Back in September 2010 Paranormal United began discussions with Valley FM, the Bridgnorth Community Radio, to conduct a paranormal investigation of a historic building.

The name that came up was one of the oldest buildings in Bridgnorth, Bishop Percy’s House, built in 1580 it’s last inhabitants were the Bridgnorth Boys Club in 2003 and to our knowledge never investigated despite its reputation as one of Bridgnorth’s most haunted buildings.

The timber framed building was built in 1580 by Richard Forester, a local haulage contractor who wanted a commercial property and home next to the River Severn at the base of the Cartway in Bridgnorth.

The property is now called Bishop Percy’s House because Thomas Percy was born there on 13th April 1729. Percy went on to be the chaplain to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and later to become Bishop of Dromore in Ireland. One of the lesser known historical facts of the property is it is built around a Stone Stair Tower that dates back to the 1400′s and has one of the oldest elaborate fireplaces of this period still in place.

Using various contacts including local planning consultant Mike Harris and local author Simon Golding we finally got permission to investigate the building, and a date was set of Saturday 15th October 2010. With such a opportunity we were quick to call in the assistance of our friend and mentor Phil Whyman and the rest of the Dead Haunted Nights teamleaders.

The investigation turned out to reveal some interesting results including unexplained dark shadows, red light anomolies or orbs visible with the naked eye, unexplained EMF readings and information from our medium Kevin Crowe that would have been difficult to research in advance.

Here is the first two installments of the footage taken by Valley FM.

Our thanks go out to Clive, Nikki and the techo magician John from Valley FM, Simon and Mike all their help and information and to Jamie who allowed us access to this amazing property.

To Phil Whyman, Sara Whyman and all the Dead Haunted team cheers guys and gals

Want to join Phil & the DHN team for a Paranormal Investigation ? Visit Phil Whymans Dead Haunted Nights for a list of public investigations.

Listen to Phil Whyman’s Podcast relating to this investigation

On 10th February 2007 Mandy & Paul from ‘Paranormal United’ joined Phil Whyman ( Most Haunted & Scream Team ) via Dead Haunted Nights for a paranormal investigation night in Margam 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 …..

Prelude To Margam Castle Paranormal Investigation::

Margam Castle is a Tudor gothic mansion located near Neath, Port Talbot. It was commissioned by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, designed by architect Thomas Hopper and built in between 1830 and 1840.
The Talbot family owned the property until just after the outbreak of the war in 1939 and was brought in 1942 by Sir David Evans-Devan the owner of Vale of Neath Brewery although he never actually lived in the premises. With no occupants from 1942 the building fell to ruin and became an empty shell. It was not until 1973 that Glamorgan County Council purchased the estate and began the renovation of the estate. The castle was the last of their priorities so little work was done on its renovation. In June 1977 a fire totally gutted the interior of the castle leaving just the masonry shell intact. From August 1977 a restoration programme began replacing fire areas and a new roof, with the magnificent entrance hall and stairways getting the main attention.
The buildings North wing now exists as a Field Study Centre and the only areas open to the public are some of the ground floor rooms, entrance hall and bottom of the stairway. The upper floors are still accessible and the first floor consists of sheet wooden flooring sitting on new timber joists, some of which is very unsafe.

The gallery is popular with paranormal enthusiasts, especially due to the coverage by Living TV’s Most Haunted.

After a tour by ‘light’ of Margam Castle by an employee of the Galleries, we started our investigation.

Equipment Used

Pentax Optio S55 5.0 megapixel digital camera, HP Photosmart R717 6.2 megapixel digital camera, KII EMF Meter, & Sony Video 8 Camcorder.

Conditions

Heavy rain which leaked into many areas of the building. First floor was constructed of sheet timber so the noise of movement was loud and echoed. Light from the ground floor could be seen on the first floor through cracks around the edges of the floor.

