Haunting History S3 EP 4: Spooner Road

In this episode of Haunting History, Eugene and guest Lydia return to Spooner Road, a neglected corner of Singapore where colonial history, working-class life, and unsettling tragedies intersect. Built in the mid-1900s as railway quarters for the Federated Malay States Railways and named after railway pioneer Charles Edwin Spooner, the estate once thrived alongside the nearby Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. But after the 2011 closure of the KTM rail line, Spooner Road fell into silence, its residents relocated, its blocks left to decay. With abandonment came whispers. Suicides dating back to the 1970s, shadowy apparitions, and eerie sounds have cemented Spooner Road’s reputation as one of Singapore’s most quietly haunted places. As Eugene and Lydia share personal accounts and explore the stories of spirits that linger, the episode reflects on Spooner Road’s deeper significance as a relic of Singapore’s colonial roots, a witness to community displacement, and a place where the past seems unwilling to let go.

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