Are Hospitals by their nature haunted?

Trinity

I had the misfortune of ending up in temple street at 1am with my baby, all is well, but while outside having a smoke i got the most eerie feeling when i looked up at the annex. It said established 1914, and looked so old, i had mental images of all the poor children that must have died there over the years and got a shiver up my spine

When we were leaving my other half pointed at the door where i had been standing earlier and told me that was the morgue.

Surely a place like a hospital must be full of paranormal activity? Is that how it works, the places where they die or is it where they know etc?

Sorry for all the questions. I havent been in here in ages, i havent experienced anything since i moved into my house a year ago. All is quiet.

R0ot

Well I would say that there are two trains of thought (think i've spelt a word wrong there):
a) either you believe in ghosts and then yes they are more than likely haunted or
b) you don't believe in ghosts and then no they are more than likely not haunted.

The bar I work in is haunted by my Granddad who died up stairs and also the station master that died there during his term at the railway station which it used to be. I'd say a lot of tortured souls would congregate in an old hospital as you can imagine the kind of treatments that were used in the early 1900's. :pac:

Trinity

I believe in ghost due to personal experiences. I honestly didnt see anything last night bar get an eerie feeling but that would be explained by the fact i was thinking about eerie things

deelin

i would agree, that by their nature hospitals would surely have a lot of spirit activity- think of the amount of people who have not expected to die in hospital and may be 'stuck' as a result....or even given the fact that a morgue has so many different spirits passing through-im sure some will stay around....anywhere can have a spirit who will stay around who may have an attachment to a particular place but other places by their nature will give you that feeling..

Nevyn

If you think temple st is bad, the rotunda is worse.

deelin

i think the most important thing when going to a place like that is to protect yourself from the huge amount of different energies going around- also a baby is such a 'fresh' little person- to protect them too...we all pick up negativities...

Trinity

Thaedydal wrote: »

If you think temple st is bad, the rotunda is worse.

Really? I was in there for a 5 day stay last october, never even thought of this stuff then, with the arrival of the new baby, sure that was the last thing on my mind, plus i was stoned

Trinity

deelin wrote: »

i think the most important thing when going to a place like that is to protect yourself from the huge amount of different energies going around- also a baby is such a 'fresh' little person- to protect them too...we all pick up negativities...

How do you do that Deelin?

Nevyn

Trinity1 wrote: »

Really? I was in there for a 5 day stay last october, never even thought of this stuff then, with the arrival of the new baby, sure that was the last thing on my mind, plus i was stoned

and in October... ouch.

I hated having to go on gas and air with my second, it opened me up too much.
Between the dead spirit babies crying and the screams of those who died in child birth it was far from pleasant.

Trinity

Thaedydal wrote: »

and in October... ouch.

I hated having to go on gas and air with my second, it opened me up too much.
Between the dead spirit babies crying and the screams of those who died in child birth it was far from pleasant.

That I do NOT envy. I felt or heard nothing, but after hearing that i am glad tbh.

stevenmu

There's also the train of thought that feelings, emotions and memories, particularly strong ones, can be imprinted upon objects, buildings and locations. Obviously in a hospital there is going to be all kinds of strong emotion, so it's possible this is what you were picking up on, and why you got an eerie feeling, as opposed to sensing an actual 'ghost'

Trinity

stevenmu wrote: »

There's also the train of thought that feelings, emotions and memories, particularly strong ones, can be imprinted upon objects, buildings and locations. Obviously in a hospital there is going to be all kinds of strong emotion, so it's possible this is what you were picking up on, and why you got an eerie feeling, as opposed to sensing an actual 'ghost'

It hasnt entered my head until i looked up at the building and saw 1914 on the stone, and such a chill ran up my spine. I literally jumped when a wind blew some paper down the street

deelin

in terms of protecting yourself, others would probably know the more technical ins and outs of it but what i always do is clear my aura when im in a place that i feel i may pick up negative energies- literally 'brushing' negativity out of your aura until you feel better- or often even better that beofre you go in somewhere like that, you would visualise yourself in a protective bubble/shell, some say visualise purple light...or imagine that you have a shield that bounces back any negative energy....especially worked for me after a visit to ground zero which i felt had horrendous energy that i felt i soaked up

If its any use the Temple Theatre is haunted with many eye witnesses. There is the story of the piano player there that haunts the place. Also the story of a WW2 soldier who has been seen. The most famous story was the multiple sighting by Puff Daddys group. They all sprang into action when they saw a man in a soldier uniform in Puff Daddys changing room. They ran in to get him and he was gone.

I dont know why he is there i dont know the link to WW2 and the temple theatre.

cobweb

have worked in a lot of hospitals and have had a number of strange interesting things occur but they have been told on another thread,

marti101

My mother told me about a story,she was in the Mater Hospital and during the night she got up to go to the loo.She was just going in to the toilets and a nun got in first she didnt think anything of it,she was waiting to go in and the nun seemed to be in tere ages.She goes to get a nurse thinking something happened so they call out a few times and nothing is heard.The door was locked and couldnt be opened so they got the porter and he opene d the door.There was no one there,thinking back my mam thought the nun was dressed very old fashioned,but because nuns ran the hospital she thought is wasa another order.The nurse told her that there was acouple of reports of a nun being seen around the wards.

