How is this place not on Yelp? Aradale is Australia's largest abandoned lunatic asylum. It was opened in 1867 as Ararat Lunatic Asylum, this building housed tens of thousands of people described as "lunatics", "idiots" and "imbeciles" - some of them described as the worst lunatics in the British Empire. Completed 40 years before Freud, this building saw some of the most controversial psychiatric treatments in Australia. Around 13,000 people passed away here in its 130 years. As a result, Aradale is considered one of the most haunted locations in Australia. At its height, Aradale consisted of 68 buildings and was home to over 2000 patients and staff, making it a self-sufficient town. The ghost tour itself travels through the administration building, chapel, kitchen, infirmaries, surgery theaters, morgue and the most intact cell blocks in Australia. Aradale Ghost Tour is one of the creepiest ghost tours in Australia. Explore the facilities for 2 hours after dark. Be haunted by stories of bizarre history, brutal treatments, amazing personal stories, and of course lots of ghost stories. Tours are limited to 30 people, and are lead by a team of professional theatrical historians.Every Friday & Saturday goes for two hours Starting at 8:00pm EST or 9:00pm During Daylight Savings, you have to buy your ticket online and then call to reserve a spot. read more

If I could post minus 1 I would, horrible horrible horrible experience, careless and useless company that only cares about making money, paid $120 for a 4 hour investigation in Ararat asylum only to find that because we arrived ON TIME we were "too late" because the emailed said we were meant to be there 15 minutes earlier, (we arrived at 7pm WHICH WAS THE TIME THE INVESTIGATION STARTED) but their excuse was that we had to be there 15 minutes earlier (maybe you should have made the meeting time at 6:45pm then?) NOT ONLY to mention we had no sort of contact so we could call the person in charge of the investigation and let them know we were outside of the building waiting for them, disgusting appalling behaviour, we drove for 2 hours only to have to turn around and leave because we WERE BASICALLY ON TIME. BEWARE AND DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY THEY DONT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY CAN MAKE read more