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

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Though a confession to the crime in which Charlotte Dymond, a flirtatious local girl had been brutally and hideously murdered, her throat cut twice, was produced after his execution, it goes completely against all the evidence provided at the trial and proves that Matthew could not have written it himself. An aura of distinct unease radiates from the crumbling walls and through the echoing corridors of Bodmin Gaol. In the day, perhaps had the sharp eared lawyers of today's times been around, they may just have have got her off with a lesser sentence. But why?

Wheal Coates Mine can be seen in the popular BBC series Poldark. The well-preserved engine houses made appearances on the show representing the mines of Nampara Estate. Transfiguration is a complete change of state into something more spiritual, and it can be induced or occur randomly when the energy between a spirit and mortal are at the same level. Fortunately if the tale is indeed true, there are only a few people in Bodmin jail's unique history that this ghostly spectre could realistically be. Early executions prior to the jail took place at Bodmin Common, to the edge of the town. It was in 1802 that executions came to the jail, with drop gallows being used in the field outside of the front of the jail.He believes that the figure captured is that of William Hampton, who was the last inmate to be hanged at the prison for his crimes. Perhaps most chillingly of all though, the fifth floor claims to be the favoured location of a malevolent non-human entity. Proof of the Afterlife at Bodmin Jail?

A miscarriage of justice, inadmissible evidence, a deranged accused who may have actually been mentally unsound or otherwise? Brave visitors can descend into the bowels of this dark prison and learn about the lives of its inmates. The ghostly face in the window that looks remarkably like Boycie (John Challis) in the BBC series 'Only Fools and Horses.' Isn't a ghost! Selina immediately confessed to murdering him; but the reason she gave was perplexing. Whilst admitting she was indeed guilty of infanticide, she claimed she only committed the act as she felt forced to by her lover who said he would only marry her if she disposed of her son. This is a claim he most vehemently denied.Another reason Jamaica Inn is so well known might have a little something to do with one of Cornwall’s favourite authors. The most notable of these ghosts is Jan Tregeagle, who is a dark spirit that is said to sit beside the waters and howl so loud, you could hear him from the other end of the pool. 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.

Listen to the screaming silence as another earth bound phantom searching for everlasting release, is cast into his eternity. More than 35,000 prisoners were held at the jail, including 341 children. Fifty-five people, eight of them women, were hanged within the walls, some for heinous crimes such as murder (one woman, Sarah Polgrean, poisoned her husband, Henry, with arsenic hidden in a pat of butter), others for what through modern eyes seemed much more minor, such as sheep rustling or setting fire to a neighbour’s crop. The last execution took place in 1909. It seems rather clear that in his statement, the judge got mixed up and now felt the child was already dead before he was thrown down the well and as Selina Wadge had been found guilty during the trial, of killing the boy by drowning him. That being the case, she couldn't have killed him twice! Harper, Leah (28 October 2016). "Dead scary: Bodmin Jail ghost tours". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 July 2023.Initially claiming her boyfriend had taken her younger son, Harry, and drowned him in a well while threatening her and John, the crime was rumbled when her son told workhouse nurses that his mother had killed his brother and put him in a pit. Read More Related Articles