comfort that I had come to rely on when I was feeling out of sorts or anxious. Thank you, The Proper People for your help and your great videos! ~Laura G. in Pennsylvania

Even though they tried out some of the equipment they were both respectful of everything.

cant say this enough. the proper people are so good at this! great photography, they care about the place and its belongings, history, and they are thoughtful about what the see

@@maizie9454 yea. That's another big reason why I enjoy their videos. They have an overall and genuine interest and consideration for history and the stories it tells.

@@MamaToFive awww your words r significant. Whether The Proper ppl know you exist or not. I have heard of pyromania and once thought my child was perhaps Pyro because she used to always set paper towels and newspaper in the bathroom. Fortunately it ended there. It was more of a phase, fascination with it, which I too have but no urges to set things on fire. Just live the smell of a bonfire or fireplace. Building camp fires and such. I'm sorry u deal with this condition. May I ask, since u shared a little bit, with pyromania do u get urges to see things go up in flames? Do you ever go into a trance like state while watching fire build? Although I have heard of this I have never spoken to anyone who deals with it. Pardon my curiosity and concern. Also I'm happy for you to be free from incarceration. I guess it's alot like coming home from Service in the sense that it takes time, effort and self care to get acclimated into society again. Times change so quickly if u r away for too long. It's tough! I sympathize. Hope u r able to sustain your life and find a healthy lifestyle that suits your spirit! Take care!

If there's no sign, and your keycard lets you in, then it's all good. haha.

The mouth says "no" but the keycard reader green light says "yes".

“Uh… we’re lost.” Works every time.

I'm guessing that was someone with them....but it was creepy

Why aren’t there more comments about this!!!

I see the same figure. Odd

They will help promote the hotel

Didn't know that. Thanks!

At least they've taken decent measures

Came here to say the same thing. See them in open spaces a lot where you'd need multiple smoke alarms as well.

So in hindsight, blocking them by walking in front of- and looking at them wasn't the brightest idea?

@@bjornroesbeke I do not believe they are effected by solid objects, just small particles. But I do not know the full science behind the technology

I hope they repair this asylum or hospital! The architecture needs to be saved and restored!

@@lost_places_global9008 they were planning renovating the next buildings into lofts and apartments but covid halted that

I was literally looking for this comment lol. Love that game and love the architecture.

@@limitededition3086 Same, awesome game, excited for Trials

XD im glad someone knew

There are so many of us younger people (I'm 21) who have great appreciation for older buildings and items like cars, tools, etc. The problem is that much of the time, we feel there's not very much we can do to prevent the loss and/or destruction of these things. Most of my tools are my grandfather's or older, and they're well built and easy to repair if they do break. Much cheaper for me than buying new tools. Plus they just look so much cooler. I think if older and younger generations took the time to learn about each other more, there wouldn't be as much animosity between us, at least when it comes to stuff like this.

@@StormBreaker_Chasing Hello Twisted, I am sure there are others that I have not had the opportunity to meet. For sure! No animosity here. Stay interested.

I would love to explore these structures, even if I couldn't document them! Sadly there are not many to choose from in my area, but luckily I get to interact with older tools, farm equipment, vehicles, etc! I'm only 22 and I enjoy those kinds of historical trips.

So much better than just letting them rot.

They did an awesome job renovating and adaptively reusing this structure given how run down and complex it was. It won all sorts of preservation and architecture awards. I was there shortly after it opened.

If they make it. check out their video "Exploring a Massive Abandoned Hotel During a Hurricane". That building is only abandoned for a year and it looks worse than mid century buildings that had been abandoned long ago.

Some may disagree, but I find just about everything built from about 1940 onwards to be architecturally uninspiring. I wouldn't deny that some of it is worthy of historic preservation, but to me it is bland and boring.

