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Some former patients continue to live with the trauma of their time there. Patient history was questioned in Parliament throughout 1997 by Manukau East MP Ross Robertson. 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. The team also discovered the diary of a former staff member, who described the terrible conditions the patients were forced to live in. i mean no disrespect entering the grounds im just extremly intrigued after hearing my step dad talk about it and my boss etc, Awesome place to explore at night me and some mates meet a man who lives in one of the administration blocks.We were able to gain access to the shock ward building at night,spent 3 hours in there 10pm till 1am was an unusual but very airy feeling,would love to be able to explore more abandoned/places like this :) Amazing. It was about the size of a football and was floating about a meter or so off the ground,' he wrote. 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". His case was reopened by police in 2004, 36 years after his death, after . This time our mission was to try to recapture, recreate . Please respect the locations and the owners. It was a good hospital when Iworked there. [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. 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. Datum OSGB36 - NGR. Thanks for sharing with us. Hi, Yes please, we would certainly like to hear froM anyone that has stories from their time at Kingseat. Details of patient histories were kept secret due to Privacy Act requirements. An aerial view of the Kingseat Hospital grounds. 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. Its also home to haunted attraction scream park Spookers. The hospital closed its doors in 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. 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. Kingseat Hospital was in operation from 1932. 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. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. The paranormal investigator said that he understands people being skeptical of the notion of the paranormal, and that 'we are all a bit sceptical at times, ourselves. Angry homesick doll yearns for the Highlands, Ghost Cam: Furman Theatre, Greenville South Carolina, Carrington former Psychiatric Asylum / Unitech Revisit, VIP opening event for the Yokai Parade: Supernatural monsters from Japan exhibition. 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[18] By that year, the Freaky Forest of Fear, and CornEvil had been offered as on-site attractions. We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. Haunted Auckland makes their third visit to the Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital Maximum Security buildings for an overnight investigation. Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) - 535 East 70th Street. '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. In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital in the former nurse hostel. We started tracking the field and found we could actually gauge the shape and size of it. [14] In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. The Orville is blasting off at SBS VICELAND. Daily updates on UFO sightings, ghost encounters, conspiracies, mysterious phenomena and everything crazy and weird. A few years after my leaving I had a short horror story published entitled Bandages, using some of my experience of working in some of the back wards. I found out from my own mother what some of these people did to their victims, she worked there to for many years. 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. Beth Israel Medical Center - 10 Nathan D Perlman Place. 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 saw her arms and legs threshing in the bathtub. If residents require more serious health treatments the closest hospital is the Victoria in Kirkcaldy. Canmore ID 110736. 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. 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. Over 100 exclusive photos from our Paranormal Investigation of Kingseat Hospital Maximum Security buildings. South Auckland Health managers say such fears are unwarranted and unjustified. , updated Piles of mattresses and old couches line the abandoned rooms of the former children's ward that will house 35 men by January.. 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. South Auckland Health insists local Otara residents have nothing to fear. How The Bridge kick-started a global phenomenon. I closed my eyes and saw a bit clearer a picture of a women being pushed under the water, she said. [32] The three quantities of 6 (years, months, days) are a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast. 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". 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. Another thing I noticed was that certain rooms felt different to others. As he takes the lead in Deep State, we explore his great supporting work. The three quantities of 6 (years, months, days) are a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast. An Article from Scoop Auckland about the hospital closure bySelwyn Manning, dated 28th July 1999. His sister Judy Sorich has questioned why there was no further investigation into her brothers death given the suspicious and disturbing circumstances surrounding it. Mr Lindsay saw a nurse hit the boy after he stole a piece of bread while in line for dinner. "For us" - former Kingseat patients -"it's a memorialbeing defaced," says Lampshire. 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. Sometimes we see them, but they dont bother us at all, its all good,' the team were told. It was horrible learning when suicidal people got out and caused accidents.. Hey guys, does anybody know someone who lives in Kingseat? During the five years she spent there, Pascoe says she suffered abuse from staff and residents, and was consistently intimidated and threatened. The new mental unit is secure. Archival footage in Spookers shows a doctor administering medicine to young men at Kingseat Hospital Source: SBS VICELAND. 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. Although living mainly in farmhouses in the district, I did reside for periods in the Nurses hostel. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By 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. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. 19:55 EST 31 Jan 2016. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. 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. As he takes the lead in Deep State, we explore his great supporting work. Search. What? 'Hence I personally don't really give them much time, or take them seriously,' he said. But if they new the true history of the psychiatric hospital going in, theyd be doubly chilled to the bone. Matthew Of course the building is decorated as a Haunted attraction, so dark, with props and fake cobwebs etc. 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. NGR Description Centred NJ 90398 19105. Today, people claim it is one of the most haunted places 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. 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. 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. 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