The ghost sightings at the Old Melbourne Gaol

Record summary

The Old Melbourne Gaol is a named former prison and museum associated with reports of apparitions, footsteps, voices, and sensations attributed in popular accounts to prisoners or executions, including Ned Kelly-related lore. It provides a useful comparison with prison hauntings because the site has extensive documentary history and a strong visitor-tourism framework. Individual experiences are generally anecdotal, and museum interpretation, commercial ghost tours, and paranormal investigations may reinforce one another. Researchers should separate the verified prison records and preserved architecture from later claims about particular spirits or manifestations.