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3. Welcome to beyond
4. A word from Past Investigations
5. Are we over equipped?
7. Growing up in a haunted house, by Mark Matthews
10. Too much information can be a bad thing.. By Nick Evans
12. Photos
13. Photos
14. Investigation report
19. Paranormal fun
20. Ross Allison, the Angry Ghost Hunter
24. Galleries of Justice Ad
26. Englands Haunted...Poltergeist by Stephen Renfield pt1
28. Photos
29. How medium Works feature by Kevin
37. Photos
38. Englands Haunted...Poltergeist pt2
41.Paranormal Myth or Legend, The Crying Boy Paintings
43. Team Feature
45. Famous Paranormal Photo thoughts
46. Shadow Person feature by Anito Jo-Intenzo
50. Sleep Well, creepy stories
52. Photos
53. Simon Healy (ex Most Haunted social media) interview
Welcome to beyond
We here at beyond parazine aim to bring you
the latest from the paranormal world every
month.
You will find articles from our highly
respected and experienced contributors on a
wide variety of subjects.
There are monthly features on paranormal
teams from around the world, product reviews
on equipment, photographs submitted by teams
and if your after teams local to you then the
paranormal directory is the place to look.
There will be a new location featured every
month with reviews and reports from
investigators that have been to the locations.
Have fun, enjoy and if you wish to contribute an
article or give any feedback please contact
the editorial team at
A massive thank you to everyone who has
Contributed articles for publication.
Past Investigations/Beyond Parazine would like to state that articles within this magazine are
the views of the contributors and not necessarily ours.
A WORD FROM PAST INVESTIGATIONS
Investigating the paranormal world is a fascinating job, throughout our years
investigating we have come across a huge variety of approaches to an investiga-
tion, not only in the equipment used but even down to what people like to be
called.
Many, probably most like to be called paranormal investigators or paranormal
researchers, we have noticed there seems to be a lot who are against being
labelled as ghost hunters, why? We don’t know.
We ourselves do not mind being labelled as ghost hunters after all that is
basically what we are doing when investigating, agreed when at a location we do
research things, do experiments etc etc but when it is all said and done we are
hunting for proof of the spirit world, ghost hunting.
Of course this is just our humble opinion and everyone has their own, which is
part of what makes this field so diverse and interesting. The same goes for
videos and photographs, what one person sees as a fantastic catch and believes
may be a ghost others see it as something they feel they can explain away.
Throughout this magazine you will see numerous photographs sent by many
teams and individuals from around the world, it is not our place to judge them
as definitely paranormal or not, we receive many messages from teams on our
Facebook page telling us they are afraid of posting any photographs or videos
due to being ridiculed and abused by other paranormal investigators, we find
this unacceptable and will not put up any such abuse coming from anything
sent to us for publication here.
We hope this magazine will be enjoyed by many people, not just investigators
but anyone with an interest in the paranormal world, if you are interested in
having any photographs or articles included then please feel free to email them
to us at [email protected].
Are We Over Equipped?
As paranormal investigators we all know the
feeling, getting everything charged up before an
investigation, packing everything away into
cases, could it be the modern day investigator
just has too much equipment?
How much is enough and how much is too much, we all make our own
decisions on what we like to use and take on an investigation but are we
taking too many gadgets that all do the same job? Take the good old EMF
meters as an example, there is dozens of different designs on the market all
claiming to be the best and detect some different energy field to the last one,
are these claims to be believed or is it just a sales pitch?
The more equipment we take to a location the more
time we are spending unpacking, setting up running
cables etc and then breaking it all down and packing it
again the less time we are actually spending investigating
which also brings about the fact of the more cameras,
digital voice recorders, cctv systems we use the more
footage there will be to analyse afterwards.
Its as though every week a new piece of equipment becomes
available, improved from the previous model so it becomes
the must have item for the serious investigator, but is it really
any better?
Many teams seem to be starting to ‘go back to basics’
recently, is going backwards really the way forwards, do we
only really need a good night vision camcorder, digital voice
recorder, emf meter and a still camera?
Who knows what is the best way to investigate and what is the
best equipment to have?
Every team and each person has their own way of conducting
an investigation and it is all down to personal preferences, are
many of the gadgets we use today so scientific in the way they
work that most of us don’t really know how to use them
correctly?
Could it possibly be a bit daunting for
private clients when investigators turn up
at their house with huge cases of
equipment full of weird gadgets that
beep, flash lights and all manner of
things when its possible they expected
you to turn up with a camera and some
flour?
One vital piece that we really cannot do this work without is ourselves, our
senses, our emotions, our feelings we get at a location, these are worth
much much more than any piece of electronic wizardry we may be able to
buy. As part of a ‘back to basics’ approach we perhaps need to rely on
what our senses are telling us more than what our equipment is.
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GROWING UP IN A HAUNTED HOUSE
A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER
The first recollection I had would have been just before my teens.
I remember my parents burning some board game in the back garden, but
this was no monopoly, it was the Ouija.
My Dad worked and my Mum’s job was a housewife, usual for the period
I grew up in.
The first time I remember anything ‘strange’ happening was after mum
had done some ironing. I remember seeing it on the edge of their bed,
nothing unusual in that. What happened next was not usual at all.
“Have you moved that ironing?” my Mum asked “no” I replied, I’m still
not sure to this day if she thought it was one of us kids messing around.
After a search I think my Mum must have just thought it will turn up, and
it did. A week or so later my mum found it at the bottom of one of the
wardrobes, and no it definitely was not a childish prank!
I am not sure in the time gap between the happenings, I was too busy with
my music and other teenage things. The second thing I remember was
one night, we were all asleep when the landing light came on, on its own.
My Mum got up and turned it off, and we went back to sleep.
We had the typical pictures falling off walls, which unless your there at the
time, its hard to say it was paranormal. One of the more frightening times
for me was the day when my younger brother and me were in on our own.
We had bunk beds at the time, and our bedroom was next to the
bathroom. I had gone up stairs to the toilet, and as I was stood I heard a
loud bang come from our bedroom, it sounded as though someone had
jumped from the top bunk. I just remember shouting for my brother to
get up stairs! I was literally frozen to the spot.
It was after this that I really didn’t like being in the house on my own.
I used to come home at dinner time and walking into an empty house was
no easy task, I did not like to walk about to much, it was like if I sit still
they might not see me.
My Dad was a spiritual man, so much as spirits visited him, and that didn’t
bother him at all. My dads friends Pete and John, father and son, were
very much into the paranormal, John had cleared many a haunted
location.
John came to our house one afternoon, my parents had blamed the things
that were happening on the Ouija board. John had come to do a
‘clearing’, draw a line around the house and remove whatever was there.
After things were completed I remember my dad saying to my Mum,
“whatever it was went out the house, circled and came back in on the
landing” and it wasn’t a good spirit either.
My Mum used to say that whenever she was in the kitchen she always felt
as though there was someone in the doorway staring at her.
Just writing this has taken me right back there, and believe me it’s not a
nice feeling.
My Uncle, who lived in Mapperley, was also going through a lot of bad
things at his house. The more that things escalated at his, the worse things
got at ours.
