UE - Mental Hospital with Morgue and Laboratories

Exploring a weird mental asylum hospital

[@taebby78]

That building has really gorgeous natural light coming in :)

[@mrjuvel4788]

You are brave as hell, would never go into a abounded hospital without any one else!

[@Gummigoo_under_the_map]

This is some of the best stuff on KZbin.

[@elizabethgaspodnetich9676]

Very cool!! I do love your videos, hope you keep them coming. I could sure use some of those shelves that are laying around that place! Some creepy areas in that building for sure. Good find! Thanks again for all your leg work!

[@maplewoodsp]

I worked for a hospital that is about to demolish most older buildings. I visited the morgue and many surgeries as part of my job. This was not a nice hospital when several room air conditioners are randomly installed. Morgue's often stink because a dead body cut open is in rapid decay. Blood on the floor that you step around, and sometimes on. Cloth shoe covers help.

[@benchkey]

That little maze around 15: was in the x-ray department. An operator would go into the maze as protection from exposure to x-rays when a patient was having one. The maze is lead lined and x-rays tend to travel in straight lines so the maze was good protection.

[@NeoFromTheMatrix2399]

@BackyeardExploration The point of those weird maze like walls were so no light could get into the room with the light sensitive film...That's why the case said do not open in the light because it's wrecked/exposed if light touches it

[@MrRuben313]

Once again a really nice video with good quality, i also like the little bits of information you give. Very nice and keep it up. Greetings, Ruben from holland

[@Nejdez]

Always love the atmosphere and silence in your videos. Some buildings are very interesting to explore

[@Odenqueen]

Interesting that this is in my state. I live in Missouri and I've never heard of this place or know where it is. Abandoned places, especially hospitals and theme parks, are something I find very interesting. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼

[@dusterdude238]

I used to work in a convalescent hospital. And that is a rather large Autoclave at 9:32 and another is shown later in the video. they Use steam/ High heat and pressure to sterilize surgical instruments in an OR. and patient items such as bed pans, personal basins, sickness trays,Etc. Before the one time use / Disposable items came into use. [ basically work along the lines of a pressure cooker ]

[@turokk1]

Awesome video, can't wait to see the next one you post.

[@PPGIRL420]

This is really cool! I've never been to any abandoned places, but I'd love to go one day. On the one hand, I'm not sure I'd wanna try going into an asylum or hospital though, cause even though I don't personally believe in ghosts/spirits/etc I'd still get kinda paranoid. On the other hand, it'd be really cool to go into a place like this because I have a bit of a morbid curiosity with this kinda stuff.

[@Kynos1]

I'd be more worried about security guards.

[@carolehayden8566]

Sheesh! What an uncomfortable workplace environment. It fairly leaks of eeriness. "Somebody's an Asshole" made me laugh. Great video. Thanx!

[@anitastodolak9882]

I would totally be creeped out!!! You guys are really brave

[@ebenezermarley]

What I noticed the most was the odd shaped toilets and toilet seats. There is something creepy about toilets.

[@webbhastings1451]

Tx, nice vid. The Monarch butterfly was weird, in a mental hospital - Monarch programming?!?

[@gungeezer]

The commode on the platform is that way because the septic or sewer system is above the level of the base of the commode. Plumbers have used this when installing a commode in basements.

[@rootsmanuva82]

The first time you uttered the word "creepy" was 12 minutes into this video. You sir are brave! I would've said it long before that.

[@rebeccasanderson1533]

Awesome explore, thanks for sharing!

[@CatMooreccrs]

The curling paint is a good indicator of lead based paint. It maybe a good idea to wear a mask. I enjoy your videos greatly. You do a nice job. Keep up the good work.

[@thecooldude9999]

Lead doesn't become airborne.

[@CatMooreccrs]

I agree, The paint has to be disturbed. Sandblasting, sanding and sweeping up the dust.

[@RetroCaptain]

+Cat Moore Indoor Latex Pain, when over-exposed to Moisture (from the broken windows) causes the same type of flaking/peeling. I'd almost prefer to walk through an abandoned Hospital, than an active one, with all the coughing etc.

[@CatMooreccrs]

I will keep that in mind, thanks

[@Arctorkovich]

I think those 'little mazes' are where x-ray operators stand to be shielded from radiation.

