The Bugle Hotel, The Square, Titchfield, Hampshire

21^st September 2026

Twelve guests. 9pm start.

The investigation started in the back room with the stage. Trigger toys were placed around the room and a sacred circle was formed. A human pendulum began with Steve in the middle. Dolly lit up then teddy lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Do something.’ A spirit box is a device that rapidly scans through AM and FM frequencies to generate brief audio speech which spirits can manipulate. Dolly lit up again and the spirit box said, ‘Fishing.’ A female spirit who had once worked in the hotel came through. She said she had did not hang herself but that someone had hung her. Steve’s legs gave way. The group said, ‘Can you confirm you were hung.’ The spirit box said, ‘No. Alive.’ The group asked, ‘Was it a sexual game that went wrong?’ The spirit box said, ‘Next level. Move.’ The spirit said she had been tied up. The spirit box said, ‘Australian. Eleven. Ghost.’ Steve’s legs gave way again and he had to come out of the circle. Kelly went into the middle and teddy lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Save it. Some.’ A different female spirit came through and said she knew the spirit the group were talking to before. The spirit box said, ‘Victorian. Help. Spirit.’ Steve was sitting away from the circle and a figure was seen on the SLS camera on his leg. Steve said his foot was shaking. The SLS camera stands for Structured Light Sensor camera. It projects human skeletal stick figures, thought to be spirits. The spirit box said, ‘Inside.’ The female spirit said she was a madam and that a client had murdered her inside the hotel. She said the owner of the hotel didn’t know a brothel was being run in there. The spirit box said,’It’s the cat.’ The spirit then said her husband had killed her. The spirit box said, ‘That’s right. There.’ The spirit said she was aged thirty five years and her husband was never caught for killing her. Both of the cat’s eyes lit up. The spirit said she had been a madam in the hotel in the 1600’s and dolly lit up. The group asked, ‘Were you a witch?’ Kelly gave a very strong ‘no’ and nearly fell over. The spirit said there were witches practising in the area. The spirit box said, ‘Easy. Standing. Bad. Square. Straight.’ The spirit said that men from the boats used to use the hotel. The spirit box said, ‘Dead. By him.’ The group asked, ‘How many girls did you have working for you.’ The spirit box said, ‘Eight.’ A white flash of light was seen coming into the circle. The spirit said there were now three spirits in the circle. The spirit box said, ‘You save me. Still.’ The group asked, ‘Has a group investigated here before?’ The spirit box said, ‘Watch. Right hand.’ The spirit said her right hand had been chopped off because she was a madam. A small figure was seen on the SLS camera in the middle of the circle and a dark shadow was seen moving on the stage as a noise was heard. A new spirit had made contact. The spirit box said, ‘Police. Saddened. Boo.’ The group asked, ‘Are you a policeman?’ The spirit box said ‘No. Points. Lock up.’ The group asked, ‘Were you connected to the outside? The spirit answered with a ‘yes’. The group asked, ‘Did you work in the grounds?’ The spirit box said, ‘Disgusted.’ The spirit said they were connected to the church and the spirit box said, ‘Gone mad.’ The spirit said they had been a grave digger. The spirit box said,’Verger,’ The group said, ‘Is the verger here,’ and the spirit box said, ‘Awful.’ The spirit said he doesn’t like what the group is doing. Kelly wanted to leave the circle so Nicky changed places with her. The grave digger was still making contact. The group asked, ‘Is the verger in the circle?’ The spirit box said, ‘Within the building.’ The verger is angry that the group is here and he’s trying to protect all the spirits in the building. The spirit box said, ‘Evil. I’m dead.’ Other spirits wanted to talk to the group and the spirit box said, ‘More.’ The verger would not step back and let anyone else speak though so the circle was shut down.

The group did some calling out in the room and the spirit box said, ‘Bonfire. Cremation. Move.’ The group were asking for any spirits to come through and the spirit box said, ‘Men. Men.’ The coloured light sensor went to red. The spirit box said, ‘Stay here. Thank heavens.’ The group asked, ‘Is there anywhere in the building that you don’t want us to go?’ The spirit box said, ‘Stairs. Other side. Don’t jump.’ The group asked, ‘Are you going to follow us?’ The spirit box said, ‘Corridor.’ The group said, ‘Touch someone you don’t like.’ Gil has a feeling the verger is keeping spirits away. The spirit box said, ‘Time. Leave it.’ The group asked, ‘Shall we go in a barn?’ The spirit box said, ‘Talk about this. Stink. It’s hurting.’ The group asked, ‘Is the lady of the night still here?’ The spirit box said, ‘He burned her. Jealous.’ The group asked, ‘ Was the verger the madam’s husband?’ The spirit box said, ‘Wait. Looking.’ Gil could feel himself getting angry and started to shout out. The spirit box said, ‘Temper. Gonna miss. Five.’ Gil could feel the anger intensifying. He was picturing a small weasel looking man who looked mean and was dressed all in black.’ The spirit box said, ‘Bad eyes,’ and Gil heard a humming noise in his ear.

