Thanks for this video! Back in the 70’s I went with a group of Special Education teachers on a tour of the then, “Agnew State Hospital.” We were “allowed” into the “restricted” child developmental center where they had a nursery. I will never forget what I saw. There were rows and rows of metal beds with infants who had horrific deformities, ranging from severe “hydrocephalus” to unrecognizable body parts. One child had a head so large his ears touched each side of the bed itself. I literally became so overwhelmed I had to leave the group and exit the hospital. I remember walking at a fast pace down the long corridors with moss green painted walls, hoping I wouldn’t get lost on my way out. My heart ached for those children knowing full well they would probably remain there for what short life they may have.
As a college student, I worked in the food service department at Agnew State Hospital in the 60's while it still housed mentally ill patients as well as developmentally challenged. It was not a place of horrors or cruelty as in "...Cuckoo's Nest" but was woefully understaffed. When Ronald Reagan was elected governor he cut the state funding which resulted in many mentally ill patients becoming homeless and/or incarcerated. "1967 Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. At this point, the number of patients in state hospitals had fallen to 22,000, and the Reagan administration uses the decline as a reason to make cuts to the Department of Mental Hygiene. They cut 2,600 jobs and 10 percent of the budget despite reports showing that hospitals were already below recommended staffing levels." While campaigning in California, Reagan claimed to have sure-fire solutions to the state budget challenges but offered no specifics. After his election, he targeted the mentally ill and the education for cuts in spending. He used a similar budget slashing tool as president. "1981 President Reagan repeals Carter’s legislation (expansion of Kennedy's Community Mental Health Act) with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. This pushes the responsibility of mentally ill patients back to the states. The legislation creates block grants for the states, but federal spending on mental illness declines."
Thank you for the info! I know by the 60s most of the "horrors" of the old days were gone. Some of the stories from the original buildings were awful. My grandfather's dad actually had his first wife committed here back in the early 1900s, must have been rough. We still need to do something about the mental health problem in this country!
i’ve actually been there with a few friends multiple times, got caught by the security that drives around in the white trucks. its pretty cool watching it through someone elses eyes. its crazy how its just chillen there next to those apartments like it wasnt once a mental asylum.
A lot of homeless people live here, formerly including myself. The stories about this place are very true, and there's some you don't hear about unless you're part of the homeless community here. If you're planning to visit, here's some important tips. 1. There's a hole in the fence, near the Oracle parking lot, behind some thick vegetation. Sometimes this gets closed again, so bring wire cutters. 2. There's a patrol truck that goes around with a security guard. Avoid this obstacle by hiding in the vegetation, and waiting for the truck to go past and out of eyesight, then bolt for the door. You have ten minutes to get inside and out of sight. 3. Stay away from the first floor, this is where the most dangerous of the homeless population inside lives (meth addicts, people with mental problems, etc. Usually armed, always dangerous. We call them "screamers". They basically run on the same logic as a horror movie zombie, but faster. Do not fight them, either hide before they see you, or run for your life. They are stronger than you). 4. If you hear unearthly sounds in the dark, get away from the vicinity of them as quickly and quietly as possible. It's either a screamer, or The Doctor. Both of these will kill you. 5. There are toilets on the second floor. They don't flush, but this is the acceptable room to do your business in if you must. 6. Never go alone, it is far too dangerous for this. 7. If you hear a small girl giggling, or jingling bells, you're safe. If they very suddenly stop, get away as quickly and quietly as possible or hide. 8. If you're going to sleep here, bring enough salt to surround the perimeter of a former patient room, including the doorway, and sleep in the circle. Always barricade the door behind you, do not disturb the circle. 9. Do NOT use alcohol or drugs during your stay, or go in under the influence. He will find you. 10. Whatever you do, unless you absolutely cannot avoid it, DO. NOT. GO. IN. THE. CHAPEL. 11. They can see you. They know where you are. Do not disturb them. 12. If you see anything that looks physical, get away from it as quickly and quietly as possible. 13. Stay away from the windows. 14. If you stare into the mirrors for too long, you won't be alone for long. 15. Do not take anything from the grounds, not even a pebble. Pictures only. 16. Watch out for feral cats and goats on the grounds.
Hi I have a few questions from the numerous times I have visited with my group of friends and experienced some weird things, I wanted to confirm with you because some still lingers. For number 11, is "they" referring to the security guards or the folks who resided here, and did they reside in the main large building? My other question is, who exactly is "the doctor", was he also in the main building with the former chairs and what not (ive experienced good amounts of activity there)? For number 9, who exactly is "he"? My final question is, the little girl. My friends didn't hear it, one did and got creeped out as much as I; fortunately, it did not seem we disturbed her as her laugh didn't abruptly stop. Is there anything more you can help add to your experience and knowledge living there by answering these questions? I stopped going after a guard caught us hiding in there, threatened my buddy and I with a firearm, but did not see anyone in there. It was by far one of the most heavier energies there. Thank you, I really would appreciate this.
Good vid bro! I actually went out to explore the asylum day n night last week and got some good footage. Sadly mostly everything is demolished and wish I knew about this earlier but thanks to you I was able to see what was gone. Keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoyed. I drove by last week and saw it was mostly gone and they were taking down the tower. At least you got to see some of it! Did you film a video?
