During the latter part of World War I, the prison was used for holding some of Britain's "State Papers and Records" including the Domesday Book. The material was in the jail in 1918-1919. [3] 1927 - Today [ edit ]

From the moment you catch your first glimpse of its sinister, grey bulk looming over the town of Bodmin, a feeling of utter desolation takes hold, its intensity increasing as the gloom laden walls draw nearer.

2. Pendennis Castle, Falmouth

Around the jail many visitors and staff often report the feeling of being watched, orbs have been seen down the corridors, footsteps have been heard, voices, rattling keys, and people feeling as though they’re being touched.

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.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 2008 All hope for the man has finally been destroyed and a mere mortal spirit left abandoned to fate. A desperate soul, cast into hopeless misery and left endlessly wandering. As Halloween edges closer, darkness falls across these haunted places in Cornwall with tales of ghosts emerging!