Exploring Abandoned Mental Hospital: Horror Past Uncovered
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, we explore an abandoned asylum in Wales that was built in the 1920s. Despite having little equipment left behind, the architectural details are special, leading us to discuss the contrast between the UK's lunatic treatment of the Victorian period.
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I can't believe this was posted almost a year ago and that it only has about two thousand likes? The way you are presenting your footage without any "creepy" (annoying) music and how you are so respectful not touching the old documents or not moving anything around is simply fantastic! You have earned another sub! I love this video! Thanks for sharing!
yehi agree very respectful
it's actually really sad as someone who's going to a mental hospital in a month here to see the past of neglected people who just really needed help in life like myself, but were mistreated and neglected. Thanks for covering this.
To be fair, when asylums first opened in the Victorian era, they weren't actually the cruel places they're painted out to be. Around this time psychology and psychiatry was only just taking off, and for the most part fresh air and taking up relaxing hobbies was found to be a cure for many cases; at the time there was a lot of 'hysteria' and 'melancholia' cases (anxiety and depression). Medication wasn't greatly evolved then, and doctors tried many new therapies with patients' best interests at heart.
Things changed as asylums grew in popularity towards the end of the era into the start of the 1920s; too many patients, too little staff, and the development of medications.
I hope I don't sound preachy.
Hope things go well for you. ❤❤
No problem - we think it's an important part of our history to keep reiterating.
@@thehangingparsiple5692 A good analysis on how asylums changed, that's the impression I've gotten from reading. I think we've overcomplicated mental health to some extent along the way.
How interesting
Good luck, but you might be over sharing.
Such an interesting find. If only the walls could talk. Thanks for sharing guys
I wouldn't want them to talk the pain and suffering they went through 😞
I was a patient in one of the last victorian style asylums in the UK shortly before it closed, back in 2006. It was eerie because they had been closing it down ward by ward. My ward was about one of two left. In its heyday it would have been absolutely sprawling. Miles and miles of corridors, vast land, a theatre, shops on site, hairdressers, a church etc. It was like a village.
😮😮😮 are you OK now tho❤❤
@@karinaescott505Pretty normal, see the words ❤🎉
I’m glad TH-cam is anonymous so can you share anything that you witnessed that raised eyebrows or patient abuse. I was in one (yea, I threatened to commit suicide (dumb thing considering I could have approached my situation in a more sane way). I never saw anything, but they gave me a drug (prescription) once. It knocked me out. The second time they told me to take I refused. I told them “hell no!” However the hospital staff don’t force it on me, they just said well it’s your right and choice.
Whenever I watch these abandoned videos, I always get a weird/funny feeling inside. ...I always think of the people who passed through these places, where are some of them now, who died there, and always think about how these hospitals etc used to be a bustling place and I always feel like they are memories that I have lived. It's really hard to explain the feeling and I'm high as hell right now
The enormity and ornate architecture are what amaze me about these old buildings. Thanks for sharing.
You guys are the undoubted class leaders in this type of videography. The way you never force entry, never so much as disturb a document, even though you must be itching to find out more, and your superb commentary showing your fascination and sympathetic view of the buildings. The chequerboard corridors were a common feature of the asylums of that era. A girlfriend of mine did her psychiatric nurse training in Worcester in the early 80s, including at the notorious Powick Hospital featured in your video, and all the corridors were like that, with sedated and catatonic patients shuffling up and down to "elevator music" over the tannoy. Creepy! I'm not sure whether "care in the community" has been the success that Thatcher envisaged, and there does need to be more mental health provision in Britain, but these old places, with their outdated and often barbaric practices, were not the answer.
Thanks guys!
Asylums were never more needed than now. So-called 'Care in the community' simply isn't working and dangerous people who cannot function in normal life are committing thousands of violent crimes and not being cared for properly. These places must never, never permit any cruelty, but like it or not they ARE vital for humanity to function and to ensure comprehensive care of the mentally ill.
Especially in the USA
Ah I get it, but every Tom Dick and Harry was locked up in one. Blimey I'd have been in one for epilepsy, and various mental illnesses that I have.
But I also do agree with you, certain circumstances of course. But then is it really right to lock people up like that?
The care in the community thing is great and all, IF it's carried out the right way. Sadly it's failed under successive governments.
No cruelty🤔? Of course none of that happens in prison; dream on!!
But who will pay?
You are so right look at the mess now care in the community just isn’t working and people are being neglected. There are still psychiatric facilities closing all over the country to very worrying.
