Any city or town with a history is going to have its share of ghosts and skeletons in the closet, and Sydney is no exception.
Here we've opened that closet and brought them all together. Visit the paranormal links below for details of local hauntings, ghost hunts and tours.
HAUNTED
Maitland Gaol - Australia's most haunted gaol - where countless murders and suicides took place and a total of 16 executions, the bodies buried beneath the courtyard.
Picton Tunnel - through which, in 1916, local Emily Bollard took a shortcut and was hit by a train. The ghost of a woman now haunts the tunnel. Is it hers or one of the tunnel's many suicides?
Monte Cristo Homestead - where the ghost of a boy in a sailor suit still plays throughout the gardens, the widow Cristo still roams, and animals and pets horribly mutilated by unseen forces.
Prince Henry Hospital - Sydney - where numerous ghosts, including the neurotic Matron Gracie, who legend says fell to her death down a disused liftwell, still roam the wards.
Zoology Department - University of Sydney - where 'old Haswell', Scottish-born Professor William Haswell, still keeps a watchful eye over the department.
Old Government House - where the young Mary Bligh still roams with her dog in her arms, just as she appears in her portrait, and where many more mysterious sightings have taken place.
GHOST TOURS
Weird Campbelltown Ghost and History Tour - Campbelltown's most unusual tour experience! Under the cover of darkness, the Weird Campbelltown Ghost and History Tour will show you a bizarre, gruesome, terrifying, sinister, fascinating side of Campbelltown you never knew existed, all in the comfort of a beautiful haunted Cadillac hearse.
Blue Mountains Mystery Tours - Ghost stories... myths... legends... murder... & more awaits you on the Blue Mountains Mystery Tour! Travel in the GHOST BUS which has been supplying ghost tours since 2002. We have access to unique, forgotten & secret locations that are off limits to the general public. Blue Mountains Mystery Tours
The Rocks Ghost Tours - Discover Australia's most historic and haunted city with the spirit of The Rocks, where spirits still linger. You'll feel goose-bumps, see, hear and smell the atmosphere as you walk through the mystical stranglehold of The Rocks!
Weird Sydney Ghost and History Tour - Discover Sydney's Bizarre and Bloody Past. Convicts, history, crime scenes, sex, drugs & rock 'n roll, scandals, celebrities, ghosts and more!
Spooky Sydney by Night (the Ghost Bus Tour) - Learn more about freaky facts of death on the Ghost bus with Allan "the Hearse Whisperer"!
Jenolan Caves Ghost Tour - Legends, Mysteries & Ghosts. Hear the tales of the ghosts that haunt these beautiful caves! A 2 hour tour both above and below ground that tells you of the unexplained happenings that have occurred at Jenolan in the past. Hear about Miss Chisholm who is still "seen" in the dining room of Caves House or Mrs Birch, a ghost every mother would like to have around.
Monte Cristo Homestead Tours - Wander through this elegant restored Victorian mansion known as Australia's Most Haunted House and perhaps meet one of its former owners!
Rookwood Necropolis - Take a tour in the largest cemetery in the Southern Hemisphere!
Maitland Gaol Tours - A look at life on the inside. A key anchor attraction of the Hunter, Maitland Gaol has a vibrant history spanning more than 150 years. After housing some of Australia's most hardened and notorious criminals, Maitland Gaol closed as a Correctional Institution in 1998. The cell doors have now been swung open, with visitors invited to serve a small amount of time learning about the facility, past prisoners and daring escapes.
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium Tour - An intriguing look into a cemetery - it's occupants & history including a behind the scenes look at the cremation process! See, under the cover of darkness, the graves of a former Australian Prime Minister, many show business celebrities from TV, radio, theatre and movies, Australia's first kidnapping victim & much more!
North Head Quarantine Station Ghost Tour - Visit one of Sydney's most treasured heritage sites... and maybe even have a brush with a ghost. Hear stories of paranormal experiences in Sydney that have happened to past visitors - some of which have reoccurred so often they are not so easy to ignore. Things to look or listen out for on your ghost tour - unusual sounds such as music, pots and pans, smells such as lemons or potatoes, or very cold spots.
