Exploring a Massive Kirkbride Asylum - Amazing 19th Century Architecture

[@jasonwilliams6005]

There are old tunnels under the college and the hospital. During my college days, I knew how to access them. I would explore all through the hospital overnight. That was when the entire place was abandoned. Extremely interesting place. That was before cell phone days, so I only wish I had somehow captured my experiences during my several explorations. Towers (I went to the top of those too), wheelchairs, medical equipment and all . Awesome seeing this again!! Thanks!

[@cat-sd5cr]

That’s so cool, I wish I had an experience like that.

[@jessicas2379]

@@cat-sd5cr yeah same. My childrens hospital is connected underground to hospital across the street via tunnels for patient transports not a lot of people know about it

[@TheRealChappy]

I explored the Richardson while attending buff state too. Was definitely creepier years ago prior to the revitalization of the building

[@jlucasound]

That is wild, Jason. Wow. I am not being facetious. You must have said "Wow! I was there!" when you first saw this.

[@lacasadepapel9365]

did you ever experience anything odd?

[@mjmcomputers]

Front desk person recognizes the Proper People, gives their keycard access to everything.

[@nathanielkatzs]

that's exactly what happened 😂😂😂

[@minnerarena4253]

Oh good lord!!!! You can rent out the building!

[@cmans79tr7]

And security leaves sandwiches out for them😃

[@chris.breadz]

At the end of the day, if you knew the Proper People, you would know they respect anywhere they explore, ie. Don't cause damage, leave it how you see it etc. So I honestly wouldn't mind.

[@ashleys6942]

That’s what I was thinking 😂

[@Styder111]

Just imagine for a second, all the people who walked through those halls. Lived in those rooms. Looked out those windows. Rolled in those chairs. It's really fascinating sometimes to think of the lives who once walk the past.

[@ZachBlackforest]

Honestly, I think the same thing whenever I watch a Proper People video.

[@xissburg]

Think of all the dinosaurs which roamed through the area.

[@majestyk3337]

@@xissburg Ah, that's why some of the floors gave way.

[@chuckgross6024]

I was honestly thinking of how bad off these people were that were living there, and the kinds of things that the Dr's. tested on them. Alot of the mental patients were abused and cruelly treated. Kinda sad, and a little eerie to think about. 😬

[@Velo1010]

Glad I’m not the only one to imagine this.

[@mayakyen3695]

I Love the Passion The Proper People have for this kind of stuff. The way they give detailed history of a place before they show us their footage. Very professional. I love it. This is refreshing from the usual explorations where the ppl r loud, obnoxious or too overly scared to do anything or catch good footage. Great Job Guys!!! LOVE and Appreciate your work!!!

[@MamaToFive]

I agree with this 100%! I am a huge fan of The Proper People, and I have been since 2020 right after I had gotten out of prison. We were heading to a lockdown here in PA soon after I had been released, and being fresh out of prison, I'd needed something to help me get used to being back out in the world again. So I'd started watching urbex videos, which have always fascinated me. I had stumbled upon The Proper People videos in that search, and I had immediately fallen in love with them and their explorations. I'd ended up binge-watched a bunch of the older videos and had subscribed immediately. Now, I am still watching and waiting patiently for the notification that they have put up a new video with each day that goes by. I am so grateful for these guys, but they will never know it because I am just a face in a sea of subscriber faces (or more accurately, just words on a screen with a whole lot of other people's words)...insignificant, really. They had saved my life, literally, because those early months of 2020 (I was released on Jan. 3, 2020 after spending a whole year in prison), I didn't know how to cope with the "outside world" yet, and I had been pretty scared and confused and depressed, and I had considered suicide more than once...more times than I would care to admit, in fact. I have a rare psychological disorder (pyromania) with which I had been dealing (and had been the cause of my incarceration), and with which I am STILL dealing, so you can imagine how stressful those months had been...they definitely were even more stressful than being in prison. After a couple of months of being incarcerated, I had at least gotten "comfortable" in my cell. I knew when I would eat, go to Rec and other activities, and when to go to bed, etc. but once I had been released, I hadn't had that comfort any longer. So, watching these videos had helped me adjust and, being that they are exploring outdoors and indoors both, it got me more accustomed to being out in the world again. They provided that comfort that I had come to rely on when I was feeling out of sorts or anxious. Thank you, The Proper People for your help and your great videos! ~Laura G. in Pennsylvania

[@ellenherstead1343]

Even though they tried out some of the equipment they were both respectful of everything.

[@maizie9454]

cant say this enough. the proper people are so good at this! great photography, they care about the place and its belongings, history, and they are thoughtful about what the see

[@mayakyen3695]

@@maizie9454 yea. That's another big reason why I enjoy their videos. They have an overall and genuine interest and consideration for history and the stories it tells.

