Newcastle Keep and blackgate barbican double ghost hunt

On march 30th 2013 we went to Newcastle for not one location, but two. Newcastle Keep and the Blackgate Barbican are right next door to each other. Situated on St Nicholas Street, these two imposing buildings are great to visit in the day time alone.
We started out at the Black Gate Barbican first, setting up the equipment and Paul, the curator of the castle keep show ourselves the around so we would get aquainted with the area. The Barbican is shut for 9 months and open in early 2014, and is currently being restored to an education centre and vistors centre. We was very lucky. We was only the 7th investigation here ever done and was the last ones for this year. The barbican is now a hollow shell, furniture removed, creating this derelict atmosphere to it and rather sad looking. The first floor of the barbican is the oldest part, dating back to the 1200's and has two fireplaces, one being original back to when it was first built, and the other from the 1700's when the additional upper floors was built. This room is all made out of stone and all that is in there are steps leading to a platform, and a large 6ft wooden table.
The second floor is where we pitched out base room. It has a room inside it, which was probably used as an old wash room, when it used to be accomodation for slum dwellings in the 17 and 1800's. This room seemed particulary creepy. The third floor, the Society of Antiquities room had empty shelves and bookcases, it used to house lots of books on the history of Newcastle and they took over the barbican in the late 1800's. This room and the room inside it was very unpleasant. Before the guests arrived, we got in contact with the k2 meters with a girl (which Sam sensed was a 6 year old called Susan), and also an imposing man with a black long coat with tails, going back to 1841 named James.
The final floor has 4 rooms up top, one being an old bathroom and Sam had sensed a elderly lady called Rowena, plus the James being involved with murder, when his stocks and shares crashed and he wanted someone to blame.
The guests arrived and settled down for pre-investigation drinks and we split them into two groups. Group 1 came with Sam in the society of antiquites room on the 3rd floor dowing dowsing and hand held seances, and group 2 had gone with Andy and Pete to the third floor to do ouija board and table tipping. Group two got good table tipping from a 5 year old boy, and group 1 had a guest get touched on the arm  by Susan.
Then we switched. Group 1 went to do the equipment vigil with Andy on the first floor, and Group 2 came with Sam in the Societies room. Sams group had strange experiences with guests hands  floating up during the hand held seance, and they described it as a 'force' pushing their hands upwards, and no possible way they could push them back down again. On the equipment vigil, they had the spirit box working and a man called Mike came through, said his name twice, said there was 5 spirits. so the k2 wre spread across the room and asked mike to ask the othr 4 spirits and himself to stand where the k2's were and all five lit up to red. The last seance group 1 was with the ouija on the top floor and group 2 was doing the equipment on the first floor. On the ouija we had a man called George who said he died aged 35, worked as a castle 'gard' way he spelt it, and was married and was around in Charles II reign. He the proceeded to table tip the table, only slightly rocking it, but still was pretty good. The equipment vigil resulted in the big  table in the centre moving on its own. No-one was even near it and astounded the guests.
The guests had a break, whilst we took everything over the the castle keep. Then we was ready for round two. Paul kindly did a history tour for the guests, showing them and us around the place, as it was our first time here. We had two vigils in the keep, one being the gallery and great hall and kings chamber on the second floor, and the other vigil was on the ground floor in the garrisons room. The gallery proved quite intresting when we got on evp some female saying 'come on' plus tapping heard by the stairs. Automatic handwriting experiment went really well too. In the garrison room, the k2's went off, plus a scratching sound was heard and a whoosh, then a clinking to the  ground. One the guests was taken by surprise as it hit him on the way down. We discovered it was a screw and one screw was missing from the glass display cabinet. We heard huge bangs on the door nearby, dragging sounds coing from the floor above and footsteps coming down the stairs when no-one was there. There was many rooms to explore at the castle keep, but because these rooms we was in was active, we wanted to stay, rather than ship everyone off to another room and miss on the activity and making it into a dull ghost hunt.
So thats what we did, and so glad we stayed in those rooms, as it was such an intense experience, the newcastle keep and barbican are certainly places i would definatly go again and again and again.

