Prison Folklore Claims Child Killer Ernest Austin’s Ghost Haunted Boggo Road Gaol After He Was Hanged In 1913
A haunting image of a Victorian child killer who still torments one of
Australia’s most notorious jails has emerged more than a century after
he swung from a noose.
Ernest Austin, also known as Ernest Johnson, was the last of 42 inmates hanged at Queensland’s notorious Boggo Road Gaol.
He was hanged for the brutal murder of 11-year-old Ivy Alexandra Mitchell.
But it’s Austin’s harrowing supernatural presence — not his horrific crime — that has cemented his name into prison folklore.
It is said that after the burly 23-year-old dropped through the gallows trapdoors in September 1913, fellow inmates of A Wing, the site of Austin’s execution, were tormented by paranormal experiences.
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Ernest Austin, also known as Ernest Johnson, was the last of 42 inmates hanged at Queensland’s notorious Boggo Road Gaol.
He was hanged for the brutal murder of 11-year-old Ivy Alexandra Mitchell.
But it’s Austin’s harrowing supernatural presence — not his horrific crime — that has cemented his name into prison folklore.
It is said that after the burly 23-year-old dropped through the gallows trapdoors in September 1913, fellow inmates of A Wing, the site of Austin’s execution, were tormented by paranormal experiences.
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