Debunking ghost stories at Singapore’s 'most-haunted' places!

Join me as I visit some of the 'most haunted' locations in Singapore and attempt to debunk the ghostly stories connected to them.
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[@adityac3239]

Legends has it that for the Museum Director, his superior still chased him for his KPI updates. Hence he came back to the museum to try his best!

[@Laowhining]

This is the best episode I’ve watched, would love to hear more spooky stories! Love your channel Richard, you’re doing a great job.

[@thulomanchay]

Ghosts seem to be every where in Singapore. In my primary school, the girls toilet was said to be haunted. In my NS days, SAFTI has its fair share of ghost stories. Working in the port, there was a warehouse that was haunted. There are times when I am alone, and its eerie, and the I feel shivers down my spine, I just hold my ground. Nothing happen, I see nothing, and I survive. I have heard many stories of ghost happenings, but have never experience or witness any myself.

[@DasBoSchittGaming95]

Lucky. I kena in tekong..not fun. Half the time i thinking wake the bunk or diam and take the haunting

[@fuqingshen]

I like your usage of the word, "umbrage." It's probably the most spoken word in Singapore today.

[@tanjoy0205]

In politics anywhere

[@icyboy771z]

Haha

[@jjyf78]

This is the most funny episode i have watched on Asia Hikelopedia!!! 😆

[@urbanexplorer820]

Happy weekend Richard, I came home today and saw my kids scrolling through your content on tv for the first time. You got 4 new fans, they love your work. 👍🏼

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Wow, great to know. 😁

[@okaydoubleu]

The people might not take umbrage, but the spirits might 👻

[@s0me1usaw]

Ghost take umbrage when you enter without letting them know

[@singaporeghostclub]

🤣

[@MaverickEchoJuliet]

Just learnt a new word today..umbrage😂

[@eightfoldsg]

UMBRAGE

[@danishqaril8919]

Umbrage means “to take offence”

[@IrenereneHK]

Everytime I went to Changi Village hawker center or Changi beach for a walk, I tend to go to take a look at the Changi hospital outside👀 even though I didn’t see anything, my imagination will help me finish the picture in my mind, then I slowly slowly walk away with my face like 🥶

[@kennyzeng21]

my childhood adventure place. It's really....eerie inside. Been there at different time of the day. Been to many haunted houses in Sg in the past, red house, hillview mansion, and OCH, OCH is the....most real haunted place.

[@EricK-mj7kr]

Hi Irene, surprised you're here. I happen to be your subscriber.

[@viok2932]

Love the spooky theme! Please do more of it!

[@josephinechoo8003]

Your pace of speaking is lovely and soothing and the video is well done. Really love your work. Thank you so much. P.s. The curry on your face as you spoke was endearing and honest, no retakes!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Oh thank you!

[@carr16k]

Didn't know its now fenced off. I rmb when me and my cousins went in to check out the hospital at night when it was still not gated in the early 2000s. It was indeed one of the scariest experience of my life. My late grandpa was admitted to the hospital in 1996, and to see some of those places I visited but in dark, abandon ruin was an experience I'll never forget.

[@Olivervansoh]

Nice Video. Enjoyed it so much. Thanks Richard

[@telmopaz]

Hey Richard, I'm a skeptical person too. But after moving to Singapore I experienced some weird stuff in my apartment. Like something hitting our bedroom door REALLY hard.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Sounds a bit weird!

[@ernestkj]

Is that your angry partner? Lol

[@spacex6997]

Probably just someone

[@MsJyll]

Downstairs auntie

[@balloonjuice5145]

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[@Patcheong]

Quite a few years back. me and my cycling buddy were taking a break right at the Devil's Bend at maybe 11pm+ during a ride. Then we start to hear grunting noises around us and it got louder as the minutes pass till it was quite loud and seems to be all around us in the surrounding forest but we did not notice any movement though. In the end, we concluded it could be wild boars and decided to move on before any of them decided to charge at us.

[@justwalk-travelasmrchannel1630]

This is just so awesome!! Very good quality video 👍😉

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Thank you very much!

