Paranormal Watch June by UK British Paranormal Association

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Princess Amun Amun--Ota And Other Titanic Legends The strange story of the secret passenger on the ill-fated Liner and other legends

V.I.P Investigate Northwood House Read the Investigation reported and find out the chilling secrets of Northwood house inside!

Chillingham Castle Tracey Monger tells us a bit about Chillingham Castle’s history and why it deserves the title of Britain’s most haunted castle

FEATURES : Cornwall—County of restless spirits, The Jack The Ripper Mystery, The Angel Of Mons, UFO’s Spotted over Macclesfield, The Man They Could Not Hang, Celebrity Ghost Sightings, Big Cat spotted in Worcestershire and lots more! All rights reserved to News, UKBPABook Paranormal Watch Magazine © News PLUS…. Projects Team Reviews, Location and2009 Tech Brighton Lanes, East Sussex

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The Editors’ Say… Playing The Long Term Game... say the BPA fought its corner very well. Unfortunately, the minds of the people concerned seemed to be very firmly closed on the matter, making it almost impossible to help them to see what we are REALLY about. Tam Kinnear-Swift, Editor of the Paranormal Watch Welcome to the June edition of the PARANORMAL WATCH. This month has seen various things happen both good and bad in BPALand. HBOS have decided that although they cant help us financially, that they will help us with a range of their business services suited to what we need, and hopefully taking the worry and some of the work from the BPA reps who, with the new website requiring a lot of work still, and the ongoing work with The Conservative party regarding what we need to organize ourselves properly, and the PARANORMAL WATCH are very busy. The BPA has also come under fire this month, I think mostly due to a misunderstanding about what we do and who we are here for, but needless to

Much also has been made of the issue of venues charging for teams to investigate. By having groups who are reliable and for want of a better phase, vetted, then we can make the first steps to making a lot of these venues FREE which is the ultimate aim on that battle front, reducing the cost of entry being but the first step. Obviously, the more groups who sign up and visit these venues, the more we stand a chance of getting into them for free, because of the weight we will carry with these venues. after all, none of this is going to be a short term fix, its going to need to be done in the longer term, but with your help and support, we can achieve it.

Those of you who have been involved with us for some time, or have even been sat back watching, will know that we primarily are about raising the reputation and standards in the Paranormal field, as well as promoting trust between

groups and venues so that hopefully in time, we can significantly lower the prices that some venues charge (we have already secured a number of venue discounts on production of the BPA license) which is the first step towards this. While we realize that nomatter how hard we try, we can never get 100% of people on board, we seek to assure people that the majority rule sets our goals, for example, if the majority of groups decided it would not be in the best interests of BPA member groups to pursue legislation, then we would abandon that and pursue something they feel WOULD be in their best interests. We do try to encourage feedback, both positive and negative so we can get an idea of what the groups are after and represent them better, but for this to happen, you have to have your say and let us know what you think! Slainte! Tam Kinnear-Swift To contact us, or send in any stories or articles, you can email us at Paranormalwatch@ukbpa.org

“the BPA fought its corner very well. Unfortunately, the minds of the people concerned seemed to be very firmly closed on the matter, making it almost impossible to help them to see what we are REALLY about.”

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Founders Words — Brian Lambert Website updates We’ve had a few people email myself or others asking about the website, in previous paranormal watch it was highlighting regarding the website being hack whereby myself and others set to work on building a temporary website for our members. I would like to thank Chris Murphy Brian Lambert—Founder of the a website developer UKBPA and designer that came forward in offering his Great news for members or help in building a new seeven none members that are cure the website for our wishing to know more about members. the British paranormal association. It gives me great pleasure to announce that we are in progress of organizing two annual team meetings for you or others to attend; one will be hosted in East Sussex BN other in the North of England. Both locations will be held at a haunted venue

At the present time the website is under construction and being tested therefore the main front page will display relevant information concerning the progress and updates.

Not only is this a great opportunity for myself and the committee members to meet our existing members, But also to meet new members from other paranormal clubs or teams that would like to attend on the night. There will be more information regarding location date and times in the next paranormal watch.

Just in case you’ve never heard of the BPA here is a brief insight of what we are all about. The British Paranormal Association is a voluntary organization that offers their time to achieve the aim of helping to make the paranormal industry a safer place for all.

About the British paranormal association

We and our members feel strongly about this field and

are very concerned about the problems that have become increasingly apparent in recent years.

“we are in progress of organizing two annual team The British Paranormal As- meetings for you or others to attend; sociation was one will be hosted founded in in East Sussex BN 2006 with the dual objectives other in the North of encouraging of England. Both locations will be excellence we are a vast grow- held at a haunted venue ing voluntary organization Not only is this a whereby we act great opportunity as a provisional for myself and the governing um- committee brella for all members to meet that enter our existing within the para- members, But also normal world. to meet new members from Our objectives are to open and other paranormal spread a profes- clubs or teams that would like to attend sional outlook on the night. ” on how the paranormal world is regarded today by using this opportunity to discuss with others and working together on resolving and supporting topics that are being highlighted by the paranormal, By working with honest people that act with integrity and are seen as professional, as well as working alongside guidelines and ethics. Brian Lambert—UKBPA Founder

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Celebrity Ghost Sightings — Famous Britons Liam Gallagher claimed the ghost of John Lennon appeared to him a few years ago. He didn’t say whether the legendary Beatle gave him a tune or two to use in his next album.

the spirit of Bette Davis, who used to live there. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis had a very public encounter with the ghost of his own father while playing the part of Hamlet in London.

The family of ageing rocker He broke down on stage, Mick Jagger spotted headless weeping, and refused to go on ghosts at their holiday home in with the performance. France. The actor, who is known for Jagger’s daughter, Elizabeth, his intense efforts at getting claims she saw the ghost of a into character, has not perJohn Brown, who’s ghost woman holding her head in formed on stage since, and Queen Elizabeth is al- her hands, and believes the now describes the encounter leged to have seen at Bal- apparitions may be of the as a “hallucinatory moment.” morals building’s former owners, who Politicians died during the French RevoApproximately one in seven Britons believe that they have seen a ghost and it at some time in their lives to which it is rising ,so it’s not surprising that, among that number, are quite a few celebrities that have had ghostly encounters. Royals

lution. Sting is another pop star who’s had a spooky encounter. He reportedly saw the ghosts of a woman and child while lying in bed with his wife, Trudie. At first he thought the ghosts were his own wife and child – the he realised his wife was still lying right next to him.

The Royals spend much of their lives in ancient castles so The irrepressible Robbie Wilyou might expect them to have liams is said to have a love for all things spooky, and, accordseen a ghost or two. ing to his father, was able to And you wouldn’t be wrong. see ghosts even as a child. The Queen herself is said to have spotted the ghost of John More recently, the spirit of an old woman appeared to him Brown, Queen Victoria’s serwhile staying at Ringo Starr’s vant and friend, on the house in Los Angeles. grounds of Balmorals. And, within Windsor Castle, Princess Margaret is reported to have seen the ghost of Elizabeth I. Pop Stars Pop stars seem to be highly attuned to the paranormal realm, judging by the number of ghostly encounters they have had. Oasis lead singer

Actors Another expat Brit who encountered a ghost in L.A. is actor, Hugh Grant.

“The Queen herself is said to have spotted the ghost of John Brown, Queen Victoria’s servant and friend, on the grounds of Balmorals”

Even the venerable Winston Churchill had an encounter with a ghost. Reportedly, while staying in the Lincoln bedroom at the White House in the Second World War,

Sir Winston Churchill, who saw Abraham Lincoln in London

Grant didn’t actually see a ghost but claimed that both he and friends heard a ghostly wailing sound in his home.

Churchill saw the ghost of Abraham Lincoln himself. Legend has it that he asked for his room to be changed the next day.

He believes it may have been

Brian Lambert

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Famous Mysteries — Jack The Ripper Jack the Ripper was a forgery invented by journalists to link a series of unrelated murders and sell newspapers, according to a new book. The unsolved murders of five prostitutes in London's East End in 1888 have spawned innumerable theories over the identity of the 'real' Jack the Ripper - with candidates including artist Walter Sickert, Alice In Wonderland author Lewis Carroll and even Queen Victoria's grandson the Duke of Clarence. But now historian Dr Andrew Cook claims to have blown all these theories out of the water by dismissing the notion of a brutal, murderous spree by one 'serial killer' altogether.

Prince Albert Victor, one of the men blamed for being Jack The Ripper Blame: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, is one of many Ripper 'suspects'

In his book Jack The Ripper: Case Closed, he argues that the famous letter bragging about the killings - signed 'Jack the Ripper' in the firstever use of that name - was actually forged by journalists desperate to sell their newspaper.

Dr Cook shows that the newlylaunched Star newspaper was the first to claim that one man was behind three of the Dr Cook says streetwalkers Mary Nichols, Catherine Ed- 1888 killA rather brutal, condowes, Mary Kelly, Elizabeth ings. temporary drawing of Stride and Annie Chapman Jack The Ripper were killed by different men, Even though as were the six other White- most experts tochapel victims often added to day agree that two of these the Ripper's toll. Emma Smith and Martha Tabram - were not carried out by the same man, the He takes his evidence from police and medical experts at Star's prurient accounts of the on-going murders the time who expressed doubts about the single killer massively boosted its circulation. theory even as it began to take hold on the public imagination. The Star only unveiled the notorious letter from 'Jack the Ripper' in the The senior Whitechapel po“The unsolved murmidst of a drastic fall in liceman at the time of the ders of five prostisales after the exonerakillings admitted in his retutes in London's tion of a boot maker it tirement speech that he did East End in 1888 had identified as a key not believe Mary Kelly was have spawned innukilled by 'Jack the Ripper', Dr suspect. merable theories Cook points out. over the identity of Handwriting expert the 'real' Jack the The assistant police surgeon Elaine Quigley, recruited Ripper - with candiby Dr Cook to examine who examined all five vicdates including artthe letter, has identified ist Walter Sickert, tims, Percy Clark, told the it as the work of Star East London Observer in Alice In Wonderland journalist Frederick Best. author Lewis Carroll 1910: 'I think perhaps one But the public was conman was responsible for and even Queen Vicvinced, Dr Cook says three of them. I would not toria's grandson the like to say he did the others.' and the concept of a lone Duke of Clarence.” rogue killer on the loose However, comments like this in the East End backstreets may have helped were a drop in an ocean as the real culprits literally the myth of the lone rogue killer took hold of the Victo- get away with murder. rian imagination. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Spotlight On — Dr. Ciaran O’Keefe

Dr. Ciaran O’Keefe, one of the UK’s Leading Parapsychologists

I WAS interested in ghost stories at an early age and grew up reading horror and thriller novels by James Herbert, Clive Barker and Stephen King. What got me interested in parapsychology, though, was seeing the film Ghostbusters. That's the first time I heard the term being used. I am a sceptic. Although I'm open-minded about paranormal activity, there has to be evidence, and for me so far there haven't been any overly convincing cases. I have been part of some significant investigations, though. A key moment was Most Haunted's Halloween Live a few years ago at Tynedale Farm in Clitheroe. The crew started collapsing, saying they were choking or losing sensation in their legs. Just telling someone a location is haunted can affect their reaction to it. Tynedale Farm was more extreme

than anything I had witnessed before, but psychology did come into play: part of it was suggestion, part of it the environment. It was extremely dusty and we'd been working for five hours, so people felt a bit parched, to put it bluntly. Part of it was also hysteria - people going along with the moment, seeing close colleagues fall and not knowing what to do, letting their minds and bodies react. advertisement If a ghost came up to me and said "boo", and it was witnessed by another person and filmed, I would be convinced. It would have to be all of those things because I'm aware of the fallibility of the human brain. A lot of people say: "Oh, you would be scared and run away." But I think the ghost would die a second time of boredom because I would be standing there with my list of questions. It's a natural human instinct to jump at loud noises. As soon as there is a noise or something happens, my scientific mind immediately clicks in and I'm thinking about what rational explanation there could be. There have been occasions when I've been scared. At Oldham Coliseum, Yvette Fielding, Cath Howe, Most Haunted's make-up artist and myself were underneath the stage in darkness. Yvette asked the spirit to make a

noise, and at that moment a huge electrical generator started up about a foot away. That made me scream. I've been playing the piano since I was four. “If a ghost came When I was in America up to me and said studying parapsychol"boo", and it was ogy, I had a jazz quartet witnessed by anthat played in and other person and around Washington DC. filmed, I would be It's a dream of mine to convinced. It perform one of my own would have to be compositions in front of all of those things an audience. because I'm aware of the fallibility of the human brain. A lot of people say: "Oh, you would be scared and run away." But I When I lived on the east think the ghost coast of America I had a would die a secmohawk and was capond time of boretain of a rugby team. dom because I would be standI hate ghost hunters ing there with my who use EMF radiation list of questions.” meters as ghost detectors, or mediums who say things like "I'm getting the initial J". Another bugbear is people who ride on my bumper when I'm driving. My childhood hero was Einstein. I was a bit of a geek, even back then. I also found photographs of him hilarious.

I remember being on a bar in Madrid in my underwear, pole dancing. That's probably the most embarrassing thing I've ever done.

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The Kemper Arena, Texas — Does Owen Hart Still Perform There? It continued to host a multitude of sporting events including hockey, basketball, football, indoor soccer, and paintball. It also hosts professional wrestling venues, mainly for the WWE, which is where the ghost story for the Kemper Arena comes from.

descent. There have also been reports of flickering lights and other power sources that seem to go on and off in some areas of the arena.

