Ghosts of Kapunda
In 1876, Kapunda was a bustling town, full of miners, pubs, and settlers from across the world looking to earn a living or get rich. It was soon to be the town that saved the South Australian colony from disaster with its rich copper load, and then to become a town of horse and cattle sales...and in this day and age, it has earned the very misleading title of “Most Haunted Town in Australia”.
In 1876 the Kapunda Herald reported a story titled; “ Haunted Houses and Ghost Stories” on July 21st.
A malicious ghost had been seen around the town, scaring women and children down by the local dam, (which is now Davidson Reserve, known locally as “The Duck Pond”).
The ghost appears to be a figure shrouded in white, some say he is Mr Richards, a man who drowned many years before whilst swimming in the dam.
Mrs W. Tuckfield witnessed the ghost for herself on a Saturday evening. She was coming into the main street of town, near the mill offices, and the ghost rose up out of the newly built culvert, crossed the road in a rush and disappeared into the plantation.
This sighting caused a great shock for Mrs Tuckfield. Mrs Tuckfields encounter was retold locally numerous times. Over the weeks that followed, many more women and children experienced the ghost near the town dam. This led to a reputation that the town was haunted, and attracted many curious visitors wanting to see the alleged ghost.
The Police, worried about the effect the ghost was having on the locals staked out the neighbourhood for a couple of nights, watching and waiting patiently for the reappearance of the ghost, but it seems ghosts do not manifest for the local boys in blue, as the ghost has been seen nor heard since...
practical joke, or a real ghost? No-one at the time was sure...
© 2013 Allen Tiller
www.eidolonparanormal.co.au
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