Old Insane Asylum Cemetery - Columbus Ohio

[@punkyabb]

My Brother was in the one on Broad Street in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. I was very young at the time. My Mother was forced to put him there. She could not take care of him by herself. While watching these video’s it hit me hard. I wish I knew what he really went through while he was in this place. I have cried a lot and worried. I wish my Mom was here to answer the many questions I have. When my Brother passed away we were able to bring him back home to lay him to rest. Thank you for making this video. You are a wonderful caring person. Ann Adams Fugate

[@hardtogetnamehere]

Are you related to the blue Fugate’s?

[@charmainegrandin401]

As someone who has a mentally handicapped brother, this broke my heart. How very sad they were treated so awfully. Many passing away at such young ages, and not even known by their names. Thank you for shining a light on this dark sad part of our history. It shouldn’t be forgotten, lest it happen again.

[@rickyblackburn-n9e]

Thanks. My dad was at the hospital back in the fifties to receive electric shock treatments. Essentially he was a Parsons Avenue rowdy that got into a lot of bar room fights and had a lot of run-ins with the law. He didn't talk much about his experience. It kinda made him shudder. He ended up getting saved at the Sunshine Mission on Reeb Avenue and turned his life around, got a job at General Motors, retired and had a good life with mom. They were married 52 years until he passed in 2005.

[@deborahminter6231]

Good video! I am glad someone took the time to film these graveyards and to touch on this sad part of history.

[@PrinceofTurov1]

Thank you ☺️ I really appreciate hearing that!

[@deborahminter6231]

@@PrinceofTurov1 👍

[@midnitemike]

The Ohio Psychiatric Hospitals as well as other states grew exponentially after the Civil War. There was major PTSD from returning veterans.

[@davidfrazier8433]

Thanks for sharing

[@nancykennon310]

My friend Tracy and I used to go out and walk old cemeteries. Very interesting.

[@davidvonduesseldorf4527]

There are 3 of these cemeteries all about a 1/4 mile from each other. All are accessible by car. One is off Harper and McKinley Ave. Rocky road by the freeway overpass on Harper. The other 2 are off Buckeye Pkwy off Broad St. Some people say they're hard to find, but they're not. And another untrue thing is people say you have to have to go on foot. All 3 you can get to by car and right to the gate of each cemetery. There are some homeless people in the area of the Harper Rd one so keep that in mind.

[@samanthathompson8241]

So sad...I grew up on the westside of Columbus and never knew of this place yet lived so close. Gonna have to find it!

[@ninamaecl238]

Went to visit one in Columbus in the 70s. Saw nightmare things in there. Thank God they sent some patients back to their counties of orgin.

[@chava4809]

Woah, my friends and I frequented this cemetery for awhile 2-4 years ago. Wonder if we ever crossed paths!

[@PrinceofTurov1]

@@chava4809 is quite possible!

[@Smitty54]

Unbelievable the cruelty these people suffered 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 watching from Ohio Smitty out 👋

[@terriebrown9163]

I found- (?) Glick, may 29,1857 on find a grave On family search he's in a family tree

[@PrinceofTurov1]

Oh wow! I wonder if anyone still living is related to him??

[@electricbunnyandtheworldof5106]

So interesting!

[@rebeccamann3893]

I saw it in a video from Ohio fire marshal we had safety training every year from state of Ohio fire 🚒 marshall

[@rebeccamann3893]

It happen in the video in a different state Pass pull away aim squeeze and then sweet

[@melaniehickman5389]

West broad street it's now 1970 and 1980 west broad. I delivered the mail there.

[@TommyRearden]

Very sad 😢

[@stevenworth2888]

Where is the first cemetery in this video located exactly? I have never seen this area.

[@PrinceofTurov1]

Hard to explain exactly, but the best way to find it is to go to Harper Rd, between the entrance to a stoneworks and the i-70 overpass you'll see an unpaved access road. The gate seems to usually be closed, but the shoulder is wide enough to park there. Just walk the path about .4 miles and you'll find it.

[@PrinceofTurov1]

Let me know if that is enough info and also if you go!!

[@stevenworth2888]

I know exactly where that is. Probably passed it 20 times riding between Westgate & UA. Thanks.

[@demolitiondemo5574]

@@stevenworth2888 did you find it?

[@xbl_t3knique]

the cemetary on Harper Rd is on a dirt rd on the right just before the 70 overpass. Its behind Mark Gray Enterprises Scrap Yard

[@rebeccamann3893]

Be safe

[@rebeccamann3893]

It's illegal to chain people in institutions to beds

[@doncanter7883]

You've obviously never put anybody in four point restraints. I worked here !

[@ninamaecl238]

Most died from pneumonia.

[@Rednecksusan81]

This makes me so mad n sad to know that people with mental health issues was treated like 💩 I have mental issues I have PTSD, OCD, ADHD, clinical depression, night terrors, anxiety 18 year old has autism he is my ❤ my reason for living 🙏😇❤️ RIP to all them people may there souls be at peace 🕊️

[@hardtogetnamehere]

Being mad doesn’t change anything. They had very little understanding of how to treat or help people with seriously mental health issues and mental/physical handicaps. Even today we fail mentally ill people all the time. This is why laws were put into place to not confine people against their will for treatment they didn’t agree to. California is trying to change that. They are trying to pass a law that says the state can force a mentally I’ll person to get treatment they don’t want, can’t deal with the side eggs of the meds, or they will be locked up in prison.

[@rebeccamann3893]

Did the y do it to you I have already been seen by a licensed professional counselor

[@rebeccamann3893]

I seen shit happen at the hospital they were dragged off were sent out back door they clean with bleach water cleaning 🧼 went out back door

[@rebeccamann3893]

I barely made it out a live

[@rebeccamann3893]

I know things about the Ohio psychiatric hospital in Colombus Ohio they didn't listen to me

[@marvinjohnson8427]

Where are the slaves buried in Columbus ohio ?

[@PrinceofTurov1]

Interesting question,Thanks! Ohio prohibited slavery, but only in the sense that no one could buy or sell slaves within the state. Not until 1841 did Ohio enact a law so that any slave brought into the state automatically became free. Before then, Southern slave owners regularly visited Ohio and especially Cincinnati accompanied by slaves, sometimes for extended periods of time. So I have no doubt that enslaved persons does and were buried here in Ohio, but I imagine they would have been at into pauper faces, or else placed somewhere on the property upon which they worked? I'd really like to learn more about that for sure.

[@PrinceofTurov1]

slavenorth.com/ohio.htm this is a great site with info on slavery across the north, by state

[@ninamaecl238]

Orient institution.

[@rebeccamann3893]

Columbus police department needs search