Bedok town is a great place to live. There's a serene reservoir park for people to take a postprandial stroll, go jogging or enjoy recreational activities like inline skating, cycling and fishing. There are two shoppers' malls – Bedok mall and Bedok Point – complete with popular labels like Dorothy Perkins, Accessorize, Etude House and Charles & Keith, and an air-conditioned bus interchanged that is linked to one of its malls. There's also a little gourmet village called "Simpang" for foodies and soccer lovers' to hang out until late. With so many recreational spaces, what's not to like about Bedok town?
But Bedok town is spooky...
For years, ghoulish sightings and haunting taking place in the neighborhood have been the talk of the town. Google "Bedok haunted" and you will find stories of Pontianak sightings in and around Bedok and of a woman who wore red and took her life and the life of her young son at their HDB block. According to Chinese belief, red symbolizes the dead's desire (and thirst) for revenge.
Besides the Pontianak stories, there are stories of people committing suicide or murdered at Bedok reservoir.
In September 2011, the bodies of a 32-year-old housewife and her three-year-old son were found wearing red t-shirts with painted red nails in the reservoir. In June this year, the lower-half of a 23-year-old man was found floating in the reservoir.
But Bedok town is not the "dirtiest" town in Singapore – although the reservoir is a famous suicide spot for troubled souls, the authorities had to erect a SOS sign to stop people from taking their lives. In fact, East Coast, Tampines, Sembawang, Bishan and Jurong towns have their fair share of spooky tales.
And who can forget the stories of the (in)famous Old Changi Hospital, East Coast Park Yellow tower, Bukit Brown Cemetery and the Pasir Ris Red House? Ah.
Without further ado, Let us bring you some of Singapore's most eerie places. Drum rolls…
#1. Hospitals
Everyone loves a good ghost story and what better place to scare the daylights out of your friends than a hospital narrative.
Hospitals are eerie and everyone knows that. Every day, people die. Alexandra Hospital has plenty of horror stories, given that the medical facility was once upon a time, the place of a bloody massacre during the Battle of Singapore in February 1942.
Here's what happened: Japanese soldiers went on a killing spree to flex their muscles and show their authority. The soldiers even killed an anesthetized patient who was still lying on the operating table. Now that is gruesome.
In September 2009, a Singaporean man claimed he saw ghosts at the hospital's carpark, he even took a photograph to prove that he was telling the truth and sent it to citizen journalism website STOMP.
Early this year, STOMP reported that eerie shrill noises are heard coming from one of the hospital's buildings.
Er … are you getting goose bumps? Still can tahan(stomach) more ghost stories?
According to an anonymous Singaporean doctor on his personal blog, www.sgdr.blogspot.sg, Tan Tock Seng hospital is the source of many ghost stories among the medical community – even after the hospital is renovated. The doctor says that there is a fever ward doctors try to avoid getting posted to for duties even though the workload is light. He suggests that it is likely the doctors have experienced something un-natural in that ward or along its dimly lit corridors – although he has yet to come face-to-face with a ghost.
credit: Jiattison
See? You don't have to be a Russell Lee just to tell a damn good ghost story.
#2. Houses
Entrance of Hillview Mansion; photo taken by James Tan
Side Gate of Hillview Mansion
Abandoned buildings give the best inspirations for haunted stories.
Smack on a hill at Kaki Bukit is an eerie abandoned hut where people reportedly hanged themselves for reasons unknown.
The Hillview Mansion, nestled at the top of Hillview Hill, is said to be haunted. Former Princess Elizabeth Estate resident James Tan, 59, says banshee cries and wailings are heard coming from the site of the defunct and dilapidated mansion. Legend has it that the previous owner's family died in a fire, and renovations were never completed because evil spirits are lingering in the space.
What about a grisly murder that took place in an occupied building?
Somewhere on Bedok Reservoir Road is block 120, a block of flats that has been given a fresh coat of paint. But beneath its colorful outlook lies a dark secret…
On 26 August 1996, a 39-year-old woman was found murdered in the bathroom of her apartment. Her former lover and brother-in-law killed her after the deceased threatened to expose their relationship, following his refusal to resume the affair. Oh my.
#3. Military Camps
If you are a Singaporean man, your army life is, well, a ghost story / movie.
Former NS man Eugene Soh, 32, claims Lim Chu Kang camp is "dirty". Dirt roads aside, the surrounding trees at the camp are dark, thus making them the perfect hideout for ghoulish spirits.
Says Eugene: 「My platoon mates and I saw a dark human-like figure lurking in the trees … and that prompted our driver to drive faster than usual so everyone can return to camp!」
Still, nothing beats Pulau Tekong's spooky tales. Prior to his posting to Lim Chu Kang camp, Eugene and his platoon mates were undergoing their Basic Military Training (BMT) in Pulau Tekong. He says one of his BMT platoon mates got spooked by a Pontianak high up in the trees, the poor man suffered from a bout of fits and everyone had to help him back to camp.
Khatib Camp and Nee Soon Camp seem spooky. Stories of NS men hearing high-pitched screams and loud banging noises coming from the toilet and soldiers frightened by mysterious sounds have made their rounds in online forums like SG Club. However, we wonder if this is the work of NS men to scare others into believing the army camps are dirty.
Oh, the defunct Changi Commando Barracks near Andover Road used to house 15,400 British and Australian soldiers during the Japanese Occupation. As expected of war stories and crimes, the place is spooky; trespassers claimed they were haunted by the ghosts of World War 2 Prisoners of War who died at the hands of the Japanese.
#4. Parks
Here is an unlikely place you'll find ghosts: nature parks.
In years 2008 and 2000 respectively, the bodies of two young women were found in the Bukit Batok Nature Reserve.
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