Back to The Hunting Lodge! November 6th 2015

On listening to the evps from last week's investigation, we all agreed that someone was asking us for help.

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We were all upset and wondering what we could do. The former occupiers of the Lodge contacted us and said that they were feeling as distressed as we were.

They invited us to go back and use our equipment while they attempted to help this trapped soul.

I had never attended an event like this and was eager to both help trapped souls if possible and also to further my education and knowledge on this subject.

I was unsure of my feelings about the process but to my surprise I honestly believe that we achieved what we set out to do.

I will write up a full report when I have had time to study the information collected on the night.

It was a very eventful and deeply satisfying experience and one I would be happy to repeat if required, in the future.

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Evps from Private House Investigation October 30th

After our eventful investigation at the Hunting Lodge I reviewed the equipment to see if we had captured anything interesting. I have never come across a place with so much activity and can state conclusively that there is a lot of paranormal activity in this house.

If someone asks me the question, then I would have to say, Yes, I believe that this house is haunted.

Click here to listen to some of the many evps I recorded that night. Some of these are quite disturbing and very thought provoking.

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(Edmond Shuldham - former occupier of the Hunting Lodge)

Could Edmond be unable to rest in peace?

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Private House Investigation October 30th

The investigation took place in an old hunting lodge. The original building is at the front while an extension has been built on the back.

The first room we entered was at the back in the newer part. I took a few pictures straight away.

(The kitchen area in the newer part of the house)

We began our investigation in the blue room - a downstairs bedroom in the newer part of the house. This room has a strange smell in it even though it is well aired. We heard a lot of knocks or raps while we were in this room. They seemed to be in response to our questions but it was hard to tell. 

(The blue room)

It was a windy night so we put a lot of the noises down to the wind outside.

While still in this room one of the people present heard breathing beside her and most of us heard movement in the hallway outside. 

We moved to the older part of the house - inside the front door. The first room had plaster moldings around the ceiling with initials on them. One of the people present had done her research well and was able to tell us who they all represented.

(The room with the moldings containing the initials of former occupants)

While in this room we all heard loud but deep thuds coming from somewhere in the house each time we called out asking for contact.

I was standing by the fireplace when I felt something touch my leg. This happened a few times and then one of the investigators pointed out that the energy seemed to be low on the ground, suggesting a child's energy perhaps, and that there were a few toys right behind me.

We moved into the next room just to have a look. This room had plaster moldings of faces all around the room and seemed to match up to the initials in the room beside it.

We moved upstairs next. The small bedroom had a creepy feel to it and when we began calling out, we again heard the loud deep thuds as if in reply. I used the names of the initials downstairs and called out first asking for Edmond to come upstairs as we were waiting for him. We heard definite movement on the stairs although not actual footsteps - more like shuffling.

(Noises were heard on the stairs)

I continued to call out using the names of people who were known to have stayed here in the distant past and each time we got some response - a bang, a knock or a noise on the stairs.

The room felt cold and temperature readings were taken throughout the investigation with nothing unusual to report.

After we left the room one of the investigators checked the temperature again and found that it had raised a few degrees as soon as we left.

(Possibly Harriet's room)

We moved into the second bedroom. The previous occupants had found an old picture of a lady dating from the 1800's. We thought this may have been Harriet but we did not receive any responses to our questions.

(The upstairs bedroom possibly Harriet's)

We went back down to the downstairs bedroom. Here we received a lot of possible responses to our questions and while sitting on the bed I felt something pushing against my back. This happened three times.

We each complained at times throughout the night that the air around us had turned very cold. Temperature reading showed that the air was actually hotter around the person in question. 

We decided to go outside. The hunting lodge had been built at a crossroads and legend has it that there was a hanging tree outside the front gate. This tree - an elm - had died over twenty years ago and had been replaced by a fir tree. 

(The site of the Hanging Tree)

The churchyard containing the graves of some of the former residents of the hunting lodge was a few hundred yards down the road. As we walked towards it one of the investigators suddenly became ill. She quickly moved away from the area and started to feel better. Later as we passed the same place, she suddenly gasped and announced that she had felt a blast of hot air.

(Investigator beginning to feel ill at the spot where the Watcher is said to appear)

Legend also has it that a watcher has been seen at the same spot as if guarding over someone or something.

(Graves of some of the former occupants of the Hunting Lodge)

When we went back to the hunting lodge we entered through the front door. I stood for a moment just inside the door waiting for the others. I noticed that I had difficulty keeping my balance and asked several of the others to stand on the same spot. We all noticed that there appeared to be something wrong with the floor although we could not see anything unusual. One of the people said she felt like she was trying to walk through a swamp there, several other reported feeling like they were on a boat.

