UK’s Most Haunted Prison Allowing People To Stay For The Night

Numerous diabolical murderers lived and died within these cold, grey walls, including child killer Charles Squires and Henry Dainton who drowned his own wife in the River Avon.

Many people were executed at the prison, and their condemned bodies still lie buried in unmarked graves within the prison grounds.

Now the prison is opening it’s doors once again, with the introduction of overnight ghost hunts for those for who horror films just aren’t scary enough.

Amateur ghost hunters may spend the night in these ‘loathsome’ cells, described by commissioner John Howard in 1773 as capable of changing men into ’emaciated, dejected objects’.

Event organisers Haunted Happenings arrange these spooky sleepovers, which include ouija boards, table tipping and glass moving.

Ghost hunting equipment will also be used, as visitors attempt to reach out to the lingering souls; imprisoned even after death.

According to Haunted Happenings:

“What we discover here will hopefully begin a longlasting if not sinister relationship with HMP Shepton Mallet. However, it is fair to say that it will definitely be an intense and terrifying experience for all concerned.”

Could you last a full night at Shepton Mallet Prison?