Aradale Asylum Paranormal investigations with the APS (Australian Paranormal Society) There were sadly 13,000 deaths in 130 years: Ararat Lunatic Asylum is the most haunted Asylum in Australia. Now Australia's largest abandoned mental institution, when Ararat Lunatic Asylum, or Aradale Mental Hospital as it later became known, was closed in 1997, it had seen 13,000 deaths in its 130 year history. 👻👻👻 Links below for all dates available below just click on the links for further information. 1/