To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Clifton Manor was built in by C. Sismey after acquiring the estate from Harry Osbourne. The house was added to by Nathenial Cox in The manor was passed on to a nephew, Mr Harloe Knox in Harloe Knox subdivided the large estate and sold off approximately 50 acres of land.
The manor then was sold with approx. Dr Schneider then established a wildlife sanctuary on the surrounding 40 acres of which most is now a park. Dr and Mrs Schneider lived in the large house together and had two housemaids who also lived in the house and a gardener. Read on and you will understand why.
I have to admit, I had never heard of this place, not being a local. After all after over 30 years of paranormal research, surely she would know of it. Alison had not only researched the story but had spoken to the devastated family and was personally affected by what she had found and encouraged me to put the truth out there.
The main thing I have learnt whilst working alongside Alison and the team, is that not every old or derelict building is haunted, not every noise heard or movement seen is paranormal, and not every story you hear about ghosts and hauntings is true! What I found was eerie, fascinating and if true, would be totally understandable if this area was haunted as reported:.
Surely, if true, he would have to rank as one of the most gruesome and fascinating people in Adelaide! I wanted to look for the truth to see if I could validate any of these stories. The only way of finding anything concrete was to go deeper than just the Urban Legends online and this is what I found.
Michael Schneider was a well-liked and highly respected ophthalmologist eye doctor who, in , was given the title of Honorary Ophthalmologist at the Adelaide Hospital.
Dr Schneider established a native wildlife and bird sanctuary on the 40 acres of land he owned behind Clifton Manor, which included a Koala enclosure. After enlisting in the Australian Medical Corps in World War 2, Dr Schneider closed the sanctuary and released the koalas back into the wild.
His remaining animals were donated to the Adelaide Zoo. There is no record of murders, rapes or anything sinister ever happening on the grounds of Clifton Manor. It is reported Dr Schneider died at his home in the s. I have spoken to former neighbours of the good doctor, and they cannot believe his name could become so tainted in modern Adelaide.
I tried every tactic I could think of and got nothing, not even one simple EVP…If there is any kind of ghostly goings-on here, it does not want to be found nor seen. So where does the story originate from? Well, in my opinion, which is formed from countless hours of research, interviews and investigations locally, is that this story is a bastardisation and union of two other events that happened very nearby, twisted into an urban legend that spread through Adelaide like a wildfire.
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