Relau Mansion is an abandoned ghost house located in a valley at the verge of Relau, next to main road from Relau to Paya Terubong/Balik Pulau junction. The villa was designed by architect was Ung Ban Hoe from architectural firm of Stark & McNeil. The building completed in the early 1930’s. It was first mansion with the swimming pool on Penang Island
According to local history, this is a western-oriental style mansion belonged to a Chinese captain, Zheng Jinggui (郑景贵). There is a pool in the center of the mansion and the place was used to conduct business negotiations. Incidentally, this pool is touted to be the ‘first swimming pool in Penang’.
How did Relau Mansion become haunted?
About 50 to 60 years ago, a young lady committed suicide by jumping into the said pool because her parents had objected her relationship with her lover. Because the lady had died with great hatred, her restless soul still haunts the mansion and areas around it.
Many years later, a 70 year old nun moved into the mansion to meditate. She claimed to have seen the spirit of this young lady emerged from the swimming pool. It was said that the old nun has made a personal request to a Theravada monk so that the restless soul is delivered.
When the time was right, 3 monks in charge of 3 temples together with 30 disciples performed a grand deliverance ritual to save this poor soul. I was told that the lightings were interrupted twice during the prayer.
Perhaps the deliverance ritual was not successful as the mansion and areas around it still haunted by the spirit. A local even claimed that a ‘ghost car’ emerged from the old mansion with a full of headless passengers.
The mansion later fell into the possession of a family with the surname Wen. Not long after Wen family taken over the place, one of the suns and a maid had fallen into the pool and drowned. Not long after the drowning incidents, the said drowned souls started to haunt the mansion; together with the soul of restless lady previously mentioned.
Relau Mansion haunted mansion situated just beside the Relau Metropolitan Garden. It has been the subject of a few paranormal programs coverage both within and outside Malaysia.
Directions to the Relau Mansion
The fastest way to get to the abandoend Relau Mansion is to drive from Relau “Kei Tak Sek” food court or take a taxi. It takes 5 minutes and the haunted house just located beside a recreation park. The nearest bus stop is a 15-minute walking distance away, on Lebuh Relau. Rapid Penang Bus 301 stops there.
