Investigation Report Bodmin Gaol 4 August 2007

 

 

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Core Team present                          SGWA members

Sarah                                                 Kyle

Becky                                                Terry

Lizzie                                                 Sharon

Chris                                                  Emma

Emma                                                Ian                                 

Tarnia

 

Guest Investigators

Bev                       Siobhan

Laura                    Darren

David                    Matt

Trish                    

Angela

 

Equipment Used                               Weather Conditions

EMF Meters                             Dry

Dowsing rods                                     Clear 

Canum Meters                                    Temp Max 25.5°

Crystals/Pendulums                            Min 13.5°

Negative Ion meters                            Wind 2Bft

Laser thermometers                            Light breeze

Dictaphones

Night vision cameras

 

Jamaica Inn

Dinner and photos, we also received the news about Ben. We all send him love and hope he recovers well. We can’t wait to see him at an invo soon.

Everyone has dinner. A little girl takes a shine to Kyle and a man walks into the door about 3 times…..we laugh…..a lot! We even wonder if he thinks he is a ghost and is trying to walk through walls/doors etc….but I guess you had to be there….oh how we laughed!

 

Bodmin Gaol

22.30 Await a member of staff for Health and Safety Tour but staff not available. Take ourselves off for a tour after a briefing and show everyone the necessary areas.

Whilst on tour as we enter the old Naval Prison (outside) Trish is over come and is sick.

 

22.55 Matt is sure he heard footsteps in one of the empty cells.

Emma also hears footsteps in one of the cells and also a hissing sound.

 

11.00 Lizzie saw movement in the Gift Shop.

11.20 As we walked down the stairs from the Gift shop level, Tarnia hears footsteps coming down the stairs behind her.

 

23.30 Whilst on very top floor, Tarnia is certain she saw the head of someone ahead of us where no one has got to yet.

 

00.10 On the Ground Floor (laundry room) it looks very misty so we take lots of photos. There is a definite mist to one side of the cell. Becky jumps over the barrier and the mist is still present. Whilst in the cell Becky swears she saw a white figure. We take more photos and a few of us get an orb.

 

00.30 VIGILS

In the laundry room, Becky sets up Motion sensors in the area where the mist was seen. The rest of the group down there report some very drastic temperature changes. A fast drop from 19.2°c down to 16.7°c and then steadily rises again but then drops down to 15.8°c. The thermometer also goes haywire for a minute before finally dropping to 14.3°c. there are also strange noises coming from the end where the motion sensors are.

 

00.32 Tarnia and group on the top floor sense the presence of a man that roams freely

 

00.50 As Siobhan, Darren and Matt leave the Naval cells, Siobhan feels like someone is following them.

 

01.00 Becky calls out, but no response although she thinks she can see twinkling lights again up near the motion sensors (laundry room)

Siobhan, Darren and matt are sat outside the execution shed and hear a dog howling and a lot of yelling but it is possible that it is local residents

 

01.05 Top Floor. Tarnia can see a man with dark straggly hair and black teeth, he’s staring but isn’t bothered by us being here. Angela, Liz and Tarnia all hear a groan.

 

01.15 Angela feels dizzy and falls back, Liz asks whoever is present to make them selves known and a noise is heard by the group, but Lizzie thinks it may have been her writing on the clipboard.

01.30 Temperature is still a steady 17.0°c but the Canum meter moves right up to 3Dcb from -20Dcb and makes the red light go on. Tests were carried out but these readings could not be replicated. Begin recording with Dictaphone (but after listening back nothing is recorded)

Also the entire group report the smell of burning, went as quickly as it came.

 

01.45 VIGIL 2

 

01.52 On the floor of the condemned cell, Becky sees a white light near Emma through the night vision camera

 

01.58 Movement is heard in the Condemned Mans cell and the bat is no longer in there, twinkling lights can also be seen.

 

02.00 Tarnia and group in Laundry Room (bottom floor) Tarnia can see 3 children playing. Something fell down the stairs and so they set up thermometer and camcorder and then sang to try and raise vibrations but nothing.

 

02.20 Top Floor. Bev sees a figure walk across from one side of the walkway to the other. She sees this happen twice, its almost as if they were walking into the doorway of the Male Civil Prison.

 

03.00 VIGIL 3

 

03.00 Stocks Room Tarnia felt as though hands were reaching out to her from the cells. Room opposite the big TV - lots of orbs on various different cameras

 

03.05 A really strong smell of Antiseptic is reported by groups independently from each other.

 

03.30 Tarnia tries Psychommetry on the Gaol walls. She can sense a feeling of desperation….Ian points out that it is a GAol!

04.00 Sat outside the execution shed Tarnia hears slow plodding footsteps, unsure where they are coming from.

In the outside old Naval Prison Tarnia can sense a nasty evil man in one of the cells. He has tried to push Tarnia out before so when we sent in Becky. The cell definitely felt different. It’s a lot warmer in there than in any of the others.

 

05.25 Things seem a little quiet so we begin Psychic exercises with Tarnia.

The first session produces excellent results with 3 out of 4 results being correct. This was followed with a psychic art exercise, which also produced good results.

 

06.00 Much giggling ensues as tiredness and lack of oxygen sets in!! I don’t think I have ever laughed so much…ever!

 

06.30 Pack up and load cars ready for breakfast.

 

CONCLUSION

A very quiet night and the whole gaol has changed so much since we were here last. The frightening, grim, miserable atmosphere has gone. Don’t get a real feel for the Gaol anymore and what it must have been like for the prisoners. Very commercial and more of a place of entertainment.

The gaol always held a very special place in our hearts as we have visited there frequently since we were kids but we were all shocked by the changes.

But we have to say that it probably won’t stop us from returning. There is an awful lot of history here, its just the atmosphere that has gone.

I think we will be more likely to return to somewhere like Tutbury Castle quicker than we will be here.

The night in general was very quiet and disappointing. The mediums in the group found it an interesting place and could certainly pick up on things we couldn’t. They found it easier to tune into the despair, misery and agony that prisoners went through, before the changes it was much more apparent.