[@patriciaarbuckle131]

It wouldn't be unusual for a patient to die whilst in a psychiatric care when you consider the impact that mental illness can have on physical health (not to mention the risk of a patient completing suicide). Hence the need for a mortuary onsite. Usually these would be accessed via a tunnel to allow the deceased to be collected by the funeral director away from the gaze of the other patients. A death on the ward can unsettle the other patients in any hospital so I imagine a psych unit would be no different.

[@joshray4977]

I wonder if that maze hall was created to avoid x-ray exposure. Anyway, I love these videos! Thanks for sharing.

[@JulietPatricia]

3:00 What's that toilet doing there in the first place? And why is that random pipe in the bowl? 9:00 Pretty green! Those are awesome elevators! The doors and button fixtures come from the 20s or 30s, or maybe earlier. Why are a lot of the toilet flush handles broken?

[@williamstin2862]

The toilet is probably elevated for plumbing (easier install or no access) being it was originally a half bath or a remodel.

[@laineyfabriccio5984]

another thought, I always was under the belief that your medical paper's were all confidential, however, they are left out in the open for any one to see a person's personal information, and the government are wondering about identity theft!!

[@iTroyful]

OMG u r n a section of the morgue n/ hospital! One of the reasons for a morgue in psychiatric hospitals is bc many mentally ill ppl have severe physical issues as well. Many are long-term patients when they expire, time of death&cause of death must be recorded properly. also many of the ppl family abandon them therefore bodies are stored in freezer until state dispose of them or anonymous charity or person pay for funeral service. Some funeral homes also donate services but not many. Very sad situation.

[@mONEyCruickshankGaming]

The room at 7:45 looks exactly like the room that the cast of the first Grave Encounters movie are stuck in about half way through the film.

[@bryanlise79]

wow!! that big steel thing was a autoclave ....so cool!!!

[@camac360]

ahh I need that Chrysler key blank! cool vid

[@holandesa1924]

A morgue with windows, really strange indeed. To me this is where they performed lobotomies and electrical shocks on patients. Something like that.

[@Eva-xb4ui]

Do you know much about the building history? There are a few things in there that are fairly standard for a facility that doubled as the state/gov hospital for that area, or doubled as a coroners if it a rural area, or a quarantine facility....but if not then there are some very strange, definitely not so standard things!

[@catbert26]

Actually the Whitby Mental Health Hospital in Whitby, Ontario had a much large Morgue. 2-5 tables and rooms. There was also a cemetery for those who died @ the hospital.

[@BackyardExploration]

Colin Doughty This Hospital was actually larger than Whitby. Whitby had 1650 patients, this place had almost 2500. I didn't make it into the basement of this building, so we can only imagine what all is down there (more morgues?). I'll be releasing a full 40 minute documentary type video on this location some time this year. Hopefully by then I will have made it into the basement. That's where the good stuff always is

[@catbert26]

can't wait. I did manage to tour the WPH before they tore it all down. I only took pictures since we didn't have a video camera. Check out facebook.com/groups/245309095672081/ for the WPH facebook site.

[@teresah.6696]

@ 5:32 I can't believe no one has taken that outdoor furniture set it looks brand new and the wooden bench or at least when they packed up everything why not take that.

[@PrimephotoStudio]

Great video, enjoy it.

[@FoxTheTank]

Really enjoy your videos. I was curious, do you travel to explore these locations or are all these abandoned places where you live. Also, do you ever take anything while exploring?

[@BackyardExploration]

75% of my locations are within a 2 hour drive... so St.Louis and mid-Missouri. I will be traveling to Memphis next week, so get ready for that

[@laineyfabriccio5984]

BackyardExploration Thanks for posting, very creepy place but one can't help but wonder why places like this which are in fair nick don't get used to house homeless people or a food distribution, sad leaving it to decay.

[@heathernunyabizness5258]

BackyardExploration I wish I had seen this earlier!! I could have shown you all the cool places.

[@heathernunyabizness5258]

BackyardExploration I wish I had see this earlier! I could have shown you all the cool places!

[@bingrusginckle]

the "creepy little hall" at about 12:00 in the vid is a light tunnel form developing film. so that you could have two connected rooms, one dark and one light, without the dark one getting any light In to it because film is ruined by light.