The group moved outside and into the middle barn. This is where dead bodies were stored and it was used as a make-shift mortuary. A wicker coffin had been placed on a table with an Ouija board on top. A picture was of a young girl found in the barn was placed on the coffin. The girl’s eyes ‘moved’ and seem to follow you around. The group did some calling out. The spirit box said, ‘There. Morgue.’ The group asked, ‘Were you put in here?’ The spirit box said, ‘Can’t you see. Dead.’ The group asked, ‘How many bodies were in here?’ The spirit box said, ‘Many. Full up. Face. Hard. Witch.’ The group said, ‘Do you want one of us to go into the coffin.’ The spirit box said, ‘Hide. Look at that body. Salted. Laid down. Inside.’ Gil said he thought the verger was still with the group and the light sensor turned to green. The spirit box said, ‘Horse.’ The Ouija board was opened up. The group said, ‘Use our energy to move the planchette.’ The spirit box said, ‘Scared. Gone.’ The light sensor went to green again. The group asked, ‘How many spirits are here with us?’ The spirit box said, ‘Enough. Dead. I leave. Being chased. Grazie (Italian for ‘thank you’). Fear.’ The planchette spelt ZO and kept going from left to right. The spirit box said, ‘Open it.’ The group asked, ‘Are you a female?’ The spirit box said, ‘Don’t think so.’ The group asked, ‘Did you look after the dead people here?’ The spirit box said, ‘How dare you. Threatened.’ Colin thought there was a horrible smell in the room and said, ‘Are you making the smell?’ The spirit box said, ‘Yep. (It was said in a country farmer accent). The spirit on the board said it was trying to scare Colin. The planchette wanted Steve to ask the questions. He said, ‘Are you related to anyone in the room.’ The spirit box said, ‘Struggling. We are.’ The planchette spelt AMOZA. Note: In Sorani Kurdish this means a paternal uncle’s child or a first cousin. It can also be a surname with it’s historical roots coming from Spain. The spirit box said, ‘Ready. Dead. Fear.’ The group asked, ‘Is there someone else on the board?’ The spirit box said, ‘David.’ The group asked what year he passed and the planchette said 1010. David was a negative spirit who wished to harm the group. A stick man was seen on the SLS camera standing in front of the picture of the girl with the moving eyes. The spirit on the board said it didn’t like Gil. Gil said, ‘Why don’t you like me,’ and the spirit box said, ‘You don’t want to know.’ The light sensor went from green to red several times. The spirit box said, ‘Happy. Keep it going.’ Something touched Kelly’s leg that felt like a spider. The spirit on the board said Kelly reminds them as a witch. The light sensor kept going off and on so it had to be reset. The spirit on the board didn’t want that to happen (resetting it). The spirit box said, ‘Stand back. Bless ’em.’ The planchette was moved swiftly around the board ten times to build up some energy but ended up going eleven times round. The spirit box said, ‘Don’t miscount.’ Bells were heard ringing on the spirit box.

