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Ghost hunt at the hollytrees museum, Colchester, my first ghost hunt with the ghost club
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Ghost hunt at the hollytrees museum, Colchester, my first ghost hunt with the ghost club
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Boyd believes that cultural lenses and individual fears may affect our perception of entities.
NB: “My case studies have shown that ghosts can appear as animals and can manifest into entities that one fears most. Maybe that’s why I’ve never seen a pontianak. I don’t believe in her existence.”
NB: “I did something at Pulau Ubin and we heard this female entity sing…I thought the voice was beautiful, and then the people that were in my team then, said that it was one of the most horrible things they’ve heard. I was very attracted to this voice and then after we got back, every night for a week I would wake up with a fever at about 3am and the fever would last for about an hour.”
Boyd also recounted an incident at Kubor Kassim, a Muslim cemetery, where he was choked by a entity.
When asked what it felt like, he told us that it felt like a real hand.
He explained that he used to be very “garang” (Malay for impulsive and foolhardy). As a result of his aggressive or disrespectful behaviour, he sustained injuries, such as slaps and scratches:
... (I had to look up pontianak. It's a kind of vampire that is the ghost of a woman who died in childbirth/while pregnant.) ...
I've also heard of Chinese ghosts who sound very similar to the Mexican Llorona — a wailing woman who haunt lonely river bridges, crying for her lost child.
Ghost Stories From The Ghost Hunters 1985
Maggie O’Kane meets two ghost enthusiasts who tell tales of ghostly goings-on in haunted houses.
Kevin Fitzsimons is a sixty nine year old semi-retired tour operator. Instead of taking to the garden to keep himself busy during his retirement, he has taken up ghost hunting.
Is this it? It's been on my youtube watch list for a while now.Not sure if this has been mentioned on the Forum in this or any other thread but I've just caught a charming half hour fictionalised documentary on Talking Pictures TV (Freeview 81). Made in 1965 with the film purportedly 'lost' for a while it featured the greatest (in my opinion) Miss Marple of all time, Dame Margaret Rutherford investigating Salisbury Hall in Herts. I think the programme was called 'Salisbury Hall: The Ghost of Nell Gwyn' and was directed by a horror writer called Frank de Felitta, alongside Ms Rutherford were her husband, Stringer Davis, who I am pretty sure played her 'minder'/best friend in the Miss Marple films and a chap who professes to be a sensitive/medium (didn't catch his name). As I stated, it's not shot as a straight documentary but the eery background music and slight hamming it up from the leads did not detract from the story. The then owners, The Goldsmith Family (of banking fame perhaps) are interviewed stating that they hadn't personally witnessed the ghost of Nell Gwyn but read out an encounter by one of Winston Churchills staff I think, from some years before, which was pretty hair-raising. They did say the house had at least one other spirit in residence that they had been made aware of, not surprising given I believe the place dates back to the 16th century. Great stuff (in B&W), they should've made a series !
I was AT niddry street vaults on a ghost hunt last night, most of the time all that could be heard was the WOOOMMPAH WOOOMMPAH from the night club next door, so no atmosphere and no chance of hearing anything unusual, not a recommended place to ghost hunt.
I was AT niddry street vaults on a ghost hunt last night, most of the time all that could be heard was the WOOOMMPAH WOOOMMPAH from the night club next door, so no atmosphere and no chance of hearing anything unusual, not a recommended place to ghost hunt.
I did stand in the doomed haunted stone circle of death. It didn't work so far*sucks teeth* Ah, now, I can see where you went wrong there. You should've taken someone along with an infallible ability to attract ghostly activity, like, ooh, how about Yvette Fielding? There'd've been stones flying around from nowhere and sheets of marked paper twitching galore.
You're doomed, now.I did stand in the doomed haunted stone circle of death. It didn't work so far
Are ghosts introverts then?Ghost hunting at the grenadier tonight, it's a tiny pub and it will be packed with noisy, over- excited ghost hunters, I am expecting to be disappointed
It's been years since I was on an investigation. However, I am reading a great book called "A Paranormal Casebook" by Loyd Auerbach (ISBN 1-9331770-4-7). He is a Paranormal Investigator who worked out of JFK University's Parapsychology department. He also founded the Office for Paranormal Investigations in California. His approach seems really interesting and I would like to try it out on a series of investigations.
He has basically split all ghosties/hauntings into 3 categories and I have to say, it's a compelling argument and easy to understand. He also gives examples of documented cases they have investigated and solved using this methodology.
He argues 3 categories:
1. Hauntings - these are replays of a person/scenario repeating and cannot be interacted with. However, they are triggered by the person viewing them and are not "dead people" coming back. They are just videos being replayed. They can be seen by multiple people but is the old "tuning in to the right frequency" thing.
2. Apparitions- the survival of consciousness. An intelligent energy which can be interacted with. The communication is all telepathic but is experienced as a real event. They can be seen, heard, smelled and touched however they are not really there. They can leave physical marks/scars/scratches on people but this is psychosomatic.
3. Poltergeist - In this case, not a noisy spirit but a noisy psychic energy manifested by a living agent. It is Psychokinetic in nature and can lead to objects moving, disappearing/reappearing, water spouts, popping noises, voices etc. It is usually a manifestation of stress or anxiety. Not necessarily from teenage girls but from anyone suffering a mental burden who cannot express it or has trouble processing it.
So basically, he is saying that all of them are forms of psychic energy and 2 of 3 are created/manifested by the viewers own psychic energy. Only apparitions are actually "ghostly" in nature. His methodology is basically facilitating the viewers own acceptance of the events and then suggesting a way to redirect the psychic energy or to diffuse it.
He tells of one case where a family was plagued by water spouts/splashes appearing out of nowhere accompanied by a loud popping noise. The family had called in the local water company to look for leaks, causes of excessive condensation, blocked pipes etc but after a long investigation including the insurance company, no causes could be found for the water appearing. It would splash on the ceiling, the walls, popping as if a water ballooon had suddenly smashed against something. The Paranormal investigators observed all family members whilst the water was popping into existence and no-one was doing it. The author realised that it only happened when the teenage boy was present. So in a private telephone call with the son, he discovered that the boy was feeling unable to confront his parents about their pressuring him to compete in different sports. As soon as the parents relented, the water spouts stopped appearing. They were a physical manifestation of the sons anxiety.
well last night they certainly where, they made me look like an extrovert just by their none appearance, it was a very quiet night, but there were only 10 ghost hunters so at least it wasn't unbearably noisy and crowded, and yes, i did have three pints of timithy taylors so that may have put a gloss on the night.Are ghosts introverts then?
At the risk of being flippant, talk a lot of nonsense about spirits and how the more energy you put in the more results you will get, have lots going on, ouija board , table tipping etc, as that's what most people on a ghost hunt seem to want and expect. But constantly ask people if they would like to go on a vigil on their own or in a small group, just incase you get somebody like me who is happiest sitting in a dark place with Nothing but a torch and voice recorder for company.I may be (for the first time ever) organising a paid Ghost Investigation thing next Halloween at a haunted castle. We'll provide equipment and so forth. Titch - any advice from the punters perspective?
The length of time varies, on average they start at 9pm and finish at 2 or 3am , drinks and snacks are always provided, always tea ,coffee and bottles of water, foodwise biscuits and crisps are always available, some companies also give guests lovely home baked cakes.How long are you usually there? Do they provide snacks, tea coffee etc?