glad theres some good videos out here miss the main building..... lived a mile away ended up going from 2014 till 2019 so many nights spent there

One of my most favorite places that I ever explored. Going there at night was extra creepy but so worth it. Went a few times before they started tearing buildings down.

I worked At Northville Psych hospital from 1997 to 2000. I was a transfer nurse from Clinton Valley Center in Pontiac, MI. Worked there 5 years. The then Governor Engler, ordered several of the state mental hospitals to be closed. The excuses they used were it was too costly to maintain them and they wanted to deinstitutionalize the mentally challenged and integrate them into the community. Bad decision! And I’m sure someone padded his pockets as well with all the money they claimed to save by the closures. Politics! Northville was a challenging place to work at and they had the worst of the sickest mentally ill patients. There was no way they could tolerate living in the community. Most didn’t want to. They were comfortable there and at Clinton Valley as well. So many ended up out on the streets, homeless and off their medication and committing crimes that were just enough to land them in jail. They were not criminals, they were sick in their heads!!! The jails were not set up to treat and take care of those people. Jails became a dumping ground for them, and after so many had entered the system, jails had to pivot and redo their operations in order to accommodate them. Those out buildings in the videos were the different housing units the patients lived in according to the severity of their illnesses. I see a lot of the nurses stations, the gyms, kitchens, shower rooms, dorms, classes, activity therapy rooms, day rooms, seclusion and restraint rooms, etc. in the videos. Some dorms were single, others were wards where 3 or 4 beds were and stand alone closets. The second floor patio with the blue awning was were I worked most of the time…Unit C25 North. The patients used the patio for smoking area (when smoking was still allowed), fresh air breaks, barbecues in the summer, etc. It was the toughest male unit at the time. The most difficult to treat patients. When I had come to work there, many of the out buildings had been closed. Because of de-institutionalization, the census population had dropped, so many buildings closed. I think they had buildings labeled all the way up to’R’ or ‘S’ buildings. A , C, and J buildings were the only buildings that were open while I was there. J building was the forensic unit. C building was comprised of 6 male units and one female unit. A building had admissions, Adminstration, security, business offices, cafeteria, medical units, pharmacy, the morgue, the polydipsia unit, and the geriatric units. I hear you talk about tunnels on the video. I never used any tunnels At Northville, but we used tunnels frequently At Clinton Valley. They had tunnels connecting the buildings and I was told a tunnel went to the Oakland county jail complex as well…but I never saw it. And Clinton Valley had tunnels underneath the tunnels. I saw the entrance to them but never traveled through them. Clinton’s tunnels were erie, esp at night! Minus the graffiti, where you see bright colors, was to be more therapeutic for the patients. The environment was not as bad as what you see now in the abandoned buildings; they looked nothing like that when it was open. There is only a handful of state mental hospitals that remain open today. Hawthorn being the only children facility (currently being rebuilt), and Kalamazoo State Hospital being the largest remaining.

Mask outside? Question your rationality. BTW, some really weird comments here.

Good video

Cool video. Have you been to the boyne highlands?

This is hilarious thanks newbs

I’m from Sault Ste. Marie and we are trying to make a bucket list of places to explore. If you know of anymore please let us know!!!! Thanx

I live by grand haven!

My two daughters got in there told pic their the most disturbing pi’s and now my one daughter passed away

Thinking about trying to go check this out and the tunnels before they demolish the entire building, any info on how to get into the tunnels? if they're even still there.

I live in Grand Haven... bro come back at coast guard festival! I will show you around if you want.

Sorry but you don't have enough lighting , could not see the interior shots.

I remember going in there in like 2011. It was cool, there was a sign that said fall out shelter I wish I would of grabbed. Not sure if you guys found the building that railroad tracks ran up to? It was pretty cool also. Back when I was younger early 90’s we used to go to the Northville Tunnels at 5 and Sheldon and those were on another level compared to these ones.

Just reading some of the comments here and what I’m reading is disturbing. You guys actually think this is cool? People, human beings were tortured and murdered here. Does that mean anything to you? This place is just an example of why you see dangerous mentally I’ll people on the street. They finally shut all these places down because of the abuses. So they were put on the street, where they are also afraid. It would help tremendously if you could be more compassionate about what you are casually walking through.

I’m watching on replay and I’ve watched tons of documentaries in the past month about all these psych hospitals. They’re all horrific. I still don’t understand how this can happen in a civilized society. This is a reflection of us. This is how we “take care” of our most vulnerable. Well, God doesn’t Bless any country that does this to people.

Shouldn’t you wear masks or respirators in this place? There’s probably lots of black mold. But the dove is a good sign. It represents at least one good soul associated with the place. Crows, vultures, hawks, owls are all bad omens.

Bro love your commentary I actually live here and do positive hip hop have you ever shot any music videos

Been there. A force told us to "turn back". We did!

Yahoo,Omg,how superb picture~Frontier-

I came here twice from Sydney Australia i stayed in Spring Lake not far loved it my Accent confused alot but what a beautiful place.

Your volume is so low . We'd love to hear you speak , that' mumbling isn't getting it . Sorry but would enjoy hearing these finds .

Back in the 1980 and 1990s they would transport kids from Hawthorn to work in those buildings. There were kitchen jobs along with tearing apart meters to get metal out of. The kids would get a little envelope of money in their cubicle at Hawthorn on payday with cash. It ranged from 20-30 bucks

How did you get in without being seen? I really would like to go before it gets completely demolished i live 45 mins away from it great quality video BTW too.

Big pharma funded by oil companies including this one 😏

HAHAHA😂

I think you have potential and this is your first time as an unban explorer but Pro tip: invest in a led light panel.

Went here with some friends and got caught leaving and no more then a week it was torn down

No homeless? Also be careful on rust stair cases go one at a time in case it breaks there is someone that can get help

Omg you saw an obelisk and didn't leave tribute?!!

David is adorable

…. Two of the big tree were bankrupt.

Myself and my coworkers are abating the complex. crazy how much it’s warn down through the years.

Love the decay, awesome video

Oh hell yeah one of the scariest places ever!😳🤪

Is it all demolished now?

Very interesting video. Looking forward to seeing more. I subscribed 😊

I went here religiously from december 2010-december 2011. at the time there was 18 buildings. explored them all. never got caught. im lucky. it took a year to explore everything!

They take asbestos out of the buildings there?

Your video is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I have placed this area on my Michigan bucket list.👍🏽👍🏽

It looks more like a school than a mental hospital.

Look up Dr. Tombo and Ronald Loyd Bailey, 1976. (Bailey nearer to 1985 - Michigan crimes)

Hey man this is bringing back hella memories, I got pictures of this place from 03/04 if you're interested in seeing!

is this Northville regional or a different facility?

I used to work down the road from there when they were still in operation. We used to get patients who had from the facility in our parking lot. Saw a cop car hit a patient once to try and catch the man.

Eloise has nothing on this place. We used to go here in the 80's & explore many times. There would be multiple papers all over about the patients, it was so eerie but so cool. Always wished they would have filmed a good scary movie here.

You guys don't sound old enough to even know what took place in this city.

Beautiful video - watching from Florida.

This is where I used to live

Hi I was in that building today but we can’t find the tunnels in the H building you are in so where exactly did you find it??