27th April 2024 – Brodrick Hall, Clayhall Road, Gosport
Twelve members present. Whilst setting up and doing a quick tour of the building, knocks were heard, cat balls were going off and it looked like hanging rope was swinging by itself in the storage room next to the main hall.
A sacred circle was opened in the main hall. A spirit came through quite quickly and said one of the men in the circle reminded him of the person who killed him. The spirit had been a seaman who worked in the dockyard. At first, the spirit said he had been killed after 1900, then later confirmed it was between 1914 – 1918. The spirit confirmed he had been shot in a pub in Gosport. After asking several questions relating to which pub and exactly where, the search was narrowed down to Bemisters Lane in Gosport. Note: There is a pub called The George & Dragon on that road. The spirit told us he was called George and that he was 28 years old when he died. George said he had worked with his killer in the dockyard and that he had been murdered out of jealousy. George told us he had been having an affair with his killer’s wife, called Maisie, and that is why he was killed. Before he left, George said there were five other spirits in the room with us.
The centre person was changed and a female spirit came through. She said the group had communicated with her before and that a while ago, she had followed one of the female investigators into the kitchen in the building earlier. The investigator confirmed she had felt the presence of somebody with her as she was setting up the tea things. The female spirit was not happy that the group was in the building. She said she had been in charge when the building was used as a hospital. She said she was British but would not give us any other details about herself. The spirit confirmed the cellars in the hall had been used as a makeshift mortuary. Some people in the circle said they thought a child was present, but the spirit refused to comment on that. Other people in the circle were feeling cold and started to get aches around their bodies, and other could smell used urinals.
The person in the centre was changed again and a male called Charlie came through. Charlie had been a Field Surgeon during WW2 and had been a patient in the hall following being injured overseas. He said he had a bad chest and head and that he had been burnt on his right side. As the spirit was speaking, teddy was lighting up from inside a bag. Charlie said there were between five and ten spirits in the room with us. As the circle was closed, a few people heard a whisper that sounded like, ‘Huh’.
Group Two went into the front meeting room and set up an Ouija board. A young woman called Enid came through. She had a boyfriend who had been a soldier and they were both eighteen. The soldier boyfriend had died and this led to Enid taking her own life. Enid asked for help to pass-over. The group conducted a small ceremony to help Enid cross over to the light. As this was happening, the spirit box said ‘Light’. Shortly afterwards, Edward came on the board and was extremely angry that Enid was no longer there.
Charlie came on the board and confirmed the group had been speaking to him in the circle earlier on. He said he was born in 1901 and died in 1945. The surname Formy was spelt, but also the name Forndon came through (was ‘Formy’ his nickname?).Note: I have not found a surname spelt Forndon, but have come across Farndon and Fordon, but not for Charlie and his dates. Charlie confirmed he had lost his left arm, had been badly burned and had TB. He said he died from Gangrene. One male member on the board reported being poked. Charlie said he was in charge of his niece called Emma who was four years old. Emma was Charlie’s brother’s daughter and that he and his wife had died when London was being bombed. Shortly after Charlie died, Emma also died in 1945 from a cold /flu. Emma had been a patient in the children’s ward when the hall was used as a hospital. Several people on the board reported they were feeling cold. The name Emily also came through. Note: Emily Brodrick died in 1906. In 1907 her husband dedicated Brodrick Memorial Hall which he and the parish built, to her memory.
Group One went on the stage and opened an Ouija board. A cat ball had been placed behind the board, a K2 Meter was next to the board and teddy was to the side of the board. All three went off in a row, with the K2 Meter shooting up to red. DEATH was spelt on the board and a female called Elizabeth Jackson came through. She died in 1748 aged 48 years. Her husband was called Kelvin and they had five children. One son called George had died in 1738 aged three and was buried in Gosport. Elizabeth and her husband lived in Manchester but her parents lived in Gosport. The group heard three loud knocks coming from the rear of the stage. Elizabeth’s father had been a doctor. NALAM GOSPORT was spelt out. Elizabeth said she moved to Manchester from Gosport in 1734 and that her other children were called Bertie, Mary, Hetty and Charles, with Charles being the eldest. Several times the name NALAM was spelt out. Note: The word Nalam (pronounced nay-lam) seems to have many different meanings, depending on which country you are looking at, but the most popular is from India where it means having health or fine (health wise). It is also an Indian surname. There is also a connection between Nalam and the Royal Navy Cemetery, Clayhall Road, Gosport.
Everyone could smell a waft of garlic at different times and the cat ball behind the board kept going off. Note: Garlic is used as protection to ward off evil spirits. A couple of other spirits came through on the board claiming to know people around the table and personal messages were given, with mixed information making sense and being nonsensical. A few member’s spirit guides came through to let the investigators know there was an evil spirit present and they were trying to offer protection (hence the garlic?). One members palm suddenly become extremely hot like it was on fire. The table beneath the member’s hand also became very hot although there was nothing on nor around the table to make this happen. An EMF was placed on the heated surface which immediately shot up to 189 (it had been 181). It kept going red and buzzing which indicates it’s detecting a high level of electromagnetic radiation.
Kommy came on the board and confirmed he was a bad spirit. The planchette was being whizzed across the board at great speed and with much anger. Kommy was a German officer who had killed 40 British soldiers during WW2. Kommy and ten other soldiers had arrived on Stokes Bay beach (just down the road) and had been captured and taken to Browndown Concentration Camp in Gosport. Kommy had been shot (executed) in 1947. After speaking on the board, the planchette became calmer. Kommy was asked what his rank was and he spelt out Commandant (was Kommy a nickname for Commandant?) Note: Throughout WW2 there were a number of evil men who oversaw the concentration camp system. These men became the Commandants (German translation – an army officer in charge of a particular place or group of people), and many at the end of the conflict were executed for their crimes.
After a tea break, Group Two went on the stage and opened an Ouija board. Edward came through and they could hear knocking and footsteps. Also, a German soldier came through. He was very angry but did give the group his army number – 14364. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SS_personnel – Heinrich Himmter – party number 14303, Karl Diebitsch – party number 1436.
Group One went into the front meeting room. Dolly, teddy and the cat ball were all going off. There was a large wooden crucifix in the room. The Ouija board was opened and the K2 Meter kept flickering to the next green colour. A spirit came on the board claiming to be one of the member’s animal spirit guides from earlier, only it felt quite different. The crucifix was placed right next to the board and the planchette was going crazy trying to knock it off. A couple of spirits came through with personal messages for the group.
At the end of the evening, both groups met up in the main hall and did some table tipping, with Group Two being more successful than Group One! Teddy and Dolly had been sitting on the side watching, with their eyes lighting up continuously. As soon as the table tipping was over, dolly fell on to her side.