Hudson River State Hospital

Is in the brick building with 3 floors with the boarded up door and windows.. You people are something Else, all you guys want free info!!! If you people started from comment one and read them all you can find out a SH*# load of info and answer all your own questions!!!!!! Ill give 20$ tours hit me up!!!!!! NEW INFO THEY JUST SHUT EVERY DOOR AT THIS PLACE, EVEN THE STATE OWNED BUILDINGS THAT WERE BEING ON THE 9G SIDE AS OF JAN,2012 NOW 100% SHUT DOWN JUST IN PK JOURNAL!!!!!!!!!!! SO DEMO MUST BE IN THE SOON FUTURE FOR THE LANDS

Anyone tell me which building houses morgue? Also whats deal with tunnels for real..

Yes they cut out the pipes and make piles then carry them out to their cars or whatever they use to haul them away. It is a big business now since the price of copper per pound has increased to like almost $3.00 a LB. the tunnels I guess have been sealed up by the kirkbride as well last time we ventured up that way the tunnels opened right up into a pile of debris.

lololol

Hey, about the pipe robbers. The last time I went, I wasnt really sure if there was a pipe robber in the vicinity but I'd come across large pipes off the wall and on the ground. I thought maybe they were taking them down and leaving then to come back for later but we never actually ran into the person that left them there. In short, does metal pipes on the ground mean a robber is nearby or has everyone encountered these pipes? I surely would like to call the police to report robbery. Also, the tunnels, when I walked the tunnel, I think I was only in the one section between building 30, Ryon hall, Cheney and the kirkbride, but once you reach the kirkbride there is a gate welded. Where did you go that you saw collapses in the tunnel? Haven't been in since forever and only on my last trip did I find a tunnel entrance. All the outside tunnel entrances are welded shut too.

Well we recently hit up Hudson for our second overnight trip only this time things were different. The tunnels have been welded up tight in Cheney "the tall building" as well as the small two story building next to the Rec center that used to have easy tunnel access. We could not get into Ryan Hall to confirm if the tunnels have been closed there. The tunnels only lead from Cheney to Ryan Hall, and the small building right accross from cheney next to the Rec center and two small cotages then up to the Kirkbride where they get cut off from the collapsing floors due to fire damage. In a nut shell all the buildings have been boarded up pretty tightly and pipe stealers have begun the rage in the basements. My advice to anyone who comes accross pipe stealers is to go back to your cars, call the cops and dime there asses out. Anyone can hit me up at teamsilentstorms@gmail.com

People were asking me how I know about Ryon Hall beng for the violent patients and stuff. I did a lot of research and stuff that expanded well beyond your typical google search. What I found out about Ryon Hall was an excerpt from a book titled 'Acts of Conscience: World War II, Mental Institutions and Religious Objectors' by Steven J. Taylor. He spells Ryon Hall as Ryan Hall but specifically mentions HRSH, Poughkeepsie. I'm not sure what an MCC unit but he talks about having COs assigned to different buildings (corrections officers). this is going on in 1945. He says:

The COs were assigned to different buildings at the institution. One of them was Ryan hall, the building for disturbed and violent patients.... Regular attendants were brutal and cruel to patients: "hitting them, tapping their penis's with keys." COs went to administration to report abuse. Edwin Schrag recalled what happened:

"There was on one ward, especially, the disturbed ward, the violent ward, They sometimes called it, there as quite a bit of abuse of patients. They would torment the patients and get a big kick out of it. So some of us decided... We're going to talk to the authorities about this. Two of the fellows got pretty brave and, first, They went to our camp director.... They went to the personnel director... He says "this is going to the top," Dr. Ross, the superintendent of the hospital. So they went and this is exactly what Dr. Ross had been waiting for... He knew this mistreatment of patients had been going on, but somehow he cold never catch anyone... He called us in. There were four of us on that ward and we had to give him our story."

Long story short, they fired 4 of the regular attendants, it was the next biggest story in the Poughkeepsie newspaper the following day. 2 of the attendants were war veterans, one from wwI and the other in wwII. The book goes into possible patient abuse at other state hospitals and regular attendants being unionized and stuff. They called the incident the "Ryon Hall incident." I think this may be the only excerpt in this book about HRSH, but it goes on to say that a visit from the first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, and her secretary resulted in further investigation.

If this place is a state land mark or park or what ever they declared it then y is it against the law to go there? WTF I is there a huge plack thing on the kirkbride ? Who is gunna read it the deer that walk around or mabey some birds? Like WTF can I hop in the civic and take a tour and learn some shit ? Or mabey that beat up pickup truck can give me a ride through this place all am saying is I'd like to go and take some pics without getting chased by so underpaid guy with a flashlight on his family sedan ... Poughkeepsie is boaring as hell would it kill the to let me see this place... Who even owns this place now?

No, we didn't see a soul-- alive or otherwise!

