This has been one of our most requested locations over the years. While it was never high priority on our list, we decided to check it out anyway. Hope you enjoy the video!

4:19 It's eerie to see all the graffiti EVERYWHERE on the walls EXCEPT where the children's mural was. Its like everyone made an unspoken decision not to mess with or destroy it

I'm a nurse, and when I worked in the ICU, we would occasionally get patients that were daily or frequent drinkers. To prevent them from going into DTS (delerium tremens or alcohol withdrawal syndrome), doctors would order a beer or a glass of wine, usually only once or twice a day, and the pharmacy would deliver it to the unit and it would be scanned and given to the patient just like any prescribed medication. Usually the patient was not in the hospital for anything related to alcohol consumption, so to prevent DTS, which would interfere with their treatment plan for the condition they were admitted with, one or two alcoholic beverages daily was the best way to prevent complications. 💙

CRAZY LATE here, but I grew up about 5 miles away from this location. I was a firefighter in the area and often got calls around the property or at the nearby facility for juveniles just off the property. Very cool to see you guys explore it. *in case there’s any confusion, I never responded to this facility on a call when it was operational, only long after it closed (suspiciously lit fires and such)

For some reason I never get tired of these videos. It's always interesting to see what humanity has left behind, even in modern times.

My first and only kid was born in September of 2015. I came across your KZfaq channel on a late night up with her as a newborn. From then on, I would watch TPP videos while I rocked her to sleep and fed her. Now she’s 5 and every time I watch one of your new videos, the intro music instantly takes me back to that time. Weird how certain stuff can take you back. T Thanks for making top notch videos over the years.

Every time I hear about another asylum that housed and abused those with disabilities, I become even more acutely aware of how blessed my younger son is to have been born in the 2000's. He happens to have a disability; thank goodness he is surrounded by people who recognize his strengths.

When using dodgy stairs always step on either end of the step, the middle is the most worn and the most likely to be rotten

The security guard watching the video like “Fuck.....” 👁👄👁

There’s an abandoned asylum in North Dakota called the San Haven Sanatorium. It has a really strange backstory and it would be cool to see you guys do a video on it!

That color is called "institutional green" and it was used because it's supposed to be calming.

For things that are close to active sites, just get reflective vests and hardhats. If someone looks at you, just greet them professionally. People will assume you're builders or surveyors and that you're supposed to be here.

Worked security at a company in my 20's. Security is there just for insurance / liability reasons. They don't give a shit about you trespassing from a criminal stand-point. They just want to protect the property owner from liability in case you get injured. Especially a property like that, which is already destroyed. They don't care about vandilism at that point. But, outdoor security is bored. Playing cat-n-mouse with you is the highlight of this guy's day.

It’s weird to see this place again. Remember watching Sam and Colby exploring it a couple of years back and them hearing screaming for help as they were leaving though the woods and later hearing that someone had been found murdered there

It’s strange how beautiful these places are with all the decay and graffiti.

As of 2014, when I visited, they still had some of the patient files strewn about the old school house

You guys are the Jacques Cousteau of urban exploration your episodes should be shown at Sundance Film Festival there that great. All other urban explorers use clickbait and lies to get views,like and subscribers but not the TPP. You use your skills as urban filmmakers and bring what you do to a whole new awesome level that no one ever will reach. You make the place of exploration seem too come alive and that's what makes your videos the best ever.

Always nail biting when you are almost getting caught!

The Proper People: Proponents for tighter security.

The wine is needed while treating severe alcoholics because their body needs a minimum amount of alcohol or they can have seizures or other health problems.

This Nurse thanks you for all your hospital and asylum exploitation! I love seeing all the old medical stuff and buildings!! Keep up the good work guys!

