Margam
Castle | Paranormal
Investigation | Dead
Haunted Nights
On
10th February 2007 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 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::
Photographs
By Tracy Phillips of Dead Haunted Nights
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.
The
Dead Haunted Nights Team ::
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
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
Tracy
Phillips
Paranormal
enthusiast and regular attendee of DHN events.
Photograph
may not be shown due to contract restrictions
Tracy
Higgs aka TJ Higgs (Guest
of DHN)
Acclaimed
medium and regular on many television shows and publisher
of many articles relating to mediumship
After
a tour by 'light' of Margam Castle by an employee of the
Galleries, we started our investigation.
