The Towers Asylum Nurses Home - Leicester,

Ghosts of The Towers Asylum Nurses Home

The ghosts and spirits that reside within the walls of The Towers Asylum Nurses Home seem to be complex and with many varying reasons for being there.  With the sounds of whispered male voices, growling, singing and the high pitched screaming being encountered by many visitors it is not difficult to understand why people are so terrified when they have walked around The Towers Asylum Nurses Home alone.  The sight of a ghostly figure has frequently been seen looking out of the window from the top floor window and scratching sounds emanate from the walls from the same area. 

You have the chance to spend the night in a huge, abandoned building that has rarely been investigated. 

History of The Towers Asylum Nurses Home

The sprawling complex of the Towers Asylum in Leicester will never be forgotten.  This was a site spreading over 30 acres and housed those suffering from mental health issues from the date of its opening in 1869.  This building became infamous for its controversial treatments which were often considered to be barbaric.  The Towers Asylum Nurses Home is part of this audacious site and has a real story to tell.  At any one time it would have been home to over 65 nurses, all whom worked at the Asylum itself, and the evidence of the time they spent here is still very much intact.  Each bedroom is like a snapshot from the past even down to the old curtains in some of the rooms.  You get a very real sense of what life was like when they lived here. 

You now have the opportunity to walk in the foosteps of those that would have lived and worked at The Towers Asylum and how their lifestyle would have been.  Nobody knows the real terrors that they would have witnessed or how they would have dealt with them but you get a real sense of them having lived here.