I worked for a hospital that is about to demolish most older buildings. I visited the morgue and many surgeries as part of my job. This was not a nice hospital when several room air conditioners are randomly installed. Morgue's often stink because a dead body cut open is in rapid decay. Blood on the floor that you step around, and sometimes on. Cloth shoe covers help.
That little maze around 15: was in the x-ray department. An operator would go into the maze as protection from exposure to x-rays when a patient was having one. The maze is lead lined and x-rays tend to travel in straight lines so the maze was good protection.
@BackyeardExploration The point of those weird maze like walls were so no light could get into the room with the light sensitive film...That's why the case said do not open in the light because it's wrecked/exposed if light touches it
I used to work in a convalescent hospital. And that is a rather large Autoclave at 9:32 and another is shown later in the video. they Use steam/ High heat and pressure to sterilize surgical instruments in an OR. and patient items such as bed pans, personal basins, sickness trays,Etc. Before the one time use / Disposable items came into use. [ basically work along the lines of a pressure cooker ]
another thought, I always was under the belief that your medical paper's were all confidential, however, they are left out in the open for any one to see a person's personal information, and the government are wondering about identity theft!!
Very cool!! I do love your videos, hope you keep them coming. I could sure use some of those shelves that are laying around that place! Some creepy areas in that building for sure. Good find! Thanks again for all your leg work!
When old hospitals, morgues, asylums, etc places like this become abandoned why do they leave behind medical records? I mean whether a person or people are dead, what if they need the information for an investigation and then nobody can find the documents?
Hannah Banana I've wondered this too because I volunteered at a hospital for several years and like patient confidentiality was a big thing. From what I've heard it's mainly like time restraint. They're busy working on other things that they run out of time would be my guess.
The commode on the platform is that way because the septic or sewer system is above the level of the base of the commode. Plumbers have used this when installing a commode in basements.
OMG u r n a section of the morgue n/ hospital! One of the reasons for a morgue in psychiatric hospitals is bc many mentally ill ppl have severe physical issues as well. Many are long-term patients when they expire, time of death&cause of death must be recorded properly. also many of the ppl family abandon them therefore bodies are stored in freezer until state dispose of them or anonymous charity or person pay for funeral service. Some funeral homes also donate services but not many. Very sad situation.
It wouldn't be unusual for a patient to die whilst in a psychiatric care when you consider the impact that mental illness can have on physical health (not to mention the risk of a patient completing suicide). Hence the need for a mortuary onsite. Usually these would be accessed via a tunnel to allow the deceased to be collected by the funeral director away from the gaze of the other patients. A death on the ward can unsettle the other patients in any hospital so I imagine a psych unit would be no different.
Interesting that this is in my state. I live in Missouri and I've never heard of this place or know where it is. Abandoned places, especially hospitals and theme parks, are something I find very interesting. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼
Really enjoy your videos. I was curious, do you travel to explore these locations or are all these abandoned places where you live. Also, do you ever take anything while exploring?
BackyardExploration Thanks for posting, very creepy place but one can't help but wonder why places like this which are in fair nick don't get used to house homeless people or a food distribution, sad leaving it to decay.
The curling paint is a good indicator of lead based paint. It maybe a good idea to wear a mask. I enjoy your videos greatly. You do a nice job. Keep up the good work.
+Cat Moore Indoor Latex Pain, when over-exposed to Moisture (from the broken windows) causes the same type of flaking/peeling. I'd almost prefer to walk through an abandoned Hospital, than an active one, with all the coughing etc.
3:00 What's that toilet doing there in the first place? And why is that random pipe in the bowl? 9:00 Pretty green! Those are awesome elevators! The doors and button fixtures come from the 20s or 30s, or maybe earlier. Why are a lot of the toilet flush handles broken?
