Montgomery Town Hall Wales/Shropshire border ghost hunt march 28th 2015

Night- Rain with a bit of wind

The location is situated in a town full of old buildings, a castle and a haunted graveyard. We investigated Montgomery Town Hall. The town hall is on two levels. The lower floor is where we held the Victoriana vigil. The Kitchen is where we had the ouija and we had got in contact with a man called Cecil although throughout the night the mediums kept wanting to say Cedric. Sam had picked up on the man a couple of days prior to the visit and she sensed he played the Banjo and entertained there. The ouija said he was born in 1923 and died in 1969. A man called Edward Barnam was also coming through. In the main lower floor we did table tipping and glass work. The glass and table did not go but the glass did go when returning back to the kitchen by the banjo player. Sam and a guest went to one of the corners of the lower floor room as she was picking up on a Londoner called Jeremiah who was passing by and addressed her by saying ''alright treacle''.She picked up on that he was involved with trade and commerce and was a coal merchant and Montgomery was one of his trade routes. There was a significant temperature drop and would tap on the fire exit door on command and would stay quiet when they was both talking. Sam went outside to check to see if anyone was banging on the door from the outside, but no-one was about.During the first break Sam was outside the front door and she saw a shadow walking from right to left in front of the cafe just down the road. One of the town hall workers said that was the way to the graveyard where a man called Robert Parker who was associated with John Davies who moved into the area from Wrexham in 1821 where he had earn't a living as a Plasterer. John Davies started working locally for a Widow known as Mrs Morris and her daughter Jane on their run down farm in the area. Thanks to John Davies’s hard work and dedication he managed to turn the farm around so that it was making a profit once more. This did not sit well with a local man named Thomas Pearce who had hoped to purchase the farm at a knock down price as it had been making a loss 
To make matters worse Jane Morris had fallen for John Davies due in part to his hard work in turning the family’s fortunes around, the problem was that she was engaged to a local man named Robert Parker. This resulted in Parker and Pearce plotting to get rid of John Davies so they could both pursue their seperate agendas.  Parker and Pearce committed a violent robbery and left evidence at the scene of the crime that implicated Davies, this resulted in him being arrested and charged with the crime which carried the death penalty. 

At the place of his execution, persons claimed to have heard John Davies declare his innocence and pray that God would not allow the grass to grow on his grave for a hundred years as a sign of his innocence.
He was buried in a portion of the churchyard where there had been no previous burials.It is said that no sooner was the noose placed around Davies’s head that a great storm took place and above the noise of the rolling thunder he was heard to say,”If I am innocent, the grass, for one generation at least will not cover my grave”. As the trapdoor was about to open he cursed the two men who had set him up and called upon them to appear before God to account for their crimes.It is also said that one died soon afterwards in a blasting accident and the other died from a wasting disease. As Davies had stated no grass grew on his grave for over 100 years and even to this day the grass is still patchy around his grave site.

It was upstairs where we had the spirit of Cedric/Cecil and Robert during the vigil. Robert is known not to like women, which doesn't come to a surprise since his fiancee fell in love with another man. He kept saying on the ovilus to 'leave' and 'be gone'. A shadow was detected twice by the shadow meter in front of one of the ladies with a different reading indicating two spirits. The motion sensor also kept going off on the first half of the vigil. The chair was also pulled whilst team leader Andy was sat on it. We also heard foorsteps.

During the break Sam and Rachel went upstairs to prepare the mediumship vigil and as it was going to be on the stage, Sam recited a song '' leaning on the lampost'' and the curtains started to moved. 'Is this you Cedric?'' Loud tap on the window. Sam and Rachel checked the window out and it only seemed to make the same noise when from pushed from the inside and not from the outside, ruling out wind. During the vigil Cedric was making one tap for yes and two for no and one of the things he liked was Ale. People was also sensing something in the bar area so Andy and another guest got behind the bar whilst the others was on the stage. Andy then got a breath in his face which smelt of ale.

The SB-7 came up with the words ''Hi' and ''David''.

Montgomery Town Hall was very surprising. It has this feel to it, like there the spirits are there are excited you are coming and you feel this in the air and it proved to be a very interesting night. We cant wait to go back on September 5th :) http://www.prestigeparanormalevents.co.uk

Drakelow Tunnels Ghost Hunt Worcestershire Friday 13th March 2015

Drakelow has been visited by us numerous times and we look forward to it every time we go. The sheer size of the place is a great playground for ghost hunting. 3 miles of underground tunnels and rooms.

