In the heart of rural Victoria stands the shell of a grand institution—Aradale Asylum. Once home to thousands of patients, many never left. This episode traces the fog-drenched corridors of a place built on the promise of care, but haunted by the reality of confinement. What lingers in the shadows of Australia’s largest abandoned asylum… and who’s still listening?

Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. 

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Sources & Further Reading

Aradale Asylum – Dark Tourism
Inside Australia’s Haunted Aradale Asylum – Ranker
Ghosts of Aradale: What Lurks in Australia’s Largest Abandoned Asylum – Australian Geographic
Aradale Mental Hospital: The History – OnlyMelbourne
Haunted Places: Aradale Lunatic Asylum – HauntedPlaces.org

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