Kingseat Hospital is located just south of Auckland (New Zealand) at Karaka and is a former psychiatric hospital that is considered to be one of New Zealand's notorious haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported. 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. People get really scared when they go to Spookers, based at Kingseat Hospital, 30 minutes south of Auckland in Karaka. [9] 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. An obstacle race involving zombie attacks and known as Run for your Freakn Life was held by Spookers on 15 April 2012, in a Fun Run in celebration of being open for 6 years, 6 months, and 6 days on that date. 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. [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. Lindsay told The New Zealand Herald his friend died like a dog. Kingseat closed in 1999, but the buildings remained(and arenow protected underthe Auckland Unitary Plan). as an actor lols, 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. [7] 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. Following a meeting Mark had with Beth, one of the managers of Spookers, the two were shown the entire building from level to level, section to section to plan ahead for the upcoming investigations. In the early 1960s, John and Anne Hall worked as psychiatrists at Kingseat, and lived on the grounds with their two young children. 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 old Kingseat psychiatric hospital is bulging at the seams. Kingseat Hospital, in Newmachar, was closed in 1999 before being taken over by Avant Homes which subsequently built 300 houses at the site. [19], 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. 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. Footage shows the paranormal investigators of Haunted Auckland supposedly communing with a ghost named Alexis Jackson, a nurse who continues to look after patients at the hospital. 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. 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.'. 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. Auckland City Hospital Bruce Mitchell and Kelly Collins were also patients at Kingseat when they disappeared in separate incidents in 1967 after reports of shock treatment and continual bruising. 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. If residents require more serious health treatments the closest hospital is the Victoria in Kirkcaldy. Aberdeen Journals Ltd 2023. 'Clem hit the floor with a hell of a thud. [6][38] In Australia, the documentary Spookers aired on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand. Privacy Policy. Flower gardens, shrubs and trees were grown in the grounds of Kingseat Hospital, using surplus plants from the Ellerslie Racecourse and Norfolk Island pine seeds from Sir George Greys garden on Kawau Island. PascoefindsSpookerspersonally insulting, and feels the actors' performances mockKingseat's former patients. Thanks, Mark Wallbank mark@hauntedauckland.com. Unless the address is already mentioned in the article, we do not disclose addresses or locations of abandoned or derelict buildings. [34] In 2013, Spookers was named as one of "10 Awesome Auckland Attractions". 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. It insists no forensic patients will be held at the unit. Certainly didnt feel natural to me at all.'. Nearly ten years after the case was re-opened, the Haunted Auckland team decided to settle empirically whether the residence was haunted. Canmore ID 110736. It is located in Karaka, New Zealand, south of Auckland and since 2005 has been used as a site for Spookers; and since 2013 a site for Asylum Paintball and Laser Combat; three New Zealand attractions. South Auckland Health insists local Otara residents have nothing to fear. 'Hence I personally don't really give them much time, or take them seriously,' he said. NGR Description Centred NJ 90398 19105. 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. 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. In 2013, a property developer revealed a plan to transform the site of the hospital into a countryside living estate with four hundred and fifty homes. Watson feels a strong responsibility for the wellbeing of her staff and guests. She was later compensated for her mistreatment at Kingseat and other psychiatric hospitals. We will continue to manage security operations on the site until the end of November 2017, after which time responsibility will be transferred to the new owners.. A former psychiatric hospital which has fallen into disrepair has been sold. 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. We can start to see how the buildings of the hospital could hold such dark energies and have claims of paranormal within, the ones who complained are the lucky ones, the claims of the amount who passed away within the walls on Kingseat is in the high side. Some of the old hospital buildings now form the central area of the village of Kingseat . 