Tamworth, Staffordshire
30th September 2005
The team members who were present on this investigation were:-
Nick French, Steve Sturch, John Alldridge, Mark Harper, Dave Blower, Sarah French, Sheryl Blower, Ian Blower, Mark Ireland & Wendy Sturch.
The team started to arrive from about 20.00 onwards at the Brewery House to set up the equipment (camcorders, monitors and video recorders) and to discuss the plan for the investigation.
We had camera 1 with built in microphone on the stairs at the front of the house. Camera 2 was in the Bridal Suite (Room No 36). We had a microphone connected to a laptop in room No 38. Camera 3 was set up in the cellar, this was a wireless camera. Camera 4 was set up in room No 31, this had a built in microphone and we also had the motion sensors set up in here as well. We didn’t set up any trigger objects on this investigation.
22.30pm Mark I, Dave, John and Ian walked around The Brewery House doing the baseline tests including EMF meter readings and the room temperatures.
Room 31
Temp 18.9, Humidity 65, and the Bathroom Temp 16. No EMF. Television off.
Hallway
Bottom of the stairs - Temp 18.5, Humidity 68.8. No EMF
Top of the stairs – Temp 19.5, Humidity 68.6. No EMF
Room 40
Temp 18.5, Humidity between 60-66. No EMF. Television off
Room 32
Temp 19, Humidity 62, No EMF. Television off
Room 39
Temp 19, Humidity 62, No EMF. Television off. This room smelt of polish, but there was a very strong smell of sawdust.
Room 34
Temp 20, Humidity 61.5, No EMF. Television off.
Room 36 – Bridal Suite
Temp 19, Humidity 62, No EMF. Television off. This room smelt of wet wallpaper/damp
Cellar
Temp 20, Humidity 68, No EMF. The cellar smelt very musty and damp.
Boiler Room
Temp 26, Humidity 68, Fluctuations on the EMF
Room 38
Temp 20, Humidity 67, No EMF. Television off. This room smelt of sawdust as well
Room 33
Temp 20, Humidity 62, No EMF. Television off
Room 35
Temp 21, Humidity 61, No EMF. Television off
23.30pm All the video’s started to record the locked off camcorders. Two separate teams started their vigils, Dave, Nick, Ian and Mark went to room 40 and Wendy, Steve, Mark I and John went to the Cellar. Sheryl and Sarah watched the televisions.
00.00am In the cellar John picked up on a man called Jim, he picked up that Jim was dead when he was put in the cellar. They asked out for a response - nothing. It was picked up that he was press ganged by sailors in uniform. Two men brought him down there , he had taken something. Jim was wearing Hessian type clothing. At 12.23 they did an EMF reading - nothing was picked up. Jim didn’t like the camera's he seemed to be aware what the team were doing. John picked up on Jim's surname began with an H and that he was born in 1759 & that he died in 1806. His sister worked here as well, her name was Hattie. Steve asked for confirmation that her name was Hattie. No response. John picked up that Jim had stole from here and that he had killed his sister. There was a strong smell of urine (it kept coming and going). They asked for Jim to knock twice for yes and once for no. No response. John picked up that Jim was crying because of killing his sister Hattie. John felt neck pain & said that Jim had a swollen left eye.
00.35am Teams swapped over - Sarah joined Wendy Steve and John and they went and sat in the downstairs hall. John sensed a man walking through the front door & went through the door of room 24.Steve called out, Steve saw something go across his camera screen there was also a shadow in the corner behind Sarah Wendy. Steve called out again but no response.