It began to feel ‘dark’ and one night we had a real bad smell of rotten
eggs, my Mum explained it as being connected to what was happening in
Mapperley. As you can imagine it was very frightening.
On one occasion my Uncle phoned us in a panic, saying he and my Aunty
were stood outside and wouldn’t go back in as ‘they’ were there. We
jumped in the car and drove from Long Eaton to help my Uncle. When
we pulled up I could feel the energy from across the road, it was like a
feeling in the pit of my stomach, and I felt really sick. Us kids didn’t go in,
we were sent to my Nanas.
Growing up with this made me block everything out, I just didn’t want to
feel scared like I had.
As things moved on, and my Dad and Pete tried to help my Uncle, my
Aunty Joy, who was my Mums sister, came round our house one night to
talk about what was going off with my Uncle. I was in the front room, my
brother was a sleep on the sofa, and the adults were sat around the table
in the dining room.
I remember very clearly, as they talked about removing the spirits from my
Uncles house there was a humming noise, it started quiet and grew louder,
then there was a big flash of white light over the table. I think everyone was in
shock, my Mum was saying “that’s because we were talking about Kens” It
was then I heard 2 footsteps coming down the stairs, it seemed to be in slow
motion and I remember thinking if we’re all downstairs and there’s nobody
upstairs who’s that coming down??
It sent me into a panic, I started crying and shouting, my Mum put her arms
around me and my Dad went to take a look. That night I was in bed. barely
able to look over the sheets. I heard my Mum asking my Dad “has it gone?”
to which my Dad replied “no, its still here”, not what I wanted to hear.
My Dad and Pete went round to my Uncles house one night when they were
out. My Dad said that when they walked in they saw a suitcase at the bottom
of the stairs, they walked around the house and then my Dad said “it’s time to
go” They left the house and my Dad got in the car and started driving away,
he said he looked in his mirror and there was a young woman sat in the back.
After a few miles he looked again and she was gone.
In 1985 we sold the house, and right up to the day we left there was always
something in there, and we have wondered if the new owners had anything
happen.
I have lived in many properties since then and there always seems to be things
going off, people have often said to me that something follows me around.
I have never really had any direct experiences, in as much as I have never
seen or heard anything, but little things do happen, and sometimes I think is it
the spirit from our old house?
As I have chosen to investigate the paranormal it surprises me that it doesn’t
scare me, but I can only put it down to the fact that I am so busy setting up
the equipment that I don’t have time to get scared!
Mark Matthews (Mids Para)
Do you have a personal story about living in a
haunted location?
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Too much Information can be a bad thing...
Paranormal investigators inevitably take members of the public on
investigations, information about the specifics of the site is a key element in any
initial brief that we give to them. However, what we say and how we say it, can
and does, in some way affect the outcome of the investigation.
How? Let me give you an example of a fairly innocuous generic briefing:
“Hello and welcome to this very active site, we’ve conducted many
investigations here over the years and most people get some very good evi-
dence, everything from video to A1 EVPs, you won’t be disappointed but
what we will say is – Don’t be scared!”
That statement appears to be innocent enough..... Or is it?
The simple answer is; NO it isn’t innocent. It’s a loaded statement that is biased
towards there being paranormal activity on the site.
If we break it down we can see why this is the case:
Before they even get to the site the guests will already have an element of
expectation and belief that the site they are visiting is haunted. They are then
informed that “....most people get some very good evidence....” Do they really
want to be in the minority of people who don’t experience something?
This expectation is then reinforced by an experienced investigator with expert
insight that it’s an active site – “...many investigations over the years... you won’t
be disappointed... Don’t be scared....” That final point is worth extra note
because the human brain cannot process negative information; we have to think
about the thing not to be scared of, in order not to think about it! They’ve even
been told what type of evidence they can expect to find “...video and A1
EVPs...” The site has definitely been hyped up, and this is all done without any
back story or specific details on the site and more than likely, quite innocently.
It’s impossible for us as to ignore aspects of human physiology and psychology
when investigating, the majority of people are unaware that the way in which a
simple greeting to a group can influence the outcome of an investigation; the
subtle nuances of the non verbal communication, the tone and not just what is
being said can all play a part in influencing a guest, we may not do it
deliberately, but we do it nonetheless.
It’s impossible for us as to ignore aspects of human physiology and psychology
when investigating, the majority of people are unaware that the way in which
a simple greeting to a group can influence the outcome of an investigation; the
subtle nuances of the non verbal communication, the tone and not just what is
being said can all play a part in influencing a guest, we may not do it
deliberately, but we do it nonetheless.
I hope this short article has given you food for thought, I hope its raised
questions and I certainly hope it’s given you a small insight into how too much
information, deliberate or not, can be a bad thing.
Take care, be safe and above all, happy hunting.
Nick Evans a short Biography
I had my first paranormal experience aged 3 some 43 years ago. I’ve been a
paranormal investigator for a number of years and have had my fair share of
‘odd’ experiences. I’m a qualified adult education tutor, NLP master
practitioner and am currently studying Psychology at University in the UK.
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Photo’s
This photograph was taken at
35 Stonegate, York, England.
At the time it was taken only
the photographer and three
women were present, all of
who were sat down. What is
in the mirror?
This was taken at Wilne
cemetery, Derbyshire in
England. There was nobody
smoking at the time and the
weather was warm and dry.
It was not seen when the
Picture was taken.
This was kindly submitted by
Somebody and is a very sad
Story, the young man was
Sadly murdered in November
2012, the family concerned
Receive many signs from the
boys spirit and called in a local
Paranormal team to perform
an investigation.
The image on the left was
Captured by the team during
Their investigation.
The image on the right is
Taken from the young
mans headstone
HERE IS THIS MONTHS INVESTIGATION REPORT
KINDLY SUBMITTED BY TRUTHSEARCHERS_UK
BASED IN SUSSEX, ENGLAND.
Investigation Report, Yesterdays World, Battle
The team have been to Yesterdays World
many times over the years and must say we
have always had a lot of unexplained activity.
When the team were asked to do a charity
event for Tiny footprints to Heaven one
location we decided to use was Yesterdays
World. Once all the guests were in we head-
ed off for a medium walk round.
Medium walk Round
Our first area on the walk round was the landing on the first floor. Mario
started to tune into the building, informing us of a lady he was sensing. At the
same time a guest started to feel very sick and unwell and was taken out.
There were also growls heard by many of the guests in the corridors. There
was a lot of k2 activity in the building and a very strong smell of marijuana
which kept disappearing then returning. Many of the guests had the feeling of
being touched on the arms and legs.
Vigil area 1: Front Building Group 1 Attic
As the evening is all about the guests, as a group we decided to conduct a
séance which proved to be quite active. All of the team were sat on the floor
apart from our team member Joy, who was sat in the corridor just outside.
The majority of guests witnessed a figure move across the room and at the same
time the window appeared to be obstructed by something or someone before
reappearing again. Below is a list of other observations made by guests.
