Ask Singaporeans what our country’s most haunted sites are, and you’ll probably get resounding votes for Old Changi. But according to our paranormal tour guide, Eugene Tay from Supernatural Confessions, Sembawang is a close second.
Now, we’d been on Eugene’s spooky yet highly educational Changi ghost tour just a couple of months ago, so when we heard that he was launching the Walk With Hantu: Sembawang tour as part of Singapore HeritageFest 2026, we had to check it out. Here are some of the most haunting highlights from our evening out with Supernatural Confessions.
The Walk With Hantu: Sembawang tour costs $98/pax, and takes place every Saturday from 2nd to 23rd May 2026. Each session lasts approximately 3 hours, running from 6pm to 9pm. You can sign up via Supernatural Confessions’ website.
Full disclosure – this writer lives pretty close to Sembawang, but I’d never known much about its lore from the 1900s. So when Eugene detailed the complicated history of what we now know as Sembawang Park, I was gripped, to say the least.
Our tour started at Beaulieu House, which now serves as a serene seaside restaurant at Sembawang Park. While we might associate it with its yummy Hokkien Mee and fusion offerings today, Eugene told us that the colonial building has been around – its facade nearly untouched – since the olden days.
In particular, it was part of the British Naval Base in the 1920s and 1930s, before it was used as Japanese headquarters and an interrogation unit during the Japanese Occupation. Before the war, it was the residence of a British Admiral, and there are even rumours of there being an escape tunnel hidden inside. Sounds ambitious, but it kinda makes sense when you think about it; after all, JB is just across the waters from Sembawang Park.
Eugene sharing his first ghost story of the tour.
Now, here’s where we took our first dip into the paranormal – Eugene recounted a story he’d heard from an acquaintance about a ghostly encounter that had taken place right here at Beaulieu House.
In his words: “When she stepped in [to Beaulieu House], the first thing she saw, she described as a sailor – a man in a sailor outfit – with no head. Running at her. And that force of collision pushed her backwards, off the stairs, and she fell onto the ground.”
Instant chills. Was this a British Admiral from the past? Or someone else? Guess we’ll never know.
Next up, we ventured to a giant tree at another spot in the park. At first glance, it was a rather average tree; arguably bigger than most, not exactly ominous. But Eugene’s encounter here would prove otherwise. He explained that some of the trees at Sembawang Park have been around since before the British rule, and carry a lot of history. What he saw at this very spot, however, was not that of a soldier or admiral – but rather, a lady in a sarong.
The story goes like this: During his teenage years, Eugene had recurring dreams about this tree at Sembawang Park. He later found out from his mother that the trigger for these dreams was an encounter he’d forgotten or suppressed from his childhood.
We imagine she would’ve disappeared into the hollows of this tree…
According to her, Eugene had been playing when he met a lady in a sarong who gestured for him to follow her towards the tree.
“[My mum] called out, ‘Oi!’, and started running towards me. And when she did that, she described that the old lady disappeared into the tree.” Needless to say, that was his family’s last outing to Sembawang Park.
The roads in Kampong Wak Hassan were eerily quiet.
A little bit away from Sembawang Park is Kampong Wak Hassan, which Eugene introduced to us as an infamous “spiritual dumping ground” in Singapore. If you’ve heard stories about the area, you might also know that it’s notorious for pontianak sightings.
NGL, the air did feel a tad different here. The roads were empty, run-down, and shrouded in vegetation, and it felt like we’d entered a portal to olden days Singapore.
Apparently, people would often discard spiritual items along the roadside at Kampong Wak Hassan. We didn’t see said items until we walked down a stretch of road that led to what Eugene referred to as the “Gates of Hell”.
Our group was told that we were going to step inside and attempt to contact a spirit. Now, everything that followed felt like scenes straight out of a horror movie.
First, we found ourselves at the back of Sembawang beach, the part Eugene said no members of the public could easily access, lest they find their way in from the back entrance like us. We were also handed incense sticks and told to stand in a circle.
The cherry on top? An EMF meter – a popular ghost hunting tool that detects spikes in electromagnetic fields – which Eugene placed right in the centre of our little gathering.
Then, the “summoning” began. Eugene respectfully asked for any spirits in the vicinity to make their presence known, while the rest of us stood staring at the EMF meter with baited breaths. If you’ve watched any horror movie ever, you’d know that this is the part where the entity swoops in and starts lynching all of us.
Luckily for us, the meter didn’t spike, so either there weren’t any roaming hantus in the area that evening, or the lot of us had accidentally scared them off.
While we successfully evaded a ghost encounter, our journey was still far from over. We trekked further into the woods, meandering through narrow pathways and tiptoeing around abandoned objects.
Eugene explained that items thrown on the beach are cleared regularly, but we still saw quite a number of random things lying around. Some of our creepier sightings included a small red-haired doll, which upon further inspection resembled a ratty-looking Hello Kitty, as well as cloth tied to trees.
Further in, the objects became a lot less random. The majority of items discarded deeper inside were old religious statues that people wanted to dispose of respectfully.
One major takeaway from our expedition was this: If you see a tree with nails, don’t mess with it. Eugene explained that these are “talismans that have been nailed to the tree” – a practice that people still carry out to this day.
You might be wondering what the danger of removing a nail is. Well, Eugene recounted a rather bone-chilling story from a personal acquaintance, who he described as a former paranormal skeptic.
According to him, this acquaintance had taken a nail from one such tree home, and began experiencing hauntings almost immediately, the intensity so severe that his hair turned white within a week. He eventually got rid of the nail, but was never the same after.
Our final stop was this giant decrepit door located in the middle of the woods. A popular kampong tale claims they’re a portal to the “other world”, having sprouted from the ground overnight; but Eugene clarified that they’re a remaining piece of an old bungalow that used to occupy the land here.
But while the latter bit of the old wives’ tale might be fake, the former – about the doors being a portal to the other side – might have some truth to it. Because hidden behind these doors is a patch of land that’s used as a burial ground to this day, and let’s just say some seriously terrifying encounters have been reported onsite.
FYI, this isn’t a burial ground for dead human bodies. Instead, some take to this patch of land to bury things like a baby’s placenta – a common ritual in some cultures – as well as dead pets. As we walked through the grass, we noticed a freshly dug grave; proof that this area remains an active burial site.
As a Northie, it was truly eye-opening to learn more about Sembawang, both in the supernatural and historical sense. So if you’re a history buff who’s not afraid of the dark, consider putting on your hiking shoes and embarking on the Walk With Hantu: Sembawang tour. Trust us, it’s unlike any regular day tour you’ve been on before.
Upcoming tour dates: 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd May
Time: 6pm-9pm
Meeting point: Beaulieu House, Sembawang Park
End point: Woody Family Cafe
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Photography by Hui Wen Chan.
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