01.15am John, Nick, Sarah & Mark I went down to the cellar. Nick could smell urine. John picked up on Jim again & that he came from a nearby village, not very tall about 5ft 6. He is bent forward with a rough beard, he looks young but weathered. John is pointing to upstairs first floor, he said something about two windows together. He also mentioned something about a small cabinet under the windows with books on it, the door on the right had brass handle & there was a bunch of letters /papers. Jim had come back to collect the papers as they belonged to him. His sister was trying to stop him & he lashes out at her to stop her. John then felt that Jim had been chased out of the window by two men & he had fallen over, he was then being hit with pieces of long wood, this killed him, the killers didn't know if to take Jim or leave him they tried to hide him to go back for him later. John sensed that Jim had been buried in the near left corner of the cellar& covered him by a cupboard. Jim is still here because he can't forgive himself for killing his sister. John said that the papers were the deeds to a farm. Jim is happy that he has been able to tell his story (almost elated). Jim watched people build the wall at the back of the cellar. Jim now feels relieved & he left the atmosphere at 01.40.
And in a different part of the Brewery House.........
00.00am Team two Nick, Mark, Ian & Dave went to room 40. Mark sensed a black cat running over the carpet. He also heard a mother calling for her little girl, she is shouting Maggie where are you. Mark picked up on a man called Thomas O'Grady, Mark asked out for a response from Thomas but there was nothing, the room felt at ease. Mark picked up on a man that died in here it feels as though he choked. There was a musty smell. Dave asked out but there was no response.
00.35am Teams swapped over & Sheryl joined Mark Ian & Dave as Nick had gone to watch the televisions in room 39.For some reason Mark didn't like sitting on the bed. Mark picked upon Edward Montgomery and he felt pain all down the left hand side of his face, he felt that this would have been a fatal accident in the 1700's, Mark could see pulley's and wheels involved. He also picked up on men wearing caps & working in a Mill.
00.55am Sheryl, Mark, Dave & Ian moved to room 38. It felt very cold in this room but the temperature was 18-19 degrees, there was a smell of sawdust in here but it had gone now. Sheryl asked out - no response. Mark sensed something pas through the room but it didn't stop. Sheryl asked out again - no response.
01.15am We moved out to the corridor as Mark had felt the presence of a lady with a frilly hood either a nanny or a Quaker. Sheryl asked out quite a few times but there was no response. We stayed in the corridor for about 15 minutes.
The teams went round to various rooms for vigils, the whole team went to the bridal suite for over an hour. During this time there Sheryl, Steve, John & Mark I tried some table tilting, we also tried a glass on the table as well.
On the four locked off camcorders we caught the following on tape:-
00.04am C4 There seemed to be a lot of dust floating about.
00.15am C1 There was no picture
12.41am C1 Orb went from right to left of the screen.
12.48am C2 Orb left to right on the screen
12.49am Nick went to check out the camera in down in the cellar
12.57am Nick had to go & check the camera in the cellar again the light had gone so Nick swapped the camera for another night vision camera.
01.03am C1 Orb went from right to left on the screen.
01.20am C1 Orb went from top left to bottom right of the screen
01.22am C1 Orb went from the top to the bottom of the screen
01.25am C1 Orb went from the top to the bottom of the screen
01.57am C4 Orb over the bed
02.14am C1 a shadow went across the bottom of the screen
02.58am C2 Orb went across the bed
03.10am C2 Orb across the bottom of the bed.
03.11am C2 Orb across the bottom of the bed.
03.11am C2 Orb across the bottom of the bed.
03.12am C1 Orb floating at the bottom of the stairs
03.13am C1 Orb at the bottom of the bed
03.14am C1 Nick went to sit on the stairs
03.15am C2 Orb went from the side of the bed to the ceiling, Ian was doing a line vigil in the room
03.17am C2 2 Orbs at the bottom of the bed. Mark, Mark I & Dave had joined Ian in the room.
03.19am C2 Orb from the middle of the screen & went over Marks shoulder.
03.20am Steve & John went to the Bridal Suite to join the others
03.23am C2 2 Orbs went down the back of Mark's head & then floated between Mark & John
03.25am C2 Orb at the back of Mark
03.43am C2 Orb right hand side of the sofa
04.06am C4 Orb seen going across the screen
At the time this has been posted on the web we are still awaiting for our historian to do the research into names and dates given.