Exploring an Abandoned Hospital Filled with Thousands of Patient Files
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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In this episode we explore an abandoned hospital building that dates back to the 1930s and closed around two decades ago. Surprisingly, the building was filled with patient files from the 90's and there were still some lights on in some places.
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15:20
This toilet has been abandoned for two decades and still has toilet paper.
Meanwhile, the toilets at my university do not seem to have had any toilet paper for two decades.
Because poor college kids steal the toilet paper. My university started putting it in lock boxes back when I was in undergrad.
Now you know where the toilet paper at your university is escaping too
that's some good housekeeping.
GM Kof hard funny to assume his lonely ass has a wife. Bet even his husband can’t stand to be around him.
Bill Williams maybe SSTC is a teacher or staff member.
“Chairs just chillin” has been the staple of this channel for the 3 years I’ve been watching
It's there signature
The chair are just vibing
"vibing" reeeeeee
We need a chair compilation
Garbagebandit DayZ hey a youtuber name is theradbrad he said the chairs just chillin my friend
Imagine how many hours have been worked in that building, and all the memories made in there. Really makes you think what it used to be in it’s prime.
Probably lots of "office romance". That's the first thing that always comes to mind when watching these videos.
Laine Harmon Took the ideas right out of my head. I’ve made the same comment on other videos. Just wish someone who worked at this hospital would comment on this video.
and how many affairs went on in the cupboards
If walls could talk
I always wonder if any of my workplaces will end up like this, maybe someone will explore my old work places in the future
I'm old enough to remember a time when there was no internet and computers were just coming into use in people's daily lives, but it is still hard to fathom a time when doctors had to physically look for books in the hospital library to research a symptom in a patient. All that info just a keyword search away. Amazing explore!
I remember secretaries using typewriters. All you would here was the tapping of the keys and the bells chiming. Damn, I'm old!
You’re probably 27 like me or barely any older. You don’t remember much. Come on now
Sebastien Bolduc Now you are actually old
@@thehapagirl92 51 actually! Born in the sixties. But I don't remember much from the sixties because of all the drugs. Which can be pretty harsh on a one year old!
@Camaro 1968 Not quite but my back feels like it is 80 sometimes 😆 51 actually. Starting to edge into old fart territory. Well as far as my kids are concerned!
I appreciate the respect you guys have for people's privacy when names come up, and how you don't ruin or displace anything. You're just there to document and explore. Super solid and I respect you so much.
It's not like they're gonna film it
If you have the extra cash, like 30 bucks or so, you should probably invest in a voltage detector tool that you can hold up to wires and it'll tell you if they're live. Walking into an area with dangling wires can be really dangerous, and the detectors are basically small enough now to be shaped like a large pen you can keep in your pocket. If you hold the tester up to a metal conduit and get a response from it, it's dangerous to even touch the conduit with your bare hands.
Marc Brandenburg they got Sony a7s I’m sure they got the cash lol
“If you have the extra cash” bruh it’s 30$
A non-contact voltage tester costs $5 at Harbor Freight.
ironmatic 1 but it will break the second time you use it
@@subsWithnovideos-ib3pq Not if you buy a Fluke.
So Oklahoma has an amazing abandoned hospital to explore. Griffin Memorial hospital was built in the early 1900s and was only shut down around 10ish years ago. The majority of the hospital specialized in the insane and performed operations such as lobotomy’s. It is also considered haunted. The building has no electricity but lights are seen flickering and many frightening things have happened to people there, I know some personally. It’s not secluded though and could be dangerous to explore. I know people who have found the morgue and operating rooms and have video. The majority was funded by the free masons and is liked to their history. An abandoned Masonic chapel is next to the hospital. Could make a great bumps in the night video.
your cinematography never fails to amaze me. just gets better with every video, it’s been a pleasure watching your channel grow as it’s so rightfully deserved. keep going guys!
I think its interesting how these places can be defunct and abanaded for so long and still have power connected but god forbid I miss paying my bill and two days later my powers off
A lot of the large campus set ups have a main power supply that comes in from the utility and is metered there and then is split up after the meter by the facility. So unless they (maintance) shut off the feed from the distribution point to the building it won't stop and is just lost in the over all usage.
