Warwick Lane Shopping Centre and The Manor House, Wickham, Hampshire
30th October 2026
Ten members present. 7.30pm start time.
All guests formed a sacred circle upstairs in the area next to the toilets. Colin went into the
centre and a human pendulum was carried out. Many people kept saying they could see
someone in the cafe area and walking down the stairs, although that entire area was empty.
Some people also said they had the feeling that someone was standing behind them. A
spirit came through and said he was connected to the Cauldron Paranormal group but
gave no information. Cat lit up. A different spirit came through. It was a woman who had
worked in a butchers shop near to the shopping centre. She was born in 1900 and died in
1956 from natural causes. People said they had hot flushes on their backs and had a sense
that something was moving around the circle. Several people said they could smell the
sweet scent of soap, some people likened the smell to Parma violets. The smell of violets
appeared to going around the room and everyone smelt it. Some people felt really cold
whilst others felt really hot. The spirit said there were three other spirits in the room.
Shadow figures were sensed in the cafe area and the K2 meter in the circle lit up. Another
spirit came through from the Navy. This was either a captain or a commander who was
involved in D-Day in 1944. The K2 meter was going crazy and the captain said it was him
who was lighting it up. The K2 meter was lighting up and stopping on command. Gil sensed
war medals and the spirit said his medals were actually in Warwick Lane (the group looked
later but couldn’t find any genuine medals, only replicas). The spirit said his name was
Percy and the cat lit up. The group asked if Percy was a captain or a commander and cat lit
up when they said ‘commander’. Percy said he survived D-Day and had landed at Gold
Beach in France. A black orb shot across the ceiling. Note: Black orbs can represent
heavy or negative emotions, They can be a sign of sadness, fear or a spirit carrying
heavy emotional distress. Percy said he had died in Hampshire in the 1980s from old
age. Two members said their right eye was aching. The spirit said he had something wrong
with his right eye, but he wasn’t blind. Some personal questions were asked regarding
HMS Starling which was involved in the D-Day landings. Some answers were correct but
others were wrong. Everyone said how warm it had become but two members said there
was a freezing cold spot in-between them.
Colin in the middle was changed to Gil. A female came through and a noise was heard in
the cafe area (the area had no-one in it at all). The female spirit was connected to someone
in the circle. Many questions were asked but the spirit said ‘no’ to pretty much all of them.
She did say she was a surrogate aunt though. The K2 meter turned itself completely off,
then back on, then off again. A new spirit came through who was connected to an object in
the building. This was not a nice spirit . People said they were feeling really cold. One
member kept seeing flashes of grey light near a manakin. Note: Grey lights can be
related to a shift in spiritual development or the presence of ancestral or neutral
energy tied to a space. Two people could smell raw sewage and cat lit up. Note: Sewage
smells can be associated with demonic or negative entities. A dog was heard barking,
although that may well have come from outside.
The group went downstairs and into the far back room. A few cat balls went off and the K2
meter went crazy. A click was heard and heaps of orbs were seen on the camera. Everyone
said they suddenly became hot and one member said they could hear a chair been
scraped across the floor. The K2 meter was still going mad and went all the way up to red.
Someone placed the K2 meter in a different area. It continued to go crazy for a while then
completely turned itself off. A feather orb was seen on the camera and the cat ball went off.
An Aztec Death Whistle was blown. This makes a loud, piercing sound like a terrifying
human scream. Everyone jumped and pretty much every single cat ball went off. The
group were talking about ghostly encounters and a cat ball went off. Then the group spoke
about child spirits and a cat ball went off. The spirit box said, ‘It’s me,’ and the cat ball went
off again. The group were talking about crocodiles and the spirit box said, ‘Tempting. Dead.’
It was noted that loads of equipment had become drained of power
An Ouija board was opened. A male child spirit came through. He said he was aged ten
years and that his name was Tom. He said it was him who was lighting up the cat balls
earlier. Tom said he passed in 1920. He died in a fire and his sister died with him. The spirit
box said, ‘Fire.’ Mark became extremely emotional and had to leave the room for a while.
He went out into the corridor. Before he left, there was a smell of roses and rosemary.
Note: Rose smells are often a sign of a deceased relative offering comfort. Rosemary
smells are a sign of a connection of ancestors. Mark said it felt very cold in the corridor
and Tom said he was with Mark. Cow lit up. Mark said there was something very sinister in
the corridor. A female spirit was on the board and several people said they felt a tightness
in their stomachs. Orange flashes of light were seen in the corridor. Note: Orange flashes
can represent protective spirits or caretakers. Three people went into the corridor and
stood outside Mr Peabody’s old shop. Heaps of orbs were seen through the camera
coming out of the shop and voices were heard. Mark felt something touch his head, then
something touched his hand. At the same time, orbs were seen around him. The toy robot
started going on and off on request and a young child was seen sitting on a chair near to
the stairs. Meanwhile, in the back room, Tim Warrick was on the Ouija board. One member
could smell the seaside (wet sand and seaweed) and wondered if this was a connection to
the Naval commander called Percy? Nicky’s grandmother then went on the board and was
able to give some personal information. The sound of a scraping chair was heard again.
The board was closed down and everyone went outside Mr Peabody’s old shop. A loud
growling noise was heard coming from around the corner, in the direction of the back
room. The group did some calling out and shuffling footsteps were heard coming from the
staircase. Sue noticed her small writing clip-on torch had gone missing. The back room
was searched and her bags were completely emptied out and checked three times. All toys
were also checked, just in case the torch had attached itself to one, but the torch was
nowhere to be seen. Mark jokingly said, wouldn’t it be funny if the torch turned up in a
completely different location, like when his badge fell off at The Masons in Gosport a
couple of months ago and the pin was found next door. The group did some calling out in
the corridor and a few orbs were seen through the camera. The group were talking about
Tom (Tom has come up on many past investigations in Warwick Lane), and Sue asked Tom
to return her torch if he had taken it.
