Shepton Mallet Prison - crime, hardship and executions!

In this video, I explore HMP Shepton Mallet. This now disused 16th century Somerset gaol, is home to a horrifying history of criminality, executions and the most deprived of living conditions.
Filmed with DJI Pocket 2 camera
Edited with Filmora
#somerset #explore #history #historical #paranormal #haunted #prison #sheptonmallet

[@beardogetsscared]

I eventually got here. Loving this video. Got it on the tv. Ill be watching more.

[@walkingthewyrd]

Thanks so so much, Beardo! I know you're extremely busy, so it really is massively appreciated!

[@willmcallister8464]

Enjoyed the vid and the great editing. I have my own channel and love visiting run down and deserted historic sites. Good luck with your site & I will sub.

[@julesstone7990]

I have just subbed. Great video. I went there about 2 years ago on a ghost hunt in the evening and I caught a couple of great photos in the dark x

[@walkingthewyrd]

Thank you so much, Jules! It's a fascinating location, and it sounds like it may have been active for you!

[@pbcreative6388]

I really like this, you've done a very good job of editing, producing etc. The camera-work with the DJI Pocket 2 is perfect (I used the the original Pocket 1, which is still good!). You'll soon get 1000 subs at this rate! 👍 (I've already subscribed!)

[@walkingthewyrd]

Thank you for your kind comments! I'm really impressed with the DJI Pocket 2 so far. It seems ideal for a beginner and so much more compact than my previous set up. Thanks again 🙂

[@pbcreative6388]

@@walkingthewyrd I think the videos are really stable with this camera. And it's so tiny! Looking forward to more of your videos. Oh, and you're not a beginner at all, you videos and camera-work are very professional!

[@walkingthewyrd]

​@pbcreative6388 thank you!

[@sarahhartstone6314]

Somewhere I've been meaning to go for years ! Great vid Nic, very atmospheric 👍 x

[@walkingthewyrd]

Thanks Sarah! 🙂 You definitely need to get on down there!

[@paulus894]

Again a very interesting walk. 👍👍👍Oh, and Nic, Old Sarum is also a very nice area to walk around i think, it's a little to far from the Nertherlands to visit. 👍👍👍

[@walkingthewyrd]

I agree - Old Sarum is definitely somewhere I will be filming at soon! Thank you for watching and commenting. 🙂

[@callum7797able]

Great video, I enjoyed it. One comment I will make is that the prison was built in 1610 which makes it a 17th. century not a 16th. century one.

[@walkingthewyrd]

Ah yes, you're absolutely right. I think I've made that mistake a few times, so thank you for correcting me. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@WorldofMrGrey]

Just catching up on your vids. Love this place, alwasy wanted to go there. Did you have the place to yourself? didn't look like anyone was around :)

[@walkingthewyrd]

Yes, it was really, really quiet! I just tipped up on a random Saturday afternoon, and hardly anyone was there. Thanks for taking the time to watch, much appreciated 😊

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I just found u and subbed. Like the video and love the accent.

[@walkingthewyrd]

Thank you and welcome!

[@garindavis1882]

You just popped up in my searches you are very good it won’t be long before you are at 100k

[@walkingthewyrd]

Thank you for your kind comment. Good to hear the youtube algorithm is doing its thing! 😀

[@quartzboye]

Spooky, my ancestors the Strode's are from Shepton Mallet!

[@walkingthewyrd]

You should definitely visit! It's a very spooky place 👻

[@david_v2.1]

Those old prisons are the grimmest of places. Can't imagine having to spend 1 night in the tiniest cell rooms let alone a few weeks or months....the place must have been riddled with cold and damp...and rats too! Abandon hope all ye who enter here 😵‍💫

[@walkingthewyrd]

Definitely very grim! It's almost as if the trauma still lingers in the walls somehow. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@diggmore1362]

I think I could see Albert pierrpoint in the pictures of the exacutioners

[@walkingthewyrd]

You're absolutely spot on! Albert and his uncle Thomas William Pierrepoint carried out the majority of the American executions.

[@seanfrancis3143]

I went to shepton mallet prison today for a self guided tour

[@walkingthewyrd]

I hope you enjoyed it and glad you got to visit before its closure next month.

[@seanfrancis3143]

@@walkingthewyrd yes I heard it's closing next month what are they going to turn it into