This place is haunted I was in Preston in 2003 And I use to wake up in the middle of the night to something heavy on top of me choking me,It would happen a few times back to back until I made the correctional officer move me rooms. We use to hear people crying. There was a cemetery next to my building for the orphans that passed away long ago. And a few people committed suicide too. Preston was no joke I'm glad that place is shut down
I want to hear more stories like yours i was in ventura in 2008 just read the history on how it opened in 1902 .. i had weird dreams of things i couldnt see breathing down my neck unable to wake up and so many other ones it’s definitely the facility’s and the things that went on in them.
Still catch nightmares from being in the Rack. Remember those lights flickering on and off on the castle from the “ghost lady”? Lmao we was all tough ass kids and scared of something that couldn’t harm us. But woke up and fought for everything. CYA was wild.
@@mcahp9065 the top room of the old castle by the graveyard is the “haunted” spot. Supposedly some female ward from the 40-50’s or something. I left Prestone a long time ago, Tamarack, Juniper, Hawthorne, greenbrier alllll had situations where wards took their own lives and or…you know.
My husband was a ward of Preston at age 15. He told me the horrors of being there. He was born in 1946 and just passed at age 76 last May. There is even a graveyard on the grounds, the boys who did not survive the torture or succumbed to illness.
I spent 5 years of my youth in Preston CYA and this video brings back memories good and bad. im 45 now and it seems like a bad dream...yup it was jumpin in the 90s. Still remeber my YA# 75689
I "Attended"Prestone.i was on the top of the highest hill in Preston. My 6th week I had a job using a gas powered leave Blower backpacks and a weed eater and I had to weed eat around the castle and I always had a feeling souls where looking at me thru every window and doorway. It wasn't being renovated yet still falling apart. I got to see a lot of the stuff still in its original places. Very sad feeling it was not a nice school.. I wouldn't commit crimes it that time. Great job thNks for taping . Oh look their showing the dorms . There like houses . Brings back a lot of growing up I did there and fast this takes me back . It saddens my heart to see that Preston closed. That's OG right there Prestone .lol I was in ponderosa on the hill, great view of Millcreek state prison. The gym was an old aircraft hanger Hugh. The modern day Preston wasn't nice either just as scary and intimidating. The church I use to go to that church just to stretch my legs. . Wow. Very weird feeling. Theres been famous people that have been locked up in Preston. There famous today . Important times in my life.whdn I attended. i met my son for the first time in Preston. They took this guy around the whole institution. I gotta visit donate some money. I use to eat in that chow hall.
My sweetheart's dad and one of my friend's dad both were best friends and were at Preston. I toured there, got some awesome photos, Old man with a beard in one of the windows. When going up to the front door, I saw the spirits of boys from the 50's watching us go into the building. While in the building, I was watching through my phone and an orb went by. I want to go back.
My grandma used to work there and my brother was locked up. I bet if my grandma was in this video she could tell you every little thing and detail about it. The employees lived in the homes either their kids. It is super cool to see what it is now. The Preston castle picture you saw above the fireplace in that one room my mom now owns. My moms brother in law owned the building so my family made a lot of history with this building. My grandpa was locked up when my grandma worked there. My family has a lead and my mom is also friends with the nephew of the person that created the Preston castle.
All them kids that had to sacrifice their own innocence and that got taken advantage of. Man crazy , all the stories I have heard from people that did time there. Worst the adult pen’s cause they were kids
@@vvarietyshow as someone who was incarcerated as a juvenile. Their was no hope for many. from the way they were raised, to what they had to go back to. many of those boys looked forward to spending the rest of their life incarcerated as it was the only family and stability they had.
Nice work, I loved the place did two overnight investigations and I must say its very haunted, one of my investigators was scratched on her back in the basement, and I was scratched also, heard footsteps coming towards my and my EMF jumped to .9 that’s when Andrea was scratched, she said Leo my back is burning, we stopped our investigation and took a break in the lunchroom. Thanks for the memories. Leo
wouldn't spend the night there but I did spend 19 months at Preston beginning on Aug 20th 1991. Every morning marching to the chow hall at 6 AM with that Castle looming in the distance. Predawn in the winter months was when you got a creepy vibe from that structure. Funny thing...31 years later and I still remember my Y.A. Number. Can you say PTSD, folks? f**k that place. Great video though.
Hey guys, for all of you wondering about the preservation of Preston Castle, I was a haunt volunteer one year. Let me tell you, the preservation society for Preston Castle is making huge waves in not only preserving Preston School of Industry aka Preston Castle, but they have also had working water and electricity, they do have overnight stays still, they may open back up once Covid is over. But do not fret the Preston Castle Foundation is working VERY diligently to restore this place. The building style is Romanesque Revival architecture, the bricks were made by inmates in San Quentin. Every year this building keeps getting more and more upgrades.
