Hell House - St. Mary’s College | Abondoned Building | Ellicott City, Maryland

[@beau9801]

Love this place! I used to hike out here at night as a highschooler and when the train goes by it echoes through the hills and it sounds absolutely otherwordly

[@andrewbradley5858]

came here at 11:00 pm left at 2 am. craziest accidental discovery of my life. me and my friend thought we had uncovered some ancient mystery. still trying to find the artist, extremely talented and patient you are. but when exploring i deem this one of the savest places ive adventure as the trails are super easy to find and follor.

[@andrewbradley5858]

we were actually there to see peeping tom/ilchester molester but to no avail

[@mymaryland]

I've heard of 2 people claiming to have done the art work on it. So i'm not sure of who it was. Pretty cool place, though.

[@mymaryland]

@@andrewbradley5858 Is that the guy in the Ilchester train tunnel?

[@jakemoore5124]

@@mymaryland im very very interested in what it all means. The entire altar area. All the art. What is it. What does it say.

[@Turntuppusha]

It was a friend I know . Her name is fox . Her real name is Julia she’s half Asian half white

[@ashlee895]

I love visiting Ellicott city an always have to stop by hell house I still can't get over the steps you have to walk up to get there I find it so beautiful and creepy. Will be visiting soon. I remember when the main building was still up now its rubble an so sad someone knocked over the cross

[@mymaryland]

It's definitely a bummer that the alter was destroyed. Hopefully the rest stays in tact for us to explore.

[@daniellerenae4834]

I wanna know who painted the dragons and things. Last time I was there they didn't have all that and honestly it looks amazing

[@mymaryland]

I believe somebody here in the comments said they they painted it. But about 6 months ago I was told it was a girl whom know lives in South America so I’m not really sure.

[@CyberBug42]

I haven't been there since the 90s it looks a lot different

[@wilburmcbride8096]

I love the scenery with the spooky music. Makes for a good Halloween bedtime story.

[@mymaryland]

Wilbur Mcbride I do enjoy some creepy music!

[@inkl7802]

I really enjoyed this vid. It makes my art feel more alive.

[@mymaryland]

Thank you!! Did you do the art there at hell house?

[@inkl7802]

@@mymaryland Yes

[@inkl7802]

@@mymaryland Yea, all of it in black and white.

[@linnsterlingcurebeliefinad1725]

@@inkl7802 I went there back in 2009 2010 there used to be a building there but then burnt down.

[@joehunter3jh]

@@inkl7802 was that at the top of the hill before you make a right on to 7 hills Rd near the river or cry baby bridge

[@plendl1959]

I love that place. I still haven’t found the pool. Someone needs to go into the basement under the foundation with the hole access. I want to see what’s down there but I’m not going in! 😳😬

[@mymaryland]

I wish I could tell you how to get to the pool but I kind of just stumbled upon it. I feel like its the opposite direction of the railroad tracks.... agreed about the basement area. I'm definitely not the one to go down there. haha

[@plendl1959]

@@mymaryland I have been there several times and I never remember where anything is. I just wander around and find things too. Next time I hope I can find the pool! 😁

[@alex10291]

There is a paved path to the right, follow it back a bit and its there

[@russellh2008]

There's nothing special in the whole in the foundation. It's two rooms. The cooler thing is the sub basement underneath all that you have to walk around on the dirt down the hill to get to

[@russellh2008]

And the pool is super easy to find. Just follow the road past the old gazebo alter. I'm still pissed someone cut the giant metal cross outta there a while back.

[@obscureadventures5349]

Awesome video! I love this place. So much history here. I wish that the main building was still standing.

[@mymaryland]

Agreed! I wish I could have filmed it back then.

[@obscureadventures5349]

@@mymaryland I know! Hell house is one of my favorite spots. Second only to Centralia. I saw other videos of ruins down along the railroad tracks and a tunnel made of old stone arhitecture near the river. Do you know the location of those spots? I really want to those slots and the ruins up on the windy hilltop road

[@sparkyboomboomboi7051]

Also Was the place with the dragon pillars deep in there or easy to find? I wanna go there to film but also don’t wanna get lost lol

[@mymaryland]

Its pretty easy to find. There are trails you can follow and its not that big. There are enough landmarks that will prevent you from getting turned around.

[@paulhare662]

I brought a brick home from there 10 years ago. It keeps moving around all by itself. It moves from room to room when I'm not watching it. Once it disappeared for a week, I think it went to Vegas for a vacation but I'm not real sure.

[@biancahuerta1850]

How did you find those stairs I literally look for then every time I go and I can’t find them

[@mymaryland]

Bianca Huerta are you referring to the entrance stairs? If so look for the train bridge that goes over Illchester Rd. The stair are on the south side of the bridge. Just barely passed the bridge. It’s pretty overgrown.

