We conducted our investigation of the orphanage in December 2014.
Carrying out the investigation was Becky K, myself Lorraine and first timer Simon.
We had read many stories that claimed there was paranormal activity at the location so we decided we would find out for ourselves. To our knowledge we are the only group who have carried out an investigation at this location.
We arrived at around 10pm and started setting up the equipment. The location is big so we decided to base this investigation on the ground floor and one wing of the building.
The wing we were going to investigate has a large staircase which leads up to two rooms on the first floor. We decided to set up a camera on a tripod at the foot of the stairs while we carried out an investigation of the ground floor.
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We start our investigation in one of the largest rooms in the house which we decided to call the ballroom. The room has wooden panels on all four walls and a grand marble fireplace. This room in particular is in a fairly bad state of repair. We spread out around the room and started to call out.
After a while of getting no response we decided to move to another room.
We were now in a smaller room which was empty with nothing but an ornate fireplace with a large mirror above it. Again we spread out around the room and started to call out. At first we got no response then we heard what sounded like footsteps coming from outside the room we were in. We stood quietly listening but we got nothing more, so we decided to move on.
We tried a few more rooms on the ground floor but everything seemed calm and peaceful. After a while we thought we would head back to the large staircase. The camera was still rolling at the bottom of the stairs and it still had 20 mins left in the tape and over an hour left on the battery.
We decided we would head up the stairs and sit on the landing and try calling out there.
We sat down and were getting ready to carry on the investigation when we heard the sound that the record button makes when it’s pressed, from the camera at the bottom of the stairs.
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As this happened we started hearing noises coming from the hallway leading to the stairs. We all stopped and listened and the sounds seemed to be getting closer every time we heard them. Becky was ready to get up and run as she was first in the queue at the top the stairs! Just then the camera at the bottom of the stairs sounded to indicate that it had switched itself off. I had only checked it before we made our way up the stairs and there was plenty of battery and tape.
As we were leaning up against the wooden panels of the wall leading to the adjacent room, there was a bang from inside the room. Simon, it being his first time, was quite startled especially as he was nearest the door to that room. When we heard the bang I felt the thud on my back as I was leaning against the wall to this room. The atmosphere seemed to have totally changed now and we were constantly hearing faint bangs and taps. We asked if they could make them louder so we knew it was definitely them and we did hear taps in response. It went quiet for a little while and then we heard what sounded like something being dragged. We also heard what sounded like someone running along the part of the landing next to us. Eventually everything calmed down and the atmosphere changed again and it felt peaceful.
It was getting late and we still had only covered the ground floor and one wing of the building, but we had to call it a night.
When we got back I checked the camera that had been at the bottom of the stairs, and it still had 14 minutes remaining on the tape and 38 minutes on the battery. I checked the equipment and there was no problem with the camera or the tape to warrant it to have stopped when it did.
We hope to return soon to continue our investigation.
To be continued............
