The Abandoned Newsham Park Hospital and Orphanage Liverpool - 16/09/13

This vast grade 11 listed Victorian building which was built in 1870 and designed by Alfred Waterhouse; who also designed the Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London lies on 3.5 acres of private fenced off land and has an interior size of 99,000 sq ft.

It is set overlooking 200 acres of parkland and a large lake and has to be one of most terrifying places we have ever visited.

Now derelict this locations historical background is that of an Orphanage, a Hospital and in later life an Old Person’s Nursing Home.

This building is massive in size with so many spooky Corridors, Dens and Rooms to get lost in.

On the upper floors of the building, the old Hospital Wards can be found along with a Bell Tower, Chapel, eerie Staircase’s and the all time ultimate; the Mortuary with fridges still intact!

This building has lain dormant and desolate for many years and much of the paranormal activity that is said to have occurred has been reported by security staff whilst patrolling the location.

Whispering echoing voices are said to have been heard along with dark shadowed figures which have been seen fleeing up the stairs and corridors; as if eager not to be seen by onlookers.

Strangely Workmen have also reported that tools that they had been using; were moved without explanation only to find them in other parts of the building.

We split into 4 teams covering the old Morgue, the top floor where naughty boys' were locked into cupboards cut into the walls, the basement and the kitchen. My area was the Basement. I can honestly say it was one of the scariest hunts I have been on. 

As soon as we linked hands we picked up on an icy cold energy behind us, an aggressive male who did not like women with red hair - as I have red hair, this made me feel a little uneasy. On asking out, about 6 of the guests and myself heard a horrible, gruff voice say 'youuuuuu c*********t'.

As soon as our first group touched the table, it span around at 360 degrees. It then tipped and span, each time folding in on itself and aiming itself in my direction. Although the other three groups didn't have so much energy with regard to the table, we did hear other voices and even music at one point and something like a pebble or stone was also thrown. Our final group picked up on an elderly lady from the Victorian era and our guest actually saw the lady in the darkness of the basement.

The other three areas were also extremely active, with names and events picked up on the Ouija and the electronic equipment working very well.

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ALTON TOWERS GHOST HUNT 27TH JULY 2013

Alton Towers is probably the most well known Tourist Attraction in the UK.
Set amidst beautiful Gardens in Staffordshire many people visit this famous Theme Park year after year not knowing that there lurks a dark and chilling Gothic Mansion amongst the thrilling rides. The very haunted Alton Towers Ruin, a place which has a very dark and mysterious history.
The early Alton Towers was a hunting lodge, known as Alveton Lodge (or Alverton), which is the ancient name for Alton.
Charles Talbot, the 15th Earl and his family, began improvements on the house, and initiated the creation of the Gardens, at the turn of the 19th century. Through the early 1800s, 13,000 trees were planted in the grounds. In 1811, major work began on the house. Over the next ten years, several new rooms were built: a drawing room, dining room, chapel, library, long gallery, banqueting hall, conservatory and entrance hall were all added. As a result of the work done, the house doubled in size. The entire building was renovated in a Gothic Style, and the foundations of the Flag Tower were also laid. Some of the architects that worked on the house were Thomas Hopper and A.W Pugin (the architect involved in the equally haunted Woodchester Mansion).
Sadly in the early 1900's however, the house began its demise, when a lack of funds prevented the family from taking care of all the maintenance on the house and it was sold in 1924.
The Tower Ruins have a very strange chilling atmosphere even in broad daylight and with over 1500 years of History at this very haunted location you wouldn’t be surprised of the paranormal activity that has been reported here by visitors and staff alike.
Witnessed often is a Female presence that has been seen several times appearing to people mostly on the upper floors of the Ruin seen wearing all black garments as if she is in mourning.
Heavy thunderous footsteps are heard regularly within the darkness along with dark shadows seen lurking and moving about in doorways.
Strange whispering, chanting discarnate voices are heard close to people’s ears along with loud distinctive Raps and Knocks given in response to any question asked during Investigations.
There have been poltergeist stone throwing phenomena reported on numerous occasions along with foreboding feelings sensed in certain area.

 

We arrived at the house in the middle of an electrical storm. Thunder rolled in and lightning struck and it all made for a very atmospheric (if not a bit soggy) start to the night ! I was thrilled, as it is known that electrical storms can provide energy for spirit to manifest - would we be lucky tonight?
We started our walk around the building and people began to sense a very 'dark' atmosphere to the ruin on this particular night. I caught a glimpse of a small Victorian child - typical of the stereotype. Pretty blonde little girl with ringlets and an Alice in Wonderland style dress - as we reached the kitchen. As I looked at her, her eyes suddenly turned dark and a look of pure malice came across her face. This was no child, but an elemental, left behind by those who had practiced dark magic, in order to frighten people away from their sacred space!

