Location Reports

  • The long forgotten Holy Shrine of ‘Our Lady of Ulting’

    The long forgotten Holy Shrine of ‘Our Lady of Ulting’

    Ulting Church Deep in the Essex countryside sits, just ten feet from the River Chelmer, All Saints Church, a tiny little church, always locked, standing guard, silently, over its river domain, something it has done for almost a thousand years, an idyllic, innocent facade, concealing it’s once significant position in ecclesiastical England.   For it wasn’t…

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  • Platform Mediums, do they all cold read? An experience that made us rethink our views

    Platform Mediums, do they all cold read? An experience that made us rethink our views

    Are platform mediums more than just cold readers? The former Spiritualist Church, London As we’ve mentioned in a previous article, when Laura and I first started to work together, in addition to our usual research we also devised a programme where we’d review the work of others involved in the paranormal community who were making…

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  • Whispers of the Past: The ghosts talk back to us

    Whispers of the Past: The ghosts talk back to us

    Bicknacre Priory – A summary of findings from our research Engraving of Bicknacre Priory – 1818 Important: Our articles covering our previous visits to Bicknacre Priory of which this article is the research findings for can be read here: Part 1 –  Unravelling the ghosts of Bicknacre Priory: (Click here) Part 2 – The Serpent and…

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  • Whispers of the Past: The Serpent and the King

    Whispers of the Past: The Serpent and the King

    Unravelling the ghosts of Bicknacre Priory (Part Two) You can read Part One here: Click Here You can read Part Three here: (Click Here) Although we frequently drove past the Priory and, despite how close it was to where we lived, we were never tempted to take time out and re-visit. Days turned to months, months turned…

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  • Whispers of the Past: Unravelling the ghosts of Bicknacre Priory (Part One)

    Whispers of the Past: Unravelling the ghosts of Bicknacre Priory (Part One)

    Bicknacre Priory today In a long forgotten meadow, deep in the wilds of Essex, stands a lonely stone arch, holding stubbornly steadfast against the elements, the solitary remains of what was Wodeham Priory, perhaps better known in contemporary times as Bicknacre Priory, which was first adopted in the 13th Century. The arch, or more correctly,…

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  • The few experiences I’ve had that could possibly have a paranormal origin – Part 2

    Part 2: Shadow Person Sighting (and other anomalous phenomena), Ipswich, Suffolk   A welcome I would always remember   Once upon a time……..Many years ago, when I first came to work in Suffolk back in 2001, I initially stayed with a friend for a couple of months, to test the water before relocating fully, as I…

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  • The few experiences I’ve had that could possibly have a paranormal origin – A Series

     Part 1: Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England   Tutbury Castle – the sole surviving buildings When I look back at the length of time I’ve spent researching the paranormal, I can only recall three, perhaps four occasions, outside of my research with Laura, where I’ve been witness to something which left me thinking perhaps……., events that…

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  • The ghosts that just won’t rest – an addendum

    The ghosts that just won’t rest – an addendum

    As we’ve written previously (The search for the answers…), we have an attachment to a mysterious location that is possibly far more than just an ancient redundant church in the wilds of Essex. Whilst our ongoing research relating to the site is currently on hiatus, during an attempt to make sense of a pile of…

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  • The Lion, the Ditch and the Water Mill

    The Lion, the Ditch and the Water Mill

    Beeleigh Locks, Essex Not all researchers follow the common model In the world of the paranormal, the standard model in relation to suitable locations with a haunting to investigate is usually to identify such a location or, on rare occasions, be approached by someone affected by a haunting or some other form of alleged paranormal…

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  • Greenwich Park – Touching The Past

    Greenwich Park – Touching The Past

    Nōn potest cīvitās abscondī suprā montem posita On the surface, Greenwich Park is a welcoming, green, pleasant space on the south bank of the River Thames, a place for Londoners to relax over the weekend, the location of the Royal Observatory and the Prime Meridian. For some, it’s a former Royal Hunting Park where King…

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