This building is much older. Look at the door heights. This is Tartarian and as we uncover the truth about the past, they quickly destroy all remnants. The heights of doors and ceilings scream giants.
It’s me again, A must if you can get in, The Queen Mary at Long Beach, we did three days and nights with Ghost Hunters, it’s another haunted amazing place. Peace, Leo
Growing up my dad worked at the newly formed juvie right next to the castle and he would say he doesn’t believe in ghosts but he said he definitely saw shit in the castle everyday.I remember seeing the castle and being terrified everytime now the newer facilities are also closed down
As yall tour that preston with a smile on your face. For 110 yrs. 1,000s of kids were abused, neglected and beaten... they had NO ONE TO PROTECT THEM. Once the castle closed the facility next to it opened. Only for more violence and abuse to be created. Gladiator school... I know.... I did 7 yrs in preston. I'm 42 now and still mental broken over it... keep smiling buddy.
I literally brought this up in the video. The whole point of the channel is to make history and events fun and silly to introduce it to people who wouldn't normally care or pay attention. I will always have empathy.
I don't expect youtube comments to have nuance, but the fun and silliness is from the hosts, not the events. I respectfully disagree with your assessment and will continue to try and make learning history (and some truly awful events) interesting to a wider audience that may not pay attention at all.
If you actually watch, the joke is always on me. There's no hate, malice, or lack of concern for anybody in any of my videos that deserves empathy, sympathy or their story told.
I love our castle! I'm so glad you got to experience it! This is an amazing County and town to live in! I've raised 4 kids in Ione! We love it here! And the entire town is incredibly haunted, not just the castle! 😉
Loved the video just wished you told more of the back story becuase it wasn’t really a school it was more of a torture chamber becuase the people who worked there would beat and hit children also the bath tubs where not bath tubs they would use them to punish the boys if they where bad by putting acid and chemicals and it would burn the boys skin off sometimes killing them also one time a boy had gotten a hold of a gun and shot the cafeteria lady and at the end of the video where you were walking in the back a boy is buried becuase there used to be a pond where the kids could swim and one of the boys drowned in the pond he’s under flowers that only blossom one time every year
I was a volunteer there for one haunt season. I never heard of any of the boys being tortured or abused in that manner. I did hear a lot of kids were beat with straps that were like shaving straps. My first time on the grounds was interesting, I was a customer for their haunt. My second time at the grounds I drove there multiple times to help set up the haunted house one year then work it. A few adults met their end there. 23 people, 18 show via FindAGrave, are laid to rest in the Preston Cemetery. All passings were documented, many died from sickness, you can probably find some of the documents in Ione, CA itself. There was much lore that floated around to scare kids into not getting themselves into the juvenile program. Every volunteer and tour guide I know of have never once told me of abuse of burning flesh. Anna was choked and blugenoned, no firearm was involved there. Another lady I will not be naming because I blew their minds that I knew about the second lady and nobody talks about her but when I was asked during a meeting prior to the haunt event, I was the only one who knew about the other lady. (I do not claim to be psychic or a medium, but I come from lines of clairvoyants.) James/Jim was attacked but didn't pass on property, then we have Mr Downs that disappeared from his friend's sights while they were out hunting dove together, Mr Downs was found in the Preston Resevoir, but later was transferred to Elk Grove where he passed, it's unknown of heart condition or stroke that may have caused his passing.
I was in CYA. Never hit Preston. I have 2 friends that were there in the 80s. I took the tour last week. The sadness I felt was unspeakable. The things those children had to endure is insane.
The mfin rack. 😤 a true dungeon. Remember all the boogers and piss and sh*t stains in there. In the summer after being fogged and it’s hella hot and you burning in just your boxers and t shirt. CYA was the experiment to ensure and guarantee young men to end up in prison. 🤑. Sad part is, IT WORKED. To all my YA babies even tho at the time we was savages, we all went through that turmoil. I pray for all of you. 🙏🏼
I was riveted to this episode! Awesome videography and I love your casual conversation while relaying the history as well. Beautiful place. I hope they'll restore it to its former glory. Do you know what year the picture of the last youth (class) was taken? There definitely was no shortage of commodes in this place :-) And yes, I'd stay here overnight! Great work!! Two enthusiastic thumbs up!
Can't remember the exact date but I believe it was early to mid 2000s... and thank you so much. I really enjoyed making this episode, this place is great
I was there in middle 80s in ironwood ,greenbrier and at the end of my term had to go thru drug program in the middle of institution called manzanita where the cops were just key holders and we the wards ran all programs with the counselors just watching from the sidelines needless to say that a lot of weakens juviniles suffers at their hands if you wasn’t a bad person before Preston you were after
8:18 I've been really interested in learning about Preston Castle and I watched this video to learn more about this fascinating place. I'm pretty sure the plunge bath was where new wards were forced to swim in a pool of lye, which is an alkaline solution meant for cleaning. This place was brutal.
