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Urban explorer discovers rotting mortuary filled with blood and human remains

An urban explorer made a horrifying discovery on one of his most recent trips, finding a rotting mortuary filled with blood and human remains.

Ben James regularly shares his creepy and intriguing explorations on social media and has amassed a loyal following who are all keen to see more of his adventures.

But his most recent find has left them shaken, with fans branding his most grim discovery yet 'traumatic'.

Inside the mortuary, abandoned in 2002, Ben, from Hertfordshire, found large bags of blood samples, biohazard jars of human remains, and numerous items that belonged to the deceased.

The mortuary was abandoned in 2001 (Jam Press/@places_forgotten)
Ben found rotting blood samples (Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten)

What do you think about the find? Let us know in the comments...

Ben, who uploads to TikTok as @places_forgotten, said: "The remains of the basement mortuary were very creepy and sinister.

"The most amazing thing was the room with all the autopsies, as it had all the autopsies from the 1900s onwards.

"[There were] autopsies and death certificates belonging to both adults and children with graphic details, diagrams and photos.

"It was fascinating to see and I could have spent all day there reading it all.

Some were 'traumatised' by Ben's footage (Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten)
Ben wasn't scared to have a poke around the mortuary (Jam Press/@places_forgotten)

"The mortuary fridge was the biggest I'd ever seen and I think it could cater to up to 25 bodies.

"Dried blood and bone matter were the first things I found.

"Blood and tissue samples, along with biohazards were simply just forgotten.

"There were John Doe death certificates as well as a dead person's shoes."

In a clip uploaded on TikTok, which has racked up 440,000 views and 36,000 likes, the 32-year-old explorer takes his viewers on a tour of the spooky, rotting hospital in British Columbia, Canada.

Books and records were just left behind to rot (Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten)
Ben found records too (Jam Press Vid/@places_forgotten)

Ben walks through the derelict building, before stumbling across a calendar from September 2002, the date the mortuary closed, as well as dried blood and broken bones, including part of a spine.

As the ceiling crumbles, the property's dilapidated state becomes even clearer.

Users flocked to the comments to share their reactions, with many calling the discoveries "traumatic."

"The child autopsy is so sad, showing something on the neck, hands and feet. That's so traumatic, omg," one viewer said. [sic]

He also found slides and pictures (Jam Press/@places_forgotten)
Would you let yourself in for a look around (Jam Press/@places_forgotten)

Another person added: "All the details make this look like everyone just literally stopped in the middle of what they were doing. It still boggles my mind."

"How is it legal for them to leave personal information of peoples' dead relatives?" one viewer commented.

"No one is talking about the fact that this place was abandoned the year and the month of 9/11," someone else said.

One person added: "Am I the only one who would've taken home the slides? Those are so interesting!"

Someone else said: "I would be so nervous in there but intrigued! Wow, what a thriller!"

"Something should be done. Like collecting all the death certificates and cleaning up the biohazards. It hurts seeing the autopsy reports of the children," one person added.

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