The Abandoned Westborough Asylum - A Century of History Forgotten
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In today's video we go back to Summer of 2018 when I visited the historic Westborough Psychiatric Center. Now set for demolition ,barely anything remains on the property while watching this video. The intro footage was shot and edited by Jason Allard all credit goes to him. If you enjoy the video leave a thumbs up and subscribe for more historic videos.
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History of Westborough Psychiatric Center :
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Link to Jason Allard :
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Its sad that historical places like these get just torn down. Hundreds of years of history and medical use just gone (for better or worse. ) hopefully you enjoyed the video as Westborough State Hospital is now almost at the last phase of demolition :( big shout out to Jason Allard for allowing me to use his video. Link in my bio for his channel as well as a Wikipedia link for the hospitals history! Enjoy your day !
This dis-industrialization of this country with robots becoming more and more humaniod with the right government funding a person using humaniod robots could start a factory in one of this old buildings.
Hey great video and glad I was able to help with the project. This is probably the most comprehensive view of Westborough between the aerial shots, interior explore, history, and commentary. A shame this place is almost completely demolished now. Nice work, Devin!
For anyone interested in more drone shots of abandoned places, the opening sequence is from my Abandoned from Above series. You can see the rest of the series at my channel. Thanks!
I live 3 miles down the street from this place sad to see this go.
Wow, it is quite interesting to see this footage for sure. I definitely am surprised that this is in my state to boot.
A blessing or curse
Wow, saw a ton of stuff in this video that I had never seen before of this place. A lot of that vintage equipment looked mint. Shame it's all a pile of rubble now.
I use to work nearby at McKesson company. Was scary af !
Great video. Love the open. Love that you gave the history with the beautiful drone shots. Nice touch. Thanks for caring about these old places- your passion really comes through.
Thank you! I shot and edited the opening - it's from my Abandoned from Above web series where I trace the history of interesting abandoned spots. You can see the rest of the series on my channel.
I absolutely love that green sink! That should be salvaged along with other things in there.
I'm so glad you made it here as I live in the next town over. I've always wanted to check the place out. It is a shame seeing it being town down. Thanks for making the trip up here!
Thanks for sharing these exploration videos. Very interesting. I particularly enjoy your commentary - keep up the great work.
And a lot of that furniture stuff could be sold as antiques or just to show the public things look that way in their day
I stayed on the grounds for a program there. I lived down the street from Grafton state hospital. Grafton was always creepy to me. Thanks for taking me home for a bit as I now live in Florida. I miss home every day.
That safe is mad I love it
Young man, you do a very good job of narrating and have a lot of respect for the patients; you never look through files! However you should definitely wear mask and gloves!
One of my favorite vids. That building is amazing.
It seemed like an amazing and beautiful place for the house, the house seemed nice too for a child, as it would grow and want to run wild. Honestly I hope before the incident that the family had... had been thankful.
It's sad to think of all the sick patients there. Probably many of them passed away now.
Some probably stayed there their entire life.
I literally live right down the street from there and grew up in this area. My grandmother and father worked in a section of that place that was still running not that long ago.Unfortunately they have been demolishing this place bit by bit. Honestly it’s sad to see. Great job on the video.
It's sad these asylum are being tore down as money talk history walks. Best example was greystone so many people wanted to buy and fix it up but the governor of new Jersey said nope and now like this will be memory of UA-cam videos.
I could spend a year here photographing this place.
Sad to see all these bldgs shut down. When it served so many people.... And that so many desperately need NOW!! Great Vidio!!!
the children building looks so peaceful, empty, I don't feel anything negative there, maybe a bit of sadness
Meanwhile, they will build stupid cookie cutter houses over this historic site and probably never even acknowledge the humanity that dwelled within these walls, the suffering, the happy times, the emotion. How tragic.
I love all them miracles they are all so pretty
I hear 2 evps 1 EVP theres a growl in the beginning of the video and an another that says GET OUT. But I never got the times. Cause I watched the whole thing.😱😱😱
I love how you don't put creepy music or sounds so people could see the beauty in abandoned places like this.
It literally starts with creepy music.
@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 how is it creepy?
