Ghost Hunters

Guardian ^ | 5 May 04 | Daniel Menhinnitt

[CurlyBill]

Ghost hunters

By Daniel Menhinnitt

A team of ghost hunters experienced some spooky activity when they visited a pub in Thornton Heath.

Jack Bryer and the rest of UK Paranormal Investigations spent a night at the Wheatsheaf Inn on Saturday after landlady Maria Seal told them the pub had been the site of some unexplained occurrences, including bottles moving on their own in the bar and a permanently cold boiler room.

According to Mrs Seal the pub was once a court where prisoners were held before being hanged on Thornton Heath pond, then known as Gallows Green.

The team set up recording equipment including tape recorders and camcorders to try and capture evidence of any paranormal activity on film. Mr Bryer said: "We went into the part of the pub that used to be a court room and next door - now a boiler room which used to be where the accused were held. "We set up the camcorder and tape recorder for 45 minutes and when we reviewed it there was a very faint voice which said hello."

The camcorder also recorded several orbs, lights seen on a camera but not with the naked eye which are believed to be the manifestation of a spirit.

Mr Bryer added: "We went down to the basement and we heard a shuffling sound like someone was moving a cardboard box, which the camcorder picked up as well.

"We returned to the boiler room later and all five of us started feeling sick. Using a digital camera we were able to see lots of orbs and I asked the spirit if it would move the orbs round one of the team's head, which it did. I asked the spirit to do it a couple of times and each time the orbs moved.

"This is the first time I've seen orbs move like that. I'm sure the pub is haunted."

Mrs Seal said: "I watched the recordings, and it's just unbelievable. I'm not worried though, I've been here for four years and if something scary was going to happen I think it would have by now."

3:42pm Wednesday 5th May 2004

[CurlyBill]

Ghost Ping!

[Fester Chugabrew]

"A beer and a mop, please."

[ElkGroveDan]

Mrs Seal said: "I watched the recordings, and it's just unbelievable. I'm not worried though, I've been here for four years and if something scary was going to happen I think it would have by now."

It happened:

[Monty22]

They should try EVP recordings there.

[Fedora]

Thanks!

[terilyn]

Thanks for the ping. I love this stuff!

[Alia]

Thanks for the ping!

[Alia]

The team should bring in Jamie Gorelick. (grin)

[small voice in the wilderness]

"A beer and a pair of clean underwear, please."

[mass55th]

Can you please add me to your Ghost ping list? Thanks.

[drypowder]

So, we are all going to end up as orbs that like it cold. Not all! Either that or Hell and I hear that's hot. I love the unexplainable.

[Sam Cree]

There is a tale about a house not too far from where I grew up.

Supposedly photographs have been taken of the house that show a rose bush in front. However, the rose bush had been dead and gone years before the photographs were taken.

[chantal7]

Please put me on your ghost ping list. Thanks.

[Choose Ye This Day]

From a post last Hallowe'en:

These ghost "hunters" go around and make sound recordings in graveyards, "haunted" houses, etc., then play back their tapes, and find audio anomolies that *seem* to sound like voices--which the investigators did *not* hear with the naked ear. They call this an Electronic Voice Phenomenon." (Remember "Sixth Sense"?)

Go to http://www.ghostwave.com/Ughs2.html to hear some of these rather creepy sounds. Some are hard to hear, some are clear as a bell. Here are direct links to some of the better ones:

http://www.ghostwave.com/kathy2.wav “I’ll be right back” (child)
http://www.ghostwave.com/ffield1.wav “Muchas Gracias”
http://www.ghostwave.com/9699-6.wav “hello” whisper
http://www.ghostwave.com/91998-9.wav “Elizabeth”
http://www.ghostwave.com/25may5.wav “Let me help you”
http://www.ghostwave.com/25may9.wav “Watch what you say”
http://www.ghostwave.com/Mc3.wav “Busted!” (after police car passes cemetery)
http://www.ghostwave.com/Imsad.wav “Oh, I’m sad”
http://www.ghostwave.com/Salem1.wav “Hey, you little b---h”
http://www.ghostwave.com/bedead.wav “I’m supposed, supposed to be dead”
http://www.ghostwave.com/91199.wav “Out. Get out. Get out of my house”

[Lord_Baltar]

Absolutely!

People would be very surprised what, or better put, who they'd find in their own homes if they did a wee bit of EVP recording.

It's really quite simple to do, and the results can be very interesting...

[tiamat]

Very cool!

[tiamat]

Those are REALLY neat!

[Choose Ye This Day]

They can make the hair stand up on the back of your neck if you listen to them alone, at night, with a wild imagination.

If you go to the Utah Ghost Hunters main page, follow their Links and you'll find hundreds more EVP's from all over the country.

[HungarianGypsy]

please add me to your ghost ping list