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. [7], Kingseat Hospital was in operation from 1932. "We talked about whether it was appropriateand whether we felt that it was disrespectful," says Watson. "Like so many others, all we want is answers.. I'm searching for. It is said that one of the reasons that no real paranormal investigations take place is due to the court cases of mistreatment going through the courts, that along with the sale of the place, the new owner did not want the idea the place was haunted to get out there. People are definitely experiencing something there. 8 great Mark Strong roles 'The EMF meter suddenly went off. 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will be back for its sixth season at its home on SBS VICELAND. Bellevue Hospital Center - 462 First Avenue. What year did tokanui hospital close? 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. Why is the US so wrapped up on the subject of UFOs right now? 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". 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. [36] In May 2014, Spookers made plans to open in Queensland, Australia. 'They play with the kids. Thanks for posting up this history, its really interesting to know more about the buildings we are working in and there (dark) history. 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. [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. 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. In Spookers,Lampshire'smemories of the building are juxtaposed with its current utilisationasa place filled with deranged, menacingcharacters who scare people. We dont run the Spookers attraction, so if youre interested in employment it may be better to check on their website. 'Big claims require big evidence to back them up. [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. It's overnow.' I get really sad when I walk around and dont know why . It was horrible living in the nurses home, it was horrible working in the huge main kitchen and it was worse working in the separate units. Please be safe and act in a responsible and respectful manner. Required fields are marked *. [40], In July 2013, there was a record outbreak of Dutch elm disease in two hundred trees at the site of the former hospital. [14] In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. The team at Haunted Auckland are not the first to discover the checkered history of the hospital, and new evidence prompted local police to re-open a 36-year-old cold case in 2004 into the death of an 11-year-old boy at the hospital. 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? 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. Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. It opened in 1912 with a few patients transferred from Porirua Hospital near Wellington, and closed in 1997. Who owns Kingseat Hospital? Structurally it reminded me of some of the buildings at the old Waipukurau Hospital. The funny new Seth MacFarlane space comedy launches on SBS VICELAND 24 September 2018 and is streaming now at SBS On Demand. In the early 1960s, John and Anne Hall worked as psychiatrists at Kingseat, and lived on the grounds with their two young children. 'At one point it was hovering around Kels [another team member] head for a couple of minutes, before moving offAs I was measuring the field around Kel, I could feel an icy cold patch all around my hand holding the EMF meter,' he said. However, he could not be reached for comment. Skip to main content. ', 'You have to be in this field to stay grounded.'. 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. We visit the Kingseat Morgue to photographically document the building in its current state. 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. Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) - 535 East 70th Street. "Iwouldn't get worked up about that, personally.". 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. A teenager with behavioural difficulties and mental health problems is "living" in a hospital children's ward because no suitable accommodation can be found, a judge has been told. 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. 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. [26] Spookers hold annual O'Scares Awards at the old Kingseat Hospital. "Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints". It insists no forensic patients will be held at the unit. Neither knew of the building's current occupants. Today, people claim it is one of the most haunted places in New Zealand. 'This disappeared as the field moved away from Kel. 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. How The Bridge kick-started a global phenomenon. Check out our Kingseat Photo Gallery! Piles of mattresses and old couches line the abandoned rooms of the former children's ward that will house 35 men by January.. 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. [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. [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. Former patients from hospitals in the area, including Kingseat, were hit with claims of grave abuse and neglect. Inside Kingseat Hospitals maximum security wing, stained floors and scratched walls are remnants of real horror Source: Haunted Auckland / YouTube. According to the New Zealand Herald, a coroners hearing into Mitchells death was never carried out, and there is no record of his death. Neil Drysdale: What's the best alternative anthem if Flower of Scotland needs replacing? We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. Ithink it's evil,actually, andpeopleshouldstopmakingfun of mental illness. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldnt be highlighted as heritage. The Haunted Auckland group returned to the Spookers building at Kingseat to look further into incidents which had happened on the previous investigation sessions, looking for explanations and to gather more evidence of the paranormal activity in this former psychiatric hospital.. Return Visit to Spookers / Nurses Hostel 7th April 2013. The site celebrated its 50th anniversary jubilee in 1982. But thanks for making this a wicked experience, one of the best through out my teenage years:D. Thanks for your comment! 'Clem hit the floor with a hell of a thud. 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. According to Haunted Auckland, staff at Spookers have been creeped out by object manipulation, and chilly spots. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By and our The Bairds Road unit, Tamaki-Oranga, will house 20 mentally ill patients which were identified of needing on-going hospitalisation and rehabilitation. "For us" - former Kingseat patients -"it's a memorialbeing defaced," says Lampshire. Matthews official cause of death was pneumonia but Lindsay, who was 14 at the time, alleged this was a cover-up of horrific abuse. According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is the number one haunted spot in New Zealand. 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. But neither body was ever found. 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. The alarm was raised at 3.50am. Matthew Of course the building is decorated as a Haunted attraction, so dark, with props and fake cobwebs etc. 05:01 EST 09 May 2015 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. 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will be back for its sixth season at its home on SBS VICELAND. 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. It was a good hospital when Iworked there. 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. [25] In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital[2] in the former nurse hostel. Wikid ! 