HAUNTED TALES OF TERROR by Joseph Exton

Author:Joseph Exton [Joseph Exton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Eastern Station Hotel, Ballarat, Australia

Ballarat is a city in Victoria, Australia located around 100 kilometers east of Melbourne, the State Capital. Within the city is a bar which is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in Australia.

The Eastern Station Hotel, Ballarat

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The Eastern Station Hotel was originally built in 1862 and the bar seems to be inhabited by a number of different ghosts. Several people have reported seeing the ghost of a young boy running round the bar. This is believed to be the ghost of two-year old James Nunn who drowned in 1863 after falling into a waterhole at nearby Black Hill Flats.

James’ body was brought to the Eastern Station Hotel where it was kept in the cellar until an autopsy could be performed by the coroner, Dr Sutherland.

Just like the other two locations described in this chapter, the Eastern Station Hotel also has the ghost of a woman with long hair wearing a red dress! This ghost has been seen on several occasions and is believed to be the spirit of a woman called Maggie who arrived at the hotel with her daughter Sarah in the 1870s from Melbourne where she had recently disembarked from a ship from England.

Both mother and daughter died in the hotel of yellow fever which they had presumably contracted on their journey from England. The woman in red is sometimes seen with a younger woman who is supposed to be the spirit of her daughter.

The first owner of the Hotel, Thomas Redshaw Hunt, is also said to make occasional appearances in the bar. Staff and visitors have reported seeing the figure of a tall man wearing dark clothes and a top hat standing next to the fireplace.

He disappears if approached and the appearance of this ghost is said to be accompanied by the smell of pipe tobacco. Sometimes nothing is seen, but the bar is suddenly flooded with the unexplained smell of pipe tobacco. One of the serving staff in the bar has noted that, more than once, she has turned to serve a customer, only to discover the ghost of Mr Hunt.

Other spirits reported at this bar include a soldier who had recently returned from the First World War who was killed in a brawl with another member of staff. This man worked in the kitchen area and his ghost has been seen in the kitchen as well as walking though a doorway leading to the bar which has since been closed off.

Staff working in the kitchen have also complained about unexplained cold spots and a general feeling of unease if they are working in this area on their own. In the bar cellars, staff have seen the figures of two bearded indigenous men who are believed to be the original caretakers of the hotel who were recruited from the local tribe who originally owned the land on which the hotel is built.

For a relatively small bar, the Eastern Station Hotel does seem to be haunted by a very large number of ghosts and spirits.

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