My best friend, sent their, when he was 14yrs old, back in 03, an few other friends, an I almost got sentenced their when I was 15 for murder I didn’t do but was at the party, an man all my friends who went their they got out an now they doing life in prison every single one of them, could of been me, killings an a lot of blood spilled their!
wish I cn shows this to my partner. Sadly if I do there will episodes stemming form PTSD. Thanks CYA in the 1980s. Trust me. the later end of Preston eras is way more horrific then old school haunted houses.
When I got there in 91 the facility was just coming off lockdown due to a stabbing, there was 2 more before I left. Tensions were high at that time, fighting on the daily, "gladiator school"
i was in preston think i was 16 at time i was in newer facility next door in ironwood lodge casstle was closed because floors were falling through still had to go up there to work daily think i was there about 1 yr im 68 yrs. old now
I would stay here overnight because I like the antiques in the room. I would need some candles, matches, water, snacks, a good historical fiction of the time and lots of blankets!
ooowww tks for sharing. It is amazing to watch the castle from the inside. I 've always had interest in old things that bring us to the past. I would pass the night in the building in order to experience the feeling, but honestly: not alone. Warm rgds from Mexico
@@vvarietyshow That would be great !! You Will be very welcome and for sure you might find here lots of interesting Places to film. In the meantime see you in your next video as I am one of your followers now. Big hug
I totally agree Dylan.....The place is creepy, that looks like it would be a hard life for the boys. Very sad right. I would try to stay over night but it might be hard too......Still very Dope Dylan!
I believe the 3rd floor was used for making boots. Seen an original yearbook where the space and windows were the same. Old photos of wards on sewing machines and a bunch of boots in the photo. Not many people would know that.😎👍🏼
It’s a really gorgeous castle. Beautiful architecture. They don’t make buildings like that anymore. Glad they are restoring it. Love to see it restored to something great! Wish I could purchase it.
It’s hard to hear anyone say they’re glad someone is saving it. I was there from 04-06 some of the most vicious and brutal things possible happened daily. Pain and suffering. It was a terrible place to be. But st the time we relished in it and thrived. Made monsters out of young men. Cedar, Jumpin Juniper, Greenbrier and the mfin Rack. CYA was a tragic experiment.
I say I'm glad someone is saving it because I believe in the power of education and history. People should be able to visit this to learn and feel the history. People should know how horrific places like this are, and the building itself is so interesting and hard to come by nowadays that it should be preserved.
found you after watching apparition movie. i gotta admit, i thought you were a douch at the start but you made a pretty awesome video, i watched the whole thing. excellent editing and after efx. not hating, showing you appreciation ...keep it up.
A lot of people judge me based on appearance or way I talk but I'd like to think of myself as a decent fella. Hopefully that's a learning moment 🤷♂️ but thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hadn't heard of the movie, have to see it now!
Liking your content so far man keep it up ever been into abandoned mines that no else goes? Pretty fun yet dangerous stuff :) I live in gold country as well would be a cool abandoned explore to go see I actually do something similar of what you do doing RUclips videos is actually pretty fun I actually subbed to curious on wear you got your beats from
We've done some stuff like that but not as much as I want to. Most of our music comes from a service we pay for but some of it is made in-house by me or my buddy Seaz (we used to have a record label).
I'd stay there on a stormy night for free. I was born on Halloween and I love this stuff. We were in ione this past weekend but didn't get a chance to go by Preston. Will take a ride up there again soon. Love your story telling and visuals. New sub
Just like Fred C. Nelles in Whittier Ca these buildings were not originally built to house criminal juveniles. Seriously, 7 boys in that giant building.? These are repurposed buildings from the past. In the late 1800s at least in Whittier, only box like structures were built. Imagine the cost to build this at that time for a juvenile detention center. But in keeping with the orphan trains, the narrative keeps us scratching our heads.
I would love to do these type of videos just subscribed ! If you need some hidden areas of historical places let me know I’m located in San Joaquin county
I would spend the night there.. but not alone.. lol. Some of that amazing furniture has no business being in that decaying building.. especially some of the wardrobes, cabinents for storing dishes and whatever and other larger items for storing clothing.. a couple of really high dollar antique beds I saw too. They want $ to fix the place? Sell that chit! You are right that is not a basement.. I would check out other buildings in the city (if you can get in any) and see about basements at chest level.. this is evidence of a MUD FLOOD. It could also be from long forgotten earthquakes that cause liquid faction where water rose and muddies the soil and the building sinks.. although the building does not lean in any manner.. so I am leaning towards mud flood. There is strong evidence for mud floods in many villages and cities globally... Even currently in the middle east and India they have recieved so much water flooding that when it recedes it will leave mud up to the first windows or higher.. turning buildings into what you saw there or flat out making them become basements and second floors become first floors. Not much is said about this in the scientific realm and it is considered conspiracy.. but you have dirt and grass RIGHT up to the window sill. This is not how buildings are built. Ask a construction worker.
