Job interviews, housework and pizza with pineapple and anchovies are all frightening things to contemplate. Seek out big scares with today’s Groupon for Geelong Ghost Tours:

The Deal

$15 Geelong Gaol ghost tour for one person (total value up to $30)

$25 Geelong Gaol ghost tour for two people (total value up to $60)

$45 Geelong Gaol ghost tour for four people (total value up to $120)

Discover the frightening secrets dwelling in the dark and cavernous environs of the Geelong Gaol with Geelong Ghost Tours. Hear the gory and horrid history of the most intact 19th century convict prison in Australia, all of which is laid bare by professional theatrical historians. Groupies listen to the bizarre events, brutal treatments and actions of the murderers and lunatics that walked the buildings.

The 90-minute tour takes peeps through the cells, surgical theatres, infirmaries and yards, areas that have housed such infamous criminals as Mark “Chopper” Reid. Special equipment is provided to help uncover the mysteries of the gaol, with groups getting night vision cameras, infrared goggles, laser grids, parabolic microphones, spirit boxes and motion sensors.

Geelong Ghost Tours

Geelong Ghost Tours operates tours of some of Victoria’s eeriest sites, including the former Ararat Lunatic Asylum and Beechworth Asylum. Tours are led by professional theatrical historians, who bring to life the dark pasts of buildings which once housed thousands of unfortunate souls. They also offer ghost-hunting tours.