Nine members present. Whilst people were arriving and equipment was being set up in Warwick Lane, one team member standing upstairs saw a full body apparition, wearing dark clothes, walking about at the foot of the main staircase.
The investigation was started in the cellar of the Manor House. Dolly had been placed on the steps at the rear of the cellar, and teddy was on the bottom step that leads into the cellar. Dolly’s eyes were lighting up for pretty much the whole time the investigation was going on – first the left eye, then the right eye, then both eyes, all randomly lighting up for some time. Every now and then, teddy’s eyes would light up. The SLS camera picked up stick-men walking between the two toys on several occasions.
A sacred circled was opened up in the front of the cellar. One female team member was standing inside the circle. The name ‘Macey’ came through, and the spirit told us this was his wife’s surname. The spirit said there had been a fight in the street outside the building between two rival gangs and people were killed. The face of the team member in the circle
began to change. It appeared to become twisted and misshapen and the contorted face started to produce very large teeth (we have photos of this happening). Some of the group went to the dolly and asked the lights to stop and start on request, which is what was happening. The spirit box said, ‘Three’, and three stick-men were seen on the SLS camera. One was standing underneath the main stairs, one was standing next to the stairs and one was standing next to the dolly.
We closed the circle and opened the Ouija board. At first it was very quiet. Dolly was still going off, teddy was still going off, the K2 meter started going up to orange and the temperature dropped by three degrees. Eventually, the board warmed up and a spirit started to spell their name ‘CLIVE’ and their surname was Thompson. Several people around the board could smell a musty, sewage smell, quickly followed by a floral scent. The spirit said they had once worked in a bar and spelt the name ‘Barley Corn’. One team member said they knew this person and confirmed the pub was correct and the spirit box said, ‘Wow’.
Two team members saw a flash of light near the bottom of the main staircase, and from the top of the same staircase they heard, ‘Hi’. Teddy was moved to sit in the same area as Dolly. Both of their lights were going off when questions were asked. One team member said, ‘That’s great’, and the spirit box said, Great’. Meanwhile, on the board, Peter Edwards came through and said he was a butler to Mr Warwick in the building. Peter said he had been born in 1830 and died in 1928 from bronchitis. The spirit on the board said there were nine spirits in the room. A couple of team members were sitting at the foot of the main staircase watching the dolly. The bottoms of their legs and their arms kept going icy cold and felt heavy. A whistle was heard in the room. Dolly’s eyes were still lighting up. The spirit box said, ‘stop’ and Dolly stopped, but then started up again.
People on the board had someone called Dave Bancock come through. The spirit box said, ‘Bellamy’ and the K2 meter (near the board) kept going off. One person on the board said they knew this person and asked a few questions which were answered correctly. A couple of other spirits came through who were known personally to people on the board and names and dates were correct. Edward came on the board and started to spell out swear words.
During the tea break at Warwick Lane, one team member had a torch in a bag and it turned on by itself. After the tea break, the group headed downstairs to the back room. One team member had ‘first’ come into their head, and thirty seconds later, the spirit box said, ‘Me first’. Teddy and Dolly’s eyes kept lighting up, people’s lips were twitching and several people felt cold breezes around them. One team member took a video of one of the stocked cabinets on the way to the back room, and a flash of light could clearly be seen coming from the bottom right hand side, behind some objects on the shelf.
A sacred circle was opened halfway in the back room. A very loud buzzing noise was heard by everyone followed by two dog barks (though it could not be confirmed if there might have been a dog outside). The rear door started making creaking sounds and people standing closest to the door started to feel very cold. Everyone had the sense that someone was walking around the outside of the circle. One team member said they felt someone walk right behind their back and the spirit box said, ‘Back’. After the circle was opened, only dolly was lighting up and teddy went very quiet. Twice, unexplained flashes of light were seen above the back door. Nothing much came through whilst the circle was in use though.
One female team member tried doing some scrying in an old mirror that was for sale. Their face took on the form of an old man and the team member said they felt spider webbing covering their face and their lips felt strange. Some people started watching the security cameras at the front of the room. A camera was pointing at a shop front with a bay window half way along the walkway (on the corner just before the back room). A lot of orbs were seen shooting out of the shop window. A few team members went to the shop front and opened an Ouija board, whilst other watched them on the security camera. Many orbs were seen during this time, big, little, pulsating, light, dark, and at one point the orbs looked liked fireworks. Every single orb came out of the shop window. Some flew straight out, others hovered over the Ouija board, and one levitated over the cabinet where the video showing a flash had been taken earlier. As the orbs were being watched a very loud crack was heard coming from a cabinet opposite the till area.
On the Ouija board, a spirit called Adam came through. He said he had been orphaned and that he had died in 1823. He had a son called Tom. The group asked Adam to show them a sign that he was there. Suddenly, the fan and light came on in the empty toilet, note: this will only happen when the motion sensor is set off. The group asked Adam if he had set the sensor off and the spirit box said, ‘Body’. One team member went to investigate the toilets and found the tap had been turned on. Whilst still on the board, the question was asked, ‘What is the difference between spirit plane and living plane?’ The spirit box said, ‘DNA’.
The group had another tea break then headed upstairs to the attic. Another Ouija board was opened and Adam came through again. He said he had once lived in the building and that the attic had been his bedroom. He had died peacefully in his bed aged fifty-eight. Adam said he had another son called Darren. He spelt his surname out as WARST and said it came from Germany. I can confirm the Warst is a surname and that it has possible origins from Germany where it is pronounced ‘Vaest’ Edward came back on the board and confirmed that he follows two of the lead team members about. When the group leaves a location, Edward leaves too. He then spelt out ANSTAUN. I can confirm that Anstaunen is a German word which translates to stare in wonder, to gaze or to gape at. Edward then spelt out CAHA. I can confirm that this is from Marathi (Indian) and means a liking or fondness for, or a desire for or after a person or things (objects).
^^ We asked Edward to go to one of the lead team members who was not present duringa this evening and to make himself known. The following day I can confirm that the lead team leader in question said they had been watching TV in a foreign country at the time of us speaking to Edward, when Edward suddenly and randomly came into their head and they couldn’t concentrate after that^^
The board was closed down and the group moved to the front room upstairs and tried doing some calling out. We heard tapping on a glass cabinet next to us but nothing else happened. The group then moved to the bottom of staircase to do some table tipping. Just before the group started, one team member saw a shadow figure dressed in black walking about the foyer. Then the shadow of a dog was seen on the stairs. The table tipping was successful and teddy’s eyes lit up several times. Some of the group tried calling out using dowsing rods. This was mainly successful, with the rods spinning ferociously and stopping and starting on request.
Two other team members had been upstairs during this time making contact with spirits using the spirit box. The spirit box started telling them to go into certain rooms. For example, ‘Go into the attic’, ‘Go into the cellar’, ‘Go east’, etc. The team members went into every room/area they were told to find every single place was at peace and extremely calm.