History

• The owner provided Tricia with all the deeds for the property and we where able to produce all the owners names of the property.
• The owners reported that before they purchased the property an old lady had lived in the house on her own and it seemed that she had solely lived in one back bedroom as it was covered in nicotine and they had found more stuff left in that room. (Interestingly enough this is the room the owner reports more activity)
• The property was built in 1894
• The owner informed us that when she moved into the property she had discovered a ‘cross’ hung in a cupboard.  This cupboard had since been destroyed to make way for stair access into the loft area (the underneath of these stairs has a gap and is yet to be blocked up).  The owner did not want to chuck the cross out and so she had it buried behind plaster board by the loft entrance.

Activity

• Owner informed us the ‘activity’ had started since she moved in 7 years ago
• Both the owner and her sister where stripping wallpaper in the property when her sister felt like a ‘child’ had touched her ear.
• All residents of the property have heard ‘footsteps’ in the property, especially on the stairs.
• After separating from her husband, he visited one day and got ‘pushed’ by invisible hands across the room.
• The owners reported ‘voice mimicking’ and ‘whispering’
• One of the back bedroom seemed to be highly active; although they reported the whole house seemed active this was where the most energy was focused.
• The owners often smell ‘Lavender’ in the property especially when they first moved in.
• The owners reported that in the back bedroom (where most activity has been reported) incidents of items of clothing had been moved around on the ironing board.
• The children often report that their wardrobe doors seem to ‘rattle’
• Both adults in the house report that they have heard whispering conversations outside their bedroom door and footsteps on the stairs.
• Objects have also been moved around the house

Significant Incidents

• One significant incident was when the owner had gone to work and left a gentleman plastering the bathroom on his own in the house.  Whilst plastering a man in blue overalls and white hair came to the doorway and stood looking in as if to say ‘what you up to in there’.  The plasterer reported the incident to the owner and presumed it was her father but the owner confirmed that her parents lived out Wales way.  The plasterer never returned.

Group 01 (Andy and Nicky)

Andy and Nicky conducted a séance in the upper levels of the house and started their séance at exactly the same time as the group downstairs.  What is most surprising is that whilst the group downstairs firstly started chatting to ‘Annie’ the group upstairs had been speaking to a man.  When Group 02 asked Samuel to come forward to the table downstairs (after they had spoken to Annie) the group upstairs suddenly lost their connection with the man from upstairs as if he had left them to come down to Group 02.  

Andy later mentioned that on the way upstairs he had the name ‘Samuel’ come to him but dismissed the name as this had been given to him on a previous investigation at Edinburgh Vaults and had turned out to be Tricia’s Grandfather’s name.  However we can show that Samuel did come and speak to Group 02 on the table.

Andy and Nicky reported that Nicky was being ‘pushed’ forward when Andy was asking questions to positive responses.  They found out that the man they where speaking to (we presume was Samuel) was happy with the work that had been done to the garden and that he was responsible for the opening and rattling of the wardrobe doors, he told the group that he liked staying on the upper floors as this was his domain.  Nicky was also sub-consciously shown a ‘trinket box’ which Samuel had lost in the garden, Andy confirmed later that the picture Nicky drew of what she was shown was also what he had been shown.

The most frightful experience for the group was half way through their vigil when they lost ‘contact’ with Samuel and had radioed downstairs for an update.  They could not get any response from Group 02 and persistently tried.  However downstairs the walkie talkie was positioned near Keith and he was trying to respond but Group 01 was not picking up the connection, it wasn’t until Tricia responded did Group 02 get a response which frightened the life out of them (we have video evidence to prove it!!!).  We can only presume that because Keith was asking the questions that Samuel was using the energy from the walkie talkie to maintain a connection.  Let’s say Group 01 nearly needed an ambulance with the fright!

They then joined Group 02 downstairs who seemed to be having more success with maintaining contact.

Group 02 (Tricia/Keith and 2 Owners)

Conversation with ‘Annie’

Group 02 started a séance using a glass on the table.  The séance started off slow with no much movement until one of the owners started chanting a Spanish Hail Mary and the glass seemed to respond.  It was worth noting that this act scared Tricia and Keith half to death but proved to be useful!  The first person to come to the table was ‘Anne’ past deed records show that an ‘Annie’ was the last person to reside in the house, she was less than impressed with Keith calling her Annie and preferred that we addressed her as ‘Anne’.

She seemed a strong lady as the glass was moved with such force.  Anne confirmed that she had been ‘mimicking’ the families voices, Keith asked her if she could cease doing this as it frightened the children, Anne agreed.  She told the group she was happy where she was and was also happy that the present owners had made a garden in which her brother would have been happy with.  She confirmed that she was the person who had pushed the owners ex-husband as she was very ‘protective’ of the owner.

Anne confirmed that the whispering and voices the family hear are her actually talking to her brother who also resides in the house and that noises that the family often hear is her trying to get there attention.

The group identified that Anne’s brother was present and they asked him to step forward.

Conversation with ‘Samuel’

Samuel then came to the table, again a strong character and was such that Tricia had to be removed from the table as she felt ‘physically sick’.

Nicky stepped onto the table in Tricia’s place and the group continued to speak to Samuel.  Samuel confirmed that he was Anne’s brother and was a bit of a joker.  He told the group he was a big hearted man and that he loved the house.  He confirmed that he only came in visitation and it was him who had scared the plasterer that day, and that he had only come to see what he was doing.

Samuel confirmed to the group that he was unhappy because he couldn’t see his sister, he could only talk to her, the group asked Samuel if he could we help him and he confirmed that the cross which was buried in the wall would help him and his sister see each over again.  He confirmed to the group that by removing this from the wall and placing it under the stairs it would mean that they could meet up again.

Conclusion:

Most intriguing and successful is the fact that we conducted 2 separate vigils and had such success with the matching up of certain information and the moment Group 01 lost their connection with the man and then Group 02 began speaking to Samuel as if he had come downstairs.

Andy picked up on 2 names in the house ‘Ernie’ and ‘Samuel’ which can both be linked back to past records, it is worthwhile noting that Andy never has access to History records so there would be no way he could second guess these names!

After interviewing Nicky she finds it hard to explain the feelings of ‘being pushed’ but is adamant that is was something pushing her forward, we cannot rule out sub-conscious behaviour in this instance but it seems funny that again information from Group 01 can be linked with Group 02 findings.

Afterwards the owner confirmed that when she moved in the upper floors looked like they had been used as a workshop and a lot of old tools had been left behind, could we link this to ‘Samuel’s domain’ of the upper floors?

The owners confirmed that they had never found any trinket box when landscaping the new garden so this evidence may just have to remain as unconfirmed evidence.

The most exciting outcome of the evening had to be after we had closed the connection with both Samuel and Annie and the owner stated they wished to remove the cross from behind the wall as Samuel had asked.  All members went up and the owner removed the cross from behind the plasterboard, they then placed the cross under the gap in the stair well (to be covered up at a later date) most of the team members who where stood on the stairs felt 2 separate breezes one going up and one coming down the stairs.  Whilst this was unexplained we could say that it was Samuel and Annie going to meet each other.

Post-Investigation Update:

Tricia has since spoken to the owners who have confirmed that things have quietened down in the house since the team visited and no major disturbances have been reported.

We would like to personally thank the owners of the house for inviting us and cooking us an amazing meal!  They have asked us to return and we are hoping to do so in April.

(All identities have been protected from this location as per the owners request)

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