This is a great summary of the good that was done at the hospital. Certainly there were horror stories but there were many stories from patients that spoke of hope and caring. My Grandmother was a patient there after the accidental death of her daughter. She was catatonic when she entered and within 2-3 months she began to awaken from her deep depression. She was discharged after several months and was a productive member of society the rest of her life. She rarely spoke of her time there but when she did it was generally good memories of the nurses and her friendship with patients. As a kid in the 70's we'd drive by the hospital and it was always spooky. The buildings were huge are dreary and they sat up on a hill. It really is too bad couldn't be saved, it was a sight to be seen. I highly suggest anyone that lives close by to take a ride up and walk around. There's an excellent video of Marie Balter on here that anyone with an interest in Danvers State should watch. Great video!
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your own connection with Danvers. It great to hear positive experiences from places that have such a negative connotation to the general public. Glad you enjoyed and stay tuned for more!
It's so sad that it went from a ray of sunshine to such a dark place. It helped so many people in the beginning, but unfortunately greed for money won out over care and humane treatment of patients
Scariest place I've ever been in. I still have vivid memories of the few times I went in there with my brothers and we all can never forget the children's laughs we constantly herd wile exploring.
@@noneyabusiness6957 that's awesome I would have done the same thing. I got in there in 2006 right when they were getting ready to take it down and we went in almost all the wards most of them were almost completely collapsed. We made it to the entrance of the sub tunnel but neither of us had the balls to go down. I gotta say that place gave off some weird energy.
Excellent, Excellent video! Truly! Your account of Danvers State Hospital is the most accurate one I've seen. Trivia: Two motion pictures were filmed there: "Home Before Dark" (1958) and "Session 9" (2001).
@@carolannpacificadam1944 omg, they did a great job of the setting up the asbestos abatement control’s, the pre-bid is hilarious, and the typical crew that had various stereo type personnel, treasure hunting lol, I was in the abatement business for 32 years 👍👍 a movie that melds the excitement of an asbestos abatement project and murder in a scary old abandoned psycho mental hospital with a great cast, very well done
Stumbled upon this video totally by accident and so happy I did. Can't wait to watch more of your "Committed" series. This was totally engaging from start to finish! Subscribed!
Thank you for another documentary on this mysterious place. I truly don’t think anybody can grasp what went on in there. So many people try for documentaries or they try for paranormal readings etc.
I’ve always had a fascination with asylums. They look so beautiful on the outside sadly the treatment wasn’t so nice on the inside. I have Anxiety disorder so maybe I had it in another life too and lived in one of these places. Mental Health treatment has thankfully advanced but it still needs work. So many of the homeless don’t get the mental health services they need and deserve as a human being.
@@Badassinblack51 It's very creepy even in the daytime. My brother and I went out there a few years ago just to see the place. It's an apartment complex now but the front facade is still there and I got chills when we drove up. I've always said that Danvers State Hospital is the real life equivalent of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining.
Wow that's awful. I had always read that it had been cleaned. Do you know by chance if it was the cemetery just down the hill from the hospital or the second site off Gregory Street? I'm not sure if they did any work at the Gregory Street site.
@@TheCesspool_ yes, it has the center hub with administration. Two long branches with 2 stories of classrooms. Athletic and cafeteria attached to back and across from center administration. Lots of windows!
Agree with you. It is all good and well to discharge mental patients that can fend for themselves and have a support system but what about those who don't??
The old asylum system is a great example of why we don’t want a state run healthcare system. The government cannot effectively run much of anything and this is especially true of our healthcare.
@@pestemmedico6369- Give me a break!!! That’s why people from all over the world come to the USA for care. They leave countries that have nationalized healthcare because they can’t wait 6-8 months for some bureaucrat to approve their healthcare.
