GHOSTLY ACTIVITY REPORTEDLY CAPTURED ON STILL AND VIDEO AT FORMER AUSTRALIAN MENTAL HOME

An Australian woman with a penchant for the supernatural says her spooky sighting in the closed down Larundel Asylum in Bundoora, Victoria, is her latest evidence that ghosts exist.

Kristy Jane Dean, 32, from Melbourne, filmed a white apparition soaring across a passageway, directly in front of her camera, in the former mental facility which she says was built on an ancient Aboriginal burial ground near her home.



'After hearing all the scary stories and because I live so close, I decided to see if there really were ghosts in this spooky place,' she said.

'In the photos you can see shadow figures, unexplained mists and flying orbs, which I believe to be spirits.
'In some images I took among shadows it's easy to see faces, and then in couple of shots a full-on person or figure is clearly visible.'
Kristy spends her evenings on the prowl for the paranormal, but never alone - 'I am terrified during our hunts, but at same time I love it.'

Captured still from video of anomaly

'I've always been fascinated with all things paranormal,' she said. 'But I respect that I am dealing with forces that I don't understand.
'My male mates think I'm crazy and the girls can't believe how brave I am. I would love to prove to all sceptics that without a doubt the paranormal exists.'

Kristy says she's photographed a chilling child-phantom while peering out a window to a spectre that appeared to be hanging by its neck from a rope.

Is this a `ghostly boy` captured in a window? 

The 1938-built Larundel Asylum houses people with mental health problems up until its closure in 1998. The institution pioneered the use of Lithium to treat depression.
The building is now being demolished to make way for residential housing.

Story: DailyMail

MODERN MANCHESTER RUGBY CLUB HAUNTED?

With the stadium the base for clubs nicknamed Red Devils and Sharks it is only to be expected there would be plenty of surprises - and not always of the most pleasant kind to keep the fans enthralled.

But we can reveal there is action of a very different kind at the AJ Bell Stadium (formerly Salford City Stadium) at Barton, the home of Salford Rugby League, Sale Rugby Union and United's academy at night when the ground and barren land surrounding is pitch black and deserted.

Things are going bump for there are spooks about with staff reporting some odd goings-on including an unexplained object that was caught on CCTV cameras running across the pitch, strange noises like footsteps inside the stadium, lifts going up and down on their own accord and a glass moving off a boardroom table during a meeting.

"We're haunted, it's as simple as that," said one petrified stadium worker who refused to give her name because she thought whatever is giving her the jitters might target her.

"Everyone is talking about what's going on here at night. Is it some kind of curse? We don't know but it is weird. Virtually every night something happens be it a sinister figure in the match security office or cleaners refusing to work on their own because they are frightened.

"Do we call in the Ghostbusters? Well, what I'd say about that is it seems to be a friendly sort of spook, not malicious but certainly mischievous.

"The M60 Barton Bridge is always busy, even at night so vehicle headlights could be playing tricks. Whatever is happening staff are always talking about things that cannot be explained like items going missing and then turning up a few days later in a different place."

Stadium janitor Mark Young, 38, said: "The weirdest unexplained happening-  and there have been a few - was that night something ambled across the pitch. We all thought it was big fox but on the camera it looked like a gorilla, baboon or even a cheetah.

"That was a complete mystery, as was the image in the security box which was checked out but nothing found. I don't want to make out I'm scared because I have a reputation to maintain!"

Security officer Matthew Gilmore, 21, added: "We are always monitoring the cameras and haven't got any absolute proof that we are haunted but we check out  many reports of strange footsteps being heard at night.

"When we were discussing what's really happening someone said there is an old story of a young boy and a dog drowning and then freezing in a brook near here, and that's why all this has started. You never really know do you?

Story: ManchesterEveningNews

Despite the references to CCTV capturing alleged paranormal activity, they seem very reluctant to share these events. Makes no sense other than a news report with some good stories.

A HAUNTED FORMER WWII RAF AIRFIELD SHARES IT`S GHOSTS

In the past, I was able to share with you scenes of paranormal activity captured from my long study of a former RAF/USAAF airbase in rural Essex.