Male and female presence felt ( names were recorded but we do not make
them public knowledge)
4 guests started to get pain in their head as another guest felt a presence of a
man hanging in the corridor
A nanny ( childminder) was also felt ( Again name has been recorded)
Group 1 Sweet Shop
We decided to move onto our second vigil area, the
sweet shop located on the first floor. As we
commenced our séance multiple K2 activity was
observed within the room. One of the female guests
mentioned a gentlemen’s name that she was sensing, a growl was heard by a
majority of those present. Our celebrity guest Paul Gannon, who was wearing
hearing enhancers on the other side of the room started to hear some taps
coming from the adjoining room.
A number of guests also started to complain about pains in their knees
Cold spots were also felt within the room by numerous people. Temperature
was tested with a laser thermometer which registered a difference of 5 degrees.
Numerous aromas were smelt by numerous guests
A guest picked up a name which was verified by our team historian / genealogist
Vigil Area 2 Back Building
Due to the size of the group, the
decision was made to divide
them into 2 smaller groups 1st
group ground floor 2nd group
royal rooms.
Royal Room
Footsteps were heard
The team selected table tipping as their form of experiment and upon calling
out the table to started rocking before finally going onto one leg and rotating
360 degrees
One of the guests struggled to speak coherently struggled
Ladies name came up on the ovilous ( which has come up on previous
investigations )
Knocking was heard
A female guest sensed a 16th century lady
Ground Floor
The vigil area was by the old pub front and telephone box
Taps and bangs were heard on the stairs
A loud bang came from telephone box area while it was being discussed
Bell ring from telephone box heard by more than one guest
Mario our medium, decided to do a visualisation experiment with a small
group. He asked them all what they were seeing and all seemed to see an old
lady with curly hair with a stern expression.
Free Time
During free time everybody has the choice to conduct experiments
themselves. Jim, Joy and Kev accompanied some of the guests to the ground
floor streets area. We stood by the staircase and proceeded with a séance
experiment we were hearing taps and bangs in response to Jim’s voice which
seemed to be concentrated by the red door in this area. Jim reported feeling
very hot one of the guests took a temperature reading with a laser
thermometer and took a reading of 22 degrees where Jim was standing.
The reading within the rest of the room was 18 degrees (no heater observed)
she preceded a more detailed recording. Jim’s legs recorded a temperature
of 24 degrees, his chest was 32 degrees and his head was 18 degrees.
An observation was made that the padlock on the red door had started to
swing in response to Jim’s voice. At this point numerous guests sensed a
young girl of approx 8 years of age. Others
guests experimented with calling out but no
movement were seen on the padlock. It only
seemed to move in response to Jim’s voice.
Conclusion
After reviewing certain evidence we have found
some interesting photographs taken throughout
the evening. Evp and CCTV have yet to be
reviewed but will be posted up at a later date if
anything is recorded. Numerous names that
have been recorded during this investigation on
the ovilous and other audible equipment have
been verified with historical records.
These names will not be divulged due to future
investigations at this location.
All in all a very active evening with some very strange phenomena. Yesterdays
world has yet again proved to be very active and I know when I speak for all at
TSUK when we say we can’t wait to go back and investigate again.
Total Raised £2500
This was made up of the following
£260 raised by our team member Joy of Sincerely Yours Florist of
Herne Bay Kent
£2210 Raised by the TruthSearchers UK, Kirk Bacon Memorial Fund
charity Event, which we rounded up to £2240
Joy presenting her cheque to Emma and Lisa the creators of Tiny Footprints
to Heaven
Above: (Left) Jim & Joy, (right) Kev & Mario of TruthSearchers UK. (centre) Emma & Lisa of Tiny Footprints to Heaven
Above : (Left) Emma & (right) Lisa of Tiny Footprints to Heaven. (centre) Joy of Sincerely Yours Florist Herne Bay.
PARANORMAL FUN
Ross Allison has been investigating the paranormal for more than 25
years. His work has taken him all over the world to London, Paris,
Romania, Rome, Mexico, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Spain and
many other exciting locations. Throughout his travels, Ross
has collected ghost stories, investigated haunted sites and
photographed some of the most beautiful cemeteries you can only
imagine.
Besides his passion for exploring the unknown, Ross has written a number of
books, with articles featured in magazines and blogs. He also enjoys traveling
the US to speak with students, fellow ghost hunters and others that fancy a
good ghost story.
Throughout his career, Ross has appeared on a number of programs, books,
magazines, documentaries and radio shows. You may have seen him on
shows like: Ghost Hunters, Scariest Places on Earth, America’s Ghost
Hunters, The Montel Show and quite a few others. Keep an eye out for his
new book, Spooked in Seattle, in bookstores.
You can also join Ross on his Blogtalkradio show The Angry Ghost Hunter
every Thursday at 7pm PST
Para-Drama, is there a need for it?
“Witch! Witch!” is shouted from the crowd, raising their pitchforks and
torches as they chase down the accused for the public witch burning. Witch
Hunts demonstrate how greed, jealousy, fear and misunderstandings lead to
many misfortunes of those involved. Unfortunately, this kind of behavior still
occurs today. Now, Western culture no longer tolerates witch burnings (too
messy), but we still can be labeled accusers, as we point the finger and do the
name calling. There are still followers, those who chant out wrong doings with
pitchforks and torches in hand (well, maybe not pitchforks and torches, more
like cellphones and ipads) and lastly, the victim, the individual tied to the
stake.
We know what it’s like to have the aching feeling of a knife pierced in our
backs, or to have participated in the whispering taunts when that person
leaves the room. And kept the rumour mill spinning as we spread the juicy
gossip of the he said, she said crap. We all have been a victim of it or even in
some way a part of it. Drama, drama, drama! Even when we have both hands
on the wheel, we just can’t steer away from it.
It’s in our homes, workplaces and even our best of friends can dish us up a
good heaping pile of it. So it’s no surprise we find it even in the field of
paranormal. “SCREAM!!!!!”
In fact, it’s so common that we have given it its own word “Para-Drama.”
Now, it’s nothing you’ll find in the dictionary, and it still comes up underlined
in red when using Spellcheck, but it’s becoming a popular word among us ghost
hunters and paranormal investigators. It is nothing more than conflict regarding
any given situation or series of events caused by individuals or groups in the
paranormal investigation field.
Throughout my years in this field, I have experienced betrayal, rejection,
ridicule, and heartbreak. I have been witness to plenty of drama played out in
several groups (including my own), usually ending with folks leaving a group,
being excluded or even termination. I have witnessed emails and online fights
break out among members and other groups. These conflicts can be the focus
of investigation methods, interpretation of data, psychic impressions, protocol,
territory, personal conflicts, equipment used or obtained evidence, investigation
location, media and even becoming a popularity contest just to name a few.
Let’s be frank here, is this level of immaturity and unprofessionalism getting
completely out of hand? Has investigating the spooks sparked our inner
children? And now we take our toys and run when things don’t go our way?
GROW UP PEOPLE!!!
With overwhelming amounts of people chasing ghosts, many groups and
individuals have been known to display egos, competitiveness and jealousy
targeted at those they simply disagree with or don't understand and in most
cases, don’t even know personally. It’s the belief that if we make others look
bad, we make ourselves look good. But who really has the time for this type of
behaviour?