My mother worked at Danvers during WWII, she was a psychiatric nurse. She would of been 100 years old on 4/12/22. Most of the nurses were assigned to a ward and most did not see the severe cases. Doctors were treated like Gods and the experimentation associated with this history relates to this white male privilege. Lots of women were sent there by their husbands, and some never saw release from this ‘prison’ till mental health became a little more enlightened. This should be a lesson on how power over those who have limited facility to protect themselves can be used as chattel for those with immense power. My mother later worked privately for terminal patients, and with her gentle nature was able to guide the young and the old to their eventual demise. Being a nurse is very difficult and you see people at their most vulnerable states. My mom was expert at calming any situation and when she died people circled the funeral home and told us story after story of all the deeds she did ( in secret) to aid people through their lowest points in life. ❤️🩹
This is a great summary of the good that was done at the hospital. Certainly there were horror stories but there were many stories from patients that spoke of hope and caring. My Grandmother was a patient there after the accidental death of her daughter. She was catatonic when she entered and within 2-3 months she began to awaken from her deep depression. She was discharged after several months and was a productive member of society the rest of her life.
She rarely spoke of her time there but when she did it was generally good memories of the nurses and her friendship with patients. As a kid in the 70's we'd drive by the hospital and it was always spooky. The buildings were huge are dreary and they sat up on a hill. It really is too bad couldn't be saved, it was a sight to be seen. I highly suggest anyone that lives close by to take a ride up and walk around.
There's an excellent video of Marie Balter on here that anyone with an interest in Danvers State should watch. Great video!
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your own connection with Danvers. It great to hear positive experiences from places that have such a negative connotation to the general public. Glad you enjoyed and stay tuned for more!
Yikes.
It's so sad that it went from a ray of sunshine to such a dark place. It helped so many people in the beginning, but unfortunately greed for money won out over care and humane treatment of patients
Thank you for sharing...I have relatives who died being institutionized
Scariest place I've ever been in. I still have vivid memories of the few times I went in there with my brothers and we all can never forget the children's laughs we constantly herd wile exploring.
I did security there at night and that place scared the Hell out of me
@@noneyabusiness6957 must have been crazy working there. Did u ever go inside on ur details?
@@trevortayler6258 Yes every night me and my buddies would go inside and walk around and we went into the tunnels once I wouldn’t go in them again
@@noneyabusiness6957 that's awesome I would have done the same thing. I got in there in 2006 right when they were getting ready to take it down and we went in almost all the wards most of them were almost completely collapsed. We made it to the entrance of the sub tunnel but neither of us had the balls to go down. I gotta say that place gave off some weird energy.
@@trevortayler6258 yes it did give off some seriously creepy vibes….
Mental hospitals need to make a comeback
In a huge way!!!
Right on
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Excellent, Excellent video! Truly! Your account of Danvers State Hospital is the most accurate one I've seen. Trivia: Two motion pictures were filmed there: "Home Before Dark" (1958) and "Session 9" (2001).
Session 9 was filmed here. One of the best horror movies of all times.
Agreed!
Hello......Gordon
I was a 3rd shift security guard there when they filmed that movie….That place is creepy
I loved it
Great video, loved Session 9, check out the State Hospital in Weston, West Virginia, old, majestic, and creepy❤️
Excellent movie
@@carolannpacificadam1944 omg, they did a great job of the setting up the asbestos abatement control’s, the pre-bid is hilarious, and the typical crew that had various stereo type personnel, treasure hunting lol, I was in the abatement business for 32 years 👍👍 a movie that melds the excitement of an asbestos abatement project and murder in a scary old abandoned psycho mental hospital with a great cast, very well done
Never thought i would live to see anyone with that much passion for Danvers institution. Thank you so much for the extensive history lesson.
Stumbled upon this video totally by accident and so happy I did. Can't wait to watch more of your "Committed" series. This was totally engaging from start to finish! Subscribed!
The Arkham asylum was based on this which greatly excites me because I am a huge Batman fan
That place is creepy as hell at night…Me and friends did security all night while they filmed Session 9.
Thats pretty amazing. Must’ve been an unforgettable experience.
So lucky I’d give my right arm for that job at the time
Must have been quite an experience....
@@michelleduplooymalherbe2837 Definitely was.