In the Pugin rooms, one of our guests caught sight of a very slim lady in a white gown - she said there was a splash of red on the gown but couldn't tell if it was a sash - or blood.... 

We split into smaller groups for the organised vigils. Table tipping was very active in the lower rooms, with the name William, a man who like to grab hold of ladies, responding to our questions. In our first group, we actually saw parts of his body forming in the doorway ! In two of the groups a ball of blue light was seen on the stairs, which I saw as the bottom part of a ladies blue gown. The dress seemed to move slowly down the stairs as we called out to her.

The Ouija board came out with some interesting information, and people felt they were pushed in the circle.Big temperature changes were also felt throughout the night.

Thanks to all our amazing guests as usual. Follow the link at the top of this page if you'd like to join us one night...

RYECROFT HALL MANCHESTER 20TH JULY 2013

20th July 2013

Ryecroft Hall in Manchester is a majestic Grade II listed building built in 1849 by James Smith Buckley. The Buckley family were wealthy, well to do cotton manufactures who also owned many other properties in the local area. This building which still retains many of its original and ornate features was once used during the First World War as a voluntary hospital with 100 beds for patients.

The last owner of the Hall was James Buckley’s nephew who name was Abel Buckley. Abel lived at the Hall for 22 years before finally passing the house and its grounds to the people of Audenshaw to use for council offices.

Ryecroft Hall is very well known for its hauntings.

The Cellar area in particular seems to be a hive of activity which is not surprising as it was once used as a mortuary. In this area a women’s voice has been reported to have been heard here on more than one occasion shouting a clear “Get Out” and people who enter this area feel very very unwelcome to say the least with its intense and eerie atmosphere even the staff that work at Ryrcroft Hall will not venture into the Cellar alone!

Apparition’s are said to have been witnessed on the upper floors of this location one being an old man who is thought to have once worked at the hall and two young spirit children a boy and a girl have also been seen.

Poltergeist activity has been reported here with items being thrown along with the sounds of heavy furniture being moved around in upstairs rooms where upon investigation the room is always found to be empty with no one there.

Michael, myself and technical paranormal investigator, Alan Darcy, arrived at the Hall and set up our equipment.

After a tour round with the caretaker, we embarked on our ghost walk. The group were great, really getting into it and not afraid to tell us what they were experiencing. Some people felt sick, some experienced a feeling of dread and one lady had her hair touched, when we were in the cellar. 

We then split into groups - I took the cellar, Alan and Michael took the upper floors.

Table tipping worked very well, especially when our returning guest, Paul, called out ! Paul has been on a few investigations and seems to act as a battery for spirit when we are table tipping. Guest Emma was told on the Ouija board that the Colonel thought she looked like his daughter - we asked him on the Franks box to repeat her name and sure enough, after a couple of minutes, came the chirpy response Emmmmmma! Michael said he heard the name 'Beckley' which actually turned out to be 'Buckley' - the one-time owner of the Hall.

The franks box and PX seemed to refer to war-time words such as 'general'  'soldiers'  and also said 'secret' and 'silence' - perhaps they were referring to the signing of the Official Secrets Act?

All in all we had a fantastic night with really great interaction from the guests which always results in good interaction with spirit.

If you would like to come with us to  Ryecroft Hall, the next event is on 9th November 2013.

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DRAKELOW TUNNELS SATURDAY 13TH JULY 2013 - ALL DAY GHOST HUNTING !

It was a boiling hot day - 30 degrees in some places - so when we arrived at the tunnels for our first, daytime, ghost hunt at 1pm, it was a relief to go into the cool tunnels. At a constant 9 degrees, we actually had to put our jackets on, once we were acclimatised to the temperature !

Our first ghost walk went well. There were lots of noises and whistles, and the Ouija board picked up a few names. We had a couple of sceptics in the group, but after the table tipping session, one of them said to me 'I am now becoming a believer - it wasn't just the table tipping, I actually felt the force of it being dragged beneath my fingers'.

In fact some of ours guests enjoyed it so much, they bought tickets for the night time event, which started at 9pm and continued until 3am.

The evening group started with a walk around on which myself and medium Tracey Titley picked up on a couple of officious men in the BBC area. 

Guests Ben and David had an emotional experience on the guests free time, with the spirit of an old man who seemed lonely. They both had tears in their eyes and felt very sad.

During the table tipping vigils, two of the groups were treated to a fantastic light show from the spirits of Bill and Harry - large orbs of light would move towards the group and then retreat and even seemed to pulsate, as if they had a life of their own!

Finally, we tried out our new way of communicating with the spirits. Paranormal Technician Alan Darcy used his exclusive equipment to bring up the face to face with the Spirits of Drakelow !

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Bodmin Gaol 29th June 2013

It was my first time at Bodmin and as we pulled up, I must admit, it was very creepy.

