Thursday, 14 February 2013

Stanley Palace Ghost Hunt Blog

Stanley Palace has been visited twice by Prestige Paranormal. Here is an account of those two events which took place in May of 2012 and also October Halloween Weekend 2012.

May 2012, We all got there at around 6.30pm and it was still light. We met Dennis the curator of the building and he proceeded to show us around. Dennis and Sam was upstairs in the long room, discussing the keys and which ones were used to lock up, access to the cellars etc when they both saw a full apparition of a man walking from the right to left and through the wall which leads into the courtyard centre.
When the guests arrived we all settled down for the welcome meeting and briefing. Sam sensed a few spirits on the mediumship walkaround. One was a lady in green in the Queen Anne Room. Again in the same room she sensed a Monk as well. In the upstairs room she sensed an accountant called Henry.
The vigils began and the Queen Anne Room we had great taps and also k2 readings. We had a k2 conversation with the monk and the light intensity meter detected the shadow.
With the upstairs room the bangs and taps and the k2s going off in response to Henry the accountant was brilliant. In the courtyard, which by the way is surrounded by the building and next door wall and no way accessible from the public and the main road, provides us seclusion to do a vigil. Calling out provided a stone from nowhere just dropping onto the floor. A shadow was seen in the alleyway in the courtyard also. It was a great night and everyone enjoyed themselves.

October 2012 Halloween weekend. We started later this event and at set up alone we was getting huge bangs and chairs being dragged upstairs. Sam and Pete were in the courtyard and Sam felt her lips being kissed and go all tingly and Pete had his foot stamped on by a spirit called Richmond in his 40s' and he was neither a royalist or paliamentarian. In the Queen Anne room we dowsed and got the old man that is supposed to haunted building called George and he showed himself as an apparition in the window to us and the 9 guests that was with us! The window other side leads to the courtyard which is completly sealed off from the public and baffled us when he would only respond to one male guest when he asked him to go brighter - which he did and duller, which he did on command. Then the upstairs got some great k2 action by the accountant Henry again. He also made some superb banging sounds upstairs when asked with much encouragement and cheering from us.
When everyone had left and we was packing up we had loaded everything into the car and then suddenly we heard dragging sounds up above just as we was locking up and it resulted in a private staff ghost hunt vigil for half an hour. We heard more dragging sounds as well as loud bangs. Stanly palace all in all is a fantastic place. It is not as big as the like of Drakelow Tunnels or Landguard fort, but it sure is very very active and cannot wait to visit this place again!