Craig y nos castle weekend with ancient ram inn

From nottingham it took about 3 hours for the journey to get there to craig y nos in south wales. In penecoe in the breacon beacons, this castle is situated in picturesque settings. We arrived and checked in. We chose the bridal suite because of its hauntings as it used to be chapel, plus if any of the guests wanted to do a vigil in our room, they could do so. Sam did not feel alone in the bathroom and felt as if she was being watched. The 3 course dinner we had with the guests was sublime. After the 3 course dinner we met up with Holly, she was the castles ghost hunt co-ordinator. Ourselves and the guests had a mediumship walkaround tour with Sam our resident medium. She went first off to the salt cellars which she picked up on a gay spirit and also a shapeshifter. Holly smiled. She had seen the shapeshifter for herself a couple of years ago. 7 ft tall it was she told us. We then went to the derelict areas where th upper floors we had to take the guests in 3 groups at a time. the first group we was in one room and George was  picked up by Sam who said he was friendly. He was as a guest felt him sit inbetween her and Sam and he held the guests hand. We then had a mass group vigil in the theatre and we heard taps and bangs unaccounted for.
We then split up into 3 groups
Salt Cellars: On every single group vigil here there was tapping in the pots and pans room. The low ceiling cellar on two of the groups they were being touched - the men that is. Sam had picked up on the name Bertie and he was a man from the hospital days (when it was residential home in the 1950's) and he had a liason with another man elsewhere. He tapped in response to questions. This was confirmed by Holly on the second break and told us his name is Robert. The third group, the moment Sam said Roberts proper name a stone was thrown.
Theatre Cellars: Petes victoriana vigil had good ouija with family members coming through, and is a known portal in the theatre cellars for this to happen. The table tipping also went fantastic. They played Adelina Patti (an opera singer and owner for 50 years) song she used to sing and later on they all heard her singing beautifully on stage for about 5 seconds.
The Derelict Areas: many rooms to explore and two floors. The equipment vigil was held here and there was a little girl who had made her presence known on the k2s. She started to affect one of the groups and making them cry for no reason. In the end it got so bad, a staff member said ' right you must step away now as this is no good for our guests' and immeadiatly afterwards they heard running footsteps and the little girl was heard crying.
After the vigils most guests retired to thier rooms but three guests, Sam the medium and Holly braved it by sleeping in the derelict areas. The beds that were there looked like they had been around in the 1970's and although they were clean-ish, they still smelt of mushrooms lol. During that sleepover they heard men talking in the corridor. they knew it was not staff or guests as there is a keypad to access the derelict floors to get in.
The morning was supplied by a full english breakfast and ceareals and  muffins.
All in all craig y nos was brilliant. its size, the way th vigils are non contaminated as the areas are so far apart, its amazing and will be booking it as a regular.

Ancient Ram Inn
From Craig y Nos we headed east to the ancient ram inn in gloucstershire for our second night of ghost hunting. It was our fourth visit and John was as gracious and helpful and welcoming as ever.
Tierd from the night before, but undettered, we carried on and did the ghost hunt and we had some cracking activity.
The barn provided a loud bang on the table in on vigil when we challenged skuse the highwayman and we asked if the militia caught up with him. Also in the barn we had a misty apparition of Rosie one of the children and it resulted in cheers and claps afterwards.
The Witches room had  the door opening on its own with Charles Lancery, the priest that murdered his daughter Rosie in 1290. That happened several times. Also the k2s went off when Charles wouldnt allow any other spirit to come into the room and Sam had to push him back to make this happen. The k2s all flashed when she did this and then we had a great k2 conversation with Mary Gibbons, the high priestess who on previous visits tends to be a show off and also has made her presence know with her voice, and the k2s and doors slamming in the bar. The Bishops  room was home to many cold spots and we had a fantastic time with the dowsing and getting hold of skuse again.

It was a great night at the Ram. John was flirty as ever, especially  with our staff member Gemma. Much as she tried bless her, she couldnt get away lol.

