We Were Warned Not to Go Here: Laurelton State ASYLUM *Full Exclusive ABANDONED Documentary*
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- The Laurelton State Village for Feeble-Minded Women of Childbearing Age was founded in 1917 with an initial group of 36 patients. It was the first institution of its kind, designed specifically to isolate and care for women deemed "feeble-minded" from puberty through menopause. The facility was established based on eugenic principles, which held that intellectual or mental deficiencies were hereditary, and that segregating these individuals was necessary to prevent the passing of such traits through reproduction.
Dr. Mary Moore Wolfe, the institution’s first Superintendent, played a central role in its creation and served in that capacity for 23 years. Wolfe viewed mental deficiency not as a medical condition, but as a sociological issue stemming from inadequate education. Her perspective influenced the development of academic and vocational programs at the facility, aiming to teach women the skills necessary to reintegrate into society. Many residents learned basic literacy, and daily activities included tasks such as farming, livestock care, and other work that helped sustain the institution. The facility also featured industrial training areas, including a bakery, cafeteria, laundry, sewing room, and farm colony, as well as a hospital and specialized areas for housework.
In the 1960s, the institution began admitting male residents, prompting a name change to the Laurelton State School & Hospital. The facility continued operations until it closed its doors in 1998.
In 2006, Mountain Valley Inc. acquired the property with plans to convert it into a resort. However, no significant progress was made on these plans. The property was sold again in March 2021, though no specific future developments have been announced.
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ATTENTION EVP 47:40 AFTER YOU ENTER THE BUILDING TALKING ABOUT YOUR LIGHT😮😮😮😮
Hey Josh I have a been fan for years this is your long time fan Jennifer dixon sending love from Chicago 💙 💗 💕 ❤ I love all your videos 😊😊😊stay safe out there
Love watching your adventures 👌 love from England x
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I’m not a frequent commenter, but Josh I notice you light up with so much passion doing abandoned.
Haunted is the trend, but you really stand out from other creators with your urbex vids. I can feel the energy change and I’m loving the current content.
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The sad reality that the dorm rooms had a lock outside of the doors hit me. Imagine being locked up & imagine the workers locking so many doors every day. Especially knowing that families literally abandoned their family members there is even sadder.
Finally I found you again! Been watching you for years and lost you and I’m so glad I found you again.
Welcome back!
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CAN'T FIND other UA-cam creator that was with Moe Sargi, Ali H, Danny Dorito, Omar Gosh. It's when he messed with dark web mystery boxes after all the exploration with these creators.
Hi Josh, I am from Pennsylvania and right now I’ve been living in California and just see you in Pennsylvania brings back beautiful memories. It is so pretty and yes I lived outside of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and the view was gorgeous. Thank you for exploring it.
I haven’t seen your videos in a while and boy does it remind me of how this platform used to be. The amount of effort and research you put into your content is astounding. I like how you highlight that these places are just abandoned instead they are time pieces with history from a society that rlly doesn’t exist anymore. Anyway, good work!!!
Your passion and respect of the abandoned is so genuine - a true joy and comfort to watch :)
your passion for video watching is truly amazing love you
Yo Josh, there's the Serengeti Overlook at Busch Gardens. Some people state it is haunted, one day when I was working by myself, I heard someone cough, but no one was around. Hopefully people at Busch Gardens could let you gain access to the 3rd floor of the Overlook, where it is supposed to be the most haunted
Which park?
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@@anomalousmouse5613i believe Tampa
Yes it's Tampa, I used to go there with my grandparents when I was a kid. It would be so cool to see it now
I'll be sure to watch this as soon as I get home tonight.
Best time to watch your videos 2am lights out and a partially opened window on a cold night.
LETS GOOO! Been waiting for this video! Glad to see you guys made it in and out! Place is amazing. The excitement in your voice when you finally found the morgue is awesome haha
That’s my next spot morgue
You will forever be my favorite explorer! Been watching for years & your content is always top notch & unparalleled. Your exploring style & videos makes us feel as if we are exploring with you! Also, I love this new van traveling series!
youre my favorite commentor
It is very sad that there are so many abandoned but most of our people with mental illness have no where to ho but the streets. Whoever politicians who have this program closed ,they did an injustice. I worked for 38 years in inpatient psychiatry and patients were discharge to shelters which is inappropriate because they have no clue how to take their medication.Instead of abandoning them they could have made them like housing program for them and have them supervised by adequate staff. That is a beautiful place.