“On May 23, 1999, Owen Hart, brother of WWE Hall-of-Famer Bret Hart, died at a WWE pay-perview (then known as the WWF) event when he fell from the rafters attempting a wrestling gimmick. He was supposed to be lowered into the arena on a cable when the release mechanism had somehow been triggered, having him fall nearly 80 feet on the ring ropes and then into the ring”

Owen Hart's death was an absolute tragedy for the wrestling world. For someone to lie about seeing the ghost of a person like Owen The Kemper Arena, Texas Hart would take a lot of nerve. However, it would not be the first time someone On May 23, 1999, The Kemper Arena in Kansas Owen Hart, brother of WWE has. If he is haunting the City, Mo. is one of the more Kemper Arena, it would Hall-of-Famer Bret Hart, famed arenas in the United died at a WWE pay-per-view make sense for him to be in States. It has held many the rafters, constantly reliv(then known as the WWF) memorable events, including event when he fell from the ing the events that led to his several NCAA Final Four bas- rafters attempting a wrestling unfortunate demise. Howketball games, the 1976 Regimmick. He was supposed to ever, it would not make sense publican National Convenbe lowered into the arena on as it was known amongst the tion, and a Paul McCartney workers of WWF that he was a cable when the release concert the same year. afraid of heights, and had only done such a stunt very few times. The flickThe Kemper Arena was ering lights and power built within 18 months losses could also be between the years of 1973 caused by faulty wiring or and 1974. It was the first failing bulbs. But it is said major project of German that ghosts need energy to architect Helmut Jahn, manifest and that they who became an imporgather it from batteries tant figure of his field at and other appliances, so it the time. It was built to could be Owen taking enplay host to the city's ergy from the lights and professional basketball Owen Hart being atand hockey teams. The buildtended by paramedics outlets. ing was also revolutionary in immediately after his fall its simple design, with it havSo, does the Kemper Arena ing no pillars on the inside to still have someone permechanism had somehow obstruct views and the roof forming there? There being suspended by exterior been triggered, having him fall nearly 80 feet on the ring has been no way to steel trusses. The building cost $22 million to complete. ropes and then into the ring. prove if such a hauntWhile he did not die immedi- ing exists as no one has The money came from numerous contributors, the larg- ately from the fall, he was attempted to investipronounced dead upon arriest of them being Rufus gate and have preferred Crosby Kemper, a wealthy val at the hospital. to leave the issue alone. financier who funded many of Kansas City's projects and In the years since his death, But someday, someone whom the arena was named there have been multiple re- may try and evidence after. The arena received ports of sightings of (the may be obtained to many architectural awards ghost of) Owen Hart. Emprove that Owen Hart and had several prominent ployees have claimed to have tenants including the Kansas seen him in the rafters wear- ('s spirit) may still be City Scouts, now the New Jer- ing the costume he was wear- among us. Owen Hart , in his sey Devils (NHL), and the ing for his gimmick as well as WWF heyday Kansas City Kings (NBA). the cable before he began the Tam Kinnear Swift

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Spirits Acting Up —The Eastbourne Hippodrome oldest "proper" theatre, after the Winter Gardens which was built in 1874/5. It became the Hippodrome of today after some alterations in 1904, and has been Eastbourne's home of variety theatre ever since. Against all the odds the Hippodrome is still with us, narrowly missing destruction from German bombs in the 1940's and from the wrecking ball in the early 90's. A Hippodrome poster from 1953 It’s been a busy month again for the BPA, I am again out on the roads to meet up with Mr Dave Davis at the Eastbourne Hippodrome, to do a interview and to also surprise him by giving him one of our first BPA awards. It’s been a long time since I can honestly say that entering anther old and historic building on a good note and I am very delighted by doing so, I am very pleased of the progress of our name and the work that we are doing in the BPA and along with and our members that is helping our projects grow. Here is our interview with Dave Could you tell us about the history of the hippodrome The Hippodrome first opened in 1883 under the different name of the Theatre Royal and Opera House. It was built, designed and owned by the architect Phipps and is Eastbourne's

What type of people would have visited this wonderful place I would say all sorts of people from all walks of life would've come here, and its programming was (and is) aimed at the holiday maker. Back in the day the Winter Garden was an exclusive venue ... kind of like a club ... your everyday working class holiday maker would've struggled to gain access to entertainment there and facilities in there and the Devonshire Park itself, so the Hippodrome served as an alternative venue where all were welcome. Could you name any famous actors that have been here Well, Charlie Chaplin is said to have visited the theatre back in the day and of course local musician Russ Conway will always be remembered as one of the saviours of the theatre.... there are many “turns” that have walked out onto that stage. I can remember a very young

Michael Barrymore throwing people out of the theatre, also Bruce Forsyth was here early in his career... it's pretty much a case of "you name them and they've probably been here." The Black and White Minstrel shows ... Actually, an actor called Todd Slaughter appeared at the theatre in the twilight of his career, and is often blamed for a lot of the paranormal activity that occurs within the Hippodrome. Poor guy!

So how Dave and E.S.P.I did you become involved with the theatre is this a family thing? My father started working at the Congress theatre operating the Follow Spots in 1964 and worked there till 1979 (he’s now a boss at Torbay theatres.) My mother had a lot to do with the Hippodrome during the 60's and also with the pier theatre right up until it burned down in 1970. She swapped the stage for an apron in the 90's and returned to work as an usher at the theatres for a few more years.

“Charlie Chaplin is said to have visited the theatre back in the day and of course local musician Russ Conway will always be remembered as one of the saviours of the theatre”

Continued Over oldest Ghost of Norwich

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Spirits Acting Up —The Eastbourne Hippodrome Cont.

An early photograph of the Hippodrome

My sister was a professional dancer, but got all her early experience while performing at Eastbourne theatres, I can remember seeing her in panto’s with Lionel Blair and Frankie Howerd and also the Variety shows at the Hippodrome. The fact that I may have appeared in the odd show …. Remains a secret. Has it been used for anything other than a theatre

short of it all that from that cut he got a blood infection and died sometime later ......... in the manager's flat…. In the theatre. I’ve got to ask you, is the saying ‘break a leg’ still used today or is this myth? Are there any other that are still used today?

gling. I can see loads of names on the stage curtain what is that all about? It's kind of a tradition in theatre to graffiti the back of the safety curtain when you leave the venue, so creating an interesting read of various shows that have passed through over the years and staff members that have left. I'm sure one day when I leave I'll be signing my name under my father’s!

Off the top of my head I can remember that Paul McCartney and Wings used it as a “It would take me rehearsal venue ages to go through before going out on everything that has tour and last been reported from Christmas Noel here, and there is Edmunds used it enough activity as a T.V. studio Eastbourne Hippodrome that occurs that we for one of his proas it is today don't have to dip grammes. into unsubstantiated legend to fatten it out.”

Do you have any story’s you would like to tell us about or even heard off

With the theatre being old and the history of the building do you know if there is any paranormal activity here or any sighting or stories?

It would take me ages to go through everything that has been reported from here, and there is enough activity that occurs that we don't have to dip into unsubstantiated legend to fatten it out. One of the main characters is a tall black clad fella, who gets everywhere, some say he is an old manager ... some say he is Todd Slaughter, this is just speculation though and I doubt we'll ever figure out who or what he is.

It's not a myth, there are various hexes and superstitions associated with theatre, although, I must The famous one to do say I hear of them very with the Hippodrome rarely these days and is the "cut hand mostly from folks that story". There is a man- aren't actually involved. ager's apartment in the Another famous big notheatre, much of it is no is whistling in a theaderelict now and some tre on opening night. It of it is used as a dance would be interesting to studio/rehearsal room. know the origins of But at the end of the some of these supersti1800's a manager cut his tions. Kind of like the hand badly while fixing link between a lot of lunch, the long and ghost legends and smug- Continued Over

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Spirits Acting Up —The Eastbourne Hippodrome — Cont. of her too ? I believe you are in a paranormal team could you tell us about your team?

A Hippodrome poster from 1923 Continued From Over I've heard many reports of him from various sources and... in various places, from the gods, the fly floor and the dress circle. Recently, a painter was working in the stalls and looked up to see a gentleman clad in black looking down at him from the gods (Upper Circle). The painter went up there to see who it was only to see the figure disappear right in front of him. John Playdell (a manager) recently related a story to me of an usherette being very distressed after witnessing a tall black clad gentleman walking through a wall in front of her!! Other reports are of the sound of keys travelling around the theatre, Russ Conway's piano playing itself, and a lady apparition that's seen sitting in various seats throughout the theatre ... I think you were there Brian on an investigation where someone got a photo

I've been a member of East Sussex Paranormal Investigators (E.S.P.I.) since 2005, it's a small non-profit group run by Jan Apps and I think we have around 14 members at present. There's a lot of experience within our ranks and it's a nice happy team to be a member of and we're finding that we have to travel further and further afield these days to find fresh investigations, which is a good excuse for a weekend or two away :) Last year we travelled as far as Gloucestershire and Snowdonia, and on the horizon this summer is Bodmin Gaol, which we're all looking forward to. You have kindly offered your help with working on providing discounts for paranormal teams that are members of the BPA, can I ask you why you offer your help? The world of paranormal investigation has definitely changed over the last three or four years, a victim of its own success if you like, or even a success for its own victims? More and more venues are waking up to the fact that there's big money to be made from ghost hunting, and there's tour companies that serve as the "one stop shop" to help them get it.

It's getting harder and harder for small groups such as E.S.P.I.to find venues to investigate, the big tour “It's almost groups are charging impossible to prices that makes it imcompete, possible for us to comthose sharks pete. have bigger We prawns have to fight teeth. It has harder and harder for become an our food now that the exploitative sharks have moved in. business, in It's almost impossible to the same way compete, those sharks that have bigger teeth. It has supermarkets become an exploitative killed the business, in the same corner shop, way that supermarkets the big killed the corner shop, paranormal the big paranormal tour tour companies are killing us companies are corner shop paranormal killing us groups. corner shop And people are willing to paranormal pay the ridiculous prices groups. ” charged by venues and tour companies, as well as believe the fake mediums and folk that throw stones, because firstly most folk won't know any better (they don't know this field like we all do), and secondly we're dealing with human beliefs. It's a big and very precious cake we're cutting into here and people will pay top dollar for a slice (And happily charge top dollar too). The B.P.A. are working really hard to halt this advance, and without them I think we're all beginning to realize that in another four years time most of us smaller groups won't exist. Continues Over

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Spirits Acting Up —The Eastbourne Hippodrome — Cont. Continued From Over

The BPA’s Brian Lambert and Jane Cox Presenting Dave With the award

with loads of history and story’s and along with the guest that pop in So for me it's worth supwhen the lights are out, porting and as the guy but we are also here to who handles bookings offer you Dave on behalf for paranormal groups of the BPA award for at the Hippodrome it's helping our members good for me to know and also contributing that BPA member back into the community groups are going to be with this award. the real thing, have their public liability insurance I would like to thank you and so on.... Definite and the hippodrome for peace of mind for me, to offering their support by be sure. handing you this on behalf of us at the BPA. As you can see the hippodrome is a wonderful Any words Dave? building that is packed

Thank you very much from us at the Hippodrome for this award and we look forward to seeing everyone on investigations in the future. Good luck to the B.P.A and it's member groups.... Happy hunting To find out more on booking nights with Dave at the hippodrome please contact Dave at Email or visit the BPA website. Interview By Brian Lambert

The Tantallon Castle Mystery An eerie image of a figure at a Scottish castle has got ghost experts spooked. The scary shot was unearthed during the biggest ever investigation into photographic evidence of ghosts. The Ghostly picture containing the figure at Fife’s The picture, taken in May last year, Tantallon Castle shows a spectral figure in fifteenth century dress peering out of a barred window at Tantallon Castle in Fife. No mannequins or costumed guides are used at the castle and photo experts have confirmed that no digital

trickery was used. Even ghost sceptic Professor Richard Wiseman admitted to being puzzled. “It is certainly very curious,” he said. “We ran it by three photographic experts and they said it hadn’t been Photoshopped at all. “The figure appears to be in period costume, but we know 100 per cent that Tantallon Castle is not the sort of place that has dummies or costumed guides; they just don’t go in for that sort of thing. “I suppose it could be a visitor looking a little bit strange. Perhaps someone will come forward.

The explanation is not obvious.” Tantallon Castle, a ruined fortress dating back to the 14th century, stands on a remote rocky headland near North Berwick on the East coast of Scotland. It was badly damaged in an attack by Oliver Cromwell’s forces in 1651. Christopher Aitchison, who took the photo, said: “I was not aware of anyone, or anything, being present in my picture." Psychologist Prof Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire, who has made many studies of the supernatural, launched the investigation a month ago.

Another possibility is an odd reflection of sunlight, but it Tam Kinnear-Swift does look very like a person.

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UFO’s Spotted in Macclesfield This Story was sent to us by reader Katrina Basnett-Kerry. Katrina takes up the story in her own words.

which is rather annoying because I would have liked to have something to back up our story.”

“On Monday morning, May 4th at approximately 12.05am in Macclesfield, Cheshire, my husband Paul and I went out the back for a cigarette before bed.

But there have been more sightings over the past few months.

“While standing there Paul pointed towards the sky just above the houses behind ours at what we thought at first to be an Orange firework, but it never exploded, and seemed “It couldn’t be a to grow bigger. It plane because was moving towards although we're our house at quite a quite close to the speed but at height Manchester above the houses, Airport it didn’t we watched as it moved in amazelook anything like ment. Speculating any of the planes as to what it might we've seen before. actually be? None of them are bright orange, “It couldn’t be a neither do they fly plane because alat that speed nor though we're quite do they make no close to the Mannoise” chester Airport it didn’t look anything like any of the planes we've seen before. None of them are bright orange, neither do they fly at that speed nor do they make no noise “It then flew to the left behind some tree's, i ran for my phone to get some film of it, turned the camera on and filmed it for about a minute while it got smaller as it flew away from our house. It disappeared, so i stopped filming only to find that it hadn’t recorded, though i could clearly see it on the screen,

Manchester Airport. A few moments later what was obviously and aircraft passed below this other light as its lights were more rapid than the other one and it was moving as a plane would normally in fight. “This light appeared to stay for about 15 minutes until it disappeared from sight. I cannot be totally sure on the time but would say between 5 - 6 am” Meg Belfield also had this to say:

This UFO image was captured over Chorlton, near Macclesfield

Here an another, unknown witness recounts their story. “I was looking out from the window of my 1st floor apartment in Macclesfield and noticed what at first i thought was a very bright star in the sky which. I said to my friend how bright is that star. It appeared to be twinkling slowly but on looking closer it appeared to have a red light underneath and it was moving up and down and side to side in slight movements. “It appeared large for a star. We looked around and could see no other stars in the sky at that time and cloud cover appeared minimal. “We then began to say it must be an aircraft as I do see planes on the flight path from

“Through our living room window, I saw what I thought was a firework rise from the valley bottom. It went straight up, and had what looked like a fiery tail. But then it started to move horizontally from east to west. “I called to my husband and he got his binoculars and went outside to the garden. Although it was moving quite fast, there was no noise from it. and it turned north west. My husband described it as looking similar to a hot air balloon with the flame on, but that it was not perfectly spherical (it had ragged edges) and it was going much to fast for a balloon. “This is the third sighting I have had in the same area since 1 Jan. 2009, but not exactly the same appearance. I might add that our house is fairly high up over Bollington with a good all round view of the sky.” Continued Over

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UFO’s Spotted in Macclesfield—Cont. Continued From Over Meanwhile, the Chester Chronicle reported this : “A CITY centre resident was amazed on spotting a UFO flying across the Chester skyline on Sunday evening while standing on his balcony.

Canadian Marty Wilbur, 29, who lives in Hush House, next to The Chronicle office, was on his mobile to a friend back home when he noticed a pulsating orange light rising up in front of him to the east of the city . He said: “I could see this orange ball rising up, at a 90 degree angle,

straight up, then it just sat there, sat still for a few seconds. To my amazement it started moving side -ways. Right away I recognised it wasn’t something normal that I had ever seen before.” Marty, who is used to seeing aircraft over-flying Chester, added: “There was no sound at all. All you can hear are birds chirping on the video.” Marty, who works for a company supplying Vauxhalls at Ellesmere Port, is unsure about the idea of aliens visiting in high tech craft.

the whole scheme of things, I don’t see why there couldn’t be.” Mandy, 25, Marty’s partner, who also witnessed the incident, who describes herself as “sceptical”, said: “I was kind of surprised. There was no sound at all. It was pretty strange – like an orangey lantern. It rose slowly and then all of a sudden it got really quick.” Cheshire police did not have any reports about the UFO. The Ministry of Defence was “not aware of any incidents occurring at that time”.

“I think there could be something out there but nothing has ever been proven. We are so little in

News From the Projects Team This month, see’s a further development in the grant funding application with HBOS. Although the BPA made it into the last 25, we were unfortunate not to have made it into the last 6, as the competition was very strong. But this month, we received a letter from HBOS stating that they would like to help us in any way they can. “We were extremely impressed with your application, and the ambitions held for your organisation. We have recently developed a range of market leading products, some of which are

ideally suited to your needs, and importantly, we will assist in the growth and development of your organisation” Although it is highly unlikely they will offer us any money, it does however appear that they want to help us in other ways, which can only be a good thing, as it means less work for the already stretched committee members to worry about.

bers details will be transferred over by the admin staff, so there is no need to resign up, but it will take a while to get this done, so please bear with us until we can transfer the details over to the database.

