And at the Kingseat villas, theres been some serious poltergeist activity with reports of shaking cupboard doors, tapping on windows, self-operating toilets and taps, and moving furniture. Nobody knows what it'slikeuntil they'restruck down with it," she says. A former psychiatric hospital which has fallen into disrepair has been sold. and our Firefighters battled a blaze in a building that used to be an isolation ward in the old Kingseat psychiatric hospital, southwest of Papakura, on Saturday morning. The hospital grew throughout the mid-late 1930s and 1940s to such an extent that by the beginning of 1947, there were over eight hundred patients. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. It was about the size of a football and was floating about a meter or so off the ground,' he wrote. [22] In the following two years, Haunted Auckland conducted a further ten research visits within various buildings at Kingseat; including the notorious Maximum Security Wing. The construction of Kingseat Hospital began in 1929 when twenty patients from a nearby mental institution came to the site along with twelve wheelbarrows and ten shovels. Lindsay told The New Zealand Herald his friend died like a dog. Please respect the locations and the owners. [8] In 1939, the Public Works Department and Fletcher Construction Company, Ltd. agreed on the construction of a two-storey nurses home at Kingseat Hospital, with the government to provide the steel for the building. The team also discovered the diary of a former staff member, who described the terrible conditions the patients were forced to live in. I remember lots of talk regarding supernatural events, but never experienced them myself. The New Zealand Heraldreported that former patient Stephen Lindsay had been traumatised by what he saw at the hospital. By 2004, more than two-hundred people had come forward to file complaints against the national government for claims of mistreatment and abuse of patients at New Zealand's psychiatric institutions (including Kingseat Hospital) during the 1960s and 1970s. Kingseat Hospital is a former mental health facility near Newmachar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 2005 the old hospital once again had a lease of life and became Spookers a haunted attraction in the former nurses home and in 2011 opened a maize maze on the hospital grounds. In 1996, South Auckland Health sold Kingseat Hospital after government decisions to replace ongoing hospitalisation of mentally ill patients with community care and rehabilitation units. NGR Description Centred NJ 90398 19105. Mr Ford said: Regardless of ownership the imperative is to get the development completed, including the provision of a childrens play park, as soon as possible. [33] In October 2012, Spookers (which is open every Friday and Saturday night in addition to each Halloween), offered a bus to accommodate visitor transport for the occasion. It is currently the site of residential villas, created from former patient housing, the Spookers attraction, located in the former Nurses Hostel as well as several large disused and vacant hospital buildings. One of the most prolific reports is of the 'Grey Nurse', believed to be the ghost of a former worker who died while the psychiatric hospital was still operational. His case was reopened by police in 2004, 36 years after his death, after . 'We were sure he was being beaten, but were always told by hospital staff he had walked into a door.'. What was Kingseat Hospital used for? [6][38] In Australia, the documentary Spookers aired on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand. This led to the eventual closure of Kingseat Hospital in July 1999, when the final patients were re-located off the complex to a mental health unit in Otara. 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"We just felt more comfortable, because it was the nurses hostel," she says. However, we still need more evidence to make a call as big as whether or not the location is actually haunted,' Wallbank said. An enhanced face of a ghost supposedly captured in a photo in a bathroom at Kingseat Hospital. Kingseat closed in 1999, but the buildings remained(and arenow protected underthe Auckland Unitary Plan). [39], In 2018, Spookers was put up for sale. How The Bridge kick-started a global phenomenon What year did tokanui hospital close? One room would have a whole different feeling to the one right next to it. The notorious Morgue at Kingseat Hospital has long captured the imagination of those who know about the location. According to the New Zealand Herald, a coroners hearing into Mitchells death was never carried out, and there is no record of his death. It has also been reported that at least two patients had vanished whilst at the hospital and little is known about what happened to these people. Another thing I noticed was that certain rooms felt different to others. 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According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is the number one haunted spot in New Zealand. The last patients held in the former mental institution will be moved off the rural complex and transported to a newly refurbished secure mental health unit on Bairds Road in Otara. Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital in Auckland is claimed to be New Zealand's most haunted site with over 100 ghost sightings reported While the building is now derelict, with walls still bearing. Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. The paranormal investigator said that he understands people being skeptical of the notion of the paranormal, and that 'we are all a bit sceptical at times, ourselves. During the five years she spent there, Pascoe says she suffered abuse from staff and residents, and was consistently intimidated and threatened. They weren't in those places, they don't have any idea what it's like," she says. Even those rooms that branched off the same hallway. Enjoyed my time there. I could see a hand and arm pushing her under the water drowning her.. Search. Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. It was made to house mentally ill patients in a nice location just outside of Aberdeen, the hospital itself being made up of multiple largish buildings spread around over a fairly large area. We started tracking the field and found we could actually gauge the shape and size of it. 