Bet you didn’t. She was accidentally shot dead by rabbiters in the early 1900s. I have witnessed myself through the paranormal investigation at Aradale a scratch and a push. In one site several people heard a woman scream, I felt like someone had jumped from a window near the entrance onto me (I’m assuming the man comitted suicide). Keen on hearing about any experiences from Kapunda in SA also the the Adelaide Mall makes for an interesting visit. One of them is seven-year-old Ethel Armytage who died in the home in 1872 of diphtheria. plus i am very attuned to the spirit world and i have spoken to some poor souls who lived in there. Forum 2020-6. Plus who would believe “crazy” people have seen ghosts? I felt he was a very humble sweet man. I know for a fact that when Wills mere was decommissioned they found shackles and the like in the basement that were ordered destroyed by the health department. Maybe if I had read the title of the article I would know why Junee isn’t on the list! The bluestone homestead in rural Eynesbury between Melbourne and Bacchus Marsh was built in the 1870's by the Straughton family who were said to have been obsessed with crystal gazing. In 2013, Chopper passed away from liver failure and is said to haunt D Division of the prison, where he spent a lot of time locked up. As I watched the thronging crowd move towards and past me, one person, a very tall thin man stood out. Hosier Lane is known for its street art, and thousands of residents and visitors walk … We live close to Larundel and keen to attend a tour. I have told my husband and kids about my experience that day but it’s something you can only really believe if you experience it yourself I guess, not that they didn’t believe me but I know they never really understood the impact it had on me. Thankfully nobody’s allowed to smoke in hospitals anymore. Both are known to be friendly ghosts. It is said that the mansion housed the officers who sank the HMAS Sydney. Just walking past it to get home is creepy as hell, you know that feeling you get when someone is watching you , times that by 100. Google Junee mansion if you’re interested. According to legend, there are a few ghosts who haunt the market – including three bushrangers, who were hanged for their crimes, and sometimes appear in the fruit section of the market after dark. 1889. I saw a figure in a window once leaning on a cane and ran out there and there was nothing. ( look up monte christo historic homestead). We do paranormal tours too and I can definitely tell you that Larundel IS haunted. I know this because the man I look after has told me he was a part of this cult, and when he tried to leave she had him placed in there. As I’ve got older I have learned to trust my gut so to speak, my instincts. Abandoned. Its design was based on the English Pentonville Prison, and it was built by convicts who were housed in ship hulks moored in Corio Bay. The most telling was when a number of prisoners left their unit ( built behind mansion) saw a man in a German naval officers uniform just standing and looking at the ground. I’m amazed at the number of Asylums in Victoria,such a young country ,why i wonder?Makes me think about it’s society as a whole?Inbreeding?Violence in the home?Pedophilia? or is it still standing and if you have the guts you can go in. It’s a large native park. He has many accounts of paranormal activity that he has witnessed. As for the nurses home at Mont Park, I remember hearing gun shots in Burundoora Park sometimes at night. I’m terrified haha, Can u email me would love to go vist laurandel as i live only 10mins away but ther are alot of satories Iive also heard about trhat place. Michaels camera museum. Maya, I’ve done Vic, NSW, Tassie, and SA so far. Australia, as a settled country, isn’t that old. The Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum and former prison located in Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Over the last year, for the first time in its long history, Aradale’s doors have opened for evening explorations. I wentthere a few weeks ago, it may not be haunted with Negative energy, but with what went on behind the closed doors back then was shocking, my great uncle worked at larundel and my nans late husbands father was admitted into larundel. There is a rumour that a little girl who died on the third floor loved her music box, and to this day, there are claims on the internet that random explorers have heard music playing on some nights, just before or at midnight. Keep reading to discover just where you’ll find the most haunted places in Melbourne. 