Monday, 11 February 2013

Ghost Hunting at the Famous Ancient Ram Inn Gloucestershire

January 19th 2013 investigation at the Ancient Ram Inn in Gloucestershire. We had high expectations again for this venue, simply because of the last two visits. What with k2 meters going off, light bulb appearing from nowhere, being attacked in the barn and pushed to the floor, and also being grabbed by the head on one visit. As well as light streaks, and taps and door opening and closing and voices being heard.
John Humphries the owner on arrival was as gracious as ever. Armed with a bag of popcorn (whicch is his favorite) he welcomed us in and proceeded to tell us the stories of his encounters with spirit.
John Humphries is 85 years of age and have lived in the ram in for years. There is an incubus and sucubus that resides there as well as many other spirits.
Unravlling the spirits that live there is a mediums nightmare. Sam explains that its very much like peeling layers of an onion through time and trying to piece together the sequence of events throughout the history of the land and building and what spirit goes in what time period and what the place was used for during that given time.
We had our welcome meeting and drinks as per the usual, and then Sam took everyone on the mediumship walkaround. The bar is home to a spirit called Mary Gibbons, a high preistess who conducted dark magic and on past occasions we have heard her voice. This did no disappoint on the January's visit, when sam was calling out in the barn, you hear her say 'hello' and was captured on camcorder. There was another spirit that goes from the barn to the bar called Charles Lancery. He is a priest who in 1290, had a 7 year old illigitimate daughter called Rosie and murdered her when rumours started to spread she was his and she all of a sudden 'disappeared'. On the night in the bar a new spirit, another priest called William was felt close by to one of the guests, Sam felt her energy being drained by him and a stool near the entrance of the tunnel in the fireplace moved. It moved whilst someone was sat on it! The door shut on its own when mentioning Mary Gibbons and whether she regretted sacrificing people. Upon checking,John was sat in his living room watching tv and no way he could have gone up that quick to shut the door and go bac to sit down again.
In the Barn it was very very cold, glass work went very well, and one of the guests wanted a personal experience and because of the violent activity in the past, he wanted something to happen to him and he froze solid for a while unable to move. Be careful what you ask for in this place as you just might get it! The Witches room had some good k2 action going off and light anomalies captured on camcorder. Also a disembodied breath heard which was female between a guest and Sams ear. In the Bishops room we had good activity also. the light intensity meter picking up on a shadow on the third bed nearest the window. The toilet light turning itself on, the door rattling and also the wardrobe door rattling when it was locked. The Attic there was some strange bangs heard that sounded far away and when asked if it could do that again it did on several occasions. The Ouija board there was a little boy called Thomas who played with Rosie and was the same age. (Thomas and another girl called Cassie come from the pagan buriel ground before Rosies death in 1290). We did not have activity from Charles Lancery and Tom the Innkeeper this time, but had a cracking night again, despite the snow outside.
We are here for 4 dates this year
Saturday March 9th 2013
Saturday June 1st 2013
Saturday August 17th 2013
Wednesday 30th October 2013
At present we are full on the first two dates, but the latter two are still available at the time of writing this (12/02/13)
So if you want to come and join us, visit http://www.prestigeparanormalevents.co.uk

Friday, 8 February 2013

Harwich Redoubt Fort Ghost Hunt in Essex

Harwich first visit by us was on Friday the 13th of April 2012. We got in contact with a spirit called Pete who was a home guard there. He was fantastic with the table tipping and glass divination. Then at Midnight, Andy sensed it was shift change time and at that point there was footsteps on the stairs, orbs seen on camera and a disembodied breath. After this time Pete the spirit never came again. We ended up going into the Moat (which by the way does not no longer have water in) and called out and the k2 meters flashed to red. The ladies in the group all of a sudden felt stomach pains. Then white mists were seen.
The second visit we went on October 13th 2012. In the presentation room I sensed a male monk who was slaughtered during the dissolution of the monesteries and was confirmed that there was indeed a monestery there prior. Also in that room was a man who would not make his aquaintance with me, but he would readily touch the ladies legs including my own and we could all smelt pipe smoke. Every vigil I took which there was 3 groups during the evening, they could all smell the pipe smoke. In the dormitories beds next door, there was tapping sounds and dowsing rods confirmed a murderer in the vacinity. In the cells right at the very back room (near the moat), waynes vigil with the ouija board had some strange effects. the ladies were feeling stomah pains again, just like the first ghost hunt. Then after this point in the equipment vigil, the k2 meters were going off again by the spirit of a 13 year old girl who was pregnant and slaughtered for 'evil' and just left to rot where the north side of the moat was. We also heard in the moat tapping noises, as well as the shadow meter picking up a spirit holding someones hand. At the very end of the night, i was incontact with someone i sensed in the moat who visited a gentleman called frank who was imprisioned in the cells and that Frank was a bit of a bruiser. Franks was clearly not willing to share information like his girlfriend, as his sighs were heard in the moat with the supersound hearing enhancers. At the end, Andy said well Frank, can you do something spectacular and we will leave then. At that given moment, a light ball around the size of a football came flying across our heads about 30 meters high and it had a golden trail to it. It left everyone dumbfounded. I do truely believe that Harwich Redoubt Fort is haunted, and we are visiting there again on March 2nd 2013 and also September the 14th 2013 and look forward to seeing what we can get this time. http://www.prestigeparanormalevents.co.uk to book tickets