Are we so prepared to go to war with our fellow ghost hunter, when we may not
even have the facts straight? We call ourselves investigators, yet in most cases
we have not even taken the correct steps in finding truth to what’s happened
when dealing with the situation.
Could all this simply be nothing more than wrong assumptions,
misinterpretations which lead to multiple opportunities for misunderstandings
in our community, all due to the lack of communication we have with one
another?
Remember, every tale has two sides to the same story.
Take this example for instance: In the casino you spend $20 on a slot machine
that just didn’t pay out. As you walk away, some stranger jumps on the same
machine and pops in a nickel and hits the jackpot. How does this make you
feel? You’re pissed, even furious at the person who just won big.
It’s human nature that effects our reactions and influences our behaviour
towards perfectly innocent and random events.
Just like in ghost research, we can spend hours investigating a haunted location
and get nothing, but when another team goes in and walks away with something
amazing, we tend to respond with “We didn’t get anything there; so it wasn’t
haunted, so that group must have faked their evidence.” This type of thing
happens all the time. And the term for this is simply jealousy. Remember with
ghost hunting, it’s all about being at the right place at the right time.
There is no such thing as a perfect team or investigator; there will always be
power struggles, conflicts, personality clashes, and disagreements about how
others feel the group should be run. In fact, you may not agree with some of
the techniques and/or equipment used on investigations, however, we all strive
to do our best to learn what works and what doesn’t.
We don’t need to deal with a rat race to find the perfect evidence or to become
the most popular group. It’s almost like geeks vs. jocks in high school. And in
this field, we know the geeks are going to win ;-) The best thing you can do to
avoid this type of behaviour and prevent yourself from becoming a Para-Drama
Queen is to leave the negative attitude at home. Always be professional.
You don’t have to like everyone in this field, just treat them with respect.
Remember attitude is everything.
What we need to do is work together. Learn to develop better ways of having
direct communication with the other groups and individuals in this field. Have
a face-to-face conversation if at all possible or at least on the phone which
offers a more effective way in communication. Here are few good reasons why
you’ll want to do this:
1. Issues can be dealt with faster
2. Less room for misunderstanding in the content of the text
3. Builds relationships & communication skills
Don’t allow yourself to be a victim in how your email was interpreted. Potential
damage is done through emails and text, often enough that can never be
repaired.
So get off the Para-Drama bandwagon and motivate yourself and your team to
what brought you here in the first place, to have a better understanding of the
unknown. For your experience in this field should never be diminished by
resentment or our own insecurities but filled with the pleasure of having that
encounter you’ve been longing for, an experience filled with the paranormal
and NOT Para-Drama .
Article kindly submitted by Ross Allison.
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Nottingham’s Galleries of Justice
Voted Englands most haunted lo-
cation
There is good reason paranormal teams keep returning to this fantastic
venue, dating back to the 14th century it is steeped in history with many
original features and areas to explore.
Paranormal experiences abound in the grand courtroom, experience the
total darkness that is the original dark cells, feel the atmosphere in the
womens area and the oubliette cave area.
Floor after floor & room after room of history awaits the intrepid
investigator.
Featured on various TV investigations, one of the rare times Ghost Hunters
International actually declared a place was definitely haunted.
This is one place you most definitely need to add to your list of must go
venues, you will then add it to your must return list.
Contact Nottinghams Galleries of Justice to book your unforgettable event.
Nottingham’s Galleries of Justice Call on: 0115 952 0555
The Lace Market, High pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HN
England’s Haunted......
Poltergeist
By
Stephen Renfield
I have been searching the length and breadth of England to bring you some
of our alleged hauntings. Some could be real, some are known fakes that
bring fame and fortune.
Even so, I personally find the whole thing very fascinating as some public
houses claim theirs to be the most haunted in England while other places
claim to have reoccurring poltergeist activity.
Some places have closed their doors to paranormal investigators, while
others welcome them with open arms.......
In this addition, I have looked into alleged Poltergeist activity in England.
Case 1
THE McKENZIE POLTERGIEST
One case that has me absolutely fascinated is one of Edinburgh’s most
notorious, The McKenzie Poltergeistat Greyfriars Cemetery.
Most people do not realise that this is one of the sites of cruel England.
The Covenanters prison here was the first recorded concentration camp in
the 1600s.
Greyfriars Graveyard
In 1637, approximately 1800 Presbyterians were held here in the walled
section of the graveyard, which now is called the covenanters prison.
It is here that the prosecutor at the time, Sir George McKenzie who was a
lawyer and lord advocate to Charles II, ordered the torture and killing of
the prisoners.
This man is said to have lied and cheated to bring charges against these
prisoners. He was given the nickname ‘’Bluidy (Bloody) McKenzie’’
Upon McKenzie’s death on 8th May 1861, McKenzie’s body was brought up
from London and laid to rest in Greyfriars Kirkyard close by to the covenants
prison.
Erected over his grave is a rounded mausoleum designed by James Smith.
Now called the Black Mausoleum.
Sir George McKenzie
Early in 1999, a homeless man broke into the
mausoleum to sleep, here and he desecrated the
coffin in his search for a comfortable place and
also fell through the floor revealing a hidden room
which was filled with unidentified skeletons.
It is said that he disturbed more than just a tomb,
that he had disturbed something in
the afterlife.
The homeless man did not stay here long needless
to say. There are no reports of why he fled,
it could have been that he himself encountered
something sinister.
Today there have been over 500 reports of attacks
on visitors by unseen hands.
Visitors have been knocked unconscious, left with
bruises, being cut and some even being bitten.
Of the 500 attacks 180 have been left unconscious.
Could this be the evil predator, Sir George
McKenzie?
A great place to visit steeped in history and a great
place to investigate too.
The Covenanters Prison
McKenzie’s mausoleum today
Photo’s This was taken at Annesley
Hall, Nottingham, England.
The poet Lord Byron often
Stayed here and it was the
Inspiration for some of his
Poems. Nothing was see at
The time the photo was
Taken.
This was captured on a
Clear, dry and warm
night, nobody in the team
was smoking and nothing
was seen at the time.
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Along with a brief description.
How mediums work - the difference between working with a Psychic link
and a Spirit link. (This is only a rough guide but may interest people to
know the basics of how mediumship works). Someone who is Psychic is
said to be in touch with their, and anybody else's, soul. They do not need
to be in the same room as each other, or even the same country to be able
to do this. Therefore they can perform a soul reading, where they can
connect with someone's soul, and read information about a person's past,
present, and possible future with or without tarot or oracle cards. When
reading on a psychic link the person reading consciously or unconsciously
pushes their energy field or auric field outwards and forwards.
The word Clairvoyant comes from the
French for Clear Seeing. Nowadays the
word Clairvoyant is often use to describe
someone with Psychic powers because
they can "clearly see" things most people
cannot, including the future. There are
other "Clairs" as well. Clairsentience
means clear sensing or feeling,
Clairaudience means clear hearing,
Clairgustance is clear smelling,
Clairknowing is when you just know.
Mediumship is when a medium raises
their energy in order to act as a
conductor or relayer of information
direct from the spirit world and pushes it
outwards and behind them, consciously
or unconsciously. The word medium
means the thing in which something is
transported or transmitted.
