The Ouija Brothers
Despite calling their 2020 visit to Shepton Mallet prison one of the scariest investigations they'd ever done, Ste and Griff returned to the now-abandoned prison in Somerset. The duo were invited back to the prison by paranormal events company, Haunted Happenings for a five-hour-long paranormal investigation. They shared their very active second investigation of the prison on their YouTube channel, The Ouija Brothers. The grade II listed prison, also known as Cornhill was the oldest operating prison in the UK when it closed in 2013. At this time it was home to almost 200 inmates serving the final years of their life sentences, now the empty buildings are better known for their ghostly inhabitants. Dating back to 1625, the prison has a pretty grim past. Originally men, women and children were packed into Shepton Mallet together, apparently in dreadful conditions. The cells held debtors, thieves, vagrants and people with mental health disorders. Poor amenities and primitive sanitation led to frequent outbreaks of ulcers, jaundice, asthma and venereal diseases.