Me: 1995 wasn't that long ago, right?
The Building: *Twenty-Five Years of Decay, dude!*
MG Bamenbarce Compare it to the bowhead whale, also known as the Balaena mysticetus. It’s lifespan is somewhere over 200 years. Or a sea sponge that has lived over 11,000 years.
I was born in '95.. 27 years ago.
@@keisha37 To be thoroughly fair, I'm only 4 years older than you... I guess I was just flabbergasted that the time I have my earliest memories from was that long ago...? Dunno, I don't remember what I was thinking 3 years ago. 🤣
I bet that place is spooky as shit at night with those dim florescent lights. Sometimes half assed lighting makes a place more scary than no lighting at all. Most of those patient files are probably of people that are long gone.
@Bill Williams There is something extra eerie about flickering, dim, fluorescent tubes, especially when they just glow red at the ends of the tubes. There is a long corridor in one of the industrial facilities I work at, and it is almost in darkness except for a long-neglected, buzzing ballast, dim flickering fluorescent fixture at the far end.
If they have files from 1995, these people could still be alive, even be only 30 years old if they went as child!
Yes! When you can see just well enough to get spooked.
I'm not sure which is creepier -- the darkness of an abandoned building or being in an abandoned building and having the lights on.
Definitely the lights on. I was almost expecting to see that giant ax guy from Silent Hill coming down the hallway under the building.
TechNoirTV the sound of the florescent lights going out , it’s a spooky sound .
How the hell are those lights still on 24 years later
@@chacaloso361 thy can last super long but stil 24h 7days a week on for many many years
Thy dont make them like that many more :)
"I'm gonna put my respirator on"
FINALLY
@RuleofVicus you're a moron
Built in the 30s, high tech medical building- FULL OF ASBESTOS. It was used as insulation everywhere from the 1960s and prior. With a building pealing, decaying, and turning to dust the airborne particulates will most likely be toxic. Paint probably full of lead too. The more you know 🎵
@@vintageexcellence bro its only dangerous if you are exposed to it for lengthy periods. do some fucking fact checking
@@storm_filter he explores constantly. Dude use some fucming common sence
@@user-lq1dk6gr3p fucming? They explore all the time, and most of the time wear respirators, so it doesn't matter if they don't wear them every now and then. Use your fucking brain dipshit.
The attic room with all those files reminds me of an old workplace. Every year the manager would ask the sales team to empty out the shop filing cabinets and put the documents into the 'archive' in the upstairs store room. I was there 5 years and every year they did the same thing. On my last year, I asked the woman I was working with if anyone took any of the stuff in the 'archives' out for recycling. I was concerned because the floors were making quite a creaking sound when we were up there walking about... She said she had been there 14 years and she had always done it as asked without question and never seen anyone take documents down for recycling! I left the company shortly after then, I wonder if the floor finally collapsed under the weight of all those documents! 😕🤐
Woah were?
These hospitals always makes me sad when u go to the playrooms or find toys :(
The crib with the name Taylor or in freaked me out in the feels for some reason.
"I'm putting my respirator on."
...proceeds to touch everything with bare hands.
I know that recent vids are mostly reruns of the past expedition, but I'm concerned that after all these years they still go to these places nothing but wearing T-shirts, shorts and with no gloves, as if they are just casually strolling around their neighborhood (unless the weather is cold, lol). With so many rusted metals, bio hazard wastes, and tons of other nasty things sitting around in those ruins, it should be a ticking time bomb before one of them gets a serious wound or some horrible infection.
They definitely should wear gloves and more protective clothing before it gets too late...
Asbestos is pretty bad for your lungs but entirely harmless to everything else.
baby steps
Why is it bad to touch stuff with your bare hands?
kind of like the Covid rules today, mask but no gloves
Tubelight from 1800's : running
My 2017 laptop with windows 10: bootup problems, hard disk failure, 69 minutes to restart the pc.
@Rick Delair oh that's cool!
If you would upload a video to UA-cam id totally sub and watch it cause i like lights too.
