They Were Just A Number ~ Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery

The era where psychiatric hospitals like this where wards were often overcrowded, patients were treated poorly, and people were voiceless...
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[@m.oldani]

Peace.

[@waynelutwiniak797]

Sad. That's how it was. Today, most of those people would have been treated with medication or thier condition would be considered normal and not be put away. Somewhere in N.Y. there is a cemetery that has all metal markers. Brooklyn i think.

[@RusticVentures]

Agreed. Much more is understood today. So many horror stories too that come from these hospitals, such as Greystone, Byberry, etc :-( Seen a couple reports for this place too. Thanks for the tip on that last place :-)

[@gioiaferrante]

I'd never step foot on the grounds or cemetery of this hellhole, which my mom who worked at the best Psychiatric Hospital was asked o leave her job so she could work there go in quietly undercover and expose the staff and everything they put those innocent ill people toucher through. She agreed to do it however she didn't expect to find see smell everything she had when she stared. I will never forget the only three weeks she worked there for the rest of my life. She came home her first day yelling for me to come to her car which she never did. When I got to my mom she was extremely pale crying shaking it was scary as hell, she was so upset she threw up for hours telling me everything from beatings rapping assaulting them while tied up to walls and something placed in their mouths and worse. My mom knew she had to do something. So she sunk a camera inside for the next three weeks taking extremely good care of her patients (I even gave her so many clothes because some had nothing so they left them nude.) Once she quit on that third week she went right to the state and reported everything ( I even was with her because she still was shaking crying wreck) Being a teenager I didn't care what came out of my mouth after she was told if she ever ever went to the news they would see to it they would make her life a living hell. I lost it on them and said I dare you to try. Oh she sure as hell did go to every news media and so on possible and then after she got better went back to her old job at another hospital where she even opened a school in NJ for teens who where sick with mental health problems or addiction after that she was never the same due to Marlboro state hospital she sold everything in the house and devoted her life until her passing Oct 30th during Hurricane Sandy. The peace crop saved her sanity life and she went on to do humanitarian aid all over the world. When I found out they were closing the hospital due to the conditions I wrote her asap as she was in Africa to tell her all the pictures documenting she had done helped shut that nightmare hell down. I would never ever even walk in that cemetery knowing how they buried those poor innocent people and what a person would find if they dug up a numbered grave. If you do walk through that cemetery I high recommend you wear something you have no problem throwing away and also wearing a mask. I know what they did to the dead rapped each dead body, all those bodies are highly infected with serious airborne illnesses. Thats a big risk you took you even seem shock up. I can promise you its because you could feel the hell those innocent people went through. You did it nicely however If I ever stepped foot on those grounds everything I saw would all come rushing back. Good video and sadly there are so many graves without stones that people do not even realize are buried there. I'd never step foot on the grounds or cemetery of this hellhole, which my mom who worked at the best Psychiatric Hospital was asked o leave her job so she could work there go in quietly undercover and expose the staff and everything they put those innocent ill people toucher through. She agreed to do it however she didn't expect to find see smell everything she had when she stared. I will never forget the only three weeks she worked there for the rest of my life. She came home her first day yelling for me to come to her car which she never did. When I got to my mom she was extremely pale crying shaking it was scary as hell, she was so upset she threw up for hours telling me everything from beatings rapping assaulting them while tied up to walls and something placed in their mouths and worse. My mom knew she had to do something. So she sunk a camera inside for the next three weeks taking extremely good care of her patients (I even gave her so many clothes because some had nothing so they left them nude.) Once she quit on that third week she went right to the state and reported everything ( I even was with her because she still was shaking crying wreck) Being a teenager I didn't care what came out of my mouth after she was told if she ever ever went to the news they would see to it they would make her life a living hell. I lost it on them and said I dare you to try. Oh she sure as hell did go to every news media and so on possible and then after she got better went back to her old job at another hospital where she even opened a school in NJ for teens who where sick with mental health problems or addiction after that she was never the same due to Marlboro state hospital she sold everything in the house and devoted her life until her passing Oct 30th during Hurricane Sandy. The peace crop saved her sanity life and she went on to do humanitarian aid all over the world. When I found out they were closing the hospital due to the conditions I wrote her asap as she was in Africa to tell her all the pictures documenting she had done helped shut that nightmare hell down. I would never ever even walk in that cemetery knowing how they buried those poor innocent people and what a person would find if they dug up a numbered grave. If you do walk through that cemetery I high recommend you wear something you have no problem throwing away and also wearing a mask. I know what they did to the dead rapped each dead body, all those bodies are highly infected with serious airborne illnesses. Thats a big risk you took you even seem shock up. I can promise you its because you could feel the hell those innocent people went through. You did it nicely however If I ever stepped foot on those grounds everything I saw would all come rushing back. Good video and sadly there are so many graves without stones that people do not even realize are buried there.

[@samanthab1923]

I grew up down there & never knew about the numbered gravestones. Only found out thru Weird NJ. We used to ski at Arrowhead right across the street from the hospital. Very sad 🙏🏻

[@RusticVentures]

I only found out about this recently thanks to that FB page telling me. Researching this hurt. So many patients wanted to see their family members.

