Abandoned Mid-Century Hospital - Found Morgue and Bone Stretcher

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[@TheProperPeople]

KZbin decided there was no rush to process 4K and is taking its time. We're hoping that it's available somewhat soon. Edit: 2 weeks later, and no 4K. KZbin did us dirty. Ironically this is the first upload shot with the new upgraded cameras.

[@ghosturbx]

Yep, hate it when i cant watch your videos in 4k, ive actually been done exploaring in my area too! Going to a giant abandoned mill soon

[@QuietJ0Y]

Thanks for what you do!

[@Cthulhoop]

Nothing wrong with 1080p

[@hypernox775]

Yeah ok

[@RangerRickTV]

Same shit happen to me last week.

[@nancymeehan421]

I love your videos. I am a retired Registered Nurse, working in hospital acute care from 1971 to 2016.Your hospital explorations really speak to me, having worked in the settings shown so well in your videos. The bone stretcher went out of use before my time, thank goodness. I never saw a bath slab either. Keep on exploring! This from an old lady who could be your grandmother.

[@Brushbell]

I was SO curious about the bath slab! I can't find much online about why it was made/used (water saver?)

[@nancymeehan421]

@@Brushbell From what I found on line they placed the patient on the slab and washed them down. What I can't figure out is how they placed the patient on the slab if they couldn't get up on the table by themselves. I guess they could use a sling lift made out of plastic. It was before my time so I am curious too.

[@SuV33358]

Wow, almost 50 yrs as a nurse? That's impressive! I'm sure your work helped a lot of people. 👍🏼

[@jackimiller8511]

@@Brushbell People were manually lifted onto the slab by one or two caregivers, depending on patient size, shape, and staff availability. A mechanical lift was used if available however even though it was easier on the back it took more time to set up so many staff still opted to manually lift to save time. The short sides made an almost lateral transfer possible as well as making it easy to reach the person during bathing. Some later slabs had the capability to be raised or lowered. You could walk all around the person or have a caregiver on each side with easy access. Another benefit was that after bathing you could dry the slab and put dry towels under the person and dress them before transferring them to their w/c. Also these slabs were often used for changing the disposable briefs of incontinent people who needed washing up. The slabs were slightly angled down toward the drain end and this prevented the waste and water from running back on the person if you were really careful. A spray hose was used for washing and I know this sounds barbaric but there are techinques for using these slabs that can make the bath much less uncomfortable than you might imagine. But that's a different lengthy comment...

[@oldenweery7510]

Thank you for your service. My first brush with nurses, hospitals, and operations thereof was in 1945, when I was hit by a car. I still vaguely remember traveling on gurneys up and down hallways, in and out of elevators, all the while feeling the drafts of March weather. My right femur was broken and my impression, before the anesthetic took hold, was that they'd laid me on some sort of rack, very uncomfortable. The break was clean, but the broken ends had passed each other, so they drilled holes in my tibia and pelvis, inserted stainless steel pins, and attached "horseshoes" to the pins' so they could apply traction to pull the broken pieces apart to line them up. I was encased in a plaster cast from the base of my toes to my armpits, with an opening at the crotch. Comfy! We celebrated my fifth birthday in the ward, with the nurses attending, and I didn't mind a bit that a nurse or nurses would come around at lights-out, to kiss me goodnight (I came from a very affectionate family). I've had surgery for a pilonidal cyst, perforated diverticulitis, a nephrectomy (cancer of the right kidney), and half-hip replacement and it has always been the professionalism and compassion of the nurses that made my hospital stays bearable. Even now, I have a "Dream Team" of RNs helping me to cope with Old Age. Bless you all! Stay safe.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

These guys are so respectful. They’re really doing a public service, preserving the memories of these cultural landmarks before they’re lost forever.

[@tacocat1714]

I love how are you guys make your videos, there’s no Clickbait, awesome editing, and how you respect these places

[@Makoishere4]

Yeah, especially no over-exaggeration n all that garbage :P

[@oldenweery7510]

Yes, they're A1 at this, along with Broken Window Theory, Derelict Doug, Urban Exploring with Kappy, Mobile Instinct, Bright Sun Videos, and several others. Don't you get tired of every exploration beng "scary," "haunted," "(I almost died!") etc.! Some of them are so inept you wonder how they manage. Stay safe.

[@NathanElcoate]

Straight up.

[@NitroWolf69]

That’s a very beautiful comment 💜

[@Kingof633]

I agree! These guys are the best!

[@debiluke5421]

The oddly shaped hydrotherapy tub is called a Hubbard tank. I’m a physical therapist and we used to use these tanks for wound care. You guys are correct about the shape being for access to the patient. The other tanks were for extremities. Hydrotherapy for wound care had the terrible possibility of cross contamination and now we don’t use them. Cool to see the relics from early in my career. Just want to say that you guys are incredibly mature and respectful. I appreciate that and enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@steveb936]

Thanks for the info, what are those movable things that slid along the edges ?

[@evamallard884]

The large tub is a Hubbard tank and was used for one patient to receive whole body care. It also allowed easy access for medical personnel to attend to the patient. The parts that stick up are used to create whirlpools in the tubs and provide a sort of massage to areas. Patients were lowered down on a stretcher and just their heads were kept out of the tub.