“We are still reeling somewhat from the hacking incident almost 3 months ago, and

Any enquiries, email me directly at Projectdeveoper@ukbpa.org

it has taken time

Tam Kinnear-Swift

running so that

We are still reeling somewhat from the hacking incident almost 3 months ago, and it has taken time to get a workable website up and running so that new members can join. Existing mem-

to get a workable website up and

new members can join”

Tam and Bex, The UKBPA’s Projects Team

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Featured Investigation — Vectis Investigation into the Paranormal at Northwood House We all met up in a quiet back light car park and waited for the rattle of keys in the main door that meant our investigation would start. However it was set The V.I.P Team on to be a night we all location would never forget in a hurry, in fact we still talk about it now. “While this was going on Heather could feel a lady behind Jude, moments later Heather came out with name MARY. I know that there was no surname with this Mary, but George Ward that brought the house in the first place was married to a Mary”

When we entered the main entrance we were greeted by a huge oval shaped room and dome shaped roof, all of which can be viewed in order below. We walked through many corridors and into all rooms to which we had access. We were told how a fire had swept through the building and how those areas were not open for health and safety reasons, however never the less plenty of rooms to check out and investigate.

We set up our base in the staff kitchen; the manager even had cups and kettles there for our own use which was fantastic. First night out with team for Chris n One of the investigation Alison so we photos of Northwood all went through some House of the equipment we

had, although they had previously read up basic info on these types of items. We decided to split into two groups: Team 1: Heather, Chris, Alison, Alice & myself Team 2: Judith, Louise, Kaz, Mandy Team 1 downstairs, team 2 upstairs each had half an hour on each level to see what we could find; this is so it makes it more successful for us to spend more time in suspected haunted rooms rather than quiet areas with no interest. Team 1 found one specific room very active and decided that this room was where we wanted to focus the team. Team 2 found the upstairs active also and wanted to return at a later point to look into it further. Teams Swapped levels. Team 1 found residual energy more likely in the upper levels that we could reach; team 2 also noted the same room they wished to focus attention on. Investigation begins within one of the rooms downstairs (this information is not given on the name of the room due to the nature of its use) with all team members present. 2 sets of Barrier Beam alarms set,

one on the entrance inside the room and another set up outside of the room. Hygro Meter checked for levels (which are stated). Photos taken within the first 15 Mins then everyone settled down as our Developing Medium and Clairsentient sat down around a table to build up the energy. We allow total quiet for this as it helps them to connect. The temp of Heather hands started at 20.8 and a reading later was 23.8 The temp of Jude’s hands at the start was 22.1 and the reading later was 29.8 During this period of time, Jude was saying that she was warm, but her back was warmer, so a reading of Jude’s back was conducted which was 20.8, still Jude said that it was getting warmer so more readings were taken, 19.1 then 17.7, and the last reading was 16.7. While this was going on Heather could feel a lady behind Jude, moments later Heather came out with name MARY. I know that there was no surname with this Mary, but George Ward that brought the house in the first place was married to a Mary. Continued Over

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Featured Investigation — Vectis Investigation into the Paranormal at Northwood House – Cont. Continued From Over

we were having a game of twister. We didn’t stop there. We asked it to tip the glass over and every time we asked he did it.

and yet again 3 Alice was sitting a little way of us, from the table but she had a fingers strange feeling around her on legs, so I took some readings glass and her average leg temp We all decided to check out and off was 24.9 and her upper individual areas, although it went body temp was 17.8. Alison the house was big it was not haring mentioned that she felt like hard to find your way around someone was watching over around, plus we needed to and Another orb captured in the her, but it seemed like they cover other areas. Whilst in around. same room as before was making sure that she the Main entrance we could No opwrote things down properly. all hear footsteps, they seem tion for asking questions for to be walking amongst us this one he was only interGlass Divination was conand at one point shuffled ested in us leaving his space, ducted and although the past me along with a nudge he too was knocking the spirits joined us that night on my jacket. glass over time and time they didn’t make any noises again but this time you got with their voices, however Very difficult to talk in this the impression that if you what they lacked there they area due to echoes so we all went anywhere near his Celcertainly made up for in “Whilst in the stood very still as to not conlar (or booty) you would get Glass Work. What we Main entrance fuse our footsteps or voices that glass thrown your diquickly Established was that with anything or anyone we could all rection. a man with the initials hear footsteps, A.E missed his love they seem to be Is this property and it seems his lover walking Haunted? We would had the same features say YES!! But only by amongst us and as Mandy, this was at one point two souls. However established upon me shuffled past this property is full of exiting the room with residual energy that me along with a Mandy as she felt could be investigated nudge on my some great sadness further by setting up jacket” and anger all in one. locked off cameras. As Upon re-entering I for the Cellar, well if suggested Mandy anyone wants to pay Two of the team investigate what should join the table, us to sleep down there appears to be an orb she obliged. you’ve got a deal!! ! Just need the owner to Upon asking the spirit to else. We rounded of the lift the ban, but rules are make the glass spin fast it night with the Cellar? No rules, do not enter means did this straight away, so I I’m afraid we couldn’t, the just that. asked him to do a figure of owners decided due to eight, I took the glass and For more info on R.I.P. health and safety no teams showed the spirit so that no- are allowed to enter this visit their website at one could say “well perhaps http:// part of the building. he don’t know how to do www.vectisinvestigation one”. AMAZINGLY he actuWe did conduct another s.com/ ally did this with 4 fingers glass divination session to on the glass, it was twisting Interview By Tam Kincontact Henry the Smuggler and at times made us all feel near-Swift if indeed that was his name,

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Kirlian Photography, With Mandy Knight mirror of the energy we have attracted. Yes, it’s a huge responsibility, and sadly one that so many are unwilling to face.

As you will have read in May’s issue, Kirlian phoMandy Knight, the tography broke through PW’s authority on Kira barrier to understandlian Photography ing the way energy works, taking it from the senses of the “When a record finely attuned of the fingertips sensitive onto is taken, the photographic film will also paper for all to reflect the see. Suddenly qualities of the people began auric field and to realise that the general a majority of environment. ” the time they had a much greater than imagined responsibility for their personal health. It could be clearly seen how their varying states of mind, the thoughts employed at the time the photo was taken, so dramatically influenced the quality of the energy within their auric field, thus the quality of energy their body has available with which to function. The quality of the energy field directly affects health. It impacts the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies, and we become a

Being able to assess the quality of a person’s energy field, both directly (from the halo shapes of the fingertips) and indirectly (the quality of the background energy) has taken me into a new realm of research and fascination.. that of seeking the unusual, the Paranormal. When a record of the fingertips is taken, the film will also reflect the qualities of the auric field and the general environment. Should it be ‘normal’ and healthy, then one would expect to see a rich dark or light blue background with clear unbroken halos for the fingertips (showing that no external influence is draining one’s energy). However, there are times when the energy of a spirit presence is captured on the film! This is normally when the spirit presence has such a profound energy that residents or workers have been aware of seemingly negative activity, have experienced being touched or have heard a disembodied

voice, seen orb activity with the naked eye, or have experienced feelings of being unwelcome etc. As you already know, the image is taken inside a ‘dark room’ style sleeve, with the lower arm and fingertips protected from any light influence. For this I use a special Polaroid film. This particular type of film is fantastic for paranormal use as it cannot be tampered with or altered in any way from what is actually there, in the moment. Below, is a series of four Kirlian images which serve to map the progression of one location’s energies during a rather challenging paranormal investigation. Yellow is the colour of expression and personality. I also feel the qualities of fire with this image.

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Kirlian Photography — Cont. Here’s one of a handprint on a large photographic Continued From Over

light, shapes or even extra fingertips!

plate, the subject placing in their palm, an ‘Om’ symbol which directly relates to the vibrational influenceimage of sound. The second was taken shortly after arrival at the location… it had become evident that the team were feeling a threatening energy drawing near, so I invited ‘him’ to show on my film. I think he obliged!

I then work with the spirit involved, bringing the power of Love into the equation, opening the mind of a persecutor in life, to the possibility of forgiveness and peace

The next image shows the fingertips of a ‘helper’. Notice there’s a band across the image behind which larger halos appear. Here is another image taken

This is a wonderfully tangible way for the client and the sceptic/open-minded team member to appreciate the way energy can fluctuate during an investigation. It’s a great diagnostic tool and provides evidence that the energy of the location has been calmed and cleared.. Of course, some locations may take more than one visit to achieve this balance, some may always be challenging on some level and in many cases, the influence of spirit is positive, friendly and content, in which case the Kirlian image will appear calm, balanced and normal.

about half an hour later after I had been doing some healing work. Notice how both myself and my helper have literally ‘lit up’.

Happily, most cases aren’t as dramatic as the one depicted above!

In the last image the spirit has moved into the Light and the energy of the location has become a beautiful deep blue. Balance returns and calm is restored.

When having a Kirlian image taken when not within a challenging environment, there are times when unusual energies present themselves within your aura. These influences, being external to your normal energy conditions, may well be those of a guide or relative, angel or helper… their energies may very well show up in the background as

Naturally, Spirit will join us if they are able and willing, I never demand the presence of any Spirit, it would violate free will and may open doors to energies best left on the other side of the veil!

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Kirlian Photography — Cont. Continued From Over Angels do need to be expressly invited though, as they don’t have the free will afforded to us earthly souls.

Mandy Knight, the PW’s authority on Kirlian Photography

Archangel Metatron. The remainder of this film and the four packs on the table next to me were completely wiped (processed pure white

In these two images I have firstly invited the presence of Archangel Michael, and secondly

every time it happens! Blessings of Light and Colour, Merlyn (Mandy Knight) every time). Yet when I asked those presences to step back, my film returned to normal, midpack. Yep! It’s a jawdropping experience

Founder, Through The Veil UK. Find out more about through the veil at : www.through-theveil.wetpaint.com

UFO ‘Sacrificed Itself For Us’ - Dr. Yuri Labvin A SCIENTIST is claiming a UFO deliberately crashed into a meteor to save Earth from destruction 100 years ago. Dr Yuri Labvin, president of the Tunguska Spatial Phenomenon Foundation, insists an alien spacecraft SACRIFICED ITSELF to prevent a gigantic meteor from slamming into us above Siberia on June 30, 1908. He claims the result was the Tunguska event - a massive blast estimated at 15 megatons that downed 80million trees over nearly 100 square miles. Eyewitnesses reported a bright light and a huge

shock wave, but the area was so sparsely populated no one was killed. Most scientists think the blast was caused by a meteorite exploding several miles above the surface. But Dr Labvin thinks quartz slabs with strange markings found at the site are remnants of an alien control panel, which fell to the ground after the UFO slammed into the giant rock. He said: "We don't have any technologies that can print such kind of drawings on crystals. We also found ferrum silicate that can not be produced anywhere, except

in space." Brit UFO expert Nick Pope, who headed the Ministry of Defence's UFO investigation team from 1991-1994, said: "The Tunguska explosion is one of the world's greatest mysteries. "Previous theories suggest it was caused by an impact from a comet, a mini black hole or a piece of antimatter. This new theory is the strangest yet. "We need an analysis of the quartz slabs to be able to prove this one way or another."

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Chanctonbury ring — Iron Age UFO Landing Pad? Chanctonbury Ring is one of Sussex's most famous landmarks. It's beauty though was unfortunately disrupted in October 1987 when a hurricane hit the county destroying a lot of the trees. This however has not stopped the rumours and reports of many strange paranormal events that are said to happen there. For example: It is said that if you walk or run around the ring anticlockwise seven times on Midsummers Eve the devil will appear and offer you a bowl of milk or similar. It is said that if you accept this gift he will take your soul, or grant you your dearest wish. “In 1975 a Another account is that if woman walking you walk or run around her dog at the ring twelve times on Chanctonbury Mid-summers Eve at saw a large midnight, the apparition round orange of a druid will appear and object land on move towards you. Chanctonbury Hill. It stayed In 1967 some University there for just students decided to camp under a minute out at the ring overnight before shooting to take tape recordings up into the sky” and photographs of any strange activity that may have occurred there. It is reported that they became 'panic -stricken' and left frightened out of their wits leaving all their equipment behind. In 1968 a Sussex U.F.O. research group held an all night vigil at the Ring. Sometime in the early hours of the morning one of the members walked around a clump of trees and became mysteriously paralyzed. Other members that rushed to their aid were also affected. Again in 1968 another U.F.O. research group entered the ring and experienced a steep drop in

temperature. Some of the members also experienced stomach cramps and difficulty breathing. They left the Ring and their symptoms mysteri-

ing to an oblong shape and disappearing to the northwest at great speed. Again in 1974 some researchers were walking within the ring of trees when one of them was levitated about 5 feet off the floor by an unseen force for about 60 seconds. In 1975 a woman walking her dog at Chanctonbury saw a large round orange object land on Chanctonbury Hill. It stayed there for just under a minute before shooting up into the sky.

Chanctonbury ring— Seen from the air

ously disappeared. In 1972 a gentleman was walking over Chanctonbury with some friends. When they approached the ring they saw a flickering light inside and assumed someone had lit a fire. As they walked nearer, the light disappeared and the ring was deserted. From the centre of the Ring they heard a loud swishing noise from above. They looked up and saw a large oblong shaped object glowing red. Making no noise, the object moved away and shot up into the sky. An object of similar description was also witnessed in 1979. In 1974 a white circular object was seen shooting up the west side of Chanctonbury Hill. It was reported to hover for just under a minute before chang-

In 1979 some researchers visited the Ring. One of them found themselves knocked to the ground by an unseen force whilst another had their crucifix ripped from their neck and flung to the ground. When picked up they found it was twisted and hot to touch. I have visited the ring on many occasions and at different times of the year, there is always a special feel to the place no matter when I visit even on a warm summers day. Although I haven’t got definite proof to put before people that the place has paranormal activity I have no doubt in my mind that it has. As an organisation we have visited the ring on many occasions and if you wish to view some of our results please go to our website at http:// www.cotcpi.co.uk and you will find the details under reports as well as some interesting EVP which have been recorded there. Stuart Logan

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Princess Amun-Ota And Other Legends Of The Titanic mysterious circumstances or lost a loved one

The RMS Titanic—Was she Carrying Amun-Otu?

