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The photographic archive

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Step inside the places, meet the guests and explore the photographs behind our productions. Every image comes from our own archive.

Erasmus Castle illuminated against the night sky Erasmus Castle after dark, on the Pretoria route. Stone church with a small bell tower and garden St George’s Church, a starting point on the Cullinan route. Long historic house with a red roof and illuminated veranda A historic Heidelberg house photographed at dusk. Red-brick museum façade with white arches Historic brickwork on the Parys route. Tokai Manor and nearby trees illuminated at night Tokai Manor after dark, from the Cape Town tour archive. Historic theatre interior with timbered façades and rows of seats The Playhouse interior, from the Durban route archive. Three original photographs of guests dressed for a Ghost Dinner Dressing for the occasion at a Historic Hotel Ghost Dinner. Original guest-photo triptych. The historic hotel’s Tudor-style corridor The Tudor corridor at Sunnyside Park Hotel, part of the dinner-show setting. Guests seated around a fire in a stone courtyard Good company around the courtyard fire at an Old Jail sleep-over. Long corridor with repeated arches and cell doors Through the arches of Heidelberg’s Old Jail. Heavy wooden jail door with iron locks and fittings A closer look at one of the Old Jail’s heavy doors. Stone-walled room with chairs and a bright open doorway Inside one of the Old Jail’s stone-walled rooms. Sandstone jail wall beside a grassy passage The sandstone exterior of Heidelberg’s Old Jail. Stone passage leading to a dark open doorway A quiet passage inside the Old Jail. Sunlit stone courtyard with doors, plants and benches The Old Jail courtyard before the evening begins. A large tour group beneath an illuminated arch at night A shared night out beneath a historic arch. Tour guests posing together outdoors at night Friends and fellow explorers on an evening tour. Tour guests beside a columned memorial at night A group stop from the Port Elizabeth tour archive. A guest holding demonstration rods during an evening event Joining in with a demonstration during the tour. A large group of guests gathered inside a historic room A roomful of curious guests, ready for the next story. Tour guests beside historic stone walls at night A group stop on the Johannesburg route. A smaller group posing with a top-hatted host at night A smaller celebration, with plenty of atmosphere. Guests in front of a white historic building illuminated at night Exploring South Africa’s historic places after dark. Historic building with a veranda, green awnings and garden A location linked to the Stander Gang stories on the crime tour. Three black-and-white archival portraits of the Foster Gang The Foster Gang, from the original crime-tour archive. Archival front and profile photographs of Daisy de Melker Daisy de Melker, one of the historical cases explored on the tour. An archival document containing a photograph of Bubbles Schroeder An archival image accompanying the Bubbles Schroeder story. A television news still reproduced in the original crime-tour archive A television still retained with the Gert van Rooyen story in the original tour archive. Mark Rose-Christie in a top hat holding a lit candelabra Mark Rose-Christie, creator and storyteller, by candlelight. Original portrait of Mark Rose-Christie tipping his top hat on a black background The storyteller behind Mystery Ghost Productions. Original portrait presentation. Mark Rose-Christie performing an illusion with two assistants on stage From Mark Rose-Christie’s earlier stage-illusion productions. Black-and-white archival photograph of four Victorian-era performers An archival photograph connected with the history of theatrical spirit shows. Warmly lit staircase in an image from the original Johannesburg story archive The staircase image from the original Johannesburg story archive. Interpretations of the image form part of the story; it is not proof of a paranormal event.

These photographs come from the Mystery Ghost Productions archive. Some are historical images used in our storytelling. Venues and routes can change; your event listing confirms the arrangements for your date.

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