The site was often turning up considerable activity as EVP, light anomalies, AVP and  full or partial apparitions.

Why these airfields are so spiritually active is due to the simple fact that many aircrews died on these airfields from enemy attack or injury, and others that never returned from the many perilous missions flown into occupied territories. Also add those that served and lived a full life to return once more in spirit to rekindle these former times.

This leads me to today`s report of investigations carried out on a former WWII airfield by Middlesbrough Paranormal at the former RAF Tholthorpe.

They have been kind enough to share with us some images of paranormal activity, which gives an idea of the activity engaged at this site.

1) The Spirit of a Nurse.

This image shows what appears to be a nurse on the left side (facing) of the image which was shot at 4am in the morning.

Although the image is blurred through movement when taking the photograph, the image of a WWII period military nurse is clearly identifiable from the head dress and clothing.And if you examine the waist area, you can actually see what appears to be a nurses belt.

Here is a group photograph of nurses from Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, a British services medical unit during WWII. As you can see, all nurses wore a headdress with a veil.
This unit served from the airfield where the image was captured. There is a strong similarity to the rather blurred image shot, and of course the head dress which was worn at that time. I accept this is not conclusive, but the indicators can be seen easily.

And here is the original image of the apparition which has been cropped to give greater clarity.

Is this a ghostly nurse?

2) The Mechanic.

Here in a former Nissen/Quonset vehicle workshop used as such during WWII, here you can see the outer skin of the corrugated curved side, with a rough cast inner building constructed post WWII.

Looking more closely, you can just see what appears to be an arm and hand clutching either a tool or a rifle. The image cast appears to be a partial figure without definition.

Now cleaned and cropped, you should be able to see a full figure with the back gently curving over a panel behind. Also there appears to be two arms with hands. The figure appears to be wearing a one piece boiler suit which were typically worn by service personnel engaged in vehicle servicing.
Quite what the figure appears to be doing isn`t clear. But this is an excellent capture.

My thanks to Middlesbrough Paranormal for these great images. Why not visit their page and check out their photographs, EVP and investigations.

If you have something similar to share, please contact me - Chris Halton.

TWO FULL VIEW APPARITIONS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AT ROYAL HAMPTON COURT PALACE

It is seldom that anyone is lucky enough to catch a ghost, and even rarer to capture one to film, and far rarer still to have pictured more than one spirit in a single frame.

Yet this is what happened two years ago on a hot August weekend in Hampton Court Palace. The photographer, Trevor Tye was standing in the main public entrance waiting 45 minutes for the area to clear of tourists before he took this shot looking from the entrance to a galleried area above, in an area devoid of any people.

In this unretouched photograph, you can just see on the gallery what appears to be a small girl with blond locks and wearing a white coloured patterned dress. Please note the orb appearances around the area in question.

Here the image has been simply brightened to show more definition within the shadows.

In this second photograph you can see in this clipped and enlarged area, a possible second figure to the left (facing) of the girl and appears to be wearing a dark full length gown and a skull cap..

The photographer, Trevor Tye was told to leave afterwards by Hampton Court staff as photography is strictly banned. Whether the reasons are conservational (to preserve art from camera flashes) or commercial (to sell their own photographs), nobody can confirm.

Trevor left but later sent a copy to Hampton Court. The staff confirmed that a child ghost of a young girl had been seen there, and even a security officer later confirmed that he too had seen her.
Of course, the girl has to be `royal`, although nobody can confirm who she was in life.

But as intriguing is the second figure. Could this be the ghost of Cardinal Wolsey who owned Hampton Court before falling from grace?

OFFICIAL HISTORY

Hampton Court Palace owes part of it`s existence to it`s predecessor, the former Knights Hospitallers of St John Jerusalem who acquired the manor of Hampton in 1236 and used the site as a grange - a centre for their agricultural estates.

The grange was later rented by the Hospitallers of St John, to a royal courtier,  Giles Daubeney, who took out a lease on the property in 1494.

Around this time, the area surrounding the grange was becoming very popular with members of the royal family, and particularly King Henry VII who rebuilt the royal lodgings at Sheen as Richmond Palace.
Henry and his family stayed on the Daubeney estate on a number of occasions and seem to have particularly favoured Daubeney’s country residence as a peaceful retreat away from their London homes at Westminster and the Tower of London.

