My father worked there as a nurse until he had to retire due to going blind. I used to hang out at the cafeteria up that hill with the patients in the 70’s as a kid while my dad worked. My mom also worked there as a health care worker. Both of my parents have passed my father died Sept 2, 2022. This place was a huge part of my childhood. It taught me to learn how to respect mentally ill people

My mother was a patient there in the 60's nd was murdered there by a male patient in 1970 . I was conceived there also. This is no joke

Essondale seemed so ominous when I was a child in the 70's driving by with my parents. The street signs warning not to stop for patients, and seeing the old large buildings in the background.Thanks for doing the video, Nice job.

i grew up 5 min from there!! i used to take the bus through the grounds everyday to go to high school, i also used to play in the huge grounds especially on rare times when it would snow!!

I've worked here a lot in the film industry and spent a lot of time in the crease clinic, east lawn, and the exterior or the west lawn building. During the day it's not so bad but walking through the halls of the crease clinic at night with only a headlamp is pretty creepy. I walked through the 4th floor at night by myself and one of the old radiators in one of the rooms randomly switched on while I was walking by (it sounded like a light switch being turned on) and it freaked me out. Most of the buildings have asbestos in them still and some of the paint contains led which makes it quite a health hazard. Thanks for making This video I found it really interesting !!

I'd like to re shoot the documentary again for the full hour, with Interviews from Staff and patients, Upgraded my Camera gear recently to a Sony HDR AX 2000 with Sennheiser G3 wireless Mics,

I'm Now Go To Grave Encounters Hospital (Riverview) Good Bye ! 19.1.2018

is this grave encounters hospital?

Hey Glen look forward to investigating this historical location in the near future awesome. vid.

Really well done! Looks so creepy but very cool. I need to check it out!

If there's a DeathAwaits sign on the door you know you're fucked...

i was a patient here would you like to know a better view than a historical one.A view looking out especially the glorious view of the graveyard everyday waiting for you to be next

Great film

Heya Glenn. I was a patient at Centre Lawn in early 2009 for a few months. Dont worry, i'm ok now haha. Anyway my only complaint about the place was everyone was after my cigarettes, and they would often ask for puffs, I didnt like the idea of sharing so I would smoke it till I was satisfied and give them the rest. Oh yeah, being woken up at 7:15 AM every morning sucked too. Can't say I miss the place too much.

Where the hell are these poor souls to go....absolutely disgusting!!!

I went here at 3am with some friends and tried to find a way in with no luck. We did hear some really loud voices/yells inside that we couldn't make out what they were saying. Real creepy.

Informative. Nice work :)

thank you Craig

My moms friend took some pics of this place, she took one and then took a few steps back to take a bigger pic, the two where takin seconds apart. In the second picture there was something peeking out from a column, I zoomed way in on the pic and it was a clear image of what appeared to be a priest with a faint misty aura around it. It was creepy! And I'm going there today to take some pics!

this kind of surprised me with the Interest in this old hospital, but I can safely say this history intrigued me .

You can go and check grave encounter . This movie created here

I saw grave encounters movie. This hospital look same shown in movie. Is this the same hospital?

Some guy posted a video a while back as a drone view of the location, wouldn't mind making this into an episode with Interviews with staff and patients. Maybe get him to share some footage or shoot something new, Riverview is constantly evolving, still currently owned in a way by Hollywood north and the city of Coquitlam, the original building at west Lawn is in serious need of repair or demolition, would be nice if they put in an effort to showcase our history rather than tear it down for condo land :(

The thing that scares me is that i live near this house 😱

Definitely leaves you with your mouth open at the vastness of the location

Everyone around me says strange noises are coming from those hospitals. I don't know, but I think the stuff in the movie Grave Encounters is real.

Grave encounters?

I just walked through there today. Amazing architecture

what a beauty building ..if I got the money for buy ..its my new house ....my dream house ..nice video

Whereis this place?? Grave encounters??

