Behind the doors of an impressive Harehills Victorian building is a 'terrifying' hospital where spirits are said to haunt the corridors.
A former hospital and workhouse, adjacent to St James' University Hospital, is now opening its doors for people to go on ghost hunts. In 1997 the building which was the former Leeds Union Workhouse, opened as the Thackray Museum of Medicine and has become a popular tourist attraction, showcasing its 163 year history.
The building is said to be one of Leeds' most haunted, home to trapped spirts and the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' - who was killed by hanging after being "addicted to crime" including murder and fraud, historians say. The hospital was first built in 1858 to home nearly 800 of the poorest people who worked and lived in the bleakest of conditions.
