The Trouble They've Seen: The Forest Haven Story 

NOOR!!! This is so great! As a fellow journalist/ filmmaker, I could really tell just how much HARD WORK and time you put into this!! And it turned out AMAZING!! Your love of storytelling and passion for this (really important and interesting) story, in particular, is so clear. Awesome job on all the b-roll and stand-ups; their placing really added to the story and made it a great watch. I can't wait to see what you'll do next!! So happy for you! :)

The place is incredible! Watch out for the guards tho, never take the main road right up, just park at the construction site and walk through the woods

This such a beautiful piece,keep making more "mini" documentarys about the people who don't have a voice speak for them because they all deserve justice😊

I worked at the Art and Drama Therapy Institute for 4 years and the program was absolutely incredible! The participants of the program were some of the sweetest people you would ever want to meet! Looking at this documentary brings back so many wonderful memories. 😊 Great documentary! 👍🏾

This is so incredibly sad. I can't even imagine how much these poor people endured. 😢

Loved it! It was extremely well shot, well edited, and kept me really engrossed throughout. Loved how you talked about the Forest Haven case while developing Brian's story as well. The message of the documentary overall was great!

This mini doc was put together very well, I’m from the DMV area and only found out today about this institution. I was looking at abandoned sites in MD out of curiosity. Became intrigued by this story and to hear what those people done to those patients is heart wrenching and the government owe all those affected families.

What a wonderful documentary you’ve done. I apologize it’s taken me years to find this. Thank you for bringing this to light. I love how it turned out for Brian.

I have been in there a while back after the closing. I sat down and read stacks and stacks of those files and it brought tears to my eyes. You really did a wonderful job on this. Now I can know alot more of the story.

Amazing work!! So tragic but so beautifully presented

I’ve worked with an individual who was once an individual there... this is what made me research it. I understand him 10x more now... wow. This breaks my heart💔

I've been to the grounds at night time. Its a very powerful/eerie feeling walking through the halls, knowing all that took place.

Hi! This was amazing to watch. i visited over the summer and since then I've been basically obsessed and researched my ass off. I was wondering where you obtained those clips from when it was open? Its amazing to even glimpse what it was like when in operation.

Wow, this is very good stuff Noor, I am amazed I never heard about this place and I lived not far from Laurel. Excellent work!

This was so insightful and humbling to see you give a voice to those who don't get a chance to be heard. It's scary to think this could happen and yet still not be solved completely with so many patient notes lying around so free for anyone to read. Great documentary-really interesting! Would be interesting to know what kind of laws/regulations are in place at the moment to prevent events like this occurring and if they are followed through rigorously enough... :)

This is so beautiful. Thank you. I am sobbing by the end.

Very well done. Reminds me of "Suffer The Little Children", regarding Letchworth. It's sad and tragic how the treatment was at 97% of these old hospitals. I don't know if they didn't care, or it was a power trip for the staff...being able to hurt someone trapped and defenseless. Sick and sad.

I made my classmates watch this in school today. Its quite creepy, i must say, but great job Noor. You're always making us proud!

Thank you for shedding light on this story. What an absolute shame. There really are no words.

Miss Tagouri, this is the first video I've seen of yours, and it will not be the last. I have subscribed at once! I stumbled upon this video while looking up Urban Exploration videos. It's so horrible, what happened to all of these poor souls. This story is so important, and you told it so incredibly. You are a fantastic journalist!

wow. i saw Noor from someone else's instagram and came to see this video in insta. I am so amazed by you and your work. This gave me chills. I am inspired.

I live two hours and ten minutes away from there, me and a group of friends plan to visit. It's horrible what these people had to go through. The people in charge should be prosecuted to the full extent. They treated them worse than animals in a shelter. Although, I don't believe when I visit that I'll be able to think about anything but what I've heard. People suffered, and died within this facility. How humans can be so inhuman, and cruel to other people, especially ones in needs and children is just horrifying. When I visit I'd like to read the files left, the "progress reports" and see how the patients were reacting to their so called "treatment". I'm sure there was good hearted staff members that did help. It's just a shame that not all of them could have had this kind heart and treated these people as if they would have their friends or family, and how they would have wished for them to be treated or themselves to be treated. Beautiful documentary, love how they didn't just visit the place. They reached out to old workers, and patients to fully try to understand. Wonderful job, chilling and something that will forever be in the back of my mind when I Vista this institution.

Brian really touched my soul. an amazing survivor and talented man

Brian has a great heart and mind, God bless him, and Dr. Do.

Salam wa Alakum Noor, Your news doc. about Forest Haven had me speechless and my heart wrenching. You did an amazing job, keep going! just subscribed cause I can already tell your gonna be showing the world the side it needs to see

beautiful work sister wonderful job Allah is pleased with you thank you

I work with a majority of the individuals that are former residents and the stories that they told me made me cry... It was horrifying.

I love learning about early Asylums and the history of how we treated mental health and disabilities. Its really crazy at how the world treated these people. I learned that sometimes Husbands would drop their wife off just so they can remarry because Women were seen as less in a way back then. Great Content. Please do more of these mini docs

That was absolutely amazing!! Beautifully edited and really informative and emotive.