I literally live in Pennsylvania. And I wish I couldve met you. It wouldve been so cool to meet one of my favorite UA-camrs who I've been a fan of for 7 years.
same i love him hes my favorite toutuber also
@@OnlyOrdinary me over that.
Same as well, I wish he would come to Pittsburgh!!
Yeah toutubers
@Im_humanoid I meant UA-camrs lol. I was typing fast on my phone.
The blue thing found in the sensory room was used for residents who could not use their legs. They would put them in there with their hands near the floor so they could move themselves around on the floor. Like a reverse belly wheelchair type thing. I could tell you so many things and so many more buildings to see. The Autopsy room in the hospital is amazing.
I’m so Happy that I found your channel again! YOU HAVE COME A LING WAY FROM 2017! Awesome video.
That's me! Lol I'm Explore with Victoria! Josh I love your videos. You were one of my inspirations to start my channel. This was one of my favorite places to explore. You did an amazing job showing it.
Happy to hear the shout out to dark exploration ❤ and I'm so thrilled to see you back to abandoned roots❤
I've always wanted to explore this place, growing up down the road. Thanks for "allowing" us the experience finally
Absolutely love the passion you have to making these videos and going to abandon places and showing us a capsule of time, also for having the courage to go out there and doing this is amazing !!!
I'm glad you went back to your roots, doing an old fashion bando explore, hopefully inspiring your future content. Rise above, just get out and explore, peace, and thanks for watching.
Such an amazing eye for detail and a respect for history, here. Josh, you take us all into the past and beautifully narrate it for us. Thank you, as always for this passion you share.
I just love these abandoned videos and you’re honestly my fav bc your personality is so positive! Thanks Josh
Glad you like them!
WOW! The buildings are incredible. Absolutely loved the one with all the foliage growing on the outside. The colors are epic. Nice upload Josh. You're just getting so good with each new video.
I could listen to your history lessons on these places all day long ❤❤❤
From Newcastle, England. Watch every vid you put on, stuff like this video, so interesting keep it up Josh
I live in PA & have been fortunate to have traveled a lot. I wouldn't leave my state for another. Lots of history & all four seasons!
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I live in ohio, about 30 min away from PA. I deliver car parts for a nissan dealership, and I go to PA quite a bit. Edinboro and Albion are beautiful cities. Sharon isn't bad either, but the country part of PA is simply beautiful.
I actually visited this place years ago, I've been there. I remember looking down the underground tunnels. The fallout shelters, I've been in all the buildings. I thought it was a creepy place. It was for "feeble" minded woman of child bearing age. I saw where the body's were put and now the trees grow in the incorrect way even when you do an aerial view, you can see how they're growing wrong.
What do you mean by the trees growing wrong?
Not Josh editing out his own ad placement for his merch
Another epic video! Great job Josh!😊
At 25:17 I love the color of the kitchen tiles on the wall. And the wall tiles look in wonderful condition.
I love these asylum videos Josh, thank you for all you do! I'm from Western Massachusetts and I was able to go to Belchertown State School before it was torn down and turned into apartments. Fortunately I was able to go 2 or 3 times. It was so amazing. That was my first experience exploring any abandoned.
Stumbled across your channel and I am a fan! Would you ever consider coming to Vancouver bc? Would love for someone to explore our abandoned riverview hospital!
You’re not that far from me. I love your videos
This is awsome I am planning on going to do this sometime, I learned all the things I need to know from watching you, your the best urben explorer youtuber I know keep it up
Hey Josh I just came across this post I have relatives from that area and had close relatives that had worked there. My maternal Grandmother worked there not long after it was opened. And my sister was there when it was closed in 1998.
This is awesome, did they share any stories of their time working there with you?
i live literally 2 minutes down the road from there. the first building that you guys saw used to be my grams church. my dad actually built those crosses for my gram, crazy!! there is a lot of history behind these asylums. there is a bunch of rumors how the women that were placed there would pretty much give up their bodies just for men (the guards) to take them somewhere or get them something because they weren’t able to leave. a lot of the women there were either mentally ill or had children before marriage or before an adult. this stuff interest me a lot!!
Been watching you for years josh, keep producing great content as always and be safe!
I love asylums and think they play an important part in history. alot of these buildings are being torn down but we must not forget what happened in them. People want to now a days hide the facts of what the past was like but we need to remember the past to make the future better
My family has lived near there since 1790. I have one relative in the 40s that was assigned there for awhile.
Excited to learn more about the future book you're working on!