How Mediums Work
That is what we say when we talk of the medium of television or the media
when referring to television, radio, newspapers, etc. They transmit
information from person to person. A Spiritual Medium transmits
information from a spirit, a departed loved one to someone on the earth
plane.
The medium cannot work alone and
works in partnership with their spirit
guide who is in control at all times of
finding the spirit person that is needed for
the communication, the information that
is being received and the way that the
medium receives it. The most important
thing when working as a medium is the
relationship that is built up between the
medium and their guide and the trust
bond that builds over time as the working
relationship develops.
CONNECTING TO SPIRIT &
ENERGY CONTROL
Mediums are taught ways to connect to
spirit before they give a message. All
mediums will use some form of energy
expansion or connection technique to
help them get ready to work with spirit.
There are lots of different ways and none
are wrong, it is just best to try a few before
you work out what is best for you. Some
people like to say a prayer or do some
form of protection.
If you have not been taught how to connect to spirit or are interested in
other ways of connecting with spirit before you do readings, this article may
help you. All matter and energy vibrates, we vibrate as human and so do
spirit. We are all energy and vibrate on different levels. Humans vibrate at
a slower rate and spirit vibrates higher or faster. When a medium connects
to spirit, they have to raise their vibrations and the spirit guide and spirit
communicating through the medium have to lower their vibrations until the
two meet in the middle.
When you feel that there is a weak link
or the information is not flowing, it is
just that your energy levels or vibrations
are not raised enough for spirit to
communicate properly with you. Your
energy levels or vibrations will also go
up and down as you do your reading.
If you get a no answer or a not sure
answer during your reading, your
energy will shrink back down and you
have to push it back out again to be
able to continue with the reading.
Some people will naturally do this,
most have to be aware of it and
practice it and be conscious of it during
a reading and that way you are able to
be in control and get the most amount
of evidence through in your reading for
your sitter.
ENERGY CONTROL AND CONNECTING TO SPIRIT
This is an exercise that is a quick and easy way to expand your own energy
and raise your own vibrations and then connect to spirit. It may help to read
it first and then close your eyes as it is a visualisation exercise. If you keep
practicing and it works for you then you will get the hang of it and do it with
your eyes open. Imagine your aura or your energy field as a bubble around
your body, front, back, sides and over your head.
The energy can be clear, coloured, multi
coloured, its up to you its your energy.
Now concentrate on your breathing
slowing it down in and out. Now with every
out breath imagine your energy
bubble/aura expanding away from your
body, upwards, outwards, front, sides and
back. With each out breath push it out
more, and more, expanding it out, more
and more. It can grow to fill the room, you
can push it out through the roof of your
house, towards the stars, its up to you, just
push it out and when you are happy, stop.
Keeping your energy there ask for the
white light of spirit to shine down on you
and enter your body through your head,
through your crown chakra. Feel this light
energy as it fills your body. Then with your
next out breath, push it out through your
stomach, or solar plexus chakra into your
energy field/aura. See or feel the light
energy mixing with your own, the colours
mixing or merging with ease.
When you are ready re focus on the energy entering your body through
your crown chakra. Then quick as a flash see it coming into your body
down the length of your spine and below and back up again, faster and
faster, quicker and quicker until it is a continuous up and down flow
constant and continuous. When you are ready open your eyes.
You should feel, lighter, lifted and happy. You are now connected to spirit.
This process, helps you first grow or expand your energy or auric field and
raise your vibrations. Then when you have raised them it connects you to
spirit and lets spirit lower their vibrations to merge with yours.
HELP YOUR CONNECTION & LINK
WITH SPIRIT
You are now working with your own energy
whilst you are connected to spirit. Keep the
bubble in your mind. If you get a no in
your message or a don't know, consciously
visualise your energy pushing out again, the
bubble pushing out and get that
re-connection you need to keep the
connection strong with spirit as you work.
Ask your guides to help you with this and
they will. . If you are connected in this way
and still are having trouble connecting, feel
that the link is weak or can't get the
evidence you need, then the other reason
will be that the person communicating
through you in spirit is too far away from
you on the edge of your energy bubble and
you need them to come in to your energy
as close as you possibly can to get the
information from them to pass on to their
loved ones in their message.
You need to mentally or verbally ask the spirit working with you to move as
close into your energy as they can, get them in as close as you can till you
can feel them really really feel them. You are in control and sometime will
have to tell them what to do to communicate through you. Your guide will at
all times be in place right behind you and will always be as close to you as it
is possible to get. This is why, when you see mediums on a platform in a
church or doing a demonstration, they will move around a lot or move
forwards and backwards. It is because they are moving themselves into the
energy of the spirit that they are working with.
Sometimes it helps when you want to get
your link with spirit to stand up to do it,
you will find yourself moving backwards
and forwards side to side, just go with it.
When you have your link, you can ask
them mentally or verbally to move with
you to the chair where you are working to
give out your message and your guide will
help you. When spirit work with us as
mediums they will use the moisture in our
bodies and it is easy to become
dehydrated. Drink plenty of water before,
during and after you do a message and
this will keep you hydrated, concentrating
properly and keep your energy up where
it needs to be. This again is why all
mediums in circle, on platform or doing
private sittings always drink a lot of water,
and if you try this when you are working
with spirit it should help you.
CLOSING DOWN
It is vitally important for you to close down as a medium EVERY TIME
you finish working with spirit. As soon as you start to work with spirit you
are in the eyes of spirit, a medium, you just have to develop your
mediumistic abilities. You will vibrate on a higher frequency than others on
the earth plane, when you start to work with spirit.
Those in spirit will see your light shining brighter than others and know that
they can possibly communicate through you to their loved ones.
You will find your own family and loved
ones in spirit, and those of friends/
strangers will come to you because of
this. You must be aware of this and stay
closed to this unless you and your guide
wish you to bring a message through. If
you do not, then your energy will be
drained and you will find that you are
not fully feeling very with it/day dream-
ing etc. You need to keep living your
physical life, and so asking your guides
not to connect when you are working etc
will also help you. When you have been
working as a medium you must always
and every time close down after you
have finished your message(s). Again
there is no wrong or right way to close
down it can range from really quick to
very complicated and will depend on
your teachings and background with
working with spirit. If you need a quick
and easy way to disconnect and close
down, then here is one for you.
It is all about intentions and if your thoughts are saying to your guide, close
me down, then they will do. Close you eyes and send out your thoughts to
your guide of love and thank them for working with you as you have
worked with them. As guide and mediums together in partnership. Ask that
the energy that has been built up whilst you have been working with spirit
be sent out into the universe or into the world to be used where it is needed
most.
To heal the sick, to comfort the suffering.
Then imagine your energy bubble
shrinking back down, to your body.
Some people may say a small prayer. Do
what is right for you. When you are
closed down, your sprit guide has the
intelligence to stop all spirits from
coming though with messages for you.
They will do this for you and protect you.
All you have to do is ask them once to do
this for you everytime you close down,
then you can consider it done. Working
with spirit is a two way process, as soon as
you start you build your relationship with
your guide. They are your guide and you
are their medium. Ask your guide for
help to communicate with spirit, with
your messages, to open and close and
they will always do their best to help you.