Investigation Format

45 minutes sessions. Teams of 8 people

 Margam Castle Paranormal Investigation 

Nursery and Adjoining Rooms On The First Floor. Teamleader : Vince Draper

Mandy and I started in a corridor leading to the nursery by a spiral staircase that led to the tower. (The tower was not accessible due to insurance issues.) Nothing could be reported, all sounds heard and drafts felt were down to the weather conditions.
We joined the rest of the team including medium Tracy Higgs to carry out a séance in the nursery. Prompted by the tour of the property we tried to assess what song was associated with the room, the teams original thoughts was ‘Ring A Ring Of Roses’ however this was to be replaced with ‘Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush’ and this was confirmed by Tracey Higgs. (The origin of this nursery rhyme was Wakefield Prison sung as the inmates danced around a Mulberry Bush).
The medium also picked up on two other presences. The first a lady with a high collar she identified as Emily, was this Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, the daughter of Christopher Rice Mansell Talbot, who inherited Margam in 1876. The second was that of a child.

Stairwell and Two Ground Floor Rooms. Teamleader : Tracy Phillips

We started in the back room of the two on the ground floor. There were some old items placed there including a cot and mangle. We sensed no activity in either of the two rooms and moved on into the hall and stairway. The team spread out and moved around the area over the period of the vigil. While Tracy was sat on the stairs we all heard the noise of something hitting stone near her. When we investigated we found the possible source, a five pence piece on the carpet of the stairs, if this was the cause of the sound its origin, one of us or paranormal, could not be confirmed. While Mandy & I were on the balcony overlooking the stairs members of the team downstairs reported see a shadow or shape near us. We can not confirm this but can say we felt no change in temperature and sensed nothing.

Bedrooms On First Floor : Team Leader : Phil Whyman

We started with the team and sat around a table in the centre bedroom after some Q&A with Phil we tried calling out. There was no response and we must say we felt totally relaxed in that room. Moving into the adjoining bedroom with Ian, where he had set up a fixed video camera. Again there was nothing to report other than lights from the team downstairs showing around the edges of the floor.

Table Tipping with Tracy Higgs

On the last vigil we would be involved with we joined Tracy Higgs and Ian and returned to the bedroom we had previously investigated with Phil. Tracy was keen to try this having picked up on some things in this room earlier. This was our first experience of table tipping with a medium so we were a little sceptical of its possible outcome.
Tracy was quickly disturbed by a transformation she saw in Ian’s face. She described his face becoming older with bushy eyebrows and larger ears. Mandy confirmed she saw the same, but did point out later that Ian had his back to a window so this could merely have been the effect of being backlit. However this transformation disturbed Tracy as she also felt the presence of a man in the room who she did not want to interact with. I personally can say I felt ill at ease and had trouble focusing on Tracy although there was some light in the room. I have reflected on this and on the rational side say she was wearing dark clothes against a dark background, on the non-rational side I still wonder if it was energy Tracy generated. I have my belief but as always try to be analytical.

We left Margam at 4.10am, leaving the team to carry on till 5am.

On 14th July 2006 Mandy & Paul from  ‘Paranormal United’ joined Phil Whyman ( Most Haunted & Scream Team ) via Dead Haunted Nights for a paranormal investigation night in The Galleries Of Justice Nottingham. 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 …..

Prelude To Galleries Of Justice Nottingham Investigation::

We arrived at the Galleries Of Justice just after 2pm on a warm summer’s afternoon to view the premises from the outside. The Gallery is located in Lace Market Nottingham, adjacent to a church that has been converted into a ‘Pitcher & Piano Bar’ ideal for a quick drink to discuss our location and go over the research we had carried out prior to the investigation.

This historic site in the heart of the City`s Lace Market was in use as courts and prisons from the 1780s to the 1980s – although there has been a court on the site since at least 1375 and a prison since 1449.

The gallery is popular with paranormal enthusiasts, especially due to the coverage by Living TV’s Most Haunted. With bookings for nights investigations running into 2007, we were sure we were in for an interesting evening.

Meeting the Dead Haunted Nights Team ::

We returned to The Galleries Of Justice at 9pm and met up with the team from Dead Haunted Nights and their assistants.