Some close calls in this one. They did some awful stuff way back, now more is understood about the so-called insane people. Some do need to be locked up, but most just need some help and understanding. Awesome video.
In the 1980,s I new a girl in high school that was there for about a year.she always had something about being touched.then just recently found out that spirits were said to touch the patient's there.
Hey man...I'm the guy who wrote to you about Bodie. You may recognize my name/logo. I didn't realize you had a lot of videos on your site and I have subscribed. I grew up in Santa Clara and a long time ago (around 1979) me and another guy were sent out to do some "glue up ceiling tiles" in some of the rooms/buildings there at Agnew State Hospital. Of course we were not working in the same buildings as any of the patients as they were put somewhere else so we could work. My co-worker and I got a good look at some of the patients outside the windows and in the yards. That was my first experience observing severe mentally disabled people. It was sad and puzzling and mind blowing that humans can be so mentally screwed up. And yet...what else can we do with people like that but put them in a hospital like this?
You hit the nail on the head, and to me mental health is a new frontier we need to explore. There has to be a way to have empathetic care for people and I hope we figure it out someday. Thanks for the stories. Interestingly my stepdad told me him and some friends used to go skateboard skiing behind a car through Agnews just to see their reactions. He said they would all yell and cheer as they skated behind the cars holding a rope. This would be around late 60s.
@@vvarietyshow It was interesting watching your video of Agnew State Hospital. The facility has a long history in itself. If only those walls could "talk." I'm sure there were many weird and bizarre things that happened there regarding treatment of the mentally ill. I worked there with a co-worker for about 5 weeks and saw these illnesses that these unfortunate people were cursed with. I was astounded that humans like you and me can be so "mentally screwed up" and how blessed we are to be "mentally healthy." What's really scary is we are still subjected with people who have "various degrees of mental ilness" that are not in a mental institution.
I live in San Jose. Have been to this place twice in the past year, once at night. Pretty spot on with this video. Place is pretty creepy though fun to checkout while you can. Probably wouldn’t experience much besides maybe being chased out by security lol. Too bad they already started construction on the place I would have gone back.
Yeah man. I saw a lot of restraint chairs, tables patient stuff piles of metal and concrete everywhere. Looked like they were definitely getting started on tearing the place down. Was such a cool place to check out too bad its gone.
It was Agnews with an "s". I provided some Stress Management training to the medical staff there when the facility was for the Developmentally Disabled. The Medical staff was very dedicated, not understaffed but CA State had decided under the Lanterman Act to no longer provide a hospital residential care structure and all patients were going to be placed in community homes. The Staff was very worried that that kind of care would not provide enough medical supervision and care provision.
I am sooo JEALOUS!!! I fell intrigued with the Agnew facility the very first time i drove past it on my way to my new job over in Alviso. Every day, twice a day i drove past the facility and something about that place had me so intrigued that i became lightweight obsessed with it. Let me say... i'm from New Orleans so i had no idea that it used to be an Insane Asylum. Upon finding that out is when the obsession began. Not crazy obsessed! But it sparked a little google digging. I was extremely taken back by a couple coincidences. I'm from Louisiana... Lafayette, which is one of the streets Agnews is on is a major city in LA. Agnews was a Catholic run facility. LA is considered a Catholic state. Aight ya ready for this one!? The other street for which the facility was on is River Oaks. Just in case you don't know... River Oaks is the name of the looney bin that is right on the outskirt of New Orleans in River Ridge. After all that I was determined to go in there. I don't know what i thought i was going to see but i KNOW there was something to be seen there. The torcher, the mistreatment, the experimental procedures and drugs and quite frankly bc it was run by Catholics. I'm Catholic btw. I LOVE GOD and have mad respect for the church. But lets be real. Some Catholic organizations are responsible for doing and covering some crazy ish. Like CA-RAZY. Exorcist kinda shit. So i began trying to figure out how to go in. As mentioned.. there was security posted round the clock. ANd not like they ride around and you can sneak in kinda thing. Like they posted at the one point of entry/exit and there is a tall chain fence completely surrounding the grounds. So i drove up to the driveway to the entry. Was stopped by the security right away. I was choppin it up wit dude for a bit and told him. hey i'm hella curious about this place. Can i go look around? You can even come with me. I wasn't tryin to disturb or piss ANYTHING off that may have been present. I just felt VERY strongly that there were stories, or I don't even know!! I do know that i probably woulda shit my pants if i had ANY sort of encounter or experience there, which would have happened. the encounter, not shitting my pants! Back to security dude... He wasn't rude or mean at all but it wasn't going to happen. Being as inquisitive as i am i started asking questions. Like ... what kind of crazy shit goes on here. You're here all the time.. You are all up in the guts of that facility. you have to have seen or heard something here. He kindly shut me down and sent us on our way. TOTALLY IGNITED my curiosity even more. Like there is mad shit goin on in there..still. You could just sense it. it's hard to explain. SO my dumb ass thought fine! Lets follow the perimeter and there has to be a spot where we can jump the fence and get up in there. We did and there was. However, when it registered that my big ass ain't no fence jumper and that when i was faced with the inevitable fear i would encounter, i would be stuck like Chuck on the inside of the fence. I sadly decided not to go over that fence. So all i could do is just continue to drive by everyday and KNOW theres some CRAZY SHIT goin on in there. Months later i guess they began to clear out the buildings for demo. Got intrigued all over again. There were lots of trucks that were being filled up BUT WITH WHAT??? The place had been abandoned for BOOKU years already... What was being guarded so tightly? Places, that become abandoned like that, are looted, gutted and trashed. whatever is left isn't salvageable or just nasty. Not here. A LOT of somethings in there were valuable enough that someone pocketed the expense of many trucks and movers to remove what was in there before demo'ing everything. And with that, my conspiracy is concluded.