1999 - (July) Kingseat Hospital was officially closed. Ref Watch: Was VAR operational for Ryan Kents punch on Aberdeens Liam Scales and why wasnt ref Nick Walsh sent to monitor if it was? welcome to urban kiwiana a real life walk through and explore of an hodpital wing at kingsseat hospital in auckland new zealand during 2020, this was last year while the world was in lockdown new. Climbing in, she sensed something terrible had happened. My cousin got a weird feeling in the baby room in the haunted house and so did i in the first baby room were they were hospitalized. About Us; Careers; Employees; Call us to talk to a Registered Nurse. Random photo 2018 gallery, Spookers visit with Steph from Smash! Motivated by a picture of his two young boys, Adam worked hard with his interdisciplinary care team to be liberated from the ventilator and regain . Former patients from hospitals in the area, including Kingseat, were hit with claims of grave abuse and neglect. Mitchells siblings believe foul play may have been a factor in their brothers disappearance, and that he was being physically abused. i mean no disrespect entering the grounds im just extremly intrigued after hearing my step dad talk about it and my boss etc, Awesome place to explore at night me and some mates meet a man who lives in one of the administration blocks.We were able to gain access to the shock ward building at night,spent 3 hours in there 10pm till 1am was an unusual but very airy feeling,would love to be able to explore more abandoned/places like this :) Amazing. Classification Hospital (Period Unassigned) Alternative Name (s) District Asylum For Aberdeen. Premium content exclusive to our subscribers, About Us 275 Years of The Press and Journal, Construction worker dies at Baird Family Hospital site in Aberdeen, Cannabis farm equipment on industrial scale removed from Aboynes Huntly Arms Hotel, Four charged after cannabis farm discovered at Huntly Arms Hotel in Aboyne, Forensic officers remain at Sunnyside Road flat two days after womans body found, Mystery plaid donated to Glenesk Museum is older and rarer than first thought. The site, which incorporates an abandoned morgue and maximum-security area has been the subject of local folklore since closure, with many claiming to have witnessed ghosts or experienced supernatural events while walking the abandoned halls. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldn't be highlighted as heritage. 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 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital[2] in the former nurse hostel. Categories: Antidepressant prescribing Narrative medicine NHS Hospitality Registers Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education Philosophy Psychiatry Stigma suicide Tags: #pillshaming 'Highly validating' 103 Holburn Street 108 Osborne Place 124 Osborne Place 147 Cheetham Hill Road . on Edge TV was challenged to visit the notoriously haunted Spookers Haunted Attraction at the former Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital. We could use the hours between meals to just clean up the dining rooms.. Clement Matthews was reported to have died from pneumonia, but a fellow patient, who was 14 at the time, claimed that a nurse beat the boy just hours before his death. Hospital (Period Unassigned) Site Name Kingseat Hospital. Piles of mattresses and old couches line the abandoned rooms of the former children's ward that will house 35 men by January.. 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 in operation since 1932. I found out from my own mother what some of these people did to their victims, she worked there to for many years. 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will be back for its sixth season at its home on SBS VICELAND. He used to panic when we left [Kingseat]. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. Meanwhile, TV show Ghost Hunt features footage of an unplugged dentist chair turning itself on (you can check it out here) and claims to have captured the shape of a ghosts face in a shower stall. Adam's Story: A Father's Fight Against Guillain-Barre Syndrome. By Here's what we know about 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' returning Another thing I noticed was that certain rooms felt different to others. Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Some rooms I entered had an instantly noticeable icy cold chill in them, whilst the one next to it was warm and felt normal. In 1973, a Therapeutic pool was opened by the then-Mayoress of Auckland, Barbara Goodman, four years before the main swimming pool was added to the hospital in 1977. In the first overnight session, the team used Go-Pros, motion sensor cameras, and nightshot, UV, infrared and digital cameras to ensure that they caught anything paranormal on footage. As of 2007, the most common apparition reportedly seen at Kingseat Hospital was the Grey Nurse, believed to be a former staff member, in and around the former nurses home. Most were aged between eight and 16 at the time of the alleged abuse, and claimed to have been subject to sexual and physical abuse, as well aselectro-convulsive therapy (ECT, or 'shock treatment'). But neither body was ever found. Its also home to haunted attraction scream park Spookers. [26] Spookers hold annual O'Scares Awards at the old Kingseat Hospital. The problem with these claims, is that apart from A New Zealand TV show called Ghost Hunt, no real paranormal investigation groups have or may ever be able to investigate the hospital. The NEON YELLOW PRESERVATION SOCIETY is a fictional society. "I havehorrible memories, and Ican't get them out of my mind," says Alison Pascoe, a 75-year-old who arrived at Kingseat in 1950, age 8. Nobody knows what it'slikeuntil they'restruck down with it," she says. John, though, is indifferent:"I have no feeling about that. ive been wanting to know ever since i had heard about this place. The team also discovered the diary of a former staff member, who described the terrible conditions the patients were forced to live in. 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. Haunted Auckland makes their third visit to the Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital Maximum Security buildings for an overnight investigation. She did not realise the facility had been a psychiatric hospital until she made inquiries into leasing the building. 