Can You See The Ghost In This Picture?

Can you see the ghost in this picture? Spirits haunt derelict asylum

By Alice Coote

Mediums detected a ghostly presence in this picture of the asylum. Picture: Yvette Worboys

• Photographer drawn to derelict asylum
• 1200 patients buried in unmarked graves
• Mediums claim ghostly presence in photos

They are haunting images of bedlam - an Australian lunatic asylum that opened more than 170 years ago.

An exhibition by photographer Yvette Worboys titled Ghosts has captured eerie images of the former Gladesville Mental Hospital, in Sydney, which opened in November 1838 and closed in 1997.

Worboys, who has lived in the area most of her life, said she was drawn to the partly derelict hospital by its residual energy.

"There is quite a presence, an energy, there," Worboys said.

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More than 1200 patients are buried in unmarked graves on the property. Ms Worboys said psychics asked to analyse her photos believed there was a presence in them.

"Mediums have looked at the images and seen a presence there," she said.

She said the mediums were drawn to one photo in particular of a doorway covered in vines, where they identified a strong presence to the left of the door.

The hospital was originally called the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum.

The exhibition takes place Cafe Giulia in Sydney from May 5 to June 11 and is part of the Head On Photo Festival