Investigating the ghosts of Singapore’s infamous haunted mansion | Simon Says
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Deserted places are few and far between in Singapore, so I set out to explore one of the most infamous haunted places, the abandoned royal mansio of the Johor Dynasty, known as Istana Woodneuk.
With nothing but a flashlight, I try to get the drop on any scary evil things hidden in the shadows of this place, and what I ultimately found may surprise you.
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This guy camera quality and editing is on ANOTHER level. Deserved way more credit! Even our sg 'influencers" isnt this good
Ha! Keep watching my videos and we’ll get there! I’m TH-cam’s best kept secret 😁
Totally agreed.
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Wow! Are you a professional in filmmaking??
No, I am an amateur who’s trying hard 😅
Drone video on the vast green field is so beautiful, a rare sight in Singapore. Love your storytelling style and humour. Subscribed!
You’re the first u-tuber that I’ve ever watched and liked all the videos. You’re funny, your videos are informative and I like the way you filmed and edited them. What impresses me the most is the unique plot twist at the end of the videos. Glad that I’ve found your videos. I’m a fan now.
Well thank you!! What a nice thing to read, you just made my day!
5:36 onwards, 'lonliness....' this part onwards was beautifully narrated Simon. every word described, how it started, what this structure has witnessed for decades, pride, the war, the fire, from it's glory days, sheltering generations of the royal family, and everything so well, and what will it be in many years to come.. thanks for this video. I see this palace with a different perspective now. how did you do that Simon... thanks again! do more of videos like this pls,
Thank you very much! I didn’t plan it that way, but after spending a few hours in there, I couldn’t help but feel the nostalgia and sadness of this place… It must have been a great sight to behold in it’s glory days.
Excellent execution on the storytelling. Really like the edit and footage. Nice work
Thank you very much.
You make such amazing videos! It really shows that you put in great care. The visuals, the background music, the voiceover, all top notch. As someone who's planning to move to Singapore this year, I really appreciate this curious, off the beaten path yet respectful approach and how you cover practical matters and sights as well. Keep up the good work! Subscribed.
Thank you very much indeed! Let me know how the process works out for you, and don’t leave your pet behind!!!
Simply one word for you "wow". I just discovered your channel today and I had been watching your videos since afternoon. Its almost 12 am and I am still glued to my pc. Hats off.
I can only reply with the same word - wow! Glad you enjoy it so much! Wish I could have made more!! 😁
Chanced upon your videos. Watched one and end up watching all of your Singapore series video. Really good videography, editing, storytelling and content! 👍 subscribed to your channel ever since.
Thank you very much, and thank for watching!
your storytelling is outstanding. Nice work, mate!
Much appreciated, thanks!
Nice video! Your Drone footages are great, I never realized it was so deep and surrounded by nature
Its a pretty big place, if you’re not afraid of what could be lurking in the dark...
I have watched all your videos.I am your new fan.All narration, editing and drone footage is really great.Looking forward to the next videos. Got tears in these vids the way how you see it not a hunted mansions but the good memories of people who live there before.
Thank you, this means a lot to me! Appreciate the support!
Brother you got a lot of talent. Yes there are ghost in Singapore. I witness one as it flew about the cantina in Sembawang Shipyard during Chinese New Year. I was a sailor then (1992), I was told to speak to it. I shared my despair and loneliness. Returning to my ship I saw as is flew about the bow and then dive into the strait. I carried this with me todate. I observed my shipmates as they wept bittersweet in their solitude during underway to the states leaving their girlfriends behind to return to their family. Singapore there's no place like it. Keep up the good the good work and much success in your endeavor.
Maybe a ghost will reveal itself to me one day... So far, no luck.
Ww2 too many unrest soul in sg
Maybe those ghost that they saw in southeast asia sea from southern Vietnam tried to flee away from Viet Kong when the NVA occupied my beautiful country
I really appreciate your comments about the abandoned Palace, this is so sad to see the house where was full of joy and love but now is abandoned, nothing left but only the loneliness... 😢
I love your ending in this video....SG government should try to restore this place and keep it as a heritage building....and really your real ending is really funny 😂
It’s still Malaysia’s royal property. It exists in a bureaucratic blackhole, which is why nobody is doing anything about it. The land itself is worth 5 Billions (the B is not a typo)... SG cannot do anything about it, and Malaysia has no incentive to invest or sell it either, so it’s gonna decay for a while longer.