Rick Delair, Have you seen the old fluorescent Christmas lights from the mid 40's?
tubelights were invented in 1930s.
the first tubelights had a massive lifetime duration. i remember those early lights never go bad whilst the newer tubelights dies in months. not to mention LEDS which are worce.
My 2019 HP Chromebook that I got for Christmas b like: haha nope I can't connect to the internet and I'm gonna randomly fail in the middle of a pandemic
Haha sex number!!!!!!
An old dilapidated building that has been abandoned since 2005 STILL has power and lights on. My power company employs a guy who just sits there in a small room on a stool solely waiting for me to miss my monthly payment so he can go and turn my power off.
How on earth does a building deteriorate this badly after only 24 years of non use? Also, it's like one day everyone said "screw this" and left.
Love these videos!!
Yes, I was wondering that too, Patrick.
This place would make a great scary movie setting. And yes, it looks like it was going down long before the mid 90's.
"only 24 years" LOL!!!! IT has a lot of moisture, thats it
A true testament to how long flourescent bulbs will last.
When ya'll were in the tunnels and said along the lines of "It's connected to the Department of Corrections buildings" my heart almost sank for you guys, I'd exercise some serious caution near a Correctional Facility, as a former Detention Officer, you don't wanna spook any CO's on watch lol
The files should have been destroyed properly. Pretty sure that's a massive violation somewhere.
HIPAA
What
@@Rainbow__cookie "HIPAA" is the initials of the law that protects personal medical information. When you sign forms at your doctor that tells how they use and store your personal info, that's part of HIPAA.
They explained in the video that the HIPAA legislation to destroy patient files properly didn’t come in until 1996 and the newest files they found where when it was abandoned in 1995...
I mean hell, I couldn't even get MY own records from MY own doctor's office a while back because they said regulations didn't allow them to release my records to me. Yet there are places like this with them laying around...
16:15 literally one of the most beautiful shots i have ever seen
if anyone is weird like me, the lights that are on, are emergency lights, usually fed from a dedicated panel. and i've seen fluorescent ballast and lamps last decades if they don't get turned on and off all the time.
Don't consider this bit of technical information regarding the electrical system makes you weird...
The ballasts only start the cycle. Once lit all the tubes need is power to maintain.
I really want the switches to be tested more in these videos to see what is still working..but obviously that comes with risk..if it was me i’d be testing anything that looked half safe 😂
As an electrician I respect this comment
@Rick Delair do you collect amish light bulbs too
I really enjoy your videos and am very appreciative of the respect you show the abandoned places you visit. I would love to visit some of the places you’ve been to but your videos are the next best thing so keep ‘em coming! 👍👍
I’m waiting for the day when you guys finally decide to wear gloves
Ik right
Teclinsoro lol
Teclinsoro same
There are great gloves out there for lower price for this sort of thing. I wouldn't do it without a proper set of gloves. And I would never do it in a t-shirt. But I do like these guy's and their videos. I would love to do this myself. I've done some but not at this scale.
It will probably be when they hurt themselves or get a disease
Now it's after midnight for me and the best time to watch exploration videos of abandoned buildings.
You psychopath
Your footage is absolutely STUNNING. You guys definitely gave this place the attention it deserves. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. I hope you will be able to go back. One of my favorite videos to date. Keep up the amazing work!
I constantly find patient Medical Records left in Abandoned buildings ! I would say that 80% of the Hospitals i find myself in filming have patient records just sitting in boxes rotting away !
? You find your self
@@fantasiafed9762 Not yet i havnt !
I like how you cut this together. Nice mix of your walking commentary with your artistic shots. Well done gentlemen!
I think its safe to say Bryan and Micheal dont get on well with the big bird community...
Lovely hospital though, cant beat those peeling walls!
big bird?
@@Jlindss watch the car factory in Detroit episode
@@Jackh1212 don't have time, spare me and fill me in :)
@@Jlindss They got chased around by a goose whilst on the roof and in this episode they come across a vulture.. Haha
@@Jackh1212 lmaooo here i was thinking they got chased by an actual person or something
Being in the medical records field this is truly disturbing
Same here!!