Good one josh glad Dave is wid u luv his vids it's a massive building every thing was different in those days som mental patients didn't get treated very well take care guys xx ♥️♥️
Another amazing video By Josh! :D Wooo im excited!, So sppooooookyyy!
Hello Josh,hope everything going well ,this sounds good,your right may not make it through another winter,those lockers so rusted in asylum ,ones in school look good,that ivy different colors on building,did part of the building fall when that loud sound
Awesome exploring Josh and team. Just love Josh the way you saved that sweet lady bug that got caught in the spider web. It's nice how you truly care about everything, well done. Your the best. Regards from Down under Australia ❤😊xo
This place is truly amazing. There is a really great historical fiction book that takes place here called The Foundling, by Anne Leary. It deals with the unethical treatment of women kept here in the era of eugenics and forced sterilization.
Women were sent here for being "feeble minded" and they attempted to rehibilate them back into society by teaching them skills in cleaning, cooking, and farming. It was basically was its own self-sufficient village.
Many of the women were paroled out to work at other places after they learned the necessary skills, but the idea was to keep women with mental disabilities, or that were frowned upon by society, here between the ages of 16-45, so they could never bear children. They didn't live here for life, but were released post menopause.
Staring in the 1960s, men were also admitted here.
Thanks so much for doing this one Josh, as I've had a huge interest in it since reading the above mentioned book! Sad how the theater ceiling has so many holes now and the gym is caving in. Some videos I've seen of it in the past did not have that happening yet.
Josh, from the whole video, that one thing that really touched my heart - you saving a ladybug 🐞 💙
another great video josh super . why did they let the buildings rot when they could have been used for some thing else such a shame . love your adventures . such a joy be safe
Been watching you since 2011 or 12 can’t remember exactly but I still love your videos ❤ only getting better btw, great job Josh 😊
I live in PA, it truly is a beautiful state. Ive been to Wilkes-Barre many times but didn't know about that place. I'm going to contact my friend who lives there and see if she knows any folk lore. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
What a spooky place, I wouldn't want to spend a night there. Thanks for the tour it was very interesting.
I'm still loving the content even though it leans into the history it's still cool and different from just ghost hunting he's out here killing it with these videos
I had a tv like that and used it for my Atari. I am that old! 😎
I WOULD NOT TOUCH ANY OF THE ITEMS WITH MY BARE HANDS. IT’S BEEN ABANDONED FOR DECADES AND EVERYTHING MIGHT HAVE BACTERIA OR WHATEVER ANYTHING CONTAMINATED. PLEASE TAKE CARE YOU GUYS AND STAY SAFE. LOVE YOUR VIDEO.
I’m back and your always back with the bangers your getting so far keep pushing
For old buildings they sure stand strong all these years thanks for being a great hosts towards dave and everything else.........................
I loved seeing Abandoned World Explorer with you!! Great video guys!!
Great video Josh love exploring abandoned places
Love the videos Josh :)
Hi crew, I don’t normally comment yet looking at all these abandoned places I just keep thinking housing. Especially with this asylum. The theatre bowling alley basketball court, school. Turn all the buildings into flats units etc. put a shopping mall into place.
It breaks my heart to see places that could have been reused for the better. I would hate to see what we have abandon here in Australia,
Thank you for your show.
Josh these new videos are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.
I love how Josh was trying to rap but he just did freestyle at 26:37-26:47. Josh I love your freestyle. I did not know you could do a freestyle.
So glad to be back - watching you!. Love your video’s, keep up the great work!. ❤ 🫶
This place is freaking insane joshhh...Goddddd!!!! I just love love these exploration videos of yours and ofcourse exploring...
Love the abandoned videos!! Curiosity and passion can take you anywhere🗺🧭🥰
You guys need to bring walkie talkies with you
Josh you would LOVE laconia state school! If you haven't already explored it on your road trip I HIGHLY recommend exploring it before its too hard to get into (also bring a ladder and get into the Keyes building through the poarch if you go cause that one has the most stuff inside)
Great job on this video, it was really informative and very well written by you. Your videos are really good and very interesting to watch.
Explore the light. Not the darkness. Awesome!
Cool explore Josh. Love your enthusiasm at wanting to see everything. I would want to as well. So glad that there is no vandalism. Very surprising and I hope it stays that way. Morgue room is cool and freaky. Be safe. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Came as soon as I saw that notification ❤
58:45 It is an early model Cyclo-flush bedpan sterilizer from Amsco Sterilizer Company in Erie, Pennsylvania (now owned by STERIS Corporation in Mentor, OH). Step on the pedal, insert bedpan, and "flush" to clean. There is a drain at the bottom. The valve on the left side is probably the steam piping (connected to the steam-heating system in the facility). It uses steam to sterilize the bedpan. Steam is vented out the top pipe.
