Post #491544 by Cammo on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 3:31 PM

For people who think I made this all up, here are highlights from the wonderful tour they currently give you of this creepy place:

A definition of “gaol” and how to pronounce it.
The “Table of Drops” to calculate noose rope lengths.
Actual handcuffs and restraints used in the gaol.
The official gaol registry dating from 1889-1898.
A letter written by a former inmate on toilet paper.

When 'Angie' (all names have been changed) told us her story, nobody had ever heard of the place; it was a real Ottawa insider thing. We didn't believe most of what she said, to be honest. It was years later when it became a bizarre tourist attraction that I remembered her take on it. I'm pretty sure that it was because of her and Cindy's experiences that they decided to actually advertise the ghosts in the building. They may have tried to fumigate the ghosts since then, I don't know...