Is Old Melbourne Gaol haunted?

Australia Reported haunting level 4 of 5

Old Melbourne Gaol
Photograph by Hideki Saito, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What actually happened

Ned Kelly was executed at the gaol on 11 November 1880. His remains were later disturbed, and the location of his skull remains unknown.

The history

The prison opened in the 19th century and held thousands of people. Bushranger Ned Kelly was executed there in 1880; the gaol closed in 1924.

What people report

The preserved cells host night tours about reported unexplained sounds, sightings and the institution's grim history.

That paragraph is reported tradition, not a claim about what is there. The history above it is sourced; the stories are recorded because people tell them.

Visiting

377 Russell Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Source

Old Melbourne Gaol, National Trust

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