Drakelow Tunnels was a shadow factory  during world war two and a shadow factory was an underground factory making plane parts for rover planes for the war effort. Drakelow tunnels was also used as a communications base during the cold war.

Tonight it was a mild night for march, although a little misty.

Two teams- Group 1 and Group 2.

Format of the night:

Vigil 1 Group 1 - Mediumship in canteen and tunnel 4 Group 2 equipment vigil in restricted area

Vigil 2 Group 2 Victoriana in Surgery and womens dorms Group 1 equipment vigil in restricted area

Vigil 3 Group 2 Mediumship in canteen and tunnel 4 Group 1 Victoriana in restricted area.

Vigil 1:  We had a few taps during the vigil by a spirit of a man called Sam. Previous investigations had Sam speak on the Sb-7 spirit box, a box that produces white noise.  Sam had mentioned ''prison'' 47 when he died and murder. He confirmed he was involved in the Lancaster bombers. A man named Dave also came through on a previous investigation on the sb-7 in the surgery confirming he murdered Sam. But more on that later. On this night, Sam had touched some of the guests and spooked a group of ladies. To get a better view of what was going on around us, we all stood with our backs against the wall. Sam stood right in front of the medium and people could make out his silhouette. Our medium also called Sam asked him to move across so others could see him and they did. Later, we went to tunnel 4 where a man called Charles walks up and down. We played the Air raid siren, and we heard Charles footsteps and this light appeared at the end of tunnel 4. Group 2 is accounted for in the restricted area so we was shocked to see this. At the end of the vigil we was just going through the hole in the wall when we hear a drop of something heavy in tunnel 4. It was a plastic cog that belonged to a piece of machinery about 4 inches in diameter. Sam our medium throws the cog down the tunnel asking Charles to throw it. And he did. Group 2 had the spirit of Danny in the restricted area and he set off the shadow meter.Motion sensors also went off on command,

Vigil 2: In the equipment vigil group 1 had the ovilus, and electronic voice box which spirit uses to communicate, and when asking if the spirit could prove that he could see in this time of 2015, it said ''Raining'' and ''umbrella''. one of the party had to leave early due to other commitments and sure enough, outside was no longer misty, but raining. This was by the spirit of a girl called ''Emily' and she came from before the tunnels were built and was with her father. Emily produced a light on the wall and the light almost formed into a full on apparition. With group 2 the Ouija had a lot of personal messages coming through. The table tipping session with first half of group 2 had taps and spirit lights and a moan was heard, but on investigation we could not debunk. The second half of group 2 was amazing. Dave the murderer came through. He said he meant to hurt, but not kill Sam and that it was an accident, but didn't regret what he did as Sam owed him money. He would shunt the table from side to side and almost had it levitating. It did feel like at one point it was gliding on a cushion of air, wheres before it was hard to moved and seemed routed to the ground. Sam did drum her fingers on the table, asking to copy her. 2 mins later he did just that.

Vigil 3: Group 2 was in the canteen this time. After the dowsing, we saw a light against the dining room wall and canteen wall. This has happened before. We did do a hand held seance and saw shadows in the centre of the group and Sam also saw a mans face between Martyn our staff member and another lady called Donna. '' It was ectoplasmic'' said Sam. Sam is a medium who had learned over five years at open circle for 2 years and closed circle for a further 3. Sam get the images mentally usually and a sense of where the energy is standing, but since October 2014,she has been seeing ectoplasmic shapes and mists physically via the eyes, but never a face, so this came to a shock to her. Sam sensed it was a man who was not an officer, but a night watchman. In the time office we heard one footstep by Charles. On the victoriana with Group 1 they had family on the ouija, no table tipping but ball pellets (from when they do paint ball shooting in the day) being thrown at them.

Group vigil at the end RAF area: We had a hand held seance and Danny and a spirit called Derek both Raf personel came into the group. they touched the ladies and the spirit of George, another RAF serviceman made a footstep. A guest also did the Attention, about turn etc and that did help, and we also mentioned it was a memorial day for soldiers in Afghanistan and for living and dead to give respect to the fallen.

