Thrill-seekers will investigate the twisted history of the Blackwood Hotel on the pub’s coming ghost tours.
The “haunted” hotel will host its next ghost tour on Tuesday, May 3, and spooks and sceptics are welcome.
Hotel owners Michael Boyd and Darren Lynch are convinced that hotel ghosts exist.
“There’s definitely an energy here,” Mr Boyd said. “We’ve had the hotel for about 15 months, but we’ve lived in town for many years.
“We bought the place knowing it had a great deal of history behind it.
“There was a girl who used to live across the road from here … she was killed in the kitchen inside the hotel when the shellite iron she was using to press her clothes exploded. She had long red hair and fair skin.
“She’s often seen walking the halls of the pub and we’ve also seen her when we’ve been working late.”
Blackwood Hotel, established in 1869, was once the town morgue and has been the scene of many inquests, Mr Boyd said.
“On a recent tour, we had paranormal activity in the parlour, the cellar where the morgue slab is, and in room three there were some shadowy figures seen behind some of the customers,” he says.
“It’s a very enjoyable night and we will be doing another investigation here very soon.”
Bookings for the tours, on May 3 and June 7, are essential as places are limited to 15. Bookings: 1300 865 800
