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.