Case file · Haunting
The Old Windmill, Brisbane
Built by convicts in 1828 on Spring Hill, Queensland's oldest building also housed a punishment treadmill. Local lore tells of a ghost of a convict hanged from it, and of apparitions on the hill.
1828 CE · -27.47, 153.02 · status: legend
The account
In the 1930s the tower was used in early television experiments, and its role as a fire lookout and signal station gave it a long life beyond the convict era.
The sceptical view
There is no record of a hanging at the windmill; the treadmill's cruelty is documented, the ghost is not.