The Laconia State School for Feeble Minded Children / Lakes Region Facility

Welcome back. Lots of grim history in these old state schools, always the same concerns. Overcrowding, lack of funding, short staff & in some cases… ignorance towards the mentally challenged. This is one of those places.
Join me on this explore and let’s step back in time together. Links below have all the information on this State School/Prison.
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[@notrightjohnnydetectingjun8028]

This property likes to take lives noticed the grass is not cut that’s because Roger the maintenance guy was its last victim to date.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Damn!! You seem to know a lot of this area, thank you for that. Did you know the maintenance guy Roger? This whole place has some pretty dark history.

[@notrightjohnnydetectingjun8028]

A nun was raped and murdered there. I did know Roger he chased me away. He worked there for a long time and then something happened to his brain. They drilled a hole in his head and the end result was one day he was stable another day he would not be well working on the property. He was operating a chainsaw. It went poorly for him. I guess he was able to murmur a little bit, but because of the way he was laying people walking by or unable to see or hear him. An animal took attention to him which drew the attention of a passerby who witnessed his last breath. Roger told me the place was haunted he said it like to throw sticks

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

@@notrightjohnnydetectingjun8028 holy sh**! That poor guy.. Roger seemed like he had some troubles.. what an awful way to go. Thank you so much for sharing some info surrounding this place. I’m blown away at the info you have provided. I did hear a very strange noise in one of the buildings but just chalked it up to an animal or something. I did feel like I wasn’t alone for a few moments. Thank you again.

[@robertagallant3819]

Right, the Laconia State School and Training Center likes taking lives. Notices the grass is not cut because Roger, the maintenance person, was its last victim to date. I believe you.

[@pattymckitrick7436]

My parents put my sister in there from 1971-1973. I was a toddler then. I clearly remember getting to go visit her there, only once. Knowing what I know now, is almost unforgivable that they sent her away to such a place.

[@JMExplorations]

What an amazing place!! Never heard of it before but we may have to check it out! It looks like your hidden pretty good once on the property. Did you carry that safe at 13:35 to your car? I was waiting for you to pull a Geraldo Rivera!!! lol LOVE that frosted glass at 18:40. All in all the place was not too dirty! Great explore Marlo! Thank you for the tour and the amazing history!!! 👍✌👊🙂

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Hey… Safe? What safe.. i saw no safe.. lol! Ps, it was heavy as hell. Kidding. I’m actually surprised you guys haven’t been here yet, let alone not even heard of it. It’s a beautiful location. Definitely go check this spot if you head up North. Great to “see” you and hope your doing awesome ☺️

[@sandratoms3737]

Love the fact that anyone who has stumbled upon this place has respected it and let the natural decay do it’s job

[@StantonsJourneys]

Wow what an explore, thanks for taking us around Marlo

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@thenaturemanadventures]

WOW! Another fantastic explore with such a painfully sad history. These old school buildings always remind me of my elementary school interiors. Ooo peeling paint mmm ahhh ooo 😁😁😁 That prison was definitely a no go. They had it secured like fort Knox! Would love to have seen the inside of the homes though. Crazy history a this location but as always, you bring to life the past on such an amazing awesome way. Always feel like I'm there with you. Thank youuuu for your awesomeness my friend 🤠🌲🍃💚

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

This definitely has some dark history for sure, ignorance towards mental health and surrounded in sadness. You know I absolutely love the peeling paint.. gives all the feels 🥲 wish i got into the orison but it is what it is.I ALWAYS appreciate you my friend and thank you ☺️🫵🏻

[@suemitchell9974]

Hi marlo. I never heard of this school. they used to treat mental illness as a defect in the past. please stay safe out there dear. i enjoyed the give away also.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Hi Sue. Thank You so much my friend ☺️

[@HauntedRamblings]

This place is amazing Marlo! I loved the colors in that room youbdidnt go in on the walls where it looked like it was leaking down them... that mattress and pillow just chillin on the floor in that one room... these places always amaze me... the mindset of... the more we get in here, the more money we get... but disregard the cost to care for that many more.. they want to minimize the cost of the care, so more money in pockets... and those that suffer are the patients or residents... most of whom cant speak for themselves... great explore as always!! Have a most wonderful day my dear friend!! ✌