The loss of such grandeur architecture is due to (in my opinion) three things. First, is the public school system that focuses too much on standardization, outdated teaching methods (i.e.: hours long classroom lectures), permissiveness, and mechanical efficiency. Second is the wrong professionals in the wrong job positions. Buildings, towns, cities, street layout, public parks etc. should be designed by Non-Technical professionals. Artists create/design beauty, and engineers are there to support that. Think of it like a software development team. You have a computer engineer who does all the technical work to get the website running smoothly, and a studio/graphics design artist to make the website look interesting/appealing to the person visiting the site. Third is the lack of public interest in building beautiful places. After WW2, government became more interested in military operations abroad than urban planning, and the way private sector handled urban development was a complete disaster. People settled here and there in cookie cutter (car dependent) suburbs without any long term goals in mind. Yes, we are bringing back traditional architecture (some Art Deco style high rises), but the other problem is the skilled, experienced labor that is not available today as it was in the 19th century.

We lost it in pursuit of profit. Everything is built now for efficiency of cost. Also a lot of modern buildings will never stand for a fraction of the time abandoned as these old ones did. That being said, glass towers do have their own kind of charm.

@@alexsmith-ob3lu "Second is the wrong professionals in the wrong job positions." I hear that! You can thank a number of factors for that. College costs being a major one. The creative mind often does not come with a silver enough spoon for the right lousy sheet of paper.

damn this pandemic really hit at the worst time, it will decay again :(

I hope they fixed the "raining ceiling", otherwise that pretty wooden floor will look like the one in the abandoned part by then...

I hate to interrupt your regular scheduled programming but.. If you didn't notice the pandemic was and still is planned and the virus is the Government. Try not to be willfully complicit in your own destruction. That'll be all. have a good day.

@@kBitre lol

@@kBitre those are certainly all words

The original thought behind the design was good, but it would astound me if it didn’t suffer from the same sort of overcrowding and highly questionable “treatment” schemes of most other asylums of the area. Thankfully now days we just leave our mentally ill to lay homeless in the streets! Such progress! 😅😑

Nah, they deserve way better than that.

netflix series

History Channel would dilute their content. They're better off doing their own thing!

This IS their personal history channel. They do not need old broadcast tv anymore.

I’d watch it!

Please explain.

It would be priceless to peel off a few paint chips to have them matched and marketed….And to sell some framed stills of some individual rooms….the aesthetics of these places…!

Check out the dark figure of a man moving in the background as the guy pushes the right door back into the wall! Kinda creepy!!

@@donnastachowski3867 🙄

@@teddyfresh9605 shut it goofy

I love that all of us Buffalonians are coming out of the woodwork for this one.

Maybe the Proper People will be inside *your* house next time!

@@spiritmatter1553 i think that’d make a great video! :D

@@danirusso469 I'm so pissed cuz literally October 17th me and my friend went out to Silo City. We could've gone to the asylum and possibly met the proper people 😂

I love trying to get to the top/roof of hotels

I both agree and disagree. While the buildings themselves are nicer, the treatment the patients received back then was often much worse. Cruelty and abuse were rampant, both due to lack of knowledge and just plain indifference. We know so much more about how to treat mental health now than we did even a decade ago. I know this firsthand as someone who has been in some sort of mental health treatment since I was in elementary school.

These asylums were absolutely packed with people. They will pump you full of addictive drugs. If you weren't crazy you definitely would be after living in an asylum for a few weeks. It's torture. 🌈

@@StormBreaker_Chasing eh... I can assure you that cruelty still happens in hospitals today. I've seen it first hand in internships, have friends who worked in mental wards, and currently watching a friend go through hell stuck in a VA hospital after surgery. The VA has some absolutely spiteful, sadistic staff working for them.

If you are interested in people exploring Australia. I also have a channel.

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We belong to our Holy, Clean, Good, Perfect, Caring, Loving, Merciful, Forgiving, All-knowing and All-powerful Almighty Father, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Mighty Holy Spirit

Not calling you out, but the alarm he was talking about has three lights, each labeled either normal, trouble, or alarm. He was not calling it a normal trouble alarm.

It's a light/laser based smoke alarm. They had them at my college. With enough deflection in the beam it sets off the fire alarm. Useful for large open spaces made of wood.

What movie? I live 30 min from the hospital and drive by it allll the time.

COVID didn't close the hotel. Politics did. Here in Texas, COVID hasn't closed anything. I wonder why...

@@Gotadime92 the hotel wasn’t making money - I live in Buffalo!

@@KatChanelb12 so do I.

