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By 1908, the cage was no longer used to detain people, though the exact reason is unclear.

Even so, the structure still stood.

Locals began to believe that spirits roamed the building and even wondered whether the town itself was cursed.

That speculation grew even stronger in 1920.

A local man, Charles Booker, was digging for sand at his property on Mill Street when he unearthed two skeletons.

Because the remains were lying in a north-south position, Charles believed that the two skeletons belonged to that of Ursula Kemp and Elizabeth Bennett.

He built a fence around the burial sites and charged people to come view them, even printing and selling postcards with photos of the skeletons.

Shortly after starting this grim business venture, Charles' cottage burned to the ground.

Many locals blamed the witch's souls for cursing Charles.

However, his grandson Paul later told a local paper he believed his grandfather accidentally started the fire after knocking over an oil lamp while drinking.

Either way, the skeletons were reburied for 30 years, only to later be excavated and sold to the Boscastle Museum of Witches.

Eventually, one of Britain's top osteoarcheologists examined one of the skeletons and determined that they most likely belonged to a 25-year-old male and not Ursula Kemp.

Despite this, myths of witchcraft and curses remained strong in St.

Ossith, especially around the place where the accused women suffered the most, the cage.

In 1970, the cage underwent major reconstruction.

The single room was connected to the building next to it and a second story was added.

The infamous jail was transformed into a two-bedroom home with a kitchen, dining room, living room, and doorway leading to a second floor.

In the decades that followed, the home became a revolving door of residence, with no one staying longer than four years.

But that all changed in 2004 when Vanessa Mitchell moved into the home.

Now, Vanessa had grown up in St.