Phil Whyman

Paranormal investigator with over 18 years experience and former co-presenter and paranormal expert for Living TV’s Most Haunted & Scream team. Photo courtesy of Dead Haunted Nights

Nick Scrimshaw

Paranormal enthusiast and co-ordinator of Dead Haunted Nights events. Photo courtesy of Dead Haunted Nights

Vince Draper

Paranormal enthusiast and founder member of Swadlincote Paranormal Investigation Team. Vince appeared on Most Haunted Live and was a member of the investigating team for the Live location.

Steven Griffiths

Paranormal enthusiast, sensitive and founder and chairman of Swadlincote Paranormal Investigation Team.

Stuart Edmunds

Paranormal enthusiast from Paranormal Images.

We meet up with the other 28 guest for the night and were broken up into groups of 4-5 to carry out vigils in the 5 locations.

After a tour by ‘light’ of the Galleries of Justice by Trevor, an employee of the Galleries, we started our investigation.

Equipment Used

Pentax Optio S55 5.0 megapixel digital camera, HP Photosmart R717 6.2 megapixel digital camera, KII EMF Meter, Spot Laser Thermometer, Olympus VN480 Digital Voice Recorder & Sony Video 8 Camcorder.

Solar X Rays Normal Geomagnetic Quiet Outside Temperature at 10.30pm 19.5c

Each vigil was 45 minutes in length

The Chapel / Caves

Research : This part of the Galleries is meant to be the most haunted part. So many people have experienced phenomena down there. A cross is sometimes thrown across the room. Noises and bangs have been heard. People have been touched, and stones have been thrown at people. The caves lead off the chapel and are not open to the public.

We entered the caves at 10.55pm lead by Stuart Edmunds of Paranormal Images. Baseline tests showed an average room temperature of 13.5c and no EMF readings were found on an area sweep. During our stay in this area the only thing we had to report that couldn’t be explained was a sound we put down to a pebble hitting stone. Although the source could not be verified. The ground was raw earth and very dry so there was a lot of dust in the air. Due this this the results on the photographs could easily be put down to the dust in the air. We spent 25 minutes in this area before moving into the chapel. There were no temperature changes although one of the team reporting feeling colder.

The chapel was extremely quiet and nothing can be reported, although like the caves speckles were caught in the photographs and again it is difficult to put any more to this than dust. However some were significantly brighter than others.

The Courtrooms

Research : The main Courtroom is apparently very active. So many people have heard knocking sounds, and terrifying groans. Also many people have seen black figures on the balcony. On many investigations that have taken place, people have caught many orbs on camera/camcorders

We entered the main courtroom at 11.55pm lead by Vince of Dead Haunted Nights. The average room temperature was between 21.5c – 22.5c and in the seating area there were no emf readings. Sitting quietly, lit only by the emergency exit lights over the doors, we sensed and heard nothing unusual. Shooting photographs two in succession only once showing up anything unusual, but again this was more suggestive of dust than anything else. Constant noise of the people enjoying the night life also made the recordings for EVP useless.

We entered the second courtroom at 12.15pm the temperature was an average of 21c. This room again was lit by emergency lights and nothing can be reported. White speckles where again caught on camera.

Bath House / Laundry

Research: A very active place. People have smelt strange smells, and the door at one time slammed open. Orbs have also been picked up on camera.

We entered the Laundry at 1.05am lead by Steven Griffiths of Swadlincote Paranormal. The bath house room temperature ranged between 18.5c and 20.1c with no emf readings. Initially I sat at the end of the room facing the entrance. I caught one photograph that may be suggestive of an orb in the entrance doorway, the interesting part being the way the ‘orb’ seems to have a cut off side by the door jam. Sitting in the Doctors room I had a clear view of the bath with Steve sat on the wall of the bath right opposite me. As he got up to walk the length of the room he seemed to be sensing something and a series of photographs caught again what may be a large orb following him. Or was this merely him disturbing dust in the air as he walked. There was no evidence of cold spots and emf reading were negative.

Team members in the women’s laundry and bedroom reported nothing.