All in all it was a great night. Great for lights, great for poltergeist activity, shadows, and almost appearing full on apparitions. We cannot wait to go back here again on August 1st 2015 and hopefully get some more on Sam, Dave, Charles and Emily and Danny. for more information visit http://www.prestigeparanormalevents.co.uk

Newsham Park The Sleepover Ghost Hunt

Newsham Park

Saturday 28^th of December

Dry with the odd drizzle of shower.

First ever we held a sleeping over event here, our 3^rd visit in total.

Areas: Sam Nurses Wing and accomodation Mediumship vigil

Andy Equipment vigil in the school

Martyn and Gemma: Morgue/Chapel and body box room/Seminar room Victoriana vigil.

Group vigil : conservatory (cinema room)

Sleepover area : Ground floor Ward

Gemmas and Martyns vigils were very much of a hit and miss. Some vigils were fantastic, some were quiet and taking a while for the energy to build up. Martyn had on the ouija a family of 7 killed by the plague who were buried underneath Newsham. Gemma had some fantastic body box tipping, spining around 360 degrees very fast, when it tipped right over onto its side. They asked for spirit who was in th body box, and also the porters who pushed it. One time, the body box pinned itself up against one of the female guests up at the wall. The seminar room had slight glass work, and a chair did move on its own.

Andys Vigils in the school proved interesting. Jarod the naughty boy came through on the second vigil and spoke on the sb-7 spirit box and made the k2s flash and the shadow meter picked his shadow up in 3 separate locations. First vigil the k2 meters were playing hide and seek. The noise would eminate in one room, they would folow, k2 in hand and they would go off. Third vigil has k2s flashing and scratching at the door to the fire exit on the second floor on command.

Sam vigils were also good. After dowsing with pendulums and rods over 3 floors, the guests would report back to sam what they got and if any activity occurred. Then they all got dressed up in nurses aprons for the singapore experiment, and conduct a calling out séance in the active areas. First vigil it was the first balcony, with tapping going on above. (we did check on vigil 3 for windows, there was one open, but when shut the noise continued elsewhere) There was also footsteps coming from the stairs and a stone thown too. The spirit causing this was an edwardian man from the school, smartly dresssed with a magnum pi moustache and he dissaplined the kids in the orphanage. There was a female on the dowsing called Enid and also Lauren, two nurses. Sam picked up on Wendy, a nurses that committed suicide, and when speaking of the man who broke her heart, there was a bang on the first floor toilet cubicles. 2 Guests also felt sick on the stairs and some people were being touched. We then proceeded to an upstairs large room, and although we had the odd tap, it was much better on the balcony. Vigil Two was also good. Again stone throwing, tapping above and the above room on the top floor, virtually everyone got touched, another guest felt ill, and sam and a guest next to her felt a tight chest.Charlie a 7 yr old girl who goes round the whole school playing hide and seek, lifted some of the guests arms again. There was also a man called James in th 1940s, leaning up at the doorwat smoking a cigar, and it did go very dark in that doorway too. Dowsing had an Isabell nurse that didnt want us there. Vigil Three, had Dowsing from a 19 year old spirit called Eric. The edwardian man came right onto the balcony and one guest calling out got footsteps in the centre of the group. Stone throw twice as well. On the top floor, we did have a female whine, as well as one of the guests at the doorway being pushed backwards.

During lone vigil time, Sam went to the school with Gemma, and on the top floor some guests came out saying it was active on the top right floor with the glass partitioned room which looked like some kind of pidgeon holes in, they heard banging and scraping. In the ground floor, a team helpers ovilus 3 had k2s going off and it said about a soldier, and also a demon there. (previous reports of demonic forces there concur with a separate issue going back in julys visit, and also octobers)

During the group séance in the conservatory, people saw lights and shadows behind sam. A Table rattled when we asked if it wanted us to stay a couple of times. Foosteps were heard once, as well as a couple of thuds.

Sleeping time, we all wrapped up in our duvets, and stayed in the beds. Empty beds were being pulled about, and Sam and Gemma heard a womans voice in the corridor asking' are you alright' . Everyone was accounted for all in one room, and non sleeping guests had gone home. It was like a replay of time from nurses going round patients. We woke up with double shots of coffee and we left at 9am, ready for the journey home.

Again another good night. No apparition like vigil 2 on the octobers visit in the school, however, it was pretty active again and look forward to our next visit here.

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