How was this found out about Ryon hall? they did not put out to much on this place.... I love the sing going in to the one court yard in the middle of the place that reads just as you open the door to go out "keep this door closed, this door is keep closed for YOUR safety!! or something real close to that.

So did you run into Johnny Law? The cops are always patrolling and hanging around Home Depot, it's like they can sense a potential trespasser. Anyway, the Cheney Building was mostly a medical building where they did scans, X-rays, gynecological stuff. I'm sure they had outpatient stuff too. Ryon Hall is where they kept the criminal and violent mental patients. Or at least that's what I heard. They did lobotomies and electroshock therapies there.

My friend and I went there for the first time earlier this week (we're from the area). After reading how well patrolled the place is, we should have been more careful. We parked and Home Depot and walked up the access road (I'll use the old rail tracks next time). We explored half the perimeter of Cheney (which I'm assuming is the tall one). Found an entrance pretty easily and ended up in the basement. We also saw the first and second floors. In the basement, we found a room with 1950s medical dictionaries, floppy disks, and old typewriters, and a room with maybe 150-200 bed frames. Don't remember what was on the first floor, but the second floor had what looks like a large sitting area, and a room littered with papers-- a patient record from 1995, Poughkeepsie Journal ads from 2000, Nynex bills from '97, a promotional guide for a '98 Accord and a computer monitor. Also on that floor, was a room where medicine seemed to be stored, button-down shirts laying everywhere, Dell boxes, and a Daily News from February 2001 which was the newest thing I saw (did the building really dilapidate that much in 12 years?). Running out of sunlight, we went to the rec building and got in easily. Saw the auditorium (my flashlight was dying, though), the pool (vile!), 50s-looking lunch counter and bowling alley. I'd like to see more of Cheney. What were Cheney and Ryon used for? Administration? Housing?

Went up a few weeks ago and cant find a way into the vheney building . anyone have a solution to this or any other info or stories contact me!! af1king845@yahoo.com . check out youtube video,search af1king845 .

Ya ur wright it Jaipur that big so hey what about that big blue building next to hydepark drivein movies it's like an old farm building If u can get in there that would be legit ....

Went up there and the place certainly is not like Fort Knox. I didn't see any patrols and there was access to many of the buildings. No squatters or pipe-robber encounters. Just a quiet trip. Finally found access to the tunnels, thanks to whoever wrote out the directions on the walls, sadly, the kirkbride entrance is blocked off still, somehow, I feel it's for the better. The building seems to have fallen into deeper disrepair. Did they strip off the rest of the roof or did it cave in? The male ward just looks like an empty topless shell now. I noticed some damage to the female wings' roof too, you can see it on the satellite view of google maps. Fun.

Its only 1 room,not much exploring and kind of pointless aside from the spray paint on everything...

Try the place behind half time ...

I need some new places around upstate Ny to go to, check out my faceBook @ Urban Xploration or my YouTube channel @ ThisJustIn4ec. Let me know about some now spots, Im not a cop, dont roll with the cops, and there aint a cop i like.

First of the Year! Anyways, planningq night time trip soon.

I did not add my to December 30, 2011 - 13:54 lol did i make my point?

This is wardy!! I am just saying I will not write another comment on this page. I will be on youtube from now on. IDK mabey i will check back one day, BYE!

You guys are so funny!! Now you are trying to be me lololol WOW... Just look at all my comments they have something that the person who tried to be me was not even smart enough to put!! but I SHOULD be worried about that lol. WOW this is fun. Now i get a follower lol.. THIS IS WARDY!! It sounds like the person who put this up is the looser trying to set people up!! WOW GET A LIFE, lets just say I see every time someone goes on a patrol!! 2 word Trail cam!!!! every time you pass my sweet spot it take a pic and send it to my cell phone LOLOL I am always one step ahead. The reason I am saying this is because I have a new way to keep my eyes in back of my head now!! You will never get me but if it makes you feel better so be it. Lets look FINE=300$ trail cam=200$ I am still ahead. I just take pics and videos. You are waisting your time on me YOU will never know if i am there unless you see me, and that will NEVER happen....I am almost done with this place anyway, I came to see every inch of this place and i am about 75% done. I have gone twice since 12/20/11,, WHERE WERE YOU?

This is wardy that one TTT was not me lol WOW!!

Last time I went was good except when we got back to are cars there was a cop wating for us by are cars -_- (dam church) but ya it was quiet bu in one of the videos on YouTube a civic roles bye him when he's looking out the window at it I was like O.o WTF y is a car randomly taking a cruise through there? Lol

Wardy your a funny guy ya that's alot of desk work for a lil fine lol I was gunna go but sadly I got really sick so idk when I'm going next .. Well if u got any videos pleas post them on utube I'd like to watch them.. Thanks.. Btw does any one know if there's 24/7 patrol on this place?

