Thorngate Hall (Bury House), Bury Road, Gosport
31st January 2026
Start time 7pm, end time 12pm. Ten members present.
Everyone went into the bar area and did some calling out. A motion light sensor was placed on the mantelpiece and it kept going off in answer to questions. A rem-pod on the bar also went off in answer to questions. Orbs were seen through a camera. The group made contact with a male who said he had been a patient when the building was a hospital. Note : the house was used as a mental asylum from 1814 – 1819. After a few more questions, it became apparent the group was talking to two spirits – one answered through the light sensor (a spirit who once lived in the house) and the other used the rem-pod (the patient). The patient was in his 30’s and said he found the group interesting. There are three spirits in the room and they are trying to tell the group something. They will talk on a spirit board later. The group asked the spirit who was controlling the light sensor what their name was. The spirit box said, ‘Betty’. There are multiple spirits in the room, some are children. There is a lost spirit in the room. Betty said she is the lost spirit. The spirit box said, ‘Mammy’. Betty said she is a child who is looking for her mother. Betty said there are some spirits in the room that mean the group harm. There was a weird smell near the rem-pod that kept coming and going. The group opened an Ouija board in the bar area. The spirit box said ‘Gracie’. The name ‘Betty Norman’ was spelt out on the board. She said she was aged 27 years and had passed in 1927. A choir singing could be heard on the spirit box. Betty said she had been born in 1829. The group asked, ‘Do spirits come back at a happy time?’ A cat ball sitting on a yes/no stand flashed on ‘yes’. Betty confirmed (by using the cat ball holder) that her spirit age was 27 but her physical age had been 97. The spirit box said, ‘I love to sing.’ The group asked, ‘Did you work in the house?’ The cat ball flashed on ‘yes’. The Ouija board spelt out ‘nurse’ and the cat ball flashed on ‘yes’. Note: the building was used as a nurse’s hostel after World War 2. Betty said she worked in the house in 1867. The group asked, ‘Were you a nursery nurse?’ The cat ball flashed on ‘yes’. The planchette went to the number ‘5’ and at the same time, the spirit box said, ‘Five’. The group wondered if that meant there were five spirits in the room. The group asked Betty, ‘Do you have fond memories of being here?’ The planchette went to ‘no’. The group asked, ‘Was it a strict upbringing here?’ The spirit box said, ‘Bugger off.’ Betty said there were eight spirits in the room. The spirit box said, ‘Emma, Mia, Paula.’ Some of the group could smell a sweet scent like perfume. One member on the board said their chair was moving and another member on the board said something was touching their hair. Betty said she didn’t like the master nor the mistress. The planchette spelt ‘Beat. Achs (aches?)’. The spirit box said, ‘Debbie’. One member on the Ouija board said they had a tingling sensation in their right hand. The spirit box said, ‘Fire.’ The cat ball flashed on ‘yes’. The spirit box said, ‘Elizabeth (Betty?)’. One member on the board said all the hairs on their back were standing on end and several members in the room said they suddenly felt cold. The member who had the hairs sticking up said they had pains in their right leg. The group asked, ‘Are you making us feel cold?’ The cat balled flashed on ‘yes’ and the spirit box said, ‘Apologise. You should stay’. The group asked, ‘ Are you happy we are here?’ The cat ball flashed on ‘yes’. Betty said the flowery perfume was hers. A stick person was seen laying on the floor next to the yes/no cat balls on the SLS camera. One member’s phone suddenly pinged, yet it was on flight mode and shouldn’t be making a noise. The group asked, ‘Who set the phone off?’ The spirit box said, ‘Angels. Bertram.’ A new female spirit came on the board. One member turned a torch up high and the spirit box said, ‘Bright.’ The spirit board spelt ‘Malar (malaria?). The spirit box said, ‘Gloria. Succubus. Lick.’ The spirit box spelt, ‘Mar’. The spirit box confirmed it was Mary. Note: Mary Ann South lived in the house in 1840. The group asked what age Mary was when she passed. The planchette went to ‘1’ then to ’18’ then to ‘goodbye’. The spirit box said, ‘Eve.’
A male spirit came on the board who was the father of one member (not on the board). Lots of questions were asked and answered correctly, both on the board and with the spirit box. Another spirit came on the board who was the father of someone else in the room. Again, many questions were asked and answered correctly. One member on the Ouija board said their chair was wobbling again and another member saw a dark shadow figure. The spirit box said, ‘Icky. Victoria. Adopted. Do one. Damien. Charlie.’ There were nine spirits in the room all wanting to speak to the group. Lots of words were coming through on the spirit box, all of which made sense to the person on the board speaking with their father. Lots more questions were asked and answered correctly. The person on the wobbling chair asked to change places with someone else. The new person sitting on the wobbling chair said it felt completely still, but the person who had changed seats said their new chair was now wobbling. The spirit box said, ‘Paul. Henry.’ Note: Henry Duncan Preston Cunningham lived and died in the house in 1875. The spirit box said, ‘Lyn. John. Listen to us.’ Note: the house was built around 1720 and the first occupant was John Hatch – a merchant and notorious smuggler. Also, Captain John Clavall lived in the house between 1825 – 1827. The group had a tea break.
