Exploring the Abandoned Middletown Psychiatric Center - Recreation Building

[@williamquemuel7824]

I lived in one of the apartments on the top floor of one of the Psychiatric wards. My mother and father were doctors there. My mother became one of the medical directors there. We lived in 2 other house in the center. The doctors had to live either in the center or close by as they were on call. They had a baseball field, auditorium, bowling alley, and swimming pool in the rec center on state grounds. There was even a laundry building and green houses. The main Administration was a wonder. Very tranquil park at the main gate entrance. I’ll show this video to my mom. She would appreciate it.

[@coreym162]

That was a good and enlightened rant that recognizes the faults and benefits of both sides.

[@Iggypop303]

Wow another amazing video 😊 love n the shirt 😊 can’t wait for the next one 😊

[@cynthiavaldiosera4420]

Hi just saw your entire video! Wanted to write that my Oma (grandma) was Otti and she ran Otti’s Attic there at the state hospital. She worked at the state hospital for years as an attendant but after she retired she ran the thrift store for patients but it was also open to the public too. It’s sad to see that a lot of stuff was left behind like that. It was actually a beautiful campus at one time. Thank you for posting!

[@erikacaban8249]

I remember Otti’s Attic! Great thrift store and Otti Brewer ran the place!

[@ocsrc]

I worked for NY State Social Services a long time ago. We had lots of these facilities. About 5% of our population was in these facilities. Kids were taken from their families in elementary school and made wards of the state.

[@Jon-hx7pe]

mental health systems have a long history of a abuse and are abusive to this day and don't get to root of mental health problems caused by trauma, bad diet, undiagnosed physical health conditions and more. just mask it with drugs and ect - often involuntarily and or the family coerces the person into it. psychiatric diagnosis is bogus - based on checklists of symptoms and the disorders are just made up to begin with.

[@kandy-fv3ir]

So that's how you guys got the name Urbax Vibes that's so cool very cool find as always I enjoy your videos

[@ocsrc]

These were self contained massive cities with underground bunkers and passages. They had their own power and steam plants. I had to clear out the old records and what I saw caused me to have panic attacks and I had a nervous breakdown. The level of abuse, the photos they took and the things that were written in the files, because no one outside the facility ever saw them. They were hell on Earth I had a call one night at 12:30 am, a " Sentinel Event " This was the code for someone escaping. It wasn't they were worried the person was a threat to the public. They were worried that someone might learn what was happening in these sites. We demolished several of the sites in the Capital District area and the Saratoga/ Lake George area. Basically in Kindergarten you got pigeon holed. Depending on who your parents were, you were given different classes. If you were poor and you had ADHD, or were slow, or had other mental health issues, they evaluated you in First grade and Second Grade and if you were still disruptive in third grade they sent the ambulance and police and took you to the hospital. You didn't have any choice. They just took you. I see schools today and literally, 99% of the schools would be committed back in 1976. Seeing how much difference between school in 1976 and 1996, it doesn't seem possible.

[@SharonJones-ql8oy]

Video is giving off Good Vibes..... Like was a place where people with Mental Health Issues could thrive👍🏽

[@alanlough638]

Hi, Mae and Zak, an awesome exploration! 👍👍👍👍👍 Mae, for the way that you're moving and walking it's great to see that your back surgery was a success. I'm glad to see that you made a full recovery.

[@JamesHolman-sr4mo]

Very cool finds , Always enjoy your videos , 🎉

[@user-iamRobinV68]

This place was super cool!!!!! Great explore! You guys rock! 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@joangravel2436]

Thanks for awesome video I enjoyed watching

[@daysofmylife2652]

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[@NativeNYer]

Nice find guys but sad it's so trashed😮. The urbax vibes t-shirt is awesome and I love the cars crocks! U mentioned Kings Park, my friends mother used 2 work there she needed 2 p.u. her paycheck so we had 2 go with her, ugh , very sad 2 c young and old in bad shape. I think we only had principals and assistent principals. St.James elementary and Smithtown h.s. east. Stay safe guys and take care of ur back Mae!

