Overbrook: Essex County Hospital Center Cedar Grove NJ

[renabenaworld]

 i want those people from ghost adventures to go in there. that would b a cool episode.

[fotosugallama]

@renabenaworld They already did. /watch?v=ZtAKCQzQ2vQ

[savy122798]

theyre taking it down, i saw cunstruction goin on

[daschko6]

@savy122798 do you know if its still up?

[savy122798]

@daschko6 not completely, but the big driveway place is still semi-up, the parts across the street are all coming down, i heard theyre making a playground over it.... what kid wud want to play on the swings knowing theres a mental ghost over their shoulder...

[nurseratched100]

where abouts is this hospital please ..?

[savy122798]

@nurseratched100 Cedar Grove, NJ

[katiedocumentary]

two, yes, there is a ghost of a nurse that is said to reside there, i have heard her myself on many occasions and so have many others. ghost adventures and ghost hunters both did an investigation on this hospital and both picked up evidence of the nurse there. three, i saw someone ask how many people died there, over 10,000 people died in the hospital, mainly because supposedly ,in the winter of 1917, the hospitals boilers failed and people froze to death inside their beds.

[katiedocumentary]

ok let me get some facts straight because after reading all the comments some people have no clue what they are talking about or some people are unsure about some rumors about what happens here at essex county hospital. for one, the hospital WAS closed in 2007, not because of the number of deaths, and not because the county randomly decided to close it down, it was simply because they felt the complex was too outdated since it was built in 1896 and decided to build a more modern campus.

[oshilzl]

this place an't going down. not for a long time. :)

[PSNjackdonkey12]

Yo i was there like 2 months ago and im going again to get more video through the tunnels... if u wanna watch some good videos whats left of overbrook click my name...

[MrCruehead910]

the music really adds to the creepiness lol i went there today heavily patrolled i had to sneak in through the wood luckily i had my night vision scope lol

[PSNjackdonkey12]

@MrCruehead910 do u live near overbrook?

[TheDieselGene]

@PSNjackdonkey12 yes i do i pass it everyday on my transit to and from school

[PSNjackdonkey12]

@TheDieselGene thats awesome. have u ever explored inside?

[TheDieselGene]

@PSNjackdonkey12 only once but i hauled ass out because cops are everywhere lol its sad to see this place go and you think they might collapse under the snow we're getting?

[PSNjackdonkey12]

@TheDieselGene no. its actually a pretty sturdy place surprisingly..... hopefully. we were gonna go tonight into tomorrow but we didnt cause of the snow.... we were pissed.

[TheDieselGene]

@PSNjackdonkey12 i know the snow sucks right? i worked 3 hours digging out my house lol i'm gonna go there soon once the snow clears up but think the snow might be an advantage cuz the cops wont be able to catch u in their 2wd cars lol

[TheDieselGene]

@PSNjackdonkey12 by the way the music you might have heard might have been me and my friends we were in the area blasting motley crue lol mid october i saw your videos pretty cool i must say my friend goes to verona hgh school down the street lol

[TheDieselGene]

@PSNjackdonkey12 by the way the music you might have heard might have been me and my friends we were in the area blasting motley crue lol mid october i saw your videos pretty cool i must say my friend goes to verona hgh school down the street lol

[hijacker54]

i see some of overbrooks buildings off of Fairview ave but there heavily guarded with security my guess is these building featured in the video are no longer standing??

[chas574]

don't know if that was a great idea going there. the cops have a base station in one of the buildings and they have been locking people up left and right.

[oshilzl]

is this still up?

[sligadoo]

@oshilzl yup yup i liv across the street from dis place kinda creepy

[jamcousi9]

I have been going to thisplace for years since I grew up in town. When they knocked down the original buidlings down on the original site they built houses.. Great.. Now they want to tear down the exisiting buildings to make way for a park? Verona park is less than 5 minutes away. Leave the site alone, its a part of history that the state hasnt destroyed YET.. What would the benefit be? To give all the mommy bloggers the opp to clog up the area with minivans and disenfectant wipes?

