Wolston Park Hospital, once Australia's most notorious mental asylum, has been left to the elements since the 150-year-old supposedly haunted building (bottom right) near Brisbane closed in 2001. Its floors are rotted away and it has charred and graffiti-covered walls (left), thousands of margarine packets turned to dust (top right), and the ghosts of tormented souls skulking what's left of the halls. More than 50,000 people, including children as young as 11, called the asylum home over its lifetime and dozens of survivors spoke out about their horrific treatment that included frequent sexual assault by staff, electroshock on children, and being force-fed drugs that are now banned. ...read
Graffiti-covered walls, rotting wood and hundreds of empty margarine packets: Inside the decaying hospital that was once Australia's most notorious mental asylum
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