Haunted Picton; A Documentary on Australia's Most Haunted Town

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• published: 04 Oct 2010
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I explore the dark history and supernatural life that gives Picton its reputation as the most haunted town in the country. For thirteen years it has attracted tourists, skeptics, ghost hunters and psychic mediums since the Picton Ghost Tours were started by a local historian Elizabeth Vincent who unfortunately passed away in 2009. From the Redback Range Tunnel to the Antill Park Golf Club the Picton Ghost Hunts ventures almost all of the town's haunted hot spots and barely a tour goes by where something paranormal is not experienced. Having been on the tour myself and visited these hot spots on my own I've had my own confrontation with experiences that cannot be explained logically. This documentary is completely non fictional. It depicts real people, locations and historical events, nothing is staged or fabricated including footage and photography. Unfortunately for you paranormal evidence junkies I didn't manage to film any ghosts in the act, however I can honestly say that the photo's in this documentary are real and half of them you will see were taken while I was filming. Also during the Danielle Formosa interview you can hear under the music shuffling about, footsteps and banging, it took place in the Shire Hall after one of the tours in which there were three of us in the hall around midnight, all sitting at the same table while the rest of the hall was locked up and vacated and these sounds were coming from inside. For the record I was not particularly happy about this as it caused major sound recording problems and I never got a clean recording of Formosa's dialogue. If this documentary is well enough received by viewers I might try and capture more footage and make a longer edit as I only explored half of the towns haunted hot spots but for now I have some other projects I'm currently working on. To visit the Picton Ghost Tours website go to: http://www.lizvincenttours.com.au/ghosttours.php (Also for local residents and fans of the tours the Picton Ghost Hunts are currently facing the threat of being shut down by the Wollondilly Shire Council. Please show your support by emailing them or sending a letter asap as they are taking into consideration the renewal of the lease at this very moment) Mail the Wollondilly Shire Council at: Frank McKay Building 62-64 Menangle Street, Picton NSW, 2571. PO Box 21 Picton NSW 2571 or email them at: council@wollondilly.nsw.gov.au Directed by - Erik Magnusson Produced by - Erik Magnusson Narrator/Interviewer - Erik Magnusson Tour Operator - John Vincent Hot Spot Tour Guide/Medium - Danielle Formosa Camera Operator - Erik Magnusson Edited by - Erik Magnusson Photos by - Christina Gilbert, Paul Denham, Danielle Formosa Music by - Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner, Martin Tillman Score "The Well", "This is Going to Hurt", "Lighthouse", "Not your Mommy", "She Never Sleeps", "Burning Tree", "Shelter Mountain" The Ring (c) 2010 Power Productions, All rights reserved THE SCORE IN THIS VIDEO IS COMPLETELY RESERVED TO IT'S COMPOSERS. SCORE, "THE WELL", "THIS IS GOING TO HURT", "LIGHTHOUSE", "I AM NOT YOUR MOMMY", "SHE NEVER SLEEPS", "BURNING TREE" AND "SHELTER MOUNTAIN" FROM THE FILM SOUNDTRACK "THE RING", BELONG SOLELY TO THEIR COMPOSERS HANS ZIMMER, HENNING LOHNER AND MARTIN TILLMAN AND IS THE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRIBUTORS OF THE 2002 FILM "THE RING", DREAMWORKS PICTURES. THE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTED IN THIS VIDEO ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR OWNERS AS THEY ARE CREDITED. I DO NOT CLAIM RIGHTS ON THIS MATERIAL NOR DO I INTEND TO REAP ANY BENEFITS OUT OF IT. THIS IS PURELY A STUDENT PROJECT.