[@mayakyen3695]

@@MamaToFive awww your words r significant. Whether The Proper ppl know you exist or not. I have heard of pyromania and once thought my child was perhaps Pyro because she used to always set paper towels and newspaper in the bathroom. Fortunately it ended there. It was more of a phase, fascination with it, which I too have but no urges to set things on fire. Just live the smell of a bonfire or fireplace. Building camp fires and such. I'm sorry u deal with this condition. May I ask, since u shared a little bit, with pyromania do u get urges to see things go up in flames? Do you ever go into a trance like state while watching fire build? Although I have heard of this I have never spoken to anyone who deals with it. Pardon my curiosity and concern. Also I'm happy for you to be free from incarceration. I guess it's alot like coming home from Service in the sense that it takes time, effort and self care to get acclimated into society again. Times change so quickly if u r away for too long. It's tough! I sympathize. Hope u r able to sustain your life and find a healthy lifestyle that suits your spirit! Take care!

[@JMANWiSS]

FYI: 10:10 those devices you are seeing are indeed detectors- for the Fire alarm system. They are beam detectors. They shoot a beam of infrared light across a room to another detector and form a circuit. If enough smoke fills the room the beam senses it and it causes an alarm. These are an alternative to smoke detectors, and are commonly located in tall places where a smoke detector, may be impractical to install for maintenance purposes.

[@DarkShaman667]

Didn't know that. Thanks!

[@MrCarGuy]

At least they've taken decent measures

[@WillPhoneman]

Came here to say the same thing. See them in open spaces a lot where you'd need multiple smoke alarms as well.

[@bjornroesbeke]

So in hindsight, blocking them by walking in front of- and looking at them wasn't the brightest idea?

[@JMANWiSS]

@@bjornroesbeke I do not believe they are effected by solid objects, just small particles. But I do not know the full science behind the technology

[@traintravel710]

Once again you fellows amaze this senior. I can’t get over your appreciation for the structures, times and items of the past. I will say it over and over about you. It is awesome because there are very few of the present generation that even take the time to notice the bygone era and it’s history. Keep it up!! Stay safe.

[@StormBreaker_Chasing]

There are so many of us younger people (I'm 21) who have great appreciation for older buildings and items like cars, tools, etc. The problem is that much of the time, we feel there's not very much we can do to prevent the loss and/or destruction of these things. Most of my tools are my grandfather's or older, and they're well built and easy to repair if they do break. Much cheaper for me than buying new tools. Plus they just look so much cooler. I think if older and younger generations took the time to learn about each other more, there wouldn't be as much animosity between us, at least when it comes to stuff like this.

[@traintravel710]

@@StormBreaker_Chasing Hello Twisted, I am sure there are others that I have not had the opportunity to meet. For sure! No animosity here. Stay interested.

[@UmberEyes]

I would love to explore these structures, even if I couldn't document them! Sadly there are not many to choose from in my area, but luckily I get to interact with older tools, farm equipment, vehicles, etc! I'm only 22 and I enjoy those kinds of historical trips.

[@asdasd-sb9bk]

Wow, Outlast's Mount Massive Asylum was modelled after this. Incredible!

[@lost_places_global9008]

I hope they repair this asylum or hospital! The architecture needs to be saved and restored!

[@SXSPRIME]

@@lost_places_global9008 they were planning renovating the next buildings into lofts and apartments but covid halted that

[@limitededition3086]

I was literally looking for this comment lol. Love that game and love the architecture.

[@asdasd-sb9bk]

@@limitededition3086 Same, awesome game, excited for Trials

[@bvbguitarslayer9190]

XD im glad someone knew

[@chrisluckhardt]

Hey everyone…the shadowy figure at 26:25 a few comments mentioned is just me! And the video I’m seen filming is on my channel if you’re interested in another perspective. But a warning - it’s nowhere near TPP’s high level of cinematography!

[@DavidSwick]

I'm guessing that was someone with them....but it was creepy

[@gymnast1120]

Why aren’t there more comments about this!!!

[@Coffeeisgood-m2z]

I see the same figure. Odd

[@MommaH1419]

I see it and it’s definitely not their reflection. It looks like a hunchback character…very odd!

[@chrisluckhardt]

@@MommaH1419 Did nobody read my top comment? It's me at 26:25 lol. I'm wearing the same Lowepro backpack as Bryan.

[@jsan2548]

“We can’t publish this. They’ll be so pissed.” Well, they had two years to fix it. I’d say it’s on them at that point.

[@Sir......]

1st visit 2017 ... 2nd was 2019 .... so its actually 4 years lol

[@jsan2548]

I stand corrected!

[@Sir......]

@@holdenvtseries2274 plus apparently the hotel is closed till April 2022

[@SXSPRIME]

@@Sir...... nah its open drive past it all the time

[@amberjamesssss]

Well it closed bc of the pandemic so no worries! 😂😂😂

[@dizee271]

This architecture is so incredible. What happened to us along the way that ornate designs and such are all lost these days...The future's abandoned buildings are going to be so boring and blocky and awful. We've really lost something in America.

[@mrnapolean1]

If they make it. check out their video "Exploring a Massive Abandoned Hotel During a Hurricane". That building is only abandoned for a year and it looks worse than mid century buildings that had been abandoned long ago.

