Twelve members present. The whole group started in the main hall with a sacred circle. The temperature in the room was 22.6 degrees. Straight away, a male doctor came through and said he worked in a psychiatric hospital in the grounds. He said he was not here during any war and told us he would regularly give patients electric shock treatment. The person in the middle of the circle said they felt strange and had a feeling they were being made to turn around. The doctor said he was ashamed of the treatment he gave his patients and that he didn’t want to talk to the group via the spirit board. A female spirit came into the circle and said she had been married to the doctor. She had been a psychiatric nurse in the hospital and that is where she met her husband. They had two children and the female spirit confirmed she had recently died. The spirit box had been answering most of the questions at the same time as the spirit in the circle and the name Juna came up. Note: Juna is a girl’s name of Latin origin. It means “young,” “a youth,” or “young man or woman.” Juna also has a rich mythological heritage. It comes from the name root Iūno, who was a powerful goddess in ancient Rome. She looked after the state, gave advice, and watched over women and marriage. Juna is also a variant of the names June and Junia. The nurse’s name maybe? The spirit said there were five other spirits in the room who wanted to communicate. Several people in the circle said they felt a tingling sensation on their calves and the air around them felt cold. Walking around the circle, the temperature rose to 24.4 degrees.

A new spirit came through – a female patient who knew the doctor. She didn’t like him because he gave her drugs, gave strong injections and tried experimental treatment that hurt. She said the doctor was stopping her from telling us about any other treatment he had given her. The spirit box was confirming a lot of what was being said. The woman said she had been tied down and had tried to escape which resulted in being punished. She said she died in the grounds whilst trying to escape and she had taken her own life by hanging herself. This was sometime during 1960 – 1970. Note: One of the members present who lives and works in Knowle, confirmed someone had hung themselves in the grounds. The woman said she was aged 31 years and had been suffering from post-natal depression, which is why she was placed in the asylum. She said she was an unmarried mother and that her baby boy had been taken away from her but confirmed he had not been born in the hospital. The spirit box said, ‘Lies’. The group asked the spirit if she told a lot of lies and the spirit box said, ‘Yes’.

One of the members in the circle said they felt evil and wanted to scream but could not shout or talk. Holding the investigator’s hand, they had an unusually strong grip and their hands were pulsating. The investigator was unable to speak and just stared ahead with a far away expression. The spirit said that was the doctor affecting the investigator. People in the circle declared that they could feel cold patches around them, yet the thermometer read that it was getting hotter, going from 23.1 degrees to 23.9 degrees in a matter of seconds. The affected investigator suddenly dropped hands and left the room. The person looked extremely flushed and quite unwell. When they had recovered a little, the investigator said they had a feeling of extreme coldness on their back and could feel an evil person standing behind them. They were terrified and could not move anything, apart from their eyes, and they had felt incredibly sad and tearful. The word, ‘foundling’ had come into their head. Note: This is a historic term applied to children, usually babies, who have been abandoned by parents then discovered and cared for by others. The group wondered if the spirit of the unhappy female patient had transferred their feelings into the investigator’s body?

A new spirit came into the circle. It was a male American soldier who had been stationed in the grounds during WW11. He said he had helped the Hampshire Regiment with deployment at D-Day in 1944. One member in the circle said they felt like a knife had stabbed them in-between the shoulders. The spirit confirmed that was how he died. The spirit box said, ‘Holbort’. Note: Holbort is a surname found in the USA. Some people felt tickling on their legs and said their backs felt cold. When the thermometer was placed near them, it rose to 26.1 degrees.

The sacred circle was closed and the group separated. Group B went into the meeting room and opened an Ouija board. Several spirits came through to converse with people on the board (relatives). They were able to answer most questions correctly, although a few they got wrong, and they gave a few personal messages. The K2 meter was going off and so was the Rempod. The spirits said it was them doing that.

A new female spirit came on the board. She said she was connected to the grounds and that the group had spoken to her in the circle. She confirmed she had been a patient in the hospital and had hung herself in the grounds. Her name was Dorothy Edwards and her baby boy was called Bobby. The group asked if it was Dorothy who had affected a member in the circle before. Dorothy said, ‘No, the doctor did it’. Dorothy asked for help because she was stuck here. The group conducted a ceremony to help pass Dorothy into the light.

Next, Edward came on to the board. The group asked many questions about his past life and the people he had killed. When they asked Edward to spell out a name he called another member of the group, he spelt a horrible swear word.

Another male came on to the board and confirmed he was the doctor the group had spoken with earlier in the circle. He said he was with his wife and that he was not happy Dorothy had passed over. The group asked him to spell out his name, but he just said, ‘PD’. He then admitted it was still Edward, and not the doctor, so the group told him to go away.