Not gonna lie when you first showed Brian like that My heart dropped, incredible doc though!

Noor, you're so inspirational! Thank you for sharing! Great job!

this is absolutely amazing work noor! so proud of you❤️ you are such an inspiration for many people

Wow, job well done Noor on an amazing and at the same time troubling story with a hopeful ending. Thank you for sharing this with us.

great work, noor! this is definitely worth watching.

Amazing work you did here. Very well done.

I found this so fascinating! Very professional work!

this was great! good job Noor

Thank you may the poor souls get some rest and i hope those buildings get torn down

***** Love your work, and this video. WOW, did not realize that this is totally what American Horror Story "Asylum" could have been based on!

I would watch every one of her documentaries.

NOOR THIS IS AWESOME. please make a makeup routine as well !! (:

Simply amazing. I'm so proud of you.

This was amazing. I'm speechless!

Wow I am shook i can’t believe This! Amazing

i just went today and got caught walking down the main road with one of my friends he claimed he was calling the police and told us he would meet us near the storage place once we got there we just left nothing happened

I was just there 2 nights ago. Creepy af

very lovely vid its now on my playlist they overcame the adversity of being inmates as i call them to people who finally were release from that awful,horrific prison called forest haven god bless them every one of them!!!!

Grew up near it and still live in the area but never been

wow that was really great...learn something new everyday

Where was that old footage of Forest Haven from? What is it called?

Thanks noor it's a very sad story 🙁

God bless the lady in the tomato hat, she seemed genuinely concerned like I’m sure many of the staff were, shame they didn’t get any funding.

What an amazing work!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

You need to do more on this I’m still so confused

Great job, good message.

Amazing doc!

Great job Noor!!!

I’ve been here. You can really tell how and they were treated

I sit and think about when I got put along with my two sisters temporarily in an orphanage... My mom was having an operation or something..my dad refused to take care of us for that time ...he never visited me or my two sisters the whole time I'm 62 now and that was back in 65?66? And I sit and fume but it was a paradise compared to the video...I just get tired of being abandoned...

I've been t there so many times. I hope this vid cover what they used the jail for. there was a dummy hanging in there scary af

almost a spitting image of Pennhurst. so sad 😢 great film, though. remarkable work to whomever made this.

Wow. Amazing work...

Very good, awesome positive ending!

Great job Noor

Where did you find the footage of forest haven before it closed? I’d love to see the original

Enjoyed watching

Ive went there last week with some friends. Really creepy place . I have many images from when we went and some Go pro videos.

Medical records lying all over abandoned medical buildings is pretty common. I have yet to find an abandoned hospital, asylum, or clinic which didn't leave all their records behind, strewn all over the place. I've even found signed cheques, bills with all personal info on them, credit cards, bank cards, drivers' licenses, health cards, social insurance cards, you name it.

amazing work! how did you enter the premises and how were you able to obtain the footage?

i went there and it was a pretty crazy. I went alone so a lil creepy.. i ended up walking the catwalk in the attic after i climbed the ladder and there was something up there chasing me.. no physical being but the sound kept following me. a loud squealing sound. i didnt stop til i left the attic. havent had much time to edit the photos. but my instagram is @visual.intent if you wanna see one shot of the church i did. a few days later the place sparked up again and went into flames..

Disgusting how those poor people suffered terribly

God bless you in doing good Amazing job👍🏻

You did an amazing job

اسمح لنفسك بكسر القواعد ، اخطو خارج منطقة الارتياح مما قد يثير للاخرين عدم الارتياح ، لا اتخيل ان فتاه بعمرك تقول هذه الحكمه ، اتمنى ذلك 👍🏻

so its still accessible? i was goin there this weekend...

was there today

Horrifying! I cant help but wonder if the majority of patients were black and if they were treated so badly because of that I think alot has been hidden theyve kept information there that they dont mind people reading

This is a great video.

I'm here because some youtubers are playing a game called "See you soon :)" and the game just takes the coordinates of this Asylum! And people don't know why the game takes us there, it's a mystery

Very very a good reports, Noor 😇

I have a passion that this will not happen again. Good Night. Thank You God for this Job you have Gave ME. TEARS

Thank you

The feces story was horrific, poor people.

Well done

Am I the only who typed up Forest Haven on RU-vid just to listen to some Zelda Wind Waker OST but ended up here???

How did u get in

Young lady, I applaud you.

it seems theyre going to breakdown this institution. my friend and I tried to get into one of the buildings, but were caught by the guards or somethin. they let us go, but we were unable to get anything out of there. passed by the administration building and it was boarded shut. there were also construction trucks parked all around one of the roads. how did you guys get in?? great documentary btw. we live in Maryland and live about an hour away from laurel, so it struck our interest, but those guards killed the mood :/

How did you get permission to do the documentary???

Love the way this story's been covered! Does anyone know where I can find that tiny mic Noor's holding at 17:33?

Who came here because of Ali Baluch?!☺️

I was there last night that place is haunted no lie doors and shit will close by them selfs

How did you get in?

The strawberry hat seems a bit out of place

The one woman looks like whoopi goldberg.

When here in high school

Swear on my soul we went here in 1996 1997 1998 Scared me

So disturbing

but so sad

Dude go get the Pts records .