Man this makes me sad. I lived on grounds K-8 grade years on the other campus(got called names), dad worked there more than 40 years, I worked 3 summers, helped take care of the residents, even had some home for Christmas at times that didn't have no family. Bought my first PC game before I had a computer and installed in on one at work, kept reinstalling it when the IT guys would remove it. There is a thorough if low budget doc about the history of the place made basically at the behest of the alumni, it's kinda hokey but interesting wish I could find it. It was never a perfect solution but the people who worked there cared and saved many people from a much worse fate.
Awesome video.. I lived close by but I was young and never paid attention to it ...now.. I love to read the stories..crazy what actually went on there and now I know what the inside looked like.. if the walls could talk...
I didn't know the history until some years ago I was driving nearby and saw the water tower. I turned around and investigated which lead to me going home and researching what that place was!
My sister is profoundly delayed, nonverbal and non-ambulatory. She lived at Agnews for years. My family and I would drive out to visit her most weekends. I recognize all the buildings you were in. The nursing staff that worked there seemed to do a good job and were kind and supportive for the most part with a few bad apples. Most of the residents that lived there were really sweet souls but were developmentally delayed with medical and mental health issues. Agnews stopped housing the criminally insane people there many years back. Anyway now my sister lives in a medical group home in Campbell and is doing well. The small group care homes seem to work better as opposed to the mass housing of patients. Anyway thanks for posting this, cool to see what it looks like all abandoned now. And be careful if you go back as the buildings are so old, they are no longer structurally sound.
I stayed in one of the now demolished dorms off Lafayette street. It was for the homeless but it was originally for the craziest of the crazys, the rooms were round and believe me, that entire area is haunted. At night, you could see figures darting past the windows when there was no one there. When the developers tried to tear everything out they found the unmarked cemetery where they had to leave them. Right in the middle of a housing complex. They said it was from the earthquake but hundreds of Nazi scientists were brought there under operation Paperclip and Im positive they put some experiments gone wrong in those plots. The wing we were in had swastikas embedded into the concrete steps.
Can you please tell me exactly where off of Lafayette you are referring to? I live off of Lafayette and have had many unexplained experiences happen to both me and my son. Is the location you mention off Lafayette and Hope Street or Lafayette and Calle de Primavera (Levi's Stadium is now across the street from both of these areas)?
@@TM-gu6bp Just a lot of weird things. I live very near Lafayette and Calle de Primavera and my sons preschool was onn Hope and Lafayette, next door to an apartment complex and old abandoned graveyard. When my son was younger and still attending that school, sometimes he would come home and tell me he see a new boy that wanted to be friends. Yet, everytime I would ask him to show me who this new person was, the boy was never around. The teachers had no idea who I was talking about. And at our place, sometimes when I am walking our dog, I could swear someone is walking directly behind me and of course no one is there. There is a small park down the street and from a distance, it sometimes looks like someone is watching me from behind a few particular trees. Or, we will get a knock on the door and no one is there. My son refuses to sleep with his bedroom door open because he says he feels like someone is watching him from the upstairs stairwell. I sometimes get the same feeling when I am in my kitchen cooking downstairs.. These are just a few things off the top of my head.
I worked with a guy who used to work there in the 90's. He said it was weird at night hearing sounds of people screaming echoing through the halls. And someone bit him once. Other than that it was just a crappy job.
My friend was sent there. When he got out he never came back the same. He was normal before but his parents sent him there because he was selling drugs.
They tore all of this down and are building 3 new schools. Elementary, middle and high school. My son starts at the middle school this week. The elementary school will only be open for k-2nd grade and then open the remaining grades next year and the high school will open next year. My son likes to joke around and say that his school will have lots of "school spirit!" LOL
@@vvarietyshow You think so? It took about a year and a half for the middle school. The high school is being started but they only have the framework done.
Unfortunately I think you might be too late but I'm not 100% on that. This was almost a year ago and they were ramping up demolition but i am not entirely sure
@@vvarietyshow Well I was really interested to see if the Water Tower was still up. I plan on flying my quad to get some flight video of the tower and mural. Plan is to launch from one of the Cisco parking garages if they are accessible. Wish me luck.
just went there today! live in santa clara and me and my friends went inside, a lot of it is broken down but still three floors you can go to, overgrown weeds but still there!
This was awesome. Such a shame for the church. The ones over here have tunnels that go under ground that lead to each building where the pipes for the heating go. But since you're over in Cali you don't need heat lol. That would've been epic to get to the top of the tower.
Yeah man and this place was a campus style rebuild of the mental health institution so the churches were very basic. It was actually 2 of them side by side. I should have done this explore a year or two ago, there would have been more to see
I wish the new owners had kept at least one building and the water tower for historical preservation. My old security company first alarm/ first security was contracted to secure the property years ago i actually have some funny stories about the goats. Not to mention my supervisor and I going inside the tower.
