SBS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia. Today, Kingseat Hospital will be officially closed. 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. Hey guys, does anybody know someone who lives in Kingseat? I hope that after so much pain was felt there, that we can provide some fun for people in the properties new role! However, he could not be reached for comment. The horrordcoris designed to provoke certain reactions, however in the backstage corridors it felt much like an old hotel or dormitory similar to Tavistock Hotel, but with a less lived-in feel. [14] In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. Wallbank wrote in his initial report that the space was disorienting, and that there was a 'heavy energy', and reported an 'energy field' that kept moving. [36] In May 2014, Spookers made plans to open in Queensland, Australia. Kingseat Hospital 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, as of 2011. 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. In 2005, a television episode of Ghost Hunt featured the site of the former hospital. I get really sad when I walk around and dont know why . That place was creepy af. "For us" - former Kingseat patients -"it's a memorialbeing defaced," says Lampshire. She was later compensated for her mistreatment at Kingseat and other psychiatric hospitals. 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". They decided to convert the former nurses quarters, rather than a treatment facility orpatient accommodation. 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. 1.866.KINDRED | 1.866.546.3733. [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. 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 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. Debra Lampshire, photographed at the grounds of the former Kingseat Hospital, where she lived for 18 years. 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. 'We were sure he was being beaten, but were always told by hospital staff he had walked into a door.'. [18] By that year, the Freaky Forest of Fear, and CornEvil had been offered as on-site attractions. What's in a name? Skip to main content. The Morgan Spurlock documentary where we meet people unashamed to have the surname Hitler. "For me, knowing the turmoil and anguish that went on there, to see itturned into a form of entertainment, Ifind it a little bit difficult to deal with," Lampshiretells Stuff. 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. Watson believes very few of the 80,000-90,000 people who visit Spookerseach year know about the building's former life, and the companyavoids mentioningit in promotional materialbeyond sayingit's "based in the former Kingseat Pshyciatric[sic] Hospital in Kingseat". 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. Beth Israel Medical Center - 10 Nathan D Perlman Place. 50 relations. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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. 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. 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 involved propositions of re-zoning 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. Everything if your name is Steve Hitler. Cookie Notice Its alleged patients were subjected to horrific acts of abuse at Kingseat. Steph from Smash! [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. If residents require more serious health treatments the closest hospital is the Victoria in Kirkcaldy. The Orville is blasting off at SBS VICELAND. Spookers performer Huia Apiata causes havoc as a zombie clown, with Kingseat Hospital in the background (SBS VICELAND). For more information, please see our Dr. Henry Bennett was originally the former owner of Kingseat hospital in the 1950s. The property contains abandoned nurse's quarters where the apparition is meant to have been spotted lurking in the shadows. [7] 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. 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. 19:55 EST 31 Jan 2016. The old Kingseat psychiatric hospital is bulging at the seams. 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. 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. It insists no forensic patients will be held at the unit. For the time being, former residential quarters have been turned into villas which are rented by members of the local community. 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. What? I am not a suspicious person by nature, but I do believe something happened to my brother.. 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 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. Whatever the causes, there were certain rooms that didnt simply feel like normal everyday, empty rooms. Archival footage in Spookers shows a doctor administering medicine to young men at Kingseat Hospital Source: SBS VICELAND. 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. Kingseat Hospital, in Newmachar, was closed in 1999 before being taken over by Avant Homes which subsequently built 300 houses at the site. I can confirm this, My family and I lived here before it closed, I have tonnes of paranormal stories from living there. 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. It was horrible learning when suicidal people got out and caused accidents.. East Garioch councillor Martin Ford instigated a report earlier this year to find out what measures could be taken by the council to ensure the development was finished. 1999 - (July) Kingseat Hospital was officially closed. Some received official apologies. I had actually gone to spookers 2weeks ago with my cousins and family, Climbing in, she sensed something terrible had happened. Please do not ask. Community spokesperson Sue Watts says Otara people are not against mentally ill people but rather are concerned for the safety of their families should an escape be made from the secure unit. I knew at the time his back was broken.. Staff suicide [was] common on the grounds,' read the team's report. 