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Historic haunted places in Port Arthur, TAS. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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While building the convict church, prisoner William Carter killed fellow convict Joseph Shutterworth with a pickaxe, then said calmly that he was satisfied, and he was later hanged…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
About a decade ago the site's guiding manager received two photos of a couple on the porch of this house. In the second the window shades behind them had parted, and the gap seemed…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
Roseview House was used as staff accommodation for many years, and some at the site rank it as the most haunted house at Port Arthur. The guiding manager says few people like stayi…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
Completed in 1853, the Separate Prison kept men hooded and in silence, a regime that left many mentally scarred. Port Arthur's guiding manager says that while locking it up alone o…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
Staff call the Reverend George Eastman's home the most haunted building at Port Arthur, and some describe it as Australia's most haunted house. Eastman died there in 1870, leaving …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.