After the break, the group moved to the top floor of the house and stood in the back room to do some calling out. An orb was seen shooting across the room through a camera. The spirit box said, ‘Anna’ and a K2 meter flickered. One member could smell soap. Nothing much happened in the room so the group moved to the landing at the top of the stairs and did some calling out. A K2 meter kept going off and so did the cat ball on ‘yes’. The group asked lots of questions relating to when the building was a hospital and the K2 kept going off in answer. One member standing in the corner had a pain in their leg. The K2 meter flashed a lot when the group spoke about mentally ill patients. One member looked through the window leading into the Ray Grubb Memorial Room and said it looked as if someone was sitting in a chair. That same member then sat in the cupboard with the door shut. There is, what looks like, an old staircase in the cupboard (the cupboard is underneath the stairs) and the member sitting in there said they could hear footsteps going up the stairs. All the time the member was in the cupboard, the K2 meter was going crazy. As soon as the member came out of the cupboard all the equipment stopped. The member standing in the corner had an icy cold back and felt their hair being tugged. Another member had an itchy head. Two members were knocking on the glass on the door of the memorial room and calling out, asking if everyone was alright in the room. The member in the corner starting swaying a lot and suddenly looked quite ill, so was removed from the corner. Two members could smell sweet smelling soap. The spirit box said, ‘Beatrice.’ Another member stood in the corner and said it felt weird in the corner and their leg went cold. One K2 meter was very faint but did flicker a little. One member asked spirits if the corner was a portal. The person in the corner was holding a K2 meter and it suddenly started to go up to red and the spirit box said, ‘Witches.’ The group started to talk about portals and being sucked up into a portal. The K2 meters were going crazy as they spoke. A stick figure was seen on the SLS camera standing in front of the memorial room. The group spoke about the possibility of the cupboard being a portal. One member went into the cupboard and sat in the dark. A K2 meter was placed in the corner and it kept going up to red. Two K2 meters were near the cupboard and they kept going off. The group said, ‘Give us a name’ and the spirit box said, ‘Sebastian.’ The group asked, ‘Is someone here a preacher or a vicar?’ The K2 meter went to red. The group asked, ‘Did you visit the patients?’ The spirit box said, ‘I did.’ The group asked, ‘Did you visit wounded soldiers when they had shell shock?’ The K2 meter went to red and the spirit box said, ‘Nurse.’ The group asked lots of questions about soldiers in the war and the K2 meter kept going to red. The group asked for a name and the spirit box said, ‘Elliot.’ Elliot said he lived in the house. The member in the cupboard said they could hear growling. The group asked, ‘Was that you making that noise?’ The spirit box said, ‘Yes, I did.’ The spirit box then said, ‘Steve. My name is Virginia. Louisa.’ A K2 meter inside the cupboard was going crazy. The spirit box said, ‘seven’ and the memorial door banged. The group asked lots of questions and the K2 kept going up to red in answer. One member picked up that there was something near the cupboard. The group asked, ‘ Is there someone who wants to scare us?’ The spirit box said ‘Diablo’. Note: Diablo is the Spanish word for devil. It refers to evil or a malevolent entity.’ The group said, ‘If you are wicked, what are you going to do?’ The spirit box said, ‘You don’t want to know.’ The group asked, ‘Were you a soldier?’ The spirit box said, ‘Yes. Good temper. Really improved.’ The K2 went up to orange. The group asked lots of questions directed at Louisa, who was aged seven, and the K2 went off in answer. Suddenly the K2 meter went quiet. One member could hear a buzzing noise. The spirit box said, ‘I made that sound.’
Nothing else happened, so the group moved downstairs to the area outside the kitchen/cafe. The spirit box said, ‘Occult. Evil. Go up.’ The group said, ‘We’re not going back up. We just came down.’ The spirit box said, ‘For **** sake!’ The group asked, ‘Shall we open an Ouija board?’ The spirit box said, ‘Poor Tina. Leave. Nathan.’ One member saw a black orb in the room. The group started talking about orbs and their meanings. The spirit box said, ‘Orbs don’t apply. Form a bubble.’ The group started to talk about a potential tunnel that came from the building. The spirit box said, ‘Dug.’ Nothing happened in the kitchen/cafe area so the group moved back into the bar area.
Everyone commented on how cold the room suddenly felt. An Ouija board was opened. Two taps were heard, then one tap. Betty came back on the board. The group asked lots of questions and the spirit boxes were answering ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Teddy, who was sitting on the bar where the rem-pod had been, started to light up. The spirit box said, ‘Ted.’ The planchette spelt BOCS. Note: BOCS stands for Brief Obsessive Compulsive Scale. This is derived from Y-BOCS which is a tool used to assess obsessive compulsive symptoms. Nathan came on the board who was aged twenty when he passed. Teddy went off again. The group asked Nathan to spell his surname and he spelt Maj. Note: Maj is a surname, primarily of Polish or Jewish origin. Maj means the month of May in Polish. A new spirit came on the board called Ray Sider who died in 1983 aged 38 years. Teddy went off. The board was closed down and the group did some calling out. They were talking about the chair one member was sitting on was not wobbling any more and teddy went off. The spirit box said, ‘Karen. He was killed. Hidden under the prefabs.’ The group were talking about possible prefabs in the area. The spirit box said, ‘ Just my mum.’ The group said, ‘Would you like us to go?’ The spirit box said, ‘Go. Thank God.’ The group asked, ‘What’s your name?’ The spirit box said, ‘Russ. I was eighty. Everyone go home. Move to Newcastle.’ One member’s chair wobbled as if someone was walking on floorboards.