Now in its fourth year and back by popular demand, we are currently taking bookings for our highly popular evening ghost walks. Not for the faint of heart!
For further details or to book, please call 01208 76292 or complete the form at the bottom of this page.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN 2010/11: -
Saturday 18th September 2010
Friday 29th October 2010
Saturday 30th October 2010 Full
Sunday 31st October 2010 Full
Saturday 20th November 2010
Saturday 11th December 2010
Saturday 5th February 2011
Saturday 5th March 2011
Saturday 2nd April 2011
Saturday 7th May 2011
Saturday 4th June 2011
Saturday 2nd July 2011
Saturday 6th August 2011
Saturday 3rd September 2011
Friday 28th October 2011
Saturday 29th October 2011
Sunday 30th October 2011
Saturday 12th November 2011
Saturday 3rd December 2011
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Arrival: Please arrive at the jail for around 10:30 p.m. Format: The night will be hosted by Mark Rablin, our experienced and professional Psychic medium & energy therapist who has many years experience of research into paranormal fields.
Various group workshops will be undertaken in elected areas of both the main civil prison, and also the naval prison, and it is expected that you will enjoy the night and gain a better understanding into the paranormal field.
Facilities: Tea and coffee facilities are available throughout the nght and a function room and toilets will be on hand. A fully licensed restaurant is available for food and drink prior to the start of the evening – if is advisable to book prior to your arrival – and you are welcome to bring snacks and/or refreshments yourselves; no alcoholic drinks are permitted during the course of the event.
Please bring warm clothing as temperatures get very cold in the lower areas of the prison and do not forget a torch and/or a camera for pictures.
Close: The night will finish at approximately 7a.m., with a full English breakfast included in the price. Please advise us if there are any vegetarian requirements.
Cost: The cost of this event is £70.00 per person per night. This amount is used to cover staffing and administration costs, with residual monies being used to fund our Regeneration Project for both the premises and site of Bodmin Jail.
Please tell us as much about your ghost walk enquiry as possible and we will get back to you as soon as possible alternatively you can download this booking form (right click and select download) and return it to us by post.
Hi,
My husband and myself visited again recently. being able to feel energy I took photos were I felt and have quite a few with many orbs. I will happily email them if you are interested. Good luck with the renovations, I am so pleased the new owners are interested in our heritage.
Love’n'Light,
Fran
Hi, I recently visited Bodmin Gaol (which I thought was fantastic), while looking through the pictures I took on my phone, I found two which appear to have a figure on, one of a child sat in a chair and one of a man. I know it is supposed to be haunted and wondered if there was any information on any spirits that have been found there, as I wondered if my pictures are real, or if it’s a trick of the light or something. Very spooky! Thanks, Sarah.
Hi me and my mum,sister,stepdad went to the jail i was looking in james holderman i think that was his name the one who killed his wife with the iron i said when i was standing there “james your evil” and a mini sec later i herd a deep breth bt my face. and i have two other experiances happen in a girl named sara her jail cell i was feeling depresed when in there and i did what most haunted to when u wistle a tune and they should wistle back and em and my lil sis was in there the first time i did it and there was a fain copy of the wistle i did in the left hand side of the room so i told my mum to come in and before we went in there the second time she would not go in there, so swe went up to the man in fancy dress and my mum had siad to him ” you know that jail cell with the metal door on the second floor” the man smiled and replied yes she said i could not step into that room at all and he said that was a lady called sara that was her cell she is not trying to make u not want to go in there she wants u to go in there to help her she is afraid of men. anyways we where in the cell me my mum and my 6 yr old sister and i wistled for a second time and she relpied but not a short one like i did it sounded like a wimper wistle and i felt really upstet. and the last experance i had was when we was up in the 5th floor and i could hear people wistling again but i was not wistling so i listend carful and they were what sound like to me wistling jingle bells but we went to the man again and said y on the 5th floor can u hear people wistling when u where up on the 5th floor when what u can see is like rubble on the floor there was no roof or rooms and then when i walked down the sairs it followed you. and he smiled gain and said that is one of the spirits that i comunicate with there and he senses that you have a open mind or belive in ghosts and spirits so he is trying to talk with you. so if that helps any one who reads this and has experanced the same thing it is to prove u did hear it or feel it xxx KEEP BELIVING BECAUSE IF THEY SENSE U DONT BELIVE THEY WILL NOT PROVE TO U THEY R REAL SO BELIVE,BELIVE,BELIVE.
