Byberry Mental Hospital's Last Days - Part I

This is a 30 minute video showing Byberry's last days shot in late summer 06. It is narrated in part by one of Byberry's greatest urban explorers Goddog along with Beef and Mikey. Byberry is now completely gone, bulldozed into oblivion along with its chilling past. Nonetheless is will forever haunt those who came and went in the decade of its abandonment.

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Tags:

• mental
• hospital
• lunatic
• asylum
• psychiatric
• facility
• abandoned
• forgotten
• decay
• urban
• explore
• Philly
• Philidelphia

[termikesmike]

Hospitals for the 'insane' were Asylums for the outcast people 'worked' growing crops, kitchen, dairy

when things are turned over to bureaucrats

distant 'do-gooders' who haven't a clue > bottom-line saving money rather than

helping the 'least among us' >things go to 'ell

lambs to the wolves

we need Sanctuaries

let the 'inmates' run the Asylum

[sonofbadabbage]

The more I learn about mental hospitals in the late 20th century, the more I understand that they were "underfunded" on purpose. They were wards of the state and "throw away people". The eugenics movement was a big reason for that. Often, they were victims of sham drug experiments too. The book "Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine..." is a very good resource and is available on ebay or in libaries.

[cjbeis93]

"This is a 30 minute video..."

Video Length: 9 min

:P

[sonofbadabbage]

parts 1, 2, & 3 = roughly 30 minutes.

[flygangsta99]

i remember when i was about 10 or 11 in 1195 or so and me and my buddies were exploring "the berry" and found an old file from a patient who cut his mom's nose off and was eventually let out to live in the woods..it was pretty cool exploring..

[FlamingLavaOwl]

@Shannakeely your not crazy i heard it also.

[FlamingLavaOwl]

@TheInunah yes i fucking hear it! its crazy as hell, children singing or something.

[mwerner584]

Great video. I actually grew up on Carter Rd (my neighbor's car is filmed at 2:24) and have explored Byberry more times that I can count. I actually ran a website dedicated to Byberry at one point (around 2001-2002). This video and it's subsequent counterparts really bring back fond memories. Does anybody remember the haunted house that was run out of the building at 2:45? I believe it was only open for a couple of Halloween seasons during the early 90s. Anyways, thank you for the great post!

[andrewbyrdful]

Goddog. I have much respect for you. You were not one of those idiots who vandalized Byberry, but you restored it in a way. You are the one who made the site on Byberry's history, are you not? And you take great photos. I'm sorry Byberry is gone, and I'm sure you must be, too.

[jettenjetta]

ha taggers and party people and so on. Look in every room in that dam place his name is spray painted in every room in that place

[Anddos25]

This would make an awsome horror level for a scary pc game

[TJFROMREDROCK]

I'm pretty sure the "Pink Floyd Voices" were one of the several guys ringtones. But yes, i'm sure the place is haunted.

[nate31497]

i definitely think at the 8 minute 18 second mark you can here kids singing the song another brick in the wall by Pink Floyd and their singing the part of the song that says "we don't need no education"