Dr Kloor was able to explain almost all of these experiences people claim to have had there..i believe he is right..Ghosts or the thought of a ghost only seems to affect those that believe in them..simply its those who want to see what they want to see...you expect to see or hear this or that and do..The power of suggestion really does work...
@@danielmoon5437 I was at yts 92-94, then again on a violation in 96. AB, UV,KL, and MN Companys. Very sobering times. My brother was killed in lassen hall at DeWitt nelson
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This place is haunted I was in Preston in 2003 And I use to wake up in the middle of the night to something heavy on top of me choking me,It would happen a few times back to back until I made the correctional officer move me rooms. We use to hear people crying. There was a cemetery next to my building for the orphans that passed away long ago. And a few people committed suicide too. Preston was no joke I'm glad that place is shut down
I want to hear more stories like yours i was in ventura in 2008 just read the history on how it opened in 1902 .. i had weird dreams of things i couldnt see breathing down my neck unable to wake up and so many other ones it’s definitely the facility’s and the things that went on in them.
Still catch nightmares from being in the Rack. Remember those lights flickering on and off on the castle from the “ghost lady”? Lmao we was all tough ass kids and scared of something that couldn’t harm us. But woke up and fought for everything. CYA was wild.
What room number where you in? I want to tour the place and would love to know the most haunted room#
@@mcahp9065 the top room of the old castle by the graveyard is the “haunted” spot. Supposedly some female ward from the 40-50’s or something. I left Prestone a long time ago, Tamarack, Juniper, Hawthorne, greenbrier alllll had situations where wards took their own lives and or…you know.
My husband was a ward of Preston at age 15. He told me the horrors of being there. He was born in 1946 and just passed at age 76 last May. There is even a graveyard on the grounds, the boys who did not survive the torture or succumbed to illness.
My great-uncle Barney was there as a young boy for a year in the 1930s. We still don't know why. I can't wait to tour it myself. Thanks for the video.
Wow! I wonder if you can find out more info
Spent 5 years from 03 to 08 there, fighting for my life every single day- worth place I've ever done time
I spent 5 years of my youth in Preston CYA and this video brings back memories good and bad. im 45 now and it seems like a bad dream...yup it was jumpin in the 90s. Still remeber my YA# 75689
Thanks for sharing bro and hope life has treated you better since then
I "Attended"Prestone.i was on the top of the highest hill in Preston. My 6th week I had a job using a gas powered leave Blower backpacks and a weed eater and I had to weed eat around the castle and I always had a feeling souls where looking at me thru every window and doorway. It wasn't being renovated yet still falling apart. I got to see a lot of the stuff still in its original places. Very sad feeling it was not a nice school.. I wouldn't commit crimes it that time. Great job thNks for taping . Oh look their showing the dorms . There like houses . Brings back a lot of growing up I did there and fast this takes me back . It saddens my heart to see that Preston closed. That's OG right there Prestone .lol I was in ponderosa on the hill, great view of Millcreek state prison. The gym was an old aircraft hanger Hugh. The modern day Preston wasn't nice either just as scary and intimidating. The church I use to go to that church just to stretch my legs. . Wow. Very weird feeling. Theres been famous people that have been locked up in Preston. There famous today . Important times in my life.whdn I attended. i met my son for the first time in Preston. They took this guy around the whole institution. I gotta visit donate some money. I use to eat in that chow hall.
Appreciate you checking this video out and adding some personal history and context! 🙏🙏
My sweetheart's dad and one of my friend's dad both were best friends and were at Preston. I toured there, got some awesome photos, Old man with a beard in one of the windows. When going up to the front door, I saw the spirits of boys from the 50's watching us go into the building. While in the building, I was watching through my phone and an orb went by. I want to go back.
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My grandma used to work there and my brother was locked up. I bet if my grandma was in this video she could tell you every little thing and detail about it. The employees lived in the homes either their kids. It is super cool to see what it is now. The Preston castle picture you saw above the fireplace in that one room my mom now owns. My moms brother in law owned the building so my family made a lot of history with this building. My grandpa was locked up when my grandma worked there. My family has a lead and my mom is also friends with the nephew of the person that created the Preston castle.
Amazing information!
All them kids that had to sacrifice their own innocence and that got taken advantage of. Man crazy , all the stories I have heard from people that did time there. Worst the adult pen’s cause they were kids
It was horrific for so many people. Hope we continue to learn from the mistakes.
@@vvarietyshow as someone who was incarcerated as a juvenile. Their was no hope for many. from the way they were raised, to what they had to go back to. many of those boys looked forward to spending the rest of their life incarcerated as it was the only family and stability they had.
Nice work, I loved the place did two overnight investigations and I must say its very haunted, one of my investigators was scratched on her back in the basement, and I was scratched also, heard footsteps coming towards my and my EMF jumped to .9 that’s when Andrea was scratched, she said Leo my back is burning, we stopped our investigation and took a break in the lunchroom. Thanks for the memories.
