On Sunday 12th September 2010 Paranormal United are proud to welcome back to Bridgnorth renowned paranormal investigator Phil Whyman from Living TV’s Scream Team, Most Haunted and Most Haunted Live. Phil and members of his Dead Haunted Nights Team will lead 24 members of the public through an overnight paranormal investigation of the Woodberry Down, Bridgnorth.
There have many disturbances and strange activity reported at Woodberry over the years, particularly recently as the refurbishment has been ongoing. So they hope for a very interesting night.
Phil last visited Bridgnorth in 2008 when he ran a paranormal investigation of ‘The Theatre On The Steps’ as the finale to the Bridgnorth Music Festival. Phil has most recently been involved with the ‘The Great Unexplained Debate’ – alongside Karl Beattie, Most Haunted Live at Morecambe Winter Gardens and runs Dead Haunted Nights taking the public on Paranormal Investigations in some of the most haunted locations in the UK.
Tickets are available to take part in this event via the Woodberry Down Website but there are very limited numbers available and with the chance to take part in the investigation with such a renowned paranormal investigator they are expected to sell out very quickly.
A mysterious moving pint glass has been captured on CCTV at the New Inn in Gloucester, which has a reputation for hauntings.
A catalogue of unexplained activity at a Gloucester pub has prompted the Gloucester Active Paranormal Society to investigate.
It’s claimed that a series of unexplained happenings have occurred at The New Inn in the space of a week, including the sound of ghostly footsteps, rattling doors and even a pint of beer mysteriously lifting itself off a table and on to the floor.
The building in Northgate Street is a bar and hotel, and dates back to the 14th Century.
It was originally built to house pilgrims visiting the shrine of King Edward II at nearby Gloucester Cathedral, and is described as having the finest example of a medieval gallery in Britain.
Lyn Cinderey from the Gloucester Active Paranormal Society (GAPS) was in the bar at the time of the ‘moving pint’ incident, taking part in a pub quiz.
“The quiz night was absolutely amazing,” she said.
“There were a few people in the bar, and four people saw this glass – a full pint – just lift up and fall on the floor. The glass didn’t even break.
“The rest of us looked around and heard the thud. We just couldn’t believe it. It was right there in the middle of the quiz.
“I’ve been investigating this [reputedly haunted] building for a long time and I’ve never known it so active.
“Activity has risen since 1 February when new managers, Mark and Samantha, arrived. Their daughter has been talking to a young girl – there is reputedly a young spirit girl there.”
Lyn claims other strange happenings have happened recently.
“One of the bar staff has heard footsteps in the cellar when he’s been clearing up with nobody else there, and staff have also heard the exit door rattle in the restaurant.
“Another of the bar staff claims that when he’s been clearing up he’s felt a cold spot and he’s been chilled all over. It’s absolutely fantastic,” said Lyn.
On another occasion the pub managers’ pet has even been spooked.
“Samantha’s dog was eating his food in his bowl the other night and the bowl just turned itself over.
“The dog ran over to the other side of the room and just stared at his bowl and wouldn’t go near it the rest of the night.
“My friend also stayed there and she was watching TV when it suddenly went off.
“She went to look and the plug was half way out of the socket and yet it was firmly in before.”
There have also been reports of keys going missing.
Lyn Cinderey is now planning to do an overnight investigation, with a team of people from GAPS.
They will carry out temperature readings, use dictaphones to do EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) recordings, record anything that might be there with camcorders, and take pictures.
“We’ll hopefully get to the bottom of what exactly is going on,” said Lyn.
The first teaser trailer for the sequel to last October’s surprise low-budget blockbuster, Paranormal Activity, was released at screenings of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Shot in a similar style, this footage features the same security camera footage catching spooky images when no one is looking.
The budget is bigger this go-round since the original film, which cost only $15,000 to make, earned $193 million worldwide.
The storyline for the follow-up remains a secret and this eerie one-minute trailer gives no specific information about the plot of this supernatural tale. It shows objects moving on their own, a vanishing babe, and flying body. Apparently actors who originally played the haunted couple, Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, will return.
Complaints that the Paranormal Activity 2 trailer is too scary for young kids prompted the Cinemark theater chain in Texas to pull it, according to trade publication Variety. Some have suggested there are hidden voices and imagery. No doubt, this has increased views of the trailer online.
Supposedly tremendous word-of-mouth on the internet triggered the campaign, demanding that the first Paranormal Activity open in cities throughout the US, when it was originally scheduled for a select release.
The sequel hits North American theaters on October 22, 2010.
Could this be evidence of ghosts in a Shropshire castle?
Video journalist James Shaw spent an evening at Whittington Castle, near Oswestry, with ghosthunting group Dead Haunted Nights, run by Phil Whyman, from Living TV’s Most Haunted.