Explorations of hospitals are my favourite ones! I’m a bit of a medical nerd so that what makes it so cool to watch!!!
Thank you so much for wearing your respirators! It's such a relief to see, and makes it easier to enjoy your exploration videos ^_^ This place is an amazing find!!
Yes finally after like 3 years. Now next up, gloves
Absolutely terrifying I hang on the edge of my seat when they go underground carbon monoxide toxic gasses the could take one wrong turn they could collapse never to be found
I just started watching. Respirators on... massive sigh of relief from pretty much all of your subs. Nice work protecting yourselves first!!
BINGO TIME!!!! This installment was chocked full of bingo squares to fill! How many did you fill?
Chairs Just Chillin': ✔
Thousands of Potential Identity Theft Victims: ✔
Fluorescent Filled Features: ✔
Two Potential Omens of Impending Doom:✔
An Elitist Chair: ✔
A Slightly Damaged Doll Pursuing a Career in Medicine:✔
Vroom Vroom Beep Beep:✔
Nightmare Fuel: ✔
Cardboard Cemetery:✔
A Gurney: ✔
Steam Facial:✔
Blocked Artery: ✔
this comment made me so unreasonably happy
You forgot pooping vulture.✔
They were wearing their respirators 😌
No Christmas decorations?
I'd like to see the math on how much money was spent by both private citizens and government bureaucracy. Does the old hospital mission statement, or any annual report, mention the primary mission of the hospital as provider of extravagant employee day care?
They really went beyond and above to make sure no money was spent on 🏬 the residents / patients over 🔃 there, apparently.😬
It would be awesome if when you said "for now at least" at the end of the video, if that meant you were going to explore more of the buildings at the larger facility, because it seems like there is so much potential here. Great video!
You guys should get shirts made with "Chairs just chillin" on them.
Hospitals and asylums are the coolest places to explore.
This was visually the most striking of your videos I've seen up until now. A great location, and very well filmed.
Awesome guys!!! Thanks so much! I never an disappointed in your videos and they have always given me "escape and chill" time.
Both a black cat AND a vulture. I don’t believe in “ghosts”, but these particular animals back to back left me shook.
#ThingsThatMakeYouSayHmm
I follow several urbex channels, and I must say, your use of visuals and music is outstanding among them....
Great video guys! Loved the way you documented the array of items that are left here. This place is right up my street. In the tunnels the cinematic work with the slider and steam audio was top notch - awesome :)
Only one sponsor in the beginning and no more commercial, its awesome.
There was a sponsor at the beginning and commercials throughout when I watched it you fucking piece of clit
That feeling when you have UA-cam Premium. Commercials?? Never heard of em
That music... ♥
The parts with the wind just blowing were a nice touch
Your channel is amazing, and your content unmatched. I absolutely love seeing these videos! Thanks for making these!
Hey guys, I recommend you make a year in review video, a video on your great moments from 2019 and maybe some deleted scenes
This place legit looks like it's in the Upside Down. The walls are all peeling and the vines on the windows.
The peeling walls are layers of lead paint. They’d have lead poisoning if it wasn’t for the respirators.
@ 5:33 That calendar with the "March 1995" page flipped to the front almost made my stomach churn. Without such a frame of reference, my guess as to when this place was last active would've been more like 40 or even 50 years ago judging by the conditions. It's just a sad little reminder of how quickly things can erode without any maintenance. Maybe it's just me getting old or showing my age. But to me, 1995 was really not that long ago!
I like trying to play internet detective and figure out where these secret locations are, when you do hide that information. I never reveal it when I figure it out, it's just a fun game I play for myself. So far this is the only one I haven't been able to figure out, you did a much better job concealing its identity than ones in the past. Good work!
Watch again carefully in HD, and get the answer!
don't feel bad I cant find it either an I too ama pretty good detective not enough clues and if I plan on making regular visits to a place once I either find one or figure out where it is I too wont give out its location don't want a tear down like what happned with the old reid hospital cause other kids started going in there after seeing soemoen else was and then it was and went all downhill from there
Great exploration.