Courtyard / Pits

Research : Bodies are buried underneath the ground of the yard. Many people have witnessed and experienced strange sensations, and have also seen dark figures. People have also once again caught orbs on their camera. In the pits many people have felt very sick, and have had to leave the building. People have been touched and footsteps have been heard. Also dark shadows have been seen on many occasions.

We entered the court yard at 2.15am, led by Nick from Dead Haunted Nights, the outside temperature had risen to 20.5c, no emf readings were found other than near an electrical outlet. There was nothing to report in any of the areas of the courtyard and photographs showed nothing unusual.

We entered the holding cell at 2.40am and again there was nothing to report.

The Cells

Research : Many people have heard lots of strange noises, including footsteps, doors slamming, and the sound of keys rattling in the cell corridor.

We entered the cell corridor at 3.15pm, led by Phil Whyman and his sister, Helen, the temperature was 20.5c. We all sat in the first cell in the dark, Helen seemed quiet unnerved, unlike here calm and humorous brother, but nothing was caught on camera and there were no temperature changes or emf readings. The second cell housed a bed which was quickly taken over by Mandy. Again there was nothing to report. We then spent some time in the corridor and again this was uneventful, other than Phil’s immense sense of humor.

The last 45 minutes of the investigation was spent breaking up the team to do their own thing, we returned to the main court room. Sitting quietly for some fifteen minutes were we rewarded by a positive orb or again was this dust.

On 13th May 2006 Mandy & Paul from  ‘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 …..

Prelude To Bodelwyddan Castle Paranormal Investigation ::

Prior to the investigation we arrived at Bodelwyddan Castle, North Wales (Castell in Welsh) at 2.30pm on Saturday, 13th May, 2006 to become aquainted with what would be our venue for the night.

Bodelwyddan Castle is a Victorian country house near St. Asaph in North Wales. The building now houses art from the National Portrait Gallery and sculptures from the Royal Academy of Arts in its beautifully restored period rooms.

The house was remodelled in the 1830′s in the style of the castle, although it was built around a much older manor house, which was home to the Williams Family for many years. The building served as an Officer’s Mess and recuperation centre during the First World war and later became a girls boarding school from 1920-1982.

The castle was brought by Clwyd County Council in 1983 and restored to its former glory using original Victorian techniques. It is now managed by an independant charity, Bodelwyddan Castle Trust.

Meeting the Dead Haunted Nights Team ::

We returned to the castle at 8.30pm to be greeted by the Dead Haunted Nights Team, we had previously met at Woodchester Mansion

Phil Whyman

Paranormal investigator with over 18 years experience and former co-presenter and paranormal expert for Living TV’s Most Haunted & Scream team. Photo courtesy of Dead Haunted Nights

Nick Scrimshaw

Paranormal enthusiast and co-ordinator of Dead Haunted Nights events. Photo courtesy of Dead Haunted Nights

Vince Draper

Paranormal enthusiast and core member of Swadlincote Paranormal Investigation Team. Vince appeared on Most Haunted Live and was a member of the investigating team for the Live location. Photo courtesy of Dead Haunted Nights

Chris

Paranormal enthusiast and one of the co-orinators of Dead Haunted Nights events. Also the man behind their fantastic website. Photo courtesy of Dead Haunted Nights

We approached the castle to meet up with the rest of the ‘guests’ for the nights investigation and a guided tour by one of the employees of the Bodelwyddan Castle.

After a tour by ‘light’ of the rooms and areas we would hold our vigils in we were split into teams of four. Our team consisted of Darren Woods, Wayne, (from Kingswinford) Mandy and myself. Then the investigation began. ….

Bodelwyddan Castle Paranormal Investigation ::

The Toy Room

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

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.)

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.

The 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.

The Billiard Room

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.

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!

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.

On inspection of a photo taken within a minute of her being touched did show what could be an orb ?

The Dining Room

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.

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.

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 Darren Woods

Entrance & Main Corridor

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.

During our vigil of the entrance hall nothing was felt or recorded, although it was quite welcoming to have an area with some light.