If there are people on this site, or on youtube Trying to catch trust passers,, I AM SURE THEY CAN DO IT SOME WAY!!!!! BUT MAN IT WOULD TAKE TIME!! LOLOL. Just look at it for this end, IF HE OR THEY CAUGHT ME FOR INSTANCE. JUST TO FIND OUT WHO I AM IS A JOB IN ITS SELF AND THEN HE HAS TO PROVE I WAS THERE AND I AM THE ONE WHO SHOT THE VIDEO... THEN HE WOULD NEED A SEARCH WARRANT TO RETAIN THESE VIDEOS (THAT I HAVE ON A FLASH DRIVE!!) WELL LETS JUST STOP THERE, HE WILL NEVER GET TO THAT POINT!!! NO COP WILL COME IN MY HOUSE!! LOLO JUST ALLOT OF NONSENSE TO DO FOR A tops 300$ FINE LOLOL..SO (T) If you talk to him, tell him, I (WARDY) HAVE THE EVIDENCE HE SHOULD BRING THE CRIMINAL TRUST PASSER LOLOLOLO I DO THIS ALL FOR FUN AND THIS IS PART OF THE FUN, ME WATCHING SECURITY AND THEM WATCHING MY YOUTUBE LOLOLOL IT IS SO FUNNY... """ A NATION OF SHEEP BREED A GOVERNMENT OF WOLVES!!!!" LETS TOUGHEN UP!!!

He saw you on utube or on here .. Idk btw happy holidays evreyone .. I would like to join u one day I got some cool toys to try out in this place lmao.. Infa red lights night vision and so on.. Plus you seem to know this place better that any one else .. If u wanna chill give me ur email and I'll hit you up .. And to evreyone good luck and happy hollidays .

T, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS. THERE ARE NOT TO MANY PEOPLE, IF ANY THAT WILL STEP UP AND BE THE BIG PERSON.. MY HAT'S OF TO YOU!!!!! WELL the one who tried to set you up is a looser and needs to get a life.. "THEY NEED TO WALK A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND MESS WITH THE CRACK HEADS"!! I wanna know how he knows me? or of me? BUT I COULD CARE LESS LOL.. IF HE GETS ME ILL BE FIGHTING THE TICKET AND GOING BACK THE NEXT DAY!!!! I GO TO TAKE PICS AND EXPLORE. if he wants to catch people DESTROYING THIS PLACE tell him to sit between the rec and Cheney in the courtyard "THEY ARE THE PEOPLE MAKING THIS PLACE SO HOTTTTTTT" I am just glad it is not so bad where i am yet!!!
O and you want me to do the rec, I WILL!! I like the risk "IT GETS MY BLOOD GOING A LITTLE lol. I have been in the house next to the little shed the guy sits in by rt9.....
I WILL REDO ALL MY VIDEOS IN HD SOON...THANKS

Wardy I saw ur new did riding around part 2 or something it was good I can wait for part 3 hope there is one in the making and tahat was me who thought u were a nark some one told me that u were but turns out he's runnin with security so my bad On that he tried to set me up .. -_- my bad .. Just wrighting my wrongs .. Again my bad but I'll email u when I get the chance we should meet there some time I like all the places u find .. If u ge a chance can u do a vid of the rec center when u get ur HD camera ? Thanks .. Again my bad

PEOPLE JUST MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THIS IS LOCKED UP LIKE FORT KNOX!!!!!! Well all i can say is, I stumbled on a few places That I thought were posted. It turns out you can spend a day exploring, going in and out of random buildings, AND MIGHT I ADD. I DID NOT TRESPASS OR GO ANYWHERE THAT US!!! THE PUBLIC WOULD GET MESSED WITH FOR GOING IN......WOW!!! Look at that!!!, Wardy AKA the "nark" telling people where to go WITH NO COPS OR POSTED SINGES LOLOL I DO THIS FOR FUN!!!!!!!! I put a video up check it out.... SO,,,,, IF YOU HAVE A SET OR JUST GREW A BIGGER ONES MESSAGE ME ON YOUTUBE AND TELL ME HOW YOU GUYS/GIRLS DO WHEN YOU GO!! WELL thanks for reading and happy trails..

PEOPLE JUST MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THIS IS LOCKED UP LIKE FORT KNOCKS!!!!!! Well all i can say is, I stumbled on a few places That i thought was posted. It tturns out you can spend a short day exploring, going in and out of random biuldings, AND I DID NOT TURST PASS OR GO ANYWHERE THAT US!!! THE PUBLIC

sooo i was goin thru there a few weeks ago and found a room full of free food some pot and sleeping bags. needless to say there not there anymore

IF YOU SEE SHOOK YOU ARE IN THE NEWEST PLACES ON THE GROUNDS" LOOK OUT THEY ARE HEAVILY PATROLLED because that is where everyone goes there first time, even i did""!!! Ryon hall, Cheney, the rec center, and a few tunnels down around them.. Where I go the TAGGER WOULD BE """HOMOPEX""" SMALL TAGS AND EVERYWHERE. THAT IS IT!! I DON'T CARE WHO SHOOK IS!!!!!!!!!