My late sister was a patient there in the early 70s

Grave encounters is correct, most of the camera work was done in the Crease building, even though they showed them entering West lawn.

Great video Glen. Did you ever get a chance to see the museum display before it was packed away a year or two ago? There were some enlightening images and implements there, to say the least.

It may have already been mentioned but it was also used as a location in Battlestar Galactica, The Farm episode.

Here's a quick question, for those who have seen this video...do we preserve our heritage in B.C. Canada. or destroy it from existence, buildings like this are torn down to make room for valuable real estate, do we preserve our history?? buildings like this in Northumberland England are preserved for future generations to discover. What are your thoughts. ?

Yes !!

Grave encounters

en el minuto 2:51 si lo dejan en pausa se puede ver alguien en una ventana de la esquina de avajo

Yes

good luck with that Sleek, we cant, we're a society :), Jon W Would love to speak with you if possible

you can get as close as we did, however security do patrol on a regular basis, locals walk their dogs on the grounds'

all I see there is pain and suffering,

Coquitlam BC Canada.

They allowed to in or not

It is that Amanda

Has anyone who went there seen the wall where a patient wrote about demons?

Does the building still exist?

Death awaits ............

Arthur erickson designed this for vpd

I'm actually surprised at the interest in this location, I tossed the video together with the permission of the historical society otherwise my camera gear would have been seized ..

Is it visitable? :)

And now riverdale used it for the sisters of quiet mercy’s church.

The history tells an ugly story, mostly of our ignorance at the time. I worked here in the 60's. It stunk big time, literally. urine.. It was no less than shocking on my first entry. We didn't see "these people" in the streets in those days which is why I was so shocked. Fortunately, many have been able to manage their illness and live in society today, as a result of this place progressively closing and advancing treatments...but the need is still there, maybe more than ever. No. they are not haunted. The scary part was the living within those walls, (the poor souls!) and the treatments of the day, at that time, and. of course, the history. They are very old with VERY thick, disintegrating concrete walls and small metal framed window panes. Mostly ..they stunk. They need to be torn down. This property is much to valuable to BC taxpayers as a useful property. We bought it!!! We need to use it. Start somewhere..once again..........with kindness and true understanding.... and education! New structures, new jobs, and hope for people who suffer.

Our Current Government MUST Get their Heads OUT of their ASS and Re-open. Their Idealistic Interpetation Of social Integration isn't working.

ese hospital no era el de fenomeno siniestro

is all true as is said to have happened in the mental hospital? The films made ​​about the hospital there must be something behind them, as the man who "owned" the hospital in the movie. Has he been around for real? Is the hospital in the same place? Is there someone I can contact me for additional information about the hospital? It may have not only a myth, for example, in the movies, ok they ahr brainwashed people there and so on. What's his name who owns it in real life? Does it look the same as before, haunting it in the hospital?

Death Waits!

In 1960's

where is the location?

Sneak I mean ;)

One must consider the fact that it was originally an insane asylum, and truly at the lowest of times for care and understanding for the mentally ill. Historic perhaps, but not in a good way. We own this property and it should remain mental health and support services but not in these buildings. It is valuable property and sits alone like a little village. It could be a nice place for treatment(s). The need is horrendously high, although one must consider the fact that it was and is impossible to treat an active addict, and that is much more often the case of today. especially when one tries to keep the 'clean' and effectively treat psychiatric conditions. Human rights stepped in, years ago, and fractured this previous system. A much more modern and humane system needs to be created. It floors me that we care so little for our own,keeping them safe and keeping others safe from them, when needed. Does it cost any more than handing out welfare and dealing with public crime and drug problems..maybe yes, But, we are supposed to be civilized and caring.

It is not man's soul, haunting, it now haunts in the mental hospital, which it does. But in the Bible it says that the human soul does not remain on earth without going to heaven or hell. There are spirits from hell demons and so on. Those of you who think it's interesting should do more research on the Bible and what it says. Everything the Bible says is true, and will happen!