We started off upstairs in the small dining room and opened the Ouija board on the oval table. The board was extremely quiet for some time, then the SLS camera picked up a figure sitting on an empty chair around the table. The board became active with a spirit who refused to answer any questions but just kept pointing the planchette towards ‘no’. Eventually, we persuaded to spirit to take the planchette to the other corners on the board, but still every single question after that was answered with ‘no’ so we closed the board. We stayed around the table and opened a circle with hands touching each other. People started experiencing extreme cold on their back, cold and heaviness on their shoulders, extreme shivers travelling through bodies, cold breezes on hands, and hands feeling heavy. We had a torch laying on it’s side on the table and just before any of these things happened, the torch would flicker on and off quite strongly. Several words came up on the Para-tek Word Generator App that corresponded with questions we were asking and cigarette and cooking oil smells were noticed. We had placed a cat ball in the centre of the table and this was going on and off on request. Just before the cat ball went off, we noticed a huge spike of energy on the Ghost Hunting Tool App, with the green bands shooting up to red.

We moved to the upstairs gallery area and opened the Ouija board. A female came through and was able to answer a few questions, as long as a female was asking them. If a male around the board asked a question, the planchette remained completely still. She said her dominant partner was with her and that there were many other spirits present in the room with us. The partner was watching us from the bar area downstairs. One team member was experiencing a tickling sensation on the side of their neck which travelled across the neck and down the arm. We were told there were a few male spirits in the room, two females and one child who was the four year old and the daughter of one of the females. They had all died together. The names of the two females were spelt out, ‘Gabrelle’ followed by ‘Margaret’. Gabrelle was the child’s mother and she told us there were several male spirits surrounding us and that they were all pointing pistols at us. One team member could hear voices inside their head, mainly swear words followed by evil laughter. The name ‘Jack’ came through and Jack said it was him swearing and laughing. Jack was the partner of Gabrelle. Gabrelle had committed adultery with one of Jack’s friends (Margaret’s partner) and the child was his and not Jacks. Jack said he was the gang leader of a group of horse thieves. We asked Jack to make his presence known and we heard a bang, the table behind us rattled and the window rattled. Jack told us he had died in 1848. Several team members said they could smell toast cooking and Margaret said that was her causing the smell. She said that both her and Gabrelle were prostitutes operating in the building where we were sitting. We were told there were thirteen male spirits in the room, and that three of them were upstairs watching us. One team member could feel something hanging on his arm which had been there for some time whilst we were in the building. We asked if there was any connection to the pub and the name ‘Marmar’ came through, note: this is a female name with Armenion origins.

We took a break and opened a bag of doughnuts. Straight away ‘mmmmm’ appeared on the Para-tek Word Genarator App. Two of the team members sat downstairs in the snug for their break. Straight away, one member could feel cobwebs and their hand and twice could see a person peeping from around the door which leads into the snug. The other member experienced something flying at speed right in front of their face, followed by experiencing a surge of energy covering their entire body. After the break, the whole team went into the snug and opened the Oujia board. The SLS camera picked up a figure standing in the doorway. Margeret, who we had been speaking to earlier, came on the board. She said the figure in the doorway was called John. Then a second figure was seen in the doorway and Margaret said that was Sam. John and Sam were both part of Jack’s gang. She said there were thirteen men in the gang. We suddenly heard noises in the bar next door which sounded like heavy footsteps. We closed the board and went to investigate. The SLS camera picked up a figure in the bar area where drinks are prepared. When anyone stood near to where the figure was, it felt very, very cold.

We returned to the snug and re-opened the board. The SLS camera picked up figures sitting in the armchair, standing in the corner, walking towards the door and others standing behind us. The K2 meter kept randomly going off. Thomas came through on the board and said he was part of Jack’s gang and he had died in 1848. He said that Jack’s entire gang had been killed by a rival gang in this building. The rival gang had twenty four members and they had taken Jack’s gang by surprise by surrounding the building and shooting them. He said that sixteen people had died in total, including three innocents – two females and one child. The lawmen (policemen) had arrived during the fighting and four of the rival gang were killed. Jack’s gang had been operating in the rival gangs area, stealing horses. We asked what the name of the rival gang’s boss was called and ‘Mickey Three Fingers’ came through, followed by ‘Bob’ but neither of these names could be verified. Thomas said the figure we had seen in the bar area earlier was Gabrelle. Then the SLS camera picked up a figure in the doorway again. We asked it to wave and it did. Another spirit called Joe came on the board. He said he was also part of Jack’s gang and that all thirteen men were still in the building, along with the two women and a child.

A different spirit came on the board and spelt out ‘cock’ and at the same time the cat ball went off. We asked if there was a connection and the spirit answered ‘yes’. We asked, ‘Is this cock and bull?’ and the spirit said ‘ yes’, note: a cock-and-bull story means it is not true. We asked what was not true and the spirit said that HE was the actual leader of the gang, his name was Edward and his surname was (a foul swear word). George came through on the Para-tek and confirmed on the board he was another member of the gang. We asked Edward what his surname was and he spelt ‘Stoplerh’. note: ‘Stopler’ is an actual surname. Edward would not speak on the Oujia board if one particular team member was also on the board. He said it’s because the member reminds him of someone he doesn’t like. We asked him to spell it out and he spelt ‘plod’, note: ‘the team member used to be a prison warden. Plod is a slang word used for a policeman and although a prison officer isn’t really a police officer, there are some similarities and they are ‘constables’ within the gaol (prison). The team member said they could smell nicotine on their fingers and Thomas confirmed he was smoking a cigarillo, note: a short, narrow cigar. Edward said his gang was from Leeds and they were in Wickham for the horse fair. He said he had hidden a stash in the area but refused to tell us where it was, other than somewhere in the building we were sitting in.

Margaret came back on the board and told us Gabrelle’s daughter was called Madeline. Next, Luciana came on the board and told us she was a black cat. At the same time, ‘Let me out’ came on the Para-tek. Luciana said she belonged to a witch called Mary and it was the same Mary from Warwick Lane across the road. Every time we asked for dates, 1848 kept coming up. Luciana said that’s because everyone died in 1848 and that she and Mary had witnessed the events happening. Luciana said sixteen people from the gang had died, two women, a child and four people from the rival gang.

A new spirit came on the board and we asked where one team member was going in a few hours time, note; the team member was going to France. The spirit spelt out ‘hell’ and at the same time, the Para-tek spelt ‘bring him’. (French farmers are currently on strike and blocking major roads, which is causing many hours of delay and hell for drivers!). We asked the spirit to spell out a word and it spelt ‘France’. The spirit said he was called Charles. We asked if there was anyone else with him and the Para-tek wrote ‘we are’. Throughout the whole time we were in the snug, the Ghost Hunting Tool App was showing huge amounts of energy surges.

We moved back upstairs to the gallery area and sat round a table with joined hands, asking for everyone in the slaughtered gang to make contact with us. On the night vision camera, loads and loads of orbs were seen floating amongst us and over the top of us, and we heard load whistling twice.