366 project. The three-storey museum displays information and memorabilia of the prisoners and staff, including death masks of the executed criminals. In 1953 Larundel was officially declared a hospital for the mentally ill. By that stage, it had 387 patients, a quarter of which were women. Could you imagine emotionally sensitive and/or damaged people force to stay in a haunted hospital? Fortuna Villa is a mansion near Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. That was never a good idea to allow smoking in bed, I knew that at the time but the psychiatrist wouldn’t have listened to me anyway! ... Old Abandoned Buildings Timber Buildings Abandoned Places Australia Photos Vic Australia Melbourne Australia Public Space Design The 'burbs Commercial Design. She has been spotted by wedding planners in the home’s morning room. This school was a horror story for many of us that went there, especially if we had one male teacher in particular. But not the creepiest thing I’ve read but can’t wait to see my fans. They (the spirits) are actually stuck there.. All I can say is you must protect yourself before entering such places, and ask yourself why you are doing this? The worst thing about these places is that they’ve been bought by fucks who want to make money from people. It’s actually very peaceful and calming, since it was built for that purpose. So far I’ve seen a list of Victorian locations as well as a list for South Australia. it was fun exploring the grounds and had a few sounds startle us but really it’s just a run down building victimised by the gangs with spray paint. Beechworth Lunatic Asylum is currently owned by La Trobe University. Moira’s House. We moved my wife out of the hospital immediately. Matron Sharpe, who spent most of her life there, has been spotted on more than one occasion, a grey, hooded figure in period costume. Urban exploring (#urbex) incredible #abandoned #warehouse. I heard music when I lived in Victoria and investigated with friend s. also is Larundel demolished now ??? Someone claimed they were an ice cream truck in the area, but at 10 pm on a winter’s night, I doubt it. The property is filled with furnishings and homewares from the 1840s to the 1900s and is also known for its Devonshire tea. Kids found it. Then again, maybe not??? Such a stupid comment. Erin McDowell. abandoned places. Rolling pin. Collingwood Memorial Hall. It was a haven for lawless criminals and disagreements rarely ended well. My daughter has had a few unexplained experiences herself, some when she was to young to remember but started again after she turned 18. AMI factory. Location?7. Mr Macintosh, he was evil, Cant wait to visit some of these places!! I did some research and came across “Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum”. The asylum’s buildings are typical examples of the French Second Empire style which was popular in Victorian Melbourne. ?” and he said “oh my god, this massive orb just came flying at me and stopped right in front of the goggles and took off”, I said YES that’s whats been happening to me all night! My grandma was a patient at larundel in the 1970s But they’re all in bottles!!! Popular for weddings, Como House in South Yarra is another of Melbourne’s historic homes haunted by ghosts of the past. As it was far from the prying eyes of the Melbourne population, the very worst cases were sent to Ararat, where no one cared what became of them. All run ghost tours and are a lot of fun, My daughter and son went to lurundel each time they heard music box playing daughter said it was like following them around then at 12 and before 12 both times music heard in court yard and the loud sounds that’s expected my daughter seen a face with white mask but up on roof that scared her they left, Can you get in there, or is it illegal? The oldest building in the city, this is a famous pub and a place frequented by the well … To begin with all I could hear was static coming through the headset, then all of a sudden something tapped 3 times really hard on the right side of the headset (my friend was standing over on my left), I shat myself and we went bolting out of the room!! In WWII, the house was used by the Australian Army as a mapping survey centre, and after this it was declared the property of the Victorian Parliament and became a listed Commonwealth Heritage site. It’s Halloween – and there’s no better time than now to take a look at the spookiest, most haunted places in Melbourne. There were offices kitchens etc it was single story with a central passage. Abandoned. What street is this house on in Balgownir? prison officials have been restoring mansion. Hi Lisa, Larundel is currently under development and not accessible. I’ll give you the facts and the rumours, and you can go on to make up your own mind. Parliament House: Security have seen a little girl skipping around the building. First known as Kew Lunatic Asylum, the complex of buildings was constructed between 1864 and 1872 to house the growing number of ‘lunatics’, ‘unrepentant drunks’, ‘constant masturbators’ and ‘idiots’ in the Colony of Victoria. Altona Homestead, once the