[@eugeneliang6574]

an angle like this keeps things interesting - it's not just reading off a page introducing the place.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Thanks

[@singaporemick]

I dont believe in ghosts but the 70s when I lived in Spore, me and the missis were walking along changi beach and we found what we thought was a old cooking pot, so we took it home and put a plant in it and hung it up next to our front window. After a bit of time out dog started to look at the pot and howling like he had never done before, we told him to stop but he still kept on doing it. So after talking about it with friends, we found out that the pot was actually a old Indian Cremation Urn, that some family had let float off from changi beach. My missis said better to take it down and put it in the dustbin, so I did and the dog howling stopped.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Great story

[@dtcepl]

In early 1984, I was transported from Pulau Tekong to Changi Hospital for treatment, stayed there for a few days, didn't see a single Ghost there, sleep and rest well, before being transported back to Tekong to carry on with the training.

[@user-lc5nt5bn6b]

I wonder if this old Changi hospital could be revamp into a hotel. With the "haunted" stories/history, it could become a new place of attraction. In US, there are hotels which are haunted, people love to visit and stay overnight to experience the "haunted" feelings. Just like the clown hotel and Queen Mary ship etc.

[@isswann8248]

Nice video,Richard 👍🏾 Liked the part when you mention ‘umbrage’ a good one🤣🤣

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

😁

[@blessedkel]

Awesome video with a different theme, Richard. Please do more. Oh and loved how you managed to insert umbrage right at the end there ;)

[@Patcheong]

Spent around maybe around an hour right outside the Matilda House once during the early 90's when doing my NS. Did not have the internet back then so did not have any idea what was it. Actually I was quite surprise to see an old white colonial house with a quite neatly kept compound but surrounded by woods beyond that. The house then already look vacant with all the windows boarded up. We did waited respectfully for our other team members to gather then left the place.

[@windsorus]

Love how the night jar making sounds behind you when you are talking in the beginning of the video.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I always wondered what that noise was. Now I know. Would love to see one!

[@TheSkskitey]

Thanks for the spooky stories Richard , very intereeestiiiing . Sorry your camera got damaged , i hope it will survive or is it haunted now too :-)

[@JamesLee-po5lv]

Lol...umbrage at the end....just so funny.

[@ckneo3405]

Good morning Richard, Thanks again for a great clip, i really enjoy your style of narrative spiced with just the right dose of humor. By the way, i saw your collaboration with Ms NiNi in her latest clip (which premièred last night)... Great to see both of you doing a clip together. When will you be showing your side of that Bukit Batok walk on this channel ? Looking forward to it. With the latest tightened restrictions across the board, i hope you will be able to continue to provide us (your viewers) with your regular dose of edu-tainment... i'm sure many of us have now grown accustomed to waking up on your latest feature on Saturday mornings. Nonetheless, do take the necessary precautions and be safe when filiming. Looking forward to more of your great works !!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Thanks. My BB video will be next week. I hope so too, but as usually walk solo hopefully I can continue.

[@beohel]

I feel that the Changi Hospital story is more famous because of how it is part of the Changi region haunted stories, which includes the Old Commando Barracks and the WWII underground bunkers.

[@tobyteng7522]

Your opening is hilarious. Ha ha ha. Good job!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tobyteng7522]

@@AsiaHikelopedia Sorry about your camera. Is it still working?

[@yut576]

Looks like Bohemian Rhapsody music video

[@georgecopley3403]

I was with the Australian Army when I was posted to Singapore, my wife and I lived just down the road, from the hospital, my eldest son was born in Changi Hospital, no stories in those days about ghosts

[@wolf8900]

Raaf

[@georgecopley3403]

@@wolf8900 Raaf?

[@georgecopley3403]

@@OutOfBodyExperiences yes I,m serious my son was born there in 1972 and we lived not far from the NAAFI, near the main gate the only thing wrong with the Changi military hospital was the poms than were running it, they were so out of date, they did not believe in letting the new mothers breast feed and made them use bottle formula

[@amirlim479]

One more a haunted place at Singapore is Sembawang Park is Locate at Kampong Wak Hassan is a former village at Singapore .

[@ixactan69]

Not really true about Changi Hospital though. More than 20 years ago during my school days, we knew about it already and tried to enter before. I won't be surprised its known even earlier. But having said that, many areas in Singapore are notorious to be haunted. Tiong Bahru, Orchard. Bishan MRT etc etc. And almost all army camps will have their own stories too. Its really to individual to believe

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Thanks for the info. It's always nice to learn more about a subject. But I do think the reputation has definitely grown since it was abandoned.