I worked at Worcester State hospital for over 27 years. The unit with the painting was done by patients and staff to brighten up the place. Some of the seclusion rooms were turned into admission offices or supervisor offices for that unit. In the early years all of the state hospitals were self sufficient. Worcester was a dairy farm, Grafton state provided clothes, westboro provided shoes. Groundskeepers would drive the goods from each hospital to the others.
My dad worked there as well.
I'm from the area, a lot of awful things happened at this place as well as the Worcester location. (The old Worcester asylum). It's known for being "haunted" and people would see how long they could spend the night without being completely creeped out. Obviously, it would cost way too much money to keep up on the maintenance on a large place such as this. It's sad to think what went on here in the early days of medical technology, but this is our history, and without it, we wouldn't be where we are today in getting people proper care. Thank you for sharing this.
I’ve lived down the street from this place for 16 years I remember when it was still open.
I have a distinct memory of being told to stay indoors as a patient had escaped and was running through the woods. It’s sad to see it go, even more sad to know that the land is set to become 55+ housing. But I guess all things end eventually.
That old paper ephemera with names and dates should be collected and preserved. I get sentimental about that kind of stuff. I always have appreciated the old stuff and the old folks. Good job! 👍 😆
Steve xray62 I always think this too! I don't know its against urban explorer law to take stuff, it if no one else does it will just go to a landfill?
@@lagatitabruja I knew it was against the explorers code but if a place is going to be demolished soon it would be an exception maybe.
@@stevexray6253 that's what i figured. i mean it makes sense for bigger items but i highly doubt they would save any paper items at all. those probably go straight to the trash. it would be SO interesting to keep those, keep them in an album or as interesting coffee table piece. Im sure there are lots of collectors for those kinds of things. would be nice to see them go to someone who would really treasure them
Maybe in the future exploring crews can have a historian that's very sentimental that can gather a few items like that to save for posterity. I don't know why I'm drawn to stuff like that but I sure am.
Steve xray62 ya that's a great idea and me too!
At 3:15 did anyone else here that weird noise it happened twice
Ye
Yes I did!!
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i did !
I did!!!! I got chills
I thought if a building was registered as a historical landmark they weren't allowed to demolish it
12:50 - Ive always thought that colour in hospitals is very depressing.
Just stumbled across this channel & I'm obsessed. It affects me when such old places like this get abandoned, full of stuff, & eventually destroyed. Such a waste. Bravo for capturing this place so thoroughly, keep up the great work.
aneliese same here!
I know it's such a shame.
Its dust to dust dear,I feel even more lonesome now.
- if wall's could talk,...
rickster348 you’d hear some weird sh¡t.
Mynti Girl XD
If you could type.
If you’re going to visit these places please wear a mask and gloves just in case for your own health, awesome video though.
Sick video man. Places like this are amazing finds and few and far between. 🔥🤘🏼
GREAT Job Guys. We need more like this. All my best, >
Exploring with Josh who?? This channel is 100x better! And that introduction man... that was on another level!
Josipa Vuletic I thought the same thing man
I don't get it how come the government don't step in and either demolish these places or fix them up for something else why do they live things like this stay it is really creepy looking
Earlene M cause it cost money
Also they have by nos
You prefer looking at ugly strip malls or cookie cutter houses,or worse still ugly apartments?
Glad I found your channel - as someone who works in a morgue it’s always fun to see such places 😄
It takes a very unique person to work in a morgue 👍 (i couldn't do it) 😞
Awesome ! my dream job 😍
Alexandra Radio it is unique for sure. You get used to certain aspects of it
dope job but I wouldn't dare
Forensics Lab with Dr. Dan what exactly do you do there? I’m curious.
They have some very expensive stuff in there!! Westborough should bring an auctioneer in and sell the stuff.
Thank you for the video. I am always pleased with the excellent quality and editing
Piano keys are always wood when the ivory plates fall off.
The isolation room or time out room.. an interesting observation you made about the mural or painting on the wall.. like pretend you are anywhere but here.. sad but true.. i work in a facility where we have mental health floors and we have these rooms..
I spent 3 weeks there in 2012 using it as a training g site. You guys missed the dungeon about 100ft down a tunnel off the basement of the admin building.
it curretly is being demolished, however, half of it is still up
My boyfriend works in the building in the back that is now a juvenile correctional facility & my mom worked in the actual hospital when it was open!