I don't think there is a person on the planet who is not aware of the story of the Titanic, however, how many are “In April 1912, the aware of the pasnew owner escorted senger she allegits treasure aboard edly had on board a sparkling, new at the time? White Star liner about to make its maiden voyage to New York. On the night of April 14, amid scenes of unprecedented horror, the Princess of Amun-Otu accompanied 1,500 passengers to their deaths at the bottom of the Atlantic.”

n the 1880s, archaeologists removed the sarcophagus of an ancient Egyptian princess from her death chamber near Cairo. The inscription on the walls of the death chamber warned that anyone who disturbed the resting place of Princess Amen-Otu would be cursed to death. The two men who later discovered the sarcophagus died suddenly from Malaria-like symptoms. It was subsequently established that the mummified girl in the mummy case was indeed Amen-Otu, a clairvoyant high priestess who had lived in Thebes around 1000 BC. Every owner of the Egyptian coffin and its mummy either died in

In the late 1890s, four rich young Englishmen visiting the excavations at Luxor were invited to buy an exquisitely fashioned mummy case containing the remains of Princess of Amun-Ota. They drew lots. The man who won paid several thousand pounds and had the coffin taken to his hotel. A few hours later, he was seen walking out towards the desert. He never returned. The next day, one of the remaining three men was shot by an Egyptian servant accidentally. His arm was so severely wounded it had to be amputated. The third man in the foursome found on his return home that the bank holding his entire savings had failed. The fourth guy suffered a severe illness, lost his job and was reduced to selling matches in the street. Nevertheless, the coffin reached England (causing other misfortunes along the way), where it was bought by a London businessman. After three of his family members had been injured in a road accident and his house damaged by fire, the businessman donated it to the British Museum. As the coffin was being unloaded from a truck in the museum courtyard, the truck suddenly went into reverse and trapped a passer-by. Then as the casket was being lifted up the stairs by two workmen, one fell and broke his leg. The other, apparently in perfect health, died unaccountably two days later. Once the Princess was installed in the Egyp-

tian Room, trouble really started. Museum's night watchmen frequently heard frantic hammering and sobbing from the coffin. Other exhibits in the room were also often hurled about at night. One watchman died on duty; causing the other watchmen wanting to quit. Cleaners refused to go near the Princess too. When a visitor derisively flicked a dust cloth at the face painted on the coffin, his child died of measles soon afterwards. Finally, the authorities had the mummy carried down to the basement. Figuring it could not do any harm down there. Within a week, one of the helpers was seriously ill, and the supervisor of the move was found dead on his desk. By now, the papers had heard of it. A journalist photographer took a picture of the mummy case and when he developed it, the painting on the coffin was of a horrifying, human face. The photographer was said to went home, then locked his bedroom door and shot himself. In April 1912, the new owner escorted its treasure aboard a sparkling, new White Star liner about to make its maiden voyage to New York. On the night of April 14, amid scenes of unprecedented horror, the Princess of AmunOtu accompanied 1,500 passengers to their deaths at the bottom of the Atlantic. The name of the ship was Titanic Continued Over

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Princess Amun-Ota And Other Legends Of The Titanic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cont. travelling on was accidentally rammed by a ship called the AnaIn the summer of 1910, a young conda. Many passengers on the woman named Mary Murray visited Celtic drowned, but Mary Murray the caravan of a Blackpool fortune was once again spared, and ended teller. Miss Murray asked the old up in a lifeboat. gypsy woman what lay in store in In 1978, the radio officer of the the future, and the fortune teller examined Miss Murray's palm with QE2 received a mysterious Morse a very concerned expression which code message. The message had soon turned into a look of terror. been broadcast on a radio wavelength that was no longer in use, girl became nervous and asked the gypsy what she could see. and was coded in an archaic fashion which belonged to the EdUnderstandably, The old woman let go of the girl's hand, and seemed almost ready to faint. She gave Mary Murray her money back and said, "Stay away from boats dear. Do not travel abroad. You will have three narrow escapes; three brushes with death at sea. Such loss of life, oh, babies in the water." Continued From Over

passing the very spot in the North Atlantic were the Titanic went down in 1912. Under the orders of the curious captain, the radio officer of the QE2 tried to contact the sender of the Morse code distress message again, but a reply never came. A cold silence descended on the bridge of the QE2; it was as if through some freak of nature, two liners from different eras had come into brief radio contact across time itself. One final mystery concerning the Titanic: many of the survivors huddled in lifeboats swore that they saw a strange light shining from a nearby ship which refused to come to their aid. The light from this unidentified vessel was described as a directional beam similar to a searchlight. In 1912 the German Navy had perfected the U-boat, and by 1915, one of these submersibles had torpedoed the Lusitania. It is an historical fact that U-boats were patrolling the waters of the North Atlantic at the time on reconnaissance missions.

Two years later, Mary Murray had to board the ill-fated Titanic liner to visit a relative in America. She survived the sinking by being allowed into one of the lifeboats. Just as the gypsy had forecast 2 years previPerhaps a U-boat torpedoed the Titanic ously, there was an appalling as part of some covert military loss of life, and many babies The wreck of the RMS Lusitania, in agenda - or perhaps the Germans drowned along with their situ on the Irish Sea Bed wanted to teach Britain that their mothers. new state-of-the art liner was not Then, in 1915, Mary Murray was on wardian age. The antiquated mes- "unsinkable" at all - and what better way board another Liverpool registered sage in Morse said: "CQD CQD - to carry out the torpedo attack than unWe are sinking fast. Passengers der the cover of night, masked by a large liner visiting a relative. The liner are being put into boats." The iceberg? The U-boat theory would perwas the Lusitania, which was torperadio officer re-tuned his transhaps throw some light on the muffled doed by a German submarine off explosions heard below decks as the ship the coast of Ireland. Once again, the mitter to the Morse frequency and in Morse he tapped out: was going down. death toll was staggeringly high. "Identify yourself." 1,198 perished when the Lusitania Perhaps they were more torpedoes ramsank. There was a slight pause. Only ming into the hull to finish the liner off. howls of atmospheric radio inter- After the attack, one can imagine the For the next fifteen years, Mary Captain of the German sub surfacing for Murray avoided travelling on ships, ference could be heard, then a a while to take a look at the survivors. but in 1927, she had to board a ship reply came back which sent a shiver up the radio officer's spine. called the Celtic. She told a few of Was this the "ship" the survivors cried The reply said: "Titanic." the passengers on the Celtic to exout for help to before it seemed to vanpect trouble because of her past The Captain of the QE2 was inish? record, but they all laughed and formed and decided some hoaxer Tam Kinnear-Swift said it had been pure coincidence. A was at work, but someone few hours later, the ship she was

pointed out that the liner was

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Chillingham Castle — Britain’s Most Haunted Castle? During 1536 the castle came under attack but stayed defended even thou it had to undergo repairs from cannon fire. During 1590 the main entrance was moved to where it is today. Tracey Monger, The PW’s Historian

Chillingham Castle is thought to be the most haunted castle in England but before exploring the ghosts, let us explore the history of this ancient castle. Chillingham Castle is 12th Century; it is thought that the site was once a monastery; the Grey family stormed the castle in 1246. The castle became a base camp for the English during a conquering attack on William Wallace (1298) and he was captured by Edward I, William was sought after because he attacked the castle the year before and burnt women and children to death at the local Abbey. Many other sieges took place at the castle but the castle always won. Battlements were added to the castle in 1344 by kind permission of King Edward III and therefore became a fortified castle. The Grey family were made Dukes, Earls and were mentioned in William Shakespeare’s plays, but 8 family members have been executed for high treason, the bodies were cut down from the gallows, still living and the entrails were cut out, then the body was cut into quarters and the heads were displayed on the city gates as a warning.

Chillingham was often under attack during the Northumberland bloody border feuds as Chillingham often had royal visitors which included Henry III, Edward I, James I, Charles I (just before he was imprisoned), Edward VIII and James VI and apparently the present royal family still visit today. The Grey’s attended royal tournaments, court and 11 members of the family attended Henry VIII’s meeting with Francis I of France. During WWI the castle was used for an Army Barracks and reports show that the officers were tearing out the wooden panelling to keep the fires burning. After the war the castle became in disrepair but was purchased in the 1980’s by Sir Humphrey Wakefield, his wife is a descended from the Grey’s. Since the restoration old secrets are being found, windows, fireplaces, stairways and the original floor of the solar and I am sure more secrets will unfold as more restoration is completed. Lady Tankerville’s bedroom had some stones fall out of the wall and in the gap inbetween the wall, two grinning skeletons were found of a boy and a man, but she always claimed the room was calm and peaceful. When the dungeon was opened a seated skeleton was found. The Edward I room is the most ancient stateroom and has been restored to the 13th Century. In a secret compartment of this room, 125

Elizabethan documents were found, relating to royal successions of James VI of Scotland and some relating to the Spanish Armada, the earliest dating back to 1540, some of the documents are in the museum at the castle. The castle Dungeon has a trap door in the floor and bones of a child can be seen in the vault below, prisoners would expect to have their arms and legs broken before being thrown down and then left to die from injury or starvation.

“In the Topiary Gardens a phantom funeral is seen walking through the gardens. The courtyard has seen The Torture chamber holds ghostly shadows Cages, Branding Irons, of battlement, a Mantraps, Chains, leg Irons, re-enactment of boiling pots, an Iron drunken guards Maiden, stretching rack, nail and sounds of barrel, spiked chair and marching and arthumb screws, not for the moury are heard” faint hearted, but really interesting. Lady Tankerville (1925) wrote of many Ghost accounts at Chillingham Castle but of course we have new ghost stories since a lot of TV programmes and paranormal investigators have visited Chillingham. John Sage the torturer is thought to haunt the torture room and so are some of his victims, even thou this is not the original area of the torture chamber. In the Topiary Gardens a phantom funeral is seen walking through the gardens. The courtyard has seen ghostly shadows of battlement, a re-enactment of drunken guards and Chillingham Castle Today sounds of marching and armoury are heard. Continued Over

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Chillingham Castle — Britain’s Most Haunted Castle? — Cont. Continued From Over A frail white figure has been seen in the inner pantry and this figure asks for a glass of water, it is thought she was poisoned. Male voices are heard in the library from below but when you stop and listen the voices stop. Chillingham has a walking portrait, several accounts say that the woman steps out of the portrait and follows them around the castle; many including children, nurses and visitors have experienced this. The ghost of Mary Berkeley is heard around the stairs and corridors, as she passes a cold chill is felt and she is thought to be still looking for her husband who ran away with Henrietta, Mary’s sister. The most well known ghost of Chillingham castle is that of the Radiant Boy in the pink room. When midnight is chimed by the clock of Chillingham Castle, the moans and cries of a child in agony of fear and in pain is heard and as the cries die slowly down a bright halo of light appears and a figure of a young boy dressed in blue appears, surrounded by a light, the boy approaches anyone sleeping in the four poster bed. Years later a skeleton of a boy were found in the walls, along with a blue dress, but the remains were buried in consecrated ground and according to Lady Tankerville the boy was not seen again, but in 2002, Sir Humphrey writes that the phantom has been seen again emerging from one of the high walls, in the north west tower. If you go to Chillingham, take a walk down the long drive to the main gate, find the hanging tree, walk the monks walk and visit the

lake at night and you might find more Ghostly happenings than Lady Tankerville wrote about. I personally have stayed at Chillingham castle 3 times now and I will give a very brief account of the main strange things that happened. The first visit was May 2003 and I stayed with 3 other people in the Dairy apartment. The apartment consisted of two levels, on the ground floor were the bedrooms and on the first floor was the kitchen and lounge area, both floors had doors

There is some confusion over this picture, some say it is the

others to come back for roughly just over an hour. They tried the key and it didn’t work either (they had the key for the ground floor). We went and got the receptionist and she could not make it out, but gave us another key checking it, this key worked. I cannot explain this and probably never will be able to. We later found out this was an regular occurrence in this apartment.

The impaled man, Chillingham Castle Dungeons to exit/enter and the two doors used different keys. One day two of us were running behind and agreed to meet the other two at the lake, but when we went to leave the key would not unlock the first floor door, it didn’t work on the ground floor either, we has used that key previously, so we had to sit and wait for the

Now the locks have been changed on this apartment and it does not happen anymore. The other significant incident was a child’s crying caught on two Dictaphone’s when no one was in the apartment; there were no children in the castle at the time. Was it the blue boy? Maybe, I really do no know but the Dairy apartment is the opposite end of the castle to where the blue boy as been reported. Continued Over

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Chillingham Castle — Britain’s Most Haunted Castle? — Cont. The second visit was in October 2003 and this time I stayed in the lookout apartment, with 3 other people, 2 of which included my children. This apartment is above the Grey room. My Daughter was woken by being shaken on the shoulders in the morning, amazingly she was not scared, and this was in the twin room. An old key was used as a trigger object and it had significantly moved over night. I slept in the double room and was woken up several times to banging noises and the sound of furniture being moved around, it sounded like it was coming from within the walls, I was not the only one to hear this, we could not explain what the noises were and why anyone would want to move furniture in the early hours, very odd. But on my 3rd visit, someone who had previous stayed in the Grey room, said they had heard what sounded like furniture moving around

and thought it came from the Lookout apartment, I then told her about my own experiences in the lookout room.

lock, we all made sure the doors were locked when we left the apartment, but on the first day we came back and the ground floor door latch was unlocked, on the The Third visit was in April of second day the same hapthis year (2009) and this pened to the first floor door time I stayed in the Landseer latch, odd as next door was apartment, which is next the Dairy room where I had door to the Dairy apartment, previously been locked in. I I was sharing with 5 other was sleeping in the Double people and the floor set out of room and noises were heard this apartment is similar to in here and my roommate the Dairy apartment. We had saw a figure. a temperature drop of –5.5°C An hour before we left, we in 3 hours, which was place were handed the guest book by the main door on the and some of the comments ground floor but no other temperature drops during the were, unexplainable noises, locked doors being opened, whole stay and the temperafigures seen in the double ture recorders stayed in the room. Needless to say I am same place, we ruled out doors opening etc. The same planning on going back to Chillingham in 2010, this night a dice used as a trigger time in the Grey room but object moved, whereas the other 5 objects did not move. the castle can be deceiving, during the day it feels calm Footsteps were heard in the and tranquil, but come night apartment at different times the atmosphere changes, it of day, banging noises. But deserves the honour of bethe most interesting inciing the most haunted castle dents that happened were to do with the doors, the locks in England. in this apartment were a Yale Tracey Monger

“the castle can be deceiving, during the day it feels calm and tranquil, but come night the atmosphere changes, it deserves the honour of being the most haunted castle in England”

A Different Kind Of Spirit Served In Rainbows, Coventry Paranormal investigators conducted a six-hour vigil at Rainbows l to try to unlock the spooky secrets of the 500-year-old building.

Rainbows, Coventry, is reportedly haunted by a monk, and footsteps are regularly heard Spirits of a different kind are being served up at a nightclub in Coventry city centre.

hears people coming up the stairs when there’s no-one there.”

