HAVE YOU HAD A PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE AT THIS LOCATION?
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History
Previous to the construction of this institution the criminally insane were simply locked up with all the other prisoners in the nearby Kingston Penitentiary (see above).
Construction of this asylum began in 1859 and was completed in 1870. It was constructed by convict labour.
Prisoners moved here had either gone insane during their sentence in the penitentiary, deemed to be too dangerous to be out in public or were found insane when they committed their crime. Prisoners were not to be cured just simply kept calm meaning liberal use of alcohol in the day and sedatives at night.
Bloodletting and leeches were also used to promote calmness.
Lobotomies were also used.
Lepers and “promiscuous” women were also locked up in the asylum.
In 1959 the criminally insane were moved to another building on the site and the main asylum was used for the treatment of the developmentally disabled.
In 2000 the facility was completely shut down and remains empty and locked up tight to this day.
You can wander the grounds by day but entering any of the buildings is extremely difficult and criminal trespassing which can result in a jail sentence.
Please follow this link to a website where someone entered the building and took a number of photos to see inside.
Paranormal Activity
Members of our team, including me, have been to this site (outside only) and our experiences with the paranormal will follow the public reports.
The ghost of a doctor who is said to have murdered a patient is seen wandering the grounds.
Other Reported Activity: apparitions of former patients/prisoners, doctors and nurses; shadow figures; phantom footsteps; doors opening and closing on their own; cold and warm spots; light anomalies; electrical disturbances; disembodied voices, screams and whispers; unexplained breezes; feeling as if something passed through you; empathic sensations of fear, anxiety and anger; phantom laughter; objects moving on their own; being touched, poked and prodded by unseen entities; a few reports of bites and pinches and a feeling of being watched and not being alone.
Team Experiences
Strong feelings of being watched and not being wanted; pools of freezing cold air on a hot and humid Kingston afternoon; batteries being drained in seconds; empathic sensations of anger and hatred; large amounts of negative energy and disembodied whispers and quiet laughter.