Nightmarks in Cornwall
5 nightmarks documented
Ghosts & Hauntings
The Executed Spirits of Bodmin Jail
Bodmin Jail, Bodmin, England·1779
A Georgian prison where fifty were publicly hanged — visitors feel phantom nooses and hear children crying in empty cells.
Folklore & Legends
The Black Dog of Linkinhorne Parish, Cornwall
Linkinhorne, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England
On lonely Bodmin Moor, a spectral hound patrols the ancient corpse roads of Linkinhorne — a guide for souls on their final journey.
Folklore & Legends
The Phantom Hound of St. Teath, Cornwall
St. Teath, Cornwall, England
A spectral hound guards something buried near St. Teath's church. Stones pass through its body, and it cannot be driven away.
Folklore & Legends
The Dando Dogs and Phantom Hounds of Cornwall
Cornwall, England
Cornwall's Dando Dogs — a pack of hellhounds led by a damned priest — have been heard baying across Bodmin Moor on wild nights for centuries.
Cryptids
Beast of Bodmin Moor — Cornwall, England (1983–present)
Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England·1983
A phantom panther stalks Cornwall's granite moorland. A government investigation found no proof — then a leopard skull turned up on the riverbank.