[@JimHendrickson]

Some may disagree, but I find just about everything built from about 1940 onwards to be architecturally uninspiring. I wouldn't deny that some of it is worthy of historic preservation, but to me it is bland and boring.

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

The loss of such grandeur architecture is due to (in my opinion) three things. First, is the public school system that focuses too much on standardization, outdated teaching methods (i.e.: hours long classroom lectures), permissiveness, and mechanical efficiency. Second is the wrong professionals in the wrong job positions. Buildings, towns, cities, street layout, public parks etc. should be designed by Non-Technical professionals. Artists create/design beauty, and engineers are there to support that. Think of it like a software development team. You have a computer engineer who does all the technical work to get the website running smoothly, and a studio/graphics design artist to make the website look interesting/appealing to the person visiting the site. Third is the lack of public interest in building beautiful places. After WW2, government became more interested in military operations abroad than urban planning, and the way private sector handled urban development was a complete disaster. People settled here and there in cookie cutter (car dependent) suburbs without any long term goals in mind. Yes, we are bringing back traditional architecture (some Art Deco style high rises), but the other problem is the skilled, experienced labor that is not available today as it was in the 19th century.

[@cookieskoon]

We lost it in pursuit of profit. Everything is built now for efficiency of cost. Also a lot of modern buildings will never stand for a fraction of the time abandoned as these old ones did. That being said, glass towers do have their own kind of charm.

[@cookieskoon]

@@alexsmith-ob3lu "Second is the wrong professionals in the wrong job positions." I hear that! You can thank a number of factors for that. College costs being a major one. The creative mind often does not come with a silver enough spoon for the right lousy sheet of paper.

[@painten23]

I used to work at Hotel Henry. I would hear and see things all the time. Very spooky place, but a very beautiful building.

[@Monkey-fc9nc]

Please explain.

[@Apocalypz]

*Sooooo* impressed the architects worked hard to keep much of the original, structural materials as a mainstay. 🙌

[@WiscoDufflebaggers]

I love trying to get up towers!! My husband and I stayed at the Hilton SF Union Square back in 2013 and we noticed that it had towers, so one evening we go trying to get to the top of the tallest one. The elevator only went up to a certain way so we exited at that floor (my guess is you needed special access to the higher floors). We then walked around and found an ajar stairwell door. AHA, it has stairs going up higher! So onward we went. We got up to the top and entered: it was a massive beautiful ballroom/restaurant with tall tall windows on all four sides and outstanding views of the entire SF Bay area!! It was so incredibly stunning! There were lights on and maybe just one or two workers in the back (cleaning up I presume). We were not harassed at all and were able to take some pretty neat photos, especially of the Bay Bridge, which was partly under construction at that time but had the coolest LED lights twinkling on the cables. Good times.

[@livingvicariously5108]

I love trying to get to the top/roof of hotels

[@cameronpetsallthecats8261]

I was in juvenile inpatient treatment at the Kirkbride building in Fergus Falls MN. Which is now abandoned. The place was... pretty amazing. I wasn't impressed as a kid but when I went back to check it out last year I was in awe.

[@astrixistheman]

You know the renovations not bad. Looks like a cool place

[@WTFIsThisGuyDoing233]

So much better than just letting them rot.

[@QuintusAntonious]

They did an awesome job renovating and adaptively reusing this structure given how run down and complex it was. It won all sorts of preservation and architecture awards. I was there shortly after it opened.

[@HangTimeDeluxe]

You guys are a national treasure. You deserve to have a series on The History Channel.

[@ziginox]

Nah, they deserve way better than that.

[@MistyBlahbull]

netflix series

[@AT-ki8jz]

History Channel would dilute their content. They're better off doing their own thing!

[@eily_b]

This IS their personal history channel. They do not need old broadcast tv anymore.

[@cenalina13]

I’d watch it!

[@magicli9]

Bryan: “I found.. the chair chillin room.” Michael: *walks faster* 😂

[@jameswent48]

Michael*

[@magicli9]

@@jameswent48 IM SORRY

[@foos.998]

Is it weird I wait for that phrase in every video? “There’s a chair, just chillin’ “

[@KatChanelb12]

I live in buffalo, and went here recently for a tour (just myself and the tour guide), it was incredible. The history of the place makes it more incredible, and love that they turned it into a hotel. Sadly, due to COVID, Hotel Henry closed. They are talking about converting it into a living space for those students who go to Buff state next door. If anyone is in the area, do the tour! We went in the basement, and I was beyond freaked out. It was overall creepy, of course. Awesome job on the video! Addition: at 21:33, the fire started because people were coming in trying to steal the copper pipes, and they thought by heating it up, it was disconnect easier. Thankfully it didn’t damage more. 22:38, the bed isn’t placed there for the tour, it was from a movie that was made there.

[@Monkey-fc9nc]

What movie? I live 30 min from the hospital and drive by it allll the time.

[@Gotadime92]

COVID didn't close the hotel. Politics did. Here in Texas, COVID hasn't closed anything. I wonder why...

