This abandoned psychiatric hospital in Stockport has a gruesome history

St. Thomas’ Hospital in Stockport has been closed for a number of years now, but there are still things wandering the halls…

Originally called Shaw Heath Hospital, St. Thomas’ Hospital in Stockport closed in 2004 after giving many years of care, most notoriously treating thousands of psychiatric patients.

When St Thomas’ was first built in 1841, it was a workhouse known as ‘The Grubber’, which accommodated just under 700 inmates.

By 1894, the working conditions of the workhouse and its infirmary were known to be of ‘total brutality and chaos’.

And it is noted that the management of the hospital were ‘completely without plan or method’ and workers were ‘packed in like sardines’.

So with hundreds of workers packed in working in horrific conditions and treating psychiatric patients, it’s no wonder this building has got some serious paranormal activity going on.

A lot of people have bravely ventured in to explore the now-abandoned hospital. Almost all of them have run away screaming from the horrors they have heard or seen.

The most famous story comes from a very brave group of people who, while looking around, got seriously freaked out by the sound of very loud footsteps from the floor above.

They quickly realised the problem with this – there were no working staircases to get to the top floors. That’ll send a shiver down your spine.

The group were so terrified, they hadn’t even noticed they’d photographed a floating doctor complete with a white coat and white face mask.

This infamous doctor has been spotted a few times by the people who dare to enter St Thomas’.

He’s not the only one either, a number of people have reported ‘a radiant woman that could be a nun or a nurse’.

This derelict hospital in Stockport has even featured on the show ‘Most Haunted’.

If you think you’re brave enough for a look around, apparently the mortuary is filled with the most paranormal activity due to a patient who was cut open whilst he was still alive.