IF YOU SEE SHOOK YOU ARE IN THE NEWEST PLACES ON THE GROUNDS" LOOK OUT THEY ARE HEAVILY PATROLLED because that is where everyone goes there first time, even i did""!!! Ryon hall, Cheney, the rec center, and a few tunnels down around them.. Where I go the TAGGER WOULD BE """HOMOPEX""" SMALL TAGS AND EVERYWHERE. THAT IS IT!! I DON'T CARE WHO SHOOK IS!!!!!!!!!

Yea he will never say who he is lol. thatll be a long time in jail. he cleary goes there a lot tho,i went for my first time yesterday..it was everywhere lol. cool place tho

Oaj!!! I will get you into a basic place so you can get intuned and chill out for a few minuets ((( OAJ knows i have an inside that worked there for 40 years!! AND BLUE PRINTS of quit a few buildings))) I DO HAVE PROOF!! but it is safe with me, it wont get out BUT ONCE IN A BLUE MOON . I met these 3 guys from the city that were photographers. I Just show the safe places AKA "WHERE YOU SEE SHOOK tags" from granny". I Don't even think about getting cough anymore, I have been there so many times and seen no patrol But they are there!!! trust that.. When your inside almost any building If you get cough you must have stunk as a kid lol IT IS JUST LIKE A CRAZY GAME OF HIDE N SEEK!!!! FUN FUN.. When i am in here i just Patric my sniper skills as in, I see you but you don't see me lol JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW!!! I go in a way that i found, WITH NOT ONE NO posted SING UNTIL YOU GET to A BUILDING..... THERE ARE WAYS AROUND EVERYTHING. The thing to do is do it better then most of the rest!!! Check out thegar1111 @ youtube you can find out a few things about this place If you have a question just ask i OOOO UNLESS YOU THINK I AM A NARK LOL DONT ASK!!

I agree with Wardy about the point of urban explanation and it's meaning. I just want to say that in my own backyard I have the glenwood power station and the abandoned Boyce Thompson institute. Neither are comparable to a state hospital but they pose their own unique challenges and dangers. I know them both like the back of my hands and I know tons of entryways, I've even been confronted by police and I know that the cops won't come into buildings to get you or wait all day and night for you to come out, but for me to get in my car and drive an hour to explore HRSH is a hassle and it's an even bigger pain when I get there and cannot find any entryways and always worrying about possibly being arrested.

I don't think there is anything wrong with people asking information, though it is cheating, I do want to make the most out of my trips and see everything without being arrested, paying fines, having to worry about my car and getting home, etc.

Going up for a visit friday,midday if anyones going to be there contact me!! dont be affraid lol af1king845@yahoo.com Youtube.com>> af1king845. hudson river state hospital. Have fun!

I know who shook is it's a girl ... It just so happens to be my grandma ... Lmao idk if shook is on here but he's not gunna announce who he is.. He can go to jail lmao that shots not just there it's EVREYWHERE .. Iv Sean it all over

sorry that was my 3rd time writing that long thing! I never hit spell check.I was just fed up with writing this over and over
"This is just a t!" i meant to say thread.
"FULL OF DRAMA WHEN IT IS ME FOR FUN" when it is meant for fun.

NOW MY TURN TO DEFEND!!! AND TO END ALL THE RUMORS!!! MADE BY ONE PERSON LOL THIS SITE IS URBAN EXPLORATION!!!! THIS IS WHAT IS ABOUT!!!!! this is my 3rd time writing this!!

SENSE YOU GUYS cant do the WORK FOR yourself Ill HELP YOU RIGHT OFF THIS SITE LOLO

What is urban exploration?

Urban exploration. It goes by many names such as UE, UrbEx, Infiltration, and Reality Hacking. It is all about going into places you are “not supposed" to go. Urban exploration has 2 different meanings for me:

The first one is related to the city we live in. We are enclosed, almost entrapped, in this urban environment. We follow the streets guided by the paths that are drawn, no chance to escape our average everyday existence. Urban exploration is the research, documentation, escape, exploration, and mapping of these forbidden spaces that include maintenance or service areas, utility tunnels, abandoned buildings, such as mental institutions, and basically any place where the everyday public are not supposed to be. Open a door, cross a fence, or sneak into a hole and you visit the world of Urban Exploration. You have left the normal world, you are exploring.

The second meaning is related to the abandoned places or utility tunnels themselves. Sometimes these hulking structures lay rotting in the middle of the city and sometimes they are in the quiet suburbs abandoned and waiting in silence. These are places isolated from the “normal” world, places most people will never venture into or see. This what drives you to these forbidden places and changes everything in your reality with your first step forward. With that step you are in, you are exploring.

