18th November 2023

Before the investigation started, one team member was setting up equipment in the main auditorium when they saw a blue orb which they managed to capture on the camera, (a blue orb means a spirit guide is present offering calmness and protection). In the main foyer, the same team member had placed a teddy on the window sill. The teddy had been sitting there for an hour and a half when it suddenly jumped on to the floor.

We started the investigation in the main auditorium with a human pendulum inside a sacred circle. Several people in the circle felt really cold on their backs and arms, and could hear humming and voices around the room. The voices sounded like they could belong to females or children. A few orbs were seen and several people had family members and friends come through.

Next we opened an Ouija board in the auditorium. A large swishing noise was heard coming from the back of the stage, rather like a large, heavy curtain being closed. One team member heard evil laughing inside his head, and we could all hear random movements coming from the side of the room. We had a few spirits come through on the board with limited information, but they would only stay for a very short time and then go quiet. There was Maggie Churchill b. 1646, Belle (Annabelle) b. 1624, Katherine b. 2010 who died aged 9 and Mary Dee. Edward came through a few times and was able to answer correctly where some of the people on the board were born. We wondered if it was Edward stopping any other spirits from telling us much information?

After a tea break, we went into the dressing area and had a very successful table tipping participation. Then we all sat in the area where the clothes are hung up. We asked any spirits to make a noise and heard a loud bang. We went back to the dressing area and opened a sacred circle. We all felt warm on our fronts but extremely cold on our backs. It felt as if a spirit was walking around the circle looking for a way to get in, but not a lot else happened. We opened an Ouija board and the same thing as before happened – spirits would come through but only gave limited information, almost like they were being blocked. Mary was the most significant spirit. She was aged 75 when she died but was hesitant in giving much information. One person on the board said they felt their arm being touched. Mary said it was her doing that because she didn’t like the person.

After another break, we went into the headmasters old room (which is now the backstage room for doing makeup, etc). We tried some scrying in the large mirror. Volunteer one – nothing happened. Volunteer two – no face change but they could feel something on their neck and orbs were seen around their shoulders. Volunteer three – we couldn’t see any face change in the mirror but looking at them through a camera, the volunteer looked like a knight wearing a helmet.

Next, we tried asking volunteers questions whilst they wore headphones listening to a spirit box. Volunteer one – we asked, ‘Does it annoy you, us being in this room?’ (*laughter* I’m devastated). We asked, ‘What’s your name?’ (Georgia). Not much more came through. Volunteer two – #before we asked any questions# – (The 19th). #note, at this time it was past midnight and the date WAS the 19th# (Baby 2013, it’s time, little tonight, you came. Baby in the toilets). We asked, ‘Did anyone knew about the baby?’ (*weird laughing and the sound of a toilet being flushed*. The baby, this, this. How far can you go). We asked, ‘Is your baby with you now?’ (Love you baby. Help me. Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe. Look at me. Just found out). We asked, ‘Do you feel sad?’ (Affected). One person present saw the flash of a woman’s head in the mirror. She looked like she came from the Victorian era. We asked, ‘Did we see you in the mirror?’ (Shut up, it’s like that). We asked, ‘Did you go to school here?’ (Weekends with you. Look at me, look at me. Turns people. Look at me).

Volunteer three – #before we asked any questions# – (Faster, you need to go faster). We asked, ‘Can you give us a name?’ (Yeah, Tom). We asked, ‘What crashed?’ (Car, cold. Looking forward. Crash). We asked, ‘Who was in the crash?’ (Me. Crash. The reaper. Crash. My mum’s in the car). We asked, ‘Is that what made you crash?’ (Yeah, she’s talking to someone. Angry). We asked, ‘Are you angry?’ (No. She likes the opera). #Opera music was heard coming through the headphones#. We asked, ‘Is your name Tom?’ (Maybe. Two, two, me and him). We asked, ‘Was someone else in the car?’ (Henry). We asked, ‘Did Henry die too?’ (I don’t know). We asked, ‘How old were you when you died?’ (Nineteen. My eyes, my brakes, it hurts. Brakes). We asked, ‘Do you blame yourself?’ (I don’t know. A listener). At this point we were filming volunteer three, and through the camera we could see bleeding coming the volunteer’s head.