Ghost Hunting At Crumlin Road Gaol

The Crumlin Road Gaol is one of the most haunted jails in Ireland, if not the world. With a history of over 400 years of murder, toture and executions, this location is shrouded by death. But the dead here like walk around at night. 

 B-Wing

 The B-Wing is residence to a great number of active spirits. There are constant reports of male and female voices calling out for help in the dead of night. There is also a guard seen here striding up and down the hall, he seems to be checking the cells. Is he carrying out the duties he had to fulfill in his life ? His footsteps are heard also, slow but heavy. There is however something a little more terrifying than a ghostly guard in this part of the prison. A large dark shadow is seen walking from cell to cell regularly, it is however inhumanly large. With disgustingly long and thin legs and arms. People have reported even in broad day light, this shadow appearing from one of the cells and running directly towards them.

A place of death and suffering is known to attract demonic entities, and something that appears in such an inhuman form must have an inhuman explanation. Not to mention the infamous padded cell was in this part of the building.  

The Padded Cell

The Padded Cell is known to be the most terrifying part of the building. Even passing the cell universes visitors and staff alike. People have been scratched, pushed to the ground, slapped and touched in this cell. The responsible spirit if there only is one, appears again as a large dark shadow in the corner of the room. 

The Padded Cell was used to house the prisons insane and most violent prisoners. Sometimes it was just a punishment. They would be either strapped to a bed and forced to lie down, day in day out with nothing to do put stare and think, whilst being pumped with drugs. Or they would be forced into a straight jacket. This much mental toture and pain would ofcourse again attract something dark or perhaps it is just an angry and aggressive spirit. 

The Tunnel

The Tunnel underneath the prison was directly connected to the courthouse. After being sentenced the prisoners would walk through this tunnel directly. There has been strange activity reported here since the days the prison first opened its doors. There is a man dressed in grey seen walking up and down the tunnel by visitors and staff for over 200 years. His origins are unknown, but what was here before the prison ? There are loud and fast footsteps heard here to. Sometimes heard creeping up behind you. 

On numerous investigations this has been the location that most compelling evidence is captured. Loud sighs, moans, coughs and groans have all been captured, even shadow figures. It is also where the famous face in the coffin picture was caught. 

The D-Wing

The D-Wing is best known for its avid poltergeist activity. Tho the doors of the prison cells are known to open and slam shut of there own accord in all parts of the prison, within the D-wing they are heard almost on a daily basis. These are old heavy metal doors, designed not to open. It would take alot more than just a breeze to close these doors. Objects are seen or heard being thrown across the room or sometimes vanishing into thin air. There are also male and female voices heard clearly calling for help or screaming in frustration. There are a great deal of men and women seen either in the cells or walking around in the prison, although the majority do seem to be residual. All apart from one man. Short and dark haired he is seen as a person dressed in prison clothes, standing in doorways and just watching people. His head and eyes following there movements. 

The Condemned Man’s Cell

This cell is particular was the last place men, women and children alike would be hung until dead. There where 17 people killed in this tiny room. 15 of which still remain, there’s corpse now part of the prison. The last man killed here was Robert Mcgladdery at the age of 25, December 20th 1961. In this room people have actually heard the sound of someone being choked, the splatters and gurgling or a dying man. People have heard whispers directly into there ears saying clearly ” Die “. In a room where so many human beings died it is no surprise it remains active today. 

The Crumlin Road Gaol is one of europe’s if not the world’s most haunted prisons. The activity here is rarely matched, only comparing to locations such as The Ancient Ram Inn or Pendle Hill. In a place that was so confined and often the last thing people saw before they died, it comes as no surprise that is still very much alive. Over 25 000 people where held here, some died from murder within the prison, sickness, brutality. Some lost there minds or simply died of old age. Even being locked up and bullied for 20 years, living in fear  is an astounding negative force. All of this evil both alive and dead locked up in one building is sure to promise a haunting rarely matched. 

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