I know this video is a year old but around January of this year I moved across the street from here and now it's all mostly Oracle aside from a couple original buildings. I just discovered it today actually and after watching your video I'm sad I didn't discovered earlier and I've been living in the bay area for about 5 years now.
That's actually the West campus that is now part of Oracle and formerly Sun Microsystems. This vid is of the East campus. I've been meaning to do a part 2 about the West campus but haven't had the chance yet!
@@vvarietyshow no she was a psych nurse who knew all about it’s reputation. Another place you should check out is the Stockton state mental hospital. Now closed,
@@astral.analog 4000 Lafayette St, Santa Clara is the address google gives I’m not sure exactly where it is tho bc on google maps when you type in the address it shows a street w a bunch of houses. But I know there’s still some left bc less than a week ago I know someone who went during nighttime and they had a pic of one of the electroshock chairs still up, and other pictures of graffiti wall. It looked hella cool I rlly wanna go myself before the rest gets torn down which I think it will
This site has a lot of residue of tortured souls. I have actually been to this place and has sex in one of rooms used for electric shock treatment. Creepy AF!
Just found it today I think some of it was torn down but I went to the main place today very cool just has a bunch of water all down the bottom corridors
theres a halfa million dollars left in copper in those buildings for those who like to steal recycle lol i rememver being locked up with a bunch of fools in milpitas for stealing copper from there lol
I've heard of this place from some friends of mine, so i looked it up and also found this video. Great video btw! It's well edited and immersive. Anyways does anyone know where this is at? I would like to drive by and check the place out since I live in San Jose. :) Keep up the good work btw, I'll make sure to subscribe!!
Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately it's pretty much all gone now. The tower came down about 4 months ago and the rest has been leveled. They are building a new school on the land!
@@vvarietyshow Man thats let down :( But good luck to those kids that go to that school, simce i heard that same soil is haunted. Anywas thanks for the info! Appreciate it! :)
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Another super cool episode. OH..the suspense!
Thank you, this one was fun!
Thanks for this video! Back in the 70’s I went with a group of Special Education teachers on a tour of the then, “Agnew State Hospital.” We were “allowed” into the “restricted” child developmental center where they had a nursery. I will never forget what I saw. There were rows and rows of metal beds with infants who had horrific deformities, ranging from severe “hydrocephalus” to unrecognizable body parts. One child had a head so large his ears touched each side of the bed itself. I literally became so overwhelmed I had to leave the group and exit the hospital. I remember walking at a fast pace down the long corridors with moss green painted walls, hoping I wouldn’t get lost on my way out. My heart ached for those children knowing full well they would probably remain there for what short life they may have.
😳😳😳 Wow that's intense
Omg.. how sad.. my heart hurts 💔. To hear it, is one thing but to actually see it is is just heartbreaking
@@elisanunez1608 Thank you for your kind words❤️
As a college student, I worked in the food service department at Agnew State Hospital in the 60's while it still housed mentally ill patients as well as developmentally challenged. It was not a place of horrors or cruelty as in "...Cuckoo's Nest" but was woefully understaffed. When Ronald Reagan was elected governor he cut the state funding which resulted in many mentally ill patients becoming homeless and/or incarcerated.
"1967 Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. At this point, the number of patients in state hospitals had fallen to 22,000, and the Reagan administration uses the decline as a reason to make cuts to the Department of Mental Hygiene. They cut 2,600 jobs and 10 percent of the budget despite reports showing that hospitals were already below recommended staffing levels."
While campaigning in California, Reagan claimed to have sure-fire solutions to the state budget challenges but offered no specifics. After his election, he targeted the mentally ill and the education for cuts in spending. He used a similar budget slashing tool as president.
"1981 President Reagan repeals Carter’s legislation (expansion of Kennedy's Community Mental Health Act) with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. This pushes the responsibility of mentally ill patients back to the states. The legislation creates block grants for the states, but federal spending on mental illness declines."
Thank you for the info! I know by the 60s most of the "horrors" of the old days were gone. Some of the stories from the original buildings were awful. My grandfather's dad actually had his first wife committed here back in the early 1900s, must have been rough.
We still need to do something about the mental health problem in this country!
i’ve actually been there with a few friends multiple times, got caught by the security that drives around in the white trucks. its pretty cool watching it through someone elses eyes. its crazy how its just chillen there next to those apartments like it wasnt once a mental asylum.
I scoped it out so I sorta knew their patrols. Still thought I got caught a couple times but they didn't see me lol
A lot of homeless people live here, formerly including myself. The stories about this place are very true, and there's some you don't hear about unless you're part of the homeless community here. If you're planning to visit, here's some important tips.
1. There's a hole in the fence, near the Oracle parking lot, behind some thick vegetation. Sometimes this gets closed again, so bring wire cutters.
2. There's a patrol truck that goes around with a security guard. Avoid this obstacle by hiding in the vegetation, and waiting for the truck to go past and out of eyesight, then bolt for the door. You have ten minutes to get inside and out of sight.
3. Stay away from the first floor, this is where the most dangerous of the homeless population inside lives (meth addicts, people with mental problems, etc. Usually armed, always dangerous. We call them "screamers". They basically run on the same logic as a horror movie zombie, but faster. Do not fight them, either hide before they see you, or run for your life. They are stronger than you).
