Lecture Notes: Exploring Australia's Most Haunted Building - Geelong Jail

Introduction

• Host: Sam KBY
• Location: Geelong Jail, Australia
• Known for: Over 200 spirits, including possible attachments (children's spirits or demons)
• Staff emphasized spirits knew the group was coming

Participants

• The Ball: Collaborative partners in haunted explorations
• Group Dynamics:
  • Varying levels of belief and skepticism within the group

Initial Activities

Hide and Seek Challenge

• Rules: Split up, isolate, and play hide and seek
• Stakes: Winner of hide and seek chooses one person for the first investigation (solitary confinement)
• Seeker: Chosen through Rock-Paper-Scissors
• Significant Moments:
  • Juicy and participant make a pact to not snitch on each other
  • Mly's insistence on hiding under the bed
  • Creepy experiences during the game (e.g. laughter, footsteps)

Solo Investigation in Solitary Confinement

• Chosen Investigator: Mly
• Background on Geelong Jail:
  • Built in 1853 during Victoria's gold rush
  • Focused on punishment, not reformation
  • Solitary confinement: 23 hours/day in silence, only bread and water for the worst offenders
• Physical reactions and technical malfunctions (freaking camera)
• Mly's emotional distress and apparent paranormal activity (door rattling, EMF responses)

Historical and Paranormal Background

Key Locations and Figures

• Gallows: Executions, sighting of hooded figures
• Cells 44 & 45: Known for aggressive paranormal activity (scratches, pushing)
  • Mly and Juicy's hiding spots
• Cell 96: Last murder site (Martin Elazar), known for apparitions
• Apothecary Cabinet: Shadow figure with bowler hat
• Body Shoot: Trap door for transporting bodies to the morgue
• Women's Ward: Known for children's spirits

Key Figures

• Thomas Menard: Last executed prisoner, buried standing up and facing the jail

Activities with Paranormal Triggers

• Returning Objects: Offerings (rose, oranges) to spirits like Thomas Menard
  • Use of historical objects to trigger responses
• Interactions with Johnny and Mr. Nasty: Two spirits in the kitchen area
  • Johnny: Friendly, reacts with equipment
  • Mr. Nasty: Dark, potentially demonic
• Solitary Confinement Investigation Recap: Consequences of historical and paranormal context

Paranormal Communication Attempts

Techniques and Tools

• Alice Box: EMF-based word generator
• Spirit Box: Communication method
• SS Method: Sensory deprivation technique
• Music Box: Motion detection
• EMF Detectors: Measure electromagnetic fields

Results and Observations

• Words Detected: “File”,