Leo
wouldn't spend the night there but I did spend 19 months at Preston beginning on Aug 20th 1991. Every morning marching to the chow hall at 6 AM with that Castle looming in the distance. Predawn in the winter months was when you got a creepy vibe from that structure.
Funny thing...31 years later and I still remember my Y.A. Number.
Can you say PTSD, folks? f**k that place.
Great video though.
It's terrible stuff, prison system, especially back then, did nothing to help or rehabilitate.
Was put there for running from other cya, knifed and beat. Glad to see it was closed.
Hey guys, for all of you wondering about the preservation of Preston Castle, I was a haunt volunteer one year. Let me tell you, the preservation society for Preston Castle is making huge waves in not only preserving Preston School of Industry aka Preston Castle, but they have also had working water and electricity, they do have overnight stays still, they may open back up once Covid is over. But do not fret the Preston Castle Foundation is working VERY diligently to restore this place.
The building style is Romanesque Revival architecture, the bricks were made by inmates in San Quentin. Every year this building keeps getting more and more upgrades.
This building is much older. Look at the door heights. This is Tartarian and as we uncover the truth about the past, they quickly destroy all remnants. The heights of doors and ceilings scream giants.
@@walkinaxyl no it's not. Sorry.
@@jadeh.2746Actually, it is. But you're a tik Tok scholar, so no one can tell you anything.
I lived in Ione. When we moved there I thought it was renovated to a hotel and restaurant....boy was I wrong. I had no idea the history. So very sad.
Turning it into a hotel would be amazing though!
The plunge bath was for delousing to make sure if the intakes had anything on them the water would cleanse them.
Whoa... that's intense.
I go there every year for there Haunted house in October
Didn't know they did that, I gotta check it out
Same
The place is so cold and sad
Agreed
It is. I believe you feel more of the sadness.
There is definitely tons of energy here.You can feel something is there! Was here about a few years back and it's intense 👀👻
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It’s me again, A must if you can get in, The Queen Mary at Long Beach, we did three days and nights with Ghost Hunters, it’s another haunted amazing place.
Peace, Leo
Growing up my dad worked at the newly formed juvie right next to the castle and he would say he doesn’t believe in ghosts but he said he definitely saw shit in the castle everyday.I remember seeing the castle and being terrified everytime now the newer facilities are also closed down
As yall tour that preston with a smile on your face. For 110 yrs. 1,000s of kids were abused, neglected and beaten... they had NO ONE TO PROTECT THEM. Once the castle closed the facility next to it opened. Only for more violence and abuse to be created. Gladiator school... I know.... I did 7 yrs in preston. I'm 42 now and still mental broken over it... keep smiling buddy.
I literally brought this up in the video. The whole point of the channel is to make history and events fun and silly to introduce it to people who wouldn't normally care or pay attention. I will always have empathy.
there is nothing fun or silly about historical events like that? that’s disrespectful wth? how can you make something so cruel into a happy event?
I don't expect youtube comments to have nuance, but the fun and silliness is from the hosts, not the events. I respectfully disagree with your assessment and will continue to try and make learning history (and some truly awful events) interesting to a wider audience that may not pay attention at all.
If you actually watch, the joke is always on me. There's no hate, malice, or lack of concern for anybody in any of my videos that deserves empathy, sympathy or their story told.
@@vvarietyshow it doesn’t feel right at all to be making jokes in such a place like preston castle
Slow clap for your editing skills at 5:05 and 5:15. Just excellence right there.
DEFINITELY! And his other fade transitions are just as excellent!
I love our castle! I'm so glad you got to experience it! This is an amazing County and town to live in! I've raised 4 kids in Ione! We love it here! And the entire town is incredibly haunted, not just the castle! 😉
Any other ideas of stories I can film from around there?
Loved the video just wished you told more of the back story becuase it wasn’t really a school it was more of a torture chamber becuase the people who worked there would beat and hit children also the bath tubs where not bath tubs they would use them to punish the boys if they where bad by putting acid and chemicals and it would burn the boys skin off sometimes killing them also one time a boy had gotten a hold of a gun and shot the cafeteria lady and at the end of the video where you were walking in the back a boy is buried becuase there used to be a pond where the kids could swim and one of the boys drowned in the pond he’s under flowers that only blossom one time every year
How did you learn of these back stories (tour guide, book or other source?). That history of abuse must contribute to the sad feeling of the place.
I was a volunteer there for one haunt season. I never heard of any of the boys being tortured or abused in that manner. I did hear a lot of kids were beat with straps that were like shaving straps. My first time on the grounds was interesting, I was a customer for their haunt. My second time at the grounds I drove there multiple times to help set up the haunted house one year then work it. A few adults met their end there. 23 people, 18 show via FindAGrave, are laid to rest in the Preston Cemetery. All passings were documented, many died from sickness, you can probably find some of the documents in Ione, CA itself.
