Ontario garbage worker plans to retire to defunct New Brunswick jail
DORCHESTER, N.B. — A retired Ontario garbage worker has decided to spend his retirement in jail.
Bill Steele of Oshawa, Ont., recently bought a defunct New Brunswick jail with a history of hangings.
The 50-year-old man plans to sell his house and take up residence at the old Dorchester gaol — listed for $159,900 — which was decommissioned more than 20 years ago and features 15 original jail cells.
Steele said he’s always had a passion for collecting antiques and “morbid stuff,” and wanted to retire somewhere unconventional, near where his father grew up in Pictou, N.S.