The Hanging Pit: The Haunting of Bodmin Jail

This is a book about a group that examines Bodmin Jail to see if they can detect any odd sounds, shadow images or maybe even ghosts. The book goes into the history of the jail and it's not a nice one.

It's in England and goes way back to 1778 when an Act of Parliament was passed to make the jail. It was to house felons, people with minor offenses and debtors. It eventually closed and became a place open to tourists.

The group has the usual investigative tools including things to record EVPs, audio recorders, a spirit box and other things.

There's also the usual things where batteries get depleted quickly even though they were definitely fully charged at the start.

The book describes the places they go in the jail, the things they saw and heard and some spirit box words.

One very interesting thing they do is to try to find a rational explanation for anything odd that turns up. This is a good approach to investigations of this type. When in doubt, throw it out.

There are also negative entities that are in the jail along with a prankster spirit.

One other thing that is brought up is that if you are going into a place like that, be respectful to anything you think might be there.

I like the way the investigation is carried out.