[@bingrusginckle]

I realize I spelled a few words wrong, please ignore that lol

[@LakeNipissing]

7:58... LOL... Toilet paper, but no more flush valve. Weird toilet 'stall' as well, if it would even be called that.

[@envelopeuser]

Great colors and composition from 1:38-1:43

[@shelbygolds]

I love your videos!! I would love to explore but there isn't to many abandoned places where I live.

[@shelbygolds]

oh and if the hospital was started in the 30s the room you thought was a morgue could have been used for lobotomies because they didn't stop those until the late 40s

[@jharder88]

+shelby goldsmith It's obviously an embalming room.

[@shelbygolds]

J Harder lol sorry....

[@Kaj319]

LOL Lobotomies were carried out on living people, not dead ones! That slab table is designed for carrying out autopsies and/or embalming processes. Probably autopsies as I saw the word "Forensic" on one of the filing cabinets.

[@shelbygolds]

Okay, okay..I get it...

[@RayreaGurl]

where is this exactly? I'm putting together a list of places to go before I graduate and this has to go on the list!

[@climb2rig]

the weird maze you went threw is to enter a dark room. for developing the X-Ray images.

[@aliceranger8681]

You made an excellent video, thanks.

[@LESREID2]

That looks like an autopsy table(in the room you thought was a morgue).

[@eggthetalonflame1453]

Because a morgue is the name of the room while the table is for autopsy's

[@enoorkoiv]

In England we work out hospitals to death!, looks like this well made construct had plenty of life left in it. Building hospitals on multiple floors does not really work for Psychiatry these days.

[@robbymorgan9695]

Worked in a mental hospital in the 80s they had lobotomy tables there which were different but had a faucet and a drain maybe ?

[@hannahj5905]

When old hospitals, morgues, asylums, etc places like this become abandoned why do they leave behind medical records? I mean whether a person or people are dead, what if they need the information for an investigation and then nobody can find the documents?

[@Smoked786]

+skyboundmisfit In germany we must store records over 30 years isnt that funny?

[@hannahj5905]

Ohhh okay thank you both *****​ Smokedlol​

[@emilydavis857]

Hannah Banana I've wondered this too because I volunteered at a hospital for several years and like patient confidentiality was a big thing. From what I've heard it's mainly like time restraint. They're busy working on other things that they run out of time would be my guess.

[@paperchain1239]

One flew over the Cookcoos Nest

[@MystoRobot]

aaaaaaaand welcome to outlast

[@evalentgrace1960]

XD IKR.just waiting for the twins to jump scare me

[@invisiblepippa]

lol eddie darling where are you?

[@darthsidiouse4994]

thought i was the only one XD

[@eggthetalonflame1453]

outlast mental asylum is a lot creepier than this

[@kriskieronski5164]

great content. Have you ever bumped into another explorer or person in these places you explore? Any creepy satanic worshippers? ;D I bumped into one when in an abandoned manor, scared the shit out of me. Dude kept on staring at me none stop, didn't follow me though.

[@katieorchard7535]

Not sure if only me but would be nice if you spoke more. Great video though

[@yamahayz228]

what year was this place closed down do you know?

[@bryanlise79]

that little hall is probably where they went to develop xrays bcuz it's dark.

[@licksnkicks]

Do you know what year this hospital was built in! It doesn't look to old. Some really horrifying stuff went on in mental institutions back in the day. Like electric shock therapy and lobotomies. They did hideous shit to them back in the day cuz who would ever believe them anyhow. You should take someone with you just for safety sake. Thanks again for a wonderful and very interesting explore. I love your videos. Amazing and amazing quality. Awesome!

[@BackyardExploration]

The original hospital was built pre civil war. This building was added around 1930 I believe

[@JulietPatricia]

BackyardExploration The elevators put the building in 1930 or maybe earlier.

[@Dear_Marcus]

licksnkicks ECT is still used nowadays.

[@licksnkicks]

marcus gardner Your kidding! disgusting!

[@Dear_Marcus]

licksnkicks its used as a last resort when medication hasnt worked, its obviously alot more controlled than it was years ago but it still remains a controversy with some for it and others against it.

[@xDrikenx]

lol i am expecting the guy doctor or monster from Outlast to pop up

[@trevorberger6192]

Was the power still on in this one? looks like the exit sign was lit.

[@SearingMedal182]

Does anyone else hear other foot steps and see a creepy figure?