It's sad to see how downhill this place has gone. I've been multiple times, though always at night, and the last time was probably a decade ago. Though back then the place was still in good condition. Plenty of graffiti of course but the floors, ceiling, and even some windows and doors were intact. Glass syringe vials and x-rays littered the floor. The employee lockers all had things in them, and there was an entire room full of boxes of medical and patient files. There was so much left, and that x-ray room, wow, used to be so much nicer. 😅

@The Proper People I recognized the symbol @20:40 right away, It's in the Ghanaian Twi / Akan language: Gye Nyame and means there is nothing but the creation or God. It's the artistic way to write it but officially it has more waving lines in the middle and 1 extra line. Now I wonder what these Ghanaian symbols are doing there on the walls of an Asylum

People: The perfect intro doesn't exist. The Proper People:

"This facility was forced to close down by a federal court in 1991 due to the deaths from improper medical care"... I can only imagine the horrors and atrocities that took place inside this facility over the decades.

I still get goosebumps from the intro 🤩

A book written by people who lived in a hell hole like this that I would recommend reading is the state boys rebellion by Michael D antorino.

My favorite explorations are always the “art-deco” power plants. Those places are amazing!

I love how the walls disintegrating make it looks like sand everywhere, and the light from the sun was stunning

My aunt & uncle worked at a facility like this (not nearly as large) and the stories they told of the kids (and adults that were still mentally children) they cared for was heartbreaking. Many came to them abused by previous care-givers or even their families. They treated their patients like they were their own family often buying them personal items they couldn't afford..

It’s amazing how calming and relaxing these videos are. I feel the stress walking away.

Can't wait to chill and watch your latest episode. Your whole chanel and the quality of your videos is amazing. ❤️ You should both be proud. 🤘

I’m really mad that ppl just spray paint random shit on walls, if you’re going to vandalize something at least make it look good. Edit: Grammar

If I was a security person at any abandoned place and I caught The Proper People on the property, I would say "Cool ! You guys have fun".

this place is the most popular abandoned spot that people in Maryland goe to, thats why its so destroyed and nothings left. Was pretty much the same when I went like 4 years ago

6:54 That shade of green (known sometimes as "sea foam" or "key lime pie") can be found inside submarines as well. I don't know when or where, but there was a study of colors done, and that shade of green was determined to be the most calming/least likely to make people go insane.

Should have went back in ~2016 it was MUCH less known about and nearly everything was still untouched. The church was especially cool.

Hello Proper People, I live about 30 minutes away from Forest Haven, and have been exploring the property since 2012, I’d love to show you an easier way onto the property, with lower risk of getting lost, I’d also love to give you a “proper” tour if you’re interested, I’ve been to all but 3 buildings on the property. The cribs you’ve seen were for grown adults believe it or not... most of the residents were to be cribbed due to their mental condition and severity. Another sad but important fact about the asylum is that it wasn’t just patients with mental disabilities that lived there, there was an orphanage near by that had been shut down through the courts due to lack of funding, and when it was closed they transferred the orphans to Forest Haven and labeled them as “retarded”. You couldn’t check yourself out, whoever brought you had to be the one to sign you out, so most residents spent a lot of their lifetime there. Although the asylum is in Laurel MD, the property itself is labeled as DC government property due to its status. Trespassing can carry a hefty fine, if not up to one year in jail, however security can be pretty lax depending who is patrolling... the guards at the both located at the front gate are assholes, but there’s a white truck that does most of the patrolling, and if they catch you once or on your way out they won’t give you a hard time, just escort you out, if you get lost please find security for help, they will help with no penalty, however if they catch you several times you won’t catch a break. I’ve taken a lot of photos there over time and would LOVE to share them with you sometime. I was hoping after you explored the church, that you’d have a chance to explore the school but I understand you couldn’t. The ‘T’ shaped buildings were the dormitories. I can give you a map with the buildings labeled if you’d like. Fun fact if you didn’t already know, there is a cemetery and memorial for patients that have lost their life there somewhere towards the outer edges on the property. Be careful through the woods there, because not only is the detention center there, but next door is Job Corp and they share tree lines, and job Corp will call the police.. it’s super easy to accidentally wind up on their property. If you’re interested in anything I’ve mentioned, or just more information I’ve learned about the place over time, you can find me on Instagram @but.stephaniee please feel free to reach out!!

I love it when you guys explore these old abandom asylums. these places are nuts.