Photo’s This was taken at Hermits
Cave, Dale Abbey,
Derbyshire, England.
A bit different from the
Usual ‘orb’ photo’s we see.
This was taken in
a cemetery in
Derbyshire,
England. It was
Taken using a full
spectrum camera,
nobody was in
shot when the
photo was taken.
England’s Haunted......
Poltergeist
By
Stephen Renfield
Case 2
THE ENFIELD POLTERGIEST
In August of 1977 Margaret Hodgson called the police to her rented home
after two of her four children had witnessed furniture moving and knocking
sounds. Even a neighbour had been called to the house and after witnessing
a chest of drawers moving on its own had fled the home. A female police
constable had even witnessed a chair slide across the floor and then flip over,
but could not explain this. Later the police released a statement saying that
this was not a police matter and withdrew all investigation there.
Tappings, strange noises and demonic voices were later claimed here.
The story of the Enfield Poltergeist reached the national press and
investigators for the Society of Psychical Research. Member Maurice Gross
& Guy Lyon-Playfair took up the case.
The home of the Hodkins’ Green
Street, Enfield
They recorded Janet, aged 11 speaking with an
unexplained demonic voice. The rasping
male voice sent a chill through the room.
Hauntingly, it delivered a message from beyond
the grave, describing in graphic detail the
moment of death.
‘Just before I died, I went blind, and then I had
an ’aemorrhage and I fell asleep and I died in
the chair in the corner downstairs.’
The eerie voice — which can still be heard on audio tapes today — is
reportedly that of Bill Wilkins.
The recording was made in Enfield, North London, in the Seventies, several
years after his death.
A news reporter also captured Janet being thrown out of her bed.
Janet Hodgson, aged 11 at the time,
appeared to be thrown out of her
bed while her helpless
sister could only look on.
Naturally, many questions arose, whether it was all a hoax — but no
explanation other than the paranormal has ever been convincingly put
forward. Years later, Janet would tell a Channel 4 documentary:
‘It started in a back bedroom, the chest of drawers moved, and you could hear
shuffling.
Mum said: “I want you to pack it in.”
‘We told her what was going on, and she came to see it for herself. She saw
the chest of drawers moving. When she tried to push it back, she couldn’t.’
Janet’s sister Margaret explained how the activity increased.
‘There were strange little noises in the house, You couldn’t make out what was
going on. None of us slept.
‘We put on our dressing gowns and slippers and went next door.’
The family appealed for help from their neighbours, Vic and Peggy
Nottingham. Vic, a burly builder, went to investigate.
He says: ‘I went in there and I couldn’t make out these noises — there was a
knocking on the wall, in the bedroom, on the ceiling. I was beginning to get a
bit frightened.’
Most of the activity centred on 11-year-old Janet. She went into violent
trances, which were awful to watch. Janet told Channel 4
‘I felt used by a force that nobody understands. I really don’t like to think
about it too much.
I’m not sure the poltergeist was truly “evil”. It was almost as if it wanted to be
part of our family.
'It didn’t want to hurt us. It had died there and wanted to be at rest. The only
way it could communicate was through me and my sister.’
Some cast doubt on the events, however. Two SPR experts caught the
children bending spoons themselves, and questioned why no one was allowed
in the same room as Janet when she was using her gruff voice, apparently that
of Bill Wilkins.
Indeed, Janet admitted that they fabricated some of the occurrences.
She told ITV News in 1980: ‘Oh yeah, once or twice (we faked phenomena),
just to see if Mr Grosse and Mr Playfair would catch us. They always did.’
Now aged 45, Janet lives in Essex with her husband, a retired milkman.
she describes the poltergeist activity as traumatic.
‘It was an extraordinary case. It’s one of the most recognised cases of
paranormal activity in the world.
But, for me, it was quite daunting. I think it really left its mark, the activities,
the newspaper attention, the different people in and out of the house.
It wasn’t a normal childhood.’
Asked how much of the phenomena at Green Street was faked, she says: ‘I’d
say 2 per cent.’
She also admitted playing with an Ouija board with her sister, just before the
activity flared up at the house.
She says she was unaware that she went into trances, until she was shown
pictures.
‘I recall being very distressed by the photos when I was a child, I was very
upset.
‘I knew when the voices were happening, of course, it felt like something was
behind me all of the time.
They did all sorts of tests, filling my mouth with water and so on, but the
voices still came out.
Don’t miss
More poltergeist stories next month
From Stephen renfield
Paranormal? Myth? Legend?
How the curse of the crying boy evolved...
The Spanish artist J Bragolin (who also went by
aliases Franchot Seville and Bruno Amadio)was
said to have painted a deaf and dumb Spanish
street urchin by the name of Don Bonillo, who
would have been between three and five years old
at the time.
It is thought that Bragolin found the child
wondering around the streets of Madrid.
The orphan boy had run away after seeing his
parents die in a blaze and never spoke again.
And because wherever he settled, fires would
mysteriously break out, he became known to the
locals as Diablo or devil.
Warned by a Catholic priest that the boy was
jinxed, Bragolin nevertheless insisted on painting
the boy and is rumoured to have tried beating the
curse out of him.
When the artist's studio burnt down in a blaze he
blamed the orphan boy, and Bragolin's career
was likewise jinxed for evermore. For nobody
would buy his paintings again after this.
It is thought that 19-year-old Don Bonillo later died
in a car accident when the car he was in exploded
into flames. Nobody came forward to claim his
body.
These crying boy paintings were later mass
reproduced in the 1980's and were readily available
in places like
Woolworths and Boots.
The curse of the crying boy began in Yorkshire,
September 1985 when over 50 mysterious house
fires were thought to have been caused by the
paranormal painting. In most cases the houses
were completely destroyed and only the painting
remained untouched. It is thought that the
paintings didn't burn because they were printed
on compressed hardboard and hard to ignite.
Even so, there is not a firefighter in Yorkshire
who will allow one in his/her home.
This months featured team
Dayton Ohio Supernatural
Team leader Aaron Bilbrey (bottom left, with core members Krista,
Kevin & Jane) began ghost hunting with his family a couple of years
ago when they went to Prospect Place in Dresden Ohio. It had been
featured on Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures. They made
contact with a little girl there who rolled a ball out into the hall.
They later found EVPs of her answering questions.
After that he was hooked.
He started booking places himself under the name Dayton Ohio
Supernatural. The name turned out to be a blessing because they
started getting referrals from other groups for the Dayton area.
He has been very lucky in his captures of EVPs. almost always
coming away with a large amount of Class A's. The main goal of the
Dayton Ohio Supernatural group is to have fun, but also educate
others as well. This is why they have started a daily feature on their
Facebook page called "The Ghost Hunting Tip of the Day". Aaron
tries to give an informative and unique look into paranormal
investigating, all the while giving ideas to make other groups more
successful in their capture of evidence.
Some of the places investigated: Prospect Place, Sedamsville
Rectory, Poasttown Elementary, Bryn Du Mansion, Whispers Estate,
Mansfield Prison, Twin City Opera House, and Bobby Mackey's.
They have upcoming investigations at Waverly Hills Sanitarium and
Thornhaven Manor.