Meanwhile, Group A had stayed in the main hall and opened an Ouija board. Beth Howard came through and said she had been in the circle earlier. She said she had died in 2024 and that she had a son called Gav Howard. She then said she was a passing spirit and that she was connected to Somerset. One of the group said they knew Beth Howard and confirmed she had died earlier in the year. The sensor lights suddenly went off and another spirit came on the board. The spirit said he was the doctor from earlier and spelt his name as Dr. X. He said it was him who had set the sensor lights off. The doctor confirmed he had given electric shock therapy to patients and experimented on them. He said he was made to did it and he felt guilty because five patients had killed themselves (2 females and 3 males) either by hanging themselves or jumping on the nearby railway lines. He said he stopped practising being a doctor at the hospital in 1978 aged 56 years due to his own mental health, and that he had died in 2007 aged 102 years.

An angry spirit came on the board and said they had met us in the Masonic Hall and they didn’t like one of the group members. An orb was seen by one of the investigators shooting across the said member’s chest, who immediately said they sensed something evil. The board spelt out ‘death’. A few other spirits came on the board who had connections with the hospital. A nurse born in 1926 had worked there for 34 years. Nora, a disabled unmarried mother aged 23 years, was a patient, and her baby was called ‘Sha Sha’ (Sharon). Nora said there were many disabled patients in the hospital. Nora was abused and given shock treatment. She died in the hospital in 1967 aged 36 years. A female cleaner with the initials E.D. said her first name was Edith. And finally, another unmarried mother who said she was born in 1934. At the age of 23 years, she gave birth to a son. The father was the mother’s own father and her son became a foundling. The woman said her family took her identity away. She had called her son Ares Note: This is the Greek God of war and courage and she gave herself a new name – Beth.

The whole group had a break in the meeting hall – temperature was 25 degrees. The K2 meter kept going off all the way to red, especially if Edward or other spirits encountered during the evening were spoken about – it was as if the spirits were joining in with the conversation. Bangs and knocks were heard in the hallway, as if a door was being opened, but upon investigation, the hall was completely empty and nothing was moved. The whole group sat around the table and did some calling out. As a blessing was being performed, the spirit box said, ‘Negative spirits’ and the K2 shot to red. The spirit box said, ‘He’s shoving me’ and the K2 shot to red again. Some people heard a growl. The spirit box box said, ‘Ellis. Rummaging’, and some taps were heard. The group asked the spirits to light up the equipment in answer to questions and several times the K2 meters jumped to red, often together. The spirit box kept sensibly answering many of our questions as well. The group went round the table, asking spirits if it was them they wished to communicate with. One member stood out as a ‘yes’. The group asked if the spirit was a family member. The spirit box said, ‘Huh, he knows’. The group asked if the spirit had communicated before. The spirit box said, ‘You must see me cry’. The group asked if the spirit meant them harm. The spirit box said, ‘They will be sorry’. The member in question asked if they had met the spirit. The spirit box said, ‘On the web’. The member in question asked if the spirit was their own spirit guide there to protect the group. The spirit box said, ‘Yes’. The table the group were sitting around suddenly banged and the spirit box said, ‘Table banged’. At the same time the K2 shot to red and noises were heard in the hall like a light switch being turned on and off. We asked the spirit guide to light up the devices and the K2 shot to red again. The spirit box said, ‘I’m here’. The group asked if there was anyone else with the guide. A bang was heard in the corridor. The group asked any spirits to come closer. There was a bang in the doorway then tapping was heard in the meeting room. Voices were heard in the hallway and the spirit box said, ‘Disabled. I’m here’. One member saw a shadow figure in the hallway and some members heard what sounded like distant voices in the hallway. The group asked if there was an evil spirit in the building and the K2 went red. Everyone around the table said they felt very cold, yet the temperature kept going up to 27.1 degrees. Many around the room asked for protection from their own personal spirit guides. The K2 kept going red in answer to many questions. The member in question said they could sense something very negative in the room, and that their body was feeling very tingly all over. They said it felt like their arms and hands were being crushed. We decided to close the circle. The member in question said they had the feeling that a portal had been opened in the grounds in the past and had not been sealed properly. It felt like loads of negative spirits had entered through the portal and that everyone’s personal spirit guides had been struggling to keep them at bay. Noises could still be heard and the K2 meters kept going off. The circle was closed and the group separated.

Group B went into the main hall and did some table tipping. Group A stayed in the meeting room and opened an Ouija board. A few spirits came through who were connected to people on the board and gave some personal messages. We had a quick break then ended the evening with everyone joining together in the main hall. Some people did scrying, whilst others did table tipping to the noises of air raid sirens going off. We ended with a circle and did some calling out. The sensor light went off. We had cat balls and K2 meters but there was little activity other than the K2 meters flickering to green occasionally. It was noted, as we were clearing up, that the air conditioning unit had turned on by itself.