The whole team started in the Temple and opened a circle. Straight away on the spirit box, we heard, ‘React. It’s easy. I’m here in the light.17. I’m dead’. Note: there were 17 people present in the room. We could hear lots of knocking sounds going on around the room, from several taps in a row to singular taps. There was also a strong smell of Cannabis, starting at the back of the room then travelling around the circle, although not everyone could smell it. A few spirits came through relating to some people in the circle. Quite often the spirit box answered questions at the same time as the questions being answered in the circle, with both answers being the same. The grid light on the tripod kept wobbling, although there was no-one moving it, and lights on the right side of the grid kept flickering on and off. Lots of orbs near the flickering lights were seen through the night vision camera. A stick person was captured on the SLS camera, standing directly behind someone in the circle. That person said they felt very cold. Then a loud clunking noise was heard coming from where the curtain hangs down.

A new person went into the centre of the circle and the spirit box said, ‘Hi there. Stepping in and doing the job’. This was followed by a few swear words. We asked, ‘Are you a spirit from this building?’ The spirit box said, ‘Justin. Test that knob’. One person in the circle said they could hear a buzzing in their ear, like a wasp flying about. We asked, ‘Did you attend meetings in this room?’ There was a very loud knock and the grid lights flashed. We asked, ‘Are you a Freemason?’ The spirit box said, ‘Shut up’. Another stick person was seen on the SLS camera, this time sitting on a chair right behind the author of this blog. It looked as if they were watching what the blogger was writing. One person inside the circle suddenly felt very hot and queasy and had to sit down. The spirit box said, ‘Time to leave’. Another person in the circle said they felt really hot, like they were burning, and a dark shadow was seen flying across the grid lights. At the same time, a stick person was captured walking straight towards the SLS camera. A few people felt they were being touched on the neck or on the head. There was a musky smell and several people experienced a heavy feeling in their bodies. We asked, ‘Are there any other spirits watching us?’ The spirit box said, ‘Yeah, thirteen in total’. Several people were being poked and feeling very hot.

We heard what sounded like a chair being moved and a shadow figure was seen walking by the Worshipful Master’s chair. We had a few random words coming through on the spirt box, like ‘Join us, why not’, ‘What’s he got?’ ‘Touch me, I’m cold’. The name ‘Susan’ came through. We were told her husband started a fire intentionally to harm someone and that both had died along with another female, followed by the names ‘Annie’ and ‘Elizabeth’. We come hear people talking in the corridor outside the Temple (although it was empty) and two orbs were seen inside the Temple. The temperature inside the circle was three degrees hotter than in the rest of the room, even after the circle was broken the heat was still in that space. As we were getting ready to leave, we noticed the pendulum hanging from a light on the table was gently swinging from side to side.

We went for a break then divided into three teams. Team A went to the room upstairs. Straight away the cat balls were lighting up. They opened an Ouija board and Susan came through. The planchette was extremely gentle and to every question they asked, Susan was very polite. She told them she lived in the building during the 1920’s and had died in a fire. Seven people had died in total, including one child. There were all relatives. Susan’s husband was called Alfred Eager and his family originated from Germany. Note: The surname Eoger is a German name. A Ghost Tube Lens (using a Ghost Tube Seer) was used during this investigation. Basically, it shows images through special goggles. The GTL showed a child in a bed. Susan told the group the child was her daughter called Beatrice and she was aged four. They asked Susan if she was sad and then heard footsteps by the long table and the cat ball went off. The group had a few interactions with Susan answering personal questions regarding people on the board with mixed results. The GTL showed a woman sitting on a wooden chair, her hands resting on the arms. She was dressed in period clothing wearing a white blouse, a skirt and black shoes, but the head could not be seen. Susan told the group this was her. A new spirit came on the board. There were several other images that came on the GTL but none of them made any sense until an image of a witch wearing a big hat and standing in a desert came through. This was followed by a baby in a cot with black piercing eyes. The spirit told the group she was a witch and the baby was hers. The baby was nineteen months old and died in 1716 or 1717 by the witch feeding it (unintentionally) something that killed it. They asked the witch to spell the baby’s name and several times she spelt ‘Cla’ but would go no further. Then they spelt Clam and finally the group worked out it was Clemmy. The GTL showed a picture of a baby wrapped up in a towel.