Langhorne family residence, is now home to the Altona Laverton Historical Society. Why do you all think hauntings only go on in mental institutions etc.? There are many reports of paranormal activity within the boundaries of Aradale: tales of Nurse Kerry, who allegedly haunts the women’s wing and watches the ghost tour groups from one room in particular; the unexplained pains and sense of being touched by people in the old men’s wing surgery; the unexplained cold winds emanating from the old office of the facility director (we felt that one ourselves); and the back area of the men’s wing isolation cells, where banging can be heard on the walls, even though no one else is in the building. abandoned places. Go during the Easter long weekend, they have a lovely Easter festival. as for the music box, do ya think the ice cream man comes at midnight ay ???? so that helps alot also , I would love to know more about your team.. I have experienced many strange events to which I have no answer at this time. We didn’t know until the same afternoon, that we were going to sleep 50 m. from the old Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum. Rumors went about that the ‘music’ was actually played by near by residents of the university as a type of prank, but none was played while I was ‘exploring’, you might say. The gaol was operated as a high security prison until it was decommissioned in July, 1991. Nightly Ghost tours are held at the hospital, allowing public access to the most historic buildings in the complex. Some say Connie killed herself in the building, others, that she died of the flu. Went on the ghost tour and plan to do it again, the guide had all the modern ghost hunting equipment and took us to the most haunted locations, lots of EMF activity. Did you know that Queen Victoria Market is actually (partly) built on a graveyard? Hi I read in your second comment you worked there in 1962. Hi can you share some of what you say you have found, i am very interested and will hope you reply. So it was interesting in this article that people heard a cane tapping as I had not heard that from anyone else before. Add in that most haunted places can cause an emotionally healthy person to feel paranoid and unsafe and you have a recipe for further damaging already fragile people. With such a short time-frame to work with, Australia has more than its fair share of reputedly-haunted locations. In 1986, a witness saw a dark shape, a head and torso without legs, passing through the bannister of the main staircase, and finally, some claim to have heard the voice of a woman, supposed to be Bedilia, Lansell’s first wife, who died in uncertain circumstances. Cheers Mish, I’m really interested in hearing your story. I would like to know about the one in liberty Missouri? Port Arthur, TAS. I think the main place that was missed in this list is Junee in NSW. ... My name is Leland Kent and I have had an interest in abandoned places ever since I was a kid. Not quite as horror filled and haunted as the ghost tour, but much more factual. If he wasnt a psychiatrist, what the hell was he doing selecting the patients FFS. Despite complaints the patient was still allowed to smoke. There were crows circling too. Thought to be one of the most haunted places in Australia, Port Arthur, otherwise … Around 135 convicted criminals were hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol for their crimes – including bushranger Ned Kelly. Larundel is demolished now. He claims the doctors who were treating patients were also members of this cult and did anything the leader told them to do. I saw two soldiers posted out. These abandoned historic homes are on sale for as little as $1,000 — take a look inside. It was first built in 1855, during the gold rush, and went from being a large but modest house to the mansion that is seen today. Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it’s not there. Worth a look! September 2019; October 2019; November 2019; December 2019; ... Read More. which was investigated by security. Two young men also noticed him and nudged each other. I’m affected by mental illness and in one of my hospital admissions someone suggested that all the various closed asylums should be restored so that they can use them again because beds in mental hospitals are hard to come by. Not somewhere I’d want to live, but each to their own. Buildings dont have to be haunted,my ex wife and myself, my brother Frank and his ex wife Glenys shared a 12 yr old house in North Plympton Adelaide SA, we used to hear foosteps in the roof as if it was a timber floor, we sprinkled plaster powder on the upper surface to find after the foosteps there were large boot type footprints,the two lge bat wing doors between the Kitchen and lounge room would swing open suddenly even after we applied the latch which could not just unlatch itself.