There was much lore that floated around to scare kids into not getting themselves into the juvenile program. Every volunteer and tour guide I know of have never once told me of abuse of burning flesh. Anna was choked and blugenoned, no firearm was involved there. Another lady I will not be naming because I blew their minds that I knew about the second lady and nobody talks about her but when I was asked during a meeting prior to the haunt event, I was the only one who knew about the other lady. (I do not claim to be psychic or a medium, but I come from lines of clairvoyants.) James/Jim was attacked but didn't pass on property, then we have Mr Downs that disappeared from his friend's sights while they were out hunting dove together, Mr Downs was found in the Preston Resevoir, but later was transferred to Elk Grove where he passed, it's unknown of heart condition or stroke that may have caused his passing.
Exactly and left out the cemetery there.
I was in CYA. Never hit Preston. I have 2 friends that were there in the 80s. I took the tour last week. The sadness I felt was unspeakable. The things those children had to endure is insane.
There was a 2012 movie made there. "The Haunting of Preston Castle". I am going to watch it.
Just watched it on tubi
I keep forgetting to check it out! Thanks for the reminder.
Cool man. I was just there a few weeks ago in Ione.
Such an interesting place
I live 20 minutes from preston castle. I got to the haunted house every year for Halloween when they do one love the history,
Didn't know they did that 😳
I spent a night in tamarack a solitary confinement lock up that cell was HELL! Something out of a horror film
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For real it was a dungeon the racka we would call it
The mfin rack. 😤 a true dungeon. Remember all the boogers and piss and sh*t stains in there. In the summer after being fogged and it’s hella hot and you burning in just your boxers and t shirt. CYA was the experiment to ensure and guarantee young men to end up in prison. 🤑. Sad part is, IT WORKED. To all my YA babies even tho at the time we was savages, we all went through that turmoil. I pray for all of you. 🙏🏼
@@B.G.BanditThat fogg was no joke and they had this fucker named Rambo who loved spraying that shit😅😅
There’s a movie called Apparition released in 2019. It supposedly takes place there & about some kid’s that were killed there.
Gotta look that up! Right on!
Cool! I golf nearby at Castle Oaks and see it on a couple of the tee boxes. Thanks for the inside look!
I was riveted to this episode! Awesome videography and I love your casual conversation while relaying the history as well. Beautiful place. I hope they'll restore it to its former glory.
Do you know what year the picture of the last youth (class) was taken? There definitely was no shortage of commodes in this place :-) And yes, I'd stay here overnight!
Great work!! Two enthusiastic thumbs up!
Can't remember the exact date but I believe it was early to mid 2000s... and thank you so much. I really enjoyed making this episode, this place is great
I was there in middle 80s in ironwood ,greenbrier and at the end of my term had to go thru drug program in the middle of institution called manzanita where the cops were just key holders and we the wards ran all programs with the counselors just watching from the sidelines needless to say that a lot of weakens juviniles suffers at their hands if you wasn’t a bad person before Preston you were after
You would make a great teacher lol. That fire escape was pretty insane!!!
Imagine jumping down that thing
8:18 I've been really interested in learning about Preston Castle and I watched this video to learn more about this fascinating place. I'm pretty sure the plunge bath was where new wards were forced to swim in a pool of lye, which is an alkaline solution meant for cleaning. This place was brutal.
It's fascinating and horrible at the same time. Glad you found our video!
My best friend, sent their, when he was 14yrs old, back in 03, an few other friends, an I almost got sentenced their when I was 15 for murder I didn’t do but was at the party, an man all my friends who went their they got out an now they doing life in prison every single one of them, could of been me, killings an a lot of blood spilled their!
Oh man they shut it down. Good there a lot of messed up memories in that place
Very messed up
wish I cn shows this to my partner. Sadly if I do there will episodes stemming form PTSD. Thanks CYA in the 1980s. Trust me. the later end of Preston eras is way more horrific then old school haunted houses.
Thank you for sharing and sorry to hear that
When I got there in 91 the facility was just coming off lockdown due to a stabbing, there was 2 more before I left. Tensions were high at that time, fighting on the daily, "gladiator school"
@@ericg5865 me too. YA61496
i was in preston think i was 16 at time i was in newer facility next door in ironwood lodge casstle was closed because floors were falling through still had to go up there to work daily think i was there about 1 yr im 68 yrs. old now
Wow man that's crazy history... Really appreciate you sharing your experience 🙏
I remember driving by there as a kid. My mother would always tell me if I keep acting up I would go there.
I would stay here overnight because I like the antiques in the room. I would need some candles, matches, water, snacks, a good historical fiction of the time and lots of blankets!
That would be the best
Wait, did you ask how much I'd pay to stay? Probably 100 if I got to stay alone or with friends.
