Comments on: The Charles Camsell Hospital

By: krystal lecaine

krystal lecaine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:18 +0000

i was born in this hospital on dec 15 1974…..i was wondering if anyone can tell me how to find my birth information….my moms name was rose kozenko…..i was born as baby girl kozenko…if anyone can and is willing to help PLZ contact me via e mail…ty so very much

By: Mc

Mc — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:27:25 +0000

I went to that place a few times when it was open and it was spooky then and now when I pass by it on the bus its true that you feel like your being watched as if theres people looking outside from their windows,,, I’d go there for a good ” scare ” but I value my life and wouldnt want to live with cancers that the place cause so I feel bad for the kids who do go in there or close to it because they will develope cancer and think back to the warnings. So if anyone knows people who want to go there or read these warnings,, take it serious and warn the ones who want to visit that place, Want a spooky feeling,, visit graveyards at night that will be just as good but do not be an A-hole by vandalising it that would be very disrespectful.. Happy Ghost adventures people

By: Tsinhia

Tsinhia — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:21:44 +0000

My grandfather was sent to this hospital and died in 1949; and my father says that Indian Affairs wouldn’t send his body home; so now we are trying to locate his burial site so that we can take our father there to see where he is buried. Someone told us that they buried “Indians” who died there in a cemetary near the Enoch Reserve. We would like to locate his grave before my father passes. My father has suffered a stroke and heart attack and we would like to get some information for him but we are not getting anywhere. Anyone with any ideas on where I can get some help in this matter would be appreciated. Email me at tsinhia@yahoo.ca.

By: Steve Gosselin

Steve Gosselin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:26:43 +0000

Hi anyone and everyone. If you have any information on this place and would like to discuss any paranormal activity or lackthereof I’m doing a short book on places like this in and around alberta. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Signed,

A college student looking to write something cool

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:33:32 +0000

@Allen Bouvier It`s funny how you say vandalized by kids but really it could have been an adult. I bet you`ve never seen a kid vandalize the place but you decided to stereotype. Not to be rude, but next time you may wanna think about about what you`re going to say and see if it is going to offend anyone.

By: Isho Bailey

Isho Bailey — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:40:06 +0000

@Melody McEwen
@ Melody McEwen, I was born at CCH in ‘ 76, I would like to talk to you about it. Isho Bailey @ djisho@hotmail.com

By: Zac

Zac — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:28:10 +0000

@Deadman i was there last night, and yes its creepy but it is nothing as you describe. Its all in your head. To me it looked like any other demo'd building.

By: Deb Hellwig

Deb Hellwig — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:21:24 +0000

@elizabeth herbert My uncle went there as an adolescent ....

By: Melody McEwen

Melody McEwen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:44:09 +0000

Hello , everyone.
I am looking for details of the Charles Camsell Hosptial.
I know it is spooky from the outside ,but I am looking
for a real account of somebody who was actually a patient or working there.
I am using this information to write a fiction short story.
For anybody that gives me credible information, their name well be accredited in the acknowledgments.

By: Melody McEwen

Melody McEwen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:40:52 +0000

@Grant
Hello , Grant.
I am writing a short fiction story about the Charles Camsell Hospital.
If you could give me more details about your Grandmother going to the hospital when it was TB treatment facility that would be great.
I can include in the credits for the short story. Although I don’t know when it well be published.

By: mr. reyes

mr. reyes — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:31:35 +0000

I’ve read a lot about the history of this building, and I don’t doubt the activity that happens due to the past and history.I have been there a few times, although I have never been inside. From the times I’ve been there I’ve never experienced anything out of the ordinary until recently, I believe about a month ago. I brought my friend,and cousin from lethbridge, who is somewhat of a skeptic and bad mouthing the facility and truly not a believer of the supernatural and occult. Until we experienced what happened that night….so we took a leisurely walk around the building, still at this point not experincing anything. So we hopped in the car and drove real slow past the building with our windows down, hoping to catch something out of the ordinary. Then we heard it! A faint scream, sounded like a womens scream, and reverberating from what seemed to be one of the lower floors possibly 3-4… I can honestly vouche that me n my friend/cousin all heard this, at first we were all in shock almost hoping we didn’t hear what we did….but fortunately or unfortunately which ever way you look at it, we did hear it and scared the shit out of 3 grown men! So on behalf of my experiences I would agree that the camsell is indeed a paranormal hot spot! You can feel the energy once you arrive on the premisis! I advise anyone who plans to experience this to be patient and respectful of the deceased, and neighboring houses chances are you’ll experience something! It took me 3 years of coming and going and about a hour and half that night before hearing the scream from inside the camsell! Soo good luck and be safe to all those exploring the hospital! I also wouldn’t recommend going in the facility I’ve been stopped by police on several occasions and the asbestos and toxins are a nasty health risk! It can and will kill you slowly if your not wearing a mask of some sort! And trust me my mother is sick from lung cancer and that’s from asbestos in old houses!!! Soo hope this helps and encourages/discourrages people!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:24:34 +0000