SO TO ALL WHO KEEP TALKING ABOUT GETTING ARRESTED!!! SORRY TO TELL YOU THIS BUT IF YOU WANNA HAVE FUN AND SEE THIS STUFF your going to have to grow a set and stop being a follower!!!!!!! EVEN IF YOU GET ARRESTED IT IS A SLAP ON THE WRIST O THAT MIGHT BE TO REAL FOR AN INTERNET TOUGH GUY!!OR GUYS

TO TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN!!! "Not trying to start shot just throughing it out there ... So just watch ur back on who u meet .. U get caught in there ull be lookin crispy..." JUST KEEP TALKING crap About ME, This is just a t! good for you.. I STILL GO EVERY WEEK!!!!! TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE SHOOK!!!! LOL.. THIS IS KINDA LIKE FACE BOOK LOL FULL OF DRAMA WHEN IT IS ME FOR FUN

Check the youtube for proof that i am a "nark!!!!!! thegar1111 on youtube lolololol this is fun I am a lover not a fighter lolol THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN,,,,

A NATION OF SHEEP

BREEDS A GOVERNMENT OF WOLVES!!!!!

I haven't been up in so long, but because this thread is so public, and I am paranoid about people posting, I strongly recommend that anything regarding possible entrances and stuff be shared through private emails and stuff, simply because we don't want to lose anymore possible entry ways. I still have no idea how thegar1111 on YouTube managed to get into the female ward, i spent hours in the dark trying to find ways into buildings and my most discouraging thoughts were always based around getting caught. I don't wanna believe law enforcement has the time and energy to watch this thread but the possibilities are endless. My email address is OjaFunaho@msn.com. Share the information with me, pleeeeaaasssseee!!!!

Sorry NO HELP FROM THIS END!!!! YOU GUYS WILL GET IT LOL

Can someone who know this place help me? How do you get into the huge chenney building? My old way in is welded shut boardsld2@aol.com Thanks guys! as far as the graffiti most is indeed shit,the pool ones are nice tho& "shook" is just in so many places eveywhere i look. Guys got to some crazy places and dangerous ones at that. Who is this guy,anyone know? Glad to see so much activity on this thread again!!! keep it up

I concure. I thought about meeting up with people to have a guide, but then I thought again about people setting you up to get busted. Same thing with announcing when you're going on the websites, that's dangerous too. Anyone ever run into the squatters? Some squatters are wow creepy, theyll stalk you, others will actually talk to you about stuff, but in any case, squatters?

Listen If you are going to tag something MAKE IT GOOD!!! like the guy that did the one where the pool is Or the bowling alley, Why Are you guys Just putting your name in some paint!!!! YOU MAKE THE PLACE LOOK LIKE SH*T OBVIOUSLY YOUR YOUNG AND THAT IS OK BUT TRY TO TAKE JUST PICS AND LEAVE JUST FOOTPRINTS!! NOT TRYING TO PREACH JUST HATE TO SEE OLD PLACES LIKE THIS MESSED UP IN A SHORT TIME...

I heard that wardy is a nark and if u meat him u get set up and arrested .... Not trying to start shot just throughing it out there ... So just watch ur back on who u meet .. U get cought in there ull be lookin crispy... So keep an eye over ur shoulder ... That's all and if ur reading this " shook one " what's good dought ull see this... Stay gangsta..

Hey, I think there was a cemetery, when they started expanding and building new buildings up on the hill they unearthed some bodies from the old cemetery, I don't know what they did with the bodies but they built on the land over the cemetery.

To all that rely know about this place!!!!! Can someone help me Why is there no cemetery???? Did they cremate all that died?? I was just thinking every place like this has a cemetery except this on????????????

Really alnert, you heard that nothing wardy says is true? and where did you hear that from? Yeah, that's what I thought! Maybe you just have a hard time believing there are still good guys out there, but there are, and wardy is a prime example!

Hey Brandon

Okay, im going there soon for a second view, sober i might add, at least twice this week. some things id like to do or know: who is shook, is he just a tagger or does he have a story to be told. how can i talk to Ms. K. L. Hiatt. oh and i forgot what else

anyone go this week?? couldnt make it up there how is it,any new ways into cheney? af1king845@yahoo.com

Awesome, Wardy, I'm planning a trip in the near future and would love to get as much out of it as possible, I'm even interested in seeing Hillcrest too. I would love it if Kathy emailed me too about more of her experiences, my email address is OjaFunaho@msn.com

alnert? you no nothing about me!!! I have never talked to you!!! BUT YOU KNOW "nothong wardy says is true,kinda sketchy to meet up with a random guy" Ya a random guy, good job sense i have never meet you, There are a few people i have helped through this place lolol. The friends on my you!!! they are mostly people that live in walking distance from this place and go all the time!!! Everything about me is on the Internet I have nothing to hide unlike you fake people who talk sh*t but never STEP UP!! go figure!!! That IS HOW PEOPLE AROUND HERE ARE WE ALL KNOW THAT LOLOL WELL IN CONCLUSION I GO ALL THE TIME, NOTHING PEOPLE SAY WILL CHANGE THAT.. O AND I DO HAVE PEOPLE TO VOGUE... AND I DO HAVE TO SAY TO WHAT WAS SAID FROM THE SPELLING ASPECT, THAT COMMENT WAS MADE BY THIS WANNA BE JOHN FROM PK JUST A LOOSER WHO WISHES HE COULD SEE WHAT I DO.