[@flashlight1429]

These videos always make me wish I could just get a glimpse of these buildings in their hayday. I want to see the nurses walking around working, all of the old instruments, the sounds and the families visiting their loved ones. So fascinating yet a bit frustrating!

[@jo-ellenkenney9055]

Me, too. My aunt was a polio patient there circa 1950 after she contracted it at age 27.

[@laminatd8063]

them: we gotta be quiet so the workers dont hear us Also them with every step they take: *CRUNCH CRUNCH CRACK CRUNCH*

[@smwsmwsmw]

Sometimes I wonder if the PP would be better off just putting on reflective vests and hardhats, carry clipboards around, and make it look like they know what they're doing.

[@ishiiM]

@@smwsmwsmw whatp

[@danielleduncan1544]

Can't help but think about how those tiles are more than likely asbestos. Which is fine as long as they don't break...

[@halfsourlizard9319]

You might not understand how microphones work when ...

[@michaelsimpson757]

At this point you guys are like family. When I'm ready to eat, I don't sit down to watch movies or shows, I watch the Proper People! There is an atmosphere of comfort and familiarity with watching this channel.

[@user751x65]

Same here

[@Matthewwithers33]

Same here, my wife (who really isn’t into watching KZbin often) enjoys watching their videos, a lot of times we watch their videos at breakfast in the mornings before we go to work

[@mcstickytoes1629]

I like how y’all just like explore and don’t act as if there are ghosts attacking you, it’s awesome what y’all do, keep it up

[@midnight_x_edits]

Because ghosts arent real and half of these “haunted” buildings are just buildings nothing haunted about them

[@mandymckk]

This channel has all the abandoned building fun of ghost hunting shows, without all the fake paranormal stuff

[@robertsilva8097]

Hello Amanda I totally agree with your comments on this video

[@tayloranderson7547]

Without all fake paranormal stuff ghost

[@infamous1857]

Every now and then they have real a paranormal stuff

[@Monkey_Snot]

That green machine you were trying to figure out in the laundry is a press and folder, you put in a wet sheet and it presses, drys and folds it all at once.

[@ericbartol]

Is that the one Stephen King refers to as the 'mangler?'

[@jackimiller8511]

@@ericbartol yes

[@Troppa17]

Flatwork ironer & Sheet folding machine. I would consider the design more like Streamline Moderne (late 30ies ~ late 50ies) than Art Deco.

[@trevorgoodchild420]

It looks like a Sci-Fi tank to me.

[@bobbytumser5093]

Looks like an old American Laundry Sylon or Super Sylon ironer with original aprons. The folder is a separate piece on the end. That particular ironer looks to be about 40s-50s and was built in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mostly original. Doesn't appear to have the inverter conversion done. The hood on top was for sucking out the steam from the sheets and the wax smell when they were waxed before using. A must have for being in a basement or enclosed area. Although that vent is too small by today's standards and most likely was full of wax in the walls. I'm surprised to see that in there. That still fetches a lot of money in the open market. I use to install and rebuild these things all over the US for 10 years. I always anticipate seeing something laundry related when watching your videos.

[@stephaniefrechette6535]

random comment no one will see because this video is old but… anytime i feel stressed or i cant sleep or i just need a brain break….this is the specific video i watch thank you bryan and michael for continuously documenting what has been forgotten. it gives us invisibles hope that someone sees us❤

[@Baysidemom2]

hey I know this comment is 8 months old but I just want to tell you I SEE YOU. from one stranger on the internet to another. you matter.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I love your guys' art: what is known in photography as "indexicality", indexing a place and recording it for all time, even though it is temporal and is soon to be disintegrated forever. That is a form of art, and with your videos and photography, you do it and do it well!

[@lavapix]

At 15:00 that room reminded me of a typical hospital children's ward. It looked just like the one I was in numerous times as a kid in the 60s and early 70s. There were maybe 16 beds. They separated the boys from the girls. The girls were down the hall.

[@three828]

W H A T (you were in...?!?!?!)

[@Makoishere4]

What does this mean, if you’re fine with answer? I just find interest in this kind of stuff whether you meant you went exploring in one or whether you were actually in one :D

[@lavapix]

@@Makoishere4 I'm just adding my 2-cents on what the room looked like to me based on the experience of being in a hospital ward several times as a kid. I wasn't exploring between the ages of 2 months old and 12 years old :-)

[@Makoishere4]

@@lavapix I still find that interesting mate :P

[@lavapix]

@@Makoishere4 The moment I saw that room it brought back memories of being in the hospital as a kid. The only difference is the entrance was in the center.

[@PataPannu]

There are two types of Graffiti, The kind where the artist puts time and effort to it with multiple colors and deffinite skill to create a tasteful piece, And then there's the half-assed black or red graffiti tags often brandishing someone's "name" in illiterate scribbles, offensive or edgy slurs and penises quickly slapped accross everything from walls to windows.

[@Shitty796]

Got to start somewhere man.

