The old Kingseat psychiatric hospital is bulging at the seams. 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. He used to panic when we left [Kingseat]. Sometimes we see them, but they dont bother us at all, its all good,' the team were told. 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The team also monitored the temperature of the building and kept in touch throughout the night by walkie-talkies. The property contains abandoned nurse's quarters where the apparition is meant to have been spotted lurking in the shadows. I worked here as a teenager, it was a horrible hospital with dinosaur thinking and a lot of what they say is true. For Healthcare Questions call 1.866.KINDRED. 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.. Please do not ask. 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. [27] In 2007, Spookers received three Stevenson Franklin Country Business Awards nominations. Please do not ask. 'Every time we went to see him he was covered in bruises,' John Mitchell, Bruce's brother, told the New Zealand Herald. Privacy Policy. "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. But thanks for making this a wicked experience, one of the best through out my teenage years:D. Thanks for your comment! We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. Lenox Hill Hospital (Northwell Health) - 100 East 77th Street. How do you get a job there? Former patients from hospitals in the area, including Kingseat, were hit with claims of grave abuse and neglect. 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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. [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. Kingseat Hospital (New Zealand) 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 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. Cookie Notice "We just felt more comfortable, because it was the nurses hostel," she says. 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. "Like so many others, all we want is answers.. From 1964, nursing staff at Kingseat were given name tags to wear on their uniforms. How they treated the elderly and mentally handicapped people back then was horrible.. Structurally it reminded me of some of the buildings at the old Waipukurau Hospital. Alison Pascoe suffered abuse as a patient at Kingseat Hospital in the early 1950s. 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. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. Daily updates on UFO sightings, ghost encounters, conspiracies, mysterious phenomena and everything crazy and weird. SBS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia. Please be safe and act in a responsible and respectful manner. Required fields are marked *. 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 . His sister Judy Sorich has questioned why there was no further investigation into her brothers death given the suspicious and disturbing circumstances surrounding it. South Auckland Health insists local Otara residents have nothing to fear. This is a search box on mobile. Some of the criminally insane people did really bad stuff but how they were treated was worse. "Ifelt trapped," she says. [11] In later years, the hospital accepted voluntary patients. I am as yet undecided as to whether or not this would be due to natural causes or even something unnatural. Neither knew of the building's current occupants. Great thrillers to watch with your Dad A former psychiatric hospital which has fallen into disrepair has been sold. Some received official apologies. One room would have a whole different feeling to the one right next to it. [22] In the following two years, Haunted Auckland conducted a further ten research visits within various buildings at Kingseat; including the notorious Maximum Security Wing. Nearly ten years after the case was re-opened, the Haunted Auckland team decided to settle empirically whether the residence was haunted. 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.'. 19:55 EST 31 Jan 2016. Please respect the locations and the owners. It insists no forensic patients will be held at the unit. 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. Matthews official cause of death was pneumonia but Lindsay, who was 14 at the time, alleged this was a cover-up of horrific abuse. Still living her best post . "Ifelt Iwas left in that place to rot and die." 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. Now 60, she works for theAuckland District Health Board and the University of Auckland, in roles where she advocates for those with mental illness. 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. During the five years she spent there, Pascoe says she suffered abuse from staff and residents, and was consistently intimidated and threatened. "We talked about whether it was appropriateand whether we felt that it was disrespectful," says Watson. The NEON YELLOW PRESERVATION SOCIETY is a fictional society. [28] Spookers were finalists of the year's Tourism Industry Awards. 'We have experienced many things that we couldn't find explanations for at the time. 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". Most buildings have been converted. In 2005, a television episode of Ghost Hunt featured the site of the former hospital. A Return to Kingseat and a residential assessment. 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. With our Facility Locator, you can discover the nearest Kindred Hospital Facility. [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. 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. Adam's Story: A Father's Fight Against Guillain-Barre Syndrome. 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. Website Admin for Haunted Auckland. While the building is now derelict, with walls still bearing old scratch marks and new graffiti, it reportedly once held over 800 patients, who were treated for illnesses and addictions within the grounds. It was a good hospital when Iworked there. 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. She did not realise the facility had been a psychiatric hospital until she made inquiries into leasing the building. "People say, 'Why don't youmove on? [6][38] In Australia, the documentary Spookers aired on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand. [7] During the 1950s, Dr. Henry Bennett (the man whom the mental health wing at Waikato Hospital is named after) was a senior medical officer of health at Kingseat Hospital. The Kingseat Hospital grounds in Kingseat, south Auckland, where Spookers is now based. In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital in the former nurse hostel. Kingseat Hospital was in operation from 1932. on Edge TV was challenged to visit the notoriously haunted Spookers Haunted Attraction at the former Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital. 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. Investigating Ghosts, Cryptids, UFOs, Urban Legends and Forgotten Histories of Aotearoa, Kingseat History and Nurses Hostel Walk-through. We could use the hours between meals to just clean up the dining rooms.. I knew at the time his back was broken.. The nurse then kicked him hard in his back and I heard something snap,' Mr Matthews claimed. 