Belanglo State Forest 'extreme terror tour' angers families of murder victims
An "extreme terror tour" of serial murderer Ivan Milat's killing ground, the Belanglo State Forest, has angered the family of a murder victim and victim support groups who are disgusted and upset about old wounds being opened.
The new Goulburn Ghost Tour is billed as an extreme terror tour that starts at 10pm in the Belanglo State Forest for a cost of $150 per person. The online promotion says: "Come with us to Belanglo where Ivan Milat buried the bodies of his victims".
The chief executive officer of the Victims of Crime Assistance League NSW, Robyn Cotterell-Jones, said the Belanglo tour would impact on families of murder victims more widely.
"It will be greeted with revulsion and disgust with people who would like a bit more respect for their own suffering," she said.
"While human beings seem fascinated by the macabre and frightening, for the families of victims, the impact of the death of their loved ones is never ended. For them, to hear people are using places of such horror for their amusement and profit is obviously going to cause scars to be ripped open again.
The head of the backpacker taskforce Clive Small said he could understand the concerns of the victims of crime group and public curiosity in the site.
"I think it really depends on how the tour is conducted," he said. "I can understand the public interest in the matter and in a sense the public curiosity that still exists.
"But it has to be dealt with sensitively to take into account the families of the victims and other murder victims who would be reminded of their pain."
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It does seem pretty sick and disgusting that these tours are making a profit out of the pain and misery the victims and their families have gone through.
I must be some kind of sicko as well, because my inner ghoul would love to go on one of those tours.