[MoDerNxTacTiCs]

Awesome...music great...I want to go next time...I am the dogwalker

[broncosfreak2010]

Awesome video I always wondered if the Laurelton Center by where I lived has underground tunnels like most nut factorys did.

[applepiejacks]

i heard that they moved the last few patients out in 2007.

[njcroboy1]

i heard your mom was the last lonnie in the hospital .........this place has been abandon since the 70s dumbass

[abandonedNJandbeyond]

actually it was abandoned febuary 26, 2007. get your facts strait before tou correct someone you make yourself seem like an idiot

[abandonedNJandbeyond]

actually it was abandoned febuary 26, 2007. get your facts strait before tou correct someone you make yourself seem like an idiot

[applepiejacks]

thanks for the support hahaha most of the complex was active in the 70s

[amethset]

i drove past here once. I live near essex

[KittenPanzer]

Well done. :)

[wheeler666]

thanks kitten!

[Pooby831]

those tunnels were used for transporting patients to and from. Also maintenance used them to access buildings quickly. They were also used to move deceased patients without going outside.

[Pooby831]

I think they're building houses up there.

[Pooby831]

Yeah it was my playground for a long time. Until I saw what I thought was a ghost down there. They sealed those doors for a while back in 87'

[tv15busy]

what were the underground tunnel systems used for???

[abandonedNJandbeyond]

@Pooby831 and there is no graveyard where the patients are burried, they were either cremated or given to the family for a proper burriel. the only graveyard in any of those towns you mantioned is in caldwell, but those are all revolutionary war soldiers and such

they arent building houses either

and its only been abandoned for 2 and 1/2 years!

so much wrongful speculation about this place, you wonder why people think its haunted...

[Pooby831]

Supposedly the state could'nt keep the place running. And the topwnships of Cedar Grove, Verona and Caldwell. Put a lot of pressure on the state. Because the residents considered the hospital an eyesore. And Real Estate Developers have been trying to get thjeir hands on that land since the sixties.... Between the state crying broke, politics, and other pressures. The state closed the place down.

[tv15busy]

people say they see a ghost nurse!! Is that true???

[amyr57]

I've heard about the nurse that was said to walk the halls at night. But I never got to see her...

[tv15busy]

how did the nurse die?

[Pooby831]

I've heard about the nurse who walked the floors at night. I've even heard she was seen during the day. But I never saw her...

[tv15busy]

why are they tearing down the hospital???

[tv15busy]

did you ever go through the underground tunnels?????

[abandonedNJandbeyond]

@Pooby831 it was actually the county man, it was a county facility

[Pooby831]

I remember the summer of 84' there were 7 alleged suicides at the hospital..... The state investigated and found "no cause for concern" My mother did'nt believe they were ALL suicides though.

[tv15busy]

why did the hospital shut down

[Pooby831]

I remember seeing faces in windows of buildings that were not occupied many times. It used to scare me.

[tv15busy]

how deaths do you think happened there

[Pooby831]

Well, unfortunately I wont get a chance to see it before its just a memory. But the memories of working in that place will be with me forever. You know I still see this one patients face from time to time in my sleep.... She hung herself on Ward 56 after being moved from ward 54....

Makes me wonder if she is trying to tell me something....

[Pooby831]

Honestly, I do believe there are some souls there who are'nt at rest. There were so many unexplained deaths there when I was a kid. And so many of those people were buried in unmarked graves somewhere in Cedar Grove or Caldwell.

People were abused and probably killed by some of the staff there.... I sure would like to see it one more time....

[tv15busy]

did you have any paranormal experience working there???

[Pooby831]

My mother and I used to work at this hospital. She worked there for 20 long years. Retiring in 1989 due to illness. The buildings you were in were Ward 54 and Ward 56. Violent nutcases were kept there.

[tv15busy]

do you think this hospital is haunted?????