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. Due to Manukau City Council consent conditions a Liaison committee between South Auckland Health and local resident representatives has been set up. Source: SBS VICELAND. 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 separate incidents, Bruce Mitchell and Kelly Haydn Collins allegedly wandered out of the hospital and were presumed dead by drowning in nearby Manukau Harbour, reports The New Zealand Herald. For 18years, from age 17, Debra Lampshire lived at atKingseat Hospital -the building where Spookers is now based. How they treated the elderly and mentally handicapped people back then was horrible.. What's in a name? Unless the address is already mentioned in the article, we do not disclose addresses or locations of abandoned or derelict buildings. As he takes the lead in Deep State, we explore his great supporting work. Please be safe and act in a responsible and respectful manner. Do not cause damage or steal from locations. 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. That's the big question!'. Yes some had murdered, I hope God forgives anyone whom stayed here as a patient. 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 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. 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. Mr Lindsay saw a nurse hit the boy after he stole a piece of bread while in line for dinner. The most haunting testimony in Spookers, Florian Habicht's recent documentary about the south Auckland. and Ohhhh How i had a blast:)) it was wicked, [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. 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. A Return to Kingseat and a residential assessment. Kingseat operated from 1932 to 1999 when it was closed as part of New Zealands reform of its mental health system. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldn't be highlighted as heritage. 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.. 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. 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The NEON YELLOW PRESERVATION SOCIETY is a fictional society. [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. Thanks for sharing with us. The Morgan Spurlock documentary where we meet people unashamed to have the surname Hitler. 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. The property contains abandoned nurse's quarters where the apparition is meant to have been spotted lurking in the shadows. "People say, 'Why don't youmove on? Daily updates on UFO sightings, ghost encounters, conspiracies, mysterious phenomena and everything crazy and weird. The site celebrated its 50th anniversary jubilee in 1982. 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 cried with relief to learn this hospital has closed. 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. With our Facility Locator, you can discover the nearest Kindred Hospital Facility. What is the biggest hospital in New Zealand? The small kitchen used to be the supplies room and on the . Kingseat Hospital, in Newmachar, was closed in 1999 before being taken over by Avant Homes which subsequently built 300 houses at the site. Details of patient histories were kept secret due to Privacy Act requirements. It was like a branch breaking. The patients said that they had been given drug injections as a form of punishment, and were locked in 'solitary' in straightjackets for hours at a time. Thanks, Mark Wallbank mark@hauntedauckland.com. Watson feels a strong responsibility for the wellbeing of her staff and guests. His sister Judy Sorich has questioned why there was no further investigation into her brothers death given the suspicious and disturbing circumstances surrounding it. One of the rooms they used for storage used to have ice baths. Kingseat re-visit. What began with the discovery of a body on a bridge quickly became a worldwide obsession. 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". "Ithink it's really demeaning. It was operational from around 1930 to 1999 when it finally closed its doors and the location was proposed as a site for a new prison that would hold 600 people but that did not go ahead. Some received official apologies. During the five years she spent there, Pascoe says she suffered abuse from staff and residents, and was consistently intimidated and threatened. Haunted Auckland makes their third visit to the Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital Maximum Security buildings for an overnight investigation. There was definitely some kind of energy anomaly moving around in that area. Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. About Us; Careers; Employees; Call us to talk to a Registered Nurse. This time our mission was to try to recapture, recreate . 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. 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. I remember lots of talk regarding supernatural events, but never experienced them myself. Canmore ID 110736. [34] In 2013, Spookers was named as one of "10 Awesome Auckland Attractions". One room would have a whole different feeling to the one right next to it. [28] Spookers were finalists of the year's Tourism Industry Awards. 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. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldnt be highlighted as heritage. 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. Classification Hospital (Period Unassigned) Alternative Name (s) District Asylum For Aberdeen. 'More nurses died at Kingseat than patients. Your email address will not be published. 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. Some of the criminally insane people did really bad stuff but how they were treated was worse. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. What was Kingseat Hospital used for? The gardens were kept beautiful with its tennis courts and pool, but what was behind closed doors sucks. I found out from my own mother what some of these people did to their victims, she worked there to for many years. Datum OSGB36 - NGR. 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. Every time we went to see him he was covered in bruises, his brother John Mitchell, told The New Zealand Herald. [32] The three quantities of 6 (years, months, days) are a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast. Not breaking in, rather just wandering around and taking in the sights and atmosphere of the place,' Wallbank, told Daily Mail Australia. 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. "Iwish they" - the owners of Spookers- "gave a s..t aboutthereal people and their circumstances at the time. [41], For the hospital in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see. An enhanced face of a ghost supposedly captured in a photo in a bathroom at Kingseat Hospital. 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. NGR Description Centred NJ 90398 19105. 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. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. But, in this building there are definitely detectable levels of difference within each room. 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. '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. its beautiful ! Most buildings have been converted. 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? 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. 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. Steph from Smash! One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. Privacy Policy. 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. Many of the special effects at Spookers were created with assistance from Weta Workshop. 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