Daubeney died in 1508, and the estate`s next resident was an ambitious religious cleric, one Thomas Wolsey.

Wolsey became firm friends with the next King, Henry VIII, and through him, Wolsey rose rapidly to becoming a cardinal and later, Lord Chancellor of England. He also held a host of other influential posts, and remained at Henry`s side for over a decade.

Wolsey (no doubt buoyed by his new status) decided to turn Daubeney’s estate into a Bishop`s palace fit for his own elevated social position.

Wolsey added new sumptuous private chambers for his own use, as well as three suites for the new royal family: one each for King Henry VIII, Queen Katherine of Aragon and their daughter Princess Mary. 

By the 1520`s, Hampton Court was centre to hosting many delegations from Europe, and with that Wolsey`s fall from grace wasn`t too far away into the future.

The Bishop`s Palace was regarded by some as far too grand a palace for a cleric, and Wolsey rarely ventured from his palace to visit the King, which drew scorn and division from within the royal household.

Although Wolsey`s days were numbered, it wasn`t until the late 1520s, that Henry who was desperate to obtain a divorce from his first wife. Katherine. The reason being that she had failed  to provide Henry with a male heir, despite numerous pregnancies.

Katherine was 40 in 1525, and the object of Henry’s desire was now the much younger Anne Boleyn. But after years of political manoeuvring and discussions, Katherine still refused to comply, the Pope didn’t grant the divorce and in 1528 Wolsey lost both Hampton Court and other estates to the King.

 Wolsey however, was permitted to remain as Archbishop of York. He travelled to Yorkshire for the first time in his career, but at Cawood in North Yorkshire, he was accused of treason and ordered to London by Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland. In great distress, he set out for the capital with his personal chaplain, Edmund Bonner (later known as the murderous Bishop of London, `Bloody` Bonner).  He fell ill on the journey, and died at Leicester on 29 November 1530, around the age of 60. "If I had served my God", the Cardinal said remorsefully, "as diligently as I did my king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs."

By the time Henry finished his building works at Hampton Court Palace in about 1540, the palace was one of the most modern, sophisticated and magnificent in England. Much of what the visitor see`s today was that commissioned by Henry who made Hampton Court his own palace and reigned from there until his death 1547.

His three surviving children – the 9-year old Prince Edward and his older sisters Mary and Elizabeth. Each would rule England, and Hampton Court would continue to play an important part in the lives of the Tudor monarchs, although more as a country retreat than as a main royal palace, which may explain why so much of the original palace exists to this day.

It was during Elizabeth’s reign, that Hampton Court continued to welcome foreign delegations. It also remained a stage for court entertainments and, in particular, for dramatic performances and court masques.

After Elizabeth died without heir, King James VI of Scotland came south to become James I of England (ruled 1603-1625), Hampton Court's continuing importance in royal life was assured.

James was a keen huntsman and the palace provided excellent hunting in the park. James’s first English court took place at Hampton Court over the Christmas and New Year of 1603-4, and during his reign Hampton Court became more of a royal leisure centre and served as a venue for plays, dances, banquets and court masques and amongst the assembled guests was one William Shakespeare. He was booked as one of the newly liveried ‘King’s Men’ to produce his plays in front of a royal audience.

James’s queen, Anne, was at Hampton Court when she died in 1619.

Hampton Court served as both palace and prison for James’s son Charles I (ruled 1625-49). In the early part of his reign, he was a frequent visitor to the palace.

Though the King’s main residence was still in central London, at Whitehall, Charles revamped and updated parts of Hampton Court to ensure its continued popularity as a holiday season pleasure-palace, and a suitable venue for entertaining visiting dignitaries.

Charles built a new tennis court and also dug out the Longford River, which still brings water from 11 miles away to power the fountains of Hampton Court’s formal gardens.

