haunted hospital scary stories

Built in 1891, Sai Ying Pun was originally used for nurses' housing until WWII. The building was badly damaged by fires, but the facade remains. It is now the site of an apartment complex. Also known as the "High Street Ghost House," Sai Ying Pun has no shortage of paranormal activity. Two of the most common sightings are a headless ghost who runs through the halls and a demonic man dressed in traditional Chinese garb. He usually bursts into flames on the second floor.

In 1940, the remains of an estate called Nocton Hall were converted into a hospital for the Royal Air Force. It was later expanded to become a general hospital and officially opened in 1947. It was in operation until 1995. Back when Nocton Hall was a home, it was said to be haunted by the ghost of a young servant girl who had been murdered by the owner's son after he got her pregnant. Her spirit would appear sobbing at the foot of beds, talking about a "devilish man who had done this to her." A "Grey Lady" has also been spotted roaming the halls.

Pennhurst State School and Hospital was built in 1908 as a state school for the physically and mentally disabled. It was enormous and housed more than 10,000 students at a time. The facility quickly gained a bad reputation after several residents came forward with reports of neglect and abuse. The building was shut down in 1986, and everything in it was left behind, including medical equipment and patients' belongings. Paranormal activity has been reported from the abandoned hospital, including voices, strange footsteps, and items being hurled across the room. Take a peek inside with the Ghost Finders investigative team to see for yourself.

Kuhn Memorial Hospital was opened in 1830 in response to a smallpox outbreak. It later tended to Civil War soldiers and lost several staff members during the Yellow Fever outbreak in 1878. The hospital remained open until 1989. It was boarded up by the 1990s, but several paranormal investigation teams have made it inside. There have been reports of full body apparitions and shadow figures creeping through the halls. In 2015, a team of paranormal investigators discovered the dead body of a missing woman inside Kuhn. She appeared to have been murdered.

The Alton Mental Health Center is still operational and not open for paranormal investigations, but some creepy stories have made their way to the outside world. The hospital, which is a series of buildings connected by tunnels, opened in 1916. Patients were subjected to lobotomies and electroshock therapy. Today, many patients and staff report hearing voices throughout the hospital and in the tunnels. A nurse working in a secluded part of the building once heard a man behind her ask, "Who's that?" She responded, but nobody was there. The same exact thing happened to another nurse later that night.

St. Bartholomew's is the oldest hospital in London, dating back to 1123. It's still operational today. Inside, there is an elevator known as the "coffin lift," which sometimes takes passengers to the basement all on its own. Once down there, the lights go out, and the elevator won't move. The passenger is usually forced to pull open the gated doors and walk back upstairs, and, the entire time, there is the sensation that the elevator is following up each level. It's usually waiting on the main floor, doors open and lights on, when the passenger arrives. Rumor has it that the ghost of a nurse who was murdered by a deranged patient in the basement is having a little fun with her fellow nurses.