Wow! Have you blogged about it at all??
Abigail Sitter I have not lol, all these buildings now that he’s featured in this video are gone the only ones left are the 2 jails & sharpe building
With all the insane crap going on today, we need to rebuild this and dump in a few shooters, murderers, and just plain psychos.
I love how he didn't go into the girls bathroom😂 much respect bro
At 22:49 the graffiti was correct. A lot of bird poop.
7:37 The demon on the wall.
That safe is worth a F**K ton!
18:04 I couldn’t find a price or really much on it, but the brand was discontinued right before the Great Depression and at their time, they where typically more affordable than other pianos but still a great quality
That piano probably had ivory stuck on top of the wooden keys, it's super common on pianos, I can bet someone came in and pulled them off since ivory is worth a lot but pianos are not usually worth much
Pianos are worth more than you think
@@rebeccagreen9240 depending on the piano. Where I live even pretty nice pianos aren't worth a lot. We had to give a pretty nice one away and were given it for free ourselves because the cost/logistics of moving them is so much. It may be different somewhere else but people don't really value old pianos here unless they're extremely special
In psych hospitals they will sometimes round corners of rooms and doors to keep the patients from purposefully hitting the corners. Great vid!
Beautiful building! This one has a lot more real spook to it if you ask me. I hope they don’t demolish it all I want to see and know more! Great job exploring/editing and all!
Rip Westborough, I used to go here all the time. So sad it’s gone. Awesome video
Silence of the Abandoned Are you from the area also?
ashley Colaizzi yes like an hour from Westborough
I snuck into an abandoned asylum before and almost got arrested.... lol
Its like that sometimes 😂
We used to go to Lakeland mental hospital in Jersey but they ripped it down. So fun.
Added note, little Chauncey the pond close to the hospital is a great spot for ice fishing.
What your calling the kids wards could be but I'm thinking it was more for adults with mental capacity of kids.
Buy the looks of all the salon hair dryers, deep water baths, theater, etc looks like patients were taken very good care of.
I found it interesting all the murals of life on the outside.
It's sad that this will be gone but people aren't warehoused like they used to be. Sadly a lot are homeless and on the streets. It's to bad that this couldn't have been saved and made into something usefull
Beautiful
3:15 wtf
listen and youll hear something weird-
Any body else hear that weird sound around the 3 min mark. #ghost
Around 3:17/18
Yes. That was creepy!
BLU ROLLXN YES
BLU ROLLXN THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
Thank god I'm not going soft I stopped it at that ASAP to me I hear two vocal male sounding voice the only thing I hear every time is what sounds like up,up ? It could be a person with him but he would of spoken a little louder and more clear ? Just thoughts ,have he been told by any body what he's gotten? Well 💜&✌🏼️to everybody from me here in Wales u.k 👋🏼 👻 or 🕵🏻another explorer who knows 🤔
You’re walking past rooms without going in them and I wanna see what’s in them 😭
Fascinating building. When you open the safe at 17:01 listen carefully!
Great job on this video. I'm just like wow . . . . talk about a time capsule. This is turning into a mini obsession for me now. I've seen several of your vids. Keep up the good work.
Those chrome trimmed bright colored chairs were so retro! They were great!
So sad to see the safe from 1881, the piano from 1921 and everything else just left to rot and now demolished. I wish there was a bigger push to preserve and utilize these spaces. Thank you for doing what you do, risking your personal freedom and safety to tell the stories of these buildings. 💚💚💚
8:44 I was reading comments whilst the video was un-paused and then thought to myself "Where's that moth sound coming from!?" ... Turned out to be the moth on the video, haha.
Moth man!
The piano probably had ivory keys which were stolen.
Beautiful choice of music for a great video,
Also, was getting that thumbnail fun?
thumbnail was clickbait. the place was interesting, though.
thouston53 or he just stripped down and laid there.
only clicked for the almost naked cute guy in the thumbnail and didn't even get to see him
You guys are in my town! What?!? I love you guys!
that was an amazing place. cannot imagine being in a place like that or even putting loved ones in there
Heidi, I'm not sure there was a choice about putting a loved one in there.
