New York's BRUTAL Tombs Prison - 1800s Squalor and Scandal

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  • New York's notorious Tombs Jail had a terrible reputation built on a history of cruelty and misery. In this eyewitness description of 19th Century prison life in the prison by an ex-chaplain you will discover that the Tombs was horrible place to be condemned, which few escaped unscathed, many becoming more hardened criminals within its walls than ever before.
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  • @FactFeast
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  • @bobcosmic
    @bobcosmic 2 месяца назад +45

    The tombs one of the most feared places in Manhattan. Even though the tombs was demolished over 100 years ago the Manhattan Detention Centre is called the tombs by those that live in the surrounding areas or those who are unfortunately housed there.

    • @rosanna5515
      @rosanna5515 2 месяца назад +3

      The tombs are referred to in Law and Order.

    • @Cornbread-gi6kt
      @Cornbread-gi6kt Месяц назад +2

      Worked there for decades then the new one was built and connected in the 1990’s. I never lived anywhere near the area as a CO. 🤷🏼

    • @harlemboy413
      @harlemboy413 Месяц назад +4

      Yeah it goes pretty deep underground and connect all the buildings and courts in lower Manhattan. It's like an underground city.

    • @Mallymoore
      @Mallymoore Месяц назад +3

      I was in their is 1867 ..spent 2 months in their..I'm over 360 years of life.and have to keep changing my name and moving to another country every 50 year's..as to not arise suspicions...I was born the evening of the fire of London..,..I've not met another like me yet though I look..

    • @DonnellOkafor-r2d
      @DonnellOkafor-r2d Месяц назад +3

      If you end up in jail in NYC today you definitely deserve to be there.

  • @Simple5Jack
    @Simple5Jack 2 месяца назад +20

    When I use to watch law and order the tombs were often referred to as. Now I know the history thank you

  • @Plumbingadjacentdrainguy
    @Plumbingadjacentdrainguy Месяц назад +4

    Got shuffled through the tombs my 21st birthday weekend. Apparently, it's frowned upon to have a trunk full of fireworks for memorial day. 100 center st Manhattan, called the tombs but not sure if its the same building.

    • @Uptown-Flava
      @Uptown-Flava Месяц назад

      Yes, in the basement is what we call the tombs as long as I remember

  • @bluecollar58
    @bluecollar58 2 месяца назад +7

    My mother used to talk about how mad she was when she had to get my father out of what she called the Tombs. My old man was born and raised in Hell’s Kitchen in manhattan.

    • @LeahDyson-kq4bd
      @LeahDyson-kq4bd Месяц назад +2

      My grandpa grew up there basically an Irish slum

  • @rachelbachel2
    @rachelbachel2 2 месяца назад +10

    This channel is a joy to listen to on a beautiful Sunday. I look forward to it

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад +1

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  • @harlemboy413
    @harlemboy413 Месяц назад +3

    Yeah it goes pretty deep underground and connect all the buildings and courts in lower Manhattan. It's like an underground city

  • @talpark8796
    @talpark8796 2 месяца назад +13

    tyvm for another upload
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    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад +1

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  • @jma00a1
    @jma00a1 2 месяца назад +17

    love this channel ❤️

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 2 месяца назад +9

    When watching old reruns of Barney Miller, they frequently referenced the Tombs and the name made me always think it was a place of sorrows. Being a New Yorker, though not from that part of the state, I never wanted to see it because of this.

    • @WLBarton4466
      @WLBarton4466 2 месяца назад

      Kojak mentioned the Tombs a couple times.

    • @harlemboy413
      @harlemboy413 Месяц назад

      Yeah it goes pretty deep underground and connect all the buildings and courts in lower Manhattan. It's like an underground city

  • @joshhigh8488
    @joshhigh8488 2 месяца назад +4

    @22:31 "but then, cowards are afraid to tell the truth" Wonderful Video. Thank You.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад +1

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  • @jokebone1
    @jokebone1 2 месяца назад +4

    I have never been to New York but I totally recall the cast of Barney Miller referring to sending people, specifically the more mentally ill people to "The Tombs". I always thought I misunderstood what they were saying.

  • @OuidaEvans-xs5pg
    @OuidaEvans-xs5pg 2 месяца назад +8

    I heard about he Tombs watching Law & Order!

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy 2 месяца назад +3

    If you get held over for trial in Manhattan, you might still find yourself in the Tombs for a short stay.