[@ixactan69]

@@AsiaHikelopedia There used to have a very famous story book series "True Singapore Ghost Stories" back in 90s, which wrote about all the spooky stories. As a young mindless male in school days, I ever went into the hospital with classmates. We didn't see anything, but we had a good scare. haha

[@stephenharshaw]

1,000s of RAF and army personnel were treated and worked in the hospital, there were never any stories about ghosts then. However, there were stories about married quarters at the bottom of the hill!

[@tanchekteck9336]

M

[@theflipside_63]

Alamak the intro was something else.😅 one of my fave from ur channel😎

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

😁

[@ashmarsim]

Haha... this would have been awesome in October during the Halloween season but nothing to take umbrage over.

[@digitaliphotography]

Ooh, Casuarina. My favourite prata house in Sg. Breakfast there a few times each visit.

[@scorpio573]

Love such videos and content. I am not sure if I am right, but I guess there are really some things which we as humans still do not understand. I was admitted to OCH during my NS and it was already quite spooky at that time during the late 90s. After the hospital closed down in 1997, my friends and I went down to explore the place in the dead of night. There were a few other people who were also there to seek excitement. My friends and I were walking along one of the corridors, exploring each and every room/ward. We were holding torchlight. I tell you, the atmosphere was terribly eerie. I was 1st to enter one of the rooms/wards. The moment I put one foot in, I can feel very clearly the hair on the back of my neck stand and goosebumps all over my body. It felt like a mild electric shock. My gut feeling instantly told me I shouldn't carry on any further and I can feel that I was, or rather my friends and I were not welcome. I immediately told my friends to leave. My friends did not ask me for a reason and just complied. That was one of the most scary experiences of my life.

[@patrickchong6579]

All these places look nice in the daytime. In fact, the scariest (and also funny) part is the start with the Hannibal Lector demeanor.

[@joannecarolyn1595]

Hi. I'm new to your channel. I didn't know that Matilda House looked so nice! I found the Tyersall story very interesting as I not heard of it before. Thanks for the great content! Joanne from AMK 👌😊

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@joannecarolyn1595]

@@AsiaHikelopedia My pleasure 😊 Really happy I chanced upon your channel.

[@Seramics]

Enjoyed your tour. But for the next version, would be better if you could do in depth location walk during the night.

[@water6272]

During my BMT at Tekong, I once had a high fever and was sent to old Changi Hospital to recuperate (the army wing) for a few days and another time several years later after I had ROD, I had a minor operation and was again warded there. No there was never any story I ever heard about it being haunted nor personally had any experience. If there were, the Army boys in those days would certainly not had let it slide.

[@gerardtey2274]

Aiya.. spirit to high… ghost also run away coz army tekang more jialet.. hospital is more like heaven and tekong is hell… hahaha

[@katetoh314]

Nice video! Think it's the night and also individual. I hear so many stories from my friends in ns and I don't think they ll lie about it. Anyway jus sharing

[@jsurfin1]

This episode made me look up the Cashins. I came across the Cashin Pier when I was canoeing in the area decades ago. I wonder if their descendants are still around?

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I think there are.

[@MAJ023]

That's pretty haunting and spooky when lassie,coffee and prata lingering in the day time😁😁😁

[@rext8949]

They maybe haunted places but the settings are definetly very picturesque and beautiful.

[@HemanthRajGplus]

Making fun of your wife is a dangerous road to go down ! Loved the spooky music!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Very true!

[@lilswtangel92]

I've never been to Singapore didn't know there's a lot of haunted places there. Thankyou for sharing, please be safe

[@haroldlo8624]

I came for the ghost stories but was more intrigued by the idea of Eggs Benedict Prata with Curry Sauce!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Haha. It was an interesting experience, that's for sure!!

[@mousemaps9168]

Looks like they copied it from Springleaf Prata where I think it was invented. I always go to Springleaf for it.

[@Rob-lq2ny]

Richard, the ghost money is called Hell bank notes with the Jade Emperor head.