[@markusarrow]

been around thousands of years

[@tayloranderson7547]

The half- assed black or red grffit red tags ofent brushing someone's name in lillterated scribbles offensive or edgy Pinterest

[@Selmarya]

And then there is the grafetti wall Nowhere is uncoated with 1 layer of graffiti

[@dymaxion3988]

I'd say there's three types, not really on a scale, just three very different kinds of people. 1: Colourful murals created with genuine thought and effort 2: Genitals and swear words carelessly sprayed wherever 3: Among us and OwO

[@jefflovesjets8116]

As one of your other commenters suggested, the bone stretcher is an orthopedic/fracture table for lower limb fractures that require traction for roddings, internal fixations, etc. The loops of metal are probably to clamp drapes to during the case. It is also designed so that a C-arm x-ray device and get under and over or front and back of the fracture sight during surgery. If you do a search for Chick Table you will see what the newer versions look like that we used when I worked in surgery. Cool video!

[@Lulu-z1u]

I was hospitalized for just over five months after a very bad accident. It was in Swedish Hospital in Seattle. I had to learn to walk again and I was taken to one of those oddly-shaped metal “pools” for debridements every other day to remove foreign matter from inside my muscles, tissue, under bone and treated with a bleach mixture. To this day when I see one of those things my breathing stops for a couple seconds. There weren’t enough drugs to stop that pain and it was the thing I feared most. UGH!

[@joshuaayres8932]

This video makes me want to make an Urbex Stealth game where you try to keep from being found by security or construction workers. Each level is based on real locations

[@brodiemacleod69]

Dude......fire up unreal engine and I’d fucking buy that

[@eily_b]

There could also be scrappers, vandals, homeless people and other explorers.

[@Chris5685]

Taking pictures as an objective maybe?

[@brodiemacleod69]

@@Chris5685 yessssssss

[@spiritmatter1553]

Do it!

[@921buzz]

The “Bone Stretcher” looks a lot like our Orthopaedic fracture table where we put patients on it and pull the broken bone apart so that we can re-set it and put a metal plate with screws over the fracture. The black triangle and post is where we would rest the patient’s bottom and the post fits firmly against the private area. That is how we can “ratchet” down the boot (missing) and it won’t pull the rest of the patient down. Our older surgeons still use it bc it was what they trained on. Made in the 60’s. We also have a new one that is designed very differently

[@Aloha745]

I hope I never break a bone! 😬 Are patients awake during this procedure??

[@921buzz]

@@Aloha745 No! Luckily, we anesthetize the patient before we ever put their legs in the boots.

[@Aloha745]

@@921buzz that’s good!!

[@kimberlyschouppe86]

Omg that sounds awful and painful! Bless your heart for having to be the one to do that procedure.

[@praisethesun69]

omg o_o fuuuuuuck no but also thank you for what you do, I never could do that

[@TheJtjensen]

I really don't understand why some people have the need to destroy everything?? so sad, just let it rust in peace.

[@catboymikey]

Some of the graffiti was very good but most is just annoying but it's art non the less

[@wounded625]

The Among Us graffiti was some of the most frustrating. It's not even that good of a game. If you can't even be original don't bring paint with you.

[@SuV33358]

Isn't that a Megadeth album name?

[@PataPannu]

@@Blackdragon5284 If only it's actually good colorful graffiti, and not just penises and "I

[@TheJtjensen]

@@SuV33358 nice, gj sir, you are right, and i think it fits, this hospital.

[@abpsd73]

Proper People: "we have to find the bone stretcher." Me: "that's a $1000 circuit breaker laying on the laundry room floor."

[@Saluno375]

Good thing they're the "proper people" and don't scavenge ;)

[@prebenjaeger]

@@Saluno375 Yeah, much better that it's left on the floor of some old building rather than if it was reused by whatever means, right?

[@Saluno375]

@@prebenjaeger I mean, scavenging a single circuit breaker off the floor is a victimless crime, but if no one scavenged we'd have abandoned buildings in pristine state in our urbex content. So yes, don't propagate the idea.

[@fernis103]

Watch people recognize this building and head over just for the circuit breaker now

[@susie6311]

What's a circuit breaker?

[@VandalDecaProductions]

Love this mid-century architecture stuff. When I was a kid, these buildings were starting to be replaced and refitted, but I still have some creepy memories of hospitals and schools outfitted with the exact same tiles, clocks, cinder-block walls and other stuff shown here. This place hasn't changed all that much from the photo gallery I first saw 15 years ago, but the theater may have suffered the most--being nothing more than a pile of wreckage now. I wonder where the iron lungs went...maybe they were rescued for parts. I imagine repair parts are hard to come by for the small number of people still forced to live in those machines.

[@tigerann4941]

the art deco flourished machine was a mangle. Wet or damp sheets were fed into it and came out flat and starched at the end...crisp crisp crisp.

[@callumdonington2227]

Man that thing looks like it would give zero shits if a person got caught in it.

[@jackimiller8511]

The absolute hands down worst job I ever had was mangling sheets in a nursing home. I think I ran each one through a total of 16 times but I can't remember. It was hot, had to stand in the same spot facing a cinder block wall all day. Just mind numbing. But sometimes on Friday afternoons I got to hand iron clothes!

[@SEEYAIAYE]

Welp, now I'm remembering Stephen Kings story about the Mangler.

[@jackimiller8511]

@@SEEYAIAYE Its interesting you called it a mangler instead of a mangle. That's the word I always used too but thought maybe I was wrong.