[@asan1050]

Urbax Vibes, Thanks for posting this video

[@ilovecuppcakes]

What a trip to see something 3 minutes away from me on my feed. 😮

[@daysofmylife2652]

I support your KZbin channel 🤘💪🔥💨

[@MaxAmiga]

I dig the shirt!

[@BrianSylvestri-ko8ei]

Great video Urbax Vibes

[@urbaxvibes]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you!

[@BrianSylvestri-ko8ei]

@@urbaxvibes . I want to explore with u guys

[@Toxic_Moof]

the shirt design is amazing!

[@taylorhill7865]

i live around there and have been there so many times it’s cool to your perspective

[@Eyesonpolice]

Such a dope location!

[@graggfamily981]

Love the pipboy :) ❤❤❤

[@MrHaroldharris]

I love all ur videos u guys

[@bobby-io2rr]

Another great job. I need to find out if there are any places here in California where I live. To be off subject I like your guys hair it's getting long. Looking good. See you next week. Be safe

[@AlexanderCoppage-le2sm]

I agreed with you 💯 on that statement.

[@cupcake62591]

As soon as you showed the Mary-Kate and Ashley tape it was like you guys stepped into the 1990's.

[@annegleason8442]

So sad!!!!😢😢😢😢😢

[@kimfrank2417]

Great shirt design

[@kimfrank2417]

Do you take the pictures to save them?

[@carlashepherd9362]

Wow this place is trashed! Still cool video! ❤️🤘👍

[@terrysmitherman584]

glad you are doing well from Back Surgery, they want me to do it. Not sure I could handle it. Take care of yoursefl

[@Yuri-rr1el]

My grandparents live in upstate New York they live in Binghamton

[@azulaaaaa01]

absolutely pisses me off with how people will treat abandoned buildings. Most of the abandoned buildings that you guys explore, tend to always still be intact and you are able to understand what you're exploring. Nonetheless, adore the content you guys put out, Also putting in the information about the places since yall don't always put out the addresses is really cool!!!

[@emilyholstine9531]

Did anyone hear the ‘hi’ after he showed the backyardigains tape? As she is looking at the shelf? Or am I trippin😂

[@RoamingRamble]

many of the people who worked in this place were convicted of abuse and such federal Crimes and many of these people have been growing older filing for retirment and there is no laws stoppingthem from collecting state retirement even though they were tried and convicted of abuse at this hospital there is a lot of info on line much of this type of news about it is from 2017 some worked there over 20 years before state caught on to the abuse at the hospital

[@RoamingRamble]

these asylum's were all shut down finally in the 90s parts of some remained open though they couldn't close slowly as so many in these places were arrest for abuse to people in these hospitals there was no where to hire staff from with out hurting the countries health care system . the thing is medicine changed many of the reason these people were in these asylum's can be treated with modern medicine what has failed is the health care systems where they did not increase the mental health care you could get for mental health and so many go untreated and not only that many even go undiagnosed and so it has grown in to the problems we see today including the opiod crisis many of these addicts on the streets in cities are self medicating because of a lack of health care the system turns then away .

[@RoamingRamble]

the new synthetic street drug tranq and such keeps them in continuous need and so they live near the source in open air drug trade they get free samples each day then they go out and hustle and sell what they steel for more of the drug ,the dealers know they cant keep there income stream going unless they can keep addict's working to pay , getting off these drugs after a few years is not like the old days trying to get clean from this stuff kills no matter if they go to rehab they will live a life on another drug to avoid the pain of withdrawal

[@RoamingRamble]

there are cities now with so many addicts on the streets like Philadelphia that they are setting up larger parts of Prisons as secure Rehab centers where addicts can stay in assented living till they get completely well which can take a life time for many even this is dangerous because there tolerance to the drugs is lost if they fall back most OD and Die . so any rehab needs to be thought of for each as a place for life time of recovery ..

