I can confirm this, My family and I lived here before it closed, I have tonnes of paranormal stories from living there. I had actually gone to spookers 2weeks ago with my cousins and family, You can rent them, I lived in the church. With over 100 reported ghost sightings at Kingseat, the most prevalent is The Grey Nurse who took his own life and now apparently dwells in the old nurses quarters. [8] In 2005, a television episode of Ghost Hunt featured the site of the former hospital. The gardens were kept beautiful with its tennis courts and pool, but what was behind closed doors sucks. They weren't in those places, they don't have any idea what it's like," she says. Staff suicide [was] common on the grounds,' read the team's report. It was about the size of a football and was floating about a meter or so off the ground,' he wrote. Classification Hospital (Period Unassigned) Alternative Name (s) District Asylum For Aberdeen. 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. Thanks, Mark Wallbank mark@hauntedauckland.com. An enhanced face of a ghost supposedly captured in a photo in a bathroom at Kingseat 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 Zealands psychiatric institutions (including Kingseat Hospital) during the 1960s and 1970s. And during a visit to a former nurses house, another team member claimed to feel dizzy and nauseous when she touched a bathtub. If its useas a hospital is finished, it doesn't really affect mewhat they use it for now," he says. 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. Most buildings have been converted. We started tracking the field and found we could actually gauge the shape and size of it. Privacy Policy. Enjoyed my time there. The Bairds Road unit, Tamaki-Oranga, will house 20 mentally ill patients which were identified of needing on-going hospitalisation and rehabilitation. 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. [7], 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. Like there was an invisible cloud that I was walking into. Hi, Yes please, we would certainly like to hear froM anyone that has stories from their time at Kingseat. Some rooms had a heaviness that was instantly noticeable on entering. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Unless the address is already mentioned in the article, we do not disclose addresses or locations of abandoned or derelict buildings. . However there still remains concern in the community that the derelict buildings will be left in their current state. South Auckland Health insists local Otara residents have nothing to fear. 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. "Iwouldn't get worked up about that, personally.". Kingseat Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital that is considered to be one of New Zealand's most notoriously haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported, as of 2011. This page was last edited on 1 August 2014, at 21:29. [10] [4] According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is considered one of the most haunted locations in New Zealand. What's in a name? 'We were sure he was being beaten, but were always told by hospital staff he had walked into a door.'. The air felt heavy and thick to walk through. 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. [21] That same year, Haunted Auckland conducted a paranormal investigation at the site. 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. Take a photographic journey with us through some of the many wards and buildings that make up the Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital. 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. 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. 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. Get a case of the willies with Spookers, streaming at SBS On Demand: More at SBS: 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. I am as yet undecided as to whether or not this would be due to natural causes or even something unnatural. Nearly ten years after the case was re-opened, the Haunted Auckland team decided to settle empirically whether the residence was haunted. We visit the Kingseat Morgue to photographically document the building in its current state. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. "Spookers wasn't here when there were any patients here," she says. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. The alarm was raised at 3.50am. What's in a name? 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". Random photo 2018 gallery, Spookers visit with Steph from Smash! "People say, 'Why don't youmove on? A former psychiatric hospital which has fallen into disrepair has been sold. Many of the special effects and props used at Spookers were created with assistance from Weta Workshop. 8 great Mark Strong roles This time our mission was to try to recapture, recreate . 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. 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. From 1964, nursing staff at Kingseat were given name tags to wear on their uniforms. Why is the US so wrapped up on the subject of UFOs right now? The haunted history of an abandoned psychiatric hospital has been caught on camera, revealing a glimpse into the tortured lives of those who lived there for over 50 years. What? Pool hall plans tabled for Aberdeen Arches, homes at old Banchory bus depot and Traveller site near Kemnay to expand, When Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart brought Hi Ho Silver Lining and heavy rock to Aberdeens Douglas Hotel, Two well-known hospitality figures team up to create new business, Weekend court roll revenge porn and a terminal ill paedophiles plea for mercy, Major 20m boost for Peterhead museum and Macduff aquarium plans, Hunt for 'bogus workmen' following string of break-ins and thefts across north-east, Watch out! Kingseat Road, Patumahoe Auckland Furnished room in a studio It is a boarding house located at the Kingseat Hospital, this facility has been newly decorated and it has 36 rooms ready for anyone interested in lon. Spookers performer Huia Apiata causes havoc as a zombie clown, with Kingseat Hospital in the background (SBS VICELAND). 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. I certainly wouldnt consider myself sensitive (not that I know of, anyway) and arent able to feel what the two Medium / Sensitives in the group are able to sense at times. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. He used to panic when we left [Kingseat]. 'Clem hit the floor with a hell of a thud. Canmore ID 110736. 