[@SEEYAIAYE]

@@jackimiller8511 Nah SK named the story that. For a short story it's creepy though. This thing turns on by itself and kills people.

[@itssamm04]

As an x-ray tech, I always appreciate old hospitals. I extra appreciated this video because of the old x-ray equipment! Another great video guys! 💀☢️

[@tc7009]

Is it possible the sources are still in that old equipment (and potentially dangerous if scrapped?).

[@BronsonTheCat]

@@tc7009 After what happened in Brazil in 1987 I doubt the source would be left behind.

[@Floedekage]

@@tc7009 uhm... I get the feeling you're up to something? 🤔

[@itssamm04]

@@tc7009 Ultimately, no. The equipment itself is not radioactive. Perhaps all the parts are still there that can produce x-rays (a cathode, anode, filament, tungsten target, etc.), but those parts alone do not hold any radiation.

[@tekvax01]

@@tc7009 no, the x-rays are generated by high voltage... no voltage, no x-rays, no x-rays no radiation.

[@maggielovestoads]

It would be so cool if when places like this were abandoned, they took all that vintage medical equipment and put it in a medical museum or something. It would be so neat to see like the evolution of medicine and what things looked like back in the day

[@MartijnWismeijer]

That hydrotherapy tub would be great to have as a jacuzzi in the garden.

[@deborahboomer9598]

The flat bath on pedestals is called a birdbath, and was used to wash individuals who were in wheelchairs and had no mobility in their legs. It’s easier to lift them back down into their wheelchairs, than up from a normal bathtub.

[@fergus247]

Great video. I love how it starts out with really derelict building but then it just reaches that perfect level of abandondenment and vandalization. Awesome

[@timberthelette6573]

I was just inside this hospital this past weekend. The construction project stalled due to funding, so for now the buildings on the property are still there.

[@ek1215]

I work in autopsy and it's so cool to see old morgues! They haven't changed a whole lot, but still cool!

[@kaler333]

I was astonished!!! So much questions!!! But so much experienced person!!! You explained everything!!! This strange machine, slab, hydrotherapy!!! Sorry for my language, this is not my mother tongue. Thanks a lot again)))

[@Sarahlynn1304]

Wow, if this hospital closed in the late 80’s or early 90’s it’s shocking how much of the older/original equipment was being used! Like that giant laundry machine, by the 80’s and 90’s that must have been obsolete! Very cool find, as always!

[@Dallas_K]

It may have been obsolete, but that stuff is very expensive. Terrible waste of money to keep replacing it if it is still perfectly functional.

[@sc8307]

Stuff was built to last back then, and the technology didn't change as fast as it does these days. No planned obsolescence.

[@basstrammel1322]

I was in a bone stretcher as a baby a long time ago! After being born feet first, my hip was a bit out of allignment. It got very bad when I was 6 months old, so from then on I spent 3 months in a baby-stretch. Not that I remember, but my parents said it was a cruise compared to what the doctors prepared them for.

[@doubletaco]

I live about 5 minutes away from this place actually, ive been in it many times! This is super cool to see! I assume they dont want the exact location to be publicized because they referred to it as "somewhere in the US" but as proof i can say its on the east coast. However i have never gone in the outlying buildings so that was nice to finally see, even if there was nothing in them. Ive collected many old patient papers dating all the way back to the 1960s. It was also really neat to see some of the graffiti ive seen in person many times! My friends and i also always referred to the hydro therapy baths as the "hot tubs" lol. Ive always loved going into the huge kitchen with the MEGA soup bowls, and i especially also remember the theater thats barely holding on with the cool little projector room on the floor above. You guys didnt go into the back room of the theater in the video, but theres a cool little space up a ladder back there that leads to a concrete room behind the main stage. nothing too cool up there but its just a neat little secret room. Im really glad you guys got around to seeing this place.. many interesting things left over.. and one of the more memorable things ive seen personally is all of the creepy spray paint art people leave, and on one floor someone took all of the fire hydrants and stood them up in the hallways but those seem to have been removed before this video was made. Thank you so much for the amazing video once again!!!! It was cool to see this place in the daytime as I only went at night beforehand. EDIT: in the video, they never went into the basement. for anyone curious, its a large open area with support pillars that spans almost the entire hospital (with the exception of the courtyard i think)-a bunch of pipes and stuff everywhere; very creepy and dark, also moldy and kinda gross so i havent been in there a whole lot. They also didnt show the roof, but its not too interesting, normal roof with some vents and some rooms with more vents.

[@Kamboozled]

I mean they said that to cover themselves in the video. This is the Lakeville Sanitorium in MA is it not?

[@doubletaco]

yea that’s right

[@philvecchio6366]

Is that the old Taunton State Hospital or the one in Foxboro? I saw one piece of graffiti and it had a phone number with an area code of 508 that is south eastern Massachusetts. Great video.

[@doubletaco]

@@philvecchio6366 its the lakeville one

[@jesss111_]

I was wondering if anyone else noticed the place! At the beginning of their video I was like wait... I know this place! I’ve personally never been inside it, I live a few towns away from it, but I’ve talked to a few people who have been in it and seen many pictures and videos. I only wish it was way more intact as it would probably be more amazing to explore.