4. If you hear unearthly sounds in the dark, get away from the vicinity of them as quickly and quietly as possible. It's either a screamer, or The Doctor. Both of these will kill you.
5. There are toilets on the second floor. They don't flush, but this is the acceptable room to do your business in if you must.
6. Never go alone, it is far too dangerous for this.
7. If you hear a small girl giggling, or jingling bells, you're safe. If they very suddenly stop, get away as quickly and quietly as possible or hide.
8. If you're going to sleep here, bring enough salt to surround the perimeter of a former patient room, including the doorway, and sleep in the circle. Always barricade the door behind you, do not disturb the circle.
9. Do NOT use alcohol or drugs during your stay, or go in under the influence. He will find you.
10. Whatever you do, unless you absolutely cannot avoid it, DO. NOT. GO. IN. THE. CHAPEL.
11. They can see you. They know where you are. Do not disturb them.
12. If you see anything that looks physical, get away from it as quickly and quietly as possible.
13. Stay away from the windows.
14. If you stare into the mirrors for too long, you won't be alone for long.
15. Do not take anything from the grounds, not even a pebble. Pictures only.
16. Watch out for feral cats and goats on the grounds.
Hi I have a few questions from the numerous times I have visited with my group of friends and experienced some weird things, I wanted to confirm with you because some still lingers. For number 11, is "they" referring to the security guards or the folks who resided here, and did they reside in the main large building? My other question is, who exactly is "the doctor", was he also in the main building with the former chairs and what not (ive experienced good amounts of activity there)? For number 9, who exactly is "he"? My final question is, the little girl. My friends didn't hear it, one did and got creeped out as much as I; fortunately, it did not seem we disturbed her as her laugh didn't abruptly stop. Is there anything more you can help add to your experience and knowledge living there by answering these questions? I stopped going after a guard caught us hiding in there, threatened my buddy and I with a firearm, but did not see anyone in there. It was by far one of the most heavier energies there. Thank you, I really would appreciate this.
You need to write a horror story
Good vid bro! I actually went out to explore the asylum day n night last week and got some good footage. Sadly mostly everything is demolished and wish I knew about this earlier but thanks to you I was able to see what was gone. Keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoyed. I drove by last week and saw it was mostly gone and they were taking down the tower. At least you got to see some of it! Did you film a video?
The Somethin' Or Other Tour Yea dude I’m currently in the process of editing the video. I’ll have it uploaded soon🙏
Some close calls in this one. They did some awful stuff way back, now more is understood about the so-called insane people. Some do need to be locked up, but most just need some help and understanding. Awesome video.
It was cruel back in the days
finally! I was pretty excited for this one... the place is huge... I love the suspense & adventure of this 'sode!
thank yoooooou... this was a fun one lol
In the 1980,s I new a girl in high school that was there for about a year.she always had something about being touched.then just recently found out that spirits were said to touch the patient's there.
Whoa that's crazy!
I used to be a supervisor/manager for the company and I have the gate code still, you guys should see this place at night, it’s even cooler!
Crazy place man, just driving by at night is creepy
Been waiting for this one! Glad you did it. Turn out great :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hey man...I'm the guy who wrote to you about Bodie. You may recognize my name/logo. I didn't realize you had a lot of videos on your site and I have subscribed. I grew up in Santa Clara and a long time ago (around 1979) me and another guy were sent out to do some "glue up ceiling tiles" in some of the rooms/buildings there at Agnew State Hospital. Of course we were not working in the same buildings as any of the patients as they were put somewhere else so we could work. My co-worker and I got a good look at some of the patients outside the windows and in the yards. That was my first experience observing severe mentally disabled people. It was sad and puzzling and mind blowing that humans can be so mentally screwed up. And yet...what else can we do with people like that but put them in a hospital like this?
You hit the nail on the head, and to me mental health is a new frontier we need to explore. There has to be a way to have empathetic care for people and I hope we figure it out someday. Thanks for the stories. Interestingly my stepdad told me him and some friends used to go skateboard skiing behind a car through Agnews just to see their reactions. He said they would all yell and cheer as they skated behind the cars holding a rope. This would be around late 60s.
@@vvarietyshow It was interesting watching your video of Agnew State Hospital. The facility has a long history in itself. If only those walls could "talk." I'm sure there were many weird and bizarre things that happened there regarding treatment of the mentally ill. I worked there with a co-worker for about 5 weeks and saw these illnesses that these unfortunate people were cursed with. I was astounded that humans like you and me can be so "mentally screwed up" and how blessed we are to be "mentally healthy." What's really scary is we are still subjected with people who have "various degrees of mental ilness" that are not in a mental institution.
Sure wish I knew of your videos a long time ago-----Enthralled...Extremely entertaining.
Fun fact agnews development center is where the music video for green days song "basket case" was filmed
Love the additional history
@@vvarietyshow it was originally filmed in black and white they added colour later on
I went there just yesterday and if you explore the "haunted" building, the higher floors held a Lobotomy and Clean Room
Its still there?
I live in San Jose. Have been to this place twice in the past year, once at night. Pretty spot on with this video. Place is pretty creepy though fun to checkout while you can. Probably wouldn’t experience much besides maybe being chased out by security lol. Too bad they already started construction on the place I would have gone back.
