Frederick Carr in Ghostly sightings
once wandered its halls. Frederick Carr. Frederick 'Fred' Carr was hanged at Adelaide Gaol on 12 November 1929 for the murder of his wife, Maude. He protested his innocence, even up until the final moments before his death. Carr is said to have exclaimed, while in the condemned cell, 'the law requi…
- Record ID
- 4,035
- Year
- 2,026
- Source
- Adelaide Gaol
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 4035
- Source
- Adelaide Gaol
- Publication
- Adelaide Gaol Ghostly sightings; Department for Environment and Water, South Australia
- Published
- official public page, accessed 2026-06-22
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- Frederick Carr
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Adelaide Gaol, SA (SA): B
- State or territory
- SA
- Source voice
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- Publicness
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once wandered its halls. Frederick Carr. Frederick 'Fred' Carr was hanged at Adelaide Gaol on 12 November 1929 for the murder of his wife, Maude. He protested his innocence, even up until the final moments before his death. Carr is said to have exclaimed, while in the condemned cell, 'the law requires my body, but it cannot have my soul, as I am innocent.' Fred is said to appear regularly near the stairs leading to the upstairs cells of the New Building. He is reported as a happy spirit, always neatly dressed in dark clothes and taking a polite interest in visitors wandering through his former 'home'. Governor William Baker.
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