[@JensLife]

Cool. I could use those shelf's.

[@chocolateparaelalma2299]

A morgue with windows, maybe is a hospital/university

[@daniloloko5]

The little maze is for raio-x isolation.

[@Dan-dq8rs]

Yes! An upload!

[@40ozDiRtYHaRrY40oz]

Do you do your Exploring alone ? or with a friend ?

[@dundeedell1960]

i suppose HIPPA laws arent too much of a concern

[@melysah89]

What camera are you using to film this?

[@harryhargreaves8489]

Do you do it on your own?

[@JDMCOWBOY92]

how do you find out about these places you film? I want to explore just like this. but I live 35 minutes outside Saint louis and dont know the areas you find these places

[@BackyardExploration]

+stlhitmanusmc Just drive around north stl or join a group of like minded people. I'm pretty active on undergroundozarks .com among some other groups, and that helps a lot

[@rickbar123]

Drink the blue stuff, it's gooooood.

[@SWToDi-qc8hb]

Were you all by yourself and do you carry any firearms?

[@Brandoview]

Any idea when this place was last in operation?

[@BackyardExploration]

NapalmicAcid It's still in operation... Fulton State Hospital, Fulton Missouri. Half the place got demolished to make way for a new hospital

[@BeemerTwelve]

BackyardExploration It looks kinda tatty to be "still in operation".

[@BackyardExploration]

John Wilkinson Like I said, this particular building is demolished. The rest of the asylum is still in operation. It's where they house all of the murderers, etc. who got off on insanity.

[@BeemerTwelve]

BackyardExploration By "(it) is demolished" you mean "It has been demolished" or "it is being demolished"?

[@BackyardExploration]

John Wilkinson They can't demolish the maximum security prison until they build the new one. Everything else in the spot where the new prison is going (ie. this building) is gone

[@Bobherry]

4:25 I CRACKED UP XD

[@briannagreen3098]

does it have power

[@carolehayden8566]

The creepy maze is a darkroom to developers those x-rays that you just exposed. hahaha Hahahahaha. Anyhow, those films are made of silver which is why they were so heavy. I used to save the ones we no longer used and recycled the silver for $.

[@zacharychall-hutchinson6720]

reason for the morgue would probably be for the patients who committed suicide to be autopsied.

[@mikejaques6573]

at 5.39 you will see a refer refrigerator compressor and they are made in the next town from me. copeland one of the best

[@rickster348]

wow, - if autopsy tables could talk.

[@traceyjane4288]

wood not like to be in this place at night !

[@orgasmapop4028]

I don't even know if I could stand just tree minutes

[@rosiesummer2711]

It still has electricity.

[@georgiaflyer8702]

What has been your scariest moment exploring?

[@liza-kf2xl]

You should be wearing gloves.

[@thomasmatthew9515]

Shiny retro autoclave at 10:20 for all you equipment nerds

[@briantracy1324]

12:05 , the maze is to keep light out of the darkroom where they develop the x-rays.. there would have been a double set of blackout curtains...

[@volter9899]

15:53 a random christmas tree in a bathroom. o_o

[@excelents]

At least turn the camera and see a Walker ambling down a corridor !

[@OK2BCK]

3:47 *NICE*

[@noureddineanas5501]

This is scary shit... Damm..

[@lolagarbe9497]

Your brave 😱😱😱

[@64starfox]

How long has that building been abandoned? I ask because there looks to be almost no vandalism.

[@BackyardExploration]

Just the way I like it and you'd be surprised... a long time. This video along with a couple others already posted is actually part of a large project that I've been pioneering for the last two years. This building along with a dozen others will be demolished soon, so you can expect a full length hour long video coming in the next couple months after the demolition. It's sad that virtually no one will get to see these buildings before they're destroyed. I'll make sure to take everyone along for the ride though.

[@64starfox]

Cool

[@afxcrush41]

how do you find those places?

[@PEULLEOSEU]

nice

[@brandonbutler9139]

I bet that place is haunted as fuck

[@CrystalLynJohnson]

stay safe 😳

[@gooberweasel30]

Baba Booey!

[@jujukerwaltz3679]

muito bem

[@levert.gomellewis.8306]

forshee pious

[@darthsidiouse4994]

fucking outlast

[@katharsis4873]

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