[@minitureoc9333]

Best way to piss someone off when deciding a gift for someone you hate

[@BECCIESBLUEEYEDPARANORMAL]

Awesome vid.. just subbed to you channel 🇬🇧👻✌

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Awesome thank you!

[@bearbearcutecute]

Hauntings are defined as an interplay of nocturnal animals, sentries, mosquitoes, crackheads and most importantly, creepy BGM.

[@simpernchong]

You are a nice person. And I do not wish to see you getting hurt because some ghosts or spirits took umbrage 👻🙀

[@arcaedias]

I love how this became a restaurant review midway lol

[@mindtwister1984]

11:29 The only spooky part of this show is the curry dripping from your lips. Like the background music, reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock episodes.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Haha!

[@unholydanger]

3:21 Rumours of this place being haunted started way earlier than 2009, as far as I could recall, I first heard of the Changi Hospital haunting in the year 2000. But before 2000 I probably heard too but I cannot be certain.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I'm aware the stories started way back, but they definitely proliferated before and after the film came out.

[@jonathanya154]

There’s also the famous haunted light house in east coast park. You might want to check out.

[@garylua5877]

I think u meant the yellow tower ?

[@chuckylee1865]

been there since i was 13 which was 20 years ago, way way before the movie was out. The place is scary because its a hospital, and deserted hence very quiet. Lots of vandalism and ppl taking drugs in there. Furthermore, it doesn't help that the security guard is always burning incense and paper(chinese tradition) and the smoky smell might spook people out. But again, its a nice place especially if u manage to walk through and climb up the roof. Its a very nice sea-view unblocked by anything. Friends and I usually will bring tidbits to go up the ceiling to stay over night there.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@Phenomediamarketing]

Whether one believes such or not is not the purpose, it is about being humble and respectful.

[@LifewithSSss]

Nice video 👍🏻 would be even spookier if you film them at night 😂😂

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Not a bad idea. You want to be my camera person?

[@IrenereneHK]

Kids will shout until sprits all go awayyyy🤣

[@LifewithSSss]

@@AsiaHikelopedia I think your kid looks braver than me 😆😆

[@LifewithSSss]

@@IrenereneHK ha ha, I think the sprits will be scared of my kids 😆😆

[@JigarDharamshi]

You should a 2.0 of this episode. A lot more places to cover ;)

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Maybe!

[@moofoo3193]

Thats my favourite prata joint! try their kosong prata next time!

[@tanchye1720]

In olden days there was an exhibit in the open & behind the the museum building. What was that? Know the answer?

[@jameslim3850]

In Asia, most Asians generally believe there are the spirit world and supernatural entities as many have experience it face to face or have known loved ones and friends that experience it. I personally have seen and heard from friends seeing it too. Some of the entities are benevolent , some are more violent just like humans of different types.

[@kelvinhor5119]

I like the “umbrage” words

[@JR-vr4mf]

Youtude General Richard makes a better CEO. at least you know how to make money!

[@chingchingcheo2673]

How to obtain your patch after "Buying 3 Coffee"?

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I will contact you by email

[@paulankle]

So far the most haunted place I encontered, is the old medic shool(also known as SMM aka school of military medicine) at Pasir Laba Camp 40 years ago during my National Service.

[@edwinsandanasamy4696]

Am I the only one who is wondering why all this footage is during daytime?

[@eccentworld3611]

How many times did you need to film yourself cycling haha I love the effort put in this!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Quite a few!

[@cjmktsvc]

Every ghost story is oral tradition based on local culture without any real evidence at all. That's why every place in the world has their own unique ghost story. From my experience it's almost impossible to teach people to be skeptical, but yeah, everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe

[@sausageboy112]

Must be the background music you used, the hair on the back of my neck stood up throughout the video

[@kennyzeng21]

u really did it! COOL AF! where is the red house and hillview mansion?

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

20 minutes plus get complaints lah!

[@kennyzeng21]

@@AsiaHikelopedia part 2...

[@alfredoseow4511]

Check out the old Mental Hospital between Woodlands and Marsiling

[@johnnyayin4354]

Reallygood !

[@noobsgUBW]

There was a lady in red dress dancing in your video, classic.

