Footage Captured At This Abandoned South Carolina Hospital Is Truly Grim

In the early 1800s when the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum was built, the state was at the forefront of a new way of treating mental illness. The second of its kind in the states, this South Carolina hospital opened with the goal of not only treating patients who were deemed “insane,” but also curing them and sending them home. At the time, it was a radical “new” approach for an illness previously thought to be hopeless.

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At the outset, the small building constructed here between 1822 and 1827 was only meant to house a handful of patients at a time. However, both things changed over time; the building grew and so did the population. By 1929, after countless building additions and the construction of several auxiliary buildings, the patient population at this hospital had swelled to 4,598 patients.

Some patient "cures" and "treatments" at this facility over the years included lobotomies, insulin shock, shock therapy, and hydrotherapy where patients were subjected to hot or cold water for short or extended periods depending on their diagnosis.

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But that's all changed now, as this former insane asylum undergoes monumental renovations in a bid to re-purpose the property for other uses. YouTube user The Proper People entered part of the property (with one other person) last summer and caught some incredible footage of this abandoned property before renovation. Take a look.



Thanks again to YouTube user The Proper People for the awesome footage shown above!

This may be one of the last public videos captured at the former insane asylum known as the South Carolina State Hospital. The 181-acre campus is getting a new life after so many years of abandonment. According to The State Newspaper, the insane asylum’s bakery has already reopened as a computer coding school and will soon have other tecnnology-oriented neighbors. They also reported recently that the University of South Carolina plans to build a Medical School on this property in the next few years, and finally, a 10-screen movie theatre will be opening here sometime in 2018.

In a way, the new life being infused into this Bull Street complex is a way of honoring all those people who passed through the lunatic asylum.

Want to see more of this hospital before renovations? Only The Most Daring South Carolinians Would Enter This Abandoned Mental Hospital.