Abandoned New York Insane Asylum Arguably World’s Creepiest Abandoned Building

And a 1972 TV exposé made things even more difficult.

[dx_custom_adunit desktop_id=”RTK_K67O” mobile_id=”RTK_5yk0″]

While conditions at Willard were pretty good, not every state hospital could boast the same. In 1972, Geraldo Rivera exposed the heinous conditions at Willowbrook Asylum — like, say, purposely infecting patients with hepatitis — and the public’s view of state asylums changed drastically.