PART 2 - Exploring the Abandoned Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane

Freaktography Abandoned Places
Freaktography Abandoned Places
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Urban Exploration: Urban Exploration:
PART 2 - Exploring an Old Abandoned Asylum for the Chronic Insane

VIEW PART 1 HERE - https://youtu.be/VjQNG1m-xw4

Part TWO Video of this explore takes us to the upper and mure dangerous floors of this old abandoned asylum for the chronic insane.

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This Abandoned Asylum for the Criminally Insane in New York is on the grounds of an active prison and the property is peppered with active buildings mixed in with many very old derelict and crumbling abandoned buildings.

Many of the patients admitted to this now abandoned insane asylum died there and were buried in graves marked not with names, but by numbers. In 2012 I took a day long road trip with this abandoned asylum on my list of places to visit. I had no idea what to expect when I got here or what to look for once I made the over 4 hour drive.

This abandoned asylum, which opened in the last quarter of the 1800’s was setup to provide better treatment for those who were unable to care for them self.

Rather than being locked away in squalid conditions in an almshouse, this facility promised better care for those who could not “fit in” to every day society. Like all asylums, significant budget cuts lead to overcrowding & deplorable treatment of patients. Then, after a expose in the 1970’s by Geraldo Riveria, the wheels were set in motion to start the closing of this & all other facilities.

Today this particular building along with several on the grounds have been left to rot with significant structural damage. Although the history of this place is quite sad, the building itself was at one time quite beautiful & it’s sad that is now beyond repair.

This asylum, which opened in the last quarter of the 1800's was setup to provide better treatment for those who were unable to care for them self. Rather than being locked away in squalid conditions in an almshouse, this faculty promised better care for those who could not "fit in" to every day society. Like all asylums, significant budget cuts lead to overcrowding & deplorable treatment of patients. Then, after a expose in the 1970's by Geraldo Riveria, the wheels were set in motion to start the closing of this & all other facilities. Today this particular building along with several on the grounds have been left to rot with significant structural damage. Although the history of this place is quite sad, the building itself was at one time quite beautiful & it's sad that is now beyond repair.

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