Just subscribed, been enjoying your videos for a while and this was a really great explore. I've always been interested in this area of social history, I live near the sites of two former asylums in Birmingham (Hollymoor and Rubery Hill) so this made it even more fascinating for me. I like that you remembered the horrors and mistakes of the past as this should never be forgotten, thankfully things are a lot better these days as we are more educated and enlightened in mental health issues.
Thanks for clicking the button. It is good that things have drastically improved, in terms of mental health treatment. Still progression to be made!
The whole hospital isn't abandoned. There are still about 100 or so patients there who now complain about feeling unsafe because there's random people flying drones and recording them and creeping through the hospital when they might be going out for a walk.
Lies- this place is closed down.
Part of it was, there's still 2 wards, a pharmacy, OT, physio and a cafe in that main hospital building. It's not all closed down.
That place is cefyn coed my dad my my mum and my grandfather worked there for 25 years each they know a lot of history and I was brought up around that place in SWANSEA!!
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing 🙏
I’m shocked at how well preserved it is inside
I suffer from severe Social and General Anxiety aswell as having a Neurological problem. Back in the early days i probrably would have been committed because of my problems but thankfully not by todays standards.
As someone who has been in a mental health hospital before for my OCD I can’t imagine the horrendous treatment I would have received back then , the torture they put people through makes me sick
I was in one for writing a suicide note that I was going to carry out. My employer found it on my desk so they wanted to intervene. The one I went to for if I can remember for two weeks was a very popular one in my city that’s located in a busy but nice area.
I too have been in a mental hospital. It was about 18 years ago. I honestly can't complain about my stay there (court ordered for 7 days.)
@@tiffanymcintyre8375 never understood why any courts or police get involved. They act as if they own your life. If a person wants to end their life it’s not the business of the law to intervene. It’s a family matter that should involve counseling.
Have seen people who have recovered from attempted suicide and so very grateful they survived and some have gone on to help others ...@@Velo1010
@@Velo1010 ... I agree 💯
In leeds they don't have any spaces for mental health patients so there sending them to Scotland instead. It is really bad not enough money is given to the NHS to provide better care for people with mental illness. Shocking this day and age that we are forgotten about.
A good video however since there is a section of this site which is still operating as a Mental Hospital. Why didn't you cooperate with them in the making of this film? They may have said no but they may also very likely have said yes and being quite happy to answer your questions about the sites history. Just seems to me like you've done the undercover 'Urbex' route purely for dramatic effect.
Some amazing features, but really sad history.. Leaves you with a strange feeling...
Great work guys!
Awesome video. :) Sub earned. Lol😅 btw I love abandoned asylums and malls and airports and amusement parks
The "cells" at the beginning werealmost certainly bedrooms I would say. They can be locked from the inside, as well as being unlockable from the outside. The windows look to have a blind type mechanism which can be opened and closed from outside to allow staff to perform general observations without disturbing service users
This place has to be one of the largest I've seen anyone explore. Its HUGE!!
60 beds is small.
Great video guys and an amazing set of buildings just going to waste. I am not a believer of ghosts, but its at time like this I wished there were and we could have a chat with them, although in this case it may be more of a nightmare conversation. Thanks as always lads.
Wales government contact
Hi guys. Great explore. Old hospitals of any department are very interesting to see architecturally. Old buildings of any kind are interesting to see actually. Thanks for the video 😀
No problem
Was a beautiful building with a terrible history,,, the so many lost souls that wondered those corridors now long dead,, they the lucky ones.
it is so sad, alot of these people don't look like they're mentally ill, more like elderly sick people that need care because they're not able to care for themselves , and they just threw them in there as if they were mentally ill. so sad . the place is so interesting, just thinking of all those people that one day walked through those hallways . thanks for sharing. love watching
i see some rooms still look good and clean though they have been negleted,,thank you for this channel to bring me to other experience life
First thing picked up on was the masonic flooring 😮, sent chills down the spine, glad I will never have to stay there.
Thanks for the vid
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That was a brilliant video.
Really respectful of the property and very informative too. Nicely done. 👍🏼
Hi Alistar how are you doing? Great video you have uploaded again as always this place is an absolute tip it needs to be cleared out completely the outside I mean asylums and metal hospitals are nasty places to go to back in the olden times as people got abused too which meant the final nail in the wall was out and the places had to close hope your having a good day so far Alistar and keep up the amazing content as always 👍
I'm good! Thank you very much for the nice words, and yes, it is always saddening to walk the halls of an asylum with the past circumstances in mind.
What an amazing place, me and my mate went inside for a look about, what a waste of such an amazing building.