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. 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. Search. With a tragic backstory, Kingseat Hospital is said to be the most haunted place in New Zealand. [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. The site celebrated its 50th anniversary jubilee in 1982. The team also discovered the diary of a former staff member, who described the terrible conditions the patients were forced to live in. [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. [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 . Ican't move on. What's in a name? 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. I could see a hand and arm pushing her under the water drowning her.. Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat - 210 East 64th Street. Avant Homes confirmed ownership would be transferred at the end of November. Site Number NJ91NW 56. 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. Patient history was questioned in Parliament throughout 1997 by Manukau East MP Ross Robertson. [41], For the hospital in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see. All Rights Reserved. ', 'You have to be in this field to stay grounded.'. [4] According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is considered one of the most haunted locations in New Zealand. 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 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. 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. Mitchells siblings believe foul play may have been a factor in their brothers disappearance, and that he was being physically abused. 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. Planning officers have now placed an enforcement notice alleging that Avant has breached conditions at the site by not building the play park in line with the original planning permission. Check out our Kingseat Photo Gallery! "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. 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. [30] In late 2011, Spookers opened the Amazing Maze n' Maize. It is sited within the old Spinal Unit complex and is surrounded by electrified fences. 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. 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. 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. But we can support our own staff.". However, we still need more evidence to make a call as big as whether or not the location is actually haunted,' Wallbank said. Mr Robertson insisted that the Bairds Road site was inappropriate to hold the 16 patients as it was within a narrow radius walking distance of six schools. He was so frightened of that place, she said. I cried with relief to learn this hospital has closed.'. Mr Lindsay saw a nurse hit the boy after he stole a piece of bread while in line for dinner. The hospital closed its doors in 1999, however spirits of staff and patients are said to linger in the imposing buildings on its grounds. I have been fascinated by the paranormal from an early age and have a keen interest in seeking empirical evidence of phenomena outside the bounds of accepted science. 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. Juan Moritz and Discovery of Atlantean Dungeons. 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. 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. There was definitely some kind of energy anomaly moving around in that area. 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. The Orville is blasting off at SBS VICELAND ive been wanting to know ever since i had heard about this place. This time our mission was to try to recapture, recreate . Random photo 2018 gallery, Spookers visit with Steph from Smash! Archival footage in Spookers shows a doctor administering medicine to young men at Kingseat Hospital Source: SBS VICELAND. 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. Staff suicide [was] common on the grounds,' read the team's report. Kingseat Hospital was in operation from 1932. And during a visit to a former nurses house, another team member claimed to feel dizzy and nauseous when she touched a bathtub. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. I spent a night there once and as you can imagine it was pretty weird. 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. 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. https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Kingseat_Hospital&oldid=26759. For more information, please see our According to stuff.co.nz, Kingseat Hospital is the number one haunted spot in New Zealand. Thanks, Mark Wallbank mark@hauntedauckland.com. 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. 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. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. Everything if your name is Steve Hitler. Two investigations to round off the year. The hospital grew throughout the mid-late 1930s and 1940s to such an extent that by the beginning of 1947, there were over eight hundred patients. The alarm was raised at 3.50am. 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. 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. Kingseat closed in 1999, but the buildings remained(and arenow protected underthe Auckland Unitary Plan). 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. The site celebrated its 50th Anniversary Jubilee in 1982. [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. Even those rooms that branched off the same hallway. 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. 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. 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. A spokesman said: We can confirm we have agreed the sale of the Kingseat site in Newmachar to ZTR Investments. "Iwish they" - the owners of Spookers- "gave a s..t aboutthereal people and their circumstances at the time. Perhaps youd like to be interviewed about it? "Spookers can't change what happened here. 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. We cannot discount the claims and reports though. its beautiful ! 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will be back for its sixth season at its home on SBS VICELAND. [26] Spookers hold annual O'Scares Awards at the old Kingseat Hospital. And its for good reason its a full-blown immersive horror attraction at the haunted attraction scream park, as the documentary Spookers (screening on SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand) vividly demonstrates. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. [35] In April 2014, the Haunted Auckland team requested former workers to share their experiences. 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. The pair have since divorced, but bothfound the hospital to be progressive, with staff members who cared deeply for their patients' wellbeing. 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