[@emilyzahora3330]

After my grandma gave birth to my dad, in the mid-fifties, she was wrongly diagnosed with tuberculosis and placed in a sanatorium. Apparently that happened quite a bit since those hospitals were trying to keep running even with the decline in TB.

[@sarahnelson1777]

I love how unlike many yt explorer’s you guys don’t talk too much (or too little for the explanations), and just let awesome scenery speak for itself.

[@tigerann4941]

Both my elementary and middle school were built in the early 60s and had many of these same features. Those glossy pastel tiles are in nearly every school memory I have.

[@iiipercenterpatriot4266]

Haha same here

[@cherrypepsi2815]

My old elementary school had those glossy tiles everywhere. The bathrooms were the green ones and the pink ones, the hallway walls were the yellow ones, etc. I love them so much for how ugly they are

[@aesxop]

Same.

[@lynnski7639]

@@aesxop The fully tiled walls freak me out,don't know why,just do lol

[@scottkrafft6830]

Yeah, my grammar school AND my college both have those pastel blocks lol. The green ones were the most common, followed by the blue, then brown/beige. I never saw pink

[@Joshua_Lawrence]

This channel is truly amazing It really does feel like this show belongs on PBS

[@maddynewhouse143]

I totally agree. I would only want it on PBS as any other network would want to make it over staged like so many other channels do.

[@werlecar]

They are good!

[@CarolineJoyAmico]

These guys are ANTHROPOLOGISTS! I agree. They are preserving history. I also agree with someone above, that there should be some sort of a badge for them to carry, because this SHOULD HAPPEN, and they shouldn’t have to slink around hoping not to get caught. THANKS, Proper People.

[@johnjohnston9661]

I appreciate that you are respectful of the places you explore. It's obvious that your desire is to document, not destroy (even though most of the buildings are in decay or being demolished.) My concern is the health risks you take in such old structures - asbestos, black mold, and sketchy floors and ceilings. Not judging - just a genuine concern. Still, you do a great job of video-archeology and your videos are interesting and engaging!

[@Cthulhoop]

From what i've read of the "Bone Stretcher" is "these were used for CP patients and Polio patients, whose legs had become arthropathied by lack of use and muscle tone. This stretched the legs and spine so they would straighten out and not draw up from lack of use, i.e. going into permanent fetal position"

[@EndOfLineTech]

That’s word for word what they said

[@Cthulhoop]

@@EndOfLineTech ok?

[@katetopping2292]

Why did they close ever find out guys?It should have more secure border windows.i wish people didn't have to destroy things.Great video.Thanks guys.

[@michelleneal6860]

Thank you so much for fact checking your info, and for not pandering to the supernatural nonsense. It’s truly refreshing.

[@omegalord]

Some of those tracks are for privacy curtains that surround the beds.

[@sanpeschke8864]

Thank you for not giving out this location cause stuff like this should be preserved. You're not destroyed

[@NicoleWootten]

“6 patients in a room - they were packed tight” *laughs from the NHS* 😂😂

[@chascarpenter5006]

There wus 8 patients in a room @ the heartlands, Birmingham,

[@nancymeehan421]

I worked on a medical surgical floor with 6 bed wards in the 1970's. If I entered the wards, I could never leave. Everybody needed something. LOL

[@SausageSideways]

My local hospital has single room wards and you could do cartwheels through them, they're that big.

[@nikeeweston]

Exactly what I thought being British I was like “man they should visit a busy NHS hospital” that is not packed tight that’s practically private.

[@lozzii1917]

Look at this link towards end of comments is link to Fairfew mental institute wards had at least 20 to 30 cots side by side no space at all in between them I absolutely hate the terminology used I find it rather offensive ie cripple, spastic, retards, mentally handicapped, mentally challenged etc its disgusting horrible nasty way to describe the children and adults even babies with very complex special needs I'm very severely disabled myself what's so very very sad and I'm going to mention this please only watch this documentary with caution as it made me physically sick seeing the disgusting way they were treated I sensed from nurses body language no empathy or emotion odd few did but to see children and adults even babies rocking violently backwards and forwards along with repetitive erratic behaviour which is very clear sign they are very seriously deprived of stimulation, love and attention etc etc left all day in play room on floor if there able. The bed bound are all bent, stick thin, and severely malnourished with their bodies all gnarled and excruciatingly painfully twisted nurses giving them medication and feeding them flat on there backs shoveling food in continuous and constantly not giving time to acknowledged theres food in there mouth, time to taste, chew and swallow what's put in their mouths or given breather and or water in between each mouthful that's seriously very high choking risk which causes Aspirated Pneumonia which is usually fatal I have no doubt what so ever its most likely the cause of death in these young patients as well as severe malnourishment. Vast percent of the patients were Epileptic, Down Syndrome, brain damaged, various stages of learning difficulties etc we seen them in mental asylum for feeble minded a relative and her friend worked in the 80s it was horrendous place those in lock up wards screamed, hit and bit themselves and or others even chucked poo everywhere. I remember one lovely lady had very mild Downs but because lack of stimulus she had absolute no clue how to live independently I took a shine to her said to her guardian (her parents were both deceased by time she got out after institution got shut down) she can be rehabilitated with plenty time, patience and supervision sure enough in my care plus her guardian and carers Elsie thrived eventually moved into assisted living like sheltered housing but with more freedom. She even got married lived very happy fulfilling life her violent rocking and anger issues stopped after few months due to being stimulated and learnt to socialise she loved dancing and painting I taught her to make home made cards its so sad how these barbaric torturous hideous buildings treated special needs any ways here's link its about Slab bath shown in this video opacity.us/image5260_slab_tub.htm#!get=comments