And he found evidence that ghosts may – or may not – exist.
One of the most compelling pieces of footage is a light that travels across a landing and appears to disappear into a wall.
The shape appears to change as it moves across the screen and was only discovered when the tape was being reviewed.
The group also heard stone-throwing noises as it attempted to contact spirits near an old dungeon.
So could our video reveal more about the existence of ghosts or has the light really been playing tricks?
On the 25th June 2010 Yvette Fielding announced on the Antix Productions website that she was leaving Living TV’s Most Haunted, to move on to other projects.
Here at Paranormal United we wish her all the best in her future endeavours, it’s been a fun 10 years and we look forward to seeing her at Morecambe Winter Gardens on 24th July 2010. At the time of writing tickets are still available for this exclusive event at Morecambe.
Please feel free to leave your thoughts and comments.
DEAD HAUNTED PRESENT
AN EXCLUSIVE, UNIQUE AND VERY SPECIAL EVENT
YOU’VE SEEN THE SHOW.
NOW YOU CAN INVESTIGATE ALONGSIDE ITS STARS!
**THE ONLY TIME THE TEAM WILL BE APPEARING LIVE TOGETHER THIS YEAR OUTSIDE OF THE ‘MOST HAUNTED-LIVE’ SHOWS**
A NIGHT WITH
As seen on ‘Most Haunted LIVE – 8 Faces of Evil‘, October 2009
at
MORECAMBE WINTER GARDENS THEATRE, Lancs
WITH
PHIL WHYMAN and
The DEAD HAUNTED Team FOR A TRULY UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT
YVETTE FIELDING
KARL BEATTIE
CATH HOWE
FRED BATT
In what could possibly be YOUR ONLY EVER OPPORTUNITY, you can join the Most Haunted team for a night to remember, at the scene of the 2009 Halloween ‘8 Faces of Evil – LIVE’ event; MORECAMBE WINTER GARDENS THEATRE, in Lancashire.
*LIMITED NUMBERS*
Ever since Yvette Fielding and the ‘Most Haunted’ team hit our screens way back in 2002 the show has become a world wide phenomenon, amassing a huge following of paranormal enthusiasts. The show has gone from strength to strength, with more and more people eager to see what Yvette, Karl, Cath and the rest of the team will encounter!
The series has also spawned numerous successful ‘Most Haunted – LIVE’ broadcasts, which have taken followers all over the world in search of the paranormal, where Yvette and the regular team are joined by demonologist Fred Batt and others; Fred Batt is also joining us for this fantastic event.
DONT FORGET, THIS IS NOT JUST A SIT IN THE AUDIENCE EVENT…YOU WILL BE TAKING PART IN EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATING WITH THE MOST HAUNTED TEAM MEMBERS!
A 15-year-old mystery surrounding a photograph which supposedly showed the ghost of a schoolgirl standing in an inferno has been resolved, after a researcher found the image is copied from a postcard.
A street scene postcard from the 1920's taken in Wem, Shropshire by M. Audin-Wood
Amateur photographer Tony O’Rahilly took the snap while photographing a blaze which destroyed Wem Town Hall in Shropshire on November 19, 1995.
After developing his film, Mr O’Rahilly claimed he had captured an image of a young girl wearing old fashioned clothes standing amid the flames staring into the camera lens.
Locals even claimed it was an apparition of 14-year-old Jane Churm who accidentally set fire to the town hall in 1677.
But eagle-eyed Brian Lear, 77, has finally put an end to the mystery after he noticed a striking similarity between the spooky shot and a girl in a postcard which appeared in his local paper.
The postcard, printed in the Shropshire Star’s Pictures from the Past section, shows a street view of Wem in 1922.
A young girl standing in a shop doorway on the left handside of the picture bares an uncanny resemblance to the Wem Ghost.
Mr Lear, a retired engineer and taxi driver, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, said: ”It is interesting to compare the two pictures.
”I was intrigued to find that she bore a striking likeness to the little girl featured as the Wem ghost.
”Her dress and headgear appear to be identical.”
The ‘Wem Ghost’ led to a plaque being placed on the newly built town hall and Wem was briefly renamed ‘Ghost Town’ attracting hundreds of tourists every year.
The Globe Inn Ludlow is reputedly haunted by Edward Dobson, a Tudor soldier garrisoned at Ludlow Castle. He died in a pub brawl circa 1553 and his ghost now appears hovering over the spot where he fell. The apparition is described as wearing a cloak and a wig.
A Birmingham business man staying at the Globe Inn also met a figure on the second story around 2.00am. He wished the figure goodnight. The next day he discovered that no other guests were staying at the Inn and nobody knew who this figure was.