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. One room would have a whole different feeling to the one right next to it. I cried with relief to learn this hospital has closed. The Morgan Spurlock documentary where we meet people unashamed to have the surname Hitler. 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. "Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints". 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. 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. [5], The psychiatric hospital was built in Karaka from 1929. According to an article onStuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is the number one haunted spot in New Zealand. Check out our Kingseat Photo Gallery! 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. I could see a hand and arm pushing her under the water drowning her.. [25] In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital[2] in the former nurse hostel. 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. Every time we went to see him he was covered in bruises, his brother John Mitchell, told The New Zealand Herald. 8 great Mark Strong roles About Us; Careers; Employees; Call us to talk to a Registered Nurse. 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. Hospital (Period Unassigned) Site Name Kingseat Hospital. [27] In 2007, Spookers received three Stevenson Franklin Country Business Awards nominations. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. If its useas a hospital is finished, it doesn't really affect mewhat they use it for now," he says. The New Zealand Heraldreported that former patient Stephen Lindsay had been traumatised by what he saw at the hospital. Like there was an invisible cloud that I was walking into. 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 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. 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. What began with the discovery of a body on a bridge quickly became a worldwide obsession. Mitchells siblings believe foul play may have been a factor in their brothers disappearance, and that he was being physically abused. Thanks for posting up this history, its really interesting to know more about the buildings we are working in and there (dark) history. Some of the old hospital buildings now form the central area of the village of Kingseat . He used to panic when we left [Kingseat]. An aerial view of the Kingseat Hospital grounds. [28] Spookers were finalists of the year's Tourism Industry Awards. 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. "We just felt more comfortable, because it was the nurses hostel," she says. How they treated the elderly and mentally handicapped people back then was horrible.. [24], Spookers is reportedly New Zealand's largest operator in haunted horror entertainment. With numerous amounts of legal complaints and cases being filed the government has expressed an interest in resolving all of the reported complaints of abuse or mistreatment against these poor patients. 'The EMF meter suddenly went off. History [ edit] The hospital, which was designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie using a village-type layout, opened as the Aberdeen District Asylum in May 1904. We visit the Kingseat Morgue to photographically document the building in its current state. Staff suicide being common on the grounds, due to the high stress levels caused in working in such a physically and emotionally draining working environment. 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. When I read that the place had closed down, about 20 something years ago, I started visiting. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Interestingly, its the nursing arena that seems to have provided fertile ground for ghost hunting at Kingseat. Kingseat re-visit. The notorious Morgue at Kingseat Hospital has long captured the imagination of those who know about the location. 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. [26] Spookers hold annual O'Scares Awards at the old Kingseat Hospital. In Spookers,Lampshire'smemories of the building are juxtaposed with its current utilisationasa place filled with deranged, menacingcharacters who scare people. PascoefindsSpookerspersonally insulting, and feels the actors' performances mockKingseat's former patients. However there still remains concern in the community that the derelict buildings will be left in their current state. 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 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. 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]. 'Big claims require big evidence to back them up. Holyrood mulls drastic booze marketing restrictions, Scotland's 20p bottle and can recycling rules: Five key questions, Top cop says 'creative solutions' needed to keep youths from causing trouble in Aberdeen - but parents must act too, Fashion retailer Quiz closes its store in Aberdeen's Bon Accord Centre and moves instead to Union Square, 'It's for everyone': Plans unveiled for Moray to get its own flag, 'UK Government has saved Fair Isle as an inhabited island': Levelling up cash will buy first ferry in 40 years. Local company Haunted Auckland, which specialises in the investigation of 'ghosts, UFO's, urban legends and forgotten histories' of the area took a special interest in the site after the hospital, which adjoins the morgue and nurse's living quarters, was bought as a place to conduct after-dark paintball games and erect a 'spook house' run by company Spookers. According to Haunted Auckland, staff at Spookers have been creeped out by object manipulation, and chilly spots. , updated As he takes the lead in Deep State, we explore his great supporting work. 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. I spent a night there once and as you can imagine it was pretty weird. Even those rooms that branched off the same hallway. The funny new Seth MacFarlane space comedy launches on SBS VICELAND 24 September 2018 and is streaming now at SBS On Demand. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By How do you get a job there? One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. 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. 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. How The Bridge kick-started a global phenomenon The eating halls looked like a disaster swept through after each feeding.. The team also discovered the diary of a former staff member, who described the terrible conditions the patients were forced to live in. Site Number NJ91NW 56. 'Every time we went to see him he was covered in bruises,' John Mitchell, Bruce's brother, told the New Zealand Herald. We were sure he was being beaten, but were always told by hospital staff he had walked into a door., I think something happened to him. An enhanced face of a ghost supposedly captured in a photo in a bathroom at Kingseat Hospital. [20] 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. 'This disappeared as the field moved away from Kel. "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. 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. 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. The site celebrated its 50th anniversary jubilee in 1982. The site of the former Kingseat Hospital in 2008, nine years after closure. 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. 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. Do not cause damage or steal from locations. The site celebrated its 50th Anniversary Jubilee in 1982. In doing so, the documentary prompts a question itavoids answering:is it appropriateto use a former psychiatric hospital building as a haunted house? Required fields are marked *. Thanks for sharing with us. 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. An Article from Scoop Auckland about the hospital closure bySelwyn Manning, dated 28th July 1999. Matthews official cause of death was pneumonia but Lindsay, who was 14 at the time, alleged this was a cover-up of horrific abuse. If you would like to hear them let me know! 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'). Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. [32] The three quantities of 6 (years, months, days) are a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast. as an actor lols, He was so frightened of that place, she said. [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. [17] In 2009, the owning company of the former hospital claimed it would proceed with plans to disconnect the water supply of residents within the local region, leaving many to either pay large fees for a different supply or to install new water tanks. 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. It is sited within the old Spinal Unit complex and is surrounded by electrified fences. Great thrillers to watch with your Dad 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. I closed my eyes and saw a bit clearer a picture of a women being pushed under the water, she said. We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. But in its 67 years of operation, some patients faced psychological and physical abuse, asdocumented in the 1988 Mason Report, and the 2007 report of the Confidential Forum for Former In-Patients of Psychiatric Hospitals. He is one of over 200 former patients who have claimed to have witnessed or experienced abuse at the hands of staff at several hospitals in the area in the 1960's and 1970's. Canmore ID 110736. [25], In 2019, it was announced that Spookers would host a Halloween event called "Seven Deadly Sins". "Iwish they" - the owners of Spookers- "gave a s..t aboutthereal people and their circumstances at the time. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. A ruling from a . Why is the US so wrapped up on the subject of UFOs right now? Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. Flower gardens, shrubs and trees were grown in the grounds of Kingseat Hospital such as surplus plants from the Ellerslie Racecourse and Norfolk Island pines originally seeds from Sir George Greys garden on Kawau Island. This is a search box on mobile. 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. When she sees those buildings, she remembers the screams and anguished cries for help. Enjoyed my time there. Who's that guy? 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'We have experienced many things that we couldn't find explanations for at the time. 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. When we entered the room temperature had dropped and we got a real awkward feeling that we just rushed out. Most buildings have been converted. The air felt heavy and thick to walk through. It was a good hospital when Iworked there. Kingseat closed in 1999, but the buildings remained(and arenow protected underthe Auckland Unitary Plan). 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 Zealands notorious haunted locations with over one hundred claims of apparitions being reported. Neither knew of the building's current occupants. [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. 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. 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. 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. [37], A 2017 namesake documentary about the attraction was directed by Florian Habicht. 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. [6][38] In Australia, the documentary Spookers aired on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand. For Healthcare Questions call 1.866.KINDRED. Some rooms had a heaviness that was instantly noticeable on entering. "Spookers wasn't here when there were any patients here," she says. Bellevue Hospital Center - 462 First Avenue. Please be safe and act in a responsible and respectful manner. Kingseat Hospital opened in 1932 and was operational until 1999, when it was shut down during a sweeping reform of New Zealand's public mental health system. We started tracking the field and found we could actually gauge the shape and size of it. 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. 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