[@samanthab1923]

@@RusticVentures Yikes, I remember reading something along the same lines on Skillman. Think it was in WNJ. Really sad stuff. 🙏🏻

[@lindamccaughey6669]

What a sad place that is. Just numbers seems so wrong. So many people not cared for. Fortunately God does. Thanks so much for that. Please stay safe and take care

[@RusticVentures]

Agreed very much!

[@lakefromeshippingcompany]

The tragedy was that not even in death were these people able to escape the stigma that surrounded mental illness. At least there's now a plaque with their names. ☮

[@RusticVentures]

Well said! So many things wasn't understood back then. And they also used to lobotomize a few of the patients here...so barbaric ☹

[@lakefromeshippingcompany]

I can't imagine the horrors that so many of those people went through. I once went on a guided tour of a former psychiatric hospital. That was enough for me. I won't go on another one.

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

The patients want Marlboro cigarettes 🔥🎸

[@journeywithjay]

I think most state hospitals have cemeteries just like this. But this one at least has names to go with it, to help identify it. Some just have Graves with numbers and that's it.

[@veggieSxDBD]

I was in discovery house tc rehab 2002 for a year and new hope numerous times. Lots of strange stories

[@sonplusone7059]

Wow! Great video. Thanks. It made me sad that their just numbers.

[@RusticVentures]

It was a sobering feeling while there, too. :-(

[@samanthab1923]

The only time I ever saw a fox growing up down there was in Marlboro on Pleasant Valley Rd. Roads ran in back of the hospital. St. Gabriel’s in the Catholic Church & cemetery next door. I think the grounds will be turned into parklands

[@RusticVentures]

Core memory unlocked - I never seen a fox until I was 18. Weird since I lived in a heavily wooded area at one point. The Marlboro hospital grounds will be turned into a park? I found it odd that they still had it blocked with heavy signage...unless, the tunnels are still there.

[@samanthab1923]

@@RusticVentures As far as I know. They used to always have two state trooper cars parked out front by the booths.

[@DDExplores]

I've never seen a hospital cemetery that big. Great video !

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you for watching, DD!

[@justinwoolf9702]

I’m assuming you were there with someone. That person walking near the memorial made me second look.

[@RusticVentures]

Yes, my son was walking around.

[@adamtereska8734]

It's so beautiful yet so sad, 5 out of 924 souls get visited by family is just heartbreaking. Incredible site and wonderful video.

[@danpatch4751]

Thanks for the tour. I guess at least the cemetery is being mowed but you would think that the people doing that would have had something done about the animal dens. I'm glad you did.

[@RusticVentures]

Those dens have been there for about 2-3 years. While researching, someone posted photos of baby foxes by the same holes about 2-3 years ago. Which tells me that someone is mowing, but not putting the dirt back. Thank you for watching Dan!

[@juliakenny3712]

Wow. What a somber place but worth the visit I think. Thanks for bringing us along

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you for watching, Julia!

[@pc-yx9uh]

i'm glad someone is taking care of the cemetery. Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you, PC!

[@briacha22]

Hi, I just went there yesterday, 5/28/23, and the holes by those two graves were not fixed 😢

[@RusticVentures]

Damn :-( I just searched my emails and still have their response, they said they would take care of it. :-( Whoever is cutting that grass, just keeps bypassing it. That upsets me. Thank you for letting me know!!!

[@ihave35cents95]

I wonder if the bar is still open that's right next to it they used to have crazy hour instead of happy hour

[@gearhead2017]

Very sad family didn't visit the patients,I've read statistics people who are in a psych hospital or regular hospital they heal faster when they get visitors regularly,don't know if it's true but at least they cut the grass there

[@RusticVentures]

Gives people a reason to not give up when loved ones visit. It makes sense.

[@cmelbouzaidi]

Does anyone have ties to this place from maybe 1972 - 1975? Trying to find out about a friend's sister who may have spent a year or two there for being "difficult" to her stepmom.

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

I'm not a number I am a free man 🤪

[@shannonlager6183]

Im trying to find a relative that may have passed at Greystoke or Marlboro . I have their name , approximate birth and no idea when they passed. Any ideas how I can track a patient between 1900 and up to 1970, I was told the patient was admitted at age 15 and no one ever went back . The family record says she was left at greystoke for being "boy crazy" - Gut wrenching to see . any help would be appreciated

[@RusticVentures]

I remember recording all the names at Marlboro, if you'd like to send me an email, I can review the footage once I can access my old computer ([e-mail]) Marlboro is not listed on FindAGrave, but the one for Greystone is. It's called Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown. Exact address: 65 Martin Luther King Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960 See if you can find their name on FindAGrave.com by searching cemeteries, then filter to Evergreen Cemetery Morristown, NJ.

[@shannonlager6183]

Thank you so much ! I looked through your video and stopped at every name I could see - I will email the name and I’ll searching the greystoke list