VICTORIAN PHANTOM HUNTERS

 HISTORY

Beechworth (Asylum 1867-1905; Hospital for the Insane 1905-1934; Mental Hospital 1934-1970's; Mental/Psychiatric Hospital c.1970's-ct)

Beechworth Asylum was opened in October 1867. Its proclamation as an Asylum was published in the Government Gazette on 1 October 1867 under the provisions of the Lunacy Statute 1867 (No.309).

the hospital operated for nearly 130 years until its closure in 1995.

More info on this location soon.

GHOSTS OF MAYDAY HILLS

*Ghost of a man standing in front of a group near the cellar completely vanished like the darkness took him away.

*Matron Sharpe who spent most of her life there has been spotted on occasion.

*Doors swing open.

*Mysterious screams are heard.

*A glance out of the Cottage windows around dusk may reveal an old man in a Green jacket, wandering around the Vege garden. It could be that of Arthur the gardener.

*woman photographed standing at the window from which she was thrown.