Thank you for another documentary on this mysterious place. I truly don’t think anybody can grasp what went on in there. So many people try for documentaries or they try for paranormal readings etc.
I can. We used to go there after it shuttered. MASSIVE and they left behind medical records. Scary stuff
Subbing jut for this series! It's awesome to find a channel with the same niche interests as me.
Thanks for sharing.
The cemetery is just creepy...no names all numbers. Now the residents claim they are haunted.
The dead don't forget
I used to work security there at night while they filmed a movie…I went into the tunnels once at night and never went in again
@@noneyabusiness6957 session 9 ?
@@paulatreides0777 Yup it was a movie they filmed at Danvers State….David Caruso was in it.
I’ve always had a fascination with asylums. They look so beautiful on the outside sadly the treatment wasn’t so nice on the inside. I have Anxiety disorder so maybe I had it in another life too and lived in one of these places. Mental Health treatment has thankfully advanced but it still needs work. So many of the homeless don’t get the mental health services they need and deserve as a human being.
Agree with you 100%
In my opinion Danvers State Hospital was one of the most beautiful of the Kirkbrides
Agreed
Awsome documentary!
My guilty pleasure too. We have an asylum here in Toowoomba which is now the current Baillie Henderson Hospital
I live only 10 minutes away from Danvers
Same here. I live in Manchester by the Sea.
@@josebro352 no shit. What can you tell me about Danvers State hospital?
@@Badassinblack51 It's very creepy even in the daytime. My brother and I went out there a few years ago just to see the place. It's an apartment complex now but the front facade is still there and I got chills when we drove up. I've always said that Danvers State Hospital is the real life equivalent of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining.
Tartaria.... inherited building.
Just discovered your channel, hell yeah
I know of 2 dogs that found human bones. They did not clean up the cemetery!!
Wow that's awful. I had always read that it had been cleaned. Do you know by chance if it was the cemetery just down the hill from the hospital or the second site off Gregory Street? I'm not sure if they did any work at the Gregory Street site.
This is good needs more creepy music though
I just realized that my high school, in Texas, was a pseudo Kirkbride.
That's pretty awesome
@@TheCesspool_ yes, it has the center hub with administration. Two long branches with 2 stories of classrooms. Athletic and cafeteria attached to back and across from center administration. Lots of windows!
Wow so educational
We need hospitals like this again.
Agree with you. It is all good and well to discharge mental patients that can fend for themselves and have a support system but what about those who don't??
Well done.
It’s my guilty pleasure old asylums
keep up the good work
Mother, help, ma Goad
just saw this in my reccomrnded, probredbly cause i live in danvers
Nursing homes or long term care.facilities took.the place of the asylums.
The old asylum system is a great example of why we don’t want a state run healthcare system. The government cannot effectively run much of anything and this is especially true of our healthcare.
@@pestemmedico6369- Give me a break!!! That’s why people from all over the world come to the USA for care. They leave countries that have nationalized healthcare because they can’t wait 6-8 months for some bureaucrat to approve their healthcare.
Government run Healthcare seems to work just fine for the rest of the world...
@Vault_5- I’m not rich by any stretch of the imagination and my healthcare in America has been phenomenal.
My mother worked at Danvers during WWII, she was a psychiatric nurse. She would of been 100 years old on 4/12/22. Most of the nurses were assigned to a ward and most did not see the severe cases. Doctors were treated like Gods and the experimentation associated with this history relates to this white male privilege. Lots of women were sent there by their husbands, and some never saw release from this ‘prison’ till mental health became a little more enlightened.
This should be a lesson on how power over those who have limited facility to protect themselves can be used as chattel for those with immense power.
My mother later worked privately for terminal patients, and with her gentle nature was able to guide the young and the old to their eventual demise. Being a nurse is very difficult and you see people at their most vulnerable states. My mom was expert at calming any situation and when she died people circled the funeral home and told us story after story of all the deeds she did ( in secret) to aid people through their lowest points in life. ❤️🩹
🙏🏾😇🕊
You're talking way too fast