The Hanging Pit: The Haunting of Bodmin Jail (Investigating the Haunted)

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Harper, Leah (28 October 2016). "Dead scary: Bodmin Jail ghost tours". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 July 2023. Whether this evidence is indeed actually or should be seen as hearsay or even it should be admissable in court is a question to ask yourself? But it was certainly accepted by the magistrate and taken into consideration at her trial and contributed in a major way to the final guilty as charged decision of the judge. Martin Lyall, the jail’s general manager, accepted it was a challenging time to open a tourist attraction but said the “staycation” market had been strong in Cornwall this summer.

It was later revealed that "Kreed Kafer" was a fictional character, who was created purely by parapsychologist and crew member Ciarán O'Keeffe, to test Derek Acorah and his abilities. [7] The name was created because it was an anagram of the phrase 'Derek Faker'. [8] Video evidence [ edit ] Selina was hanged in 1887 and it is said her ghost still walks the gloomy, imposing corridors where she lived out her final days, begging mothers and pregnant women visiting the jail for forgiveness for her crime. It has been reported on numerous occasions that females have had their hair grabbed, and felt unseen hands clasp theirs. Selina has apparently made herself visible to young children, with some asking their confused parents about the woman in the long dress that won’t stop crying. Another phenomenon is that pregnant women have also reported, prior to knowing Selina’s tale, becoming extremely emotional for unknown reasons. It is said that Selina is keen to project her pain, guilt and remorse onto them and most tend to become very emotional on Bodmin Jail’s third and fourth floors where Selina is said to frequent.The problem with identifying George Colvill as the earth bound ghost figure which is seen so often in Bodmin's dungeons, is that Mr Colvill's Christian name was actually Hugh and not George at all and Hugh in fact died on the 4th of August 1906 at the ripe old age of 84. Another former prisoner, whose spirit has remained earthbound at Bodmin Jail is Selina Wadge, who was arrested in 1878 for the murder of her youngest son, Harry.

Becquart, Charlotte (19 June 2021). "Ghost of 'agitated' woman caught on camera at Bodmin Jail". CornwallLive . Retrieved 22 July 2023. Children have since reported seeing a lady in a long dress crying. Pregnant women have been known to become very emotional in the presence of this spirit. The last man to be hanged in Cornwall During its darkest times as a place of punishment, there were 55 prisoners executed by hanging between 1785 – 1909. Bodmin Jail (alternatively Bodmin Gaol) is a historic former prison situated in Bodmin, on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Built in 1779 and closed in 1927, a large range of buildings fell into ruin, but parts of the prison have been turned into a tourist attraction, and more recently another large part was converted into a hotel. One past life identity for our ghost warden's manifestation would be the civil prison Governor - Mr George Colvill who was at his administrative post in Bodmin jail from 1860 to 1878.Recent years have seen the old Governor’s Hall being used as a restaurant and function room, with other parts of the jail becoming a tourist attraction popular with those with an interest in the paranormal. Her body, still clutching the white handkerchief, was left dangling for an hour before being cut down and buried within the prison grounds. Warder George Harrison worked at the jail in the Victorian decade between 1851 & 1861 and did die young it seems at the age of just 50.

The jail closed in 1927. Since that date, there has been no prison within the county of Cornwall. [2] The once ruined cells of the Grade II listed building have been transformed into 70 luxury guest suites, a bar and a restaurant. With 55 executions taking place within the walls of Bodmin Jail, it’s little wonder that some have claimed that the walls are a hotbed for the paranormal. Once across the threshold you find yourself pitched into a twilight world where vestiges of a gruesome past still linger, and where the lost souls of long ago prisoners still wander in turmoil. A Grim PlaceThe sad figure of Matthew’s ghost is claimed to wander the dank maze-like corridors of Bodmin Jail, and is known to be one of the most active spirits in the building. Resident Spooks Haunt Every Corner