Bodmin Jail, a historic prison in Cornwall, offers a Ghost Walk every Wednesday. This eerie experience takes visitors through the jail’s haunted history, providing insight into the paranormal activity that has been reported within its walls. Over the years, the jail experienced overcrowding, leading to several extensions and a completely new building replacing the original in 1861 (Spooky Isles). Cornwall’s mines were dark and dangerous places, where terrifying accidents led to many deaths below ground. Hauntings at Wheal Coates Mine It's not the first time a ghost has reportedly been seen at Cornwall's old jail - which is believed to be the county's most haunted location. One of the most notable ghosts attached to Bodmin, is that of Matthew Weekes. The young man was hanged in the grounds in 1844 for the murder of 18 year-old Charlotte Dymond at nearby Rough Tor.

Eerie it may be, awe inspiring it certainly is but one thing is utterly undeniable. You can sense real presences here. M atthew Weekes, the so called killer of Bodmin Morr, is a regular ghostly visitation seemingly manifesting himself within the walls and confines of Bodmin jail. Another famous ghost of Bodmin Gaol is Selina Wadge. She was hanged for the murder of her younger disabled son in 1887. It has been said that she tries to grab any young children visiting the jail and also suppresses her feeling upon pregnant women.

Claiming to be in a relationship with a former soldier called James Westwood, Wadge and her two children hitched a lift with a local farmer to Launceston, allegedly to get to the rendezvous point. However, she was to return to the workhouse with only one child, her elder child, John.

It isn’t just Wadge and Weekes that refused to rest easy in the afterlife however, Bodmin Jail is full of ghosts. The spirit of Annie Jefferies, who was accused of being a witch is said to remain at the prison. It is said that she was starved to death, but the fact that it took her almost three months to die, only further served to reinforce that belief that she was in league with the Devil himself. Held on the last Saturday of every month, this four-hour event begins at 9pm and requires participants to be 18 years or older. Visitors can explore the jail’s most haunted locations and attempt to communicate with the spirits that are said to linger within the prison. Bodmin Jail Hotel Located on a lonely spot on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, Jamaica Inn is said to be one of the most haunted places in the country. Jamaica Inn was one of those safe havens for the likes of smugglers to stop off and rest their heads before they continued their exploits. Why is Jamaica Inn so famous? D. L. Prior, ‘Call, Sir John, first baronet (1732–1801)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 18 Sept 2008Some seriously sinister characters were held in Bodmin Jail, with public hangings held up until 1909. Ann Jeffries, accused of being a witch and left to starve to death, also haunts the building. It is alleged it took her three months to die, further fuelling the belief that she was indeed practising witchcraft. You are certain that you can hear the shuffling pain ridden bodies still searching for help at every turn, deep in the bowels and lightless corridors of Bodmin jail. Reach out into that darkness and you can almost touch the will of the hands of a hundred desperate, hopeless men. Their spirits trapped in time between the prison workrooms and the disperate cells.

Many people have reported feeling tugging at their clothes and a popular experience is that of children screaming in the lower ground floor cells. In the naval area, stones have been thrown at the current owners, and loud bangs have been heard inside the empty jail from the people outside.This year they are welcoming families to enjoy the castle in October half term. Follow the Halloween trail around the castle and the grounds of this haunted places in Cornwall. Mounting the scaffold, she uttered her last words, "Lord deliver me from this miserable world," and, at precisely 8am, the executioner pulled the lever of the trap and sent her plummeting to her death.