Twelve members present. The group started their investigation in The Grand Temple. At
the start, the temperature in The Temple was 19.1 degrees. The group opened a Sacred
Circle and a male came through. The spirit was asked to confirm he was a male and the
spirit box said, ‘I did’. The spirit said there were seven other spirits in the room. A few
people in the circle said they had cold backs. A couple of personal spirits to people in the
circle came through and answered questions and at the same time, the spirit box
answered the questions, mimicking what the spirit was saying. A new spirit came forward
and people in the circle heard a humming noise. The spirit said they were a child aged
younger than ten who lived in the 1900s. At the same time, the spirit box said, ‘Here now’.
The child (a girl) said her passing was very sudden and the spirit box said, ‘Boiling’. The
spirit was asked, ‘Do you remember the year you passed?’ and the spirit box said,
‘Difficult’. The girl said she had passed in a fire, had been burnt on her right side, she was
aged seven and could not read or write. The child then confirmed some of the group’s
spirit guides were near the circle because there was a malevolent spirit trying to get in.
The spirit box said, ‘Warning’. After a minute or two the group asked, ‘ Have we still got the
little girl?’ and the spirit box said, ‘I’m going’. Another spirit came through. This time a male
who said he was connected to someone in the circle. The spirit box said, ‘Are you?’
People in the circle were still complaining that their backs and arms felt cold. One member
walked slowly around the outside of the circle with a thermometer. At the start, the
thermometer had dropped to 17.4 degrees and by the time the member had walked
around the circle three times, the temperature had risen to 21.1 degrees. The spirit box
said, ‘Watch your back’. The spirit in the circle said none of the group was safe, and again,
the spirit box said, ‘Watch your back’.
Shadow figures were seen by some members near the closed door that led into The
Grand Temple. A walkie talkie that had been placed on a central table suddenly went off by
itself, and one of the members said, that for the past twenty minutes or so, they had seen
a dark figure sitting in the large centre chair at the back of the room. The spirit in the centre
of the circle said he was a Freemason and does not like the group being in The Temple.
One member standing in the centre said they felt incredibly angry and wanted to lash out
at the group. Again, the group was told there was an evil spirit who wished them harm
trying to get into the circle, and again the group was told there were several spirit guides
protecting the circle. The walkie talkie went off again and shortly after, the spirit box said,
‘Hello’. One member visibly saw two orbs at the back of the room and the spirit box said,
‘I’m here’. One orb was on the left hand side of the large chair at the back of the room,
near a name board on the left. The spirit box said, ‘Smith’. The group asked the spirit if he
was called Smith but the spirit said, no. Upon inspection, on the board reads, ‘1910 JG
Smith’. Everyone in the circle said they felt uncomfortable because they could sense the
malevolent spirt walking around the circle, so the circle got closed down. The temperature
was 18.5 degrees.
The investigators split into two groups. GROUP ONE moved to the upstairs room and did
some calling out. They heard tapping noises and felt the atmosphere to be heavy. The
spirit box was saying random words like, ‘War of Roses, I’ll bang, grab her’. The group
opened an Ouija board. The board felt heavy and the investigators were aware of
someone walking around them. Edward Jenkins came on the board. He was born in 1925
and died in 1935. He lived in Fareham and died in a fire. The group were told there was a
Mason from 1930 in the room and that he had come from downstairs. The Mason was not
happy the investigators were in the building. Edward confirmed the girl the group were
talking to in The Temple earlier was his sister and she was aged 7. Edward said the
building is different now to how it was. There used to be other buildings and his family lived
above the Mason’s Temple. Edward’s mother came on the board, She said she had two
children and there had been a fire which was an accident. Edward’s mother was 47 when
she died. She married at 23 and her husband was 33. She said that someone wants the
investigators to leave the board.
A new spirit came on the board. The group asked it where it wants to go to next, and the
spirt answered, ‘home’. The spirit refused to give the group their name and said they
disapprove of them using the board. The spirit did say they were aged 47 but they didn’t
trust anyone. The spirit said again that they really disapproved of the group using the
board and that they had no secrets. The spirit box had been saying random words like,
‘Isaac, didn’t like doors, fire, it was behind you, it’s all backward talking, give me a chance,
nasty people talk, not any more not yet’.
The group shut down the board and sat quietly to listen. They could feel the floor beneath
them vibrating. A couple of the investigators said they suddenly felt extremely tired, and
one felt as if they had dozed off. Some of the group experienced having their foot touched,
someone blowing on their face, suddenly feeling hot, feeling cold and chairs they were
sitting on being pulled. The spirit box was saying random words like, ‘ Hello, sitting beside
you, you touch her, that’s so easy, I’ll pull her hair, Julia , that’s it’.
