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The Haunting of Kenmore Asylum

JJ Carpenter

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"Eerily beautiful, The Haunting of Kenmore Asylum is a trip through time itself showing the echoes of horrors past can be heard even today. A must read." —Tory Favro, author of Piñata

"Kenmore Asylum is a powerful novel of ghosts and souls. Over the years, you witness the sorrows, the joys, and the terrors that seep into the place. Characters you care about, scenes that break your heart, and an atmosphere that has you turning on all the lights. This book will haunt you." — Daniel O'Malley, author of The Rook

I am always there.

Perhaps I always have been?

Perhaps there is no end for me…

1910

The mentally unwell are considered dangerous and a blight to be kept hidden from family and society. The recently opened Kenmore Asylum is bursting at the seams. Amidst the churn, Nurse Harriet tries to make a real impact on her charges. But one of them, Alice, seems beyond anyone's help…

1950

Bonnie is a fresh, determined nurse trainee, out to prove herself and make her way into the world. But nothing is as she expected when the shadows are rife with the spirits of those who haven't walked the halls of Kenmore in a very long time.

2021

The notoriously haunted Kenmore Asylum stands abandoned behind an easily circumnavigated fence. YouTube ghost hunters Aiden and Devin seek fame and fortune behind its walls—but something else just might find them first.

Inspired by true events and factual accounts of life at Kenmore Asylum, Goulburn, Australia.

HorrorFictionHistorical FictionAdult
Pages
283
First published
April 15, 2025
Language
English
Edition
Ebook

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  • Finished July 28, 2025

    Absolutely incredible book, the complex layers to the story kept me hooked from the start, and I love the way the characters’ relations and the true events are slowly revealed