  • @wizardesoboogiedb2094
    @wizardesoboogiedb2094 2 месяца назад +7

    Always the best history facts,appreciate ur awsome work. thx

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад

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  • @firecracker187
    @firecracker187 2 месяца назад +7

    200th like. Oh well, I should have been first but I have been distracted.Love your stuff.Fact feast you are the best

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад +1

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      @firecracker187 2 месяца назад

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  • @aliceknows3375
    @aliceknows3375 2 месяца назад +4

    You get tore up, drunk into the dark side. You experience Tom'bs or women's house of detention . I remember people going there in my youth. In the West Village, old school Nyc.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 2 месяца назад +3

    The last part of. Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” takes place in The Tombs. Bartleby seems to succumb to the general gloom of the place more than to any specific maltreatment.

  • @Khatoon170
    @Khatoon170 2 месяца назад +7

    As always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s New York tombs prison was built as replacement for colonial era bridewell prison located in city hall park built in 1735 . Prison known as tomb because of Egyptian revival style architecture, but third building referred to as tombs ( Manhattan house of detention. Largest prison in New York is rikers island jail it’s one of largest lockups in USA and , of city most daming problems. Rikers island consisted of ten jails . It’s built on landfall decomposing garbage emits methane gas . Rikers island prison closed in year 2019 replaced four smaller jails more human in design . Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel. Best wishes for you your dearest ones .

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching Khatoon.

    • @largegod77
      @largegod77 Месяц назад +1

      Rikers is not closed

  • @davidchase9424
    @davidchase9424 2 месяца назад +3

    That building was "found", NOT "built"
    And it is much older tha 1830.
    It is from the previous civilization.

  • @jimschannel2220
    @jimschannel2220 2 месяца назад +3

    I did 40 years there. Got out for good behaviour. Oh how I miss the old place.

  • @Contessa6363
    @Contessa6363 2 месяца назад +6

    At the turn of the Twentieth Century there were upwards of 250 thousand children on the streets of NYC . The statistics speak for themselves! 😮😮😮

  • @SiiriCressey
    @SiiriCressey 2 месяца назад +3

    Sounds like what the fictional Artful Dodger would call an institution of higher learning.

  • @patricialong5767
    @patricialong5767 2 месяца назад +6

    Riker's prison, I hear, is deadly!

  • @adrianfleming3437
    @adrianfleming3437 2 месяца назад +5

    Yeah times havent really changed

    • @MarianneKat
      @MarianneKat 2 месяца назад

      Did you watch the video

  • @trishmcl9055
    @trishmcl9055 2 месяца назад +15

    I could have been first. I just didn't comment but I was first 😅

  • @dwayneclemons5497
    @dwayneclemons5497 Месяц назад +3

    The Tombs is one of my "alma maters." 😂🤣 Been locked in the Tombs, many times.

    • @lelandarcher4760
      @lelandarcher4760 17 дней назад

      Did you graduate from there with a degree or a doctorate? 😅😂

  • @Wheelchairspeeder
    @Wheelchairspeeder 2 месяца назад +3

    Funny clams and shellfish once given to the prisoners in a place like this
    are now taken over by rich people and too expensive for any poor person let alone a prisoner

  • @jma00a1
    @jma00a1 2 месяца назад +11

    and oh ya, first 😊

  • @JohnC-pt1iw
    @JohnC-pt1iw Месяц назад +2

    I thought streets of America paved with gold?

  • @jackiebonds9109
    @jackiebonds9109 Месяц назад +1

    I spent a few nights there awhile back it’s not Luxurious IMO!

  • @LeahDyson-kq4bd
    @LeahDyson-kq4bd Месяц назад

    Criminals simply because of their social conditions...who would've thunk it?! 😐

  • @zoex100
    @zoex100 Месяц назад

    been there ! 100 Centre street NY NY. it might be 110 centre ...

  • @JohnC-pt1iw
    @JohnC-pt1iw Месяц назад

    Human hate that time same as now 2024. Same drum beat different century

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 2 месяца назад +4

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much Miji.

  • @marlenaAKAmarz
    @marlenaAKAmarz 2 месяца назад +2

    So funny not funny jail called the tombs in ny

  • @lynnemurphy114
    @lynnemurphy114 2 месяца назад +3

    💚

  • @user-qn4iq9ix9h
    @user-qn4iq9ix9h Месяц назад

    I got arrested and spent three different times in the Tombs.I thought it was pretty amusing.Flushing Fatboys forever.

  • @dot2562
    @dot2562 2 месяца назад +1

    .

  • @ThomasWBaldwin
    @ThomasWBaldwin 21 день назад

    OINK