Ghosts & Hauntings

Woman 'scratched by ghost' during tour of haunted asylum

By T.K. Randall
July 11, 2024 ·  32 comments

Aradale Mental Hospital. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 JacsWiki Aradale Mental Hospital, which is situated in Ararat, south-west Victoria, is considered to be one of the most haunted places in Australia, making it a popular destination for paranormal enthusiasts.

Constructed during the 1860s, the building housed thousands of patients over the years until it was eventually closed down and converted into a campus of the Melbourne Polytechnic in 2001.

Today, the building is often visited by paranormal investigators and there are also paranormal tours offering visitors the chance to potentially experience something strange within its 19th-Century walls.

Most recently, a woman who had been on a 3-hour tour of the former asylum reported that she had discovered mysterious scratch marks on her back that she didn't believe had been there beforehand.

The marks had appeared during a tour of the staff quarters and then got worse as time went on."I actually felt like I had a prickle or something in my shirt... my partner had a look and said there were scratches," she wrote, while describing the sensation as "weird".

"I laughed because I thought he was trying to scare me, then he showed me the photo."

After sharing her story on social media, several other people came forward to report similar accounts of being scratched by unseen forces inside the building.

Others, meanwhile, maintained that her wounds were either self-inflicted or the result of some type of allergic reaction of flare-up.

As things stand, however, no definitive explanation for her injuries has been forthcoming.

Source: Mail Online | Comments (32)

Tags: Haunted