Yeah man glad I got to go before it was gone. Did you get to see the big main building before it was gutted?
Yeah man. I saw a lot of restraint chairs, tables patient stuff piles of metal and concrete everywhere. Looked like they were definitely getting started on tearing the place down. Was such a cool place to check out too bad its gone.
I’m from San Jo. I’m 50. My uncle was a head nurse at Agnew. To my understanding it’s been torn down for atleast 30 years. It’s now condos
It was Agnews with an "s". I provided some Stress Management training to the medical staff there when the facility was for the Developmentally Disabled. The Medical staff was very dedicated, not understaffed but CA State had decided under the Lanterman Act to no longer provide a hospital residential care structure and all patients were going to be placed in community homes. The Staff was very worried that that kind of care would not provide enough medical supervision and care provision.
wow man, you are still rocking
i really liked your cuts at 11:07
thank you bro!
I am sooo JEALOUS!!! I fell intrigued with the Agnew facility the very first time i drove past it on my way to my new job over in Alviso. Every day, twice a day i drove past the facility and something about that place had me so intrigued that i became lightweight obsessed with it. Let me say... i'm from New Orleans so i had no idea that it used to be an Insane Asylum. Upon finding that out is when the obsession began. Not crazy obsessed! But it sparked a little google digging. I was extremely taken back by a couple coincidences. I'm from Louisiana... Lafayette, which is one of the streets Agnews is on is a major city in LA. Agnews was a Catholic run facility. LA is considered a Catholic state. Aight ya ready for this one!? The other street for which the facility was on is River Oaks. Just in case you don't know... River Oaks is the name of the looney bin that is right on the outskirt of New Orleans in River Ridge. After all that I was determined to go in there. I don't know what i thought i was going to see but i KNOW there was something to be seen there. The torcher, the mistreatment, the experimental procedures and drugs and quite frankly bc it was run by Catholics. I'm Catholic btw. I LOVE GOD and have mad respect for the church. But lets be real. Some Catholic organizations are responsible for doing and covering some crazy ish. Like CA-RAZY. Exorcist kinda shit. So i began trying to figure out how to go in. As mentioned.. there was security posted round the clock. ANd not like they ride around and you can sneak in kinda thing. Like they posted at the one point of entry/exit and there is a tall chain fence completely surrounding the grounds. So i drove up to the driveway to the entry. Was stopped by the security right away. I was choppin it up wit dude for a bit and told him. hey i'm hella curious about this place. Can i go look around? You can even come with me. I wasn't tryin to disturb or piss ANYTHING off that may have been present. I just felt VERY strongly that there were stories, or I don't even know!! I do know that i probably woulda shit my pants if i had ANY sort of encounter or experience there, which would have happened. the encounter, not shitting my pants! Back to security dude... He wasn't rude or mean at all but it wasn't going to happen. Being as inquisitive as i am i started asking questions. Like ... what kind of crazy shit goes on here. You're here all the time.. You are all up in the guts of that facility. you have to have seen or heard something here. He kindly shut me down and sent us on our way. TOTALLY IGNITED my curiosity even more. Like there is mad shit goin on in there..still. You could just sense it. it's hard to explain. SO my dumb ass thought fine! Lets follow the perimeter and there has to be a spot where we can jump the fence and get up in there. We did and there was. However, when it registered that my big ass ain't no fence jumper and that when i was faced with the inevitable fear i would encounter, i would be stuck like Chuck on the inside of the fence. I sadly decided not to go over that fence. So all i could do is just continue to drive by everyday and KNOW theres some CRAZY SHIT goin on in there. Months later i guess they began to clear out the buildings for demo. Got intrigued all over again. There were lots of trucks that were being filled up BUT WITH WHAT??? The place had been abandoned for BOOKU years already... What was being guarded so tightly? Places, that become abandoned like that, are looted, gutted and trashed. whatever is left isn't salvageable or just nasty. Not here. A LOT of somethings in there were valuable enough that someone pocketed the expense of many trucks and movers to remove what was in there before demo'ing everything.
And with that, my conspiracy is concluded.
WHAATT?? So its demolished ?!?
Man this makes me sad. I lived on grounds K-8 grade years on the other campus(got called names), dad worked there more than 40 years, I worked 3 summers, helped take care of the residents, even had some home for Christmas at times that didn't have no family. Bought my first PC game before I had a computer and installed in on one at work, kept reinstalling it when the IT guys would remove it. There is a thorough if low budget doc about the history of the place made basically at the behest of the alumni, it's kinda hokey but interesting wish I could find it. It was never a perfect solution but the people who worked there cared and saved many people from a much worse fate.
Thank you so much for sharing your info
Wow, so cool Josh, you're nuts but it's awesome you are, so we can live through you! Such an awesome episode!!
Thank you I'm glad you liked it!
Wow Dylan.......The most suspense video!! Were there any People living there? any guards has well? This is so Dope!!
No it was all abandoned except for security
Awesome video.. I lived close by but I was young and never paid attention to it ...now.. I love to read the stories..crazy what actually went on there and now I know what the inside looked like.. if the walls could talk...
I didn't know the history until some years ago I was driving nearby and saw the water tower. I turned around and investigated which lead to me going home and researching what that place was!
