Ghost investigator’s do’s and don’ts for Halloween ghost hunters

One of the states most experienced ghost investigators has revealed her do’s and don’ts for Halloween hunters and opens up on the scariest spots in southern Queensland.

One of the Queensland’s most experienced ghost investigators has revealed her do’s and don’ts for Halloween ghost hunters and opens up on the scariest spots in southern Queensland.

Katie Harvey has been investigating ghosts for 26 years, but her first experience with the other side was when she was a child.

Her fascination turned into a career and she is no stranger to “unexplainable experiences” and said sceptics are becoming less common.

“You’re always going to get people who are nonbelievers for whatever reason, but over the last 10 years people have become a lot more open to talking about this type of thing,” Ms Harvey said.

A photo of a mysterious figure at one of the haunted locations. Photo: Katie Harvey

“You do have the spirits that are what we call intellectual, they will interact with you, they’ll talk to you, they’ll touch you and if they don’t like you they’ll tell you.”

“It’s not like the movies, you don’t just walk in and become possessed by demons, but done the right way you can experience some really amazing stuff.

Ms Harvey has some clear instructions for anyone planning to investigate some ghouls over Halloween.

Be respectful of the property and the spirits, treat them like you would if they were alive.

“We always go in with respect, if we are going into an asylum, you give the same respect as you would to an active working asylum.”

She said people should only go into cemeteries with people who know what they are doing, because the headstones and monuments go back centuries.

“Don’t go into a cemetery thinking you can do a Ouija board on someone’s grave, you are just asking for trouble.”

She said be part of tours and do it safely with professionals and don’t break the law on private properties to get your spooky fix.

From mid 1800s to now there are some dark and pleasant experiences that have occurred in this private location in Wacol. Photo: Katie Harvey.

KATIE’S SCARIEST LOCATIONS

The Old Britannia Hotel Laidley

We and many locals and owners have had several physical experiences in the ‘old blood and guts’ hotel. With it’s sordid past the experiences are plenty still today.

Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

Known as one of Australia’s most haunted cemeteries, this cemetery is active day or night with experiences had by many including groundsmen and visitors.

Experiences of seeing full apparitions disappear in front of your eyes to hearing disembodied voices calling out to you or even being touched.

A photo taken of a little girl named Angela who wore a red dress at Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery. Photo: Katie Harvey.

Glengallan Homestead

A beautiful old mansion on the outskirts of Warwick very alive in its rich history. The not-so-unseen residents still to this day walk the floors of this beauty.

Katie Harvey and her team at Glengallan Homestead in Warwick. Wait till you see it. Photo: Katie Harvey

Historical homestead on the outskirts of Wacol, Brisbane. (Private location).

Decades of stories unravel in this location. From mid-1800s to now there are some dark and pleasant experiences that have occurred in this private location.

There are amazing stories of times we slept in the homestead and being physically touched in our beds, told to leave and other times smelling food cooking in the kitchen and having our names warmly called out over equipment.