Parramatta's Sinister Side Tour - The bizarre, gruesome and terrifying! A unique, two and a half hour tour visiting sites of crimes, the gallows, hauntings and murder in Colonial Parramatta. Hear tales of strange and Gothic happenings - the Parramatta River murders, the man who was hanged twice, a floating coffin, haunted houses and the man who died in a clock!
Whispering Bones Tour - Walk with the spirits of Parramatta Pioneers Tour St John's Cemetery by night.
Old Government House Parramatta - Explore this magnificent heritage building and you may come face to face with one of its former residents!
Weird Parramatta Ghost and History Tour! - The bizarre, gruesome, terrifying and sinister side of Parramatta! A unique, two and a half hour tour visiting sites of crimes, the gallows, hauntings and murder in Colonial Parramatta. Visit the darker side of Parramatta's past. Hear tales of strange and Gothic happenings, the Parramatta River murders, the man who was hanged twice, a floating coffin, haunted houses, the man who died in a clock, the asylum, the orphanage, the gaol and much more.
Picton Ghost Hunts - Listen to Liz's tales of haunted Picton town. Stories are told of paranormal experiences in days gone by and on previous tours. Ghost tours available with Liz Vincent as your guide: Lower Picton Ghost Hunt - Tour Only; Lower Picton Ghost Hunt - Supper Tour; Lower Picton Ghost Hunt - Dinner Tour; Round the Railway Tour; Upper Picton Ghost Tour; Coach Tours - Picton; Hot Spot -Picton; Campbelltown Tour; Studley Park, Narellan Tour with Dinner; Mowbray Park; Picton Tour with Supper; Wivenhoe Cobbitty "Guts and Ghosts Tour" with Supper.
St Bartholomew Church & Cemetery Ghost Tour - Listen to the ghostly tales of the historic church on the hill. St Bartholomew's Church (Ponds Road, Prospect) holds it's popular Cemetery and Ghost Tours about once a month. Walk around this historic site listening to tales of eerie sightings & encounters with the supernatural.
Waverley Cemetery Tours - Take a twilight tour of this historic 'cemetery by the sea'.
Haunting Hawkesbury Tour - Experience walking with the spirits of the Hawkesbury's pioneers "if you dare".
Weird Windsor Ghost & History Tour - Hear the strange tales of historic Windsor by night... On the Weird Windsor Ghost and History Tour (which also includes nearby Wilberforce) you will hear historical information and tales of ghostly sightings, macabre murders, the black omen of death bird, spectral visions and much more. Transport is as a haunted hearses, with stops at the Rectory, the Cemetery, the old burial ground, the court and finishing up at a historic hotel for a complimentary drink.
HAUNTED WORDS
Magic & Magick, High magick, kabbalah, chaos, grimoires, Witchcraft, Folk magic, paganism, shamanism, spellcraft, Vampires, Occult, historical, mythical, werewolves, Satanism, LaVey, black magic, necromancy, Tarot, Decks & sets, Divination & Astrology, Tarot books, numerology, palmistry, Paranormal & Mysteries, Mysteries, monsters, general supernatural, Ghosts & Hauntings, Poltergeists, case histories, Angels & Fairies, Spirit guides, guardians, fairies, Aliens & UFOs, Ancient Wisdom, Atlantis, Druids, mythology, Afterlife & Mediumship, Life after death, spirit communication, reincarnation, Psychic Development, Astral projection, auras, dreams, symbolism, murder, slaying, slain, torture, séance, Ouija, apparitions
HAUNTED SOURCES
www.castleofspirits.com - Home of the original Australian Ghost Hunters Society (AGHS) on the internet since 1996. Photos and a video section of some of the freakiest videos you probably shouldn't watch alone.
Paranormal Australia - Paranormal.com.au are a group of people from different experiences and backgrounds, seeking answers and looking for truth behind various unexplained or paranormal phenomena.
Haunted Australia - is a site devoted to Australian mysteries and enigmas, particularly hauntings and paranormal events.
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