Whilst Charles I indulged in personal luxury at Whitehall and Hampton Court palaces, he grew increasingly distant and hostile to his people, and in particular those who wanted a fairer system of democracy in Parliament. Until then, Parliament had very little say in the affairs of state, and by 1647 he was arrested by the Parliamentarians and later in 1649 he was executed after raising a mercenary army in Scotland which was later to be defeated the forces of Parliament. At that point Charles 1 was considered to be a traitor to the people of England and of course, the main reason for his execution. Earlier attempts to plead with the King to change his ways had failed. In short, a very selfish and arrogant ruler who met his end on the blade of an axe.

The Parliamentarians then decided to strip the royal palaces of their wealth and possessions, and drew up a list of items from Hampton Court to be sold or disposed of. An early victim was the Chapel Royal which was stripped of all it`s fine fittings. It was at this time that Oliver Cromwell (governed 1654-8) the Parliamentarian leader became Lord Protector, and used the facilities provided at Hampton Court at weekends. In fact, Cromwell`s daughter was married in the Chapel Royal.

By 1650, Charles`s son, Charles II was invited to return from exile to take the throne from the Parliamentarians. Although restored to office, Charles did not enjoy the absolute power of his father, and instead all major affairs of state were in the hands of the commoner`s at Parliament.

Charles`s tenure added a set of lodgings to the estate and these were built in an architectural baroque much favoured by his descendants, and this evolved style remained popular for state or important buildings right through into the early 19th century.

After Charles came Queen Anne, (ruled from 1702 - 14) and she used Hampton Court for her love of hunting. Anne much preferred Windsor Castle rather than Hampton Court as a royal residence, but when at Hampton Court she was able to use the now recently completed King`s Apartments, and consequently work on the unfinished Queen’s Apartments at Hampton Court (for the use of Anne’s consort, Prince George) proceeded slowly.

After Queen Anne`s death in 1714, the reigns of royal power were inherited by a distant cousin in Hanover, Germany, a man who was to become King George I (ruled 1714-27).

George was ill-suited for English life. He could not speak English, and preferred to spend more time in Germany rather than England, and his Queen never visited England. For a short period during 1718, George I held full court at Hampton Court, including assemblies and balls in the tennis court, Cartoon Gallery and Public Dining Room.

The Queen’s Apartments were finally completed under the direction of Sir John Vanbrugh.

Vanbrugh completed the formal circuit of royal apartments and fulfilled the vision of William and Mary and Sir Christopher Wren. Sumptuous furnishings from the cabinet-makers John Gumley and James Moore filled the rooms, and a new state bed lay under a painted ceiling by Sir James Thornhill.

Hampton Court Palace was little used for a decade after 1718, until the death of George I in 1727. 

In July 1737 George`s son, Prince Frederick took his wife – Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – away from Hampton Court to London in the middle of the night, where she gave birth to a short-lived daughter.

Frederick’s defiance of the King and Queen Caroline led to his dismissal from St James’s Palace in London. Queen Caroline died a few months following the episode, and the King never visited the palace again with his full court.   

However, after him came his son and daughter, King George II (ruled 1727 – 1760) and Queen Caroline (ruled 1768 – 1821) who who delighted in the display and magnificence of a royal court.

Finally, the completed King’s and Queen’s Apartments played host to a full gathering of the royal family and royal court. The final embellishment of the palace state apartments was the completion of the Queen’s Staircase by William Kent.

Queen Caroline also covered up the racy images in the Queen’s Drawing Room with Mantegna’s Triumphs of Caesar.

George II’s reign also produced the last rooms at Hampton Court built for any member of the royal family. He had new lodgings made on the east side of Clock Court in 1732 for his second son, the Duke of Cumberland. These rooms, today known as the Cumberland Suite, were also designed by William Kent and built at a cost of £3,454.After George III (r 1760-1820) decided not to live there, there was debate as to the future of the palace’s thousands of rooms.

From the 1760s onwards, the palace was divided up for ‘grace-and-favour’ residents who were granted rent-free accommodation because they had given great service to the Crown or country. 

They lived, often with their own small households of servants above, underneath and around the state apartments.

In 1838, the young Queen Victoria (r 1837-1901) ordered that Hampton Court Palace ‘should be thrown open to all her subjects without restriction.’