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One of the most famous
ghost photographs ever
taken.
The photograph known as
'The Brown Lady of
Raynham Hall' is probably
the most famous picture of
a ghost ever taken.
Captured on 19 September
1936 by two photographers,
the picture shows a curious
transparent image,
suggestive of a hooded
figure, apparently
descending a wooden
staircase in Raynham Hall,
Norfolk, England.
Comments when recently posted on Facebook
Very good picture because it is so well known that if almost become
representative of Ghost Picture.
Beautiful!!!!!!!
110% legit, it has been proven again & again
Have seen this photo many times and I'm fascinated by it every time
Its meant to be (which is subject to debate) a woman & her young son.
Anita Jo Intenzo-Haunted Author Classically trained as a fine artist, I graduated with honors from Moore College of
Art in Philadelphia. My fine arts training in painting and sculpture along with my
knowledge of restoration materials evolved into a business where I'm able to
preserve and restore family treasures: www.pastimagesbyanita.com I wrote a
non-fiction book, Estate of Horror that has just been published. It is now up on
Amazon, Kindle. Check out my website: www.estateofhorror.com for updates on
my ghostly news.
Have you seen a shadow person? Read about one of the world's current
phenomenons in my updated blog that is happening more and more
frequently and being reported to the paranormal community.
What is a shadow person? By definition a
shadow person, also known as a shadow
figure, shadow being or black mass, is an
alleged paranormal entity. Their movement
is often described as being very quick and
disjointed; they may first move slowly, and
then rapidly "hop" to another part of
a surrounding. Some witnesses describe this
movement as though the shadow entities they
have seen "danced" from one wall to the
next. They often completely disappear into
solid walls.
A number of religions, legends, and belief systems describe shadowy
spiritual beings or supernatural entities such as shades of the underworld,
and various shadowy creatures have long been a staple of folklore and
ghost stories. The phenomenon can take many forms: big, hairy, shadowy
spiders, cats, clouds, black masses, or where a head is directly connected
to a set of broad shoulders and, at times, you can see red glowing eyes.
Shadow people are described with striking similarities all over the world
such as the Hat-Man which is described the same from small children to
adults. The common traits are dark silhouettes with human shapes (usually
a masculine shape) and profiles. Some shadow people are wearing coats
and hats and a few have claimed to see them with bright red glowing eyes.
Others talk about the "Hat Man," a solid creature as having "a Zorro-type hat"
or "a Fedora type hat". He wears a three piece suit and a cape or a long trench
coat, and possesses glowing red or solid black eyes. Even more terrifying is
the entity covered in a Hooded Black Cloak with no feet!
Where Do They Come From?
There is scientific research that tells of several physiological and psychological
conditions can account for reported experiences of shadow people.
A possibility could be it's an illusion from sleep deprivation, which may lead
to hallucinations. Another theory is that Shadow people are psychological in
nature, and that they are somehow linked to a modern stressful lifestyle.
One scientific explanation is that shadow people are seen mainly in
the corner of ones eye from a condition known as Pareidolia, that could be
responsible. This is a condition where vision in the peripheral area of the eye
incorrectly interprets random patterns of light/
shadow or texture as being familiar patterns
such as faces and human forms.
Can shadow people be spirits of once living
human beings that are stuck here on earth
and maybe for one reason or another can't
move on? A lot of people who have seen and
experienced shadow people don't think that
shadow people are residual haunting's. Most people who have seen shadow
people think that they are intelligent and able to come and go when they want.
Some people even say they think shadow people may be another life form
entirely or may be the extra-dimensional inhabitants of another universe.
Online discussion forums devoted to paranormal and supernatural topics
describe Shadow People as menacing, among other believers and paranormal
authors, there is no consensus that shadow people are either evil, helpful, or
neutral.
One of the more frightening forms witnesses recall is the black mass,
an appalling dark form with a vaguely humanoid stance, which the witnesses
unanimously feel represents pure evil can jump on your chest to choke
you. The "Hat Man," is claimed to be a form of evil incarnate and speculated
that the being is the Devil himself!
My Own Experiences With Shadow People
August 2009: our cousins visited the house of my deceased friend hoping to
capture some paranormal activity on their cameras. The chapter describing
what took place during that visit is in my published book, Estate of Horror.
www.estateofhorror.com.
Our cousin *"Karen" sat on a chair during the time spent documenting the
activity in the basement of the house that harrowing day and soon felt a
presence behind her. Following photo shows what she captured on film. Her
sister also recorded a darting dark figure behind a wardrobe closet.
*named changed
On June 2010: My son, Chris awoke suddenly in his bedroom and saw a dark
figure near his chair. He instinctively snapped a picture with his cell phone
camera and went back to sleep as it was very early. When he woke up several
hours later he thought he had dreamed the event. That was until he looked at
the image he captured on the camera. A dark hooded creature that seems to
float off the floor. He showed it to me as he was getting dressed and I suggested
he take another photo of the chair to compare before and after. That is why
there is a slight change of the shirts moved in the other frame but the photos
were taken the same morning.
My family have seen small shadows darting along the baseboards and ceilings
in our home and these have been connected with poltergeist activity at the
same time.
July 6, 2012: This figure showed up again last year when we filmed my book
trailer. On our teaser, before you see the shadow man at the beginning of the
video (the first 10 seconds) reflected on our white door and just before you
see him there is a brief EVP of a dog barking.
http://youtu.be/kA2_q6GWJjQ
Our producer and crew said no one heard any dog barking or noise (this was
midnight and no one was around but us) when they were filming
and our cinematographer and director and crew were not wearing hats.
Our brimmed hat shadow man came to my son later (who is very psychic) in a
dream and told him was a former resident who murdered his wife in the early
1900's. My son described him as wearing farmer's overalls and a brimmed hat
along with his companion-a large black dog with red eyes. We researched in
county records (the property dates to the early 1800's) and indeed a former
owner went to prison for murdering his wife in 1900's.
So, Should You Be Afraid?
It depends. Has it caused you to be frightened by its presence or has shown
aggression towards you? That can be a problem. If you've never been harmed
it may just be part of the home's original history (like with our experience) and
is just an echo of a spirit or ghost that has existed for an extended period of
time. It could be a being created through negative psychic energy or a lost soul
who has been wronged, has unfinished business or has evil intent. Perhaps just
an hallucination or optical illusion brought on by the psychological
circumstances of stress, or mental illness. These are things you have to keep in
mind to understand its reason for being there or just exactly why they are
suddenly there at all. As the old 1940's radio detective show "The Shadow"
used to say in its opening line, "Only the Shadow Knows!"
Artist rendering of our
shadow man as seen on
video
Sleep Well…. A man moves into a new house..
Every morning as he leaves for work a
little girl in the house opposite looks
out of her window, she watches him
go to his car and leave, he has never
seen anyone enter or leave the house
and begins to grow concerned.
One morning as he leaves he see the
girl…she is frantically banging on the
window with a look of terror and
appeared to be screaming for help!
Taking his eyes off her for a split
second as he grabbed his phone to
call for help, he looks back and she is
gone!
He calls the police to report what has
just happened, to his surprise he is
told prank calls are an arrestable
offence, he assures the police that he
is deadly serious and not pranking..