Hi, I was recently over at the jail with my family and a friend who brought a camera with her. My son who is 7 months old was ok untill we went up to the 4th floor where he started crying uncontrollably and yet he is normally a very happy baby so we took him out and waited in the car for the others to finish. My Mothers friend was next to come to the car, I had been looking around the grounds near the old navel wing with the camera and had taken some pictures and on review found that there were many ‘orbs’ in the images.
Anyway, the next thing I knew there were people (alive) behind a closed gate and they had asked me how I had gotten in, I replied ‘The same way you are trying too’ but then discovered that the chain had been hooked on so the gate could not be opened. As my brother was close by and likes to play tricks on me I blamed it on him and said to the people oh my brother has locked me in to be funny and they laughed.
With that I left to go back to the car where we were looked through the all the images I had taken and found that in the pictures where the flash hadn’t fired was a figure but only a pair of legs in bright orange or brown trousers (maybe navel trousers?)
I wondered if anyone else had got images like this? Any Explanations?
Hello Jennie
I would be very interested in seeing a copy of your photograph if you can email it over. As part of the overnight events we use The Navel Wing because of it’s fantastic energy and we often have paranormal activity when working there. If you could send us a copy it would be fantastic as we could add it to our portfolio.
Many thanks for your post
Mark Rablin
(Resident Medium Bodmin Jail)
Hi Mark,
I recently took the ghost walk and have a couple of good pictures with orbs in, one has at least three in different places. If you would like them I’ll send them over, it was a very good night and we will be doing it again in the near future, thanks for a great evening.
Dan
My partner and I visited Bodmin Jail 2 weeks ago, I am writing on here mainly because after getting back home and looking at my photo’s we have discovered more than one image that we are unsure of?
Can I send my pics to anyone that might be able to look into them further? Some of the photos appear to have orbs on them but I feel these maybe flashes from the camera reflecting on dust particles, on another photo there is a face that looks very spooky! and more on another photo!
I just wanted to say that we loved the Jail and would recommend it to anybody, we plan to do a ghost walk night next October.
the jail ooses fear and terror , the abuse of prisoners is audible
Hey guys i am visiting Bodmin soon for a ghost hunt does anyone have any tips what to bring etc? And the most active areas?
Cheers Laura
Hello , a group of 5 of us visited the jail sat 6th feb for the ghost walk . What an amazing night , the energy was oozing all night long . It was most certainly the most eye opening experience ive had so far , the history of the jail was so interesting . The feeling i felt in some parts of the jail was strange , and seeing shodows of light infront of me , and something breathing on my face was terrifying but excieting all at the same time . I also have lots of orbs and mist in many of my photos . Would love to visit the jail again for the ghost walk , when i have recoverd from this time . Thank you very much for a wonderful evening , i will highly recommend my friends to visit .
Thanks Rachel x
ever since i was a little girl i have always wanted to visit bodmin jail. this was enhanced by the most haunted visit . nearing my fourties i am happy to tell you my wish was made true and a stop on our way home from newquay was made to the imposing jail . all i can say was it was well worth the wait . as soon as you take the second door to the left the change in atmoshere is certainly apparent. we constantly felt unseen eyes watching us watching for anything . while looking through to a cell on the 3rd i become overwhelmed by a sadness i couldnt explain . i took a photo and another couple confirmed that he had been touched in the exact spot i was stood in as well . looking through my photos at home we have come across some interesting finds and we are hoping to do an overnight ghostwalk asap.
bodmin is a very creepy place. the atmosphere is freezing ( we could actually see are breath) but there are noticeable warm spots and a visit is a must.
if the whole jail thing doesnt appeal the warm friendly bar and restaurant will.
Hi there,thought I would share a spooky story that happened while I visited around 5 years ago when I visited with my husband and son(who was 8 at the time) in tow.After looking around the museum part we came across a “real sized” trap door gallows type exhibition (dont know if its still there,it was a while ago) and my son got up onto the gallows and pulled the trap door lever……….next thing we know all of the lights went out and we were in pitch darkness……so far so spooky,everyone that was wandering around started to go back up a slope at the end of the corridor where we could see some natural light.As I was walking towards the light I had the strangest sensation of someone putting their hands over my ears,it was a truely oppresive feeling,and one that I shall never forget.I know the lights going out was purely by chance,but weird all the same.
