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Kingseat Hospital

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It only took us 71 episodes to come up with a solid paranormal-adjacent catchphrase. This week, Alex & Christie discuss the reported history and haunts of Kingseat Hospital in New Zealand. Once a psychiatric hospital, now the property has turned into a creepy attraction. What happened at Kingseat? What makes this location so haunted? What's the catchphrase we're excited about? You'll have to tune in and find out! Need a distraction? We got you. 

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Resources: 

  • SBS website article – “Inside the haunted history of Spookers’ Kingseat Hospital” – by Jim Mitchell – August 28th, 2018
  • New Zealand Herald website article – “Ask Phoebe: Kingseat site has colourful history” – no author listed – June 1st, 2015 
  • New Zealand Herald website article – “Brother’s misery torments sister” – no author listed – August 6th, 2004 
  • New Zealand Herald website article – “Mother wants to know how son died at psychiatric hospital” – no author listed – June 21st, 2014 
  • New Zealand Herald website article – “Spookers Haunted Attraction Theme Park is for sale” – by Cameron Smith – September 3rd, 2018 
  • The Sydney Morning Herald – “Woman Found Dead, Son Dies Later” - November 21st, November 1960 
  • Disability Minnesota website – “Investigation Continues into Boy’s 1968 Death at Psych Hospital” – originally posted by Inclusion Daily Express on June 24, 2004 by Dave Reynolds 
  • Stuff.co.nz website – “From hospital to haunted house: Former patients criticize Spookers” – by Jeremy Olds – October 5th, 2017 
  • Travel Triangle Website – “15 Haunted Places in New Zealand That’ll Give You Shivers” – by Arundhati Bhand – no date listed 
  • YouTube video – “A Paranormal Explore at Kingseat Hospital with the Forsaken Explorer Nz” - uploaded by the Forsaken Explorer – on January 6th, 2021 
  • YouTube video – “Ghost Hunt S1 E02 – Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital” uploaded by VonPunk – on January 10th, 2014 – this is the video that shows the dentist chair footage. 
  • YouTube video – “Haunted Auckland Investigates Kingseat Hospital” – uploaded by Haunted Auckland – September 21st, 2013 
  • Hauntedauckland.com – written by Mark Wallbank 
  • Daily Mail article – “Scratch Marks on walls, bars on windows and stains on the floor: the chilling pictures of a former psychiatric hospital where more than 100 ghost sightings ‘have taken place’ - by Heather McNab - on May 9th, 2015 updated on January 31st, 2016 

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