[@arianamaria_]

The stealth mission in the beginning was kind of dope tbh even if it cut into your ability to explore the cool stuff Ps you can tell this was a TB hospital bc of the open winged shape of the building on the left (when looking a the areal shot in the beginning). Before antibiotics the best treatment the medical community could come up with was giving patients tons of light and fresh air so the shape of the building was meant to maximize that. You can see this design reflected in more famous buildings like waverly which also originally served as a TB hospital

[@WrenchesOnJunk]

I can’t imagine how much work it took to tile all those walls in the 60s but it looks so good still!

[@NastyCustoms5150]

Dress like you're OSHA workers, any workers that see will go out of their way to avoid you. Great channel, content, style, editing..... keep on keeping it proper.

[@ddylla85]

Will you be covering their legal fee's if they're prosecuted for impersonating a federal employee?

[@jasonw4932]

Great idea until the site foreman goes looking for you and or the osha inspectors see you also and bring you up on charges..

[@Shitty796]

@@ddylla85 seriously people keep forgetting this is all very illegal yet they complain about a dick on a wall

[@chelseasyrek9792]

I liked this then the grownup part of my brain said, that’s probably fraud

[@ddylla85]

@@Shitty796 well I am not fond of the grafitti myself.

[@muddymallow80]

thank you for never using click bait and making your videos genuine. I always watch your channel for abandoned places instead of the others all because other channels use so much dumb clickbait

[@Zipzap1313]

It's so sad to see buildings like this 💔 destroyed and the past forgotten because of this Thank you for taking such time and care to see through these places! Truly Proper People Thank you for the AMAZING vids

[@taylorsharp5928]

Whoever was doing the graffiti in the first building must have the IQ of a doorknob.

[@Cthulhoop]

As does anyone who does Graffiti.

[@taylorsharp5928]

@@Cthulhoop Na, I know a couple actual artists. They have respect and they don't just tag to deface and rebel against their parents. lol

[@YaBoyLogann]

that's disrespectful to doorknobs

[@taylorsharp5928]

@@YaBoyLogann Valid point

[@emilyjayne77]

😅

[@anthonye.4999]

Did I see a tree growing on the roof? Nature really does win in the end.

[@Owlleap]

Somewhere at the 8-minute mark, there is grass growing in one of the rooms.

[@eliteastrea]

Life uhh... finds a way

[@plainbagell]

8:06

[@bluebirdtrucking76]

In one video where they explored a steel mill there was plants growing on a conveyor belt like 100 feet in the air. Nature really does always win at the end

[@jordan.gjerde]

@@Owlleap I thing that was moss/lichen. Either way, nature reclaims 🙌

[@donparker8246]

33:54 That is a sheet folding machine. Linens used in surgery were washed and dried separate from bed linens (they were called surgical blues) because they had to be lint free for the OR. Also, they were washed in much stronger detergents.

[@921buzz]

Yes! Had to get all the blood out. My first job in the OR, we still draped with real linens that were folded and wrapped twice and sterilized. We also had to make sure there were no holes in them

[@dearien]

It would take 2 people to run the sheets through the ironer/folder, and then, it would be folded on the other side. Also, that was a vent on top of it, because it would get mighty hot in the laundry if you didn't have it on. And yes, you would put the sheets through it wet and the ironer part would dry them. I spent 10 years working in hospital laundry. By the way, I love your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@SuperSharpBlue]

I work in the OR, we use fracture tables to pull traction on broken bones for alignment while we plate or pin the broken bones. The foam cylinder in the middle is where the groin would go to hold the pelvis while the legs are being tractioned. The one in this video, I'd imagine is a very old one as modern fracture tables are totally different.

[@lynnski7639]

Last june i was standing on the kitchen counter cleaning my windows,i jumped down & crack,i felt a jolt that winded me & i hit the floor.I suffered "bi lateral fractures of tibial plateau".Now i have plates & screws in both legs,surgery was carried out under a spinal block & heavy sedation so totally out of it.Took months to heal but i need to get more physio as left leg still not right,i'm really aware of the plate & it's quite painful when walking (still really numb around surgery site) i'm worried i'm gonna end up with permanent limp.I couldn't bear to look at x rays so the thought of something manipulating my bones makes me queasy lol

[@SuperSharpBlue]

@@lynnski7639 Bone healing typically slows after the age of 40, the plates and screws will allow the bone to stay stable and heal properly for a longer period of time. You could technically have the plates and screws removed, if they are causing issues later on, however they are intended to remain lifelong. It would be something you would have to discuss with an orthopedic surgeon, if it is worth the extra surgery to have them removed. You may find the pain and numbness could be resolved with physical therapy and time.

[@lynnski7639]

@@SuperSharpBlue Done my exercises religiously but i think i might need a wee bit more hands on physio which isn't possible at the minute,thank you for replying

[@Foltl]

your way of filming and editing makes you my personal best "lost place" channel! Greetings from Austria

[@erikmattson8629]

Damn, I love you guys. As soon as that theme song starts I'm so freakin' dialed in lol.