My Name is Lee Parker , I visited Bodmin jail last week with my wife Debbie , while we were there we took numerous photos and thoroughly enjoyed our visit , However when we arrived home and looked through the photos we noticed that a lot of the photos contains Orbs , and some as many as 5 or 6 in the same photo , We also have a photo on the cell next to the Gallows on the 2nd floor I believe it is the over crowded cell ? , when we looked at that photo there is a little boys face in it that is not a wax work and looks like either it is purposely put there embedded into the concrete wall by yourself’s or it is a ghost can you please clarify which one it is.. I am more than willing to send the photo to you if you request it . Finally while we were on the 5th floor looking through the spy holes to the closed cells , I felt something tug on my leg , I did not say anything , but told Debbie to stand there and have a look through the spy holes , it was only in the car later on that I asked her if she felt anything on the 5th floor and she replied yes something tugged on my leg , absolutely amazing . I would be grateful if you could reply and hopefully answer our questions.
Thank you for an amazing day out , will definitely visit again.
Hello!
Just a comment to say thank-you for the chance to investigate the jail. My small team, Ghosts…and More were invited under the Bristol Paranormal Research Group to investigate last friday (28th April 2010) and many of us were astounded at the amount of activity witnessed.
Although it’s a lot of activity we are after, it does make it difficult writing it all up in the report. Once it is done, we will certainly let you have a copy. We also have a few audio recordings and photographs of interest.
Mark was brilliant at looking after us all and very knowledgeable. To anybody reading this – individuals or paranormal investigation teams alike – this is one of the best places we have investigated, so we all fully recommend booking a place on the ghost tour or hiring it for your investigation.
Many thanks
Jason and the Ghosts…and More team
As a member of the public going into the jail for a night with a paranormal group I was somewhat sceptical. Mark however was excellent, his knowledge of the whole place, its history was fantastic. The GPS team who ran the evening were also first class, so much so ive joined & have since become part of their tech team. Bodmin was great, I can’t wait to go back.
My Gran, Mum, Brother and I visited the jail in March. We had some weird experiences whilst there! On floor 4 we were Reading the signs outside the cells and my little brother suddenly screamed and started shaking and I asked him what was wrong and he said that he felt someone shove him and I said don’t worry it’s probably just your mind playing tricks on you, when about 2 seconds after I said that my scarf blew of and I heard a whisper in my ear. Which was very cold breath!
As we were heading to floor 5, my brother and I felt cold hands on our faces which we thought was a cold breeze, but as my mum took a photo of that spot we noticed a orb in the photo! Also I’m not sure which floor it was on but as we were reading about the Charlotte Dymond murder I felt very uncomfortable and uneasy like there was a spirit watching me and at that point my mum took some photos of that cell and some other cells around it!
After that we decided to leave and we went to have some lunch and look at our photos we had taken! We noticed on several of our photos there were freaky orb in the shape of men and one of just spooky mist! Thanks for Reading! X
Just looking through the photo’s of our visit earlier today. To say I have an open mind and was pretty much S@$#ing myself on the upper floors is hard to explain. Our daughter who is seven was apperently pushed (which I saw and felt as she barged into me) no-one was there. There are loads of dark spots and orbs around the stocks on the 2nd? floor. Scarier still, the pictures of the building from outside have clearly visible figures in the window – even the the places where they have no floors? You can even see the weeds, trees and daylight behind these ghostly figures.
Just visited the jail on 9th August with my family, it was raining hard outside, so set the scene.
OK I am not really a believer in ghosts or paranormal and I did not know anything about the jail previous to our visit. The place was certainly eerie and a couple of things really stuck out.
My son Zac is 15 months old and has been a little ill and miserable lately but still quite happy. But after visiting the lower level he was staring at one cell, as we went to go in he started shaking his head and wriggling out of our arms to move away from the cell he did not want to go in, we moved away and he was fine.
He was OK untill we visited another cell, I think it was a cell of some lady who murdered her newborn and here he did the same thing. My partner could not cope with him and took him out, as she thought he was playing up, but maybe he sensed something.
He also fell asleep unusually early and slept all night which is totally out of character for him, because of this we left early and came away with no pics. I also developed an intense headache when I was there which I put down to stress and being tired.
All in all maybe nothing in our visit but a spooky place, would like to go back.
Thanks for a great day out,
The Passey family
Hi, my family and I recently visited Bodmin Jail, it was absolutly fascinating. We took some photos of us in the stocks while we were there and when we put them on our computer I noticed that my son and daughters photos are clear but my photo has what appears to be at least 10 orbs the photos were taken within minutes of each other and with the same camera. We also took our two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and one of them was so scared and cried constantly that we had to take him out it really seemed as if he could sense something. Many thanks for a great day out, we found it so interesting. Nicola Gibbs.