[@KatChanelb12]

@@Gotadime92 the hotel wasn’t making money - I live in Buffalo!

[@Monkey-fc9nc]

@@KatChanelb12 so do I.

[@Monkey-fc9nc]

There were issues making money in 2020 due to COVID-19. That was why the hotel closed. Also it was management from articles I have read. People booked weddings and it was hard for them to get back their money. It was on local news channels. It had nothing to do with Politics.

[@mattiaswidegren2242]

Staff: The Proper People just checked in to our historical asylum hotel... Manager: *just give full access*

[@Davotechtucky]

They will help promote the hotel

[@karlireland7771]

I remember being in these buildings located at 400 Forest Ave. back in 1963! The modern hospital bld you see was name Strozzi back then. This video you have done is absolutely incredible! I have been hoping for years that one of the Urbex explorers would finally do a video inside, and that ends up being you! A huge THANKS! You are the best!

[@youshimimi]

Jesus, I was at the edge of my seat the entire time you were in the hotel. Can't tell you how happy I am you are filming and posting your adventures for us to watch like this.

[@thefrightenedexplorer4262]

If you are interested in people exploring Australia. I also have a channel.

[@Rainniel07]

Exodus 20:7 Huwag mong babanggitin ang pangalan ng Panginoong Diyos sa walang kabuluhan.

[@Rainniel07]

Praise the Almighty Lord God! Glory to the Almighty Lord God! Worship the Almighty Lord God. Praise, Worship, Glory to the Almighty Father God and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen!♥️✝️🕊️

[@Rainniel07]

We belong to our Holy, Clean, Good, Perfect, Caring, Loving, Merciful, Forgiving, All-knowing and All-powerful Almighty Father, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Mighty Holy Spirit

[@texasbeast239]

"There's no sign." Like that's ever stopped y'all, anyway!

[@ksavage681]

If there's no sign, and your keycard lets you in, then it's all good. haha.

[@texasbeast239]

The mouth says "no" but the keycard reader green light says "yes".

[@Derpy1969]

“Uh… we’re lost.” Works every time.

[@NotAdultingToday]

One of the few times I don't get a house of horrors vibe from an asylum. I imagine that is due to the way it was designed. Open and large, emphasis on light and air. Doesn't mean the people there didn't endure all kinds of horror and abuse.

[@RryhhbfrHhgdHhgd356]

The original thought behind the design was good, but it would astound me if it didn’t suffer from the same sort of overcrowding and highly questionable “treatment” schemes of most other asylums of the area. Thankfully now days we just leave our mentally ill to lay homeless in the streets! Such progress! 😅😑

[@yugotime1598]

In some ways I believe we have moved backward in behavioral health. Having spent time is several locations, all of them are hospital like, with hospital architecture. This really does make the healing process incredibly unenjoyable and you are constantly being reminded through this that you are sick or messed up in some way.

[@StormBreaker_Chasing]

I both agree and disagree. While the buildings themselves are nicer, the treatment the patients received back then was often much worse. Cruelty and abuse were rampant, both due to lack of knowledge and just plain indifference. We know so much more about how to treat mental health now than we did even a decade ago. I know this firsthand as someone who has been in some sort of mental health treatment since I was in elementary school.

[@robertschnobert9090]

These asylums were absolutely packed with people. They will pump you full of addictive drugs. If you weren't crazy you definitely would be after living in an asylum for a few weeks. It's torture. 🌈

[@grayrabbit2211]

@@StormBreaker_Chasing eh... I can assure you that cruelty still happens in hospitals today. I've seen it first hand in internships, have friends who worked in mental wards, and currently watching a friend go through hell stuck in a VA hospital after surgery. The VA has some absolutely spiteful, sadistic staff working for them.

[@kingofrapture]

I'm a big fan of the horror video game Outlast, so seeing this video really made my week. The design of this particular hospital was used to create Mount Massive Asylum in that game.

[@justinrutledge1221]

The professionalism of your videos is second to none guys. You have amazing skill, and it is refreshing to be able to see these buildings and hear their stories without all the stupid KZbin drama others include. I really feel like I am there with you on these adventures. Thank you.

[@markabbott3936]

Thanks for this fascinating look at a building I'm rather familiar with. My grandmother was an inpatient here for decades and was allowed to visit us at our So. Buffalo house several weekends a year, so I saw some of the Admin Bldg's interior many times in the 1950s and early '60s when we'd pick her up for a visit and return her. My dad escorted Nana to and from her ward, while my kid brother and I waited in the lobby, so I was fascinated by the exploration of the wards I'd never once been able to see. By the late '60s/early '70s Nana was transferred to a group home run by the state's mental health system (an ordinary house in a North Buffalo neighborhood) -- a very different residential setting, which Nana seemed to like much better (fewer other patients to have to deal with, plus a nice backyard and a lot less house to clean or get lost in).

[@ru95]

Unfortunately the Hotel Henry has now permanently closed due to the pandemic. such a shame as so much care was taken during the renovations.