@@SimonSaysCanada so sad that it’s going into waste like that..wonder if SG government can do something like what they do with the Malaysia rail station in SG....that was the reason why for SG properties majority are on lease and not freehold....SG government do not want any of their land ended up in foreign hands and later have to fight it back....
@@JesusLovesHisCreations I don't think the Johor royal family will let go of the land, it's a piece of the Johor royal dynasty's legacy. The railway posed a security issue so we had good reason to purchase it from the Malaysian government. This parcel of land though is private property of a family, it represents the extent of the Johor-Riau dynasty and the founding of the present Johor royal house. The reigning Sultan who built the istana for one of his wives is considered the father of the modern state of Johor.
you know what, your monologue gives me chill. i can really feel the loneliness and how the time will pass and feel how the building carries all the memories since the first day until that very day. and the most chilling things is maybe in one day the building will be ever used again for something and people wont realize what happened years ago in that building.
good work man keep it up!
Thank you. It’s much more of a sad place rather than a scary place, in my humble opinion.
9 months late in coming across this video but wow what a video!!! I’m amazed at how beautiful the ending was!
Thank you! It’s never too late to watch one of my videos! I always try to make them as “intemporal” as I can 😁
Nice job Simon. I can see the Resident Evil influence in your work😉 Good use of the drone too. 👍
Thanks! Not easy to look natural on camera while piloting that camera!
Nice video! Heard a lot of Singaporeans said that there is a hunting house near the prison, never have a chance to go there, thanks for sharing this.
Haunted by lizards and vandals, by the looks of it :P
Amazing videography and storytelling!
Thank you so much! Appreciate it.
Haha...to determine whether its really haunted, you need to go there in the night! Maybe we'll have a video when that happens? Lol.
Anyhoo, excellent camera shots once again. Particularly like your overhead drone shots of the massive field of tall grass ( and you in the their midst at the end) and the balconies with overgrown vines and creepers.
I swear that field made me extra-anxious... Had to use the drone to find where to go.
definitely done-seen-xperience a whole more than a citizen gr8 vlogs Simon.. cheers to u n family.. stay safe
Thanks! There is plenty to see and do in SG - seems I’ve only scratched the surface.
Nicely done.... Awesome storytelling ..
Thank you very much, and thanks for taking the time to comment!
Hey Simon, thanks for this amazing video.. Im a Singaporean but i don't have a clue this istana existed until now 😅 Really appreciate your efforts 👍
My pleasure! It’s one of those things somebody mentioned, and I just had to check it out.
Ok this is my favourite video in the channel. 👍
Glad to hear it! It’s my favorite as well! Not sure why it never really gained traction...
@@SimonSaysCanada
I bet it's probably due to those weird TH-cam algorithms that somehow failed to recommend this video.
There are plenty of good videos out there not being recommended (yet), and plenty of weird videos that do. Can be quite boggling. 😐
Loved the way you have edited and narrated the whole video. The abandoned building reminded me of some vlogs by Bald & Bankrupt. Brilliant stuff, keep it coming!
Bald and Bankrupt is a great name!! Thanks for the good words!
You deserve more views!!
I gotta earn them first! It’s a slow process, at least when you are neither yong nor sexy :p
beautiful place
.. would love to visit this hunted place in Singapore too..
If I could find it, you can too!
Love your vids bruh
Thanks mate! We’ll see if that still holds true once you get to the newer ones from Canada! 😅
Good video.good music and editing.
Thanks!
Started with your Pulau Ubin video and now a fan! Would love to join you on one of these haunted explorations.
I’m looking in on a few other presumably haunted areas... I’ll let you know if I pick one!
@@SimonSaysCanada looking forward to it...
Thank you for this great video. The bathtubs really got me though..☺️
I wouldn’t drink out of that tub to save my life! 😁
@@SimonSaysCanada why would you want to drink from that bathtub? Rain here is cleaner. 🤣🤣
I was thinking of something else. You need to watch the movie The Changeling to understand. 😊
Allright, I’ll fdo that!
@@SimonSaysCanada Be warned..😃
I just finished watching all ur S'pore vlog and they r amazing!!! Haven't lived there r almost 3 decades...now waiting to be repatriated back and ur vlog will definitely help me get acquainted with my country once again. Looking fwd to more of ur adventures!!!