Elizabeth Fort

I was recently invited to take part in an investigation of a site in Cork city called Elizabeth Fort.

Elizabeth Fort was built in the seventeenth century on high ground outside the original city walls. As the city grew, it gradually encompassed the fort. The fort has been used as a military barracks, a prison and a Garda (Police) station.

The fort was devastated by a fire in 1922 and the current building was rebuilt and used as a Garda station until 2013.

We began the investigation in the old Garda station on the ground floor. We moved to a small office upstairs and then from there into a conference room. We got a few K11 hits in this room and the activity seemed to revolve around an old Irish pound note (Punt) that we found behind a storage cupboard in this room. 

The activity on the K11 seemed to suggest that we should put the note back where we found it.

We took the note out of the room and down into the old WW2 air raid shelter just inside the gates.

Two of the team thought they saw the note move on its own, seeming to curl up briefly and then lay flat on the surface where it had been placed. We were unable to verify this.

We left this area and went out to the walls. There is a large open space at the top and as we sat here calling out, I thought I heard the name Charles in reply to our asking for a name. I have not yet listened to the audio from this area but I don't expect to find anything there and will probably have to put this down to my imagination. 

We went to another open space on the walls and got some strong K11 hits but were able to verify that these were caused by a large exterior light over part of the area.

We returned to the conference room in the former Garda station to replace the note there. The rest of the team wanted to explore a part of the attic and I said I would sit in the conference room alone until they came back. I was alone in the room for about ten minutes. During this time I did not hear a sound until the rest of the team made their way back towards the room. 

I spent this alone time calling out and asking questions. When the team came back they asked if I was okay and I replied that I was fine and had been sitting there happily talking to myself.

On review of the audio I heard some unexplained noises that seemed to be in some form of response to my questions. There are no clear answers but I could not account for the noises.

You can listen for yourself! 

First evp

Second evp

Third evp

We then began our final part of the investigation. The old pound note was replaced but for a while we didn't receive any response to our calling out. We retrieved the pound note again and as soon as we did the K11s lit up. One of the team mentioned finding some old papers in the attic and as she spoke the K11s lit up once more. 

We continued to get a reaction that seemed to be a response to our questions. 

I am looking forward to going through the audio from this room and if I find anything of interest I will post it here on this blog.

I would like to say thank you to Cork Supernatural Society for inviting me to join them and also to the caretakers of Elizabeth Fort including Gillian who looked after us so well.

The fort walls are open every day to the public and the views across the city can only be described as spectacular. If you are visiting Cork city I would highly recommend this FREE historical location!

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Private House Investigation

My team, Shadow Hunters and I, recently investigated a private residence. The home owners approached us with tales of cupboard doors being heard to open and then slam shut, footsteps on the stairs and in the kitchen and items of furniture being moved during the night.

I did a little research but unfortunately was unable to find out much other than that the building was very old - it has been refurbished and is currently in an excellent state of repair - and that it had previously been used as a public house.

As soon as we entered the premises we took temperature readings and checked for any wiring or electrical device which could be emitting high emf. Having satisfied ourselves that everything was within normal range, we settled in to commence our investigation.

I put the K11 on the coffee table and picked up my digital recorder. Suddenly the K11 lit up all the way to red. It fluctuated a few times hitting red and this went on for less then half a minute. We double checked, but everyone's phone was switched of and we couldn't hear anything from the quiet street outside. The K11 did not light up again during this investigation.

We began by calling out, asking if anybody would like to make contact with us. I heard a small sound like soot and clinker falling down a chimney but when I shone my torch at the fireplace I saw that it had long since been bricked up and plastered over and that a modern electric fire (turned off) was in its place.

We continued to hear sounds coming from near the old fireplace. Slight knocks or rapping could be heard. We switched on the lights and checked the area thoroughly but could not find any reason for these sounds.

One of the team sat on a stool which the home owner claims moves on its own every night after the family go to bed. We were able to observe that the temperature dropped a little around this person and when the person got up and moved to sit on the floor beside the fireplace, the temperature immediately began to drop in this area. However, the temperature around the stool returned to normal.

The difference in temperature was slight, approx 1 - 2 degrees Celsius. Throughout the night we noticed these differences in temperature but as they were so random we were unable to pinpoint the cause.