[@The93Momo93]

damn this pandemic really hit at the worst time, it will decay again :(

[@Ganiscol]

I hope they fixed the "raining ceiling", otherwise that pretty wooden floor will look like the one in the abandoned part by then...

[@kBitre]

I hate to interrupt your regular scheduled programming but.. If you didn't notice the pandemic was and still is planned and the virus is the Government. Try not to be willfully complicit in your own destruction. That'll be all. have a good day.

[@polishedturdtv]

@@kBitre lol

[@amberjamesssss]

@@kBitre those are certainly all words

[@yensed90]

So as usual, the entire video was Brilliant. But I must say, that old 2017 footage was extra special! You guys must have felt so damn lucky! Also a testament to the quality in how you record your content because watching it in UHD in 2021 I wasn't quite sure if it was old footage or that your gear wasn't quite "prepped" for such filming conditions. Bravo! Btw, The raw 2017 footage would be an awesome Patrion drop!

[@OfftheWallTales]

Literally thought the 2017 footage was 2021 footage, and didn't understand why they posted the part about the keycard issues if they knew the hotel might get mad. Nope! They just have had amazing cameras for so long, I can't tell the difference without being told.

[@OfftheWallTales]

@@stoneofverbosity what I more meant was that they have had expensive, professional equipment for 4 years or more. Meanwhile some of my other favorite urbex people, who actually have been seen with these guys (like Dan Bell for instance) used phones or go pros for years. I remember one video where a kid asked them why they don't just record on their iPhones since the picture quality is so high. They laughed to themselves after because there wasn't at the time an easy way to increase light or to perfectly focus on an image. Even now, professional cameras are far better than phones but most people use their phones as not to attract attention with a huge camera and flood light. So I'm just impressed that they have been dropping thousands on gear to the point that in 2021, I can't tell the difference from their 2017 quality.

[@kbradley1994]

No fake jeopardy, no drama, no nonsense. No better. Excellent video as always.

[@Kasey_H]

My college bought an abandoned hospital and turned it into student apartments and it reminds me a lot of the hotel portion. My apartment had the tall ceilings, old windows, and large hallways. And as a bonus the elevator I had to take was the one where they took the dead bodies down to the morgue. It always smelled like formaldehyde. It’s nice to see this building being repurposed!

[@AlphaMoke]

I can’t believe the Proper People were 10 minutes from my house! I’ve always wondered what the inside looked like, thanks for exploring!

[@danirusso469]

I love that all of us Buffalonians are coming out of the woodwork for this one.

[@spiritmatter1553]

Maybe the Proper People will be inside *your* house next time!

[@veracaide1373]

@@spiritmatter1553 i think that’d make a great video! :D

[@midnightgamer6556]

@@danirusso469 I'm so pissed cuz literally October 17th me and my friend went out to Silo City. We could've gone to the asylum and possibly met the proper people 😂

[@greg33770]

Thank you for posting ! Enjoyed your video....brought back memories. I grew up across the street from the place, on Rees St., I mean that what I saw looking out my front window everyday. Back in the late 50's, and thruout the 60's....at the time other than some screams we'd hear every now and then, and exploring riding our bikes thru the place, and seeing patients in their white hospital gowns up in the caged porches, that is until the guards would tell us to "get out !" I never really thought about the place till I'm older now....

[@Saxophone_King]

I literally go to school in a repurposed 1930s mental hospital. Shut down in 97 and then was make into a school in 2003. It's still half abandoned including an intact bowling alley. It's fascinating.

[@zachfryar1820]

That’s so cool! What’s it called?

[@Saxophone_King]

@@zachfryar1820 CSU Channel Islands. It has an interesting history.

[@zachfryar1820]

@@Saxophone_King that’s super cool!

[@RichTheNoun]

25:44 Just imagine what it would cost to get pocket doors like that built today

[@spiritmatter1553]

It would be priceless to peel off a few paint chips to have them matched and marketed….And to sell some framed stills of some individual rooms….the aesthetics of these places…!

[@donnastachowski3867]

Check out the dark figure of a man moving in the background as the guy pushes the right door back into the wall! Kinda creepy!!

[@teddyfresh9605]

@@donnastachowski3867 🙄

[@Sureshot-op8xv]

@@teddyfresh9605 shut it goofy

[@isaiahgray3057]

11:00. I used to work in security and this brings back memories of being completely "alone" in the middle of the night. Or so I thought...

[@s0584333]

Those sensors in the tower were most likely beam detectors. Basically smoke detectors that use a line of light when the smoke blocks a certain % of the beam it sets off the fire alarm. They are very good for large open spaces

[@StormBreaker_Chasing]

I guess it's a good thing they didn't accidentally trip the detector. Or will they only get set off by smoke?

[@s0584333]

@@StormBreaker_Chasing from whatim told putting your hand in front of the beam wont set it off. For instance a spider crawling over etc. Smoke is somewhat tranparent so when the view is blocked by a set % it knows its smoke.