Thank you very much, it’s an amazing place!!
Video very nicely sound
Lost and forgotten is worse than being haunted. The narration is much more important than the ghost itself. Then you are lost in the green again.
Well said.
Great vid...cheers bro
Thanks! ….did the jump-scare get you?
@@SimonSaysCanada of course he he
Absolutely pro level video, well done! I’ve just subscribed to your channel. Just curious, did you have a friend film you, or you used a tripod in some scenes? Gopro or SLR camera? What drone model do you use?
It’s a combination of iPhone 11 Pro Max (outstanding what you can get out of that thing), the Sony ZV1 (still working out the kinks) and the Mavic Air 2 drone- Ii have been working alone so far. Thanks for the good words!
Simon Says What is the tripod brand/model? :)
Its a Smartree monopod / selfie stick thing. I don’t use much fancy gear, TBH
Bro you are so brave to film it alone there..keep it up👍
Thanks! I’m more afraid of cobras than ghosts... More tangible threat, I guess.
I've been there 5 yrs ago,a very nice experienced.
Probably hasn’t changed much? Bit more overgrown and a few new graffitis maybe?
Well made video.. Impressive
A fun day out too!
I am your 2022 new subscriber here ... nice work!!!! 😱😍
Thank you! Just be warned… I had to move back to Canada 💔 and can’t spend days hiking the jungle anymore 😭😭😭
Hell yah! So scary, you are so brave!
It wasn’t that scary without music and creepy sound effects! 😛
At 1:39 .. someone (or something !?) looking at you from the balcony ? 😨
Great video, editing, music and storytelling. Changing the mood from Curious/Interesting, Scary and to Sentimental.
Someone was standing guard - I interupted what I assume was a sexy Instagram photoshoot 😄
Lucky it was Someone instead of "Something" 😅
“Ain’t afraid of no ghosts” said Peter Vankman
lol you crazy! you got me lol i will say you are a good storyteller
wanted to visit here last time but i read articles saying the police blocked it off and warned people not to visit so i was like ah crap. still looks like you can visit (lol at the ending)
Why did they block it? Maybe someone fell to their death in one of the many infinite staircase? Hope not, cause that’s a long way down!!
Who would've expected the best Singaporean content to be produced by a non-local.
I love your content and hope your channel grows! +1 follower
Thank you very much!
Nice film maker😍😍
His videos are pretty cool too 😛
@@SimonSaysCanada hehehe 🙏🙏
Nice video
Thankee.
"if you get rid of the spooky music and up the exposure..."
hahahah OMG DUDE i swear we have the same kind of humor.... when i saw your title i was rolling my eyes like .. not another "haunted " woodneuk video.
i was part of a film crew that filmed there at night about a decade ago for an Ad... nothing happened apart from mosquito attacks
Yeah, mosquitos are probably real bad at night there. I would’ve stayed over a night there alone, no problem! 😁
Good video and camera Man..
Thank goodness I had a drone - I was kinda lost in that tall grass…
hi where was the entrance to the trail in the vid? I only know the one along Holland Road
Secret shortcut along Tyersall Avenue - found it on my way out!
Good vlog...
Thankee!
Broooo market ur stuff...its worth millions of viewsss
We’ll get there, we’ll get there. Start small, build it up, earn the views, that kind of stuff.
I have been wanting to go there but because they said it’s not allowed to go there. It’s off limits.
Perhaps the ghost ran away thinking some white boy has came back to colonise us!! :D Joking!!
Touché! But Canadians are generally peaceful, except when playing Hockey, so have no fear. Except when playing hockey
Did they remove the trespassing signs? Last I went there about 5-6 years back, we got caught when trying to trespass LOL
I did not see a sign anywhere - maybe I missed it!
I have been there 4 years ago with friends at around 2am+,you should go there that time..scary things happened and still not forgotten...
Well, being a cynical skeptic myself and having spent many a night in notorious haunted places, I have to say that supernatural things have an habit of NOT happening to me… But the cobras? That’s what would scare me from going there at night…!
@@SimonSaysCanada You should try taking video at this place midnight maybe you will understand it isn't like other notorious haunted places u went at night,I was same too not afraid at all went many places haunted but even old changi hospital in local at night but this place should really try at night...cobras isn't that scary after all when u come across others. Alot isn't afraid as they haven't seen but once u see when not expecting it that's when u will know for a life time how it impacts you.