The police inform him that he is then
mistaken as the little girl who lived in
the house went missing 8 years ago,
her parents left the area 2 years ago….
Nobody has lived there since…
A couple take their children to the
families picnic where every year the
wife takes a family portrait. When
adding this years photo to the album
she notices a woman at the very back of
the group who she doesn’t recognise,
going back through previous years she
notices the unknown woman is there
every year…
Confused about who she is she shows
her husband, he freezes with shock!
He recognises her from photos he had
seen as a child….it was his mother who
had died giving birth to him.
He grabbed the albums and rushed to
show his father…he told his father
about his mother being in the photos,
he quickly opened the album to show
him, but she had vanished from every
single photo.
….she never appeared again.
I suddenly awoke realising I
had slept in and was late for
work, grabbing my clothes I
quickly dressed and rushed
from the house.
Running to the bus stop as fast
as I could, shouting out a few
‘Hello’s’ to people I knew…
My still sleepy mind began
registering nobody was
returning my greetings, they
didn’t even acknowledge me!
Some people can be so
ignorant.
As I was running it suddenly
dawned on me I had left my
wallet on the bedside table,
angry with myself I spun round
and ran even faster back home
to get my wallet, again everyone
seemed oblivious to me as I
sprinted through the streets.
I burst through the front door
and took the stairs in a few
bounds, as I flung my bedroom
door open I froze in horror….
I was still in bed, quiet clearly
dead.
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This was taken during
An investigation at a pub/bar
Nobody was in the frame when
The photo was taken. One of
the reports from the location is
a white figure rushing to go
Upstairs which are to the right
As you look at the picture.
Has this figure been caught?
Caught at
Nottinghams
Galleries of
Justice, England.
Upon lightening a
Dark photo, what
Appears to be two
Figures becomes
Visible. Right one
Standing and left
One seated..
Simon Healy, New on the Paranormal Scene and
Upcoming Future Singer. Known for his input in
bringing the Fans of Most Haunted together for
over 3 years but has since moved on to concentrate
on his Singing Career and Investigations into the
Paranormal. He is a Wonderful, Dedicated, Friendly
Hard Working Guy who is always there for everyone
and which is why people love him so much, what you
see is what you get with Simon! His Motto "we
should be all working together" x
What got you interested in the paranormal?
"Ever Since I was little I was fascinated in the Paranormal by watching movies
and TV shows based on the Paranormal and listening to stories my granny told
me about her sightings of ghosts being relatives etc One of my fave show's was
Most Haunted which I thought was a fantastic show which opened my eyes to
the Paranormal world, loved how being locked away in a haunted location with
a camera for 24 hours was so exciting and thrilling. Being a fan of the dark I
just loved how the show was put together and planned out it really taught me a
lot in terms of equipment, experiments and techniques to use when Ghost
Hunting. From watching the show to Ghost Hunting now in the present day it
has been a wonderful journey and I’m so excited to see where My Investiga-
tions into the unknown take place next"
Did you enjoy your time with Most Haunted?
Yes it was an Amazing Experience to take part in what I watched for over 10
years, Fantastic Team and Locations it was an amazing experience to be
with the Team filming and to see what it was like and it has definitely made
me believe that there is life after death, you have to experience paranormal
activity in person then you can say wow I believe! So much different than
watching it on TV. It was a dream come true and I Thank Karl and Yvette for
giving Me the chance to tag along and experience the thrill and fun of Ghost
Hunting on Most Haunted.
What is your scariest time on an investigation (what happened)?
"My Fave so Far was a Wollaton Hall Nottingham with the Amazing Haunted
Events UK Team which I am Now a Team member with, they are the Best
Ghost Hunting Company in the UK So Please Check them Out
The Investigation began in darkness.at Wollaton Hall Nottingham in the
Grooms room. We Started of with Table Tipping, we all stood around the
table in the centre of the room and placed our hands lightly on the table and
called out and asked questions with which the table started to move across the
floor. No way was anyone pushing it cos you cant and you would know by the
pressure of your hands! At one point the table tilted onto two legs and it was so
hard to even try and push it back down again, it was Amazing! Bojana decided
to move the table near the steps of the entrance of the room, and again the
Table moved about. What came to us was a Spirit of a little girl who wanted to
play with us. So we all stood in a circle and got
marbles and placed them on our hand flat out in
front of us and called out and asked the little girl
to push them off our hands onto the floor. In
which in time they were pushed and moved off
our hands it was amazing. while that happened my
left eye twitched a lot like someone was pinching
my left eye, it also felt as if something was
stroking my back. I felt a lot of cold spots and
tingling sensations over My Body too. The Door of the room we were in was
shut but started to move as the light from the door went brighter and then
dimmed, there was no wind or breeze. We called out and asked for the door to
be pushed open and closed, which it did but was like a child was trying to push
the door gently it was Fantastic! We also noticed while that was happening that
a black figure was standing on the steps, even though we were in darkness the
light from the door that was opening and closing shone on the steps into
the room very lightly so that we could see a black silhouette figure appearing
and it went again on the steps that led down into the room of where we stood,
we also tried placing marbles on these steps stood back in the dark and one was
moved of the steps onto the floor in front of us INCREDIBLE!!
We got lots tapping and noises around the room too .
It really was an experience and has made me believe even more that there is
definitely life after death."
Why did you leave Most Haunted?
"Just to quote I wasn’t part of the Most Haunted Team but I did a hell of a lot
of hard work for the social media of MH for over 3 years. I felt I did my bit
for the fans, but sadly to some it wasn’t enough. But I was proud of what I
achieved in the Fan Base I worked hard to bring together after the show
finished on TV in 2010. I am so grateful for the fun experience I had with the
Most Haunted Team and I wish them luck for the future. I am now putting
Myself first and focusing on my own career and talents with my Singing and
Ghost Hunting. 2014 has been a refresh for Me and its time to move onto
bigger and better things now"
What is your favourite location and why?
Oh so far it has to be Wollaton Hall Nottingham. Amazing Location and
Looks Incredible!
Wollaton Hall
The hall is quite a wonderful building in itself, with over 500 acres of deer
park it was built by Francis Willoughby. The hall is now used to house
exhibits of the Nottingham Natural History Museum and the industrial past of
the city.
In the early 1980’s two staff were chatting to a foreman and heard laboured
breathing. It sounded like it was in the room with them, as they listened the
sound moved away and faded as if the person was walking off.
On another evening an attendant heard a tune being whistled, another witness
was called so they could check the room. When they looked inside there was
nothing so they shut the door and carried on, the tune then started up again
inside the room so they decided to leave it for good.
With a building that has been there since 1588 it seems some of the residents
enjoy it enough to carry on sticking around.
Thanks to Simon Healy for answering our questions
Join His Facebook Group at "Simon Healy's Para-Music-unity"
Coming next month…..
Part 2 of Stephen Renfields Poltergeist feature
More amazing photographs
Interview with surprise guest
Venue reviews
Lots more articles
New features
Investigation reports
Equipment reviews
Sleep Paralysis Article
Your letters
&
Much, much more
Out 30/5/2014