[@tarrabaron]

Still happening in hospitals where people can’t speak for themselves. There is one in NY being investigated now for abusing autistic kids. There is one in CT. It is sad. We need these facilities to help people but there needs to be oversight.

[@richarddouglas1712]

Nothing more then a form of a concentration camps funded by us tax payers.

[@TheMrTDrain]

Is there a video of the last time he was there?

[@JosephKnueppel]

Gees that building is not fixable shame 😢😮

[@terrysmitherman584]

should have taken a pic of you guys next the “Urbax Vibes” spray painted wall

[@zachgetsguap7846]

was it easy to get in ? any police problems ? are they still doing construction over there,i know someone who went a while ago and ive never been there so i went the very next day and couldnt find any way in and the way they said they went it was freshly chained up with a new lock and chain which they mustve done literally that morning

[@kimfrank2417]

It looks like it was warm there?

[@roberthutson2023]

You guys gotta hit up Letchworth I have so many stories that happened there

[@kimfrank2417]

I heard you guys great

[@thatsabadname6242]

You’re guys videos are stunning and awesome but please for your guys safety try to get some masks to wear because lots of old things like lead asbestos and even mold and mildew please stay safe you cool explorers and keep at it !

[@kimfrank2417]

Where did they move the people?

[@richarddouglas1712]

To the streets!! There called the homeless..

[@kimfrank2417]

Do you know why it closed?

[@rosegw9458]

I didn't see this comment before I commented on the same thing.. So sad .

[@richarddouglas1712]

Crimes against humanity!!

[@KimMiskell-j6w]

I'm thinking like others places .that maybe it needed a lot of fixing up .and they coukdnt aford to fix it up so they probly just got a new place and left that abanded

[@IcedCoffeeLover33]

Did those people pass away

[@kimfrank2417]

I like the cash register I hope you save it?

[@kimfrank2417]

There’s a lot of graffiti on the walls that’s weird how the floor was it does like like waves.

[@kimfrank2417]

I didn’t have a Dean also

[@ellieheannings7986]

I live not too far from this building

[@gckuchar]

Tell me you don't live in NY without telling me you don't live in NY " we are in upstate NY, Middletown, NY" as someone whom lives close to Middletown, NY I can safely tell you that Middletown,NY is NOT upstate NY you have to go to Green County and above to be in upstate NY. Middletown,NY is considered part of the Southern tier of NY b/c of how close it is the city

[@rosegw9458]

They end up being placed in prisons or on the streets . That's where most mental people end up. I think that why there so much many homeless . They have mental issues and no body to look after them and they can be hard to deal with. But don't need to be abused .

[@richarddouglas1712]

True ! They can be abused out in the streets for a lot less money!

[@estahl5906]

I always thought principals were for elementary and highschool and Dean's for college. Lol

[@clinards2432]

Hi

[@kimfrank2417]

I don’t know why they don’t rebuild if it’s free to graffiti the walls don’t make sense

[@nickpatrick1636]

It's to far gone to rebuild it would cost to much better to bulldoze it

[@warningsigns4526]

April 20th is Hitler's birthday 0:14

[@CatoptricCistula]

1:03:00 How ironic that Richard Simmons just died yesterday (and you almost never see any mention of him in the last decade or two.) I was just flipping through the video because I have too many tabs open in the browser. RIP

[@JasmineTutlewski]

There is so much graffiti

[@SharonJones-ql8oy]

Yes it was Reagan that closed State Hospitals & thus started a homeless community of mentally ill people 😢

[@mgratk]

Democrats demanded the people be freed from the institutions. Republicans were OK with not paying for it. Bipartisan abandonment of the mentally ill.

[@marcgratkowski408]

Democrats demanded freedom for the institutionalized and Republicans were OK with not paying for it. Bipartisan abandonment of mentally ill people who were then left to the streets.