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.

The Sculpture Room

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.

The Cellar

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.

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.

Our night was to conclude with a group vigil in the library, but with the dawn drawing upon us nothing further can be reported.

On 18th March 2006 Mandy & Paul from ‘Paranormal United’ joined Phil Whyman ( Most Haunted & Scream Team ) via Dead Haunted Nights for a paranormal investigation night in Woodchester Mansion. 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 …..

Having booked with Dead Haunted Nights back in November 2006 for Woodchester Mansion anticipation was high. We booked for three nights at The Rose & Crown Inn, a 400 year old inn in Nympsfield, and arrived there at lunchtime on Friday.

Eager to get our surroundings we took the five minute journey to Woodchester Park. Most of the park is owned by The National Trust, the park previously being the estate brought by William Leigh in 1845. Woodchester Mansion, situated within this park, is now owned by Stroud District Council and leased to the Woodchester Mansion Trust.
Woodchester Park includes four large ponds and outbuildings including dog kennels and a boathouse. During their stay during the second world war is is rumored the American and Canadian soldiers abandoned jeeps and equipment in one of the larger lakes.

Unfortunately timing was bad for us as Woodchester Mansion is only open to the public from 1st April so we had to settle for walking around the outside of the Mansion and the park itself. From the moment we came around the track leading to the Woodchester Mansion we were in awe by its beauty and standard of build. It has only been recently that Woodchester Mansion has become known for having a haunted reputation, promoted by the Living TV series Most Haunted.

From the outside it was difficult to see how much of the work had been abandoned by the skilled masons after sixteen years and left uncompleted. All the detail outside was breathtaking and seemed all but complete with even a weather vane being mounted on the spire of the bell tower. The rear of the building showed the signs of restoration, the Trust’s stonemasonry training programme was allowing students to work on walling repairs to the North Range. A light in a window upstairs showed the presence of the caretaker who has resided in a flat for the last 12 years, a man we were to meet the next night when we would return at night to Woodchester Mansion.

Returning to the warm hospitality and open fire of the Rose & Crown Inn Nymsfield we enjoyed a top class meal and soaked up the atmosphere of this 400 year old inn to prepare us for the next night.

Meeting the Dead Haunted Nights Team ::

We met up with fellow paranormal followers and the Dead Haunted Nights team at the Rose & Crown Inn Nymsfield at 9pm on Saturday night, where Phil Whyman introduced his team and himself. He instantly proved himself to be a sincere guy with a sense of humour that would help to lift the spirits of even the coldest of us later on in the night.

We left for Woodchester Mansion approaching it via the great steel gates and long track that leads down to the south side of the mansion. As we came round the last bend of the track Woodchester Mansion met us lit by the few lights within and the amber glow of an open fire that had been set up for us in the Drawing Room, our base camp for the night. This is the only room that was ever completed in the Mansion for a visit by Cardinal Vaughan in 1894.

We were met at the rear of the premises by the caretaker, who as previously mentioned has lived in a furbished flat within the mansion for some 12 years. Although a skeptic to the ghosts within the mansion he did admit to having seen the shape of a large black dog that is renowned to haunt the outside of the estate and even he did not hang around to see any more!

Once inside the true extent of how the builders and masons abandoned Woodchester Mansion came to light. Beautifully crafted fireplaces float almost in mid air and you look up to the rafters through the absence of parts of the first and second floors. Staircases lead nowhere. A room just off the rear entrance corridor holds the tools left beyond by the masons when they left the site. This begs to ask the question why would skilled tradesman leave behind the very tools they need to make a living ?

We all entered the Drawing Room and were briefed on the paranormal investigation plans for the night. We were split into three teams who would each visit the clears, ground floor, first and second floors for 45 minute vigils, always being led by a different member of the Dead Haunted Nights Teams. As part of Team 1 we were to start in the cellar led by Phil Whyman. It is important to mention now how dusty the mansion is, and the smallest movement on any of the stone floors or against the walls will release more dust into the air. The importance of this is clear when we started to take photos with digital cameras. The initial response is you have caught an orb on camera, but with the effects of a flash on this dust in the dark the results can be seen from the picture to your left. The only time I will draw your attention to anything on these pages is when they are questionable.