After setting up I had a little wander around on my own, and stood in the long room in the pitch black, trying to extend my aura and feel that was in the room. I sensed a small boy, about 5 years old, to the back of the room on the left. I asked him, mentally, to show me he was there, and I heard a small stone hit the ground. This was going to be a good night ! Our guests arrived and after a history walk, were let loose on their own. There were a couple of open minded sceptics in the group, and I was looking forward to seeing if anything would happen for them. Everyone went off using the ghost hunting equipment and a few reported feeling hot, sick and hearing noises in various areas of the building.

We then split into groups - Michael took the ground floor with the ouja board and pendulums, Jess and I took the basement for table tipping. We picked up on an aggressive male in the Baker's room who smelled awful and he was touching people, showing himself as a light and generally making his presence felt. He touched Guests Helen and Kerrie seemed to be two ladies he particularly liked the look of. Kerrie also had a stone thrown at her, at one point - This is what Kerrie had to say of her experience 'Thanks for an amazing night. I went in there a bit sceptical and came out believing. I was the one wanting to stand in the middle because I kept being touched. Table tipping and ouija board was amazing. Nice having a spirit pushing me into a corner using a table lol . Thank you guys for last night' 

The most incredible thing that happened for me though, was when guest Daniel, a sceptic, was table tipping and notice his fingertips were wet. He showed the whole group and it was as though a drop of water had been just placed on his finger. The strange thing about this was that in the previous room, another guest (a lady) had experienced something similar, expect there was much more water. Both times we checked the table and it was dry. The ceiling and floor was dry and there was no sign of water anywhere else !

Pools of water (that appear randomly) have been associated with poltergeist activity in recorded cases, so this was very interesting and quite rare. Certainly the first time I have seen it !

All in all it was a fantastic night with personal messages coming through on the ouija board and affecting people within the group too.

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The Spirit House 31st May 2013

I suppose I am lucky, as I didn't have far to travel for this one - in my own home !
The Spirit House was built circa 1544 (although parts of the house go back to the 12th century) and it has seen many people come and go .... and many deaths.

Built with Stone from Evesham Abbey, the house holds many ghostly secrets...
At night, when Mike and I go upstairs to our flat, the lower floors are opened up to ghost hunters and paranormal investigators. There is a haunted cellar where guests are invited to spend the night…or at least try to – many have left early citing all kinds of strange noises and visions.

The Spirit House also boasts its own Poltergeist, known only as "Colin" who moves heavy chairs around in the cellar !

The ghost of a young girl and a monk are also often seen, along with the spirit of a Victorian Doctor.

We had some returning guests this evening, Matthew, Emma, Jo and Kerri all came back for some more contact with the other world.

We had three experiments running - table tipping in the Victorian Witch room, scrying and ouija in the Doctor's Room and Scrying and Franks Box in the cellar.

Guest Emma saw an orb fly from the witch room to the doctor's room (something which has been seen before) and  Matthew felt a wet finger run down his arm ! something he'd never experienced before ! Emma's name was mentioned twice on the Franks Box (she was popular !) and some of the other guests were touched, felt changes in temperature and saw their faces change during scrying.

A young boy called William took a shine to our guest Ashleigh and seemed to follow her from room to room, making her feel very emotional at one point.

For me the highlight of the evening was when we asked Colin 'what would you like to do to all these ladies?' - his reply, via the Franks Box was 'multiple sex' ! Naughty Colin!

If you want to join us at The Spirit House or indeed hire it for your own investigation please visit the website www.dusktilldawnevents.co.uk or email info@dusktilldawnevents.co.uk for private bookings.

Newsham Hospital Liverpool 25/5/13

Newsham Hospital Liverpool 25/5/13

Newsham Hospital is a vast, Victorian Building, built approximately 200 years ago for the orphans of Sailors.

The Grade II listed building is believed to be one of Liverpool's Most Haunted buildings.

This building is massive in size with so many spooky Corridors, Dens and Rooms to get lost in.

On the upper floors of the building the old Hospital Wards can be found along with a Bell Tower, Chapel, eerie Staircase’s and the all time ultimate; the Mortuary with fridges still intact!

This building has lain dormant and desolate for many years and much of the paranormal activity that is said to have occurred has been reported by security staff whilst patrolling the location.

 
We arrived an hour before our guests, where we were taken on a quick tour of the available areas. John showed us the Morgue and the old School House as well as the Asylum, basement, and hospital wards. It was all very spooky. The building is dilapidated and there is no electricity....

We picked up on several spirits, one being a man called Maurice, who haunts the Morgue - he was very active during table tipping and also managed to let out two, raspy breaths behind me and a guest. 

The franks box came out with some interesting information and kept referring to a military link which we will have to check up on.

The Ouija board produced some good results and on the ghost walk, right at the beginning of the evening, several guests saw a streak of white light, zip through the air in front of Michael as he spoke about a young girl who was following him in the School House.

Our next visit is in September 2013 - are you brave enough to join us?

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