The Isle of Wight's Mysterious Sites -------------Hauntings------------ Appuldurcombe House Back of the Wight Beaches The Needles Old Battery The Essex Cottage Dunnose Point Quarr Abbey East Cowes ---------------Major Sites----------- Carrisbrooke Castle The Longstone ---------------Folklore----------- Godshill Church --------------Ancient Sites----------- Five Barrows Home Site Map Map England Map Scotland Map Wales Map Ventnor Botanic Gardens Ventnor Botanic Gardens were created in 1969 when the Royal National Hospital for Chest Diseases - a world renowned hospital, specialising in the treatment of consumption - was demolished. The hospital was founded in 1868 when TB was one of the Developed worlds' biggest killers. Vaccination and antibiotics virtually eradicated the disease in the 20th century, and led to the eventual closure of the hospital in 1964. The gardens are haunted by the echoes of the old hospital, the sound of weeping and moaning has been heard, and ghostly nurses have been seen in the gardens. An apparition of the demolished hospital building is also reported to have been seen. More information on the hauntings at Ventnor can be found in Gay Baldwin's The Isle of Wight Ghost Book IV, for more info see her website at: www.ghost-island.com Directions: Signposted from the A3055, to the West of Ventnor