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]. Spookers performer Huia Apiata causes havoc as a zombie clown, with Kingseat Hospital in the background (SBS VICELAND). 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 am not a suspicious person by nature, but I do believe something happened to my brother.. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. The most haunting testimony in Spookers, Florian Habicht's recent documentary about the south Auckland. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. 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. The New Zealand Heraldreported that former patient Stephen Lindsay had been traumatised by what he saw at the hospital. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. The baby room appears to be a bit of a hotspot for activity from what weve heard, and your experience appears to further confirm there is something odd with that room. https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Kingseat_Hospital&oldid=26759. The nurse then kicked him hard in his back and I heard something snap,' Mr Matthews claimed. Investigating Ghosts, Cryptids, UFOs, Urban Legends and Forgotten Histories of Aotearoa, Angry homesick doll yearns for the Highlands, Kingseat History and Nurses Hostel Walk-through, Ghost Cam: Furman Theatre, Greenville South Carolina. It was claimed by Spookers to be the first ever complaint regarding advertising in its seven years of production. Anomalien.com (anomaly + alien) is one of the most popular websites with the latest breaking news and articles on UFOs/UAPs and all the unexplained and paranormal since 2013. As he takes the lead in Deep State, we explore his great supporting work. "Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints". 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. 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. It is located in Karaka, New Zealand, south of Auckland and since 2005 has been used as a site for Spookers; a New Zealand attraction that is believed to be Australasias only haunted attraction scream park, and The number one Haunted Attraction in the Southern Hemisphere. The gardens were kept beautiful with its tennis courts and pool, but what was behind closed doors sucks. [1] It is located in Karaka, New Zealand, south of Auckland and since 2005 has been used as a site for Spookers;[2] and since 2013 a site for Asylum Paintball and Laser Combat; three New Zealand attractions. A few years after my leaving I had a short horror story published entitled Bandages, using some of my experience of working in some of the back wards. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. For more information, please see our Some received official apologies. 'I first heard about Kingseat in the 80's. Thanks for posting up this history, its really interesting to know more about the buildings we are working in and there (dark) history. I worked here as a teenager, it was a horrible hospital with dinosaur thinking and a lot of what they say is true. But, in this building there are definitely detectable levels of difference within each room. 8 great Mark Strong roles. This time our mission was to try to recapture, recreate . [4] According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is considered one of the most haunted locations in New Zealand. 'More nurses died at Kingseat than patients. 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. When we entered the room temperature had dropped and we got a real awkward feeling that we just rushed out. 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. 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. 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Cookie Notice 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. The site of the former Kingseat Hospital in 2008, nine years after closure. [29] Spookers also won the Contribution to the Community Award for its staff's contribution to raising money for Ronald McDonald House at the 2010 Westpac Manukau Business Excellence Awards. An Article from Scoop Auckland about the hospital closure bySelwyn Manning, dated 28th July 1999. But if they new the true history of the psychiatric hospital going in, theyd be doubly chilled to the bone. living at kingseat hospital. I worked as a psychiatric nurse in Kingseat from 1978 through 1980. People are definitely experiencing something there. We uncover the chequered history of this notoriously haunted psychiatric hospital and share our impressions from our initial location scout at the former nurses hostel and Spookers attraction. Check out our Kingseat Photo Gallery! Who's that guy? Kingseat Hospital was named after a hospital in Aberdeenshire, Scotland following Dr. Gray (the Director-General of the Mental Health Division of the Health Department at the time) returning from an overseas trip, who felt it appropriate to have a sister hospital with the same name in New Zealand. . Wallbank, along with his team, began gathering information from those who had worked at the hospital, and were told that both patients and nurses regularly died within the 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. Kingseat Hospital is a former mental health facility near Newmachar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Please be safe and act in a responsible and respectful manner. [25], In 2019, it was announced that Spookers would host a Halloween event called "Seven Deadly Sins". Mr Robertson questioned the then Minister of Health Bill English on this histories of 16 patients destined for the Bairds Road unit, but until today remained at Kingseat Hospital.
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