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. The most haunting testimonyinSpookers,FlorianHabicht's recent documentary aboutthe south Aucklandhaunted houseattraction, comes not from a maniacal clown or a chainsaw-wieldingmadman, but from a middle-aged, red-haired woman named "Debra". But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldnt be highlighted as heritage. I spent a night there once and as you can imagine it was pretty weird. An aerial photograph from 1990 shows the extent of Tokanui Hospital, near Te Awamutu, which by the 1960s was one of the largest psychiatric institutions in New Zealand. 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. Haunted Auckland makes their third visit to the Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital Maximum Security buildings for an overnight investigation. 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 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. its beautiful ! South Auckland Health managers say such fears are unwarranted and unjustified. 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. Certainly didnt feel natural to me at all.'. 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'). That's the big question!'. if there are ghosts it would not shock me, when people where really sentenced to life behind a mental hospital door people did die here. However, we still need more evidence to make a call as big as whether or not the location is actually haunted,' Wallbank said. With a tragic backstory, Kingseat Hospital is said to be the most haunted place in New Zealand. 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. "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. There was definitely some kind of energy anomaly moving around in that area. 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. 'The paranormal is a personal journey and needs to be experienced on a personal level to be appreciated or understood. In doing so, the documentary prompts a question itavoids answering:is it appropriateto use a former psychiatric hospital building as a haunted house? 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. The site celebrated its 50th Anniversary Jubilee in 1982. The hospital closed its doors in 1999, however spirits of staff and patients are said to linger in the imposing buildings on its grounds. The goal of the Bairds Road unit is to rehabilitate the patients and eventually to allow them to again live within the community. 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. However, he could not be reached for comment. Later that year, a billboard for Spookers, advertising the theme park in Parnell, Auckland was reported to the Advertising Standards Authority after complaint that it could be seen by children who were not the target market, but could be frightened by the advertisement. The property contains abandoned nurse's quarters where the apparition is meant to have been spotted lurking in the shadows. Many of the special effects at Spookers were created with assistance from Weta Workshop. Paranormal investigation and research group Haunted Auckland, which has conducted a number of investigations at Kingseat, said to be the most haunted place in New Zealand, reports that more nurses died on the premises than patients, and that staff suicide was a common occurrence there. Still living her best post . 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. Spookers is believed to be Australasia's only haunted attraction scream park as of 2011[update],[3] and "the number 1 Haunted Attraction in the Southern Hemisphere". The Haunted Auckland team did an initial 'walk through' of the property, before conducting the overnight investigations, bringing along a host of equipment used to detect ghostly presences and physical energies. I worked as a psychiatric nurse in Kingseat from 1978 through 1980. In the early 1960s, John and Anne Hall worked as psychiatrists at Kingseat, and lived on the grounds with their two young children. [24], Spookers is reportedly New Zealand's largest operator in haunted horror entertainment. A very active Paranormal explore of a ex psychiatric hospital on a very large site with multiple large hospital buildings, Called Kingseat, Located in The No. 19:55 EST 31 Jan 2016. We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. 'More nurses died at Kingseat than patients. An aerial view of the Kingseat Hospital grounds. [27] In 2007, Spookers received three Stevenson Franklin Country Business Awards nominations. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldn't be highlighted as heritage. It was horrible learning when suicidal people got out and caused accidents.. 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. However the developer was accused of failing to preserve the historic hospital buildings and construct a childrens play park. The site of the former Kingseat Hospital in 2008, nine years after closure. Your email address will not be published. The Orville is blasting off at SBS VICELAND. [36] In May 2014, Spookers made plans to open in Queensland, Australia. Mr Robertson asked whether any of the patients had been forensic patients as detailed under the Mental Health Act, and whether any of the patients had convictions of rape and other violent crimes. The notorious Morgue at Kingseat Hospital has long captured the imagination of those who know about the location. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. The Morgan Spurlock documentary where we meet people unashamed to have the surname Hitler. The most haunting testimony in Spookers, Florian Habicht's recent documentary about the south Auckland. How do you get a job there? 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.. Kingseat Hospital, in Newmachar, was closed in 1999 before being taken over by Avant Homes which subsequently built 300 . [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. 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. Avant Homes confirmed ownership would be transferred at the end of November. 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. The promo for the 2014 season of local television show Shortland Street was partly filmed at Kingseat Hospital[23] as was a music video for I Am Giant. Do not cause damage or steal from locations. Sure, the looming brick structure looks somewhat monolithic standing outside looking up at it, but once inside you can literally spend hours wandering around blindly, sometimes in circles, sometimes missing whole sections with disorientation due to lack of bearings in the dark and randomly discovering them a second time round. For Healthcare Questions call 1.866.KINDRED. In Spookers,Lampshire'smemories of the building are juxtaposed with its current utilisationasa place filled with deranged, menacingcharacters who scare people. But we can support our own staff.". The team recorded several unusual incidents, including hearing the name 'Stephen' very clearly when they used a 'spirit box' to communicate with ghosts in the room. as an actor lols, on Edge TV was challenged to visit the notoriously haunted Spookers Haunted Attraction at the former Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital. Kingseat Hospital is a former mental health facility near Newmachar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Alison Pascoe suffered abuse as a patient at Kingseat Hospital in the early 1950s. 