'There was never enough hands to help the extremely handicapped eat, no medications to avoid being scratched or attacked nurses or kitchen or laundry staff a like-if having to go past the residents to clean up or stop them attacking each other,' the diary read. Avant Homes confirmed ownership would be transferred at the end of November. Kingseat Hospital was in operation from 1932. This led to the eventual closure of Kingseat Hospital in July 1999, when the final patients were re-located off the complex to a mental health unit in Otara. All Rights Reserved. In 2010, New Zealand filmmaker Dale Stewart shot his horror film Compound at the former hospital property after receiving permission from Spookers, the current owners. Now 60, she works for theAuckland District Health Board and the University of Auckland, in roles where she advocates for those with mental illness. on Edge TV was challenged to visit the notoriously haunted Spookers Haunted Attraction at the former Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital. The plan sparked debate over which buildings and their park-like surroundings should stay as a reminder of its past, with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust requesting better protection of heritage values of buildings and plants. Two investigations to round off the year. Kingseat Hospital was a psychiatric hospital that is considered to be one of New Zealand's notorious haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported, as of 2011[update]. [15] By 2004, more than two-hundred people had come forward to file complaints against the national government for claims of mistreatment and abuse of patients at New Zealand's psychiatric institutions (including Kingseat Hospital) during the 1960s and 1970s. If you would like to hear them let me know! 1.866.KINDRED | 1.866.546.3733. In 1939, the Public Works Department and Fletcher Construction Company, Ltd. agreed on the construction of a two-storey nurses home at Kingseat Hospital, with the government to provide the steel for the building. Debra Lampshire, photographed at the grounds of the former Kingseat Hospital, where she lived for 18 years. The actual construction of the hospital is said to have started in 1929 when 20 inmates from another nearby mental institution brought 12 wheelbarrows and about 10 shovels to the hospital site. But we can support our own staff.". In Spookers,Lampshire'smemories of the building are juxtaposed with its current utilisationasa place filled with deranged, menacingcharacters who scare people. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. I cried looking at the elderly dement people being held here, their only crime was not being of sound mind and having no living relations.. One of my worst teenage memories working in a prehistoric mental hospital 16 April 2012. After the closure of Kingseat Hospital in 1999, the grounds were initially considered as a potential site for a new prison, able to accommodate for six hundred inmates. In 1996, South Auckland Health sold Kingseat Hospital after government decisions to replace ongoing hospitalisation of mentally ill patients with community care and rehabilitation units. I have been pressuring the council to use whatever powers it has to that end.. The plan sparked debate over which buildings and their park-like surroundings should stay as a reminder of its past, with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust requesting better protection of heritage values of buildings and plants. 'We could use the hours between meals to just clean up the dining rooms.. Investigating Ghosts, Cryptids, UFOs, Urban Legends and Forgotten Histories of Aotearoa, Kingseat History and Nurses Hostel Walk-through. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldn't be highlighted as heritage. 19:55 EST 31 Jan 2016. Since the hospitals closure more than 200 people have come forward to file complaints against the government, claiming they were mistreated in New Zealands psychiatric institutions during the 1960s and 1970s including patients at Kingseat Hospital. I closed my eyes and saw a bit clearer a picture of a women being pushed under the water, she said. This involved propositions of rezoning to residential a majority of the land around Kingseat Hospital although certain buildings, structures and plant life on the former hospital site were protected due to historic and cultural value. Until such an investigation takes place we just have to take the words of those who made the TV show and of those who once worked and lived behind the wall and razor wire that is Kingseat hospital. That's the big question!'. Some received official apologies. Two deeply troubled 13-year-old boys vanished without a trace from Kingseat in 1967. We dont run the Spookers attraction, so if youre interested in employment it may be better to check on their website. A Return to Kingseat and a residential assessment. The nurse then kicked him hard in his back and I heard something snap,' Mr Matthews claimed. 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Beth Watson, who founded Spookerswith her family in 2005, was originally drawn to the building's appearance and its proximity to the small forest nearby - now the "Freaky Forest". Please respect the locations and the owners. When she sees those buildings, she remembers the screams and anguished cries for help. An aerial view of the Kingseat Hospital grounds. its beautiful ! We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. Wallbank said that while some people may not believe in or understand paranormal phenomena 'the majority haven't spent any time out in the field looking, and experiencing first hand.'. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. It's overnow.' 'More nurses died at Kingseat than patients. In 1968, certain nurses at Kingseat Hospital went on strike, which forced the administration to invite unemployed people and volunteers to assist within the hospital grounds with domestic chores. Steph from Smash! [18] By that year, the Freaky Forest of Fear, and CornEvil had been offered as on-site attractions. It was claimed by Spookers to be the first ever complaint regarding advertising in its seven years of production. [28] Spookers were finalists of the year's Tourism Industry Awards. But if they new the true history of the psychiatric hospital going in, theyd be doubly chilled to the bone. https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Kingseat_Hospital&oldid=26759. A family living in one of the villas told the Haunted Auckland team that spirits regularly showed themselves. Kingseat was built in Karakafrom1929 and opened in 1932,a rural refuge away from the toxicity of city life where patients could reside while returning to health. His case was reopened by police in 2004, 36 years after his death, after fellow patient and friend Stephen Lindsay came forward as a witness. Spookers were finalists of the years Tourism Industry Awards. Piles of mattresses and old couches line the abandoned rooms of the former children's ward that will house 35 men by January.. He said he saw his friend being thrown to the ground by a male nurse and brutally kicked in the back after Matthews had taken a piece of bread. Why is the US so wrapped up on the subject of UFOs right now? By 2004, more than two-hundred people had come forward to file complaints against the national government for claims of mistreatment and abuse of patients at New Zealands psychiatric institutions (including Kingseat Hospital) during the 1960s and 1970s. It was like a branch breaking. 