Hard to believe all of civilization will eventually be relics of the past like this someday

These videos really calm me down after a stressful day !

My boyfriend has been lucky enough to see Forest Haven and explore it. I’m still working on getting the time to do it myself.

It never fails. Someone always has to paint a graffiti dingus.

Forrest Haven always gave me chills. I lived a town over in Bowie and it was always this unspoken blemish in the area. I'm happy that they closed it down. I'm pretty sure they have unmarked graves on sight too. RIP to all the souls lost who couldn't get the help they needed. :/

This place was a true horror show. Inmates who died of abuse or neglect were passed through the morgue and secretly buried in the back field. Medical experiments happened here.

As someone who lives near forest haven: It's always been a popular party spot and a popular spot for young explorers. A big part of this is the local ghost stories. The most common one I hear is about ghost dogs being on the campus, that'll chase you, then dissapear. Or of hearing crying if you're there at night. The campus is still used by law enforcement and other officials on and off

So sad to see the chapel windows destroyed. It's been a long time, but last I was there, there were only a couple of broken panes. The medical building still had liquids in jars untouched, and there was a screenprinting shop, still in working order and filled with screens for t-shirts. Still one of my favorite locations, but popularity has sadly not been kind to it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

That last large basement was very cool. Not so much the cribs but the construction, the precast beams and shapes give it almost a warehouse underground.

i came here after that see you soon game lead me to this location area and tried looking for people who covered the building. good thing i found this.

Pressed that like button before even watching. These vids are the best and I can't get enough of them👀

This place has some really creepy vibes to it

I’m from Maryland. Me and a group of friends went there back in 2008 at night time. There’s a correctional center with a small yard with a fence and barb wire around it. Also I can’t remember what building it was but there’s a morgue in the basement. I never found out but apparently there’s an old graveyard in the woods somewhere on the property. So cool to see this video. Brings back old memories exploring this place

It's like it got hit by a hurricane, earthquake and a tornado at the same time inside

You guys need to adopt usage of basic tactical hand communication signals, like SWAT or military use, for silent communication in situations like this. I also suggest carrying a tiny mirror for looking around corners stealthily and a small monocular for watching what security is doing from a distance or scouting the next building from cover.

really glad you guys haven't changed the intro music yet (I hope you guys never do), its too iconic at this point. keep up the good work guys and stay safe

Love this place. My lock screen is my and my girlfriend here. The church used to be so beautiful with the stained glass all over the ceiling and windows. It's a shame people came in about 2 years ago or so and smashed all the stained glass :(

When they showed the front of the building at 5:20 I expected some woman with a petition to start yelling "Save the clock tower!" Like Back To The Future 🤣

It would be neat if this place was turned into a public park with signs showing what it looked like before it closed.

I just read up on this abandoned place and oh my Lord, it is unfathomable what most of the residents went through here 😢😡 it really opens the eyes to how blessed and fortunate people with disabilities are in America. They’re accepted and not just dumped in an institution. I know there are still cases of neglect but overall society treats people with difficulties much better.