Stoner

well i guess with ones that had nuns working in them and people dying, it would be more likely then most places, if some of the theories are true.

Gillo

I imagine a lot of the energies' in a hospital would be negative (though not aggressive) which may make them harder to investigate.

Luckily I'm hardly ever in hospital so can't really say more.

littlebug

Thaedydal wrote: »

and in October... ouch.

I hated having to go on gas and air with my second, it opened me up too much.
Between the dead spirit babies crying and the screams of those who died in child birth it was far from pleasant.

Oh Good God are you serious? :eek: I just got severe shivers down my spine reading that.

Gillo

Thaedydal wrote: »

I hated having to go on gas and air with my second, it opened me up too much.
Between the dead spirit babies crying and the screams of those who died in child birth it was far from pleasant.

Ok, I'm gonna try an idea out there so excuse my ignorance;
But can the spirits not interact with each other if they are in the same place? I'd assume that yes they can, surely the adults would be able to care for the children?
Or was it more just a case of residual energy left in the place?

Apologies, that made a lot more sense before I wrote it down.

Fajitas!

Down here in Waterford, there's an old leper hospital that was converted into a general infirmary before being converted into an apartment block. Pretty much every report that I've heard about the place has mentioned strange things happening, noises, things moving and the like.

Nevyn

Gillo wrote: »

Ok, I'm gonna try an idea out there so excuse my ignorance;
But can the spirits not interact with each other if they are in the same place? I'd assume that yes they can, surely the adults would be able to care for the children?
Or was it more just a case of residual energy left in the place?

Apologies, that made a lot more sense before I wrote it down.

Some of it was imprints and some of it was not.
Why would you expect any being who is bereft and distraught to be aware enough of others to able to look after themselves never mind anyone else ?

dib

I like the story about the Nun. That there was alleged physical interaction between the Spirit and the locking mechanism of the door is of particular interest to me.

faceman

Im never thought of our active hospitals as being haunted places. I guess it would make sense. however i would have thought that spirits or energies would be more attracted to places familiar to them rather than if they perished in a hospital?

marti101

If the nun can lock the door its no different that keys or stuff being moved.My ma said the Mater was onr=e of the better hospitals for being haunted,she was always in hospitals.She told me another story about the curtains being pulled around the bed but then she seen a shadow so she pulled the curtain back and there was no one there.She didnt see anybody get in/out of bed or any nurses passing so that kinda freaked her out a bit.

marti101

Gillo wrote: »

Ok, I'm gonna try an idea out there so excuse my ignorance;
But can the spirits not interact with each other if they are in the same place? I'd assume that yes they can, surely the adults would be able to care for the children?
Or was it more just a case of residual energy left in the place?

Apologies, that made a lot more sense before I wrote it down.

I think as well stuff happened at different times so even if they are around they mightnt be able to interact with each other.Different energies and ifferent forces

humanji

faceman wrote: »

Im never thought of our active hospitals as being haunted places. I guess it would make sense. however i would have thought that spirits or energies would be more attracted to places familiar to them rather than if they perished in a hospital?

I was wondering this too. I know nothing about the paranormal, but why would they hang out in a hospital?

Nevyn

marti101 wrote: »

If the nun can lock the door its no different that keys or stuff being moved.My ma said the Mater was onr=e of the better hospitals for being haunted,she was always in hospitals.She told me another story about the curtains being pulled around the bed but then she seen a shadow so she pulled the curtain back and there was no one there.She didnt see anybody get in/out of bed or any nurses passing so that kinda freaked her out a bit.

Esp the geriatric wing tbh.

humanji wrote: »

I was wondering this too. I know nothing about the paranormal, but why would they hang out in a hospital?

Confused spirits. Hospitals are usual so busy that most people don't notice and there is always so much emotion in them and stress.

marti101

No its wasnt the geriatric wing my ma was in hospital cause she had a very serious heart condition.So she was always in the Mater.

@lantis

Well since paranormal activities has to do with energies as such, and hospitals are places where a lot of energies are in motion, both positive ones like giving birth, surviving accidents etc we need to acknowledge the fact that there are not so positive energies in hospitals as well, tragic deaths and the circumstances around people passing away.. so to me it's nothing werid that some people pick up signals of eerie feelings in places like that...

bombidol

I've worked in the Mater about 7 years now and much to my disapointment I've never seen anything ghostly. Theres some freaky spots no doubt but nothings ever happened to me or anyone I know.

pookie82

I worked part time in a hospital for five years until recently. At night I used to ahve to take old papers down to the basement in the near dark adn it was very creepy down there, but only because of my imagination. There was a never-ending dimly lit corridor like something you'd see in a movie and it always made me nervous.

Although you would imagine that due to the misery, illness and deaths that have occured in hospitals in great numbers, they'd be hugely haunted, I don't think that's the case. I think that the majority of ghosts, unless they had a really traumatic death or a very long stint in hospital, would haunt places dear to them or old homes, if anywhere.

LCDeelite

Saint Finbarr's Hospital in Cork City is haunted. I've spoken to nurses who have been working there for years who have seen the spirits of ordinary people (presumably once patients) and those of nurses in very dated uniforms (clearly long-dead former employees).