[@biancahuerta1850]

MyMaryland thank you so much

[@sparkyboomboomboi7051]

This is super awesome! I wanna go now lol

[@mymaryland]

Go check it out! Just be careful where you park.

[@UrbanEnduro]

I went there over 20 years ago with friends after work around 12:30 at night. Walked half way up the white brick stairs, heard something, turned right and shown my flashlight to see a person standing there next to the steps in the woods by themselves staring at us, turned my flashlight off, said 'who the fuck is that?", Watched the shadowy figure turn around and casually walk away (this person or thing did not say one word to us). All my friends bolted down the steps. We went back up explored for over an hour and found no one. I only saw the legs of the person in jeans, and did not have the guts to shine the light on their face (fearing of what I might see). Still haunts me to this day.

[@FungusA.Mungus]

Probably just a paranoid stoner

[@MamaKellybelly]

Does anyone know what the symbols say or mean? We hiked there today and we’re super curious to what language that is where the dragons were painted

[@mymaryland]

I'm not sure... I saw they did a little more work to it recently.

[@michaelfarkas2257]

who cares? its just some dumb graffiti some cringe kid put up

[@reddragon9182]

Thinking about going to expire at dusk / early night. Do you think it is safe ? And how was it when you went ?

[@mymaryland]

You’ll be fine at dusk. The only issue is they are ticketing and towing the cars parked at the bottom of Illchester so you might want to park further away and walk or bike in.

[@reddragon9182]

MyMaryland okay ty. I subbed. Keep up the content I need more places in Maryland to explore!!!!

[@FreeRoamBaltimore]

I did a video on the hell house ruins yesterday. I just put the video up a few minutes ago. I edited one of the structures out because the weather was too windy, creating too much wind noise. I filmed most of the other structures though.

[@mymaryland]

Awesome. I'll check it out! Its a fun place to explore.

[@boris_dot_com]

If ya really wanna check out a cool place, checkout the abandond milking factory in OEC. There are so many oaths and great picture spot for it

[@TrailsweTrack]

Can you please the google location please... I love MyMaryland channel..!

[@mymaryland]

Thank you for stopping by and checking out the video! Look up Illchester Rd. It’s at the bottom of the hill. I’m not sure what parking looks like there. I know the tow a lot of vehicles.

[@timothydailey1418]

I actually went there today, anybody know what happened to the cross that was attached to the altar?

[@mymaryland]

I'm not sure... I think it was taken down or stolen fairly recently.

[@russellh2008]

Someone cut it out like 5-6 years ago. Grrr

[@HasanibnSabah]

Finally visited a few weeks ago. Not much left but some cool graffiti.

[@linnsterlingcurebeliefinad1725]

I went in 2009.2010 there was still a building then it got burnt down.that story is a nasty one about the sisters

[@mymaryland]

I've never heard the story about the sisters. I'll have to search that.

[@_ellisill]

I shot a music video there

[@mymaryland]

Oh nice! Cool spot for a video.

[@emmaglyder1467]

the graffiti is so cool

[@mymaryland]

They are definitely some skilled artists!

[@obscureadventures5349]

I looked at the symbols and found that some of them are wicka, some are from Legend of Zelda and some are from the game Oblivion. Whoever did the graffiti is pretty talented.

[@michaelfarkas2257]

the graffiti is dumb and destroys historical ruins for others

[@michaelfarkas2257]

@@obscureadventures5349 wow, im glad we destroyed some unique historical ruins so that some kid could graffiti a bunch of video game nonsense on them.

[@obscureadventures5349]

Update don't park on the bend of River Road and Illchester Road I got towed today🤢

[@mymaryland]

Ughh. Sorry to hear that.

[@obscureadventures5349]

@@mymaryland haha it ok It was still worth it! I had a lot of fun and made a new friend out there!

[@chivosworld]

We got towed today bruv

[@obscureadventures5349]

@@chivosworld oh gosh sorry to hear that:(

[@juliaflick2278]

where do you recommend parking? also how much stuff was still standing when you went?

[@Theghostcloset]

Heartbreaking how much awful graffiti is there. Wasn't like that 10 years ago when I went.

[@mymaryland]

It certainly has changed through the years. I miss the rest of the altar. Its a bummer.

[@chivosworld]

Rituals happen here

[@mymaryland]

Sorry you were towed. I think they really started enforcing the parking during COVID. Seeing this cool location is probably worth a parking ticket as long as it wasn’t too much $.

[@chivosworld]

MyMaryland I appreciate it, my friend wasn’t happy at all but that’s understandable, another car next to us did to but the day b4 he did it but nothing happened

[@chivosworld]

MyMaryland the thing is, it’s $250 for a 28 min drive into Bmore City so it’s a lot of hassle and could be dangerous if by yourself and it’s dark but luckily, we left the photoshoot and our one friend had her car so it’s fucked up, but I hope people take the sign serious