EPIC NEW DOCUMENTARY FROM HAUNTED EARTH

After many delays through the stormy English winter, our first epic documentary production is finally completed.
The documentary focusses on what was originally a D shaped blockhouse gun platform, and built by Henry VIII on the site of a former hermitage in Tilbury, Essex to repel raiders and invasion by foreign forces along the river Thames corridor to London.

The fort that we see today, was largely the work of Sir Bernard De Gomme, architect to Charles II, and was completed in 1682.

Walking away from the rear of the Water Gate and 17th century chapel

During the 19th century, further modifications and improvements were added by General Charles Gordon, and the only casualties of war during it`s long history was the shooting down of a First World War Zeppelin, and the destruction of an 18th century barracks block by the Luftwaffe in WW2.

For the very first time we have incorporated aerial footage which will become a standard of all future presentations.

Another first, is that we are using increasingly new and original music composed by Chris Halton which has afforded two new aspects. One is that the music is written to actually fit the mood and direction of the presentation, and the other is that it should be free of copyright issues through Google.

Unfortunately it hasn't helped the latter, and there have been issues with the use of my own work and that of some others which has forced me to re-consider being with Youtube.

 I have reluctantly decided to make this my last sharing through their network.

I have other free to use sites where you will be able to view my new releases without restriction. The Google Youtube account will remain to ensure that my earlier work is still available to view, and of course, the Vimeo account will always be available and used.

On this video:

We were very fortunate that English Heritage through their manager, Kevin Diver, had allowed us free and unrestricted access to film - often in places not open to the public. We were unable though to shoot in the magazine tunnels because of excess floodwater from earlier storms.

Leaving the raised `Dead House` - A temporary mortuary

As a bonus at the end of the main presentation, we carried out an investigation in a building called, `The Dead House`. This was built in the 17th century and was used to store bodies from frequent illnesses and accidents on site. Malaria was a huge killer of both soldiers and civilians at the fort, and was rampant until the late 19th century when the cause of the disease was tracked to water storage tanks on site. After filtering the water, the mosquito spread infections came to an end.

Inside this almost forgotten room, we picked up some paranormal activity which is shared in this production.

On behalf of Haunted Earth tv, we hope you will enjoy this presentation.




Please note: The Vimeo link will be available when ready.

TWO IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING HAUNTED EARTH TV

Some news!

Haunted Earth have been approached by the Community Channel to host some of our documentaries for a series to be broadcast on their channel in June 2014.

The non-profit, Community Channel broadcasts on digital and terrestrial channels and is supported by the BBC and independent networks.


The channel is available in 13 million homes to 36 million people. BARB research (the TV industry Gold Standard) shows that approximately 1.3 million people tune in every month.

As well as television viewers, every week there are 10,000 individual responses to the Channel through the website, telephone lines and email.


It`s programme content is a mixture of mainstream and small independents like myself with the emphasis being on community based interests.

As a channel, they do not ordinarily share paranormal related material, but in the case of these documentaries, they have allowed for the videos to be shared in their entirety.

For my work, this is an excellent platform, and I am very pleased they have chosen a number of my videos for broadcast under an umbrella programme called, `Great Getaways`.

Closer to the month I will share broadcast times and dates for each shared show.

I`m personally very pleased, as this will garner more interest in my work, and hopefully it will draw interest from other channels too.

Lastly, I was hoping that my current production which is in post edit, would be available to view this coming Saturday, March 15th, 2014.

Due to the amount of material shot for this production, and some new technical improvements, the entire show has been delayed, and will not now be available until 10pm (GMT) on Saturday March 22nd, 2014.

My apologies, but you will be more than compensated by the content in this (for us) groundbreaking programme which has new music additions scored by myself, to work around Youtube copyright restrictions. An example below is a piece I created for the end credits entitled, `Tilbury March`.

Post by Chris Halton Haunted-Earth.

Announcements and advertisements for the show will be circulated during next week.

Thank you for being patient. I`m currently a `one man band` on the production side, and fitting all my other responsibilities together, leaves little time for myself.

Chris Halton

NEW HAUNTED EARTH DOCUMENTARY SOON TO BE RELEASED

In the background are the chapel and guardhouse - The military chapel is the oldest  in Britain

Our latest documentary, `Tilbury - Legends of a Tudor Fort` which is in edit, will be available to view on Saturday, March 15th, 2014.

The shoot encompasses a number of locations in Essex and Kent, and English Heritage have allowed us to shoot in areas at the fort which are not open to the public.

Walking away from the raised `Dead House` mortuary

One of the more interesting, if not morbid locations was a 17th century building known as the `Dead House`.
It was used over the centuries as a makeshift mortuary above the gate leading to the rear of the fort.

The floor still has an original trap door where cadavers (dead bodies) were dropped into a waiting cart below before being taken away for burial.

Chris Halton pictured with some sizeable activity inside the `Dead House`

Many people died at Tilbury, men women and sadly, children. The highest mortality toll was from either drowning, or from malaria, which was epidemic from the nearby wet marshes. In past times the soldiers at the fort called it, `Essex Ague`.

It wasn`t until 1875 (following a serious outbreak) that a connection between the disease and the fort`s own water supply was forged. After this, there were no further outbreaks.

During our visit to the `Dead House`, we were able to pick up activity, and undoubtedly the room (as with many other locations) is haunted.

A sketch showing the fort in the 17th century

The documentary includes visits to the old `New Tavern Fort` in Gravesend, as well as Coalhouse Fort in East Tilbury.

This is our most ambitious project yet, and has already resulted in many hours work both filming or compiling video.

Georgian houses which were once occupied by senior officers

My personal thanks to the staff at Tilbury Fort - manager Kevin Diver and assistant Jennifer, who assisted and facilitated the location for a shoot.

Tilbury Fort is regarded as one of the best preserved bastion forts in the whole of Europe, and it`s site plan has changed little since 1680 when it was completed by Sir Bernard DeGomme, architect to Charles II.


We still have much to edit, and am hopeful that we have some interesting paranormal activity.

Pictured with Chris Halton is the manager, Kevin Diver and assistant, Jennifer - staff of English Heritage