The ghosts keep comin’ and they don’t stop comin’ in the second Halloween special from your favourite amateur paranormal investigators. Turn on your head-mounted GoPro, loosen the top of your flashlight and get ready to record some EVPs, because it’s time to go ghostbusting, Aussie style. Who cares that it’s November? It’s always Halloween in our hearts!

EPISODE NOTES:

Happy Spook-vember!

Australia is somewhat fascinated by ghost stories, and we could get philosophical and discuss how it’s a way for us to come to terms with our painful history of abuse, torment, and genocide – but in reality, Aussies just love a good yarn. Keep on listening to hear spooky tales of haunted asylums, convicts seeking revenge, poltergeists wreaking some good old-fashioned havoc and, of course, murder.

Once again, we loosened our journalistic standards belt for this Halloween special, although interestingly, I did read a journal article about ghosts in Tasmanian history, so maybe ghost research is actually peer reviewed? We tried to include one somewhat legit source for each state, but y’know… ghosts.

Queensland

To read one version of the spooky tale of Captain Logan's ghost, head here http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Other/QueenslandHistory/TheGhostsofQueensland.htm

To read a little more about Logan’s life before he became spectral, head here https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/7322/richinhistory-patricklogan.pdf

New South Wales

To read about the sightings on Victoria Pass and to read more about Caroline Collit's murder, head here http://bmlocalstudies.blogspot.com/2014/03/murder-on-victoria-pass.html

A newspaper article about the history of the ghost sightings, and a bit of Henry Lawson’s poem, can be found here https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219766312

Victoria

Read paranormal investigator Sarah Chumacero’s accounts of J Ward here https://livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au/blog/tales-of-j-ward/

You can read about the history of Ararat County Jail here https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2010/08/16/2983696.htm and about J Ward more specifically here https://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/08/19/2987241.htm

Tasmania

Read paranormal investigator and Willow Court preservation enthusiast Nick Jarvis’ collation of the ghosts of Willow Court here https://willowcourtproject.com/notable-reports/

To read about the controversial decision to let ghost busters into the asylum, go here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-22/ghost-hunters-haunt-old-mental-asylum/1952878

South Australia

You can read about all the ghosts of the Adelaide Arcade here, at our personal friend (not really, he doesn’t know who we are) Allen Tiller’s website. This is a link to part one of a six part series on the Adelaide Arcade...

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