Case file · Haunting
Ushuaia prison ghosts
The former prison of Ushuaia, at the end of the world, held Argentina's most feared convicts from 1902 until it closed in 1947; staff and visitors of the museum it became tell of ghosts in its cell blocks.
1947 CE · -54.81, -68.30 · status: claim
The account
Inmates built much of early Ushuaia and the 'train of the end of the world' that hauled timber. Famous prisoners included the child murderer Cayetano Santos Godino, 'El Petiso Orejudo'. The prison is now the Maritime and Prison Museum, where one wing is left unrestored, and night tours feature its ghost stories.
The sceptical view
Ghost stories are part of the museum's tours; no documented events lie behind them.