the yard 
the yard
the yard
inside 
Remains of the Gaol 
kinky 
kinkier 
kinkiest 
An Gaa 
An Gaa Death Mask 
Slum Threat 
Frederick Bailey 
Fred Bailey Death Mask 
Fred Jordan 
Fred Jordan Death Mask 
Ernest Knox 
Ernest Knox Death Mask 
Martha Needle 
Martha Needle Death Mask
Emma Williams 
Emma Williams Death Mask 
Inside 
Under the Gallows 
Punishment Cells 
Ned Kelly Armour 
Ned Kelly Death Mask 
Was Ned Kelly a Terrorist 
Confrontation 
Curtain Down 
Display case 
detail 
detail 
detail 
detail 
detail 
detail 
Ned the Legend 
inside 
door to the women’s prison 
John Davies 
cat o’ nine tails 
cat o’ nine tails
John Styleman 
The Hangman’s Box 
The Hangman’s Box
The Hangman’s Box
Gallows lever 
gallows view 
Gallows floor and rope 
rope 
view to the gallows 
the front 
Old Melbourne Gaol 
the outside
Decided to indulge myself and went on the Hangman’s Night Tour at the Old Melbourne Gaol. 37 of us ended up on the tour, at one point crammed into a single cell to simulate the overcrowded conditions. Good thing we didn’t have to simulate sharing a bucket for a toilet.
Great stories told really well, the guy playing the Hangman was excellent, engaging and entertaining. No ghosties though. The death masks were creepy.
If you are in Melbourne, go. If I find myself back, I’m doing one of the other night tours.