I’m a psychiatric nurse of 37 years and worked in one of the oldest psychiatric hospitals still functioning in Connecticut. It was a small city built in Middletown on the Connecticut river . Much of it is closed down but the buildings all remain because the historical society intervened when they were slated for demo. I was lucky enough to be friendly with one of the firemen and got to see the old operating room, morgue when they still had old body parts in brown jars . There are tunnels that run throughout the complex where they moved all the old records. They became unsafe because after the hospital was deinstitutionalised in the late 1980’s many patients were left homeless and lived in the tunnels, off medications and were violent . At onetime all the Beautiful grounds were maintained by patients. There was a large farm , huge gardens, a dress shop where patients made all their clothes simple frocks, leather shop that made all the shoes. There were huge greenhouses that grew all the gorgeous flowers that not only were all over the grounds but on the units. It was a city within a city. One of the first lobotomies in the country was performed there by the crazy Dr. Friedman . There were bathtubs in the basement where they did insulin shock theory, ice cold baths to “ shock and control violent patients”. The old buildings had the old cages in back where patients smoked and got fresh air . In the attics of the old buildings still had the places where violent patients were chained up before the “ discovery of Thorazine in 1955”. I was a brand new nurse when I started there. We all had to be placed in straitjackets as part of our orientation to see how heavy and hot they were. They were in the process of transitioning to 4 point leather restraints. I ran a unit that was a step down locked unit with patients from the whiting Forensic hospital located ion the grounds. They were all patients that had committed murder/murders that were found guilty but couldn’t go to prison because they were mentally ill. There is a cemetery located in the far back of the grounds where the patients were buried as families never claimed their family members .. all the graces are marked with a simple white pine wooden cross with their patient number no name or anything else.. when the hospital was running at its peek all the patients got up in the morning took their medications and went to their assigned job . Worked all day with the exception of lunch and breaks . They returned to the u it’s , had supper, medication and shower. They were tired, had purpose, something they could feel good about. When President Kennedy came into office he put a stop to mentally I’ll patients doing “ any kind of work without being paid a wage”. Because he had a interest in mental illness after his father had his beautiful sister Rosemary forded to undergo a lobotomy performed by Dr. Friedman resulting in her frontal love destroyed and her suffering a major stroke leaving her paralysis.. once patients were no longer able to work the units were all locked and remained that way. There was an increase in patient violence against staff and patients lost any hope. The beautiful greenhouses fell into disrepair and because they contained lead were destroyed instead of fixed. The farm animals were sold off , if patients didn’t have any family to drop off clothing they wore clothes donated by staff or old frocks . They had no shoes and were supplied with flip flops unless staff found some that would fit them from the large closets of donated clothing from staff and people in the community. Women often wore male underwear if that’s all we had that would fit them . It was the experience of a life time working there and 37 years later after a career of working in prisons, private, medical centers and the oldest still running private psychiatric hospital my years at Connecticut Valley remain my most gratifying and must cherished. My goal everyday was to complete a shift without anyone going into restraints or getting hurt.. and if I could make a patient smile or laugh it was a bonus.. watching these videos brings back so many memories.. we think we have advanced so much in the world of mental illness but we haven’t.. better medications maybe but ECT is still being done routinely and for many profoundly mentally ill people they need housing, medications given and proper food. When the hospitals were deinstitutionalisations the states promised group homes and community mental health centers for these people that many had spent their whole adult lives in a state hospital. They had no idea how to function much less live. One of my last memories was seeing a former female patient giving oral sex on the side of a building for a can of coke .. all these years later there are still no group homes, little to no community support and mental I’ll people going untreated or sitting in correctional settings.. 😢

Have been watching the channel for over 2 1/2 years I believe not100% sure, not a brag at all. I just like how their quality of the Excellent way they make you feel like you were almost right there with them. how it seems there is a certain calm when they walk through these places , that are dangerous af. I really appreciate the effort they put in. Keep it up

I visit regularly to observe the transformations season to season year to year. Can’t shake the sad feeling walking through endless graffiti and destruction every time, despite all the cool stuff still there.

Many things I like about this video! You were quiet and used stealth! You avoided making noise. You moved the camera's very slow, giving people time to look at the interiors, great drone images! Thanks!!

this is probably one of the most sought after abandoned locales in the entire United States. glad i got to visit myself. i believe opacity.us did this location also you guys might’ve seen it on your first visit, but the building that’s isolated alone in the NE corner and also on the east side, the building surrounded by barbed wire fencing with The Computer Room is definitely worth a visit.

I've had some problems with the 4 legged variety of security lol... Every time its the dang dogs. Awesome place you guys went to, such a shame it was so badly trashed but there were some pearls in there.

i live in maryland literally 15 mins from forest haven. i think it’s awesome y’all came down here to explore it ! i love going there any chance i get

I was just thinking about when you guys were going to upload an asylum video and this one came out today! I love these videos and the respect you two pay to the buildings. A lot of stuff happened in these old wards that is truly saddening, and the fact that you try to document the architecture and the real history just shows your maturity and makes you both so respectable! Can't wait for the next video and thanks for making me curious about this type of history.