The group had a tea break then went across the road to The Manor House and into the
cellar. Sue went down the cellar steps first. As she was half way down, the ‘missing’ writing
torch suddenly appeared and got ‘thrown’ down the steps. In the cellar the group did some
calling out and the K2 meter lit up. Loads of questions were asked and the K2 meter kept
on responding. Everyone heard an unexplained groaning noise and the K2 meter went off.
Dolly, sitting on the steps near the hatch, lit up and the K2 meter went off again. Lots of
orbs were seen on the camera. The group asked, ‘Who is down here?’ The spirit box said,
‘Me.’ The group asked, ‘How many spirits are down here?’ The spirit box said, ‘One.’ It
sounded like a child’s voice and everyone heard, ‘Ten.’ The group asked, ‘What’s your
name?’ The spirit box said, ‘Alf.’ The group asked, ‘How old are you?’ The spirit box said,
‘Ten. Two.’ A really horrible, sinister voice said, ‘They come.’ The child’s voice said, ‘Ten.
Alf.’ The group asked,’ How many of us are in this room?’ The spirit box said, ‘Ten,’ (this is
correct). Whispering could be heard coming from the stairs leading to the hatch. The group
asked, ‘Did you play down here?’ The spirit box said, ‘Alf. No. Wayne. There’s one in.’ Really
evil voices were heard on the spirit box but the group couldn’t work out what was being
said. The group started talking about witches and the spirit box said, ‘Get out.’ Some
witches chanting was played and a green orb was seen coming out of the K2 meter. Note:
Green orbs can be associated with nature spirits, elementals, sprites or fairies that
feel a close tie to the outdoors, forests or gardens. The green orb can also represent
emotional and physical healing.
An Ouija board was opened and a female spirit came through. She was passing through
and was not there for any particular reason. She said she was aged 10 and spelt her name
as MJMD. A different spirit came on the board who was connected to an object in the
cellar. After asking about several items, it was a bell (like one used on a hotel desk). The
spirit spelt his name as EDGAR. He said his surname was Warwick. Edgar said he had lived
in the Manor House and that he was the master. He said he didn’t like the group being in
the building and that none of them should be on an Ouija board. Edgar died aged ninety
one year in 1936. He spelt INFECTION in his chest and said he died from pneumonia.
Edgar said he was born in 1828, then said he was born in 1849, but all dates were wrong if
he was aged 91 when he died. Several questions were asked but the planchette went to
‘no’ all the time. Edgar was eventually forced off the board. A new spirit came on the board.
It was a female who said that Edgar was her husband. This was not a nice spirit. It spelt
GET EK and teddy lit up. The spirit said that EK was a person. The spirit said her name was
MAANT (this is a surname). The spirit said she didn’t mean any harm and teddy continued
to light up. The planchette kept going round in a circle and had to be stopped. Another
spirit went on the board – a male who said he was a chauffeur. One member could smell
engine oil. Another spirit went on the board and said he was a gamekeeper who wasn’t
good at reading or writing. He spelt MOQU and an orb was seen under Mark’s arm. The
spirit said he was born in 1969 and the K2 meter lit up. He said he died in 1993 aged 46 or
45 years (not correct going by the years). The spirit didn’t live in the house and was not a
local, but he had stayed in the house. He said he was in the armed forces and was billeted
to Wickham. He said he was in the Navy and he was the commander the group spoke to
earlier in the evening. He spelt OF CK. HENRY. Note: CK is Creatine Kinase which is an
enzyme that mainly exists in your heart and skeletal muscle, with small amounts in
your brain. High CK levels can be a sign of a life threatening condition which can lead
to kidney failure, dangerous heart rhythms and death. Could the commander’s name
be Henry Percy? Go to https://navalgraves.navyhistory.au/naval-grave/boxall-mbe-henry
john-percy/
The group headed back to Warwick Lane and went up to the attic. Everyone heard what
sounded like, ‘Phish, phish,’ near to a shelf. It started to get cold and a pin prick of light was
seen twice. Several times a crinkly noise was heard in the corner of the room. Faint voices
were heard coming from downstairs (there was no-one down there), and sparks of light
were seen on the stairs. The group went downstairs and into the cafe area to open an Ouija
board. A female called Angela Dickson came on the board. She said she died in 1935 and
that she was a commander-in-chief in Hampshire. She said she was connected to
something in the building – a green vase. Several green vases were found. One looked too
modern, although Angela said that was hers. A very large green vase was produced and
cat lit but, but Angela said the vase was not right. A green acorn decorated vase was found
and cat lit up one eye, then the other eye. The object was taken to the Ouija board and cat
lit up again, but Angela had gone. Several people felt cold and Gil said he was having a
tingly sensation run throughout his body. Faint voices could be heard coming from a glass
cabinet with more green vases in it. Gil said he had come over very emotional and that he
wanted to cry. He said he felt so incredibly sad and a flash of light was seen at the top of
the staircase. Gil said he felt alright again and cat lit up. The group did some calling out.
Everyone was getting cold breezes around them and Gil said he was feeling tingly again.
Tom was back and said it was him causing the cold breezes. A new male spirit came on the
board and spelt his name as WOOSNO (this is a Christian name). He then spelt OWN TATS
NT. Note: Tats refers to cheap, tacky trinkets and souvenirs. Could the message be – own tacky items, no thanks? The evening ended at 2am.