These places need very little done to make them habitable and yet we waste money building housing for immigrants. I can't understand it.
Beautiful Building You Explored, Great Job Guys,Love The Architecture Brings The Sun In, Loved The Stain Glass Windows 😊❤
Would like to see more rooms instead of mostly hallways please!
There was one in bromsgrove worcestershire called Barnsley hall, I explored when I was a kid.. it’s been knocked down now and turned into houses.. but the main entrance and unmarked graves are still there.
i knew mental hospitals were absolute shit considering ive been to 5 different ones but i never thought about how CRUEL the staff actually were back then
I was in one for writing a suicide note that I was probably going to carry out. Mine was a nice place that also took patients in for drug and alcohol abuse. It’s still open in a very busy area (not secluded like some envision) and nice area. I never witnessed anything that was not ordinary. They did give me a drug (prescription) once that made me extremely tired. The next time they asked me to take it I told them “hell no!” They said okay.
We must never forget the victims of the old asylums and the barbaric treatment they underwent, these were lost souls wanting help yet treated like animals for sadistic means. A tragic representation of lunesy would be the fictional R.M.Renfield from Bram Stokers novel Dracula. God heartbreaking!
Terrible shame they have let that building go to such a mess. We need mental health hospitals. More so now than years ago. Could you please tell me the date it was opened and closed if you have those details thanks.
Yeah alot of the building in total looks like it could be refurbished and used again to bad for the vandalism not surprising they see its over unfortunately.
What a load of crap. Patient's admitted into ' Psychiatric hospitals' were well treated, in most cases discharged within 4 weeks of admission and did not suffer abuse,ill treatment or torture. When during the 1950's the grounds were opened up and patients encouraged to go out and about nobody did and staff had to organise outings to local pubs and shops to get patients out.
No patients were 'experimented on' , though as new treatments appeared they would be used in the hope of affecting an improvement. This is why in the 1950's Psychiatric hospitals were increasingly opened up and patients able to participate in the community, new drug treatments allowed greater freedoms as acute symptoms of depression, mania and agitation could be controlled.
Of course it's much better now since we closed the Psychiatric hospitals and forced the mentally ill to live rough on the streets, thus saving millions of pounds in humane care and profiting from selling off the estates on which these hospitals were built.
I just watched a proper people video, and an asylum in New jersey had the same exact tile floor design.
Masonic 👌🏼
Having worked in a mental health hospital for 11 years it’s definitely not for the faint hearted……
What made you stay for 11 years? X
I've visited a friend in a mental hospital and a few of the nurses were absolutely as sick as some of the patients, they did some nasty things like hide the TV powercable , stole cigarettes from the patients, mocked patients, I called them out in front of my friend and couple of other patients for repeatedly hiding the TV power cable as I saw them do it one day I was there .
@@Kaspertube513imagine what they did without a visitor to be witness.
So dilapidated. All those long depressing hall ways. It must have been an awful place for the patients. A depressing place to be in.
C'est encore plus terrible maintenant car les personnes au mental dérangé se trouvent souvent dans la rue sans soins et abandonnés de tous, au moins dans l'hôpital ils avaient un lit, des repas et des soins
insanely clean filming and exposure choice throughout. thumbnail goes crazy too
"insanely clean" Interesting choice of words for this video.
I need to find a group of friends in the USA who would be interested in doing this sort of exploration. I’m really interested in exploration of abandoned buildings especially Asylums.
There is a large community in the USA, probably some forums or social media where you can find others with the same interest
I've been in a mental ward. They are lively places for sure but for the most part the people in there are friendly and approachable but just have very complex psychiatric problems. I shared a bay room with 2 schizophrenics and they were both nice lads. Hope never to go back though. The windows on the cell doors remind me a lot of being in there, they all have those windows.
Another quality explore lads.
Another amazing building and video guys. Wish it was a bit longer video
Hello good video of the hospital and also what year did it get abandoned in and what was the reason for.
I give them a lot of credit they deserve for this video they take a big chance doing it 💯👍
Are we so sensitive and soft now that we need s content warning for such benign content ??
Fabulous video as always. In the closing sequence, is that one of you flying a drone? I assume you must be to get the high altitude footage. Cheers, Mark.
They tried something called The Assertive outreach team it failed miserably, the so called nurses or what ever they were ment to be called was only with the patients about half an hour then that was it leaving the partners to continue to struggle on
WTF does that mean?
Looks very similar to hellingly asylum east Sussex but been torn down for housing good content
Nursing homes are full of them
Almost looks like the one in Greater Manchester and it is still a live hospital but for staff use only, paitients are in modern buildings.
