Ruthin Goal Most Haunted Ghost Hunt

Experience Level Rating: Event suitable for beginners/experienced investigators. Past investigations have deemed this venue extremely scary.

Ruthin Goal ceased to be a prison in 1916 when the prisoners and guards were transferred to Shrewsbury. The County Council bought the buildings in 1926 and used part of them for offices, the county archives, and the town library. During the Second World War the prison buildings were used as a munitions factory, before being handed back to the County Council, when it was the headquarters of the Denbighshire Library Service. In 2002 the Goal was extensively renovated and reopened as a museum.

The Goal is said to be haunted by many a spirit! Its certainly possible that John Jones, or'Coch Bach Y Balsa' as he was known, still haunts the building. He succeeded in escaping from the Goal twice, once on 30th November 1879 with three others while staff were having supper and secondly on 30th September 1913. This last escapade was to prove fatal. After living rough on the Nantclwyd Estate for 7 days, one of his pursuers, Reginald Jones-Bateman, shot him in the leg. John Jones died from shock and blood loss.

And what of William Kerr? Probably the Goal's most infamous Golfer, renowned for treating the inmates so badly, he was feared. Despite his reputation with the inmates , he was a loyal servant to the Goal and popular amongst the staff of the time. Serving in the Goal from 1871 to 1892, he used to ban prisoners from food, exercise and beat them if he deemed that they had misbehaved. He used to taunt them, banging on doors and whipping them at all times of the day, and jangle the cell keys outside the cells, infuriating inmates. His spirit still seems to linger, and he is commonly seen by staff and guests alike, and previous investigations have recorded the banging on cell doors, commonly associated with the infamous William Kerr. He left the Goal age 57 one day, and vanished. No one knows what happened to him. The Gaoler feared by many just seemed to 'vanish'.

Full use of our paranormal equipment is available throughout the night but we encourage guests to bring along their own camcorders and cameras. Tea and Coffee will be served throughout the night, as NO Supper Buffet is served we encourage you to bring your own snacks. This event is suitable for guests 18 years of age and over. The evening will start with a Introduction from our team, Ghost Walk with our Psychic Medium, Psychic Workshop and an Introduction and equipment demonstration. Our fully experienced paranormal team and medium will be on hand to guide you with paranormal experiments such as seances.

The event will commence at 9pm, please arrive at the venue between 8.45pm and 9.00pm. There is on site parking at the Venue. No food will be served on this event only hot drinks; we therefore encourage you to bring additional snacks for the night. Flat comfortable shoes must be worn on the night and we ask you to bring extra layers of clothing, it can get cold in the venue later on in the night. We encourage you to bring your own cameras and camcorders to use on the night and a torch. The event will draw to a close at 3am.

The evening will draw to a close with a sum up of any activity caught throughout the evening. Full use of our paranormal equipment is available throughout the night but we encourage guests to bring along their own camcorders and cameras. Tea and Coffee will be served throughout the night, as there is NO supper buffet on this event we encourage you to bring your own snacks. This event is suitable for guests 18 years of age and over.