Perhaps I’ll try. But cobras are what I’m going to be stressed about! 😛
@@SimonSaysCanada Hahah,sure man.Nah don't worry about it man,we in local go to NS national service(army) Field Camp we have to sleep in the jungle with lots of animals and insects around including cobras,It's all part of nature.
I’m used to dealing with bears, racoons and coyotes… Cobras and pit vipers are are mysterious and scarier to me!
Another twilight midnight special.
I wish I could!
BRO DID I JUST SEE A PERSON ON THE BALCONY at 8:01
YES GHOSTS DON’T WEAR PPE MASKS DON’T WORRY
Hi Simon, any interesting moment that you encountered during your visit to this place ? Like hearing someone talking to you ?
I met a fellow solo explorer checking things out for himself, but other than that, nothing otherwordly or paranormal. Maybe it’s due to my ghost-repellant aftershave, but all told, its more of a melancholic place than a scary one, if you can look past the vandalism and the half-filled muddy bathtubs.
@@SimonSaysCanada haha. your aftershave should register for copyright and sell it across the world. Gonna to rich 🤣🤣🤣. Nice video man. looking forward for your next one. take care 😉👍
Thanks for watching, man! Means the world to me.
Oooh interesting...!
Sad to see a beautiful building crumble like that. The forest is taking over fast, trees growing up closer each year. Hate the vandalism though. Seen photos of the place in better times with some of the furniture left behind. Read the last people to live there were an expatriate family in the 1970s. Really enjoy your videos.
Yeah, it’s a sad and nostalgic place. Left a strong impression on me, and it wasn’t because of any paranormal activity.
If Woodneuk were a person & heard your take on it, it would've loved you.
That’s a nice thought. At least I hope it would not hated me. I have a soft spot for such places.
Go at mid night and camp over there to feel the extreme thrill. Will be fun.
Can I know where is this place I really3 didn't know there a mansion still existed
You can search for it on Google and some blogs also give you very detailed direction. It’s very close to Botanic Gardens.
Very sad to see nice house end up like this 😞
Yeah, it’s a pretty sad place.
Is that your wife standing in the house at 1:39? Coz if it's not then that's your ghost right there haha
Nah! I think it was a small crew for an Instagram shoot for some scandally-clad lady! They got away when I climbed the stairs.
The grafity makes it looks 10 × creepier
Makes it more juvenile and less authentically scary in my eyes. Spray paint is not scary 😁
Hope Royal of Johor Develop this land
And don't turn it in a Casino.
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Why did they paint the Star of David there? LMAO
No freakin clue - but I’ll take that over a stupid swastika any day 😁
Another well scripted information video,I didn’t know about the royal mansion existed before now.
I’m local living abroad and your videos make feel homesick especially when it comes to food video ,we’re in total lockdown (curfews) from English covid strain to get it under control and so far so good.
No traveling for now!
Lockdowns suck, but are necessary to crush that curve... My entire familly is in lockdown in Canada as well - I hope my videos provide a tiny bit of sunshine.
@@SimonSaysCanada it has indeed,thanks again for the video's.
Best of wishes to everyone of your family's back home,you and your whole family stay safe 🙏.
I miss this place,ok next time..
It’s a cool and unique spot in SG, isn’t it?
@@SimonSaysCanada lol so creepy 😂
I have to bring big group obviously.
But yeahh hard to find these kind of place in SG..
good.......................
…………………….tanks
Yes3. U r very brave but not in the day.
I keep forgetting - ghosts are UV-sensitive creatures!
omg that shouting face came out really shocking me huhuhu😫😫😫😫😫
Sorry! I really wanted to scare my sisters, who watch my videos back in Canada, with something they wouldn’t see coming.... Worked on one, and was an abject failure on the other! 🤷♂️
Apologies if I gave you nightmares! 😅
Can u organise a tour or something? Seriously I saw a human standing on the second floor after the few seconds of intro of the mansion
I cannot! But there were other humans there, as curious as me, but they came in groups of 3 or 4, probably because they were more frightful than me 😊
@@SimonSaysCanada do u believe in ghost, spirit or entity?
@@pipi691 I'm agnostic in all these categories. Visited many haunted places so far, and none have ever spooked me enough to influence my beliefs one way or the other. You?