i was born in the charles camsell in 1985 so was my sister in 88 and my brother in 90 and my aunty worked there for 16 years till it was closed and then she was transferd to the royal alex

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:17:52 +0000

@elizabeth herbert

Hi Elizabeth, I believe this is where my grandmother was sent when she developed TB in the 1940′s. She was forcefully separated from her three young daughters in Ft. Chipewyan who were sent to Ontario to live with relatives. She died there three years later, alone. If there are tortured souls haunting those premises, I’m sure one of them is hers.

By: jenn

jenn — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:50:10 +0000

if you think about it… wouldnt every hospital be haunted? food for thought!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:39:29 +0000

I was born here. I would say yes to the weird things happen to me.

By: elizabeth herbert

elizabeth herbert — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:10:38 +0000

@Allen Bouvier Hello Allen, I am a published writer who is doing research on the old Charles Camsell Hospital: the history of the handicrafts program there, the experiences of native patients who were being treated there, far from their homes, etc. Would you happen to know anything about these things? Thanks, Elizabeth.

By: Deadman

Deadman — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:32:25 +0000

Poo

By: Deadman

Deadman — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:59:39 +0000

Is there reply a gas that gives you cancer in there

By: Deadman

Deadman — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:56:35 +0000

I went there on friday and I heard a girl scream on the 4th floor and I was scared shitless I went to chech and there was blood splattered every were and in the basement I saw the walls were all peeled and screeched. And a lot of bands oxen that was pretty sad especially if you were born there

By: caleb

caleb — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:58:13 +0000

@jeremy dyck i was in there last night theres no guy on a bike security drives around like every hour and if you wear all black your a ghost in that place

By: Larissa

Larissa — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:41:46 +0000

I was born there in 89. I asked my mom to show me where I was born when i was about 16, and as soon as I got out of the car to look around and walk around, I had a very almost tragic feeling, and that something was watching my every move, I also felt like I was welcome there, it was very werid.

By: Sabs

Sabs — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:05:38 +0000

I live a few blocks away from the hospital, along 124St, I go past the hospital on a regular basis to get to Westmount center.
The place does really creep me out. As kids in the neighborhood our parents warned us to never go near the building, for good reason.

I warn all enthusiasts who want to go ghost hunting. This is not the place to go and have your jolly. The building is covered in Asbestos and many parts of the building including the floors and ceilings have fallen in, leaving holes and great gaps. A few years back a fire broke out in the roof, 3 firefighters were injured trying to get to the roof, falling through a unseen hole in a stair well. Many contracting groups have gone in and quit only after a few months stating the building is a “death trap” and should be brought down.

You have been warned, this is not a joke or game the place is too dangerous to go prancing around in even in the day light let alone the night. The only ghosts will be you because I can almost grantee no one will hear you scream if you get stuck or fall assuming you survive.

Sabs

By: morningskye

morningskye — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:10:13 +0000

Like any abandon building with bored or curious kids, theres going to be vandalization. I was born in the old CCH, had my 3 children in one that now stands. There is lots of history with First Nation people, the CCH and Edmonton. At one time, 1st nation people were not allowed to go to any hospital if they were sick, we had to go to our “own” hospital. Which is why this building was created. The reason it was closed was due to cut backs with the Healthcare system.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:36:35 +0000

I was born there, I dont know about strange things happening in my life, but my mother did pass away when I was ten

By: Michelle Shaw

Michelle Shaw — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:44:43 +0000

My daughter was born in the Charles Camsell in 1991 and I had surgery done there, the only reason it shut its doors was due to health cuts by the Alberta Government