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Last night, a group of us from work went on the Cork City Gaol Haunted History night tour. It was an interesting ecperience even if they didn't tell us too much about the history of the place. We were split into groups and assigned a warden each. They then treated us like we were new prisoners being processed into the gaol.
We were led around the gaol, being told about the life we could expect as 'guests' of the gaol and watching actors play out scenes between prisoners or between wardens and prisoners. Finally they brought all the groups together and it lead into a rather disappointed over-the-top cheesy dramatic presentation at the end of the tour, but everything up to that point was interesting.
I actually found it particularly interesting as a role-player. It was a somewhat interesting exercise to try to get into the mindset of a prisoner though the tour isn't really aimed at that as completely as it could be - probably for the best actually. Last thing you want is a 'warden' mistreating a tourist. Still, there are moments on the tour which try to draw the audience in to experiencing moments in the life of a prisoner, and for the most part it's well done.
There could be a bit more of an emphasis on the history of the prison but the tour already runs at a bit over an hour and they probably want you to go on the day tour if you want to learn that stuff.
We were led around the gaol, being told about the life we could expect as 'guests' of the gaol and watching actors play out scenes between prisoners or between wardens and prisoners. Finally they brought all the groups together and it lead into a rather disappointed over-the-top cheesy dramatic presentation at the end of the tour, but everything up to that point was interesting.
I actually found it particularly interesting as a role-player. It was a somewhat interesting exercise to try to get into the mindset of a prisoner though the tour isn't really aimed at that as completely as it could be - probably for the best actually. Last thing you want is a 'warden' mistreating a tourist. Still, there are moments on the tour which try to draw the audience in to experiencing moments in the life of a prisoner, and for the most part it's well done.
There could be a bit more of an emphasis on the history of the prison but the tour already runs at a bit over an hour and they probably want you to go on the day tour if you want to learn that stuff.