OJA!!! Ya i talk to that lady who wrote that book almost every day!! she reeds this. I have to find a place that she was in, That is one of the 3 i have to get in...OJA E-mail me I will be able to help, YOU SOUND REAL!!!!

To the construction worker..... Were you the guys working by Brook Side and the old church? I saw you but Never thought it would be cool to come up to you like that lol I was in the firehouse. Is the work done??? I have not seen any movement sense 3 or 4 weeks ago

PS... Shook seem to have gotten in that many places at all Just the NEWEST STUFF ON THE GROUNDS AND SOME TUNNELS I DON'T TAG!!!

I did construction up there not too long ago maybe a month or two ago. Everywhere i look i see graffiti the same stuff might i add SHOOK. all over my machines,every buillding,rooftops. anyone know the significants of this SHOOK or who he is?? a few griends of mine who explored the place say its in almost every building as well.

I heard nothong wardy says is true,kinda sketchy to meet up with a random guy id say...

I've scoured the Internet and I've learned much about the history and stuff. I've seen some maps but nothing helpful in identifying buildings and tunnel entrances. I even bought that book "Turning 15 in the Loony Bin". It sounds pathetic but I want to know everything and i want all I can get, darn it, every time I go I try to get into the female ward and the building, I think I'm so afraid of getting caught that I don't always see the entrances. It takes me an hour to get up there and even still, I go late at night because it's easier to hide. I've only been in the Cheney building and if I go up again I want to make the best of the trip and see it all. I wish I lived closer... Sigh

If you look on the Internet There are tuns of places on the web with the history and pics from day one... WITH MAPS!!!! I WILL NOT TELL WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE... FOR ONE REASON THIS PLACE IS GETTING FU@#*D UP!!! not due to time!! just take pics and videos and do you ghost thing. If you can show me some good pics or videos, we can meet i will show you some things!!! I AM going soon i will have videos of 3 places, I CAN BET nobody has been into wreck things and if they have it was a long time ago!!!! one is still in use..... if you want to have a good time find out the crazy history of this place first you will have the big piture of The Hudson River Psychiatric Center and then you will be able to see it all it is just to big..

Is there a tunnel entrance open to the grounds? I've walked all over the place and all I've found so far was a hole in the ground for a tunnel you cannot stand up in.

ok so when i went there with some frens, we walked on the highway until no cars came then ran in and hid behind that shed thingy. if you look inside it theres this red light blinking and you can make out a sort of device thats prolly a security unit maybe even with someone there... so when i went inside we went thru the cheney building as i learned, and word, some car came later on with lights watching the place and later on came around on patroll and later when we left there was this suv parked in the front i was like wtf. word but cool place tho. if only someone could make a map of the buildings and where things are at. lmao but on the rooftop there is othing like the view!!! you just have to maneuver thru that hole in the cage thingy. wow, but all those rooms were really interesting. sadly i only got to see the basement, the first floor and the rooftop.

I go over once or twice a week and know of a few others like that. As for the cameras!!! I think that was bullshit, so that you would come to some place like this!! to brag, so they could try to slow people down. As many times as i have been there I have only seen someone patrolling once. AND I GO UP FOR FULL DAYS AT A TIME, You can see where they drive. I am not saying it is not being patrolled, Just not as much as people talk. O and by the way there are so many ways in this place!! WITHOUT BREAKING IN! I HAVE OVER 6 WAYS IN THE TUNNELS. IF PEOPLE GO STOP BREAKING THINGS YOU ARE MESSING IT UP FOR ALL!!!!! check out THEGAR1111 @ youtube to see

I haven't been here on the grounds in almost a year and the last few times we went, the cops were stalking us all over the place. It was aggravating, they were so busy watching us, a group of 20 kids went in and were breaking stuff, and carrying on, I think they got busted. I've only been inside the Cheney building and didn't find the entrance to the tunnels. I could not find a way into the old main building, which was a huge disappointment. Security came driving through only once, but never late at night, not that I've seen, any who, reading about people getting arrested and charged put me off of the place for the summer, better to go after a big snow.

I don't know about any cameras, just the same as motion trackers, they say that stuff to scare people, I doubt there are any real cameras.