Edward came through on the board and the GTL showed an image of a headmaster standing in a classroom full of wooden seats. A few swear words came through. The group asked where he taught and the word ‘Groundlings’ was spelt. They asked a few personal questions, but again, got mixed responses. Susan came back on the board and told the group she died in a fire in 1924. She told them again that her husband was called Alfred. She said there’s a lady and a man in the room with us. Two people on the board felt a cold breeze in-between them and their hands felt cold and bodies shivered.

Group B were in the Temple with an Ouija board. They had the name Fred Jack who was born in the 1800’s and died in 1948 aged 56. He was a Mason. Several times the room went very dark. Spirits on the board were able to answer personal questions about people around the board and also came with messages for them. A child spirit came through and said they liked the teddy. The teddy’s eyes were going on and off on request. Whistles, laughing and coughing was heard. One person felt two hands resting on their shoulders and the smell of Cannabis came back. Edward came on the board followed by James George who had the nickname ‘Jabber’. He said the Cannabis smell was related to him. The team moved to the mirror room to do scrying. One team member sat in front of the mirror and their skin went black and they became very jowly. They had the Ouija board open and a few names came through to do with the group together with personal messages.

Team C were in the hall. One person got hit on the head. Whistles, scratching and cackling laughter was heard. The Ouija board was very quiet but Edward did come through.

We took another break, then Team A Went into the room with the mirrors. They sat the dolly in front of a mirror next to a volunteer who was going to do some scrying and opened the Ouija board. Susan came through and the group asked her to put an image of her face on to the volunteer’s face in front of the mirror. The volunteer’s face started to change colour and became very dark. Their nose became flat and her eye brows were raised high on her forehead. On the board, Susan told the group she came from South Africa. She came to England in 1834 and died aged ninety two. The dolly’s right eye lit up several times during this happening, often going on and off on command. A second volunteer tried some scrying and the group asked Susan to show them what Alfred had looked like. The second volunteer said they could feel a tingling sensation down the front of their body. Their face became quite square and chiselled looking. Their right eye was very dark and drooped down on the end. The dolly’s right eye kept flashing and the K2 Meter was also flashing. Susan said that Alfred had had a heart attack and at the same time, the volunteer said they had a sharp pain on their left hand side and felt as if they wanted to fall backwards. A third volunteer tried some scrying. The group asked Susan to show them what her daughter looked like. The third volunteer’s skin started to look quite dark and their nose became wide. The volunteer’s left eye looked as if it was winking and at the same time, the dolly’s left eye started to flash. The team went back into the Temple. Both K2 meters were flashing continuously, no matter where they were put. Dark shadows were seen moving around the group and gasping noises were heard. The Ouija board was opened and David Kelly 1970 came up. He said his name was in the room but the group couldn’t find it. He was born in 1949 and lived in Gosport. His father had the same name. He was born in 1897 and died aged 73. As the group were leaving they heard something metal being thrown against the radiator.

Team B were in the room upstairs. Some of the team could feel coldness on their necks, a sick feeling, tightness on their chests and there was a heavy feeling in the room. They heard whistles and knocking and teddy’s eyes were flashing in answer to some questions. The Ouija board was opened and several personal spirits relating to the group came through and were able answer questions. Edward came on the board again and the corridor outside became very dark. A passing spirit called John came on the board, aged forty five. Then a sailor came on who said he visited this building to see women of the night. There were six ladies here. Denise was his favourite and Harriet was the madam.

Team C were in the Temple. They experienced the teddy eye’s going on and off and the microphone was swinging from side to side, although no-one was near it and there were no draughts in the room. It kept going pitch black and they could hear bangs in the corners. Several people felt sick and dizzy. The Cannabis could be smelt and James came on the Ouija board. He was trying to say something but appeared too scared to say it. A stick figure was seen on the SLS camera.

Everyone went back into the Temple. The coat hangers in the corridor were swinging back and forth, even though no-one was near them. One team member said when they had been setting up for the evening, two picture frames above the coat hangers moved. Everyone could hear noises like someone sitting and scraping a chair. Flashes of light were seen at the back of the room and a flash was seen in the doorway. The spirit box said, ‘They’re here’ and childlike voices were heard in the corridor as the spirit box said, ‘We are’.

After all the guests had left, some of the team leaders were standing by the bar area. They heard the distinct sound of a woman softly screaming in the corridor that leads towards the Temple, even though the corridor was empty.