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much. You nailed it! It was all about the o’ mighty dollar. I loved roaming around here. Oh btw.. not the forum for this, but i found organic liquid vitamins and I’m tucking that in the gift box going out Tuesday. Okay back to state school stuff.. they also use to use shock treatment as punishment but stopped it due to the residents dying from it. They literally had no clue how to treat people back then. Always appreciate you my friend ☺️

[@HauntedRamblings]

@@ExplorewithmeMarloC omg... Thank you! The pharmacy is ordering them in for me cause they dont carry them ... crazy isnt it? Thank you sooo very much! I love these old buildings... I had friends that did foster care... and they had six girls... all young teens... and it was pretty much the money they were paid... they took good care of them, but the money was the reason even still today...

[@stephaniegifford4458]

Really enjoy your channel! Hope you have a safe and wonderful 2024!

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much and to you as well.

[@robertagallant3819]

For twenty-five years, I lived at the Laconia State School and Training Center. On October 27, 1956, Mom and Dad sent Jocelyn and me to Laconia State School due to a court order.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Oh wow!! Thank you for sharing that information. 25 years there? I don’t know what to say… I’m sorry. I do hope you had some good experiences there and not all the horrible things I’ve read.

[@robertagallant3819]

You are welcome. I was glad to share that information. Yes, 25 years. I had both some bad and good experiences at Laconia State School. The staff members physically, sexually, verbally, and emotionally abused at the institution.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

@@robertagallant3819 again, I thank you for sharing that. It’s always more than appreciated to hear from someone who actually has first hand knowledge of a place from experience being there. I only got to explore what was left.. you lived it! God bless you, thank you and happy holidays to you.

[@robertagallant3819]

During my childhood years, Laconia State School also deprived me of an opportunity to receive proper reading, writing, and math education causing me to lack the academic instructions. Now, I lack basic reading, writing, and math skills. The institution also did not allow me to register to vote at City Hall in downtown Laconia, New Hampshire, and elect candidates at the polling station. What do you think of that?

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

@@robertagallant3819 They were supposed to teach you those basic skills, they were a state school and I feel you were robbed of a proper education, that’s what I think. The system failed you, truly awful.

[@sandratoms3737]

Awesome place seen you in a few of Chris’s videos decided to check out your content you did not disappoint me thanks

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Hi Sandra. Thank you so much. You came from a great channel. I appreciate you taking time to check this out. Have a great week.

[@WeirdAdventures]

Whoa that's a fantastic location with an intense history behind it. Excellent exploration!

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Hey guys..love the new channel name. Thank you, the more I learn about this place, the more I realize how awful mental illness’s were “treated” thank you for popping in. Safe travels out there.

[@ARTinDECAY]

Awsome video!! I always love a place with minimal tagging and items left. Those blue hydro tubs in that basement were surely an incredible find. They’re becoming harder to come across now. Excellent work. Why didn’t you go into the prison though? It looks like that might be pretty Awsome to check out!

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Hey.. thanks. Ya, those hydro tubs were definitely a find, thank you. Well, I don’t know if you watched the whole thing but I DID try to gain entry into the prison.. it was freshly boarded and i walked the entire perimeter looking for a breach.. There was none and a cop was patrolling 🫣

[@ARTinDECAY]

@@ExplorewithmeMarloC oops yea I skipped a lil but that sucks:((

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

@@ARTinDECAY lol.. we ALL do that.. breeze through to see the “good parts” 🤣😂

[@adriennecarpenter2303]

GREAT FIND,.LOVED LOOKING AROUND ,IT WAS REALLYIN GREAT SHAPE

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you Adrienne, the buildings are definitely solid. Appreciate you checking it out, have a great week.

[@GearReviewDepot]

Beautiful place! I’d renovate a building and move in without hesitating. Thanks for taking us for a walkthrough. 🙃

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Many of these abandoned places I’ve been, I’ve said that same thing. Some of these places are still solid and could be revitalized once again for living. Appreciate you checking it out. Ty

[@jolovesminnis]

Just found you and sub’d. I like your video!

