Bangour Village Hospital

Bangour Village Hospital opened in 1906 as a pioneering “village hospital” design, with separate pavilions spread across the Scottish countryside to prevent disease spread. Originally treating tuberculosis patients and later serving as a psychiatric hospital and military facility during both World Wars, Bangour saw thousands of deaths over its nearly 100-year operation. After closing in 2004, the abandoned complex became a magnet for urban explorers and ghost hunters, who report some of Scotland’s most intense paranormal activity among the decaying buildings.

The hospital’s tuberculosis wards, where infectious patients died slow, suffocating deaths in isolation, generate particularly disturbing phenomena. Witnesses report the sound of labored breathing and violent coughing echoing through empty rooms, shadow figures of emaciated patients standing at windows, and the overwhelming scent of disinfectant and decay. The former isolation wards are considered especially active, with investigators experiencing sudden temperature drops, equipment malfunctions, and the sensation of struggling to breathe—mirroring the symptoms of the TB patients who died there.

The psychiatric buildings that operated from the 1930s through closure add another layer of paranormal activity. Explorers report hearing screaming from the former electroshock therapy rooms, seeing apparitions of patients in hospital gowns wandering between pavilions, and experiencing intense psychological distress that forces them to flee certain buildings. The hospital’s underground tunnel system, connecting the various pavilions, is filled with reports of footsteps, voices, and shadow figures. The military hospital sections, which treated shellshocked and wounded soldiers during WWI and WWII, are haunted by men in uniform. Multiple investigation teams have captured EVP recordings of Scottish and English voices, some pleading for help, others simply repeating the word “home.”