So haunting and disturbing - Good Explore.

It would be cool if you guys could get reactions to your videos from some of the people who worked in these places. And/or overlay more images or videos of when the buildings were operational. Love your videos, longtime fan and thank you!

I really enjoy listening to the information you give about different areas you visit. Think you ever might make just listening videos about the areas? Things like history, advertisements, etc.

I always find it amazing that these places are still intact. But I also love the history behind these places.

Love these videos! When they visit old, abandoned high schools are my favorites. So much interesting history. Especially if they find old textbooks and stuff like that.

you guys always post on my days off work! A nice treat

good to see you guys back again looking forward to the next adventure.

I had a a project in the past that included stock footage of the main building. I always wondered what that building was. Thank you for this video.

Love when I get a notification of a new video from you guys. Love everything y'all do.

The window next to that exhaust thing on the last level visible at 11:28 looks like someone is standing in it and looks down on you. 😨

Please don't ever stop exploring!

Maybe you could do a story on Springfield Hospital in Sykesville, Maryland? It's now a police Academy, but many of the old original buildings are still standing.

I know it takes time and money for y’all to make these videos and I’m so happy to see y’all getting more out there

Imagine being a child, escaping from that children's prison in the middle of the night and having to sneak through these buildings while being chased by officers and dogs. Scary.

Is anyone coming here after watching that random game called "see you soon"? I wonder if that game was actually hinting that there is people there or just wants to freak people out

13:03 Panasonic VCR “omnivision” I still have mine and it still works on my old crt that I still have. It’s an antique and it’s nostalgic. The fact that it is $200 for the time is insane .

Finally got round to catching up on watching the video you guys out out & I really enjoyed this one I find other contury exploring so interesting! The cot at the beguin was spooky

Why have security guards there is nothing of value and the vandalism has already been done

Your Videos are perfectly edited to about half an Hour, most of the Time. But i really wonder...How much Time do you ACTUALLY spend in those Locations to Explore and Record?

By far, #1 exploration team ! Greetings from California.

What is with towns building schools nears abandoned large “asylums”? I used to live near the North Princeton Developmental Center, commonly referred to as the Skillman Asylum, and explored much of it (excluding the main asylum building as it had been demolished). There was a brand new elementary school built right in the middle of it, to the point where the fence of the playground literally went up to the porch foundation of one of the abandoned building. The porch was very high, about 8 feet or so and the steps were removed, but it was very odd to see an abandoned buildings front porch used as part of the fencing system for a playground. The little history I’ll give is that it was a self-sustaining compound with its own power plant, firehouse, school, etc. Basically it’s own little town. All of the buildings have now been demolished short of the main farmhouse I believe, and I do have pictures of inside the power plant somewhere but I’ve been unable to find them. It was by far the coolest building we explored

Can’t believe a game told us to come here

their CRUNCH CHOMP CRUNCH is a freaking eargasm

Wow this place looks absolutely amazing thanks guys

It’s got such a serene beauty to it in a decayed state, it almost makes you forget about the unspeakable and unpardonable horrors and suffering that went on in this place back in the day.

SEE YOU SOON!

I’d like to salvage those light blue/aqua tiles they’re so pretty it be nice to give them another life.

Always love your episodes lads, that intro/music could be the best ever made, keep exploring!

I appreciate the fact that you used stealth while in this place! I also liked that you didn't move the camera very fast. Your video is one of the few better ones on Forest Haven! Be safe out there.

"These stairs are in pretty bad shape. be careful!" proceeds to stand on broken stair and film it for 10 seconds

You guys should really revisit Kings Park. Specifically the less prominant buildings like the cottages and the Veterans Memorial section near the water.

That radiator (rhymes with gladiator) hanging under the stair landing, at 8:49, is frigging awesome! It stays out of the way of people, and transfers a good bit of its heat straight to the iron landing surface, which in turn radiates that heat, to heat the airspace above.

Have been watching yall for almost 6 years! Keep up the great work! Also its because of yall that I want to do sum urban exploration myself sometime. Live in st.louis,mo. There r lots of abandoned places around missouri.