Investigators used trigger objects and divining rods to make contact with the other side, along with a A ghostly monk reportedly prowls Franks box, which taps into radio the former timber-framed build- frequencies to pick up ghostly coning and some staff, who often versations, electromagnetic field hear phantom footsteps near an meters and motion-sensor camupstairs office, refuse to stand in eras. Psychics were set to join the one corner of the dance floor. group to conduct séances and provide protection from restless souls. UKBPA Rep David Eaves, of Cov- Part of the investigation will centre entry-based Spookhunters, said: on a bricked-up tunnel which leads from the original Tudor cellar to “When the owners took over 12 the nearby monastery. years ago the paranormal activity was quite high, so they had the Tam Kinnear-Swift place blessed, but the DJ still

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Legends — Black Shuck, East Anglia’s Hell Hound said to track the steps of its victim, drawing ever closer. Anyone unfortunate enough to turn around and meet its fiery gaze is said to die within a twelve month period Black Shuck, The famous dog of East Anglian Legend

An Old Norfolk Saying... "And a dreadful thing from the cliff did spring, And its wild bark thrill'd around, His eyes had the glow of the fires below, Twas the form of the Spectre Hound"

The hell hound of East Anglia has had many documented sighting. In 1890 a young boy was rescued from the North Sea who told a tale of being forced to swim further and further from the shore by a huge black dog

There are so many myths, tales, legends and sighting's of this fearsome apparition that it is hard to know where to begin. Black Shuck is said to be one of the oldest phantoms of Great Britain, with the name deriving from the Anglo-Saxon word 'scucca' meaning demon or devil. Other historians say that the hound has its origins in Norse mythology based on the huge dog of war of Odin and Thor 'Shukir' who came over to Britain thousands of years ago along with the Vikings long -ships. Unsuspecting night walkers will first become aware of the pad pad sound of the hounds heavy paws. Out of the corner of their eye they may see a gathering darkness, which slowly forms into the outline of a huge hound. Lurking in the night shadows the beast is

A contemporary interpretation of Black Shuck who had chased him into the sea. Even during the 1920's and 1930's there were reports from the fishermen of Sheringham of hearing a hound howling on the cliff tops during stormy nights. As recently as 1970 a sighting of Black Shuck made the headlines, When a huge hound was seen pounding over the beach at Great Yarmouth. 1980, a young woman claimed to have met the hell hound, whilst out walking with her

young son. This sighting took place near Wisbeach, though the woman said that this hound had yellow eyes, rather than red, but all of the other details were the same as that of “Unsuspecting Black Shuck. night walkers will first become In the village of Overstrand the old aware of the pad pad sound of the Village Sign used hounds heavy to show a picture paws. Out of the of the legendary Black Shuck and to corner of their eye they may see this day there is a gathering darkstill a lane in the ness, which village which is called locally after slowly forms into the outline of a the Norfolk hell huge hound. hound. Lurking in the night shadAnother of the hounds tracks runs ows the beast is said to track the through what tosteps of its victim, day is Mill Lane into the grounds of drawing ever Cromer Hall. It is closer” said that it was this particular locality which Arthur Conan Doyle based his Hound of the Baskervilles on. Mythology says that 'ghost dogs' tend to haunt old straight roads which may be located on 'Leylines'. Leylines are ancient straight paths of invisible earth energy. Folklore says that churches would be An excerpt from a pamphlet pubsited on these straight lines and lished by Abrawould be used by ham Fleming in spirits who would 1577 travel along them from graveyard to graveyard and they were sometimes known as 'Corpse Ways'. Continued Over

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Legends — Black Shuck, East Anglia’s Hell Hound — Cont. Continued From Over One of the most vivid reports of Black Shuck, though, is his appearance at the churches of Bungay and Blythburgh in Suffolk. On Sunday, August 4th, a terrifying thunderstorm occurred with such 'darkness, rain, hail, thunder and lightning as was never seen the like' as described in "A strange and terrible Wunder" by the Reverend Abraham Fleming (1577): “This black dog, or the divel in such a linenesse (God hee knoweth al who worketh all,) runing all along down :the body of the church with great swiftnesse, and incredible haste, among the people, in a visible fourm and :shape, passed between two persons, as they were kneeling uppon their knees, and occupied in prayer as it seemed, :wrung the necks of them bothe at one instant clene backward, in so much that even at a mome[n]t where they :kneeled, they stra[n]gely dyed.” As the people knelt in fear, praying for mercy, suddenly there appeared in their midst a great black Hell Hound. It began tearing around the Church, attacking many of the congregation with its cruel teeth and claws. An old verse records: All down the church in midst of fire, the hellish monster flew And, passing onward to the quire, he many people slew Then as suddenly as it had appeared, it ran off, departing for Bungay Church

about twelve miles away where it killed and mauled more people. Bungay Church was damaged, the tower struck by lightening and the Church clock was broken in pieces. Although there is no official record of injuries caused, the Churchwardens account book mentions that two men in the belfry were killed. The scorch marks left by the monster on the north door can still be seen at the church to this day. Back in the 1970s, an elderly chap used to visit the Butley Oyster pub in Suffolk. He arrived as white as a sheet one weekday night, and said

A recent sighting of what is reported to be Black Shuck. The photo was taken on the Dunwich coast, Suffolk in December 2003 ever buy a drink for anyone else before. Some say he is a hound of Wotan's Wild Hunt, who can be heard howling on the wintry winds and seeking lost souls at the darker time of year. Monks at Peterborough commented upon it in 1132, and believed it was a response to the appointment of a bad abbot.

The “Devils Fingerprints” Blythburgh Church that he had been pushing his bike downhill, on the way to the pub, when he had encountered a large spectral dog. Being generally afraid of dogs he had just kept going (and not stared in its eyes) but the beast went straight through him. Another old chap bought him a brandy to settle his nerves. This was commented upon afterwards of proof of how ill he looked - his benefactor had never been known to

Another 12th century writer, Walter Map also describes the herlathing, which he related to a real person, mistaking a nickname for Odin / Wotan for a leader called Herle. (Thing denotes a group of people in Old English.) St Guthlac, who lived as a hermit on an island in the fens at Crowland in the early 8th century, not far from Peterborough, was also beset by spectral creatures attacking him, after upsetting them by singing Christian psalms. This is the same sort of reason that was blamed for Grendel attacking the hall in Beowulf, and yet more evidence linking the poem with an East Anglian origin.

Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Author Claims To Channel Stories And Characters a few characters to help tell the tale and the fleshing out of the main ones. None of this seems strange to him, Julius says, since he has experienced strange things all his life. Although Widow's Leap can be considered a light romance, he also writes under the pseudonym of Dwayne Keegan for his darker stories. This is where it gets weird .... J.L. Julius, who claims to channel the stories and characters for his books

The author JL Julius is about to release his first novel, Widow's Leap, a paranormal love story of sorts. The story tells of two lovers that were separated by death; one has reincarnated and the other remains in the "gap" trying to reach her beloved. It is an emotional tale that ponders the question of love after death and if true love can reach beyond the grave. According to Julius, this tale came unexpectedly when he walked over a bridge in North Carolina. He paused a moment, when suddenly a feeling of grief and great loss came over him. At that moment, the story appeared in his mind, a complete story, not a notion or idea for a story. Years later, he commits this experience to writing. The initial story remains intact, save the addition of

A friend asked him if he would write a vampire novel, so he pulled out an old plot that went nowhere, just notes he scribbled down a year prior. When he reviewed the pages, it happened again: An entire story exploded in his mind. He wrote everything he saw and heard and realized that this story will run about three books or more. However, this wasn't the weird part; Julius had two of the minor characters approach him and ask for bigger roles. It felt a little strange at first, he remembers, but the one character moved herself into centre stage and completed the dynamics of the first book of this trilogy.

His friends really freaked out, when a co-worker with "the gift" inquired about a lady and what connection she had with him. She described the rag lady in detail and said, "She could only see her from the neck up and she wore a bunch of blankets." Julius informed her that was Margo, a character in his book. He inquired why she should ask or even knew about her. His co-worker replied, "Because she is here standing next to you. She has been here for some time now, hovering around us." Julius thought this experience was exciting and wonderful; his friends disagreed as they tried to rub away their goose bumps .... Widow's Leap (Bookworm Publishing; ISBN 978-1-60264-3109; $22.95; hardcover) is available early now in all good bookshops or for More info http:// www.jljulius.com long time!

“His friends really freaked out, when a coworker with "the gift" inquired about a lady and what connection she had with him. She described the rag lady in detail and said, "She could only see her from the neck up and she wore a bunch of blankets." Julius informed her that was Margo, a character in his book. He inquired why she should ask or even knew about her. His coworker replied, "Because she is here standing next to you. She has been here for some time now, hovering around us." Julius thought this experience was exciting and wonderful; his friends disagreed as they tried to rub away their goose bumps ....”

The funniest incident happened while he was walking in his "mind's movie set," where he noticed a pile of rags. Before he could ask why they where there, he chuckles, a lady pops her head from beneath the pile and asks to be in the story. Naturally, he was thrilled and included her.

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Junior Paranormal Watch — Story Corner

The White Dog Once there was a boy who had a friendly white dog named Ghost. Joey and Ghost were best friends. They loved to roam the countryside looking for adventure. They climbed rocks and waded through cool streams. Joey's neighbours all liked Ghost, too. One day, Farmer Green saw the two friends walk by his farm. "There goes that boy and his white dog again," he said. "They're lucky to have each other."

Ghost kept barking until Joey backed up behind the rock. Then Ghost moved. Now Joey could see why his friend was barking. A large black snake was coiled up next to the rock! Ghost had protected Joey. "What a good boy!" Joey said. "Let's go home." That night, Joey said good night to Ghost. Then he left a treat for him on the doorstep. "See you in the morning," he said. The next morning, Joey jumped out of bed and ran downstairs. Outside, he whis-

Suddenly, Ghost spotted a squirrel. Then Joey saw the squirrel. Ghost ran around a rock. When Joey got to the other side of the rock, he stopped. Ghost barked at Joey. "What's wrong, boy?" he asked.

Joey was heartbroken. He would miss his friend so much. He wondered who would explore the woods with him. After Ghost was gone, Joey spent most of his time alone in the woods. He walked along the creeks “The dog barked where he had once played and barked at with Ghost. Farmer Green. One day, Joey ventured far- "Hey Ghost, ther than he had ever gone how're you doing?" he said. before. He was walking "Haven't seen along the edge of a ravine. you in a while." Suddenly, he lost his footing. The rock gave way and Joey landed on a ledge below. Joey's leg was twisted and scraped. He could not climb out of the ravine. Joey yelled for help. But no one was close enough to hear him.

Joey and his dog Ghost would walk through the countryside together. That day, Joey and Ghost were hunting squirrels. They never caught any. But the chase was the fun part. Ghost would sniff them out. Then the two friends would run after the squirrel until it hid in a tree.

him to Dr. Parker's house. I'm afraid there was nothing he could do. Ghost was very old."

Joey and Ghost

tled for Ghost. "Gho-o-o-st! Come here, boy," he called. But Ghost did not come. Joey wondered where his best friend could be. He ran to the barn to find his father. "Have you seen Ghost?" he asked. Joey's dad climbed down from the tractor. "Son, I found Ghost this morning," his father started. "He wasn't moving, so I took

A few miles down the road, Farmer Green was working in his field. It was a very hot day. He wiped the sweat from his brow. Just then, he noticed a white dog running towards him. It looked like Joey's dog. The dog barked and barked at Farmer Green. "Hey Ghost, how're you doing?" he said. "Haven't seen you in a while." The dog continued to bark at him. Farmer Green tried to drive his tractor through the rows of beans. But the dog ran right in front of the tractor's wheels. Continued Over

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Junior Paranormal Watch — Story Corner — Cont. Farmer Green blew the tractor's horn. But the dog would not budge. Finally, Farmer Green turned off the engine and climbed down from his tractor. "Where's your friend?" he asked. "Now go find him." The dog was very persistent. He continued to bark at Farmer Green. Then he ran up to Farmer Green. He grabbed the man's trousers in his mouth and tried

Joey was trying to yell for help. He had almost given up. Then he heard a man yelling back to him. "Hello-o-o!" yelled Farmer Green. "Are you hurt?" Joey looked up from the ledge. He could see Farmer Green standing at the edge of the ravine. The man was peering down at Joey. He could barely see the boy through the trees. "I'm okay, but my leg is hurt," Joey yelled back. "I can't make it up there all by myself." Farmer Green found a strong vine. He held one end of the vine. Then he threw the other end to Joey. "Use this to pull yourself up," he said.

The dog leads farmer Green to the ravine

to pull him along. "Whoa! Okay!" said Farmer Green. "I'm coming. Let's go." Farmer Green followed the dog through the woods. They wandered for miles through thick brush and tall trees. Every few feet the dog would look back at Farmer Green. He wanted to be sure the man was following him. They came closer to the ravine. The dog disappeared in the brush. "Now where did you go?" called the farmer. Then he heard the boy's cries.

"You can use this branch as a crutch," he said. "Now let's get you home." Joey stood up shakily. "Thank you, Farmer Green," he said. Joey steadied himself with the crutch. Farmer Green held onto his other arm. Then they hiked through the brush. Joey and Farmer Green walk back through the forest. When they came to a clearing, Farmer Green spoke. "That's some dog you got there!" he said. "I mean, you'd still be sitting in that ravine if that white dog didn't show me where you were," said Farmer

Joey grabbed onto the vine. It was strong and thick like a rope. Using his good leg, Joey pulled himself up the side of the ravine. Near the top, Farmer Green reached over and pulled Joey onto the rocks. "Thank you," said Joey. He tried to catch his breath. Farmer Green helped Joey sit up on the rocks. "Let's have a look at that leg," he said. Joey's leg was still bleeding. "It hurts," Joey said, "but I think I can walk." Farmer Green pulled the bark off one end of the branch. Then he helped Joey to his feet.

Joey and farmer Green walk home

Green. "He came to my field and barked and barked. Then he led me out into the woods to find you." Joey could not believe what Farmer Green was saying. "That couldn't have been my dog, sir," whispered the boy. "My dog died almost a month ago." Beth Read

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Junior Paranormal Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Experiment Corner Well we are now stepping back in time once again and I am sure a good few paranormal readers parents many of had ago at doing this when younger, in is time it was used for many things but mainly used like a telephone, but myself use this for EVP and amplifying the sound waves to a tape recorder or for just listening and taking notes Now with just two old cans and a piece of string or better yet, two paper cups and a string really does work. The key is to make sure that the string is tight between the two cups as long as the string is tight, it will work. With modern gadgets on the market the tin can receiver has long gone. But in it time I had some very good interesting sounds from doing this, but the main reason is to understand the way the sound work and to eliminate what you hear as normal sound to understand how it vibrations work, a nose in a room can be pickup with easy and understood and but to have a vibration recorded will help you on the way with understanding EVP you will be surprise in what you find like I was many years ago. When one person talks into his/ her cup, the bottom of the cup vibrates back and forth with the sound waves. Imagine the bottom of the cup moving back and forth very quickly (1,000 times per second or more) with the sound waves of the speaker's voice. The vibrations travel through the string by pulling the string back and forth. Therefore, the bottom of the

second cup should start to vibrate back and forth just like the bottom of the first cup is vibrating, producing sound waves. The second person can hear the sound waves and can therefore hear what the first person says. This is not much different from how a telephone works, except that electric current replaces the string in a telephone. In an old-style telephone, the person speaking vibrates a metal diaphragm. The diaphragm's vibrations rapidly compress and uncompressed carbon granules, changing their resistance. A current passing through the granules is strengthened or lessened by the changing resistance. At the other end, the rapidly changing current runs through a speaker and causes its diaphragm to vibrate back and forth, so the second person hears the first person speaking. See How Telephones Work for details. In a radio, the changing current from the microphone is used to modulate a radio transmitter. The modulations are sent through the air to a radio receiver, which turns the modulations into the vibrations of a speaker, and the second person hears the first person speaking. What You Need An adult to help , Two metal cans, clean and dry , Ten to Twelve feet of a piece of small diameter string such as kite string or nylon string by punching a small hole in the bottom of each can. Each hole should be just large enough so that the

string will go through. From the outside, insert one end of the string into the hole in one can. Tie a couple of knots in the end of the string so that it will not slip back through when pulled tight. Do the same with the other end of the string using the other can. With one person holding each can, stretch the string so that it is tight. One person talking into one can sends vibrations through the tightened string to the other can. The person with their ear to the other can will be able to hear what was said. Tips and tricks Cover the open ends of each tin can with duct tape if the edges are sharp. Try using materials other than tin for the phone "receivers." Some scientists think that paper cup phones produce a better sound than tin can phones. From here I would place the tin can in a room with one end inside or both cans pulled tight and haled with a cane to keep the string tight I would then Tie a second string to the middle of the first string, and attach a can to this new string. So I could hear from outside the room or spot then place a recorder underneath the sting or by one of the tin cans to see what I could find, with modern gadgets on the market the tin can receiver has long gone. But in it time I had some very good interesting sounds from doing this, In the field of paranormal investigation, one of the easiest and most effective methods Continued over