A new spirit came onto the board. It was a female who was just passing through. Then a male spirit came through but quite quickly the planchette went to ‘goodbye’. The spirit box said, ‘Hero.’ The planchette was moving in a weird way and the spirit box said, ‘Try humour.’ Colin got pushed and the spirit box said, ‘Mad.’ Another female came on the board who liked Colin. Gil had a feeling that someone was standing in the doorway watching the group. The spirit box said, ‘Bed. Do you know Phil. See you mate. Like to have a go. Dismount. I’m jealous.’ The planchette spelt EPO. Note: EPO most commonly stands for erythropoietin, a natural hormone that helps your body produce red blood cells. The group asked, ‘Do you know you’re dead?’ The spirit box said, ‘I died, yes. His sister. Stop. No.’ The group asked, ‘Are you an elemental,’ and the planchette went to ‘yes’. Note: An elemental in the paranormal and occult context is a non-human, supernatural spirit tied directly to one of the four classical elements: earth, air, fire, or water. Unlike ghosts or poltergeists, elementals were never human. The spirit box said, ‘What are you saying.’ The spirit said that it honoured a dark entity. The spirit box said, ‘Bless you.’ The spirit said it meant to harm Nicky. The group asked, ‘Does Nicky remind you of somebody.’ The spirit box said, ‘Floozy.’ The group asked, ‘Does Nicky remind you of a lady of the night?’ The spirit box said, ‘Finally.’ The group said, ‘Does Nicky mean you harm,’ and the spirit box said, ‘No. Lady.’ The group asked, ‘Is she connected to the church?’ The spirit box said, ‘Say nothing.’ Someone in the group asked everyone to call for their spirit guides to come forward and the spirit box said, ‘Surprise us.’ The group asked loads of questions but the planchette kept going to ‘no’. The group asked, ‘How many spirits are in this room?’ The spirit box said, ‘Eleven. Dying.’ The planchette kept going left to right. The spirit box said, ‘Men don’t speak.’ The group asked, ‘Do you just want the women to speak?’ The spirit box said, ‘Course I do.’ The group said, ‘Make a knocking noise.’ The spirit box said, ‘Alright mate.’ The group were talking amongst themselves and laughing. They said, ‘Do you like laughter?’ The spirit box said, ‘Bad. Leave some sun.’ The Ouija board was closed and everyone went back to the back room with the stage for a tea break. The rest of this write-up follows Group A (Sue’s group).

After the tea break Group A went briefly into the bar area. Orbs were seen through the camera. A girl got up and an orb followed her. The group went down in the cellar behind the bar. In the low end room, the spirit box said, ‘Bunch of nutters.’ Rabbit lit up and the light sensor went to green. The group asked any spirits to light up the rabbit again. The spirit box said, ‘Get out,’ and rabbit lit up again. The light sensor went to green again. The group said, ‘Light up the bunny again,’ and rabbit lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Nothing.’ Kelly felt something like a cobweb on her. Note: Feeling a phantom cobweb on your skin when no actual web or spider is present, is often interpreted in paranormal and spiritual traditions as a sign of energetic contact, spiritual blockage, or heightened sensitivity. The group went into the main part of the cellar and opened an Ouija board. A policeman came through who used to terrorize people. They were put into cages and taunted at. The policeman wouldn’t give his name because he couldn’t spell. He did mention 1927. He said he had killed one hundred people and threw them all into a mass grave. The group were goading the policeman and he left the board in a huff. A female came on the board. She said she was in the barn earlier and wanted to speak to Mark. Mark asked loads of questions but none of the answers made any sense to him. The spirit then said she was just messing with Mark. A spirit came on the board and said it was there for Nicole. The planchette spelt AMY. Nicole was not on the board at the time but asked loads of questions and cat lit up twice. (Cat was sitting right behind Nicole). As Nicole was asking more questions, cat lit up a lot, then it stopped briefly before lighting up again. The group were trying to get some more energy on the board and cat lit up again. The spirit said it wanted to talk to Nicole and spelt AMY again. The spirit said Amy was a spirit guide. Nicole went on the board and cat went very quiet. After a while, Colin said he felt as if he was being touched and cat went off. The group said, ‘Do you want us to go upstairs to bedroom five?’ The spirit box said, ‘Nicely. Board.’ Children could be heard laughing on the spirit box. The Ouija board was closed down and everyone went upstairs to bedroom five.

