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

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.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• haunted
• picton
• ghost
• spirit
• documentary
• supernatural
• paranormal
• most
• town
• australia
• nsw
• hunters
• skeptics
• medium
• psychic
• investigator
• redback range tunnel
• mushroom tunnel
• shire hall
• antill park golf club
• graveyard
• cemetary
• afterlife
• dead
• erik magnusson
• power productions

[chilltree]

u should work on your fake american accent. cmon man are u really seem fake now. it kinda killed the vid for me.

[MrErikMagnusson]

@chilltree Well I apologize about that. To be honest I don't like it either. I recorded it in a rush the day I did my "Battle of Yonkers" video while I had the P2 Camera and the Wendt sound mixer so I still had a bit of an American accent on. I tried to record the voice over again but after my own camera broke I never got the chance to get a clean recording. I'd rather have just used someone else if I had someone else, it's just the whole project was in a rush to get finished.

[MarvinDanielFilms]

Where did you get the music at 1:00

[MrErikMagnusson]

@MarvinDanielFilms It's from "The Ring/The Ring 2" soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner and Martin Tillman, the track is called "The Well. That snippet I used at 1:00 for the opening title is towards the end of the track.

[westsydneyparanormal]

Well done mate... Picton is a great spot with great ghost tours! Get out there and check it out if you've never been!

[choperdogness]

im goin their :D

[gonthorian225]

loved the vid, but thought there was something strange going on at the public school as well maybe that could be ur next vid?

[xeFFecTivEx]

Good job

[barrybigras1984]

I think you spelled PROFIT wrong in your disclaimer.... but that's just me...

[chichifrogslegs]

great video..thanks for posting!

[freshnup101]

picton is on the map ! yeeeeeee

[Justamum1000]

I have been on this tour loved it, the group I was with were quiet and very respectful to the departed. Pity the locals were no as respectful, a car full of hoons drove past and eggs were thrown, These were the same guys yelling out whoooo as they drove around. Bring back the tours, I know we traveled over 3 hours to do the tour as did others on the tour, the town is now missing out on all the money the tourers spent.

[poida84]

@Daveydee72 it has been closed down no more tours.

[Daveydee72]

@poida84 there's always some spoilsport carrying on who has a negative opinion your a wally get over yourself!

[Theghostswithin]

don't care about your voice..very cooll edit..thanks for your efforts in putting it together and fo posting ! enjoyed it and like being an Aussie!!

[WhatsAfterThisPlace]

LOL 4:14 so fake