There were issues making money in 2020 due to COVID-19. That was why the hotel closed. Also it was management from articles I have read. People booked weddings and it was hard for them to get back their money. It was on local news channels. It had nothing to do with Politics.

Literally thought the 2017 footage was 2021 footage, and didn't understand why they posted the part about the keycard issues if they knew the hotel might get mad. Nope! They just have had amazing cameras for so long, I can't tell the difference without being told.

@@stoneofverbosity what I more meant was that they have had expensive, professional equipment for 4 years or more. Meanwhile some of my other favorite urbex people, who actually have been seen with these guys (like Dan Bell for instance) used phones or go pros for years. I remember one video where a kid asked them why they don't just record on their iPhones since the picture quality is so high. They laughed to themselves after because there wasn't at the time an easy way to increase light or to perfectly focus on an image. Even now, professional cameras are far better than phones but most people use their phones as not to attract attention with a huge camera and flood light. So I'm just impressed that they have been dropping thousands on gear to the point that in 2021, I can't tell the difference from their 2017 quality.

I guess it's a good thing they didn't accidentally trip the detector. Or will they only get set off by smoke?

@@StormBreaker_Chasing from whatim told putting your hand in front of the beam wont set it off. For instance a spider crawling over etc. Smoke is somewhat tranparent so when the view is blocked by a set % it knows its smoke.

That’s so cool! What’s it called?

@@zachfryar1820 CSU Channel Islands. It has an interesting history.

@@Saxophone_King that’s super cool!

Oh shit I didnt know that, sick

Oh shiiiiiit I was playing that game earlier

I don't remember if it's still the case, but small portions of building 50 are still abandoned to this day, last I checked in 2017

It’s also a Kirkbride building so there are definitely similarities! I love TCSH!

And the somewhat miraculous fireproofing ability of asbestos. Shame it’s essentially cancer dust.

I discovered them through a friend who visited me from South Korea four years ago. I've enjoyed every video since

agree!

For everyone. There are ships that’s travel the Arctic regions. They have special rooms on the ships with tropical scenery and lights that’s that help the body make vitamin D. Otherwise the sailors get very depressed with the long dark and cold days and nights.

WHAT HOW DID YOU SEE THEM SHOOT SCENES I NEED TO KNOW PLS

@@Lizzykizzy123 The camera feed was streamed to a monitor outside the set. The coolest ones were the night vision scenes.

What was scary about it? I almost got a job as a counselor at one of the facilities in front of the asylum probably 10 yrs ago.

@@Monkey-fc9nc almost

I tell you what when I’m feeling down a lot of sun and hot days does me a lot of good.

Definitely

Michelle Gibson

I don't know how all of that works but if I'm guessing, it's sort of like a flag system, right? Each card is programmed with a "YES/NO" for a certain security level... like, if you look at he data programmed in the key, it would be something like "ROOM 1 - NO, ROOM 2 - NO, ROOM 3 - YES, ROOM 4 - NO", and "LEVEL ONE CORRIDOR - YES", and "GYM/POOL - YES", stuff like that... but the mistake was that the secure doors don't have their own designation, they likely just used "LEVEL ONE CORRIDOR" as the security flag, therefore any key with Level One access will open it? Am I on the right track?

Absolutely True!

Have you checked out the wonder bread factory or the grain silos ?

Cool..I got a chance to explore the one in Anoka

@@DDrew67 what was it like? I didn't know MN had Kirkbride style buildings!

What was it like? I'm so curious A

@@mckenziejeanne4508 creepy...very nicely build but still creepy....it has a graveyard with numbered headstones(no names)

It's also a hotel and bar now

Yea we don't need anymore indoctrination centers

Buffalo State college is actually right next door to this place lol

@@jeffgrey663 okay maybe Hilsdale college then. 🤷‍♂️ My point was, it seems universities seem to do a good job at preserving old buildings and using them well. (Granted some don’t at all and just rip things down.)

Where abouts in Aus? I’m in Adelaide there’s bugger all around here

@@KarinaMilne i live in a small town about an hour from melbourne. Most of my explores have been around regional victoria. I got a few in melbourne before lockdown. I'm planning some big explores when they come out of lockdown