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Junior Paranormal Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Experiment Corner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cont. Continued from over of research involves the making of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) recordings. The basic concept behind EVP is that the spirits of those who have passed on through the process of death can utilize the electrical energy in a recording device to implant a message on the media that can be heard when it is played back. The equipment used to attempt to capture these messages and comments is very simple. Most research is done with micro-recorders, handheld audiocassette recorders, compact disc or digital recording machines. While preference is currently being given to digital recorders, the older analogue cassette recorders will also function quite well for the work at hand. A good way to test your equipment to see if it can give the best results is to turn the volume control up as high as it will go or until you can hear the hiss of white noise. Then you will turn the volume back a notch or so and record for a couple of minutes. You will then play the recording back and listen to what background noise can be detected. If all you hear is the normal sounds of your present environment then the recorder will be useful in your pursuit of EVP's. If you instead hear squeals of feedback or other electronic interference then the machine will not serve your purpose. Once the equipment is tested for effective recording you will want to go to the location you are attempting to contact any

spirit entities. Graveyards are very popular for the obvious reasons. There is also some indication that spirits can become "trapped" in the area of a violent or unnatural death, or sometimes even just where they were at the moment of their physical death. These places can also serve as effective locations for EVP recording. You will want to sit still while recording. Walking around either by yourself or with a group can inadvertently cause you to pick up the noise of footsteps or your companions' conversations and drown out the elusive messages that may be left by the spirits you are seeking. Do not nervously rub the machine as this can cause vibrations that will overshadow the possible EVP. Avoid areas that have strong powerlines around as the electromagnetic field of these power transfer systems often produce an overwhelming electrical hum. Talk to any possible spirits in the area. Ask questions. Remember to always leave a space of time between questions to allow your target to interject their responses to you. If you have the time, stop every half-hour or so and play back your recording. It is possible that if your questions have been answered, you will be able to reply with more focused questions in the next session for an even better EVP experience. While some of the more popular and well known paranormal investigators sometimes feel the need to be aggressive or forceful to get an EVP, this is not a recommended tactic. The spirits

you are seeking are not playthings for your amusement but the spirit energy of formerly living humans and such rudeness may either offend them into saying nothing or anger them into taking whatever physical effects they can muster to either attack or confound you. Courtesy to those who have passed over is as respectful to the dead as it is to the still corporeal. After your session, it is important to play back your recordings several times to make sure you have identified all the sounds that are present and make sure you can catch and understand what inexplicable voices as may be on your recording. The voices of EVP's can be sometimes very faint. You may get only a word or two at times and sometimes you may be rewarded with entire sentences. Make sure that you have not recorded some talking by those in your group. This will make the unexplained voices stand out and help prove that you have made contact with some other person who has passed from the mortal realm of existence and into the realm of those who are currently existing solely in an energy form. Make logs of the times and places you made the recordings. Research the area you are going to and follow up with more if you have caught some conversation on your tape. The entity may help you identify itself beyond a reasonable doubt by letting you know where to find information on its past Next month we be making covering trigger objects like playing cards etc .

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Cornwall — County Of Restless Spirits

The Wellington inn, Boscastle Cornwall has been described as the most haunted place in the British Isles, and for good reason! Stories of hauntings abound and most towns and villages have had more than their fair share. the famous old coaching hostelry Jamaica Inn at Bolventor, near Bodmin, the ghost of a murdered sailor returning to finish his last drink has been seen by many visitors sitting on a wall outside.

believed to have been the angry soul of an old rector of the parish who fell to his death down the stairs to his cellar whilst fetching a bottle of wine. His guest for dinner that night was the new young curate who had fallen in love with the rector's young and beautiful wife. Did he fall or was he pushed? We'll never know, but the very next day a large black cockerel suddenly appeared and began attacking everyone in sight. Eventually the bird flew in through the window of The Punch Bowl Inn and straight into an old earthenware oven. A quick thinking kitchen maid imprisoned him inside it and a mason was duly called to cement it up for all eternity.

The Wellington Hotel, Boscastle's famous old coaching inn, has more Customers at The Dolphin than its fair share of Inn at Penzance have wit- ghostly inhabitants. Some years ago the Hotel's nessed the sight, and in recent years, the sound of owner, Victor Tobutt, was an old sea captain dressed working at the reception desk when the figure of a in tricorn hat and laced man drifted silently past ruffles paying them an him. Looking up, he was unwelcome visit. It is believed he may have been a surprised to see that the man wore leather gaiters victim of Judge Jeffries, and boots, a frock coat the famous "Hanging and a frilled shirt, such as Judge" who is reputed to might have been worn by have held an Assizes in an 18th century coachman, what is now the dining room of the inn, or possi- and his hair tied back in the old fashioned style. bly an old smuggler returning to claim the casks "There was nothing insubstantial about him", Victor of brandy recently found told, "he looked remarkahidden away in the cellar bly solid." To his shock, during renovations. the apparition disappeared through the wall, From the Punch Bowl Inn but when he began to deat Lanreath, near Lostscribe what he had seen to withiel, comes the tale of one of his employees, the a demonic black cockerel man completed the de-

scription for him. Apparently he too had seen the ghostly visitor on more than one occasion. Another employee at The Wellington Hotel, retired policeman Bill Searle has twice witnessed a misty shape wearing what appears to be a cloak drift across the landing and disappear through the wall of a guest room. It is thought to be the spirit of a young girl who, crossed in love, flung herself in despair from the ramparts of the hotel's tower. Victor also believes that another part of the building is haunted by a murdered man, and there is also an "animal friendly" spirit, which was eagerly pursued by the small dog belonging to the writer of ghost stories who stayed in the hotel. Ironically, the writer himself didn't see it, but his wife witnessed a shape move across the room, followed by the dog excitedly wagging his tail.

“Curiously, the two oldest hostelries in Boscastle bear the names of two of history's most famous adversaries. At the top of Boscastle's steep hill, high above The Wellington Hotel stands The Napoleon Inn”

Curiously, the two oldest hostelries in Boscastle bear the names of two of history's most famous adversaries. At the top of Boscastle's steep hill, high above The Wellington Hotel stands The Napoleon Inn. It is said The Napoleon inn, that the inn served as a Boscastle. Was it recruiting office in the Nahere Napoleon poleonic Wars, but the recruited for the sympathies and interests of war? many Cornish smugglers lay more with their French suppliers than with King and Country. Continued Over

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Cornwall — County Of Restless Spirits — Cont. Legend has it that The Napoleon Inn was so named because it was actually used to recruit volunteers for the enemy.

One of Cornwall's most celebrated ghosts is that of Charlotte Dymond, who was found murdered on the slopes of Roughtor, near Camelford on Sunday 14th April 1844. Her lover, a crippled farmhand called Matthew Weeks was later hanged at Bodmin Goal for the crime, though it is doubtful that he committed it. Since that time, and especially on the anniversary of her death, Charlotte has been seen walking in the area, clad in a gown, a red shawl and a silk bonnet. Sentries of the Old Volunteers stationed in Roughtor were very reluctant to stand duty there, so convinced were they of her ghostly presence. A memorial stone marks the site of her murder, and the story has been immortalised too in "The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond", by Cornish poet Charles Causley.

The ancient manor house at Duporth was said to have been haunted by the ghost of a nun known affectionately as "Flo". A century ago she could be heard striking matches in adjoining rooms and at the same time almost every night someone - or something? - would click open the lock on the cabinet in the drawing rooms. The manor has now been demolished and the sight has become Duporth Holiday Village, but according to a night security guard "Flo" hasn't gone away. Many

strange happenings have been witnessed in recent years. The roundabout in the children's playground has been seen to turn by itself, first one way then the next without a breath of wind in the air. A kettle boiled itself in a locked and unattended room and a sewing machine which whirred into life without human assistance abruptly stopped when a member of staff said "no thanks Flo - I don't need you today". People claim to be aware of an invisible presence near the old farmhouse. An elderly lady staying at the village with her 5 year old granddaughter heard the child talking to someone on the landing one afternoon. On investigating the grandmother could see no one, and when questioned the child said she had been chatting to a nice old lady in a black dress!

he sat helplessly awaiting the imminent collision. Nothing happened. Instead, the terrifying sounds of the coach ceased abruptly and all was quiet again. When he looked up it had literally disappeared into thin air. The road was empty. The phenomenon of Charlotte Dymonds’s phantom coaches Memorial Stone, drawn by ghostly Camelford horses is not an uncommon one, especially in the uncommonly haunted county of Cornwall, but to Mr Hocking this vision was a very real one. He remembers quite clearly that the coach was painted bright red, low bodied with small doors and windows and a sloping rear. “At the reigns Such a coach would sat a coachonce have carried the man in a mail to towns and greatcoat villages in the vicinwith wide ity - some two hunblue lapels, dred years ago. Why whipping the was the driver in horses into a such a hurry? Well frenzy of perhaps he was late speed. Beside with the post - or the driver maybe he had a renblowing a dezvous to meet. post horn sat After all, Walter the guard, Cross - the Mevagisclad in a scarsey man who had let coat and introduced the stageblack hat.” coach service into Cornwall in 1796 was, among other things, a smuggler. Was it him at the reins?

He was driving from Mevagissey to Truro to visit his wife in hospital when, to his shock and amazement he rounded a round bend and without warning was suddenly confronted with an old fashioned stagecoach thundering along the road towards him, drawn by four horses galloping at full speed. At the reigns sat a coachman in a greatcoat with wide blue lapels, whipping the horses into a frenzy of speed. Beside the driver blowing a post horn sat the guard, clad in a scarlet coat and black hat. Horrified, Mr Hocking stamped on his brakes, stalling the car and throwing his hands up over his face. As the mysterious coach bore down on him, the thundering wheels, galloping hooves and urgent blast of the horn rising to a crescendo, Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Book Reviews — This House is Haunted—The Enfield Poltergeist This is a true story that happened to the Harper family in 1977.The Enfield poltergeist received more publicity than any other ghost story. It made front page of a national newspaper. Ten days after it started.

Jane Cox, the PW’s film and book reviewer

By this time a paranormal investigator Morris Gross who sadly past away in 2006 The poltergeist activity in the house was very violent. It would throw things across the room,

Levitate one of the children and throw her from her bed The children spoke in a very deep mail voice if by taken over by a spirit. The paranormal team took voice recordings of this and in no way was it fake. The furniture would move by its self. scratching sound coming from the walls. One of the children was seen floating to the ceiling by a passer by on a bus. The local police also got in-

volved and witnessed these goings on. Some people say that the children where playing tricks just to add to the effects. The strange things carried onfor14months then they stopped. This is a good read whether you believe or not. The log of advents is meticulous and provides the reader with a full account of what must be the most important record of poltergeist activity ever recorded. Until the next time… Jane Cox

Featured Technical Kit — The Toshiba Equium This month, see a bit of “shine” in the form of the Toshiba Equium Laptop.

Clint Symonds, the UKBPA’s Technical and venue Rep

The Equium Laptop from Toshiba comes powered by an Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2390 (1.86 GHz, 533 MHz, 2MB Cache) and runs on the Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Home operating system. The Equium U400-145 incorporates 2GB of DDR2 RAM along with a 160GB hard drive to manage your multitasking and to handle all your important files such as movies, video games, photos, music, presentations, and documents. The Toshiba Equium U400-145 Laptop meas-

ures 314 x 229 x 35mm with a weight of 1.97kg and features 13.3 widescreen display, DVD Super Multi optical drive, Intel GMA X3100 graphics, integrated webcam with face recognition, TV out, firewire, 3 USB ports, 5-in-1 card reader. It is ideally suited for running multi webcams for the purpose of investigating, but is just as good at running any number of investigative tools such as data loggers, tri-field meters and ion counters, should you be able to find the right software for it.

It is as equally adept at running software such as Paint shop pro or any of the software you would expect to use for investigations as it is at running games and software for other purposes. All in all, a very versatile, good piece of kit, be it for investigation purposes, or home use. Rating = 7/10 Clint Symonds

It is a inexpensive, middle of the road laptop, ideally suited for investigation purposes or general use due to its medium course functions.

The Toshiba Equium

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Sir David — Yeti Evidence “Very Convincing” Speaking on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, the revered wildlife expert said: 'I'm baffled by the Abominable Snowman - very convincing footprints have been found at 19,000ft. 'No-one does that for a joke. I think it's unanswered.'

Sir David Attenburgh— Yeti evidence “Very Convincing”

The yeti is an ape-like creature said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet. A photograph of a mysterious footprint, rumoured to be that of the yeti was taken in the Menlung Basin in the Himalayas in 1951.

tion.

thropoid (manlike) ape.

'They seemed to have come over a secondary pass at about 19,500 ft, down to 19,000 ft where we first saw them, and then went on down the glacier.'

Alleged sightings and debate has continued through the decades but so far no-one has been able to produce a clear, definitive photograph of the world's most elusive being.

In 1954, the Daily Mail reported the discovery of Tibetan folklore has it hair specimens from that the yeti is nocturwhat was said to be the nal, whistles, and can kill with a single punch.

Investigators believe that at least two types of yeti exist: the dzuteh ('big thing'), which is 7ft-8ft tall, and the nich-teh, which is 5ft6ft. Sir David also spoke about not being able to halt climate change.

A team of mountaineers travelled to He said: 'We can the region on a The “Yeti” Footprint, never go back, there's reconnaissance taken by Shipton in 1951 no doubt about that... mission before “'We can never go it's the speed at which attempting to conback, there's no scalp of a yeti. we're changing. quer Everest for the doubt about that... Professor Frederick 'Before, it was thousands first time, a feat it's the speed at Woods Jones, an expert of years and now it's achieved two years which we're in human and compara- decades... but we can later changing. tive anatomy, failed to slow down the rate at Eric Shipton reBefore, it was reach a conclusion, but which we change.' corded the footprint, thousands of years said the dark brown hair and Tom Bourdillon, and now it's was passing on the evidecades... but we not dence to his friend can slow down the from a Michael Davies, rate at which we bear or wrote: 'Dear Mick, change.” an anHere are the footprint photos: sorry for the delay. We came across them on a high pass on the Nepal -Tibet watershed during The Infamous “yeti” photo the 1951 Everest expedi-

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The Phantom Aviator Of Teeside International Airport looked up and saw a Second World War pilot.

The standard issue Irvine Jacket similar to the one worn by the mystery pilot Who is the Phantom airman who has been seen at Teeside International Airport? Various stories have circulated over the years, but here we here from one of the employees of Teeside airport regarding the hauntings. Brian Champley, Ground Services Manager relates his story: It was during the second Fighter Command period, in late 1958 to be exact. The Hunters of 92 Squadron had returned to join the Javelins of 33 Squadron, which was formed from 264 Squadron at RAF Leeming, slightly further to the south of us. After about a year, there was a Warrant Officer Poole working late on a winter's evening, seven o'clock, on a document called a Form 700. This is a document appertaining purely to aeroplanes. Working away in his little place in the annexe to Number One hangar, he felt a presence in the room,

The guy stood in front of him, so lifelike that Poole said, "Yes sir, what can I do for you?". His description was complete flying clobber, helmet, goggles--the whole issue. And as Warrant Officer Poole put the question to the pilot, this thing just literally walked through a wall. Warrant Officer Poole didn't drink much, quite a stable sort of character, but he was severely shaken. The following day, it was written up in the local press. That was all that was heard from then on until the whole

By then I had left the RAF as a serving member, but stayed here with the Air Ministry. Eventually I left the Air Ministry and the very next morning, started work with the Ministry of Aviation, which is now the Civil Aviation Authority. We were immediately seconded to Middlesbrough Corporation and, of course, taken over and paid by them. Getting back to the ghost. Two years from start, which takes us up to late 1965, a young apprentice in Number Four hangar, quite a way from the original Number One, was working on an aircraft at about five o'clock in the evening.