I went IN October and went inside threw a ground level window didn't know there were cameras or so the "owner" said as my friend and I were walking out and back to where we parked at home depot this guy came speeding up and said he saw us on camera and had the cops on the way...lol we talked our way out of it but later thought about it and anyone could have been in there kinda stupid for two girls with no weapons walking around a huuuuge abandoned hospital....coulda been crackheads squatters ECT...on the way out when we were looking for the same window we came in we heard a bunch of noise down the hallway "/ scary stuff....i'd go back LOL

Anyone been there lately?? let me know how its been!! af1king845@yahoo.com

Havent been there in like 2 months. anyone been there lately, is there still construction going on?? any new ways in??

What did evreyone on hear die? Why no posts?

WOW A tag is your NAME or AKA WHAT PEOPLE CALL YOU..... are you trying to be cool? BROTHER

I was looking through the pics from when i went over Halloween. I saw A Crazy mist in one pic. the lens was not dirty i have Manny pics seconds before and seconds after and nothing!!!!!!!! E-mail me and ill send it if you wanna see it. I wanna know what you guys think... I went for my B-day 11-11-11 in the Main kirk building WOW Lots of doors slamming and talking that sounds like it is so far away O and just all kinds of noises I THINK 80% OF IT WAS WIND. The more i go over the more I see AND I HAVE A VERY OPEN MIND... I just don't know. THAT SONG SUCKS!!!!

trust me youve never met him... Mobb Deep uhhh!

Son they shook
'cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
scared to death, scared to look
they shook
'cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks
scared to death, scared to look
They shook

That's a good song

I met him once and want to talk to him again. So e-mail me who are you????

What?? i just want to know who it is,or why youu want to know too?? lol if you find outt let me knowwe

ITS NOT THAT EASY........ MR.?

Whos "shook" ? i always see that aroundd this place.

Shook hit me up if your around. Wardyward1184@yahoo.com.

Brandon i have been over every inch of this place and have never seen this secret building. I have also spent alot of time in the tunnels and have not discovered it,if im missing something let me know please!! if you want to meet up and go around also let me know! Af1king845@yahoo.com .

Hay HVPC DIscoverys, All i have learned has came from the head of ground that worked there for 50 years. There Is one big secret building I cant say if it is underground or above but it is a military building 100% in use!!!!!! THEY HAVE KEEP IT QUIET FROM DAY ONE....HERVEY SURETY... THE GUY TOLD ME HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GO THERE THAT WAS NOT MILITARY AND HE HAD SOMEONE WITH HIM EVERY STEP!!!! CRAZY SHIT.... but anyway It is a maintenance tunnel and they did not do anything with the patients down there maybe transport once in a wile , The only thing i can say Is the Main Entrance to the tunnel's, It is OPEN and does not get use much Because people Don't think it is one of the cool buildings and is off the beaten path lol I Like to see it all.

I go over at least once a week, well i went for a recon to see how the construction is going. Still going on, looks like they are about to rap it up. I have the best way in and out......TO THE BACK OF THE MORGUE, I have a few older videos up on youtube from 2 months ago. I will not go around there the week of Halloween THE COPS ARE BAD and the campus PO have the same authority the cops do within 3 miles of the campus. That is law so look out for them to, they are not just flashlights up there lol.Check out my youtubes search thrgar1111 and you will see my videos. I will be doing more for my B-DAY 11-11-11 I WILL BE THERE ALL DAY.. I AM 420 FRIENDLY

Whos going up this weekend for hallowenne let me know on here!!! or email me boardsld2@aol.com. trying to get a group together,we need more people get everyone up there!!

Anyone know anymore ways in?? We found one but im not sure how long itll last for. Anyone gboing up for halloween or plan on going this weekend?? Let me kno af1king845@yahoo.com

Everything has been blocked by welded steal but there are still many ways in on the side with ladders. also the entrance 2 the tunnel is in the ryon building downstairs then take a left in the big hallway walk like 20 feet and take a left. At the moment it welded closed. Post if you get it open!

Me and some frends visited went on the top roof and I guess some one stole or took off the big ac vents .. Any ways saw SHOOK all over the place "as usual" ... Can someone pleas get back to me tell me a good way to get in it's locked up pretty well ... Btw the police are watching this place now probley cause the construction goods are geting stolen... Well that's all btw I hear they are are gunna take it down I hope they don't.. Well ya get back to me on the ways in...

Hey Jim, do you remember the bowling alley on 9 and Albany Post Rd. I think it may be where Mikes Auto Center is now. When I was in Hillcrest School For Children, we would sneak up the hill, turn right on 9 and walk a couple of blocks to the bowling alley to buy cigarettes. I think it would be easy to get in that way if someone wanted to explore. If you wear a hard hat and work boots, no one would even give you a second glance.

