A few scenes of the Robert Redford baseball movie The Natural were filmed there.

Great documentary..! the feeling i had when i exploring in person and the feeling the staff had when he came back and looked around decades later are very different It's certainly surreal to return to his office 28 years later and explain, but it's also sad to see it destroyed by so many vandalists i explored the recreation center, bldg 23, in 2007 before it was demolished, but it seems to have just been left as a field since then

Phenomenal video, John!

Great work. Very informative

Now they are out on the streets.

Suchhhh an amazing documentary! Thank you John and Ralph. Very informative and some very heartbreaking. Ralph Im sure you educated many of us on a deeper level of understanding the importance and history of Kings Park. I truly enjoyed watching this documentary. Thank you both again. Take care and hope we hear a follow up from you Ralph.

Patients were all allowed to have visitors, the families just didn’t come. It was very sad.

Nice work documenting this gentleman's story! Interesting perspective.

Super awesome video man. Loved every second of it!

My dad would always drive me around these abandoned buildings and tell me how he and his buddies would hang out there and explore the buildings

i really enjoyed your tour. i used to work there. building 7, building 22 and 23. my dad, uncle, neighbors and ex all worked there also. i have some fond memories. there is a lot of asbestos there especially the paint. i hate some of the other guys who do the tour. they act like idiots. yours was very nice.

What’s the address??

Looks totally restorable.

Interesting to go for a paranormal investigation if permitted.

That house is awesome. Being that this was a part of the training school is this house on the prison property?

We broke in... I mean, we Toured this in the 90's. All the hospital stuff was still in there. Even the lobotomy table with ice pick. All the gurneys had restraints. I'm glad they did something with it. Most of our buildings are just crumbling

A truly beautiful piece of architecture.

Outlast :D

Theres a tunnel ment for running hot water going from the buff state power house too the Richardson

WHO KNOWS THE MADNESS THAT WENT ON HERE. ITS CRAZY LOL

Not much has changed since this video. Just decay from time passing by. Still a nice place, I consider it my “safe place” because of the falls behind it.

Did you see or feel any ghosts? What did the house smell like?

The real treasure is that they made the land a preserve, and not more houses. Its a great preserve for hiking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. If you go in the late fall/winter, its much easier to see the ruins and get your bearings. My friends have pics from back in the 80's when the fountain by the wall was still pretty much intact and the stone work was less destroyed.

I don’t usually describe things as “trippy” but that staircase! Beautiful to look at but it also looks like a murder scene from an Agatha Christie/PBS special

Cool to see this section. I was there back in May walking around in the main section of the hotel. Glad to see they’re restoring it. Some sections definitely had the hairs on my arms raising. lol

Wow, I was just on the property and was curious when I saw the building with Veterans Memorial Hospital words on it. There are so many buildings and it's pretty creepy. Thank you for bringing respect to the men and woman who served our country and paid for it with their bodies and minds. God bless our veterans!

My great grandpa was admitted for alcoholism in the 60s. My grandma came to visit and was traumatized by the overcrowding and the fact that her father was "right in with the crazies."

Nice, lived across the street on Rees Street in my childhood, when it was still operating....many a night could hear screams coming from this place ! You make a comment "look at this old lighting fixture"....imagine back when, there was no electricity, for about the first 30 years these buildings operated.

Well done !

The vandals don't miss a thing do they.

Loved this video me and my friends just went to see it and explored a little what a difference 4years had made: have you since been back?

I am baffled as to why no one has restored it to its original beauty. Even if the county (if anything) can make it an historical landmark/museum if they invest in it’s renovation 🙏🏽❤

I explored all 13 floors at night , on the right wing. I climbed in through the basement and went all the way up and onto the roof, probably not a smart idea considering it’s 130+ years old. I Went to the main Rec room with all the flipped over beds with the straps, turned my flash light off and “said if any spirits are present show yourself now” , nothing happened. The two friends I was with were very angry. My friend is religious and got bad vibes and begged us to leave . We pushed up and discovered a bell in the attic with an old generator from the 1900s. I also saw lobotomy chairs and tools for electroshock therapy. Each floor has long corrodors with rooms and showers and blown out windows. Retracing my steps and Figuring out how to get out was the only fear I felt. It’s designed with that intent. Ran into a group of highschool kids happy to see us. Didn’t go anywhere near the morgue.

I do hope they are trying to save this house.

Within the last four years locally we lost the Allentown State Hospital. ALL the structures were raized. Truly an irreplaceable complex. I'm glad to see New York State and the city of Buffalo chose another path.

That staircase is awesome, btw I'm happy to see they've maintained the windows. it's very important to keep the elements out.

So beautiful, that stairway alone is a tribute to the quality of craftsmanship that America once prided itself in.

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So sad to see it in this shape

I have alot of fun in tgat building....and ive captured a couple of EVPs or unusual clicks IN my phone( audio). I love exploring these buildings. This building has really excellerated in falling apaet over the last 7 months. Nice work

This one should be required study for first-year architecture students. Stunning.

You are good at this. Keep going. Be careful.

Ive captured evps in the medical clinic

I visited my sister there in 2007. I was pregnant. I saw this building and it has sat with me. Thank you 😊.

The Structure for the tennis/quash court is still there.

Why doesn't someone fix this up😢

When i was there a few weeks ago, there was security on a forklift panning around between building 29 and the quad unit - all through the campus. what was it like then? is he still there now?

Great video John! I loved seeing the comparison towards the beginning ✊

go up to the water tower you will find the grave yard were they buried the patients

Awesome video, John! 👏🏻