[@921buzz]

I love that theme music!

[@locke103]

random wall: dont talk to ghosts. it's good advice. me: give us a sign

[@Shawn_Magara]

Hospitals normally have flowing ghost activity so it'd be cool to try and connect to the other side here, however I here they're extra clingy after being locked in a building all those years

[@locke103]

@@Shawn_Magara i can imagine. funny, in a way. i've never once had a paranormal experience, but i'd be willing to believe even a little that anything is possible. in actuality, i dunno if i'd be brave enough to try and stir up anything i should be leaving alone.

[@allyjenny15]

38:10 Bone stretcher- used in operations for people with leg fractures. Leg would go in the stirrup and would pull the fracture apart so they could reduce the fracture with plates and screws. Also called ORIF- open reduction internal fixation

[@lynnski7639]

I'm recovering from ORIF after suffering "bi lateral fractures of tibial plateu.Had to stand on kitchen counter to reach the windows & when i jumped down...... it was like a punch to the gut that winded me & i hit he floor like a sack of spuds.Having plates & screws in both legs,i just had to see this contraption & now i actually feel sick lol

[@allyjenny15]

@@lynnski7639 good thing you were asleep for the operation

[@lynnski7639]

@@allyjenny15 Technically i wasn't,i had a spinal block & sedative,i was off the planet but conscious

[@amightysailingman]

That first building you entered reminds me of an office building where I once worked. The building owners had decided to do a gut renovation and emptied out the building. But my company, the last business in the building, hadn't found a new location and they couldn't kick us out because we had a lease. So for a few months, our office was an island of calm among all the other spaces in various states of ruin and demolition.

[@shananany]

Haha I’m sorry B O N E S T R E T C H E R ? WHAT

[@TheProperPeople]

ＢＯＮＥ ＳＴＲＥＴＣＨＥＲ

[@Clay3613]

@@TheProperPeople Spider-Hero will defeat him.

[@High_Caliber]

You laugh, but how else are you going to get your bones to fit properly after you suffer skin failure! Someone get this guy a calmative, stat!

[@Aloha745]

It looks like a torture device to me!

[@Harlem55]

@@Aloha745 If you ever see the pics of David Parker Ray's "toy box" you'll never look at your gynecologist's office the same way again, and would probably be scared for life.

[@Alanshee-Valera]

Daughter of med assistant here. A cystoscopy or bladder scope is a procedure where they insert a scope through the urethra to take a look at the lining of the bladder so that's what that room and equipment was once used for.

[@Iffinstiffin]

You guys should have your own tv show, explaining the historical fact of the buildings while walking through.

[@popcatzoo]

Those "mixing bowls" are steam kettles. they are big pots used in facilities with steam hookups. I've seen them at another Psychiatric hospital.

[@BriannaGraceOfficial]

I live ten minutes from this hospital and have ALWAYS wanted to go inside- literally ever since I was a kid. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

[@Imshittingmypants]

where is this?

[@gadsdenguy4880]

Same, although left the area last year. Would not have guessed it was so trashed inside. Has anything been done with it lately?

[@bobbytom420]

​@simonwyatt8398 lakeville hospital Massachusetts you will get arrested for trespassing in this state so I don't explore much

[@mikabellstarfall7584]

Coming back 3 years later to say, the hospital is still standing! But last I remember, they were maybe going to turn it into an assisted living facility or condos. (I live in the same state as this hospital)

[@lindaelliott184]

The big machine you found after the kitchen, which Michael speculated was a sheet folding machine, appears to be a mangle, which is a machine with a big heated roller. It was probably for ironing bed linens.

[@topphatt628]

I have watched 5/6 of your programs and have subscribed. The dark history and the treatment of these people over the long years is a crime of all of the countries responsible. This is a topic that should never be allowed to be swept under the carpet, it is an education into the cruel and harsh realities of life. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

[@marx4ever]

Always love watching you 2! Voices are so calming, honestly feels like I’m watching a movie :)

[@cbc9596]

The project got voted down by the town and this building still stands I used to live right down the street. My land lord used to work there when he was in high school and he ran a radio program in that hospital for the long term patients.

[@megaaggron9778]

Lakeville?

[@dirtboy896]

I love mid century design. Thanks again guys

[@floydm.4159]

mid-century architecture embodies Americana. It's so sad to see it disappearing.

[@jenXMAGA]

This hospital is a THERAPISTS DREAM 😘😍❤️. So many healing things❣️ and the treatment room 🥰. As an OT professional, that place, had to have been at the leading edge in its day. It looks as if it cared, which, is a major step in helping people❤️

[@MangaChibiAnime]

This is what I needed today.

[@franlooving4203]

I love how you all are calm, appreciate design & architecture & you are smart! Too many out there choose not to educate themselves & I don't like their videos. Not my style.

[@yukivalentine5341]

Each and every one of your videos I’ve watched are amazing and very will documented. So thank you for being as safe and as thorough as you can when you’re filming and please continue to stay safe!