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Guys cliffe house ghost hunt log

August 20th 2011 1. Visit with myself, my sister, and another paranormal group on a private ghost hunt. 2. First vigil was in the chapel. A medium with the other group sensed a spirit they have been in contact with many times before, 'old cloggs' a scribe that documented the goings on at guys cliffe back in the 1400/1500's 3. I sensed a man in my minds eye in front of me who was a monk called Abraham and he did not like the ladies. All i sensed was his face, in front of mine, in the darkness with an angry look. He made taps on command when asked. 4. A man who had passed away two weeks prior was one of the last boys to reside at guys cliffe when they was evacuated in the second world war. He made a whistle which was captured on my evp (dictaphone)machine. 5. Second vigil we was in the Coach House. The other paranormal group had been here many times and greeted 'Jacob' like a long lost friend. Jacob, who is in his 30's had a mindset of a 14 year old, and he loved the ladies. He touched myself and my sister on the head. I took out my hair slide, put it in the centre of the circle where we was all sitting and we all held hands to call out and i said he could keep it if he would show himself. after 5 mins, we could all see a hand in the darkness. although it was dark, you could still see it as it had a slight glow to it, ever so faint but you still make it out and then his master returned (sensed by another medium) and he disappeared, as this master was strict and used to beat him. 6. Third vigil we had was world war two rooms. We was on the ouija board, and got a man called Aleister crowley on the board. He was known as the 'wickedest man in britain ' in his day and used to have a cult. He answered a few questions, like his mother used to want a girl and called him alice when growing up, then he left the board after that. 7.fourth vigil was in the cellar. A friend in the other paranormal group had kept this secret as to who was in there, in the hope i would sense who it was. Everyone in thier group was sniggering and they all said they had run ins with this spirit. I went in with them, and i sensed a man brutally murdering a little boy aged 3-4 years of age in the corner, like a replay of time being played out to me. I also sensed a lady being raped and having this child as a result of this. I got the mans name of 'Johnathan' and knew i wasnt alone and that he was in there with me. I got stroked on the neck and a tug on the hair and a stroke on the leg. I didnt stay in there very long. I was told after this vigil, by the other group that one of them was a attacked and when i got home, he posted me over the pic of him on facebook with a bloodshot eye where he poked him. 8. the fifth vigil we was in one of the upstairs rooms above the chapel. It looked like a normal conference room, however, me and a medium sensed a 12 year olf girl in there who wanted to play. so i gave her some of the marbles i had. asking her if she wanted them, we all heard a little wail in the room like she was trying to speak. March 17th 2012. 1.This was a public event we had with our guests.There was a mixture. a group of ladies, a group of young men around 20 years of age, and a group of serious ghost hunters. 2. Mediumship walkaround, I was going round telling everyone (they was all together the guests at the time) the spirits i was picking up. In the restricted area, i sensed aleister crowley, a man who looked around 40 with a white robe on and knew he was him and not a man of the cloth as he was introducing himself with his name. The restricted area is part of the house we are allowed to go in. the vast majority of it was destroyed by fire when shooting a sherlock holmes programme. The area houses one large room, which then leads into a corridor which splits off into two further rooms. one to the left with a solitary wooden chair in, the one to the right leads down 6 steps into the game larder. I proceeded to tell everyone who i picked up, and after this left the area with the guests followng behind me to the next area. One of the young mens group was guffawing in the fact that spirits dont exist and how he was a complete sceptic and that Aleister if he did exist was a 'wuss'. Aleister must have over heard as the next thing, he pushed the man from the corridor part into the game larder down six steps. None of the other guests were in arms shot of him and he was left completly dumbfounded as to what had gone on. 3. First vigil was with me in the chapel and a bunch of ladies. We had some great taps again from Abraham the monk, however, he tapped that he wanted us to leave, as he felt that ladies should not be in the chapel. At the end of the vigil, we was about to leave, and noticed that he locked us in. It was very frightening to be locked in and took a few attempts to unbolt the door to get us to leave the room. 4. The next vigil was with myself and the group of boys in the coach house. The same chap who was pushed in this group, and