My youngest son has Autism and I'm so thankful he doesn't have to go to a place like this.
However I live in Florida and no state income tax = no services. He graduated last year age 22. Now he's home alone all day while I work. Yes it scares the crap out of me but I'm single and need to pay bills.
Awesome Awesome Video!!! I have been a nurse for 38 years 25 of it in Psych. I really loved this video. Thank God treatments and medicines are much better today. Thanks guys! Be Safe
You guys should wear surgical masks over your mouth and noses. If you see or smell mold inside a old building you could be breathing in the mold spores. Not a good idea!
That piano must cost thousands. Merrill went out of business just after the Great depression!
I had taken a lot of stuff out of this place. I had been there over 50 times in 3 years. I knew that place like the back of my hand.
What did you take? Tell me more! Ever come across any other people there?
I wonder what this place use to look like when it was full of people and everything was still in the rooms
My imagination is running away with me so I don't have to wonder
8:08 look there is something red on the floor it’s a bit faint but it’s there
You need to strictly wear gloves and mask or even over coats while going to such places
My great-grandmother had old radiators in her home like that, they got so hot with the boiling water, & steam in them.
Omg this dead island intro song is so fucking beautiful I've missed it
Cest juste magnifique 👍
Je ne connais pas l histoire de ce jeune homme mais cela est lamentable moin de solidarités chez les humains je suis admirative pour toutes les gens qui dénonce cela.
It amazes me how governments, businesses, and people can just walk away and abandon a place and just leave the building(s) to rot and decay in addition to the many things they leave behind in the building(s).
Medical history back then is like torture I rather die then go to the doctors back then
Having been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it's truly a shame that at least part of this wasn't preserved. It would have been an interesting place to visit to see how things looked back in the day. The outside of the buildings had impressive architecture.
It's really sad because other asylums or state hospitals under the national register of historic places, they at least use the admin building of the state hospital to preserve while demolishing the others , Hudson Psych Center, or even Worcester in the same state! Its a true shame history like this isn't made intk museums. Who wouldnt wanna do a tour of a former state hospital?!
@@DarkExploration I am in total agreement with you. It really is a shame.
WHY AM I WATCHING HOMELESS AMERICA WHEN THERE'S LOADS OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS
I Can't stop watching this introduction!!!!! You should work in Hollywood films!!!! 😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
it needs to be slower for me,,sorry
One would think they could have refurbished some of that stuff, like the doors and things. Put the equipment in museums or something rather than trash it all...
4:01 Is that a bloodstain?!?!
London Tait I think so. I feel bad for that person who needed to go through that.
@@samwillson21 So do I. Nobody deserves to go through something like that.
That is a very wide shot. I don't see a blood stain.
I just found your channel. I absolutely love this stuff and I can’t stop watching. Love your style. Also was wondering how do you find these places? Keep up the great work!
Ohh! Your videos look so interesting. I’m going to watch as many as I can before I fall asleep. Haha!
That opening sequence was awesome and the music a lovely touch. loving the camera work and how your not rushed. Cant wait for what's around every corner. Like button hit
Was this place on ghost adventures?? I think I remember this.
Y’all are doing an incredible job with these films! Excellent work!
Great intro at the beginning, well done Devin😍
And the place is so stunning, what a shame to demolish such a historical place 😔
Same as you, I like the style of the old architecture and furniture.
Keep up the good work 🤗
I would have loved to go here, it's so sad that people just tear down such historical places, thank you for uploading this video ❤️ I love your videos
Como pode abandonar os piso tá todos bons que dó...
Awesome video. Such a shame they are going to tear this place down. progress needs to stop when tearing this beautiful building. We just don't build them like this anymore. I enjoy the video and I share. Rise Above. :)
Dude, I'm disappointed you never found the morgue. There would have been one somewhere.
Its in a small building of its own. The park maintenance do there best keeping that one sealed at all times. Also, I never break in either,I go through already made entrances.So the breaking in option is out the window.
Unfortunate because I love a good morgue 😊
Was there a Cemetery?
It most likely would have been in the basement out of sight of the patient residents just like at Waverly Hills so as not to negatively affect healing.
You have become my favourite explorers. By a mile. Great work guys 👌🏻❤️