Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
From creepy US mental health institutions whose halls are roamed by restless ghosts of the past, to Scottish wards where it's rumored the dead linger after dark. Vengeful spirits, phantom footsteps, and poltergeist activity await on this list of The World's Most Haunted Asylums.
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"Ruined building, Hellingly Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 2455095" by nick macneill (geograph.org.uk/profile/37997) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Chapel, Hellingly Hospital, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 2455075" by nick macneill (geograph.org.uk/profile/37997) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Hospital building, Hellingly - geograph.org.uk - 2455104" by nick macneill (geograph.org.uk/profile/37997) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Former Mont Park Asylum" by Johntorcasio (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Johntorcasio) is licensed under CC By-SA 4.0
"Mont Park" by Melburnian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Melburnian) is licensed under CC By-SA 3.0
"Mont Park 1-01" by Zoemelb (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Zoemelb&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Westborough State Hospital" by Tim Pierce (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Pierce) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Westborough State Hospital - laundry" by Tim Pierce (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Pierce) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Westborough State Hospital - store house" by Tim Pierce (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Pierce) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Former Gartloch Mental Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 2677137" by G Laird (geograph.org.uk/profile/27852) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Gartloch Hospital (Derelict) (geograph 4685340)" by Robert Murray (geograph.org.uk/profile/10850) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Gartloch Hospital, Boiler House, Chimney" by Waldemar Luczak (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Waldemar_Luczak&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Richard Croft / Nocton Hall / CC BY-SA 2.0
"Lodge, Nocton Hall estate - geograph.org.uk - 5055633" by Jonathan Thacker (geograph.org.uk/profile/46229) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"NoctonChest" by Alastair mcmurray (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alastair_mcmurray&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Richard Croft / Nocton Hall / CC BY-SA 2.0
From creepy US mental health institutions whose halls are roamed by restless ghosts of the past, to Scottish wards where it's rumored the dead linger after dark. Vengeful spirits, phantom footsteps, and poltergeist activity await on this list of The World's Most Haunted Asylums.
Photos:
"Ruined building, Hellingly Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 2455095" by nick macneill (geograph.org.uk/profile/37997) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Chapel, Hellingly Hospital, East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 2455075" by nick macneill (geograph.org.uk/profile/37997) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Hospital building, Hellingly - geograph.org.uk - 2455104" by nick macneill (geograph.org.uk/profile/37997) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Former Mont Park Asylum" by Johntorcasio (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Johntorcasio) is licensed under CC By-SA 4.0
"Mont Park" by Melburnian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Melburnian) is licensed under CC By-SA 3.0
"Mont Park 1-01" by Zoemelb (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Zoemelb&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Westborough State Hospital" by Tim Pierce (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Pierce) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Westborough State Hospital - laundry" by Tim Pierce (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Pierce) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Westborough State Hospital - store house" by Tim Pierce (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tim_Pierce) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Former Gartloch Mental Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 2677137" by G Laird (geograph.org.uk/profile/27852) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Gartloch Hospital (Derelict) (geograph 4685340)" by Robert Murray (geograph.org.uk/profile/10850) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Gartloch Hospital, Boiler House, Chimney" by Waldemar Luczak (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Waldemar_Luczak&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Richard Croft / Nocton Hall / CC BY-SA 2.0
"Lodge, Nocton Hall estate - geograph.org.uk - 5055633" by Jonathan Thacker (geograph.org.uk/profile/46229) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"NoctonChest" by Alastair mcmurray (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Alastair_mcmurray&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Richard Croft / Nocton Hall / CC BY-SA 2.0