Considering this has been abandoned for over 20 years, it's a wonder some tube lights still work. Modern stuff doesn't last nearly as long.
@13:38 It's actually on but the tubes have worn out so it can't strike anymore.
Exploring With Josh alternative title: CREEPY powered hospital FILLED with ILLEGAL FILES, BLACK SHADOW GHOST SCARE!
*thousands of people watch with high expectations*
And he begins the video with 10 minutes of vlogging
@Monster RR That asshat's hair makes me want to grind his face into a brick wall until the only thing left is a stain.
I fucking hate how clickbait and dramatic he is. Dude is so immature, it's like he's mentally 12.
Basically a wish clickbait listing
I loved the animal scares in this episode, 😂😂😂. Glad the black shadow ended up being a kitty, & also glad that the vulture didn't shit on you, or fly at you. I've heard that they can vomit on you, & their extremely caustic stomach acids will burn your skin. Also, that building is a HUGE liability, & I hope its dealt with, but glad you got to explore it before its gone forever. Another great video of decay!!
I saw/read somewhere their stomach acids are so strong that their droppings are almost sterile.
Exterior front of building looks like an English manor. It's so sad to think about all the life and purpose abandoned buildings once possessed. There is a fascination for these places. This building in particular is an unusual find. Would be particularly sad for past students and employees who worked there.
It’s always awesome to see what you guys do I can’t wait for the next already
Oh good, another proper people video. Let me click it! 💪 Merry Christmas from NOLA y'all.
Honestly this hands down one of the best uploads to you tube. I'm so addicted to your channel! what were the red painted X's on the walls? What did they mean should have opened a few Windows for the cat and vulture bird to escape
Exploring an Abandoned Hospital Filled with Thousands of Patient Files, DAM THOSE FILES MUST BE PATIENT
Lol I love it
🤣🤣
Har har 😂😂😅
Could be used for identity thieving
BOO!!!! *throws tomatoes at you*
Love some of the cinematography in this. Like how you do the slow panning away from an object you’re focused on. With the music. Either left to right or forward to back. Such awesome awesome quality too. From 11:35 to 12:10 is a perfect example. Great job guys thumbs up 👍
Look! 4:29 and 17:18 Those watches stopped at the same hour omg
Not just the same hour but the exact same second. Some facilities like hospitals and train stations have clocks which are powered and synchronized centrally to avoid mismatched timestamps on time-critical things. You can often see that they are wired up somehow like seen here. (Sorry for breaking the illusion but now you know.)
14:10 i love how the voices get static in them while they are in the area of the light. Makes you wonder
Hearing him say "95 that's old" has me thinking that's not old. Until I stop and realize it's 25 years ago. Fuck I'm old.
Another great video. Thanks for taking us along. Take care.
Amazing that this place never burned down with all that paper
Loved it! Great explore, guys. I really loved how there was still power. Always so cool to find that. Was a little scared when I saw that camera in the basement until you flipped it around and I could see the cut wires. Great job! Looking forward to the next!
Great explore and those one flourecent tubes that were glowing on just the ends those either had the other filiments burned out or else the startor was bad when those go bad the bulbs will just glow at the ends neat effect and kind of freaky to walk up on in the dark
This building is hauntingly familiar. It looks like where my mother went to nursing school. Obviously, without knowing the location I can't know for sure, but, I've paused on the exterior when possible and that reception area. We visited the old school, that was then an administrative and records building when I was small - about 47 yrs ago. So, can't be positive, but, it is so familiar. I wish mom was alive, she would know for sure.
The leaky steam valve is very horror film/game-like. First time I've seen one outside of Half-Life or Nightmare on Elm Street.
Amazed some of those buildings still had power! Loved this one!
Imagine massive crowds of people coming in these abandoned buildings and restoring them.
0:11 I always love that sight, so little being added in the atmosphere.
wolf it’s steam, dude bro
@@noahpierce9305 Stop ruining the immersion for me.