I meant how much would they have to pay you 😂
ooowww tks for sharing. It is amazing to watch the castle from the inside. I 've always had interest in old things that bring us to the past. I would pass the night in the building in order to experience the feeling, but honestly: not alone. Warm rgds from Mexico
Thank you for watching Cecilia 😊 hopefully we can film some place in Mexico someday 🙏
@@vvarietyshow That would be great !! You Will be very welcome and for sure you might find here lots of interesting Places to film. In the meantime see you in your next video as I am one of your followers now. Big hug
Thank you Cecilia I'm glad you are going to stick around 🙏
I totally agree Dylan.....The place is creepy, that looks like it would be a hard life for the boys. Very sad right. I would try to stay over night but it might be hard too......Still very Dope Dylan!
Yeah I would try also. I think I could stay
Great video you narrate it nicely. I definitely want to go. There used to be Whittier State school during this era but that one got torn down.
Thank you! I would have loved to have seen that
Yea It's a nice built community now seen it on. Google maps Fred C. Nelles youth authority
By any chance we’re you able to see the cementary? Check out Preston Castle in October it’s worth it for their night tours.
Missed the cemetery but found it on Google maps later.... A part 2 is in order
I believe the 3rd floor was used for making boots. Seen an original yearbook where the space and windows were the same. Old photos of wards on sewing machines and a bunch of boots in the photo. Not many people would know that.😎👍🏼
Great info! thank you
The secret door 🚪 😯
Super cool
I would definitely spend a night or two free of charge lol. What a bummer bout the tower but that hole was crazy!!! This episode was awesome man
Thanks brother. I would definitely do it too
Oh zamn he does it again at 7:30 😱😱😱 I'm telling you, bro - CRAZY SKILLZ
I remember 1999. Walking to visiting at Prestone them damn big ass vultures. I will never forget how comfortable they were with people. prestone. .
Whaaat I didn't see them
I spent 3 years of my life in there, 98, 99, 00 I did Time in Fir lodge in-between Hathorn & Evergreen. Good and bad memories..
Thanks for adding to the history with your story
I did time there in 94 on evergreen then got shipped to Chad for the rest of my time
I did 3 years Preston , 01 , 02, and 03 Cedar and Evergreen my YA # start with 87
I really miss that place
Miss it how 😳
We were there last night trying to see it is so cool so scary
It’s a really gorgeous castle. Beautiful architecture. They don’t make buildings like that anymore. Glad they are restoring it.
Love to see it restored to something great!
Wish I could purchase it.
It’s hard to hear anyone say they’re glad someone is saving it. I was there from 04-06 some of the most vicious and brutal things possible happened daily. Pain and suffering. It was a terrible place to be. But st the time we relished in it and thrived. Made monsters out of young men. Cedar, Jumpin Juniper, Greenbrier and the mfin Rack. CYA was a tragic experiment.
I say I'm glad someone is saving it because I believe in the power of education and history. People should be able to visit this to learn and feel the history. People should know how horrific places like this are, and the building itself is so interesting and hard to come by nowadays that it should be preserved.
@@vvarietyshow 🫡. Very respectable reply. Thank you for that.
Nice. Love the " safe zone". Glad their restoring it.
Me too it deserves some TLC
Tear it down.
The fx are awesome nice work
Appreciate you
That building was made to last
Hopefully lol
@@vvarietyshow have you personally ever experienced odd happenings inside the building I.e. things that go bump in the night.
..a fun place to explore..we were there years back and the interior was closed to the .. public... now open.. i think....fire dept. regulations...
found you after watching apparition movie. i gotta admit, i thought you were a douch at the start but you made a pretty awesome video, i watched the whole thing. excellent editing and after efx. not hating, showing you appreciation ...keep it up.
A lot of people judge me based on appearance or way I talk but I'd like to think of myself as a decent fella. Hopefully that's a learning moment 🤷♂️ but thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hadn't heard of the movie, have to see it now!
Hi there! Thank you for this video… very interesting 🤩.. can i ask if kids are allowed to visit here and if that’s a history museum?
Their website has event info
I been there a few times. I plan going there again in a couple of weeks
So interesting, quite an experience
7:05 “The ground is chest level.” You should look into “mud floods theory.”
Very cool stuff brother. 👊
Thank you 🙏
I drove by this place yesterday and it's very creepy
Almost doesn't seem real
I spent 2 days locked up in Preston at the age of 14 . I was held In a hospital getting ready to get transferred to o.h close
Thank you for sharing your story Adrian
The architecture is Richardson Romanesque.
Thank you for the info. I have to learn more about that kind of stuff
Hey I'll fly out there and spend the night with ya bro!! I just looked it up and its not bad for how big that place is!!! Let's do it!