[@Stan_The-Man]

I love how you guys try to find the positive in these places and finding the creativity in many things. Appreciate another great exploration. Thank you 👍

[@Apocalypz]

*omfg* 37:49 Those pocket doors were the absolute highlight of this video

[@faeryvixenetc]

agree!

[@ToastyOats716]

I've grown up in Buffalo my whole life. Crazy to see the inside of this enormous facility!

[@DarkDays4]

Best exploring channel on KZbin

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Definitely

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Michelle Gibson

[@Majoox1999]

The building is also the model for the Mount Massive asylum from Outlast 1, a computer game. I was already fascinated by the complex back then.

[@Quad373]

Oh shit I didnt know that, sick

[@Mahsei]

Oh shiiiiiit I was playing that game earlier

[@northroad1]

I was wondering what caused those asbestos tiles to fail so badly. the wood underneath that entire hallway was charred! a testament to the construction that the wing survived

[@RryhhbfrHhgdHhgd356]

And the somewhat miraculous fireproofing ability of asbestos. Shame it’s essentially cancer dust.

[@oengusfearghas9608]

I am very glad to see beautiful architecture like this preserved and brought back.

[@justsomebloke6784]

This was such a roller coaster ride: they will; they won't; they will; they won't...and they finally do! Loved it.

[@rtex8563]

I'm surprised they didn't mention the amazing curved brick at every door and window opening! No matter how long or short the walls were, they all were meticulously constructed! Masons built all the internal walls and hallways and everything except the wood floors is rock solid. Even in the best buildings of today, only drywall or steel is used for compartmentilization.

[@GarroStudio]

I really really like the mix of old and new in the hotel portion.

[@ellenherstead1343]

The research is correct. The inside of the building is soft, round and pleasing to the eye. Again, another amazing explore. Thank you

[@RedDragonCoder]

These places are crazy. I love these videos. I get to see places id never get to see in person.

[@Emster234]

Natural light and fresh air. What a great philosophy. Much better than lobotomy!

[@Velo1010]

I tell you what when I’m feeling down a lot of sun and hot days does me a lot of good.

[@MowTheLawnWithMe]

I think this is my favorite one yet. I really LOVE that building. The towes are awesome.

[@davidclark2075]

Love u guys...probably the most professional on the net....aside from a few laughs. Which is a good thing. Can't wait for your next project!

[@an00bisosiris17]

God i am so happy i discovered you guys years ago. If it werent for your videos, i dont think id be into this stuff. Keep doing what youre doing!

[@du64]

I discovered them through a friend who visited me from South Korea four years ago. I've enjoyed every video since

[@StreetGlideSpec]

Appreciate how respectful you all are and careful not to disturb where you go. I feel like your work honors those who spent many years working there and in this case the patients who lived there as well.

[@faeryvixenetc]

I wonder if they even know there are those awesome pocket doors? They painted over them like they didn't even realize they were there! The EEG machines should be in a museum...they are in great shape! Another AWESOME video, guys! Thank you!

[@philippelavalleenoah]

This has got to be one of my favourites you guys have ever done, one of the reasons being that they are restoring something that is beautiful to be used and accessible to the public today, love it!

[@Ganiscol]

"Oh my God! It's full of beautiful colors and patterns!" - Me This may be my favorite asylum video, purely based on the pleasing visuals the otherwise mostly empty rooms provide. I dont need creep or spectacle to be impressed, just the boys with their good eyes for colors and patterns...

[@baggywhiskers]

That place is scary as hell. I remember going to the live shoot of Outlast when Red Barrels Studios shot the chase scenes in there. The whole time, I felt like someone was standing behind me.

[@Lizzykizzy123]

WHAT HOW DID YOU SEE THEM SHOOT SCENES I NEED TO KNOW PLS

[@baggywhiskers]

@@Lizzykizzy123 The camera feed was streamed to a monitor outside the set. The coolest ones were the night vision scenes.

[@ltymore4599]

Back in the 70’s my girlfriend applied for a secretarial job there. I was parked in front observing all the patients wandering around inside and out. When she came back to the car I told her No way are you going to work here. It was truly scary.

[@Monkey-fc9nc]

What was scary about it? I almost got a job as a counselor at one of the facilities in front of the asylum probably 10 yrs ago.

[@MikeMike-dv7iv]

@@Monkey-fc9nc almost

[@ianellertson4963]

I'm an electrician I can tell you one of the hardest things to do in construction is renovate old buildings like this I have done a few and this one is done so well you will always have leaks and other problems! I wish I could see more of the electrical!

[@zackwalker684]

“Normal trouble alarm” “Well it’s normal so” “Yeah” 😂

[@visceral6078]

Not calling you out, but the alarm he was talking about has three lights, each labeled either normal, trouble, or alarm. He was not calling it a normal trouble alarm.

[@camwow13]

It's a light/laser based smoke alarm. They had them at my college. With enough deflection in the beam it sets off the fire alarm. Useful for large open spaces made of wood.

