THE gates of one of Australia's most haunted houses will be drawn this month for an exclusive medium event that will connect the audience with people on the other side and tell the stories of those who've passed in the home where their spirits remain.
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The current owners of Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee asked medium Janine Louise to host a show in the Victorian-style manor after she attended a ghost tour there last October.
The homestead has run as a museum and tourist operation because of its haunting history, which includes rumours of a caretaker murdered in 1961, a mentally-impaired man imprisoned in the dairy for years, a young child fatally dropped down the stairs, a maid who fell to her death from the balcony and a stable boy who burnt to death.
The homestead was built by the Crawley family in 1885, before Reg and Olive Ryan bought it in 1963 and restored it to its current condition.
Ms Louise said the homestead had a unique energy and that no other medium had ever performed there.
"I was very honoured to be asked to do it," she said.
"I've walked through hundreds of haunted houses and I'd have to say Monte Cristo is one of the most fermented."
Ms Louise will run a private tour overnight for 35 people before throwing open the doors of the home for a public show on Friday, August 22.
The first half of the show will connect audience members with people who have passed away before Laurence Ryan talks about the history of the home.
Ms Louise will then deliver messages from people who've lived in Monte Cristo.
"Their spirit still resides there because they want to keep their stories alive," she said.
"I look at it very differently.
"It's like a human living there but not in human form."
Ms Louise said the original owner, Mrs Rowley, who didn't leave the home for 23 years after her husband died, still had a strong presence at Monte Cristo.
"This energy is over 150 years old."
Another reason Ms Louise connected with Monte Cristo was the homestead was built on an outlay of quartz crystal.
Ms Louise said she had a mediumship since she was a child but pushed it aside thinking she had a mental disorder.
She sought psychological help because she was hearing voices and began to suffer from depression.
It wasn't until her late 20s and the death of her father that she learnt to accept and trust her gift.
"I called it a breakthrough but most people would consider it a breakdown," she said.
Ms Louise has since been doing readings for 10 years and put her hairdressing salon on the market three years ago to pursue her gift full-time.
She hopes to sell out a capacity crowd of 190.