GROUP TWO had moved into the lobby leading into The Grand Temple. Dolly was sitting
on the floor with a musical box on her lap. Dolly’s eyes kept lighting up and the musical
box went off then a child’s voice was heard. The group opened an Ouija board and a male
spirit came through. They kept answering questions back to front and spelt out VAX -Note:
vax is short for vaccination. The spirit said he was eight years old and that he was a
rascal and a little devil. The group closed the board and moved into the Mirror Room. They
opened another board and Nigel Kamel came through. He was from the Lake District and
had worked in the Gosport area in the armed services. He said he died in 1738 aged 56.
The K2 Meter on the centre table was going off and so was the Rempod behind the Ouija
board. A female came on the board and told the group she was a Frenchwoman married to
an Englishman. She said she had died on 25th September but refused to give a year. A few
random words were spelt out but they didn’t make much sense. Edward came on the
board and after a bit of swearing he said there was a nasty spirit in the room.
James Kenneth came on the board and gave the number 4535 but wouldn’t say what it
was for. James died in 1958 aged 35. Next came a spirit called Dick. He then spelt out
Gag followed by Escraw – Note: both Gag and Escrow are legitimate surnames. Dick
said that he and James had died together in WW!. They were in the Air Force and flew out
of Grange Airport in Gosport. The numbers 2525 and 2535 were spelt out as the men’s
service numbers. Dick confirmed that both he and James were in the British forces and
that their plane had been shot down in the Solent. At this point one member said they saw
an orb shoot across the wall with the long mirror on it. Meanwhile, Dick said he flew a
monoplane and that it caught fire. The spirit box spelt out ‘fire’ and ‘British’. The group
asked Dick if he had a large moustache and as he was answering, yes, the Rempod went
off again.
Everyone met up for a tea break, then GROUP ONE went into the mirror room and opened
the Ouija board. A personal spirit to someone in the group came through and gave lots of
information and answers to that person. The spirit box was saying, ‘Gobbing off, Army,
action, empty your pockets, you ready, go on then, go’. Another spirit came on the board
who was related to a different person in the group and gave a few messages then was
able to answer some personal questions. Edward kept coming on the board to try to nudge
off whichever spirit was talking, but the group would never let Edward speak.
GROUP TWO went in the room upstairs. Dolly was sitting on the floor with the musical box
on her lap and teddy was on the table. Both were lighting up a lot and at one point the
music box went off. They opened the Ouija board but no-one came through, although the
K2 meter shot up to red, so the group moved downstairs to the Ballroom. The Rempod
went off and the walkie talkie went off, although there was no-one on the other end. One of
the member’s spirit animal guides came through and was able to answer several personal
questions, including about other member’s spirit animals. Teddy kept lighting up as this
was happening. An evil spirit called William came on the board who was known to
someone in the group. That person came off the board and the evil spirit correctly
answered many questions. Some people on the board felt someone touching their arms
and backs. One team member who knew nothing about William had the name ‘Will’ come
into their head at the start of the evening.
Everyone met for another tea break, then all went back into The Grand Temple to do some
calling out. Grid lights were facing the end wall and a few members saw movement in
them. A member saw someone sitting in a corner chair and the spirit box said, ‘Get out of
here, on the big one, ghosts’. Knocking noises were heard.
The groups separated again with GROUP TWO going back into the mirror room. One of
the members had placed a torch on the middle table. It was laying on it’s side when it
suddenly started to roll backwards and forwards several times. An Ouija board was
opened and Benjamin came on. Doust was spelt out – Note: Doust is an English language surname. Aens was spelt out – Note: this is also a family name. Dosare was spelt out – Note: this is Italian for measure out (like for making a cake). Dogag was
spelt out – Note: The numerical value of dogag in Pythagorean Numerology is 7.
Pythagorean Numerology is linked to Kroton (today Crotone), located at the southern
shore of the Gulf of Taranto in Italy. Benjamin said he died in 1968 aged 82.
Group One was heard moving about outside and the board went very quiet. After Group
One had left, it appeared a new spirit had come on to the board. The planchette kept
whizzing to the word ‘yes’, slowly at first then shooting extremely quickly in a half circle.
The group asked heaps of questions but eventually it became apparent it was Edward on
the board and after a bit of swearing from him, the board was closed down.