Let's take a quick tour of some of Tasmania's most haunted places.
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Down below mainland Australia lies an island called Tasmania. It has its own dark history. Misery and massacres have all sculpted the spilling chilling stories about Tasmania's most haunted.
Come explore the hidden spine-chilling tales from the shadows of Australian history in this story about Tasmania's most haunted places.
Tasmania's Creepy Places
Willow Court Asylum
Built in 1827, Willow Court Asylum has a rich presence of the paranormal. It was built for the sick and the invalid convicts.
Willow Court Asylum
It is known to have treated its inmates horribly. For over 170 years, the inmates and patients were tortured with horrible treatments and experiments such as ice baths, electro therapy to lobotomies.
Willow Court Asylum
If you happen to take a tour of the asylum, you can still feel the chills of the horrors that are said to have taken place on the viewing tables, dissecting tables, and the abortion chairs.
Richmond Bridge
Richmond Bridge is one of the oldest bridge in Australia. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of George Grover.
Richmond Bridge
So who is George Grove? He was a guard who loved to whip the workers working on the construction of the bridge. His autocracies led to a little revolt and the workers pushed him off the bridge to his death.
Richmond Bridge
Today, students or tourists often see his ghost with a large black and white dog, called 'Grover's Dog' along with Grover's ghost.
Old Hobart Gaol
Old Hobart Penitentiary is famous for its ghosts and haunted houses. The grand old buildings are perfect for spooky stories as it is known as one of the most haunted places in Australia.
Old Hobart Gaol
The penitentiary housed over 40,000 convicts over the years. It was a site of executions, underground tunnels, and gallows. It was a place where the convicts experienced hell on earth.
Old Hobart Gaol
Guided tours tend to tell many stories of the horror and hauntings, as well as give a detail account of the recurring smell of blood near the gallows.
Port Arthur
Port Arthur is legendary when it comes to the most creepy and haunted places in Tasmania. The 47-year history of this penal colony has many chilling stories and hauntings reported.
Port Arthur
The ruins of this huge penitentiary is home to many ghostly figures, sounds of bells that are no longer present.
Port Arthur
The sightings have been recorded from 1870, shortly after it ceased to function as a penitentiary. The Lady in Grey, a small girl with pale face, or the disembodied head hovering in the dissection room are just a few of the many ghosts of Port Arthur.
Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land was first settled in 1803 by the British. This isolated island was built by convicts, the invalids, and their guards.
The Indigenous Australians offered resistance that led to fierce battles and massacres. The sufferings, cruelty, and tortures have led to many haunting stories.
Dark is when history comes alive in Tasmania. It is what binds the island to its pasts. You can book tours to visit the tragic, frightening tales of the past and visit the most haunted places in Tasmania.