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much

[@nannajaysadventures]

Amazing! That old ice-skate got my attention, I used to have roller-skates like that .... I must be old haha

[@nannajaysadventures]

I reckon they painted those stairs in the 70s with the orange obsession back then, orange and brown

[@nannajaysadventures]

Thank you for sharing some history as well.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

I had the same skates sooooo… 🤣 yes, this place had some horrific and violent history. Hope your doing well.

[@nannajaysadventures]

@@ExplorewithmeMarloC hahaha so you must be old too hahahah... so sad the history of these places, there seems to be a theme. Thank you, doing much better. Hope life is treating you well

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

@@nannajaysadventures we are not old.. we are “seasoned professionals” lol!! Im doing great and glad to hear you are as well ☺️

[@diggindiggenit6540]

You always find the coolest places wtg on that adventure great footage

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@RichardJPhotog]

awesome job Marlo! Very Interesting. Note that at 25:27..the housing.... The fences are designed curved in...as to keep people inside. Pretty wild. Love your stuff my friend!

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Hi Rich, thank you. Yes you are right. I learned it housed extremely violent inmates/patients. Crazy history here. Appreciate you, thank you.

[@mais1silvaporai]

Awesome place love to check out and show to my subs From Brazil. Let's plan something for us to investigate together. I went to the abandoned Ski Resort and I got a awesome views. People from my country love this type of videos. Take care

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Definitely was an awesome location. Thank You for checking it out. Stay safe out there.

[@AnnasBurningCuriosity]

You always find the coolest places

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you Anna 😊

[@notrightjohnnydetectingjun8028]

The place with the cage around it is still being operated today at houses individuals who have committed hideous crimes, sexually against children, often leading to their death. The individuals committing the crimes have been found mentally incompetent a few years back, probably around the time of this filming one did escape. The building is staffed at all times, but they are not armed.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Oh wow!! I filmed this less than a month and a half ago.. it literally looked like it was unoccupied, truly a high secured area. So these two houses actually housed those type of criminals? Geeeze!!! 🫣 thank you for shedding light on what these structures were or are used for.. my God!!

[@notrightjohnnydetectingjun8028]

You’re welcome the house I’m talking about is the White House with the metal fence all the way around it

[@benfellows7469]

there are some haunted invesigation videos on this place that popped up on the right while im watching this video 😯

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

No doubt this place is haunted

[@jaygentile5202]

Pretty awesome] place

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

I thought so too 🙃

[@stevexray6253]

The sunrise was beautiful and at 3:10 that cabinet with the nails was probably to hold everyone's toothbrushes.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

That thought crossed my mind but wasn’t sure since it had a lock on it.. but i guess that makes sense given what the place was. Thank you.

[@UrbexSniperHunter]

Like is done again for u.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@tinathurber2287]

This was a prison after the state school that closed in 2009.

[@kathyveloski7192]

Those are tubs for bathing not hydrotherapy

[@johnnycarey2633]

Do not go here me and a group of 15 people got in behind the barb wire . We found a gym like a basketball court . I caught a face of a ghost on camera. We go into another building and happens to be the prison. Very evil vibes . Horrible feeling. We brought a oujji bored there. And were doing it we contacted some girl named noelle. . It spells out all our names and then we here a scream of a woman. we get the fuck out of there. As we are running it sounds like a bunch of football players are running in the wall out side like the building shakes. I highly don’t recommend going here. We found the cells as well and a dark black figure just stares us down. Place is fucked.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

15 people? Rolling with that many people will get you arrested. It IS a very dark place but I don’t recommend going anywhere with that many people. Crazy experience.

[@Michael-ut1lg]

I think those rooms with the layered wood could have been sound proof maybe for patients that are just uncontrolably screaming or freaking out if you will.

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

I never thought of that. Your probably right. Makes sense. Thank you.

[@notrightjohnnydetectingjun8028]

Are you kidding me? That’s my backyard.

[@Michael-ut1lg]

Sure it is

[@52969RST]

Love your channel!

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

Thank you so much

[@SouthOfSanity79]

At 24:27 you walked past an upside down cross in the attic. 🔥

[@ExplorewithmeMarloC]

😳

[@anadaeeffro7437]

... You’re one intrepid soul, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑜 𝐶., so, someone is llllllliterally protecting you. Stay safe and keep ever-vigilant. Amen!