J Ward Lunatic Asylum Ghost Tour
Get your thrills (and chills) with this after-dark tour of this gaol-turned-ward that once housed the likes of Chopper Read and Gary Webb.
Overview
One for the horror buffs, a ghost tour of Ararat's J Ward is just the ticket for those who love their thrills and chills. Over the two-hour nighttime tour of the infamous gaol-turned-ward for the criminally insane — that, over its time, housed such notorious criminals as Chopper Read, Gary Webb and Bill Wallace — you'll get to explore sites like the governor's bathroom, hangman's gallows, the original kitchen, showerblock and grave sites, searching for the souls that still linger there.
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