‘Haunted’ Taipei residential building to be demolished and replaced

‘Haunted’ Taipei residential building to be demolished and replaced

2024-06-04

A Taipei residential building with a tragic history is soon to be demolished and replaced. More than 30 people have died of unnatural causes over 42 years at Xining Public Housing complex in Taipei’s Ximen District. The building has long been feared by local district residents, some of whom say they pray for the ghosts of the building at Ghost Festival. Now that the building’s demolition has been scheduled for 2025, police have been tasked with keeping it secure.

A tall building with mottled walls. Inside, all the lights are off and the inner courtyard is covered with many layers of safety nets. It’s an unsettling atmosphere inside Xining Public Housing complex in Taipei’s Wanhua District. The building has the nickname “Haunted Towers.”

Local resident
Even the dog is scared of it! His legs shake. We always pray for peace in this building at Ghost Festival.

Ma Sheng-chieh
FTV reporter
Xining Public Housing was completed in 1982. Over the last 42 years it has been the site of more than 30 deaths from unnatural causes. Now the “Haunted Towers” are about to be officially consigned to history.

The building has been the site of numerous reports of intimate partner violence as well as fatal elevator accidents. Most of these deaths occurred through falls. In 2004, a woman was found, naked and deceased, at the bottom of the elevator shaft, in a profoundly disturbing and still unresolved case. And in 2021, celebrated internet personality MC Chieh died in an accident here.

Local resident
I don’t know why they put up those railings around the haunted building. They haven’t done enough for public safety.

Local resident
You hear the elevator going up and down, stopping and starting.

Lots of movies have filmed on location here, including three by celebrated director Tsai Ming-liang. His film “Xining Public Housing” will be the last movie to shoot here. The building’s fate is public news, and although local police have been assigned to guard the building, they can’t put a stop to grisly rumors.

Voice of Chen Cheng-ting
Taipei City Department of Urban Development
We have set up more safety nets in the building. We’ve added oblique railings on the half walls on the roof. We want to prevent this kind of situation.

After four decades in Ximen, the troubled history of this building will soon come to an end. But the memories will live on for many local people.

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狗都嚇到腿軟! "猛鬼大樓"西寧國宅靈異事件頻傳

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台北西門町旁的西寧國宅有「猛鬼大樓」的稱號，因為落成40多年來，傳出30多久非自然因素死亡事件，讓居民毛骨悚然！不少導演，看上這裡詭異的氛圍，都來這裡取景拍攝！如今西寧國宅預計2025年拆除，靈異傳說，也將成為歷史。

大樓外牆斑駁，走進內部，燈光昏暗，天井更是築起，一層層防墜網，氣氛詭異。這裡是台北萬華的西寧國宅，有「猛鬼大樓」稱號！

[[附近居民]]
“連那個狗也會怕，腳會抖欸。我們這棟大樓都有在普渡、保平安”

[[民視記者馬聖傑]]
“西寧國宅1982年完工，至今42年了，非自然死亡事件頻傳，帶走了30多條人命，被封為猛鬼大樓，如今這棟大樓將正式走入歷史”

西寧國宅，過去到現在，傳出不少情殺、電梯故障等意外，以墜樓佔最多數。2004年，一名老婦人，一絲不掛，離奇陳屍電梯井，至今還是懸案！另外，2021年，知名網紅MC姊，也在這裡意外身亡。

[[附近居民]]
“這棟鬼屋啊，不然圍那個柵欄要做什麼，公安做得不好啊”

[[附近居民]]
“(電梯)上上下下，停來停去”

不少電影看上這點，來這裡取景，名導蔡明亮1人就包了3部，他執導的《西寧國宅》，成為最後來西寧國宅取景的電影！只是大樓命案頻傳，就算派出警察駐守巡邏，還是無法遏止超凶傳聞！

[[聲源:台北都發局住宅服務科長陳正廷]]
“(大樓)我們都有加一些防墜網，在頂樓的女兒牆這邊，我們加一些斜欄杆，就是希望可以防止這些狀況出現”

西寧國宅，矗立西門商圈40多年，靈異傳聞，從沒少過，只是隨著大樓拆除重建，故事也將成為當地人心中獨特的回憶。

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