We are going back to this system right now. I can see it coming, Give it a decade or so..
haha just realised thats HOE at the start
I went with a friend of mine to visit one of her friends in these places, I really didn't like the feeling you got inside there, just creepy and upsetting, never want to set foot in one again whether operating or abandoned
Great explore.x
Wow this is amazing! Why cannot they not make it a Mental Health / Wellness and Wellbeing support services or charity?!
Such a shame those people ruined it. :(
Is there a morgue?
Thank you for sharing
HI guys another fantastic video and thank you for making it. The filming and the commentary was excellent.
Appreciate it
Very interesting is this Whitchurch hospital ?
No
They could do sooo much with that place like a hmo or apartment's someone needs to rescue that place before the elements take over and ruin it.
This is scarier than 95% of found footage movies. Its real. I think I'd get major heebie jeebies in this place
The most interesting parts which are the rooms and documents are not shown. 😞
U guys know back then. If ur child was abnormal in anyway. They went to these places. U never got ur kid back.
The few always spoil it don't they. Makes me bloody angry. It was nice to see this as it was nigh on impenetrable when we tried about ten years back. The only other asylum I've seen like it was Severalls. Most of the rest were just a mass of wet rot like Whittingham. Great explore chaps!
Such a bog place overcrowded? Why were there so many ppl needing stay in a mental hospital. People with ptsd and similar conditions who were misunderstood and could be treated outside were all probably drugged and stuffed in a place where they wouldn't be a bother. 😢 sad
The footage you shown was Powick Asylum Worcester my nan went there.
The checker board floor is literally giving outlast vibes. Mainly bc that’s exactly how they look like
I was thinking of going there been told there is no access inside anymore
Really interesting ❤
Many many normal people have been killed .. resulting from so called ( care in the community) the institutions are needed to facilitate their safety but more importantly the safety of society so that it can function properly.
Care in the community is a joke 1 person has a caseload of 100 people how on Earth can they have proper care ? Very limited in patient beds is this the right way to treat people and now The Tories say here is too many people claiming help for mental health concerns .So watch it get even worse.
Hello👋 I just subscribed to your channel today, I also just gave you a like.👍👌
Amazing video. The only thing that worries me is how do you mitigate the risk of being in contact with asbestos?
Mental hospitals are the last resort for a person yes it's sad but they are a danger to the public and themselves some never get out some commit suicide shortly after they are released so the public doesn't understand alot about mental health I know I was a male nurse at Modesto state hospital
I managed to explore the mental asylum at Denbigh up here near me in North Wales. An utterly vast, fascinating and incredibly creepy place. I’ve not experienced such a place since. Fantastic explore of another truly amazing building. They should never have introduced Care In The Community. It does not work and we need places like this more than ever now I’m very sad to say
With the shortage of housing for ASYLUM seekers coming from other countries what a grand idea to house them there !
Hi! Was this filmed in the asylum this year? Cheers
Sick😢😢😢
This place could be an old hotel🤔🤣🤣
A lot of the old mental hospitals were originally TB Asylums. Sunlight was thought to help. That’s why hallways of windows.
Not true,none of the Victorian asylums were former TB 'asylums.
It looks like the hospital I was in last year...
Looks like a Phasmophobia map...
They probably took sole things from the areas or they didn’t give the patients anything maybe that’s why there isn’t anything there in the cells and rooms and stuff I could be wrong I don’t know I’m just giving my opinion.
Did i just find a UK version of The Proper People?! Sure hope so!
A good bit of this place looks like nova prospekt
The self entitled hyper judgemeut😮of the film crews
Guardian's of wellness until they take their short attention span elsewhere. The narration was like Jaques Cousteau from the Calypso. Their posing belies lack of depth on a very complex and troubling delima the west willl contend with for decades.
This asylum reminds me of Franbow for some of lol
thank you very intresitng thanks so much
I have mental health issues it's no picnic 😢
Thank you for this moving video it says a lot about the NHS as a whole and how it is struggling now a beautiful building that could of still been used but it isnt I have been a inpatient many times in psychratic units because I have complex mental health conditions and they were struggeling then why did others have to destroy such a beautiful building with a horrific past
There's one in raddlet you need to vist
I love all these. Who is with you today?
Great video - obviously hasn't been closed for long. Its also not much of an 'asylum' but more a pretty modern psychiatric hospital 😏
I wonder if the place is haunted
That's a creepy place -- mind control centers -- yikes
Where do we sign up?
The chequered floor reminds me of Terminator 2
Wonder if there's a morgue