Steris basically runs a section of mentor with all the buildings lol
Thanks awesome video I enjoyed watching
You popped upon my UA-cam and here I am watching your vid wow asylum is crazy and so many rooms and the morgue that theatre is my fav part beautiful
excellent exploring as usual. your videos, filming are amazing! ;) maybe do a paranormal here? Merry Christmas Josh.
Eeeyay! Wazzz up Josh with that freestyle flow 🤪Thanks for all your vids ❤.
Pennsylvania check in🖤
Much love Josh!!
I just live 30 minutes away from there so thank you I am glad you did it
This is absolutely incredible. Thank you Josh. your so humble and genuine 🖤🤍
Great great great content! You made it much more fun because of your excitement! Thank you guys!
Keep exploring safely!!👍🙏💕
Thank you for another educational video Josh❤
These are some great abandoned videos, I was doing abandoned not as long as I should, and occasionally, if it falls into my lap, I gained experience in the early '1980s-'90s if I go to any of these places I bring one of those portable solar batteries I have one that uses a panel has all the plugs needed it the large one, maybe a smaller unit with the same outlets and plugs you could power devices even that television you filmed in this vlog or even charge up as you go along. The light stand with the lights was probably light therapy. I always check the circuit breaker boxes, some places even if abandoned still might have power on them or phone service, those large red boxes are the fire alert systems for the building. Sorry for my long comment, I'm used to typing up long comments & helpful information.
amazing exploration as always josh
Beautiful scenery !! Everything looks so peaceful ❤!!
The buildings are beautiful. It's such a shame it's all going to waste. These buildings are also historical. I wonder what the plans are for this place ?
Thank you josh for a very interesting video 😍
Unfortunately, probably, like most abandoned places, it will just continue to rot away, no one to take care of them
Hey Josh! I just started watching your videos. I just wanted to add something to what you said. I took psychology and when you mentioned the "pink rooms" it's actually thought that pink is a calming color.
Josh, I was on interstate 65 leaving Lexington, Alabama traveling to Gulfport MS and I saw a bus/camper that looked very similar to yours. I was staring hard at the driver to see if it was you driving, but I realized it wasn’t you. 😅 This 40 something year old was fan girling for a few seconds 😂 Love all your videos Josh! Been a fan for a LONG time now. Thank you!
Awesome video Josh, really enjoyed. 😊 love from the uk 🇬🇧. It’s my birthday Sunday 😊x
This is of your greatest videos! Your exploration vids are thee best!!! Thank you 😊 Have a great holiday
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Your mate sounds like Ricky Gervais in the hearing booth!! I’m really enjoying this on, my family is from Pittsburg area, I too love the scenery there!
Great content. Thanks guys!
Keep up exploring safely!!👍🙏💕
Love your videos❤
I love videos that make me feel like I’m there please do more like this!
My husband's grandmother worked here.
Back in the day when women didn’t drive the aides and nurses would stay the night in the upstairs rooms that were kept for them they were beautiful rooms
Great Vid I love abandoned asylums. Did my first Asylum explore in the UK this year Talgarth asylum was awesome and your right they are alot different to the UK asylums. Would love to explore one in the US
the building with the different colored vines on it was the most unique building i have seen and so happy yall found the morgue i was really hoping yall would. i have a love and passion for morgues.
hi josh im a new subscriber all the way from the u.k. keep the good work up.
Josh love your videos, thanks for sharing with us ❤
Josh you always have amazing videos always enjoy your videos and I share your video with my husband love these videos keep up the hard work.
Hey josh brother ufff the way you make videos i have no words to say i have been watching since 4 years now and literally you are one of my favourite youtuber 💯 lots of love from india west bengal- siliguri
I lived in an institution and so many of the things you explore are very real. The showers all together, the tunnels, the various buildings etc. it was a state institution in the west when I was a child. We had a bowling Ally and gym, and basements. The institution was sold and some of the buildings demolished. It was over 100 years old. I was there in the 1960s- mid 1970s. I never liked the green paint, or pink but the state institution was a special school. Back in the days they called it the Infirmery.
Awesome van tour Josh and Dave and Steve brilliant asylum amazing history where patients were treated and were given education top work in pensavania absolutely loved the music studio stay safe from Australia ❤❤❤
Fab explore Josh also great to see Dave with you love him too 😊😊