Check out my new book, Turning 15 In The Loony Bin, on the Published Author kathylhiatt.blogspot.com and on You Tube. I was 14 when I was sent to the Hudson River State Hospital after being brutally raped. Was I crazy? Let's just say, in those days law enforcement had way too much power. I spent 7 months in that hell hole and probably would have remained there until they closed their doors had I not run away from home on a home visit.

I just moved to the Poughkeepsie area after traveling the US exploring. I had no idea that this was here and really want to check it out. I am hoping that someone from this site can find me that has already been and knows the in's and out's. I can be contacted at capitalsolutionsnow@gmail.com anytime. My intentions are purely to appreciate this amazing structure before it's gone. I look forward to hearing from you!

My father was the head cook at Ryan Hall. It primarily housed folks from Dutchess County. He worked there from the time he got back from WW2 until he passed away in 1972. Used to take me there when I was a kid. I remember the whole site very well and used to take the short cut through the grounds to get from RT 9 to RT 9G when I went to college. It was a scary place for a youngster at times. Still remember the smell of the big institutional kitchen where dad worked.

found out that my grandmothers sister was put up their in the 50s in the Cheney building.Reason for her stay which my aunt recently told me about was that she liked to sleep around and her parents thought she had a problem so off she went for many years.I can remember going up their visiting her with my mom in the mid 70s when i was about 8 years old .When i use to go and visit my grand parents on weekends when i was older she would be their just sitting in the chair asking anyone who was at the house for a dollar . I can remember her just repeating it over and over got a dollar, got a dollar that was some freaky stuff seeing that as a kid .I always wondered what happened with her and now i know.Just a prime example of some one that wasnt crazy and being put in the psych center and the stuff they did back then in them places like shock therapy etc. became crazy .Im sure that happened to many people back then , just put them away and let them stay and look what happened.

I wonder why they suddenly decided to crack down on this place so hard...

I was there a little more than a week ago all of the openings are being covered the tunnel entrance from kirkbride has been closed up and coverd with miscellaneous steel pieces and all of the windows with mesh screens have been replaces with hardwire screens and metal parts have been put up over every window opening making it harder to get in if your skinny you can still squeeze in and there are still openings around in hidden places some are unknown still but if you want to go i recommend going now AT NIGHT! daytime is too risky there are people working on it in the daytime now you can tell because there are huge machines everywhere and the gates are open during the day for the trucks to get in but if you wanna go yet again go at night this place is being shut down tight theres almost no way to get in which sucks if your there to walk around then your good but the one room that hasnt been covered yet is the morgue hope this helps

mike 845 leave me a post if you want to go up this weekend

this weekend want to arrange something?

Was just around there last week. Two men pulled up in a white pick up truck. One person got out and stated he was the owner and we were on private property. Luckily we were not arrested. Security is tight up there now. Disappointing as we've never been inside.

anyone interested in going up soon AT NIGHT havent been up their in a long time.leave me a post here.

Hey guys does anyone know if they're still doing construction with the fire hydrants or how long they will be there for?? Any information regarding that would be greatly appreciated!! Please e-mail me @@ af1king845@yahoo.com , if Antibes trying to go in the near future please let me know asap. Have a skeleton key for a few locked doors I want to try and open.

If you see pipe stealers or scrappers best bet is to rat em out! All they do is destroy the place and ruin it for everyone else. Not to mention the noise they make attracts uneeded attention to others in the vicinity. Do as you will but make sure you have a mask on to suck up all the asbestos they realease as they rip off pipes. My most recent expedition we ran into them below us in a building and could not call the cops for two hours until they left, alot of good it did then since we would have busted ourselves calling any earlier.

Your welcome Sam ..

Went there today for my first venture into the tunnels. There was a white truck on patrol, but it was easy enough to get around. Met some scrappers too, they seemed chill but I didn't dare ask about it cause they had box cutters. I just left em alone. Props to whoever painted the arrows, they really help.

I can just bet you that they are putting in new fire hydrants and what not due to all the fire/arson that keeps hitting the place.

Went back last week for a while,theres tons of construction vehicles putting in new fire hydrants and water pipes,it looks like theyre redoing them all so they might be there for a while. On the way out the back we had to run from a K9 sheriff ,hit the woods and made it out fine althogh he did stay around for a few minutes with his searchlight on. Anyone willing to go one night maybe in a few weeks or so?? hit me up, af1king845@yahoo.com . anyone have more details on the construction in there,please e-mail me

Hey guys!! went back last night had a great time,got into a few new buildings but i noticed construction on the grounds as well. I also noticed just about everywhere i looked i saw the graffiti of "SHOOK" on the ground,on the doors,deep in tunnels,even on the roof where i have noooo idea how he got there!! for the most part it was pretty good,wish i knew who it was since everytime i go back he has more pieces around. Anyone else seen his work?? Oh,i have heard from my friends that theres 2 cops parked outside the rear and front enterance,who knows who they hjave inside but definalty watch out for the construction workers