He was working on the mainplane of Teeside international airport, as it is today this civil aircraft place finished as a military when he thought he heard airfield early in 1964. It was something, looked up and handed over because of pothere was this guy, standing litical pressures to build a there. civil airport, because com"Can I help you?" asked the munications in the area apprentice. The thing just were lacking. walked away through a corSo the Government said rugated sheet. Never to be "Right, that's it. Now you've seen since. got a Civil Tam Kinnear-Swift Airport in the area."

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Ghostly Goings On In Northumberland either. When we do have guests who smoke they smoke outside but this has happened when there's only been me and Stu home. It can be a little freaky but I ended up getting used to it all.

This story was sent in by reader, Louise Milburn, from Northumberland, here Louise takes up the story in her own words.

“I was talking to someone who had been living in the village a long time and they mentioned that the had been a horrible fire where some children died in the street I live in after we got talking about the history of the village and it being an

“When we first moved into our new house, there was little odd goings on, little noises mainly and the odd smell, sometimes vanilla and sometimes roses even though I hadn’t sprayed anything or don’t have anything in the house at the time that smells like that. “Noises we would get has been the sound of children giggling on the stairs every now and again. Never really thought about it until someone else heard it one day and now a few people have heard children in the house giggling and whispering and felt little cold spots all around. “Some nights I could wake up in the middle of the night smelling smoke and actually seeing smoke like the house is on fire. In a panic I would get up and check... but nothing. Check the house up and down and there’s nothing. I don’t smoke so it cant be that and Stu doesn't smoke

old mining village. After talking to a few others they said the same thing. “I didn't think about it much any more until I was putting some boxes away in the loft and I found something very unusual in there, I really don't know what it is and that also a lot of the wood looks burnt so I took a photo (photo 1194). No one can explain what that object is and it was a little odd but it was the fact the wood looked like it was burnt that freaked me out a little.

I never told anyone about it but not long after I had a couple of friends over who are mediums who had never been to the house before and the both of them said the same thing after about 5 minutes in the house... that some children had died in a fire here. After they said that I told them “I was talking what I knew and showed to someone them the photo and that who had been object even freaked them living in the out. village a long “I been taking plenty of time and they photos in the house trymentioned ing to pick up anything that the had but nothing has been been a picked up until the other horrible fire day while my friend was where some taking a photo of me dochildren died ing a Cousin It impresin the street I sion. When we looked at live in“ the photo we noticed an orb right next to my head so we started to take some more after cleaning the lens just in case it was that and got many more orbs. We where pretty impressed by how many we seen in the room and I figured that's where the feeling I sometimes got of being watched came from.”

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Norwich Castle — A History Christmas in 1075, he ordered that many of the castle’s defenders were executed or had their hands cut off or their eyes cut out. By 1122 the castle was complete and King Henry I stayed at the castle.

A newspaper cutting the day after James Bloomfield Rush’s hanging Norwich Castle has a very interesting and mixed history since it was built for William the Conqueror in 1067, this was his only castle in East Anglia and served him as a Royal Palace, but 98 Saxon homes were demolished to build the castle. A late Saxon Cemetery has been located in the southern Bailey containing 114 skeletons and elsewhere 43 scattered skeletons, this is the only archaeological site in England that parrot bones have been found during excavations. Shortly after the palace was built Ralph Guader the earl of East Anglia, tried to seize the castle but failed and escaped to France leaving his wife, Emma at the castle, the kings army had over 300 men laid seize to the castle for 3 months and Emma surrendered. When William returned back to Norwich at

During the 1300’s, Norwich castle became a gaol but there is no records of prisoners being kept here until the 15th century. Excavations dated to the 17th Century found burials at the top of the mound of 6 adults and 1 child prisoner, showing pathological changes, head wounds and a high level of stress related disorders. By 1707 prisoners were escaping due to bad repair of the castle. Prisoners were kept in chains but by 1810

The poorer were given a bread allowance and relied on friends or other people for food. During 1824 the prison was reTracey Monger, The built and could acPW’s Historian commodate 255 prisoners and 250 prisoners in 1845, tunnels were build from the Shirehall to the castle, to transport prisoners. There are also suggestions that tunnels run to the Guildhall, the Cathedral and what was the Crown Derby Pub. On the 2nd of August 1887 the prisoners were transferred to the new prison. While the castle was a prison, Saturday was the day for the hangings on the bridge between the two gatehouses, attracting up to 30,000 onlookers

Norwich Castle, Seen from Castle Meadow only a few were, as most prisoners were sentenced to death, flogging was not common at Norwich prison. The prison is no different to any other prison at its time and by the late 18th Century the gaoler charged the prisoners for almost everything including, furniture, bed clothes, drink, visitor and for releasing the prisoners.

During 1849 trains were laid on for the hanging of James Bloomfield Rush for the murder of Isaac Jermy (recorder of Norwich) and there is suggestions that James Bloomfield Rush's’ bones were buried within the castle walls. Robert Kett (Ketts rebellion against Edward VI, revolt land enclosure) was captured and hung from the top of the castle. A hanging in 1854 lasted 5 minutes with the person struggling. The last pubic hanging was in 1867. Continued Over

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Norwich Castle — A History — Cont. Continued From Over witnessed in this area.

Robert Kett, who lead the peasant revolt in 1589

“The rowdy Attleborough crowd burnt the cottage down that she once lived in, but a few days later a ghostly figure was seen on the castle hill and it was identified as Martha.”

borough crowd, on a hurdle and this repreIt is thought that some The Black Lady is sented a mark of shame. prisoners were burnt at thought to be Martha Once she had died her the stake in the castle Alden, she lived at Attlebody was handed over ditches. Norwich castle borough with her husfor dissection. was purchased in 1887 to band and on the 18th become a museum and July 1807, she murdered Npeg did a charity pubstill is today. her husband by cutting lic investigation at the off his head with a bill- Castle mall (which is Robert Kett’s ghost is rebrook, she then probuild on part of the old ported to have been seen ceeded to take her hus- castle grounds), we had hanging from the top of access to the castle the castle, rotting in a bridge and decided to swinging cage. do psycometry, the The oldest Ghost of information picked up Norwich Castle, is said was black flies, a jeerto be King Gurgunt, it ing crowd, images of is thought during rohands being seen, one man times he built a was skeletal but in a castle here, when he green lights, somedied the mound that one's head became the castle is now on fuzzy and heavy, they was built for him and felt like they had wobit is thought that he bly legs. still sits on the Could these experimound, with a sword ences be the energy in hand and next to a William The Conqueror, picked up of the hangtable piled with silver who had Norwich Castle ings that took place on and gold. built in 1067 the bridge? I will leave The most popular and you to make your own most sighted ghost of the minds up on this. Sadly bands body to a dry castle is of a woman, we did not see Robert ditch in the garden with Kett hanging from the wearing a black dress. The First recorded sight- help from Mary Orvice. Castle or the Lady floating was in 1820 by several Two days later, they ing around the grounds both moved his body to and I was told it was a prisoners who were scared half to death. She a pond on a nearby com- white lady. is thought to be wearing mon and the body was It is surprising that there soon Victoria clothing and is not more Ghost sightwanders around the art recovered. Martha’s ing at Norwich Castle exhibition area of the mu- defence for killing her considering the Castle seum, she turns the cor- husband was that she was used as a Gaol for ner and vanishes (this was a battered wife and 900 years, I have heard area was once part of the he had threatened to kill the dungeons are Gaol). The same woman her and he was drinking haunted but have found has been seen in the away their inheritance. no evidence as yet to grounds of the castle, Martha’s hanging took suggest this. floating around and the place on the 31st July Tracey Monger staff of the museum have 1807 to a rowdy Attle-

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Soldiers Stories — The Angel Of Mons

British Soldiers on the battlefield at Mons, Belgium

“It was in the period of this hectic retreat, when the British troops would have been so vulnerable to a pursuing enemy, that something extraordinar y occurred. British troops claimed that they had seen an apparition in the sky of three angelic figures who appeared to ward off the attacks of the enemy. The retreat was successfully accomplished and the British troops lived to fight another day”

The first clash between German and British forces in the First World War gave rise to a legend of the supernatural which has endured to the present day becoming part of British folklore. The incident took place at Mons in Belgium, where 70,000 British troops were emplaced, guarding a canal against a numerically superior German force while the soldiers of the French 5th army beat a hasty retreat to Paris. On the 23rd of August, the German forces attacked in strength. Thanks to their rapidfire rifles, the British troops were able to inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and the attack was beaten off. It became clear to the British commander that his position was untenable, however, and he ordered a retreat towards Paris. It was in the period of this hectic retreat, when the British troops would have been so vulnerable to a pursuing enemy, that something extraordinary occurred. British troops claimed that they

had seen an apparition in the sky of three angelic figures who appeared to ward off the attacks of the enemy. The retreat was successfully accomplished and the British troops lived to fight another day.

and Other Legends of the War, claimed that a fictional story of his called The Bowmen, which had been published on the 29th of September 1914, had served as the inspiration for the Mons legend.

The story of the Angel at Mons spread like wildfire through Britain. It became the subject of many articles and even artistic productions. After the war, Harold Begbie published a book on the phenomenon, On the Side of the Angels, in which he quoted some who had witnessed the apparition first-hand. One lance-corporal recalled:

In his story, a group of beleaguered British soldiers, in a moment of desperation; call on St. George for assistance. A troop of ghostly archers promptly appears in the sky above them, raining deadly fire upon the enemy.

"I could see quite plainly in mid-air a strange light which seemed to be quite distinctly outlined and was not a reflection of the moon, nor were there any clouds in the neighbourhood. The light became brighter and I could see quite distinctly three shapes, one in the centre having what looked like outspread wings, the other two were not so large, but were quite plainly distinct from the centre one. They appeared to have a long loosehanging garment of a golden tint they were above the German line facing us." Mr. Arthur Machen, in his book, The Bowmen

Some refute Machen’s claim, however, by pointing out that references to the Angel of Mons were being made before Machen’s story had even been published. The following remark appeared in a letter dated to early September, 1914, for example: “then there is the story of the ‘Angels of Mons’ going strong through the 2nd Corps, of how the angel of the Lord on the traditional white horse, and clad all in white with flaming sword, faced the advancing Germans at Mons and forbade their further progress." The letter was written by Brigadier-General John Charteris. Continued Over

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Soldiers Stories — The Angel Of Mons — Cont. can probably rattle off the tale of the Angel of Mons as a great example of guardian angels protecting the good. And it's in the official military records, so you know it has to be true, right?

Arthur Machen, author of “The Bowmen” and possibly the source of the legend Continued From Over He was known to have been involved in many propaganda activities, however, so his involvement raises the intriguing prospect that the whole legend of the Angel at Mons was a creation of British intelligence. The Angel of Mons was not only a military first, it was also fairly influential in popular culture at the time. Both J.R.R. Tolkien and Mary Norton, author of the Bedknobs and Broomsticks trilogy, are said to have been inspired by the story of supernatural soldiers saving the outnumbered good guys from an overwhelming evil enemy force. For decades the story of the Angel of Mons had faded into history, but with the New Age resurgence of angel worship beginning in the 1980's, the story has found its way back into the popular mythology, usually retold without critique. Anyone who's into angel worship

The authenticity of Charteris' letter has come under intense scrutiny. For one thing, Charteris served as Chief of British Army Intelligence from 1915 to 1918, and he was involved in numerous schemes to disseminate propaganda. There is no letter dated September 5, and no letter mentioning any Angel of Mons. Since these archived letters formed the source material for Charteris' 1931 book, researchers like David Clarke have concluded that Charteris falsified this letter after the fact as part of his propaganda duties. He is known to have done this in other cases, notably one where he promoted a false rumor that the Germans were collecting the bodies of their dead and rendering them down in a "cadaver factory" to produce oil and lubricants for their war effort. It was not until April 3, 1915, that any mention of angels at Mons first appeared. It was a story from the Hereford Times entitled "A Troop of Angels" and gave the report of a young lady named Miss Marrable.

She reported stories she'd heard from soldiers who were at the battle: But when Miss Marrable was sought out for more information, she said she'd been misquoted. None of the soldiers in her story were named, but some soldiers began coming forward saying things like they knew someone who met someone who heard the story from their very reliable friend. Author Harold Begbie published On the Side of the Angels, in which he charged Arthur Machen with exploiting the true story of angels for his own financial gain. Machen challenged Begbie to then produce these witnesses, and Begbie countered that a government cover-up had silenced them. Anyway, suffice it to say that beyond these hearsay accounts in newspapers, no reliable evidence or witnesses were ever produced that could corroborate stories of anything unusual happening at Mons

“He is known to have done this in other cases, notably one where he promoted a false rumor that the Germans were collecting the bodies of their dead and rendering them down in a "cadaver factory" to produce oil and lubricants for their war effort.”

In more recent times, all attempts to track down firsthand witnesses to the apparition of the St Mary’s Abbey Ruangels have met with failure, leading ins, Bungay,ASuffolk postcard depicting some to dismiss the the Angel of Mons whole story as nothing but a charming fairy-tale. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Man They Could Not Hang Throughout the past 100 years, the myths surrounding John 'Babbacombe' Lee's story have taken on a life of their own.

John ‘Babbacombe’ Lee—the Man they could not hang

“During his trial, the prosecution portrayed Lee as a depraved lunatic capable of smashing an old lady's head with an axe, then slashing her throat with a knife. The judge, in passing sentence of death, remarked how calm Lee's demeanour had been throughout the trial. Lee is said to have leaned forward in the dock and replied firmly: 'The reason why I am so calm is that I trust in the Lord, and He knows I am innocent.”

Urban legends, ghostly sightings and tales of supernatural intervention have grown far beyond what anybody in 19th century South Devon could have imagined for the lowly manservant. Lee, nicknamed The Man They Could Not Hang, came to prominence when he was convicted of murdering his employer, Emma Keyse, and setting fire to her Babbacombe home, called The Glen. Mike Holgate, of Torquay, an expert on John Lee, said: "During his trial, the prosecution portrayed Lee as a depraved lunatic capable of smashing an old lady's head with an axe, then slashing her throat with a knife. "The judge, in passing sentence of death, remarked how calm Lee's demeanour had been throughout the trial. "Lee is said to have leaned forward in the dock and replied firmly: 'The reason why I am so calm is that I trust in the Lord, and He knows I am innocent.'

"In the days leading up to the date of execution, Lee read the Bible prodigiously and proclaimed his innocence.

The Home Secretary told Parliament he could not expect a man to 'twice face the pangs of imminent death'.

"It is said he told the prison chaplain the real culprit was the lover of his half-sister, Elizabeth Harris, who was cook at The Glen and expecting a child which was later delivered out of wedlock in Newton Abbot Workhouse."