[@asn413]

I love the light quality there. its a ambient glow, like candlelight. makes me think of the video "wrapped around your finger" by the police.

[@LisaKeskitalo]

There is an old mental hospital in Traverse city that has been turned into a mall that reminds me of this.

[@brosch91]

I don't remember if it's still the case, but small portions of building 50 are still abandoned to this day, last I checked in 2017

[@MsSmashpants]

It’s also a Kirkbride building so there are definitely similarities! I love TCSH!

[@lime1913]

I love the amount of respect you guys show to the buildings and the items within. Thank you for filming these explorations!

[@kimkelly-kline3768]

Some of those hallways and rooms remind me of 'One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest'

[@WeeSleeket]

There was a sign in the security room talking about Peregrine Falcons nesting in the area. Falcons often choose to nest on top of tall old buildings like this one. Pretty cool.

[@typhoontim125]

Is it just me or is there a touch of "The Overlook" about the new hotel decor?

[@ahavaleah1347]

It reminds me a bit of Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore Maryland (across from Towson University). It was an asylum back in the 1800’s and is now a large mental health facility. I had to stay in the eating disorder unit that is housed in the part of the building built in the 1800’s and it is absolutely beautiful. Large fireplaces and stain glass windows. They built onto the building and tried to match it but you can definitely tell the difference between the old and new. It’s not abandoned (quite the opposite, hundreds of patients) but it has a beautiful exterior, quite a bit similar to this place (obviously you can only see the inside if you’re a patient and they don’t allow us to take photos but they do have some online and there is a museum there). You can tell that so many of the asylums were built similarly during that time. I suppose it’s lucky that Sheppard Pratt kept up with building maintenance to the point where it’s still used today. It’s a really beautiful place - it wasn’t the best place for me in regards to eating disorder treatment but it’s a beautiful facility with quite a history that reminds me so much of what this place likely would look like had they kept up with it in the same way.

[@PlayingwithPawz]

Shout out from buffalo! Its about time you guys make it to my neck of the woods

[@revan100290]

That intro though dude, i love this channel, i fell asleep with youtube on one night, and had auto play on and woke up to this, and ive never stopped watching i love it so much.

[@drumstick74]

How great that you gained access. One of the features I like about this asylum is the rounded corners on all the walls.

[@angeloangelojoseph1494]

What a video. It brings back many nightmares from my childhood. My grandmother lived right on Elmwood Ave, just 1 block from the Asylum. Thanks for posting.

[@SymeonPhronema]

I love these asylums. Especially so when they're mostly untouched by vandals. Absolutely well-done on this one !

[@mychannel6718]

I live a mile from here. Did a tour inside a few years back and it’s definitely amazing how massive this place is. It’s still a big part of Buffalo to this day. Most of the acreage around the building was originally farm land where some patients would farm. I heard they would harvest the crops to serve in the hospital. Great video! Thank you!

[@UFC_Buffalo]

We went in there I believe back in 2006. We had to walk past a giant Hawk that was on the railing where the special door to get in was. Lol, he just grilled each of us as we walked by, he was more interested in watching the field for mice I think. Glad to see our city on here. Keep Buffalo a Secret lol.

[@Hypersonic250]

Thank you so much for filming this place. As someone who grew up in Buffalo and was always fascinated by the old asylum building, I had never seen any videos of people exploring it. I can't believe it took me a year to see this upload, but I'm glad I did now!

[@-Garviel_Loken-]

I’ve been a fan of Kirkbride asylum’s for years. This one is very unique

[@seantig479]

Watching this at 2:00 a.m. with a cup of coffee is pure bliss. Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, skeleton keys, Gothic-looking towers, access ladders -- what's not to like? Thanks for the tremendous history, narration and video. It's a privilege to view!

[@anunc8797]

They are a boy to visit. You step into the attic and half expect Edward Scissorhands to come wandering out.

[@RTDragonCommando]

Another great exploration. Though I'd like to offer some caution, while things like that dental x-ray machine you encountered use an x-ray tube, some radiation therapy systems use an actual radioactive source. It's not unheard of for those machines to be forgotten about with the source still loaded, and it doesn't take much more than a vandal to expose the source. The last thing you need is radiation exposure, as unlikely as it is just be careful around abandoned hospital equipment.

[@karlireland7771]

Absolutely True!

[@mikefedele]

Another great video guys, my grandmother worked in the administrative building for many years until they built the new building next door. I have many memories of going there to visit her when she was working, I can still picture where her office was.

[@ringo8410]

Turn-of-the-century architecture is so much more beautiful and has more character than the ugly, brutalist boxy shit they build these days.