@@SimonSaysCanada I saw shadows before. Not sure wat r they tho
I am from Singapore. May I know where is this located?
Close to Botanic Gardens.
You can actually Google Map Istana Woodneuk - it’ll show you the area
I’ve been there a couple times
Has it changed much between each time?
Was there other people there when you visited the place. Looks like at 1.39mins into the video there is a lady standing on the second level balcony. 😳 freakyyy
Yeah, there was what looked like an Instagram shoot upstairs when I got there. They didn’t dare venture as deep in the building as I have 😎
yes I notice it too
Dude, try to come to Indonesia and collaborate with some TH-camrs from there, I can tell you some TH-camrs who can make you known to many people (Ewing HD), don't worry, The people there are very friendly. they will be happy to collaborate with you
I do have to visit Indonesia at some point!
@@SimonSaysCanada Your way of shooting is very cool, I like watching a horror reality show from a professional television station
@@SimonSaysCanada Yeah let's do it
1:39 there is a blue shirt guy on the balcony
Yep. Was standing guard for a scandaly clad Instagram photoshoot upstairs 😀
1:39 theres a man standung there
1:40 is there someone on the balcony?
Yeah! I think it was an Instagram glamour shooting. I waited for them the leave before going up there.
I went here today
Got scared? Sad? Indifferent?
At 1.39 min, there's "someone" standing on the balcony on 1st floor (with a mask)?!
Yeah, I disturbed some scandally clad instagram photo shoot on my way in!! 😄 The drone spooked them away!
anyone going to restore this place?
One day, when SG and Malaysia royalty figure their issues out… This land is (was?) worth more than 5 billions USD when I filmed this!
At 1.39m I can see someone standing at level 2 of the house
Yup. Mask-wearing spectre
Hmmm
Mmmmh?
excellent video i like it.
Uh-huh! 😊
Should explore night time
As soon as I get a better night-time camera, I will!
At 01:40 is there anyone on the second floor?
Yes indeed. I interrupted what can only be described as a scandaly-clad Instagram lingerie photo shoot! 😀
Location please
Just search for Istana Woodneuk in CityMapper or Google maps - it’s not too far from Botanic Gardens. Easy to find!
1:40 issit me or anyone else saw someone standing at 2nd floor
It must be a mask-wearing ghost!!! (Seriously - I disrupted a rauchy Instagram lingerie photoshoot… They took off quick!)
Is it a imagination or a person @ 1:40 on the second floor, left side near the railing, like a person wearing half sleeve shirt with mask on and cargo pants or am I just making things up
Nah, there was a few people doing a scandally-clad Instagram shoot upstairs… Bikinis and haunted mansion 🤷♂️ They took off when I got there.
who's that person standing at the balcony?
That’s the ghost of the Instagram photograph I surprised with my drone taking bikini pictures on the second floor
1:39 A GUY WAS EXPLORING TOO
Yeah - I interrupted a scandally-clad instagram photoshoot with my drone! 😜
U are so brave..
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😃 Nothing to fear but fear itself!
@@SimonSaysCanada 🙋
So many people think all abandoned building are haunted. This is not true. Use to play in them when I was a teenage girl and never saw or heard a ghost or anything in them.
Same for me! Ain’t afraid of no ghost (cause they don’t exist! SSSHHHH!!)
Spend a night there alone before ？
I haven’t. Are these ghosts strictly nocturnal?
Not too late for anyone in this tiny island of Singapore to know the historical truths of our secretly hidden Royal Johore Sultanate in the 21st Century of Sultan Sir Abu Bakar English College across the Causeway till today. Better be late than never for everyone or anyone in Singapore.MAJULAH SINGAPURA!
It’s a strange and sad place. Better to restore or demolish than to let it rot away in the jungle…
Refurbished and make it some sort of a museum in the Botanic Garden with a cafeteria. Hopefully, it won't be another 'Angkor Wat' over-run by thick bushes and creepers of the hidden tradition of what is it today.
Go at night day time ghost sleeping
I read somewhere that if you don't believe in ghost, they don't reveal themselves to you... Convenient, isn't it?
I went there and heard a noise
A noise? In the middle of the jungle? Impossible!! 😜
Got balls man.
Yes. 3 of them.
Is it me or i saw someone standing on the top floor at 1:40
Yep. The drone disrupted a scandaly-clad lingerie photoshoot on the second floor as I approached 😅 Popular spot!