Lee began a 23-year prison sentence in Exeter, and from that day the myths about his life spread across the world.

The prison governor's logbook states on the morning of the execution, as Lee approached the gallows trapdoor, he told two prison guards he had dreamt 'three times the bolt was drawn, and three times the bolt failed to act'. Lee was a lonely figure on the gallows — but each time an attempt was made to open the trapdoor, it stuck. After each failed attempt the trapdoor was tested and it opened normally, but when Lee stood on it again the door would not open. Three times this happened, each with the same outcome. It is rumoured that throughout the ordeal on the scaffold, a white dove perched on the gallows until the condemned man was led safely back to his prison cell.

Witchcraft and devilish incantations were often talked of when people tried to reason Lee's escape from death. Friends of Lee claimed they had paid a white witch handsomely to save him from the noose. Other people told stories of how Lee's mother had visited the church graveyard near her home at Abbotskerswell, recited the Lord's Prayer backwards and summoned the Devil to save her son. Also, an old woman called Granny Lee, from Ogwell, is said to have told locals 'they shall not hang him' as she walked to Exeter on the morning of the execution and cast a spell on the gallows from a spot overlooking the prison. In 1905, the witchcraft theory gained credence from a surprising source — the Archdeacon of Westminster, Basil Wilberforce. Continues over

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The Man They Could Not Hang — Cont.

The Prison at Exeter, as featured in The Illustrated and Sporting Dramatic News - August 1st 1885. Continued from over Whether miracle or sorcery, the events on the scaffold cast doubt in many people's minds about Lee's guilt. Mike added: "The Home Office didn't help themselves, because they refused to release details about the trapdoor malfunction for 100 years, so the myths grew. "There were even questions asked in Parliament at the time. I can't understand why they wouldn't announce the details, and they had all the speculation to go through again when he left prison 23 years later." After his release, Lee went to London, where he then eloped with a barmaid, abandoning his wife who was expecting their second child.

He then seemingly disappeared without trace — having reportedly visited Australia, America and Canada — and Mike Holgate only recently discovered that Lee died in 1945.

Mike traced the grave to a cemetery in Milwaukee, America. Records show Lee died, aged 80, on March 19, 1945.

The legend certainly did not die with Lee, however, because Mike recently recorded a number of spooky tales about The Man They Could Not Hang. He said: "A strange event added to the mystery more than a century later when a pub named the John Lee opened on Babbacombe Downs at Easter, 1989. "At the beginning of June, the swinging pub sign bearing the logo of a hanged man fell to the ground on three consecutive nights for no discernible reason. "That same week, Steve Harley and his band Cockney Rebel were appearing

was to play the role of John Lee in a forthcoming “A strange movie. event added "A tiny bay just to the mystery more outside Brixthan a cenham was setury later lected for the when a pub setting of the named the film, where a John Lee mock Victorian villa was to be opened on Babbacombe built to reDowns at create the Easter, 1989. scene of the murder. "Extensive and

dedicated research by the filmmakers had reportedly uncovered new facts about the murder and they had been incorporated into the script, which had two possible endings.

At the beginning of June, the swinging pub sign bearing the logo of a hanged man fell to the ground on three consecutive nights for no discernible reason.”

"The producer told the press: 'I've lived and breathed this for so long now that I'm not going to give up until I have discovered the truth.' "Unfortunately, the 'truth' never came out because the film was abandoned, St Mary’s Rusoon followed by theAbbey cloins, Bungay, Suffolk sure of the Babbacombe pub. Perhaps the two projects had earned the displeasure of John Lee's troubled spirit." Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Mystery Object Of Vejle Fjord comfort of granny’s warm beds. A few nights we did spend outside in the tent, but only after my granddad had gotten a bit tired of our very indecisive young minds.

Sunset On Vejle Fjord, around about the time Yannick Saw the object Paranormal Watch Reader Yannick Ytrup Larsen from Denmark, sent in this story. Yannick takes up the story in his own words. “A big kid with a big appetite for knowledge and fun, in a place I was used to go, witch we in my family always have referred to as being “grandma’s forest”. That’s where it happened. My ‘encounter’… “The woods also contain an old pirate’s nest, and the legend goes far back with tales of murder and all sorts of malicious deeds, done in this very forest too.”

“Granny’s house, where I came a lot as a child, was laying just a stone throw away from the edges of the woods, and she could follow the changing seasons from her kitchen window. “In the summertime us grandchildren would make a tent camp in her garden and roast “wrapped dough on a stick” on the fireplace. We would be determined to stay inside the tent through out the whole night, but as the temperature would drop so would our resolve., resulting in the evident, it would eventually cause us to creep with our tails between our legs, back inside the cosy

“I remember some very starlit nights, with a lot of atmosphere and a sense of being in the midst of something ancient and precious. There was always a safe haven at Grandmother’s house, and I spent a lot of time just being there, savouring the loving attention of both my grandparents.

gooseberries, currants and a rich variety of animal wildlife, made a huge and interesting playground for me during my youth. “There is a dirt road leading down to the coastline directly outside granny’s house, and the forest is placed on the northern side of a place called Vejle Fjord.

“This was the road I was cycling on the evening of the encounter. A stretch down the dirt road, you’ll find a small strip of scrublands, where nothing ever has been “One evening at dusk in reported to be able to the summertime, when I grow. The woods also contain an old pirate’s was about fifteen, I denest, and the legend cided to go for a bike goes far back with tales ride to the little forest a of murder and all sorts few miles from where I of malicious deeds, done lived growing up. I had been used to going to the in this very forest too. woods since I was only a “Nobody ever told me few years old, and I alexactly why nothing ways felt comfortable would grow on the small being among the old land strip except low trees. bushes and other inferior vegetation. Nothing “In Denmark where I ever grew higher than a live, most of our forests are under very strict ag- few feet, and all attempts to plant trees on ricultural control. This the patch, always proved means that only a very small part of all the Dan- unsuccessful due to the ish woods, are not being strange conditions of the monitored and tended ground in this area. like it was a designer “It was close to dusk, as contest. This was the I was passing the inhoscase with Grandma’s pitable piece of forest, forest. Most of the but I was not nervous or woodlands contained in afraid. I can still clearly this forest was growing remember, that I knew wild, and was being left particularly where I was to the primitive and self going, because I had the sustaining way, like it intention of using the was a piece of the origifinal light of the day, to nal Danish fauna. go down to the water“Large oaks, birches and front, and skip a few flat rocks into the quiet larch along with calmness of the ‘Little beeches, scrubs of all Belt’ kinds with wild strawberries, raspberries, Continues over

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The Mystery Object Of Vejle Fjord — Cont. I never found out exactly what it was I saw that eve“Suddenly a movement ning in my Granny’s Forcaught my attention to the est. Didn’t go back to inright of me. vestigate the “landing site” “Revolving faster and and it kind of bothers me “I looked over and almost faster it started to give a still to this day. ran into the side ditch of the soft blue, green and red, “some peodirt road, where I would “Some people I have ple I have strobe like glow of some have suffered serious thorn told the story are kind, the noise picked up told the rashes or even broken convinced I may have story are in volume and with a sudbones, had I not been able witnessed a time den bright flash, a huge convinced I to get my bike to stop. traveller. Others rumbling sound like a may have think it might have thunder crash or a superwitnessed a “The ‘Thing’ making me albeen eating too many time travelsonic boom, it was gone most loose control of my of “granny’s forests leaving only the smell of ler. Others bike (I don’t know how else something I have never mushrooms”. think it to describe a Rhombus smelled since. shaped, faceted, mirror “Some tell me that we might have been eating glass and cube like ‘gadget/ are definitely not “An unpleasant metallic too many of gizmo/THING’), alone in “granny’s was slowly rising up the unitrough the grasses verse, but I forests and bushes at the am person- mushrooms”. far end of the scrub ally confilled patch of forvinced that Some tell me est. what ever that we are it was, if definitely “I would think it to I’m supnot alone in having been about posed to the universe, ten to fifteen feet know, but I am pertall, and six feet on “they’ll” be sonally conthe widest part. It back to vinced that started to spin anticheck me what ever it clockwise as it rose up. was, if I’m up above the top of supposed to the bushes. The takeoff, if that’s know, The Woods in Vejle Fjord, was it here “First very slow, “they’ll” be what it then faster and Yannick had his experience? back to was, was faster. Just like it check me most cerwas an old steam tainly already too far up.” locomotive, shunting out scent, like a cascade of all ahead for them to from the station with all its of the periodical system… abort it. But they will coaches full of goods and I think the whole experiprobably have been able to passengers, or like a slowence could not have lasted monitor the surroundings motion view of a rocket more than a couple of as they lifted off, and then launch, where the picture minutes, five at the most, they may have noticed me frames are being sped up but I’m sure that my there. along the length of the view. young and susceptible mind made me panic by “Perhaps it was a once in a “As it picked up speed a sithen. lifetime experience, St Mary’s in Abbey Rulent humming or whirling witch case I will cherish ins, Bungay, Suffolk noise came form the “craft”. “Frantically I turned my the memory as long as I bicycle around and “Imagine a laundry centriwill breathe. jumped on the seat, I was fuge, but speeding up from too afraid to look back and “And anyone who will lend close to subsonic, very low I think there must have an ear will hear the same pitched and intense. been track marks on the story that you’ve just “I was just standing there, ground, as I trampled the read…” mesmerized and completely first few pedal turns to get Continued from over

dumbstruck by what was occurring before me, and the thing kept on taking more and more speed.

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Figure Snapped In Chair In Gloucestershire? new attraction, appears to have caught a “ghost in the attic” himself and added: "As soon as I'd taken a panoramic photo, I reviewed the image on the camera and straight away noticed this strange formation of light, shaped like a figure, through the doorway in the next room. "Without moving I did a few takes to try and work out what had caused it but couldn't see anything. It was so weird."

This photograph seems to have captured the outline of a figure sitting on a chair in the attic of the Edward Jenner Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. The picture was taken by BBC photographer Chris Sandys, who said: "I don't believe in ghosts myself, but this is strange." Mr. Sandys, who took the pictures for the Ghosts In The Attic exhibition, the museum's

Edward Jenner was the pioneer of the smallpox vaccination, who famously tested it on his own son. He was born in Berkeley in 1749 , He was also the father of immunology and spent most of his career as a doctor in Berkeley, before he died in 1823. Museum director Sarah Parker said: "There have always been stories of ghosts at the Edward Jenner Museum. We usually take them with a large pinch of salt. We are truly flabbergasted by the image.

"You can basically see through a doorway what looks like a figure reclining in a chair, only there is no chair there. Who knows whether it is Jenner himself? "We have graffiti from soldiers previously billeted in the attic rooms from the late 19th century and perhaps this is one of them or even one of Jenner's servants." However, upon examining the photo in closer detail, there also appears to be a second, hazy image directly in front of the camera, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the human form. It is not known whether this photo has been examined by experts, but never the less it is intriguing and deserves more investigation. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Black Cat Spotted in Worstershire A big cat may be on the prowl in Worcestershire after two men claimed to have spotted a panther-like creature while walking their dogs. The men went to investigate but the cat got up, jumped into the undergrowth and disappeared.

was bigger than our dogs, perhaps the size of an alsatian”, said one of the men. “It was jet black and had a tail that was curled up. “It looked at us, its ears pricked up and it jumped back into the undergrowth.

“It was really chunky and definitely had cat features. It was The pair spotted the creature too agile and quick to be anyas they walked their two whipthing other than a cat.” pets and terrier close to the near Bromyard Road, outside Bob Lawrence, director of wildlife at West Midland SaWorcester. fari Park, Bewdley, said: “It is “It was definitely a cat but not possible there may be one or a domestic one, it was huge, it two of these animals around.

“But with the law of averages there would be a picture somewhere. Where is the evidence?” It is not the first time that big cats have been spotted in Worcester and the surrounding area. In 2006, a survey compiled by the British Big Cats Society showed there were 48 sightings in Herefordshire and Worcestershire between April 2004 and July 2005, making the county a hotspot for mystery sightings.

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witnessed things happening in the property, various people who visit have had an experience in one way or another, all these people have come to the same conclusion that the flat is haunted by a man, which we have nicknamed Bob.

“Just before things started happening my next door neighbour suddenly passed away while in “This is not the hospital having a routine operation, since then the happenings only unusual have become more and more thing to have frequent, hardly a day or night happened in this property, goes by without something being over the last 2 moved or lost or switched on or off, my favourite personal experiand half years Charlie and what appears to be an orb things just seem ence was my friend finding my nail clippers in pieces (not broto happen on a ken but taken to pieces) in the regular basis Paranormal Watch Reader, and para- whether its the water heater bathroom sink straight after i normal investigator, Roy Allen, from switching off on its own or voices had used them in the bedroom, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, sent being heard when there is no one STRANGE. this story in about the strange hapthere or just something as simple penings in his house. as something spooking the 2 cats “There has been so much, anyto a point of panic and confusion. way ill keep u posted on any fur“This picture was taken a few days ther experiences. “ after we got Charlie. the lens was “I am not the only person to have

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Could UFO Conference Turn Brighton Into Hotspot? Alien abductees, ghost groupies, Nessie hunters and paranormal buffs could be set to descend on Hastings for an America-style UFO conference. A local expert in the paranormal is hoping to turn 1066 Country into the UK's very own Area 51 by staging a high profile international conference somewhere in Hastings. Malcolm Robinson - who is considered one of the world authorities on the Loch Ness Monster and recently became the first Scotsman to lecture on the paranormal on US soil - believes Hastings would be the perfect setting for

such an event.

ghosts, poltergeists, crop circles, and a whole lot more.

And, together with members of his Strange Phenomena Investigations group, Mr Robinson hopes to meet with Hastings Borough Council with a view to starting the conference in October 2010. Speaking exclusively to The Observer, Mr Robinson said: "My intentions are to bring some of the top noted speakers from the UK, down to Hastings for a one day conference on all things weird and wonderful. "The subjects we would cover would be as diverse as, UFOs,

"Hastings is a mystical town with many ghost stories and haunted places, staging an event in Hastings would be of interest for locals. "I feel that a conference of this nature would show the people that once you have got rid of all the nonsense and misleading information that is certainly abound with the subject of UFOs and the paranormal, that there is indeed some very real and genuine incidents which defy (at this time) explanation."

Police Baffled By Ghostly Break In London, after being told the alarm had been set off, but instead of finding any signs of a robbery, they were faced with a shaken landlord convinced he had encountered a ghost with half a face missing in the ladies washroom. Although they saw no ghouldescribed as a woman in flowing white gown-officers were shocked to find toilets flushing themselves, said Insp. John Bowler of South Yorkshire Police.

The Low Valley Arms, Barnsley

Police responding to a call about a possible break-in at a pub in northern England , found themselves in the middle of a ghoulish riddle. Officers arrived at the Low Valley Arms pub near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, 400 kilometres north of

Pub landlord Roger Froggat, 55, and his wife Kathryn, 49, moved

in a year ago and said they had seen nothing before, despite rumours of a resident spectre. "I heard the alarm go off for a second time, went into the pub and all the television screens had turned on," the pub owner said. "I went to check the rest of the pub and standing in the women's lavatories was a woman with half her face missing. I was petrified." Officers found no signs of forced entry and were left quite scared, Bowler added. Since the ghost story became public, the pub has become the talk of the town, attracting everyone from mediums to a national television film crew determined to catch a glimpse of the mystery woman should she appear again. Despite their shock, the Froggats said they have no plans to leave their village pub.

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