If you take a trip down the Hume Highway to mid NSW and stop at the small, friendly country town called Junee, just outside of Wagga Wagga, you will notice what a quaint, delightfully peaceful place it is to visit. You also can't help but notice the looming mansion perched high up on a hill looking down upon the township and it's residents.
The mansion is MONTE CRISTO and is known to Junee and Australia as "Australia's Most Haunted House". It has gained it's spooky reputation from hundreds of encounters that visitors, friends and relatives have had with it's spectral residents who still dwell in and around the spooky old mansion to this day.
Visited annually by well over 100 ghost hunters per year, it is one of the most popular Ghost Haunts in Australia today. Owners Reg Ryan, his wife and family welcome ghost hunters and those interested in Paranormal Research. They have a collection of ghostly photographs that have been taken at the house over the years and are always on the hunt for more. Reg Ryan will happily sit and talk openly about his spectral friends who often make themselves known to him and on occasion have made themselves known to members of his family.
Reg and Olive Ryan agreed and welcomed the Australian Ghost Hunters Society to stay with them in the old house. In April 1999 we organized a group of fellow ghost hunters to accompany us to investigate this haunted homestead for the weekend.
None of us knew what to expect as this was one of the first times the house had ever been investigated by ghost hunters.
None of us knew what to expect as this was one of the first times the house had ever been investigated by ghost hunters.
Hundreds of sightings and strange occurrences happen in and around this house every year. Visitors tell of cold spots, voices, and not being able to ascend certain stairs due to some unexplained force. The homestead is open to the public. It has also been the focus of some Australian television programs. This is a beautiful homestead with a not so beautiful past.