GHOSTLY HISTORY

Officially (according to the Hampton Court website), the palace is haunted by:

Catherine Howard - The screaming lady in the Haunted Gallery

She is believed to frequent Hampton Court’s Haunted Gallery where she was dragged back screaming to her rooms while under house arrest, accused of committing adultery by her husband King Henry VIII.

Sybil Penn - The Grey Lady of Hampton Court Palace

Sightings of Dame Sybil Penn, servant to four Tudor monarchs, began around 1829 when the church at nearby Hampton was rebuilt and her impressive tomb moved.
Dame Sybil – otherwise known as the ‘Grey Lady’ – has reputedly haunted several parts of the palace including the state apartments and Clock Court.

Skeletor - The famed CCTV ghost

In 2003 security staff at 16th-century Hampton Court Palace heard alarms ringing near an exhibition hall indicating that fire doors had been opened, but found the doors closed. Mystified, they examined CCTV footage and were astonished when the cameras showed the heavy doors opening, apparently of their own volition.

Suddenly, a figure wearing a long coat appeared and proceeded to pull the doors shut. The identity of this figure, which was nicknamed Skeletor, became the subject of intense debate with some even claiming it might be the ghost of one of Hampton Court’s most famous former residents, Henry VIII. Britain has many haunted locations and this Hallowe’en should you find yourself in the wrong place at the right time, or the right place at the wrong time, you might well manage to capture a ghost on film.



For me, Hampton Court Palace is perhaps one of the most visited but less is known of it`s ghostly residents than some other royal palaces. And uniquely, one that has never been properly investigated. Trevor was very lucky in capturing this presence, which probably happened as the area was devoid of other visitors.
Without doubt, spiritual presences do not enjoy large audiences which also might explain why so few incidents have been recorded here. A proper investigation of this 1,000 roomed palace might reveal much more. But that is not likely to happen soon.
Why not check out the photographers own website at Middlesborough Paranormal 
Here is a video presented by a warder on the haunted legends of Hampton Court Palace.




Story: Chris Halton

GHOST OF A CAT CAUGHT ON HAUNTED SHANLEY HOTEL VISIT

Here is a video shot at an investigation held at the notoriously haunted, Shanley Hotel in Napanoch, New York.

Screenshot showing the upright tail of a cat crossing
the hotel corridor. (Image from video by Stephen Barcelo)

The video is mostly an interview with the owner, Sal Nicosia who explains more about the cat that haunts.
But watch from 1 minute in. Quite amazing! There is more footage of the activities of my own `ghost cat` below this report.



Video Source: stephen barcelo

My own `ghost cat` footage is my former little friend, Shelly who was absolutely devoted to me in life, and in death (she died over a year ago) and periodically she still appears, particularly at night when I am in bed, as sometimes I feel her physically as she walks in spirit across me. It isn`t unpleasant at all, and in many ways is quite reassuring.
Initially she appeared in the form of EVP of a cat purring within my own home. Afterwards, she started to `appear` as more contented purring on outside visits, and on one which was many miles from where she lived with me.
Here is such an example which was shot inside Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Watch from 13:08.



Cat`s are very spiritual creatures, and far more psychic than any human I`ve met. The reason is that their minds are 100% open to spirit, and they don`t suffer the same insecurities that many humans feel when confronted by the paranormal.

Historically, cat`s are linked to the devil, and that primitive fear of them is manifested by drawings and paintings which depict them as `Satan`s familiars`. Indeed many were walled up alive - and sometimes with their kittens, inside houses in a bid to keep the devil from entering the home.

And even in the 21st century, there are still humans that have this fear of these creatures.
I have never seen cat`s as `evil`, instead I have found them to be quite the reverse. However such an opinion in the 17th century could have led to a quick show trial for `witchcraft`, and a slow death by fire.

I have many more examples in my work of my cat`s evp. And here below is another example from my own home.

Post by Chris Halton Haunted-Earth.

A sceptical thought was that somehow my camera motor/tape/battery, and indeed anything else was responsible for the purring. However, the argument is actually quite weak as all the activity thus recorded has been on three Hi8 tape DV camcorders. And as I use this equipment professionally, they are all checked and serviced regularly.

Chris Halton