Bodelwyddan
Castle | Paranormal
Investigation | Dead
Haunted Nights |
On
13th May 2006 Mandy & Paul from 'Tribute
To Most Haunted' & 'Paranormal
United' joined Phil Whyman
( Most Haunted & Scream
Team ) via Dead Haunted
Nights for a paranormal investigation
night in Bodelwyddan Castle. Dead
Haunted Nights promo line is ...Do you want
to spend a night in one of this country's most haunted
locations? Do you want one of the best known personalities,
Phil Whyman, in the world of Paranormal
Television to be your host
for the event? Our answer was YES.
So
Let The Coverage Begin .....
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Bodelwyddan
Castle Paranormal Investigation :: |
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The
Toy Room |
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This
room was previously divided into three rooms and acted
as a dormitary while the castle was a school. The room
now contains victorian toys and clothes and is said to
be the host of much paranormal activity |
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Joined
by one of the castle guides, our vigil began with asking
for a response from any spirits who may be present, including
asking for some of the toys or clothes to be moved. Alas
there was no response. Some five minutes later we did
pick up on camcorder what seemed like orbs travelling
across the floor towards one of the display cabinets,
this was followed by my digital camera showing signs of
power failure. (Some five minutes later the camera
worked fine although it was apparent the batteries had
suffered a high power loss.) |
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Our
next attempt in making contact was to sit around one of
the display tables and join hands to combine our energies.
Led by Vince we resumed asking for contact. During this
seance two things occurred. The first was the camcorder
that was locked off a distance away shut down into standby
mode all by itself. On inspection the battery and tape
were ok and the camera worked fine for the rest of the
night. |
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second event occured when Darren asked if 'Molly' was
present. This was a name that had previously been picked
up on a prior investigation. I was sure at this point
someone placed their hand lightly on my shoulder. I must
admit quite an unnerving experience. |
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The
Billiard Room |
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The
billiard room is on the ground floor just off Watts Hall
and it is reported that the apparition of a pair of legs
have been seen in the doorway. |
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Accompanied
by Phil Whyman we took position in the billiard room.
This room has no windows and is kept quite dark during
the day anyway because of the prints that hang around
the walls. Since we could not sit on any of the original
furniture we all sat on the floor, all on different sides
of the room, and turned our torches off making the room
pitch black! |
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When
a light anomoly was seen by the fireplace by Phil &
Darren Mandy chose to move to the other side on the room
some 3 feet from myself. In the darkness she was sure
something touched her top lip just below her nose. I know
it wasn't me who touched her and she later said it seemed
more like a small object tapping her. The source of this
is unknown and there was no further activity in this room. |
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On
inspection of a photo taken within a minute of her being
touched did show what could be an orb ? |
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Another
photo taken on entering the room shows a brighter and
simular anomoly although this one has less definition
and is completely white, more suggestive of dust. Click
Here To See |
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The
Dining Room |
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The
dining room also has been the site of much suggested paranormal
activity. Prior invesigators and mediums have picked up
the presence of a grand lady in a blue/green dress with
brown hair. |
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The
camcorder and camera did seem to pick up small light movements
during our stay in this room but it would be difficult
to accredit anything to this as it was in the area of
a dehumidifier that could not be turned off. |
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Darren
did pick up on an unusual light source near a copper bowel
on the dining room table and captured it on his digital
camera. Phil verfied he had actually seen this too. Attempts
to recreate this where not possible and no natural possible
source could be found. image
courtesy of www.deadhauntednuts.co.uk |
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Library |
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From
the doorway of the Dining Room this photo was taken of
the library. |
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Entrance & Main
Corridor |
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The
entrance hall has perhaps the most gruesome history of
all the building. In 1829, while undergoing major restoration
to the castle, human bones wre discovered. History of
the renovation tells us these were to be rehoused behind
a sculpture on the outside of the building. |
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During
our vigil of the entrance hall nothing was felt or recorded,
although it was quite welcoming to have an area with some
light. |
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The
Main Corridor did give us some interesting photographs
of possible orbs that seemed to pass from the entrance
to the end of the corridor. This, as always, could be
dust but it must be stated these points of interest moved
as a threesome and their movement was not in the flow
of draughts in the corridor. |
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The
Sculpture Room |
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The
Sculpture Room, orginally the drawing room, was perhaps
the most impressive room to view, but turned out to be
the least in reception to the paranormal. The only point
excitement rose was when a light streak was caught on
camcorder. It can be confirmed this was the effect a fly
under night vision has on the less experienced investiagtor.
Vince familiar with such recordings analyised this and
once footage was inspected he was quite correct. |
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The
Cellar |
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The
cellars are very old and those that we investigated are
perhaps the footprint to the original building. One of
the things that remains with items stored in the cellar
is a table marked DANGEROUS! I am unsure if this is the
same table as used in the infamous episode of Most Haunted,
but it brought nothing forward for us. |
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The
highlight of this room for us, was the chance to talk
to Phil Whyman on his methods of investigation and his
personal view on the prescence of mediums during a investigation.
Hopefully with his permission we will expand on this in
the future. |
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night was to conclude with a group vigil in the library,
but with the dawn drawing upon us nothing further can
be reported. |
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