Adelaide Gaol Ghost Tour and Paranormal Investigation: Explore Adelaide's Most Haunted Site

Experience an unforgettable ghost tour and paranormal investigation at the Adelaide Gaol, South Australia’s most haunted site. Discover its dark history and encounter ghostly inmates.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Adelaide Gaol - Be incarcerated in Australia’s longest continuously operating gaol. Discover the ghost of Governor Ashton, whose body was dropped through a window, Sister Mary MacKillop’s link with the Gaol and the spirit of South Australia’s most sadistic killer still stalking his prey.
    With 45 hangings and a burial site in Murderer’s Row, it’s no…
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

As one of the two earliest public structures in Adelaide, Adelaide Gaol carries the reputation of being the spookiest spot in South Australia. Embark on a nocturnal guided tour of the prison, explore its past from the dawn of settler history and you may even encounter spectral prisoners.
Scheduled tours occur on chosen dates each month. Your preferred…

Location
18 Gaol Rd
Gaol Road
Adelaide Gaol, 18 Gaol Road , Thebarton, S.A.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Louisa_b
Feb 3, 2025
Fantastic tour - What an excellent tour it was very interesting. Our guide was fantastic she was very knowledgeable. We would highly recommend
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Christie_m
Sep 7, 2024
Great night with family - Great experience, we went as a family my for kids 12,14,19,22 plus my sons gf 23 my niece 14 and my mother and mother in law. We all had a great night some had different experiences then others, but all good. Definitely recommend
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Kathybj3680ew
Aug 25, 2024
Great experience - Great experience! A bit of history mixed with ghostly activity. Need to be careful of directions getting to the Gaol with the main road being blocked.
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F9099bmpaulinec
Apr 28, 2024
A ghostly night at the Adelaide Gaol - This tour exceeded my expectations. Barry, Karen and Kerrie are very passionate and dedicated to keep the history of the Adelaide Gaol front and centre for all. It was very informative and great fun, as well as having a few 'ghostly actions' to make the night fantastic. I am going again with family. Unfortunately i only have one photo that turned out ok.
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John_o
Apr 8, 2024
Ghost tour - Had a fantastic night in such a historic and spooky place with excellent guides tell very interesting stories of the past
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10scottb10
Oct 22, 2024
"Spooky' Fun! - While been a sceptic at heart, I went with an 'open mind'. Although I didn't get to 'see' any spirits, the tour was fun (courtesy of the guides) and interesting learning about the history. You even get to play with some equipment that is used by paranormal investigators!
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Sfitz1971
Jun 23, 2024
Left hanging - I had such high hopes for this tour and unfortunately left disappointed. Great concept, fascinating stories but just cut short of the mark. These stories should be ready to go with no pause to think. Whilst the tour guides knew about the stories they didn’t show passion when telling them. Towards the end of the tour the guides seem to have somewhere else they needed to be , which was a disappointing end
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Climber579789
Dec 26, 2024
A tad boring and ran too long - Very interesting location, which was sufficiently spooky at night time. The website touted getting to try out ghost hunting equipment but this was not the case! The tour ran 30 minutes overtime which was frustrating when locked in and can’t easily peel off! Not much respect for those with young kids who were tired at 10:30pm. Not sure if we had the wrong idea of the tour, but we weren’t given any time at all to explore on our own and try to experience the paranormal. Nor were we told many stories about The people who lived and died there and may have returned to the gaol. The tour consisted mainly of the male tour guide telling us about other tours who had heard sounds etc. It would have been great for some more history, stories of the people and some time for self exploration. Not sure if worth the money and would have preferred to visit during the day time when the museum was openZ
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Flud
Oct 4, 2024
Ok at best - Perhaps expected too much but having done a few similar tours it felt underwhelming. So much more could be made of the place but maybe due to it being evening there really wasn't much to see.
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Judith_c
May 19, 2024
Thought the tour was... - Thought the tour was boring not what we expected -dangerous as not enough lighting with one torch with ground being so uneven not enough time to explore the museum section didn’t think much of paranormal experience
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