[@Potomacstud]

I love Richard

[@nigelchung86]

Hi Richard, I got. Brompton with the same colour as yours. Partial reason wanted to explore the places you shown us.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Nice. Hope you enjoy riding it!

[@nigelchung86]

@@AsiaHikelopedia looking forward to ur sat videos. Give me a reason to get out and have a good workout

[@berttkltan]

I personally have experienced and even witnessed spirits few times. So you will have to believe until you have seen one. Don't be stubborn and to pay respect to them even you are not a believer. This is my piece of advice. Nice video

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Interesting!

[@happyface8674]

I AM one of the luckiest person to ever walk late at night exactly at the building at old changi hospital shown at 2:00. Whilst never see anything, but hear lots of sound. or maybe my nerves acting up then.

[@RonLarhz]

There's the red House , white house and the Changi chalet.

[@ghimhongtoh5405]

Spooky 😱😱

[@dionyong8247]

Tekong has always been the forefront of haunted encounters

[@wyattearp88]

The SOC wall aa

[@ansonleowxianjing3088]

4:30 wait that’s my house

[@evelynkiran4438]

What does umbrage mean?

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

To take offence!

[@V.I.P205]

There's also 1 more place, Spooner estate

[@GG-gm9dh]

why there is NO Former Ford Factory Where British forces under Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival surrendered to Japanese forces under Lieutenant-General Yamashita Tomoyuki on 15 February 1942 after the Battle of Singapore. source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Ford_Factory

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I cannot cover every 'haunted' place otherwise the video would be 3 days long!

[@jjyf78]

@@AsiaHikelopedia 😆😅😂🤣

[@ahrep9861]

Yessa buddy u are very dare respect u always mates...🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@sumjunhao5710]

Have you ever heard of the Red House in Singapore? its locate at the Changi and it's one of the haunted house in Singapore

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I've heard of it. Haven't checked it out.

[@michellebo8173]

red house is in Pasir ris, not changi.

[@tattletrail5860]

Spooky 👀

[@zen_surfer]

my army buddies and i went to changi for a brave or dare about 1998 there were already ghost stories then, just maybe not on the net

[@lamemeshitface]

The picture of the 'ghost' at OCH, has been admitted by the creator to be a doctored image - made for fun. A pretty good one tbh

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

I'm not surprised. It didn't look very realistic.

[@RichPilipinas]

Singapore almost all the popular haunted house they close in public. go philippines all can go inside nice old & very scary

[@EricK-mj7kr]

You try to venture at night (be warned) to ECP/Tanah Merah Coastal Road location, sengkang pcn right after the sports complex, bukit timah rifle range nature reserve park (enter from railway mall). In the Marina Barrage control building, the staff will know about it.

[@Calgho]

Would've said hi and had a chat with u if I knew you were just under my block filming.

[@bornfree3531]

Maybe a follow up in August - Ghost Month...Pray before embarkation..

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Good idea!

[@ROCLIFER]

Nice one! I would prefer seeing a ghost over getting Covid-19 if I have the choice.

[@Qoonutz]

Haha! Nice “umbrage”!

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

😁

[@frankietatcanbearrange3874]

you were stating that you were a skeptic, but you would not even want to attempt to venture inside a haunted house.

[@alienprincessyuu5026]

wow this is interesting n logical sir ...much better than those make pretend horror movie i just saw an indonesia movie makes no sense ...the devils ben wow i almost go to thomson road for dinner with my bf in his car...lol what a name...

[@tanjohnny6511]

I was a sceptic too that was before i started to work in a hospital.✌😂

[@oldwong5977]

Yup always a joke to see these debunking videos because they sure dun know anything (or are lucky they never saw something that cannot be explained by Science).

[@tanjohnny6511]

@@oldwong5977 while i agree that we should not blindly believe,neither should we call these people nuts.our eyes cannot see farts but it exists.😄

[@shunliteo9262]

You missed out View Road Hospital Richard.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

So many ghosts, so little time!

[@LeaZalehaSix5]

You missed 'Sembawang Park' or 'Kg Wak Hassan'.

[@AsiaHikelopedia]

Too many places!

[@therover65]

Dear sir, that’s like saying I don’t believe in air (or the wind) because I can’t see it. 🙂