We entered Woodchester Mansion cellars at 10.48pm and the temperature was now only 2 degrees c. Completely unlit we were guided only by our own torch light. We started in the largest room and Phil Whyman took it easy while he let everyone find their feet as to how they were going to conduct themselves for the night. Being our first paranormal investigation we were both keen to capture what we could on camcorder and digital camcorder and tried to seek some quiet and solitude. There was a lot of dust in the air of this room and photographs showed very little that could be given as positive. Leaving the group to table tipping I moved into the second of the four cellar rooms.

In this second room I sat in the dark alone for some five minutes. There was a no feeling of fear or sense of anything I was unsure of. I look a number of photos and none of them showed anything that I couldn’t put down to dust or breeze.

I exited the second room and stood at the end of the corridor, again in the dark for a few minutes aware only of the noises of the rest of the team in the larger room. I took a number of photos in succession and got two a few seconds a part with a possible orb. Again I leave this to your view but can confirm that there was no disturbance of movement in this location.

I returned to the larger room as the rest of the group attempted a seance led by one of our group who maintained to have psychic ability. Nothing appeared to be forthcoming.

The investigation of Woodchester Mansion ground floor began with setting up motion detectors in the chapel at 00:05am. These detectors work on the basis of being activated by a solid item breaking the beams to sound an alarm. As Phil Whyman had explained since spirits are supposedly transparent he was unsure on how they would activate such a device.

With such a large area to cover Mandy & myself were happy to investigate many of the rooms including the kitchen, chapel and billiard room room but alas felt no disturbance or caught anything other than definite dust on camera.

Other members of our group held another seance this time in the billiard room. They were convince something was thrown at them and stated they felt very unsettled in the room. We had been in there previously and returned after they had finished but again felt and captured nothing.
It must be said it was quite unnerving looking up to the rafters seeing the ‘floating’ fireplaces and feeling drafts from the unpaned windows, so it would be easy to understand how some people would feel un-at-ease.

We ascended to the First Floor at 01:20am. The completed areas of the first floor consisted of three rooms and a corridor over looking the ground floor, that of course would have led to the floors of other rooms. Also on this floor were the public toilets.

The most interesting room was the bathroom that contained a bath and a shower room. While in this room with Mandy we did capture another possible orb above the bath. This was taken a few minutes after one of our group had had a panic fit thinking someone was by him in the bath. However it must be pointed out the first floor contained one of the most dusty corridors in the mansion.

The corridor was full of dust and extremely cold with the wind blowing through the unpaned windows but was probably the one part of the mansion I disliked most being in alone and in the dark. With the amount of dust photography would have been unaffective.

The one room was barriered off and contained remains of masonry and a lot of undisturbed dust but photos showed nothing that could be identified as unusual.
For our fourth vigil three of us accompanied by Vince returned to the cellar at 02:45am. While in the room I had sat in previously we captured on camcorder what seemed to be an orb traveling across the floor towards Laura (One of our group who was studying mediumship.) This was the only vigil I can say that made us feel un-at-ease.

At 03:15am we rejoined Phil to do our last vigil on the first & second floor. The temperature had dropped to below -2 degrees c and seemed even colder on the second floor.

I admit now our lack of sleep and the cold had taken it’s toll and we only joined our part for 20 minutes out of the 45 with little to report on. Dust continued to show on our photos and inspection has showed little more.

We packed up and left Woodchester Mansion at 05:00am, tired and cold but both of us having fully enjoyed our paranormal investigation night. Those who believe know the spirits do not appear on cue and tonight there was very little to show for our efforts. Although with four hours of video footage to go through there may well be something else to report. We can hope….

Our thanks go out to Phil Whyman, Vince and Nick and all the Dead Haunted Nights Team. We look forward to meeting them again and maybe you the reader ….. Do you believe ??