One of the team smelt smoke but we were unable to verify this.

Another team member noticed bright orange lights, quite small but very bright. At first she thought that there was a problem with the oven and that the light was flickering but then we all saw the lights and they seemed to move around the kitchen. They looked a little like glowing embers and sparks.

Temperature readings confirmed that wherever the sparks appeared, the temperature was a few degrees lower than the temperature either side and as the sparks moved around the kitchen so too did the strange temperature readings.

I became aware of a deep shadow beside my chair and mentioned this. One of the team thought that someone placed a hand on my shoulder but I did not feel anything.

I felt that an energy was between my chair and the chair beside me. Suddenly the person on the other chair began to complain of a pain in her back. I told her to walk around the room for a few minutes as I thought perhaps she had been sitting awkwardly.

Withing minutes she was bent over in pain and although she was laughing about it, we could all see that she was hurting. The pain wore off and she went to sit on the stool as she thought she could maybe sit straighter and that this would help. After a few minutes, she began to rub her back again and said she felt like someone was trying to push her off the stool.

During all of this we had felt cold spots around the room and people were beginning to complain that their legs and feet were cold. I felt toasty warm but now and again I felt a cool breeze against my legs.

We were able to track these breezes with the digital thermometer but were unable to explain them.

At one point, I felt that a baby or young child sat on my lap, wriggled to get comfortable and sat back with its head against my chest.

The lady with the back ache went back to walking around the kitchen and suddenly shrieked as she said something touched her hand. This happened once more but she left the kitchen area after she felt something poke her bottom! As this happened we saw an orange spark that seemed to go up her face.

We discussed this and we all thought that the energy we could feel seemed to be low down on the ground so we surmised that there were possibly children here. However, we have no evidence to back this up.

One of the team went to sit in the kitchen area with two soft toys. For the next half an hour temperature readings on the soft toys fluctuated as we saw sparks hovering over them. At one point the temperature in front of the toys shot up over six degrees and then returned to normal within a minute.

One of the team saw a child's hand print on one of the kitchen cupboards quite close to the floor. The owners assured us that no small children had been in their property for years.

All in all it was a good night and I am looking forward to going through the equipment to see if there is anything else to report.

Second Investigation at the Eldon Hotel

Cork Supernatural Society

I was delighted to be asked by Cork Supernatural Society to join them on an investigation of the Eldon Hotel. The first time I investigated there I felt that there might be something worth revisiting. We set up our equipment in Room 28 and began to call out asking if there was anyone who wanted to make contact with us. After a short time I noticed that there were sparkling pin pricks of light above one of the K11 meters. I mentioned this and it was immediately corroborated by one of the other investigators. Neither of the other two investigators saw this.

Unexplained Movement

I was standing between an armchair and a wardrobe. I had placed my K11 on the arm of the chair and suddenly one of the investigators asked if I was somehow moving it. I replied that I wasn't close enough to it and that I thought it was still in the same place. She said that perhaps she had imagined it but she thought she had seen it moving along the chair a few inches. We continued to call out asking for signs of any presence. It was cold in the room and I had begun taking temperature readings. There were a few cold spots but I felt they may have been caused by air currents or because the windows were not double glazed. One of the investigators, Matt, was calling out asking for anyone to make contact. I was leaning against the wardrobe when suddenly the wardrobe door flew open and crashed back against the side of the wardrobe. Despite repeated attempts to recreate this we were unable to get the door to open on its own again. We noted that the door swung slowly closed when it was opened but did not move in the other direction unless we physically moved it.

Shadows and Chains

Several of us, myself included, saw unexplained shadows dart across the open doorway and move along the corridor. We could hear noises suggesting that someone was hovering just outside the open room door but there was no one in the corridor when we checked on this. We moved to another part of the hotel. It had been used as a Halloween attraction a few weeks before this and some of the props were still in place. While we were calling out in the next area we all heard a chain rattle as if someone had brushed against it. We noted a light chain suspended from a wooden partition from where a Halloween prop had been removed. This chain was swinging gently although none of us was anywhere near it.

Bible Falling and Strange Voices

We went to a downstairs area and clearly heard a loud bang. One of the investigators was just ahead of me and he saw a Bible fall off a window ledge as he approached it. We tried to recreate this as we thought it might have been a loose floorboard or panel that caused it to fall, but we were unable to do so. I left in the early hours of the morning and the rest of the team stayed in the Hotel. The next day they told me that they had been disturbed during the night by a male voice downstairs and a dragging noise in the corridor outside their room.