The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe one of the alleged spookiest places in the world, the Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital in South Korea. This hospital is said to have been owned by a crazed doctor director who conducted cruel experiments on his inpatients, resulting in many losses of life. Alongside this there was also a serial killer inpatient and alongside that, staff and family members of the inpatients also begun dying without explained causes. Did this place become haunted due to all the trauma? Or has this story gotten away with itself a little? There’s only one way to find out… PROBE!

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Sources:

Curious Archive summary of the story and links to some vlogs: https://www.curiousarchive.com/haunted-gonjiam-psychiatric-hospital/ 

Moonmausoleum: https://moonmausoleum.com/gonjiam-psychiatric-hospital/ 

Fright Find: https://frightfind.com/the-real-gonjiam-haunted-asylum/#:~:text=The 

My So Called Creative Life (photos): https://mysocalledcreativelife.com/2015/05/29/a-creepy-afternoon-alone-in-an-abandoned-hospital-gonjiam-psychiatric-hospital/

Modern history of Korean mental health treatment journal article:

Shin, J-H and Yim, S-V. (2023) A Foundation for a “Cheerful Society”: The Korean War and the Rise of Psychiatry. Korean Journal of Medical History. 32(2): pp. 553–591. doi: 10.13081/kjmh.2023.32.553

Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556413

Accessed: 30/09/2024

The Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital Google Maps coordinates: “37.362433, 127.33474