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. The hospital closed its doors in 1999 . Police claimed to have found footprints leading in to the water in the case of Mitchell, and the only evidence found of Collins was a shoe in a paddock. "If it's really aimed at thinking about psychiatric patients as crazy peoplewhomight murder you at any minute, Iwould not be very pleased about that, to say the least," says Anne. "We talked about whether it was appropriateand whether we felt that it was disrespectful," says Watson. If you would like to hear them let me know! Search. 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. 'Every time we went to see him he was covered in bruises,' John Mitchell, Bruce's brother, told the New Zealand Herald. Kingseat Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital located in Karaka, south of Auckland. Over 100 exclusive photos from our Paranormal Investigation of Kingseat Hospital Maximum Security buildings. I knew at the time his back was broken.. 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. [16] As of 2007[update], 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. It opened in 1912 with a few patients transferred from Porirua Hospital near Wellington, and closed in 1997. Who owns Kingseat Hospital? Due to Manukau City Council consent conditions a Liaison committee between South Auckland Health and local resident representatives has been set up. Although living mainly in farmhouses in the district, I did reside for periods in the Nurses hostel. Readers' Ombudsman: Your chance to shape the journalism rule book, Terms and Conditions for Subscriptions (excluding Home News Delivery Subscriptions), Evening Express and Press and Journal combined site. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. [25], In 2019, it was announced that Spookers would host a Halloween event called "Seven Deadly Sins". 1.866.KINDRED | 1.866.546.3733. [25] In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital[2] in the former nurse hostel. I get really sad when I walk around and dont know why . Neither knew of the building's current occupants. Kingseat re-visit. 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. The funny new Seth MacFarlane space comedy launches on SBS VICELAND 24 September 2018 and is streaming now at SBS On Demand. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. 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? All Rights Reserved. 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. What was Kingseat Hospital used for? The old Kingseat psychiatric hospital is bulging at the seams. 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. His sister Judy Sorich has questioned why there was no further investigation into her brothers death given the suspicious and disturbing circumstances surrounding it. 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. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldnt be highlighted as heritage. Hospital (Period Unassigned) Site Name Kingseat Hospital. [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. I hope that after so much pain was felt there, that we can provide some fun for people in the properties new role! 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. The move to the Bairds Road unit is controversial with local residents having fought its establishment at Manukau City Council hearings committee meetings and in the Environment Court. Some rooms I entered had an instantly noticeable icy cold chill in them, whilst the one next to it was warm and felt normal. During the five years she spent there, Pascoe says she suffered abuse from staff and residents, and was consistently intimidated and threatened. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By Please do not ask. 'We could use the hours between meals to just clean up the dining rooms.. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. Two investigations to round off the year. I have been pressuring the council to use whatever powers it has to that end.. 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. According to Haunted Auckland, staff at Spookers have been creeped out by object manipulation, and chilly spots. In 2011, ideas were proposed to grow the area in the Kingseat suburb tenfold for the areas equine industry. living at kingseat hospital. 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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. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. and Ohhhh How i had a blast:)) it was wicked, 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. [13], 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. "We just felt more comfortable, because it was the nurses hostel," she says. It was like a branch breaking. According to the New Zealand Herald, a coroners hearing into Mitchells death was never carried out, and there is no record of his death. Climbing in, she sensed something terrible had happened. Here's what we know about 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' returning. 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. But thanks for making this a wicked experience, one of the best through out my teenage years:D. Thanks for your comment! 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. 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. I closed my eyes and saw a bit clearer a picture of a women being pushed under the water, she said. One of the rooms they used for storage used to have ice baths. 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. Although patients, once considered forensic patients but having had their classification eased into a more rehabilitative category, will be able to be housed at the Bairds Road unit. [6] The construction began when twenty patients from a nearby mental institution came to the site along with twelve wheelbarrows and ten shovels. Sometimes we see them, but they dont bother us at all, its all good,' the team were told. "Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints". 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