A History Abandoned: Episode One (Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital)

There’s a growing urban exploration movement in American cities today. People are going into abandoned spaces to reclaim their local history. These adventurers find one another online anonymously to trade information about how to locate and enter these off-limits buildings. Vocativ decided to dig into this world and follow explorer and researcher Will Ellis (creator ) into three deserted facilities to uncover how mental illness and homelessness were handled in the not-so-distant past.