Old hunted houses8/3/2023 ![]() Many patients died at the hospital during its 128 years of operation, including a woman who was thrown to her death from a third-storey window. Mayday Hills, BeechworthĪ decommissioned asylum, Mayday Hills was one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Victoria, at one stage home to more than 1200 patients and 500 staff. It’s spooky enough to visit during the day, but you can also do night tours or take part in an overnight paranormal investigation – if you dare. Housing the most depraved and dangerous men in Victoria, with tours of the hangman’s gallows and prison burial grounds, the souls are said to be trapped within its walls. But don’t be fooled - this was no ordinary ward. At its height, the asylum had 900 residents, and some were subjected to all manner of barbaric treatments who may still haunt the asylum to this day.ĭay tours run for two hours, but beware - some visitors have been known to ‘make contact’ with those who died in the ‘ghost town’.įour kilometres from Aradale lies J Ward, a truly terrifying place to visit after dark.Īn old goldfields jail, it opened in 1859, but was converted to a ward of Aradale Asylum when the gold ran out. Two of the most notoriously haunted locations in central Victoria are in the small town of Ararat, west of Ballarat and just an hour’s drive from the RACV Goldfields Resort.Īradale Lunatic Asylum is an abandoned psychiatric hospital that housed patients for more than 126 years. If you visit, dress warmly at any time of year – it will literally chill you to the bone.Īradale Lunatic Asylum and J Ward, Ararat Housing murderers and other hardened prisoners from 1853 to 199, there have been reports of unexplainable cries, sudden temperature fluctuations and swirling mists - some say it’s because they’re still there.Įven if you don’t see the spirits of inmates gone by, you’ll be haunted by their stories during a guided ghost tour- if you’re brave enough. You’ve been warned… Geelong Gaol, Geelongīuilt by convicts from 1849 to 1863, Geelong Gaol was the longest-running jail in Victoria, housing males, females and even children for 142 years - and is also rumoured to be one of the most haunted prisons in Victoria. The tours run for two hours, with ‘paranormal activity’ said to be at very high levels during this epic ghost story tour. Visitors to the stables also have reported hearing racehorses that have long since passed. Surrounded by beach and bushland, the homestead is said to be haunted by Chirnside, as well as other stable hands and lost souls, most of whom met a gruesome end. Scottish settlers Thomas Chirnside and his family moved into this homestead with adjoining stables in the 1850 – but did they ever really leave? ![]() RACV members save on tickets to the Old Melbourne Ghost Tour. However, it’s said that some of the other 132 people who were executed in the Gaol, such as Elizabeth Scott (the first woman hanged in Victoria), can still be heard crying out in the night.Īs one of Victoria’s best historical experiences, the National Trust run regular night-time ghost tours and occasional sleepovers, which at nightfall, can be creepy for those looking for a scare. ![]() Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourneĭespite being where Ned Kelly was hung, the bushranger’s ghost does not haunt the bluestone building used as a gaol from 1842-1929. runs tours day and night, where costumed tour guides take you behind the House’s spooky history as one of the most famous haunted houses in Melbourne. ![]() These days, Friends of Black Rock House Inc. It is rumoured to house up to 13 identified spirits, including Annie, a young woman who apparently ‘takes a shine’ to male guests. Haunted places in Melbourne and Victoria Black Rock House, Black Rockīuilt in 1856 for Victoria’s first Auditor-General Charles Ebden, Black Rock House was his seaside retreat, used to entertain Melbourne’s elite and built in the style of Black Rock Castle in Cork, Ireland.īut mystery has always surrounded the House, from rumoured underground tunnels to haunted cellars and even a so-called ‘death room’. ![]()
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