I live 20 minutes away.... none of my friends are down (yet) but the videos and pictures I could get here... someday soon🤩🤩
Please be careful, and keep in mind most of what I show in this video is no longer there, it's been torn down.
My sister is profoundly delayed, nonverbal and non-ambulatory. She lived at Agnews for years. My family and I would drive out to visit her most weekends. I recognize all the buildings you were in. The nursing staff that worked there seemed to do a good job and were kind and supportive for the most part with a few bad apples. Most of the residents that lived there were really sweet souls but were developmentally delayed with medical and mental health issues. Agnews stopped housing the criminally insane people there many years back. Anyway now my sister lives in a medical group home in Campbell and is doing well. The small group care homes seem to work better as opposed to the mass housing of patients. Anyway thanks for posting this, cool to see what it looks like all abandoned now. And be careful if you go back as the buildings are so old, they are no longer structurally sound.
cool!! here is where Green day's Basket Case music video was recorded.
Cool trivia
I stayed in one of the now demolished dorms off Lafayette street. It was for the homeless but it was originally for the craziest of the crazys, the rooms were round and believe me, that entire area is haunted. At night, you could see figures darting past the windows when there was no one there. When the developers tried to tear everything out they found the unmarked cemetery where they had to leave them. Right in the middle of a housing complex.
They said it was from the earthquake but hundreds of Nazi scientists were brought there under operation Paperclip and Im positive they put some experiments gone wrong in those plots. The wing we were in had swastikas embedded into the concrete steps.
Thank you for adding your info. I'm doing a part 2 soon about the cemetery and preserved buildings at Oracle.
Can you please tell me exactly where off of Lafayette you are referring to? I live off of Lafayette and have had many unexplained experiences happen to both me and my son. Is the location you mention off Lafayette and Hope Street or Lafayette and Calle de Primavera (Levi's Stadium is now across the street from both of these areas)?
@@lisahergenrader122 yes, that whole area is off. I'd love to know what you've experienced
@@TM-gu6bp Just a lot of weird things. I live very near Lafayette and Calle de Primavera and my sons preschool was onn Hope and Lafayette, next door to an apartment complex and old abandoned graveyard. When my son was younger and still attending that school, sometimes he would come home and tell me he see a new boy that wanted to be friends. Yet, everytime I would ask him to show me who this new person was, the boy was never around. The teachers had no idea who I was talking about. And at our place, sometimes when I am walking our dog, I could swear someone is walking directly behind me and of course no one is there. There is a small park down the street and from a distance, it sometimes looks like someone is watching me from behind a few particular trees. Or, we will get a knock on the door and no one is there. My son refuses to sleep with his bedroom door open because he says he feels like someone is watching him from the upstairs stairwell. I sometimes get the same feeling when I am in my kitchen cooking downstairs.. These are just a few things off the top of my head.
“Bathtub. Wth?!” Lmao
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I worked with a guy who used to work there in the 90's. He said it was weird at night hearing sounds of people screaming echoing through the halls. And someone bit him once. Other than that it was just a crappy job.
Sheesh I can imagine...
My friend was sent there. When he got out he never came back the same. He was normal before but his parents sent him there because he was selling drugs.
That's tragic
They tore all of this down and are building 3 new schools. Elementary, middle and high school. My son starts at the middle school this week. The elementary school will only be open for k-2nd grade and then open the remaining grades next year and the high school will open next year. My son likes to joke around and say that his school will have lots of "school spirit!" LOL
Wow it went up fast!
@@vvarietyshow You think so? It took about a year and a half for the middle school. The high school is being started but they only have the framework done.
How much is left. Is it worth visiting? I want to check it out in the near future.
Unfortunately I think you might be too late but I'm not 100% on that. This was almost a year ago and they were ramping up demolition but i am not entirely sure
@@vvarietyshow Ok I will do recon trip to see if it is still there. It's not far from where I live.
You can see it from the surrounding streets. Last time I went they covered the fences with tarps tho so it was harder to see in
@@vvarietyshow Well I was really interested to see if the Water Tower was still up. I plan on flying my quad to get some flight video of the tower and mural. Plan is to launch from one of the Cisco parking garages if they are accessible. Wish me luck.
Cisco has patrolling security, there are better spots. DM me on Instagram @dylansesco and I'll tell you where I launched from
just went there today! live in santa clara and me and my friends went inside, a lot of it is broken down but still three floors you can go to, overgrown weeds but still there!
Yeah most of the villa buildings are gone
This was awesome. Such a shame for the church. The ones over here have tunnels that go under ground that lead to each building where the pipes for the heating go. But since you're over in Cali you don't need heat lol. That would've been epic to get to the top of the tower.
Yeah man and this place was a campus style rebuild of the mental health institution so the churches were very basic. It was actually 2 of them side by side. I should have done this explore a year or two ago, there would have been more to see
the first church is the former Prot·es·tant church, then he walks into the catholic church, once run by father burns or byrnes,
Thank you so much for the info! I was wondering why there were 2 rooms!
yep they were called chapels or churches, , I like the upside cross in vid.
As a local I still have yet to go explore...too bad it's getting fixed up...
Almost gone
i went there today!