In bedroom five, several trigger toys were placed around the room and an Ouija board was opened up. Dolly, who was laying on the bed, lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Harley. Docking. Late think.’ The planchette spelt ALANA and the spirit box said, ‘Hello.’ Dolly lit up again. The spirit box said, ‘Experiment,’ and the planchette spelt DON’T TRUST SIMON. The spirit box said, ‘Fought.’ The spirit left and Sue’s mum came on the board briefly. She left and a different spirit went on the board. It was the policeman from the cellar. The spirit box said, ‘I’m bored.’ The group asked, ‘Do you like women,’ and the planchette went to ‘no’. The spirit box said, ‘Lazy. I already lost one.’ The group asked lots of questions and the planchette appeared to be very angry. The spirit box said, ‘Get off the board. Wait a minute.’ A growling noise was heard on the spirit box. The spirit box said, ‘Exactly. Rabbit.’ The group said,’ Light up the rabbit.’ The spirit box said, ‘Getting there. Chosen. Have it good. Want mine.’ The spirit on the board said he just wants to speak to Colin. The spirit box said, ‘Coming. Died.’ A growling noise was heard coming from the bathroom. The spirit box said, ‘I’m messing. Leave it. Frightened.’ Rabbit was leaning against the bathroom door and it lit up. The group were talking about the lady who does the housekeeping called Lottie. They asked, ‘What is Lottie like?’ and the spirit box said, ‘Too harsh but pretty. Alex has left.’ (Alex had been in the cellar with the group). Dolly lit up. The group were talking about Alex on the board. The spirit box said, ‘He’s gone. Crazy. Give in. Play it.’ The group asked, ‘Are you jealous?’ The spirit box said, ‘Yeah. Madness.’ Dolly lit up. A growling noise was heard and dolly lit up again. The spirit box said, ‘I’m watching.’ The group said, ‘Are you making the noises.’ The spirit box said, ‘So so. James gone. Yes yes.’ The group were talking about Lottie again and said, ‘Is Lottie a witch?’ The spirit box said, ‘My love,’ and dolly lit up again. The spirit box said, ‘Wipe out,’ and dolly lit up. Kelly stood up and the spirit box said, ‘She’s moving. White witch. Sit down.’ The group asked, ‘Do you think we are all witches?’ The spirit box said, ‘Do it. A witch.’ The planchette was going to all the women saying they were witches. The spirit box said, ‘Go. Leave. Pay me.’ Rabbit lit up. A scratching noise followed by footsteps was heard outside the door to the landing. Someone opened the door and looked out but there was no-one there. The group were talking about Lottie and the spirit and dolly lit up. The group asked, ‘How many children does Lottie have?’ The spirit box said, ‘Six,’ and dolly lit up. The spirit box said, ‘More. Stay.’ The group were still talking about Lottie. The spirit box said, ‘I love her,’ and rabbit lit up. The group said, ‘Knock on the door.’ The spirit box said, ‘Cupboard.’ The group said, ‘Knock on the cupboard then.’ Everyone heard a knocking noise. The spirit box said, ‘Stevo. Get it done. That’s him. More people.’ The group were talking about women and erotic games and the spirit box said, ‘Easy.’ The group were talking about falling down the stairs and the spirit box said, ‘Dangerous. Come to test me.’ Rabbit lit up and Sue’s torch suddenly turned itself off. The spirit box said, ‘This is really hard,’ and rabbit lit up again. Sue turned her torch back on and within a few seconds it turned itself off again (it was fully charged). The spirit box said, ‘I just loved her.’ The group said, ‘Can you give us a message.’ The spirit box said, ‘Message.’ The spirit said he wants to take Lottie for tea. The spirit box said, ‘You hurt me. She left me. Withdrew.’ The group asked if Lottie reminded the spirit of someone when he was alive. Teddy sitting by the door lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Door.’ Rabbit lit up then dolly lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Protect. Scratches the other week.’ The spirit said he had a fiance and the group were talking about the her. Dolly lit up. The fiance had gone off with another man and died. The spirit box said, ‘Welsh.’ The man who ran off with the spirit’s fiance was called Simon. The spirit box said, ‘Sad,’ and dolly lit up. The group said, ‘Do you want us to come back to the building again?’ The spirit box said, ‘See you,’ and rabbit lit up. The group were talking about Sue’s trigger toys and saying how their eyes went cut out and cat balls were placed into their eye sockets. They laughingly said that Sue had killed the toys. The spirit box said, ‘Is that a joke. Bless ’em. Bye.’ Dolly lit up then rabbit lit up. The spirit box said, ‘Been watching you.’ The spirit said he likes the group now because they understood him and had listened to him. The group said, ‘Tell us your name.’ The spirit box said, ‘David. Certainty. What have I done.’ Sue occidentally kicked the bed and the spirit box said, ‘Are you kicking my bed.’ The group said, ‘Can you tell us your surname.’ The spirit box said, ‘Move. I’m done.’ Nicole asked if she can talk to David at another time. The spirit box said, ‘Who’s asking.’ The group were discussing all the things David had been talking about and the spirit box said, ‘I knew you might understand.’

The group left the bedroom and went back outside to the back barn. The spirit box said, ‘There’s dust everywhere,’ and the light sensor went to green. The spirit box said, ‘How was it. You’re next. What’s wrong with yer.’ Group B came into the barn and Group A told them about David. As they were talking the light sensor went to green. Not much else happened and the evening ended at 2am.