This is really cool! I've never been to any abandoned places, but I'd love to go one day. On the one hand, I'm not sure I'd wanna try going into an asylum or hospital though, cause even though I don't personally believe in ghosts/spirits/etc I'd still get kinda paranoid. On the other hand, it'd be really cool to go into a place like this because I have a bit of a morbid curiosity with this kinda stuff.
Do you know much about the building history? There are a few things in there that are fairly standard for a facility that doubled as the state/gov hospital for that area, or doubled as a coroners if it a rural area, or a quarantine facility....but if not then there are some very strange, definitely not so standard things!
Actually the Whitby Mental Health Hospital in Whitby, Ontario had a much large Morgue. 2-5 tables and rooms. There was also a cemetery for those who died @ the hospital.
Colin Doughty This Hospital was actually larger than Whitby. Whitby had 1650 patients, this place had almost 2500. I didn't make it into the basement of this building, so we can only imagine what all is down there (more morgues?). I'll be releasing a full 40 minute documentary type video on this location some time this year. Hopefully by then I will have made it into the basement. That's where the good stuff always is
can't wait. I did manage to tour the WPH before they tore it all down. I only took pictures since we didn't have a video camera. Check out facebook.com/groups/245309095672081/ for the WPH facebook site.
the "creepy little hall" at about 12:00 in the vid is a light tunnel form developing film. so that you could have two connected rooms, one dark and one light, without the dark one getting any light In to it because film is ruined by light.
In England we work out hospitals to death!, looks like this well made construct had plenty of life left in it. Building hospitals on multiple floors does not really work for Psychiatry these days.
Once again a really nice video with good quality, i also like the little bits of information you give. Very nice and keep it up. Greetings, Ruben from holland
@ 5:32 I can't believe no one has taken that outdoor furniture set it looks brand new and the wooden bench or at least when they packed up everything why not take that.
how do you find out about these places you film? I want to explore just like this. but I live 35 minutes outside Saint louis and dont know the areas you find these places
+stlhitmanusmc Just drive around north stl or join a group of like minded people. I'm pretty active on undergroundozarks .com among some other groups, and that helps a lot
great content. Have you ever bumped into another explorer or person in these places you explore? Any creepy satanic worshippers? ;D I bumped into one when in an abandoned manor, scared the shit out of me. Dude kept on staring at me none stop, didn't follow me though.
John Wilkinson Like I said, this particular building is demolished. The rest of the asylum is still in operation. It's where they house all of the murderers, etc. who got off on insanity.
John Wilkinson They can't demolish the maximum security prison until they build the new one. Everything else in the spot where the new prison is going (ie. this building) is gone
The creepy maze is a darkroom to developers those x-rays that you just exposed. hahaha Hahahahaha. Anyhow, those films are made of silver which is why they were so heavy. I used to save the ones we no longer used and recycled the silver for $.
oh and if the hospital was started in the 30s the room you thought was a morgue could have been used for lobotomies because they didn't stop those until the late 40s
LOL Lobotomies were carried out on living people, not dead ones! That slab table is designed for carrying out autopsies and/or embalming processes. Probably autopsies as I saw the word "Forensic" on one of the filing cabinets.
Just the way I like it and you'd be surprised... a long time. This video along with a couple others already posted is actually part of a large project that I've been pioneering for the last two years. This building along with a dozen others will be demolished soon, so you can expect a full length hour long video coming in the next couple months after the demolition. It's sad that virtually no one will get to see these buildings before they're destroyed. I'll make sure to take everyone along for the ride though.
Do you know what year this hospital was built in! It doesn't look to old. Some really horrifying stuff went on in mental institutions back in the day. Like electric shock therapy and lobotomies. They did hideous shit to them back in the day cuz who would ever believe them anyhow. You should take someone with you just for safety sake. Thanks again for a wonderful and very interesting explore. I love your videos. Amazing and amazing quality. Awesome!
licksnkicks its used as a last resort when medication hasnt worked, its obviously alot more controlled than it was years ago but it still remains a controversy with some for it and others against it.