I question in the legality of those files. Even though they are dated 1995, a year before the HIPAA law was signed by President Clinton, the law applies to the past, present and future medical information of people. I'm not sure, but I think it even applies to people's info after they have died. So if someone had died in 1995 or prior, and their records are there, that's probably a violation of the law as well. The fines for violations of the law are pretty hefty and I think are capped at about 1.5 million a year, but fines are levied for each incident of a violation of the ACT. I would assume each of those files would be a separate violation.
Who cares. Most hospitals that shut down dont care about HIPAA and they're not going to start now
It actually doesnt matter, you are not allowed to go there....basically the documents are stored "the right way"
I’m glad to see you guys using your respirators more. I also feel like there was more “1st person” shots, which I thought was fun.
Thanks for the video!
"There's stuff"
Leigh Deitrick I feel like he was going to say "There's stuff *everywhere*" but for some reason didn't get that far
why is this so funny
@@jujubug2000 😂
d0rraj ok boomer
17:43
The way he said it lol.
“It’s pooping!”
How creepy it would be to walk into a room that look brand new like it was never touched In a place like that
I'm glad to see you guys wearing air purifying respirators around lead, silica, asbestos, mold, PCB's and god knows what else. I'd also be cautious in cellars or confined spaces where oxygen concentration in air could be below 19.5%. Great video as usual!
You mentioned that this is part of a larger facility with other active buildings. If so, just my opinion here, but the facility would still be liable for protecting patient files since HIPAA is law right now.
I'm new to the channel and I watched all of your abandoned hospital videos (my favorite place to Urbex). I love them. Keep them coming!
Why did I read this as abandoned hospital filled with thousands of patient flies. I was legit expecting to see a lot of flies on the wall waiting for people.
Interrupted a wizard fight and they transformed into animals to disguise...
Shut up you toxic waste of space
Jon Dutton who hurt you?
Jon Dutton yea you sound like a little bitch
@Jon Dutton not only you're toxic but you spell you're name wrong it's JHON not JON
You guys are also toxic wastes of life
I’ve always wanted to explore an abandoned hospital with patient files just to read them😭
can we go together
Same. mustt be sad but interesting
Another great one guys! Had me chuckling a bit with the bird. Keep up the good work!
Crazy to think that the last babies that used those cribs at 19:06 are likely only around 25yo right now 🤯
Seriously best intro song of all UA-cam channels. Props for the artist!
8:28 A chair just chillin’.
Fantastic video, as usual....respectful and patient in your exploration x glad you're wearing the respirator masks! Looking forward to seeing your adventures in 2020...wishing you both a very merry Christmas xxx
i think it's crazy how you guys haven't reched a million subs yet your content is top notch who else thinks that if the reach a million subs they should do a live stream one :D
Wow the main entrance and fire place was awesome!
Yay! Chairs just chilling! Makes up for not seeing any in China!
Great work, guys!!!! Your video and photography angles and perspectives are amazing!!!! Keep up the great job!!
I work at a steam co-generation plant for iowa state university. My only question is who is send ing live steam through those pipes and why wasnt the valves to that building shut? Seems like a huge problem just waiting to happen if one of those pressurized steam pipes burst that whole tunnel system will fill up with hot steam.
Love the films you guys do. I could watch these all day 😁
I've always suspected they leave the power on in these abandoned hospitals hoping they burn down so they don't have to pay for expensive site remediation before demo 🤷♂️
Definitely insurance related for sure.
it would stop scrappers from stealing copper wire.
How would a building this decayed even be insured though? I wouldn't insure it, unless their premiums were more than the payout, lol. (No, I'm not in the insurance industry) 😉😬😷
I love your guy’s videos! The best channel on UA-cam for exploring places! No cap!!
HIPPA wants to know your location
Sam Winzenburg HIPAA
Who the hell would they sue, the abandon hospital haha
Merry Christmas guys, Great work love watching you guys explore some of the most amazing places keep up the great work 🤗👍🏽
0:08 as a retro PC enthusiast I love videos like this. I need whatever that terminal or PC & Monitor is in the intro.
Edit: 10:08-10:35 beautiful.
Bruh! I peeped that too!! I'm sure that thing would still boot up.
I found a lonely Commodore 64 in an abandoned movie Theaterthats what started my interest in vintage computers
Love the quality on your uploads, keep up the good work.