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We reckon these films and TV shows, streaming now at SBS On Demand, will have your Dad on the edge of his recliner. Kingseat re-visit. 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. Thanks, Mark Wallbank mark@hauntedauckland.com. 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. Source: SBS VICELAND. If its useas a hospital is finished, it doesn't really affect mewhat they use it for now," he says. [14] In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. [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. "Like so many others, all we want is answers.. It opened in 1912 with a few patients transferred from Porirua Hospital near Wellington, and closed in 1997. Who owns Kingseat Hospital? 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. 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. 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. In 2000, legal action was taken against the Tainui tribe for financial issues involving the former hospital. Here's what we know about 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' returning 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. A former psychiatric hospital which has fallen into disrepair has been sold. [8] In 2005, a television episode of Ghost Hunt featured the site of the former hospital. Kingseat Hospital was in operation since 1932. Your email address will not be published. "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. 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. However, he could not be reached for comment. That's the big question!'. Investigating Ghosts, Cryptids, UFOs, Urban Legends and Forgotten Histories of Aotearoa, Kingseat History and Nurses Hostel Walk-through. Some former patients continue to live with the trauma of their time there. 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. [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. 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. When she sees those buildings, she remembers the screams and anguished cries for help. 'The EMF meter suddenly went off. 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. 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. Unless the address is already mentioned in the article, we do not disclose addresses or locations of abandoned or derelict buildings. [6] The construction began when twenty patients from a nearby mental institution came to the site along with twelve wheelbarrows and ten shovels. 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. The new mental unit is secure. as an actor lols, Juan Moritz and Discovery of Atlantean Dungeons. 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. One of the most high profile cases of alleged abuse at Kingseat Hospital is the death of 11-year-old Clement Matthews. One room would have a whole different feeling to the one right next to it. 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. 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. 05:01 EST 09 May 2015 8 great Mark Strong roles Haunted Auckland Visited this Kingseat Villa on Sunday April 8th 2012. Check out our Kingseat Photo Gallery! 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. Certainly didnt feel natural to me at all.'. 'We were sure he was being beaten, but were always told by hospital staff he had walked into a door.'. [25] In 2005, the haunted attraction Spookers opened in the area of the former hospital[2] in the former nurse hostel. 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. With our Facility Locator, you can discover the nearest Kindred Hospital Facility. Still living her best post . [30] In late 2011, Spookers opened the Amazing Maze n' Maize. 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. [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. [40], In July 2013, there was a record outbreak of Dutch elm disease in two hundred trees at the site of the former hospital. 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.. The New Zealand Heraldreported that former patient Stephen Lindsay had been traumatised by what he saw at the hospital. The site celebrated its 50th Anniversary Jubilee in 1982. While Wallbank, concluded that he hadn't heard anything that he could definitively label as paranormal, the case was being kept open. Many of the special effects at Spookers were created with assistance from Weta Workshop. 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. [31], An obstacle race involving zombie attacks and known as "Run for your Freak'n 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. '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. "Ithink it's really demeaning. Structurally it reminded me of some of the buildings at the old Waipukurau Hospital. 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. Back to the drawing board (Part 1) Could we be creating our own monsters. What year did tokanui hospital close? "Iwish they" - the owners of Spookers- "gave a s..t aboutthereal people and their circumstances at the time. 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. [28] Spookers were finalists of the year's Tourism Industry Awards. and Ohhhh How i had a blast:)) it was wicked, 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. However there still remains concern in the community that the derelict buildings will be left in their current state. In the early 1960s, John and Anne Hall worked as psychiatrists at Kingseat, and lived on the grounds with their two young children. 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. 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. This page was last edited on 1 August 2014, at 21:29. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. Ithink it's evil,actually, andpeopleshouldstopmakingfun of mental illness. We were told that more nurses died at Kingseat than patients. Voices have been heard, sulphur smelt, and shadowy figures seen. But some residents insisted that the complex represented a sad past and shouldnt be highlighted as heritage. I cried with relief to learn this hospital has closed. 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. Carrie Zeiler, a member of the Kingseat Community Association, said: As far as we understand the company that is buying it own the administration block here and nothing has happened with that for years, so to be honest, we dont hold out much hope for anything changing.. Everything if your name is Steve Hitler 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. 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. Please respect the locations and the owners. 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 2011, ideas were proposed to grow the area in the Kingseat suburb tenfold for the areas equine industry. Wikid ! As he takes the lead in Deep State, we explore his great supporting work. What began with the discovery of a body on a bridge quickly became a worldwide obsession. Copyright 2011-2021 Haunted Auckland. [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 . 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. "Spookers can't change what happened here. 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. Many of the complainants, who at the time of the incidents were aged between 8 and 16 years old, said that they were heavily over-medicated, unwillingly subjected to electro-shock treatment, and placed in isolation for long periods of time sometimes for months. 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. [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. [32] The three quantities of 6 (years, months, days) are a reference to 666, the Number of the Beast. 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. Who's that guy? 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". It is sited within the old Spinal Unit complex and is surrounded by electrified fences. Lindsay told The New Zealand Herald his friend died like a dog. 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. 'This disappeared as the field moved away from Kel. 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. 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. We visit the Kingseat Morgue to photographically document the building in its current state. Get a case of the willies with Spookers, streaming at SBS On Demand: More at SBS: He used to panic when we left [Kingseat]. 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! [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. They decided to convert the former nurses quarters, rather than a treatment facility orpatient accommodation. After being hospitalized for Guillain-Barre syndrome, Adam transferred to a Kindred Hospital with paralysis and respiratory failure. But if they new the true history of the psychiatric hospital going in, theyd be doubly chilled to the bone. 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. Required fields are marked *. If residents require more serious health treatments the closest hospital is the Victoria in Kirkcaldy. 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. The idea is to bring mentally ill patients out from institutionalised care and place them within communities and closer to their families. 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. Whatever the causes, there were certain rooms that didnt simply feel like normal everyday, empty rooms. Neil Drysdale: What's the best alternative anthem if Flower of Scotland needs replacing? "People say, 'Why don't youmove on? When we entered the room temperature had dropped and we got a real awkward feeling that we just rushed out. [25], In 2019, it was announced that Spookers would host a Halloween event called "Seven Deadly Sins". I had heard something snap. I remember lots of talk regarding supernatural events, but never experienced them myself. Kingseat was opened in 1904 as the Aberdeen District Asylum. The site of the former Kingseat Hospital in 2008, nine years after closure. Alison Pascoe suffered abuse as a patient at Kingseat Hospital in the early 1950s. People get really scared when they go to Spookers, based at Kingseat Hospital, 30 minutes south of Auckland in Karaka. Climbing in, she sensed something terrible had happened. 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. 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. Please do not ask. 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. Inside Kingseat Hospitals maximum security wing, stained floors and scratched walls are remnants of real horror Source: Haunted Auckland / YouTube. 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