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Byberry

One of Philadelphia’s crown jewels is slated for destruction. Eastern State Penitentiary’s larger, scarier and crazier cousin to the North, Byberry Mental Hospital will be demolished later this year. The Byberry complex is actually a series of 20 or more buildings spread across an enormous campus and linked by underground tunnels.

Think of it as an abandoned University. Or more precisely, an abandoned University that instead of having students, had mentally ill prisoners who instead of attending classes, were subjected to inhuman experimentation, often verging on torture. It was closed a couple decades ago and has been trashed, looted, burned, burglarized, explored and smashed to bits ever since.

Having been featured on dozens of websites, magazine and newspaper articles and even in upcoming Philly Film Fest movie The Fourth Dimension, the place is a must-visit for urban explorers everywhere. Sadly, I’ve never been to Byberry and may never go.