Worked here doing the graveyard shift for security in 2014. Crazy place to be at night
Most of its gone now but yeah man so eerie just driving by at night, most have been crazy walking around
I wish the new owners had kept at least one building and the water tower for historical preservation.
My old security company first alarm/ first security was contracted to secure the property years ago i actually have some funny stories about the goats. Not to mention my supervisor and I going inside the tower.
Totally agree on the water tower. I loved it!
I know this video is a year old but around January of this year I moved across the street from here and now it's all mostly Oracle aside from a couple original buildings. I just discovered it today actually and after watching your video I'm sad I didn't discovered earlier and I've been living in the bay area for about 5 years now.
That's actually the West campus that is now part of Oracle and formerly Sun Microsystems. This vid is of the East campus. I've been meaning to do a part 2 about the West campus but haven't had the chance yet!
As kids we’d bike to Agnews coffee shop and eat lunch. More people died at Agnews during the 1906 earthquake than any other spot in the Bay Area.
This one was wild
Thank you bro!
Great video
Thank you very much!
That is Agnew I did a few work up on that water tower before they shut that place done.
The tower is almost down now. The top water tank is gone and just the base is left.
That fantastic wall art on 3:07 in the back
Is that hospital still abandon we wanna go check it out and film
It's all torn down
Hey dude you gotta record the basement were the patients were tortured and burnt alive.. its crazy...
Dang, missed that
I've been in there its hella fking cold down there I have a video if you want it
Wheres the entrance?
Is this place still mostly the same?
may was also the time we went, super surprised we didnt bump into eachother.
We woulda looked like the two Spidermans
What song is that at 6:35
It's from a sound library
What’s the song at 6:40
Dead pit was filmed here before they demolished. Creepy movie
My mom was a psych nurse. She talked about this place
Psych nurse at Agnews?
@@vvarietyshow no she was a psych nurse who knew all about it’s reputation. Another place you should check out is the Stockton state mental hospital. Now closed,
From seeing the graffiti and vandalism security is laughable because obviously what they have doesn't do squat.
One of my aunt's used to work there as a nurse the one on zanker rd.
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Omg. Is this still there????
Most is gone, some is left
Is this still around or was it demolished?
Pretty sure most of it's gone now unfortunately
there’s still some left!!
@@charlottemartinson Do you know where at?
@@astral.analog 4000 Lafayette St, Santa Clara is the address google gives I’m not sure exactly where it is tho bc on google maps when you type in the address it shows a street w a bunch of houses. But I know there’s still some left bc less than a week ago I know someone who went during nighttime and they had a pic of one of the electroshock chairs still up, and other pictures of graffiti wall. It looked hella cool I rlly wanna go myself before the rest gets torn down which I think it will
@@charlottemartinson Thank you so much! I went to one of the campuses before and it was torn down. I'll be sure to check this one out.
Does Agnew's belong to Oracle?
The other campus is owned by Oracle, this campus is not
9:28 churches
Lets hit this place up but at night !
Went to an abandoned building in Los Gatos CA homeless guy punched through a wall and chased my friend out and almost grabbed him
Not sure about it and can’t find info but it’s on Los Gatos blvd near the nob hill
Chaos Psyco where’s that spot at g?
DO U HAVE THE ADDY
Just watched the movie that was filmed here the Dead Pit from 1989.
Gotta find that
Green Day filmed the video for “Basket Case” At the asylum pretty cool if you ask me
Heck yeah
Agnew.. I think it's technically in Milpitas ca
This site has a lot of residue of tortured souls. I have actually been to this place and has sex in one of rooms used for electric shock treatment. Creepy AF!
Green day
Wow this was 3 years ago… went last night & it looks creepier & trashier now
Yeah not much is left
they had all the craziest people held here
Crazy history!
They demolished it to build a school
Yeah most is gone now
no
Is it still there
What’s the address to this place?
It's been torn down
Just found it today I think some of it was torn down but I went to the main place today very cool just has a bunch of water all down the bottom corridors
@@sebastianflores1518 damn last time I drove by it was an active construction site
What is Security securing?--lol
theres a halfa million dollars left in copper in those buildings for those who like to steal recycle lol i rememver being locked up with a bunch of fools in milpitas for stealing copper from there lol
I went here yesterday 😂
How can I get there
Dang we can't even get a hello or please? 😂
Call drake GOD'S PLAN....
when they year this old place down and put homes on the same soil....lmao....I feel bad for the tenants...it's gonna be fuckin hunted as hell
"WTF..." It's a bathtub dude.
Nothing strange about an elevated bathtub in the middle of a room huh? You guys reach too much lmao
They likely did those freezing cold ice baths
First
ya think so? lol
I've heard of this place from some friends of mine, so i looked it up and also found this video. Great video btw! It's well edited and immersive. Anyways does anyone know where this is at? I would like to drive by and check the place out since I live in San Jose. :) Keep up the good work btw, I'll make sure to subscribe!!
Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately it's pretty much all gone now. The tower came down about 4 months ago and the rest has been leveled. They are building a new school on the land!
@@vvarietyshow Man thats let down :( But good luck to those kids that go to that school, simce i heard that same soil is haunted. Anywas thanks for the info! Appreciate it! :)
@@lowlife_killer6988 no worries bro and thanks again for checking it out
@@lowlife_killer6988 The first of three schools opened up this last week. The middle school opened which 8s where my son now attends.