My parents both worked here for years in the 70s and early 80s and I remember going to visit them at work and that place was creepy when it was up and running. Tunnels under the buildings, the patients wandering around, etc. It was a sad, sad place.
Elizabeth Peele My Grandmother as a nurse, visited that Hell Hole, most patients were naked, Governor Casey closed them down during the 80's, we would explore the eastern side of Byberry and the tunnels, way back,,you could feel the sadness and despair, thick as fuck..
Byberry was called Birberry farms way back in the 1600's, all torn down except for a few buildings, now 55 + stupid homes which I can move into, NOT, they are haunted by lunatic creations of Yawheh, the eastern portion is now business parks, we would explore that side during the 80's and early 90's, all gone now, perhaps I will shoot a video about this in early spring???
@trebleshooting This video was made for entertainment and demonstrative purposes only, with the actual history of "Byberry" serving as the basis for it. In order to not have this video spoiled for other viewers I have to delete your comment. I'm sorry.
Ive been there 3 times. Saw some crazy shyt each time.. nothin as bad as my last visit when we explored the morgue... saw evidence of some pretty fucked up shyt...
me and my friends snuck in there at night in highschool 1995 and got caught by security we gave all we had 30 $ and he let us go. i think they shut down the {catacombs} the underground passages then not sure i left in 2003 when i mysteriously fell in love with a mexican girl and moved to texas and my other friend died of alcoholism/heroin abuse in 2005 and the girl that went is actually in a mental hospital-but scizopherina in her family , but the real nightmare is the mexican mother in-law
have you ever gone inside? my mom works with MRDD in assisted living and i thought about taking her there for a present, she is interested in the old ways and things she can do different.
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble but Byberry was no different than any other state hospital at the time. It had its problems but many of those there needed an institutionalized setting as they could not take care of themselves. Many of the problems these patients had back then could be successfully treated with medications today. I grew up in Parkwood Manor, Northeast Philadelphia and knew people personally who worked there. I myself worked in the recreational therapy dept. there while in school. In the late 70s when I was in my teens, my friends and I used to walk through the abandoned buildings on the Parkwood side of the Roosevelt Boulevard. The buildings on the other side were still occupied at the time. We walked through the underground tunnels that connected the buildings, saw the padded rooms, the nurse's stations as well as the the patient rooms. There was nothing paranormal going on there. The scariest thing in there was all the asbestos. However, if you weren't careful, you could easily get lost in the underground tunnels. That is why we preferred to go in the daytime. At nighttime during the summers in the late 70s, the grounds were a popular place for beer and pot parties as well as parking with your girlfriend. But nothing supernatural there.
In the late 80's we would go throught the Tunnels undergroung. My Brother was lucky enought to walk the tunnels that went under Roosevely Blvd to the Hospital thtere before it was takes down way before the New one. Near Benjamin Rush State Park & the Slaughter House. The Tunnels were the best at night. All the Turns, The Asbestos Pipes Sucksed. And the Doors that led you in to the Different Parts of the Hospital. Does anyone remember the BOOK that was left down there to sign.
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Nice one this was pretty cool keep up the good work
I seen a Witch there walking in the grass back in 1984
Now just go down to Kensington. It's the same thing but out in public.
Kensington is worse.
@@IroncladCinderella oh I know
This comment hahahahaha
My grandmother worked there in the 50s and 60s. She told my mom horror stories of how they treated the patients.
They have amazing tunnels !!! I'm not reading all that fine print. Philadelphia USA
Just walked by the main building an hour ago. Creepy place
My parents both worked here for years in the 70s and early 80s and I remember going to visit them at work and that place was creepy when it was up and running. Tunnels under the buildings, the patients wandering around, etc. It was a sad, sad place.
Elizabeth Peele My Grandmother as a nurse, visited that Hell Hole, most patients were naked, Governor Casey closed them down during the 80's, we would explore the eastern side of Byberry and the tunnels, way back,,you could feel the sadness and despair, thick as fuck..
How can we watch the full documentary?
Not posting any spoilers.. but I doubt the validity of the ending section
Byberry was called Birberry farms way back in the 1600's, all torn down except for a few buildings, now 55 + stupid homes which I can move into, NOT, they are haunted by lunatic creations of Yawheh, the eastern portion is now business parks, we would explore that side during the 80's and early 90's, all gone now, perhaps I will shoot a video about this in early spring???
I remember being 7 or 8 years old and they would have a haunted house there every Halloween
My uncle Angelo Tangradi helped to organize that every year. He was a great man.
That tunnel at the end wasnt even Byberry
There is a new housing development going in there now. Word is that the site is haunted.
i miss that place.
My gma worked at byberry for 25 yrs. So sad they closed andall those ppl were put on the street
@trebleshooting This video was made for entertainment and demonstrative purposes only, with the actual history of "Byberry" serving as the basis for it. In order to not have this video spoiled for other viewers I have to delete your comment. I'm sorry.
Ive been there 3 times. Saw some crazy shyt each time.. nothin as bad as my last visit when we explored the morgue... saw evidence of some pretty fucked up shyt...
me and my friends snuck in there at night in highschool 1995 and got caught by security we gave all we had 30 $ and he let us go. i think they shut down the {catacombs} the underground passages then not sure i left in 2003 when i mysteriously fell in love with a mexican girl and moved to texas and my other friend died of alcoholism/heroin abuse in 2005 and the girl that went is actually in a mental hospital-but scizopherina in her family , but the real nightmare is the mexican mother in-law
have you ever gone inside? my mom works with MRDD in assisted living and i thought about taking her there for a present, she is interested in the old ways and things she can do different.
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble but Byberry was no different than any other state hospital at the time. It had its problems but many of those there needed an institutionalized setting as they could not take care of themselves. Many of the problems these patients had back then could be successfully treated with medications today.
I grew up in Parkwood Manor, Northeast Philadelphia and knew people personally who worked there. I myself worked in the recreational therapy dept. there while in school. In the late 70s when I was in my teens, my friends and I used to walk through the abandoned buildings on the Parkwood side of the Roosevelt Boulevard. The buildings on the other side were still occupied at the time. We walked through the underground tunnels that connected the buildings, saw the padded rooms, the nurse's stations as well as the the patient rooms. There was nothing paranormal going on there. The scariest thing in there was all the asbestos. However, if you weren't careful, you could easily get lost in the underground tunnels. That is why we preferred to go in the daytime.
At nighttime during the summers in the late 70s, the grounds were a popular place for beer and pot parties as well as parking with your girlfriend. But nothing supernatural there.
Fact check.....Metropolitan State Hospital was a.k.a "The Hospital of Seven Teeth" ... Not Byberry.
Hi Heather, MSH was what exact? Not sure what you’re referring to it being, sorry.
PA is defiantly the land of asylums lol we have some notorious ones here I live by penhurst
I wouldn't have the guts to venture that place. And if I were your father, I would rather not work at all.
Ahhh a sign?
yes
Pretty corny. The whole lost tape and stuff. Too played out
@Eric Bussman Thanx for the feedback. Keep in mind this video was created 10 years ago when not a lot of stuff was “too played out” yet ;)
In the late 80's we would go throught the Tunnels undergroung. My Brother was lucky enought to walk the tunnels that went under Roosevely Blvd to the Hospital thtere before it was takes down way before the New one. Near Benjamin Rush State Park & the Slaughter House. The Tunnels were the best at night. All the Turns, The Asbestos Pipes Sucksed. And the Doors that led you in to the Different Parts of the Hospital. Does anyone remember the BOOK that was left down there to sign.
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