Wouldn't that be dope? Maybe I'll ask lol
@@vvarietyshow oh yeah definitely and I looked it up and it's about 1,100 for the night
You shoulda ended it wit "NO HOMO"
Luv it❤
"Look at me I'm doing medicine" 😂😂😂
I'm glad someone found that as stupid funny as I did 😂
@@vvarietyshow 🤗
Liking your content so far man keep it up ever been into abandoned mines that no else goes? Pretty fun yet dangerous stuff :) I live in gold country as well would be a cool abandoned explore to go see I actually do something similar of what you do doing RUclips videos is actually pretty fun I actually subbed to curious on wear you got your beats from
We've done some stuff like that but not as much as I want to. Most of our music comes from a service we pay for but some of it is made in-house by me or my buddy Seaz (we used to have a record label).
Naturally im here after watching the movie apparition... 👻
Much respect to you 💯
Right on bro 🙏
I'd stay there on a stormy night for free. I was born on Halloween and I love this stuff. We were in ione this past weekend but didn't get a chance to go by Preston. Will take a ride up there again soon. Love your story telling and visuals. New sub
Thank you! I would also stay there any time, it would be great.
Hi! Thanks for sharing your tour with me. Great video.
I'm glad you watched it
Are there tours?
There are lots of events, check their website
Great video dude, I got some footage of inside the newer institution on my channel. 👍🏻 👍🏻
Ok just flexing on us @ 10:46 huh? Love it
Yes it was for sure a house of horror.👻👻
Just like Fred C. Nelles in Whittier Ca these buildings were not originally built to house criminal juveniles. Seriously, 7 boys in that giant building.? These are repurposed buildings from the past. In the late 1800s at least in Whittier, only box like structures were built. Imagine the cost to build this at that time for a juvenile detention center. But in keeping with the orphan trains, the narrative keeps us scratching our heads.
I would love to do these type of videos just subscribed ! If you need some hidden areas of historical places let me know I’m located in San Joaquin county
Always love getting suggestions. If you got Instagram we'd love to connect there @somethinorothertour ⬅️
I would spend the night there.. but not alone.. lol. Some of that amazing furniture has no business being in that decaying building.. especially some of the wardrobes, cabinents for storing dishes and whatever and other larger items for storing clothing.. a couple of really high dollar antique beds I saw too. They want $ to fix the place? Sell that chit!
You are right that is not a basement.. I would check out other buildings in the city (if you can get in any) and see about basements at chest level.. this is evidence of a MUD FLOOD. It could also be from long forgotten earthquakes that cause liquid faction where water rose and muddies the soil and the building sinks.. although the building does not lean in any manner.. so I am leaning towards mud flood. There is strong evidence for mud floods in many villages and cities globally... Even currently in the middle east and India they have recieved so much water flooding that when it recedes it will leave mud up to the first windows or higher.. turning buildings into what you saw there or flat out making them become basements and second floors become first floors. Not much is said about this in the scientific realm and it is considered conspiracy.. but you have dirt and grass RIGHT up to the window sill. This is not how buildings are built. Ask a construction worker.
You recorded this episode on your own?
Yeah man... Pretty much a one man show unless my brother or cousin is around.
We use to run around that castle when i was there at the begining of 95 fire camp training..got kicked out of 2 fire camps and got sentt to chad
I saw all the fire department training stuff around there, wow!
So that radiography machine was used to take xrays
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Well hello there
How much did you pay for tickets? I would stay over night for $2,000
Honestly don't remember but I think it was like $40 but it was a private tour
Dr Kloor was able to explain almost all of these experiences people claim to have had there..i believe he is right..Ghosts or the thought of a ghost only seems to affect those that believe in them..simply its those who want to see what they want to see...you expect to see or hear this or that and do..The power of suggestion really does work...
That's pretty much how I see it. I don't believe in ghosts but I have an open mind, so nothing is ever that creepy to me
At 1040< the closet says HAZARD Y TONY LA MARAVILLA LOS
That's wild bro
Why was that safe so big though lmao
Is that where the X-Men used to live? 😆
Didn't even think of that 😂
I would stay the night in Preston castle
that's what I like to hear
I live in the town of Ione
How do you like it? Are you from there?
I'll spend the night there anytime
Same man
Damn. I spent 910 nights there. Sh*t wasn’t fun.
Good video I was in cya in Fred c nelles
What time frame?
From 1993 to 1998 Adams cottage 69454
Then I went to yts in chino I was in wx
But now IAM 40 years old IAM doing good and been clean for 7 years off drugs
@@danielmoon5437 I was at yts 92-94, then again on a violation in 96. AB, UV,KL, and MN Companys. Very sobering times. My brother was killed in lassen hall at DeWitt nelson
New subscriber hi 👋
Hello hello
Is this the same location as Fred C Nelles?
No. Nelles is in LA off Whittier blvrd. Another hell hole.
Was*
Place is so sad
Damm was there back in 93 624051
Hope you're doing well now!
Sharing
Thank you Troy
my mom lived in the nighberhood like right next to it
A lot of Evil things happened there
Feel bad for the kids