[@johnbrzostowski8630]

Thanks for posting this, you guys. I won’t give redundant praise, except to say that always, the work is top notch. And I’m on the same page per the respect & reverence you show to the built environment, and so on. I’m connected to this property in that I was a student at adjacent Buff State, 73-74, my 1st yr in college. To me, Buffalo was a place of wonder, architecturally and otherwise. I find it inexplicable that some gave it names like ‘Armpit of the East’. ‘As a person thinks, so shall that person become’, Anon. The asylum & campus had a ‘watchful presence’, surrounded by chain link, begging to be penetrated. Lived in the dorms, Sept - Dec, friends & I began feeding stray cats, living under an out building adjacent to our parking lot. Eventually lost our fear or trespassing, explored the building over the cat’s domain. (It was unlocked). Full of looms! And rag rugs, yarn, other trappings of the craft. A light layer of dust over all. I confess, I took a few rugs. Stacks and stacks of em! That was it for the exploring. January thru June, moved off campus to a slummy hippie/student house on Rees St, bordering the Richardson complex, to the North, I think. So every day we were greeted by its towering edifice, saw it in every shade of light & weather, sometimes spooky, other times inviting, even benevolent. Turns out someone had made an aperture in the chain link, near our house. Pre leash law days, it was a fun place for our dogs to run, fetch the ball, catch a frisbee. In time I learned there was something going on in the main building. Exactly what, don’t recall, but I went all over the grounds on bicycle, wondered at the symmetry, enchanted by the dueling curved connections either side. So sorry to hear they demolished the one side! What a waste. Never thought to try to access the towers. We were too busy doing anything/everything, no parents keeping tabs on us for the 1st time ever. A wonderful time. Exploring would depend on serendipity, as always. My brother and I were inclined to finding ways up church steeples, funeral events being the ideal venue for that. As you probably know, the tops of these structures are oft a refuge for every stage of pigeon life & death. Layers of it. Egg shells, bird poo, chicks, skeletons, and the twiggy, sloppy material that is the basis of every pigeon nest. Oh, and big, BIG bells! Fun times. Thanks for satisfying a curiosity about a building I’ve wondered about for 50yrs! I live vicariously thru this stuff, a comfort in my later years. Long may you explore! John B

[@thesaexplorer]

Hell yes! Just from the first few seconds I can tell it's gonna be a badass video. I love that gothic style architecture

[@juliannasukel7578]

I have been obsessed with this place since I first saw it when I was little. Whenever I’m in the area or at school like 100 ft away from it I come over to take a walk, its gorgeous

[@DemonsSoulsSuperPro]

"We're not supposed to be up here" You're the Proper People, you're supposed to go where you're not supposed to go lol

[@DRYEET01]

From a person who is from Buffalo and seen this place many times, and never have been inside of it except for one DoorDash order briefly I love this video and I love the proper people have been a fan for a long time❤

[@kippen64]

Those giant pocket doors were amazing!!!

[@rustbeltbrett]

As an architect born and raised in buffalo, you did an excellent job with the intro explaining the history and relevance of this building. I've been waiting for you to post it since you mentioned you had been here but hasn't posted it yet in another asylum video. I hope you got to see some of our other architectural marvels while you were in buffalo and explored some of the incredible abandonments in Niagara falls NY! Thanks for your work documenting these places!

[@LakeNipissing]

Kirkbride was very correct about fresh air and natural light being good for mental health. And not just mental health, but overall health with Vitamin D.

[@Velo1010]

For everyone. There are ships that’s travel the Arctic regions. They have special rooms on the ships with tropical scenery and lights that’s that help the body make vitamin D. Otherwise the sailors get very depressed with the long dark and cold days and nights.

[@jimburrows2884]

I appreciate that there are plans to stabilize and restore the building, rather than just condemn and destroy it, as is all too common nowadays. It's a piece of American history and rightfully should be preserved and restored. Thanks to The Proper People for going through so we can see it!

[@lisaw7633]

I never get tired of that intro!

[@scoobywithadoobie7255]

As a Buffalo native I love this video. As a fan I also love this video still. I like that you guys cover so much for such a simple episode lengthen video

[@alyx615]

Fun fact: this is the building they modeled Mount Massive Asylum after in Outlast!

[@TK_Strong]

What an amazing architectural delight! I love this place. I appreciate the fact that they are restoring these buildings. The history of this place is so interesting. Thank you.

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

This asylum complex just goes to show how much material wealth, talent and money the USA once had. The architecture is splendid! As in, it is literally a castle design for a hospital.

[@kl1346]

I think this is my favorite video you guys have done!! I love the quality and professionalism of your videos!! So many other in the genre have choppy videos. If it isn't The Proper People exploring an abandoned place, I don't even want to see it. Thanks for another awesome video guys! 🙏💜

[@EDGEDAZZA]

Stunning building. Can’t believe they just paint everything white instead of putting some effort into making it historic looking

[@hannahkennis3590]

You guys should check out the Kirkbridge building in Fergus Falls, Minnesota!

[@Valerie24810]

Hey, you were in my hometown! I always found that building creepy as hell. I have to say the hotel "renovation" (why was it open when it was still unfinished?) didn't make it any less creepy.

[@lemmons7]

after these buildings are long gone, these edits will remain. you guys are digital artisans of the first order - those music interludes with the natural light and camera moves - you take us on the tour, but then you instantiate the feeling with those moments. excellence is awesome.