he told me at this point, that the earlier vigil with my husband in the restricted area (when i was being locked in the chapel) the k2 meters which detect emf fields that spirits are supposed to give off, went off. Based on questions of yes no answers and to move to the k2 meter for a yes and step away for a no answer, they discovered it was indeed aleister crowley and when they all called their name in turn to see who aleister had a grudge against and when it came to the gentleman who rubbished aleister crowley and spirits and was pushed, they k2 meters all flashed in response. That vigil in the coach house with me and the boys we had taps from knights templars. We know they are knights templars that still reside there as there is an original coiffer in the coach house which was found in one of the caves nearby that they carried. 5. I had a wander around during lone vigil time and went into one of the caves. there are two caves, guys cave, and also what i call the temple cave, as it has pillars inside. I had two sensations whilst i was there. One i sensed that it was an managerie and also sensed a monkey, which was confirmed by Adrian the curator as correct. Samueal Greatheed owed guys cliffe house for a while and he did indeed have an managerie. The second sense that i saw was not as pleasant. I saw a young girl in the centre, with 12 men all in robes and i got the sense of the time of aleister crowley period. she was very scared, and i saw them slit her front of her throat in the shape of a cross, as if they was tryiing to justify what they was doing was ok. I was completly alone at this point and wasnt liking what i was getting, although it was a replay of time i was seeing, i still feel aleister crowley was prompting that scene from the background. 6. I wanted to go into the cellar, after the last experience though i was scared. so stayed by the entrance. I sensed that johnathan the rapist/murderer was a heavy man for samuel greatheed. A debt collector, and also to serve overseas to ensure the sugar plantations were being worked properly. I also got the sense Johnathan was a heavy drinker,(see photo ive attached that i drew.)I heard a scream coming from the restricted area next door. One of the girls from the ladies group ran out screaming. She had seen in the corridor a full on apparition of a french soldier with a peg leg. This is a true fact, there was indeed a french soldier there and he has been sensed many times by mediums. 7. The final group myself and andy was in the room next to the game larder in the restricted area. This group was a mixed group of men and women, and serious ghost hunters. We had the k2 meters in the center of the group. Aleister crowley made himself known again with the walk towards the k2 for a yes move away for a no and he had respect for us and the group. We had some really good questions he was happy to answer. The fact he had a cult, he had members that carried out duties for him, he wasnt treated right as a child, and that he was misunderstood. 8.We continued the vigil in the game larder. i sensed the french soldier and Aleister crowley. The k2s flashed in response to the fact he wanted one of the men to sit on the stairs which he did, then we all heard, 'step, clunk, step, clunk'. the pegged leg soldier we all gasped. Even Adrian the curator was impressed as he was with us. We got a peice of equipment we call the shadow meter which measures light intensity in lux and can detect shadows in a dark room. We picked up a shadow on the stairs.I sensed it was aleister. asked him to stay where he was and we got that he was about 5ft 6 or so. We asked him to leave the stairs, the reading on the shadow meter went back to zero. we asked him to come back on the stairs again, and the shadow meter registered with the same intensity. We asked him to move to one corner of the room, the reading went to zero on the stairs, and upon reaching one of the corners, he was picked up again, emitting the same intensity. When we got back, one of the guests posted us an evp recording he got on his phone.It was in the caves, everyone was talking and you hear a scream of ' get out!' but yet no-one had heard it and the talking just simply carried on as if nothing had happened. All in all it a was a great and yet frightening night.
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Craig y nos sleepover

Prestige paranormal are looking forward to visiting craig y nos sleepover meal and ghost hunt and breakfast event on friday 8th of march 2013. we cannot wait to visit this sell out event with our guests and should be good fun.
We have other events in wales such as margam castle on fri 26th of april,
To visit just come ot our webste http://www.prestigeparanormalevents.co.uk and click for more details on how you ca see this very haunted and gothic looking location

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!

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)

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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