'We have experienced many things that we couldn't find explanations for at the time. In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital in the former nurse hostel. , updated I worked here as a teenager, it was a horrible hospital with dinosaur thinking and a lot of what they say is true. [21] That same year, Haunted Auckland conducted a paranormal investigation at the site. [27] In 2007, Spookers received three Stevenson Franklin Country Business Awards nominations. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. In 2011, ideas were proposed to grow the area in the Kingseat suburb tenfold for the areas equine industry. Juan Moritz and Discovery of Atlantean Dungeons. Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) - 535 East 70th Street. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. [12] In 1996, South Auckland Health sold Kingseat Hospital after government decisions to replace ongoing hospitalisation of mentally ill patients with community care and rehabilitation units. Alok Wanchoo is listed with Companies House as the sole director of ZTK, with the firm registered to an address in Manchester. Kingseat Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital that is considered to be one of New Zealands most notoriously haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported, as of 2011. [8] In 1973, a therapeutic pool was opened by the then-Mayoress of Auckland, Mrs. Barbara Goodman, four years before the main swimming pool was added to the hospital in 1977. I found out from my own mother what some of these people did to their victims, she worked there to for many years. Bellevue Hospital Center - 462 First Avenue. Its alleged patients were subjected to horrific acts of abuse at Kingseat. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. In 1939, the Public Works Department and Fletcher Construction Company, Ltd. agreed on the construction of a two-storey nurses home at Kingseat Hospital, with the government to provide the steel for the building. Who's that guy? Website Admin for Haunted Auckland. Kingseat re-visit. Interestingly, its the nursing arena that seems to have provided fertile ground for ghost hunting at Kingseat. During the 1970s and 1980s, there were many places attached to psychiatric hospitals in New Zealand where alcoholics were treated for their drinking addictions and Villas 4 and 11 at Kingseat Hospital served this purpose. [25], In 2019, it was announced that Spookers would host a Halloween event called "Seven Deadly Sins". Now another firm ZTK, which is understood to already own the former administration block, has purchased the remaining buildings. Required fields are marked *. While the building is now derelict, with walls still bearing old scratch marks and new graffiti, it reportedly once held over 800 patients, who were treated for illnesses and addictions within the grounds. This led to the eventual closure of Kingseat Hospital in July 1999, when the final patients were re-located off the complex to a mental health unit in Otara. The idea is to bring mentally ill patients out from institutionalised care and place them within communities and closer to their families. Mr Robertson insisted that the Bairds Road site was inappropriate to hold the 16 patients as it was within a narrow radius walking distance of six schools. The hospital grew throughout the mid-late 1930s and 1940s to such an extent that by the beginning of 1947, there were over eight hundred patients. The gardens were kept beautiful with its tennis courts and pool, but what was behind closed doors sucks. "Iwouldn't get worked up about that, personally.". Kingseat Hospital, in Newmachar, was closed in 1999 before being taken over by Avant Homes which subsequently built 300 houses at the site. I hate the nursing staff for not telling us younger people so we could decide for ourselves to be exposed to some of the crap these inmates said to us. Please do not ask. I'm searching for. I am not a suspicious person by nature, but I do believe something happened to my brother.. The funny new Seth MacFarlane space comedy launches on SBS VICELAND 24 September 2018 and is streaming now at SBS On Demand. But whether you believe in the supernatural or not, its undeniable the walls of Kingseat Hospital have seen real horror unimaginable to many of us. Ref Watch: Was VAR operational for Ryan Kent's 'punch' on Aberdeen's Liam Scales - and why wasn't ref Nick Walsh sent to monitor if it was? In 1968, certain nurses at Kingseat Hospital went on strike, which forced the administration to invite unemployed people and volunteers to assist within the hospital grounds with domestic chores. Kingseat Hospital was named after a hospital in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, following the Director-General of the Mental Health Division of the Health Department (Dr. George Gray) upon returning from an overseas trip and he felt it appropriate to have a sister hospital with the same name in New Zealand. Watson feels a strong responsibility for the wellbeing of her staff and guests. The NEON YELLOW PRESERVATION SOCIETY is a fictional society. Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital in Auckland is claimed to be New Zealand's most haunted site with over 100 ghost sightings reported While the building is now derelict, with walls still bearing. After the closure of Kingseat Hospital in 1999, the grounds were initially considered as a potential site for a new prison, able to accommodate for six hundred inmates. One of the rooms they used for storage used to have ice baths. How do you get a job there? We visit the Kingseat Morgue to photographically document the building in its current state. 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