[@arizonaalchemy7572]

Well Done guys as usual. I like the way you explain things, do the research and tell us just what we are looking at. Very Respectfully done. 😊

[@gravelbags2479]

I love watching your videos, I really like the fact you walk around places respectfully and that you don't do the ghost thing, just coz something is old and unknown doesn't make it haunted

[@mattfaulkner1943]

I've been here a few times, this is definitely me spot in all of NE. glad this is here as a time capsule, before it's gone. i was out of work due to covid and decided to check it out, as i live very close by and drive by all the time and have always been curious. good to see it got the appreciation it deserved.

[@GhostOfJulesVerne]

23:10 I just looked up cystoscopy. It's when they stick a camera up your urethra to see the inside of your bladder. AAAHHH!!!!

[@candicesantillo1552]

I just realized that I’ve been subscribed to you gentleman for quite some time . You’ve never failed to inform or entertain. Please know how much you are appreciated

[@anthonykago4428]

@18:35 I like the zoom out effect to symbolize you were done with that room. It's just one of the little attention to detail things you do that make you guys stand apart from all other explorers. Thank you for letting us tag along. 👏

[@phantomskipdavid]

the machine you found was a laundry mangle it has a person feeding the sheet from one side as it presses the sheet and folds them

[@AT-ki8jz]

*Proper People* "Abandoned Mid Century Hospital - Found Morgue and Bone Stretcher" *Exploring with Josh* "Abandoned Mid Century Hospital - Morgue Packed with Dead Bodies and Piles of Bones Everywhere!"

[@LordAsney]

The guy is a fool

[@AstorReinhardt]

I used to subscribe to him because I just really like urbex videos and need more but he was so freaking annoying. Most urbex channels are since they fake crap or just have annoying personalities. This channel is the only one I'm subbed to still because their videos are so aesthetically please and they're super chill.

[@erratication]

Josh used to hate such explores with fake titles but now he became one of them i think. Or at least it feels like it since he start to become that famous. That's why i stick to Proper People. They're chill and didn't change. And they're videos are pleasing to watch

[@Mark_-jq6wg]

@@AstorReinhardt Yup same here.

[@spiritmatter1553]

The *Proper People* are properly respectful. They even speak in hushed tones. 🎩

[@cbdaug]

I didn't get very many stamps on my Proper People bingo card. No piano, no Christmas decorations, just a chair...chillin'. Thanks guys for another great video.

[@werlecar]

Beautiful hospital. Loved the still shots and seeing greenery inside. Sad to see something like this and know that possibly it will be demolished. Thank you SO much. Keep exploring ⛑🎒🏥📹🔦

[@ThomasKent1346]

A cystoscopy is a procedure to look inside the bladder using a thin camera called a cystoscope. A cystoscope is inserted into the urethra (the tube that carries pee out of the body) and passed into the bladder to allow a doctor or nurse to see inside. (I've had the procedure done on me at a VA hospital)

[@MimiJoys]

Your videos are absolutely phenomenal! Thank You! The photography is beyond professional, the narration is thought out, well researched, informative and even relaxing. I also love your general comments and conversations, quite humorous. You guys are like listening to my sons, you make me laugh. As always, Very Well Done!

[@victasmagoria]

You guys truly do great work. Preserving history! It’s so great and I’m so grateful for all y’all do.

[@jackkelley4051]

I know all about this place! Ive been there millions of times and im stoked you guys visited this location!! Sorry i missed you..

[@jamestgreyiv]

Where is it?

[@jackkelley4051]

@@jamestgreyiv here 41.082893,-71.137327

[@christasmiles8838]

The smile door was great! Very cool place. And of course you made an amazing video for it :) thank you for helping these places live on!

[@jacksanders7851]

Ive been to this place in massachusetts many times. Finally good to see a good and thorough video done on it!

[@psmirage8584]

"In the context of a decaying building, this piece of vintage medical equipment takes on a sinister vibe..." True wordsmithing.

[@AMiniki]

I love this channel. I love what you do, guys. Not only is very interesting to see all this places and try to imagine how it looked like when it was still operational, you guys make me get excited with it because of how excited you get. I love this. This channel is so good because you guys show it as it is, with nothing but your honest enthusiasm and appreciation for what you are seeing, with no other embellishment than your knowledge of angles and lightning. I love it.

[@ericav3284]

I enjoy the purity and simplicity of it just being the two of you.

[@CA1]

I was getting nervous that you weren’t uploading 😂

[@TheProperPeople]

Had some delays exporting this since we've been out shooting new videos.

[@flipnotrab]

That’s good! I was a bit worried after seeing the “COCK SANDWICH” spray painting in this video. Thought Bob might have caught you guys.

[@belladonnabakes]

What you were first thinking was a small sterilizer (24:58) was actually most likely a warmer. The smaller compartment on top would be for bags and bottles of fluids and the larger for blankets. ORs are pretty cold so you have to work to keep patients warm. Across from that warmer looks like what used to be a scrub sink possibly.

[@bbtank3000]

Bonestretcher sounds like a badass villain.

[@mrmann44]

👍😂

[@elainelott9916]

This was a great find!!! I am a nurse and I never heard of a bone stretcher......so cool !!! What a wonderful video....thx guys !!!

[@lisabourdier1606]

Just wanted to say that I love all the places you two go. Always interesting. Often learn something too. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@goldteethman8720]

One if not the best on youtube. The people love your channel. Need more. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌✌