Case Studies and Research
These are a few selected case studies of mysteries we have been involved in and/or helped to solve, shared here only with the permission of those involved and with their identities protected.
Also, some locations we've gathered research data for Project Half-Life that could have seismic effects on certain common aspects of paranormal investigation.
We encounter a wide variety of cases including alleged possessions, negative attachments, incubus and succubus attacks, poltergeist activity, Ouija misuse, cryptid sightings and attacks, UFO/UAP encounters and abduction claims, commercial property and home hauntings.
The Haunted Barn Conversion,
Shropshire, England
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Case Overview: Reported sounds of running and heavy footsteps inside the house, the pet dog being regularly terrorised, and shadow figures stalking.
Location: Oswestry, Shropshire, England.
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The double barn conversion house was bought in 2009 and two barns were joined together to make one large stone-built home.
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Since 2009, and right up to today, there has always been some sort of construction/building/demolition work taking place in the house or outside near/around the house.
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Since buying it in 2009, the owners had frequently experienced strange feelings that there was something anomalous lurking there.
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Regular and disturbing anomalous activity began manifesting and escalating after the main construction had been completed and they moved in to live there circa 2013
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One of the owners had been forced to use the Ouija Board as a child by a progressive Religious Education teacher when at school.
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The pet dog is frequently attacked by something unseen and is too scared to either go into the house/certain rooms or it feels too scared to be in the house and then barks to get outside, and once there it will not return easily.
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Family members who visit have also experienced anomalous activity. One, will now not return after fleeing on Boxing Day 2021 and experiencing something walking around the bed at night, and sat on the bed at one point.
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The grandson had regularly experienced the sensation of a ghostly presence in his room, but this anomaly was resolved when Kelly and Helen discovered that the bedside alarm clock emitted dangerously high levels of EMF which can cause this sensation.
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A mysterious outline of a head frequently appears on a leather sofa in one of the lounges in conjunction with a white-ish greasy type of film akin to some type of hair treatment. The next time this happens we have requested that the owners scrape as much of the substance into a sterile Ziplock bag so we can have it analysed.
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The sounds of heavy footsteps and sometimes running feet along the upstairs corridor have been frequently heard by many people at varying times.
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Bond, ‘The Ghosthunting Greyhound’ was present with two Para-Rescue team members as they performed the walkthrough and certain baseline tests. Bond reacted clearly and identified the specific rooms that were most troubled and the specific places within those rooms. This accurately corresponded with what we later learned from the owners. Therefore, Bond enabled us to better focus our efforts, experiments, and instrument deployment in the most affected locations.
This case is currently classed as closed; however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
Lilford Hall
Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Lilford Hall was the home of Robert Browne, the man who got the Pilgrim Fathers onto The Mayflower, the estate was home to President George Washington’s mother and President Quincy Adams’ family. The oldest part of the 100-room was built in 1495 as a Tudor building with a Jacobean exterior extension added in 1635 and a Georgian interior in the 1740s.
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The Haunting of Lilford Hall is one of the most baffling cases ever recorded of paranormal activity experienced simultaneously by multiple people, with some of it hostile. They experienced doors that refused to stay closed, debris was thrown at them, and they had a door silently ripped away from the hinges and doorframe while they were in the next room. There were even several recorded multi-witness apparitions of a man fitting Robert Browne’s description. It is believed by many that the ghost of Robert Browne, the “Grandfather” of the United States as a nation, still haunts Lilford Hall today.
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Since this is technically an ongoing case and at the request of the owners, we cannot reveal more than that which has already been documented in the book, The Haunting of Lilford Hall. We suspect that this case will remain in the ‘ongoing’ category for a while longer. Data gathered here is factored into Project Half-Life.
The Villa Vetti
Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii was an ancient city near Naples in Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies, were interred in the ash, with people and animals instantly burned and turned to pumice stone statues depicting their hideously painful last moments alive.
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We were called in by the official tour guides after several had experienced anomalous phenomena while checking the site for any remaining tourists before closing each evening. This was a personal case for our founder, Brian Sterling-Vete since the Villa Vetti has been traced by historians as a distant family home. Several interesting results came from visits over several days, and most indicate Stone Tape Theory as the most likely answer to many of the problems reported. However, this does not explain everything reported, so the case remains open, and we look forward to returning if invited. Note: we are limited in what can be revealed at the request of the owners.
Data gathered here is factored into Project Half-Life.
Malevolent Shadow Figure Sandbach,
Cheshire, England
Case Overview: Shadow figure stalking, strange noises, growls, footsteps, and physical attacks.
Location: Sandbach, Cheshire, England.
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The homeowner is/was a single female parent living with a 10-year-old male child.
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The parent had recently had an emotionally disturbing relationship breakup causing emotional stressors for both the parent and the child/children.
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Shadow figures were seen sometimes with glowing red eyes, deep growls and footsteps were heard overnight, bedclothes tugged, the sensation of something sitting on the bed, the sensation of something pressing the child down on the bed overnight, and the child was scratched by what appeared to be a triple claw-shaped instrument/hand on the boys back in a place he would not easily be able to self-harm.
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A forceful clearing was performed by the Paranormal Rescue team in every room of the house and it resolved all issues.
The case is classed as resolved; however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
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NOTE: There are certain typical elements and experiences in cases like this that include:
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A single female parent, usually middle-aged, living alone with a child or children with an average age of between 9 and 14 years.
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The parent has usually gone through or is still going through either an emotionally disturbing relationship breakup or divorce.
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Child/children are usually, although not always, female.
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The house is not too old; however, the age and history seem to be of little overall significance to the anomalous activity that is reported.
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Shadow figures are seen by many.
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Shadow figure with glowing red eyes at times.
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Feeling that something is sitting on the bed occasionally.
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Bedsheets were pulled off the bed at night.
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Strange footsteps and growls.
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The sensation of being held down on the bed.
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In most scenarios, this is as far as it goes, however, if it escalates the child/children are sometimes painfully attacked by an unseen hand/claw resulting in triple claw marks.
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A local member of the clergy is often called in to bless the house, but this usually makes matters worse.
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There are a surprising number of cases that include all or most of the above elements listed above. Therefore, we believe that with proper research, these commonalities may help to identify certain key trigger elements.
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This case is currently classed as closed: however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
Data gathered here is factored into Project Half-Life.
The Arkansas Poltergeist
Case Overview: Poltergeist-like activity, stalking, physical attacks, unusually hight electricity use, reports of local witchcraft, local inexplicable cattle mutilations.
Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
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House is a double-wide/trailer type of home on 1 acre of land.
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A married couple with 5 female children, one of whom is autistic.
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The family are Baptist Christians.
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The wife’s mother is a Wiccan.
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Power lines are near the house but there are no large electrical power grid transformers.
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However, the house experiences an inexplicably high use of electricity that no engineer has so far been able to explain.
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Doors to the home are often found wide open.
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Saw/felt a small person/child’s body behind a shower curtain that when opened revealed none to be there.
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Occasionally the parents experience being touched by unseen ice-cold hands.
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A towel pulled was out of the father’s hand in the bathroom by something unseen.
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Curtains around the house occasionally move as there is a strong breeze, but there is none, and no heating or A/C is active.
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Frequently finding all cabinet doors and drawers open in the kitchen usually in the early hours, circa 0400 to 0600 hrs.
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An escalation saw cabinet doors sometimes being slammed shut and open again during the night.
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Certain objects are being either moved, or removed, and sometimes after being lost they reappear in mysterious and obvious places.
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Shadow figures are frequently seen overnight.
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The TV and other electrical appliances randomly turn on and off.
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Sounds of footsteps heard around the house.
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Chairs and keys are randomly moved, and loud noises are made as they do so.
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A full set of CCTV equipment is to be installed to monitor and record activity.
This case is currently classed as ongoing.
The Polperro Poltergeist,
Cornwall, England
Case Overview: Poltergeist-like activity, in and around the bedrooms of a hotel and pub.
Location: Polperro, Cornwall, England.
Key Points:
The building is circa 500 years old, stone-built; it has a bar area, a small restaurant, and seven guest bedrooms.
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Hotel staff complained frequently that after laying out towels at the foot of the bed/s in each room, which is standard practice for the hotel, after leaving the room completely and later returning, the towels had been moved from the foot of the bed/s to the top of the bed/s near the pillows.
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Also, because some members of staff became so frightened, the room service staff often insisted on working in pairs, and several times even had the manager accompany. They all witnessed the same phenomena, that after exiting and later returning to several of the rooms, and after a circa 5 minutes wait outside with the door closed.
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All members of the room service team became increasingly frightened by escalating events.
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One manager of the hotel was so deeply disturbed that she left the hotel after what she described as a particularly frightening experience.
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An increasing number of guests then began complaining that some of their belongings were inexplicably moved while they were out during the day, or overnight while they were asleep. The hotel room service staff never touched the belongings of any of the guests. Some guests even began hearing strange voices whispering while they were in bed at night. The whispers were extremely low-level and indecipherable, however, several guests spread over several months all reported similar phenomena. With an increasing number of guests becoming so disturbed by the paranormal phenomena taking place in their rooms, it then began to have a negative effect on business, so the Paranormal Rescue team were called to help.
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The Paranormal Rescue team investigated and eventually contacted an entity that they believed was causing the phenomena. After asking the entity “why do you move the towels?” they captured a good quality EVP saying “that maid is fussy” which seemed to be a coherent and relevant direct reply to their question. This EVP was played on BBC Radio Cornwall when The Paranormal Rescue team were guests on the Debbie McCrory show near Halloween time in 2018.
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The Paranormal Rescue team performed a clearing and the phenomena at the hotel ceased for both the staff and guests.
The case is classed as resolved; however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
Ancient Alien Evil
North Oaks, MN, USA
Case Overview: Malevolent shadow figure stalking, strange noises, guttural growls, footsteps, a large sheet of tabletop glass shattered in the night, pets attacked and witnesses saw them thrown across the room, the occasional stench of evil, strange lights outside in the forest, and physical attacks to humans.
Location: North Oaks Nature Reserve, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
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The homeowners were a family of 4, a couple, plus two teenage female stepchildren.
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One parent had recently had an emotionally disturbing relationship breakup causing stressors for both the parent and the child/children involved.
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Shadow figures were seen sometimes with glowing red eyes, deep guttural growls and footsteps were heard, bedclothes tugged, the sensation of something sitting on the bed, the sensation of something pressing sleepers including some guests down on the bed overnight, the children were unharmed but the pets were attacked. Certain indicators pointed towards a potential alien connection.
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A presence of ancient evil was detected and forceful clearing/exorcism was performed by the Paranormal Rescue team to resolve the issues.
The case is classed as resolved; however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
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NOTE: There are certain typical elements to this case and it classed as closed: however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
Data gathered here is factored into Project Half-Life.
The Kirkbride Asylum
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA
Case Overview: A movie crew was on location for several weeks filming a horror movie. It is important to note that they never used any of the paranormal events as leverage for publicity because they were all so deeply moved and in genuine fear of the events that had experienced. Poltergeist-like activity, in and around the asylum, apparitions of grotesque and misshapen people, physical attacks to cast and crew included debris thrown at them and several people received triple claw-like scratch marks, fully charged batteries would drain instantly, shadow figures were captured on recordings, security guards would report being stalked by loud footsteps, visiting police officers reported that since several officers have seen apparitions and had debris thrown at them over the years, few will venture there after dark unless they must.
Location: Fergus Falls, Northern Minnesota, USA.
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The building was opened in 1890 and has seen much death and suffering.
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Lobotomies were frequently performed, some patients were subjected to sadistic treatment, and one was accidentally boiled alive in a treatment bath that was mistakenly left unattended.
The case is classed as unresolved because the Paranormal Rescue team were only asked to protect the cast and crew. This location would require a substantial team deployment with a wide range of equipment and researchers, but one day we hope to be recalled to perform more work there.
North Oaks Lights
St. Paul, MN, USA
Case Overview: The residents of the house in North Oaks where there was an ancient evil entity exorcised also experienced a phenomenon known as The North Oaks Lights. These are strange lights that hover in the same position in the deep forest, they do not move on the wind or as if insets were the cause, and they are most visible during the winter months. It seems highly likely that the ancient evil from the house is connected with the lights since the residents became fascinated by the lights and signalled and interacted with them by flashing torchlight.
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The lights seem to be intelligent or under intelligent control.
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Several investigations have taken place over the years and none has revealed the cause. One group using Mel Meters reported a sudden reading of 666.
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A group investigating during the winter at night were chased out of the forest by the lights as if being attacked, causing two members of the group to fire pistol shots at the lights as they fled.
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There seems to be a link between the activity of the lights and attacks on both pets and humans.
The case is classed as unresolved. The Paranormal Rescue team were only asked to help resolve the issues in the house. However, a brief investigation of the forest lights was performed with almost every visit. One day we hope to return and perform more research there to see if there is any similarity between these lights and the Hessdalen lights in Norway.
This case and the Hessdalen lights are featured in the book Paranormal Investigation: The Black Book of Scientific Ghost Hunting and How to Investigate Paranormal Phenomena.
The Tjanagata House
Reykjavík, iceland
Case Overview: The Tjarnagata House in Reykjavík, Iceland is where Paranormal Rescue founder, Brian Sterling-Vete once lived with a colleague, Cliff Twemlow while the two were working in Iceland.
The house sits next to a large lake in the city of Reykjavík, The Tjarnagata, and almost from the first days of living there, they were able to experience and research the paranormal activity taking place in the basement. This activity deeply affected the owners of the house and seemed to be either a poltergeist or poltergeist-like in nature. Even visitors to the house, including the 4-time World’s Strongest Man, Jon Pall Sigmarsson were scared away.
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Objects were frequently moved and thrown in front of several witnesses including some large candlesticks from a mantle.
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A shirt lying on a chair belonging to Brian was made to hover in mid-air and then move across the room before being flung against the wall witnessed by two people a short distance away.
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The gym owned by Finnur Karlsson and used by Jon Pall Sigmarsson was frequently reported as haunted by members training overnight or in the early hours. Paranormal Rescue investigated there on several occasions and recorded similar anomalies but nothing of a malevolent nature.
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The Paranormal Rescue team believe that Iceland is one of the most paranormally active locations they have ever visited to date.
The case is now closed since on the last visit the Paranormal Rescue team performed a total-house clearing. This case is featured in two books, one being Tuxedo Warriors and the other in Paranormal Investigation: The Black Book of Scientific Ghost Hunting and How to Investigate Paranormal Phenomena.
Ä gantija
Megalithic Temple Complex, Gozo, Malta
Paranormal Rescue
Project Half-Life Research Study
Research Project Name: Half-Life
Members of the Paranormal Rescue science team have been working for over two decades on a special research mission called Project Half-Life. This involved several research missions to various historical sites around the world including Ä gantija on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. This is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era circa 3600–2500 BC. The Ä gantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt. Their makers erected the two Ä gantija temples during the Neolithic which makes these temples more than 5500 years old and the world's second oldest existing manmade religious structures after Göbekli Tepe in present-day Turkey.
Overview of the Project Half-Life Objective:
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If we accept that once human spirits exist as what we commonly call ghosts, then can, and how could these phenomena be categorised?
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To perform the same experiments relating to the above in a series of strategic locations from specific time periods and states of human societal evolvement.
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To observe, document, compare and analyse commonalities, if any.
This research study continues and will involve certain key people who work closely with Paranormal Rescue from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Temple of Poseidon
Cape Sounion, Greece
Paranormal Rescue
Project Half-Life Research Study
Research Project Name: Half-Life
Members of the Paranormal Rescue science team have been working for over two decades on a special research mission called Project Half-Life. This involved several research missions to various historical sites around the world including the Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion, Greece. This is an ancient Greek temple built circa 700 BC dedicated to the god Poseidon, who was considered the master of the sea. Other famous ancient landmark structures have been researched in Greece inducing The Parthenon and The Temple of Hercules.
Overview of the Project Half-Life Objective:
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If we accept that once human spirits exist as what we commonly call ghosts, then can, and how could these phenomena be categorised?
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To perform the same experiments relating to the above in a series of strategic locations from specific time periods and states of human societal evolvement.
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To observe, document, compare and analyse commonalities, if any.
This research study continues and will involve certain key people who work closely with Paranormal Rescue from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Colosseum
Rome, Italy
Paranormal Rescue Callout and
Project Half-Life Research Study
Research Project Name: Half-Life
Members of the Paranormal Rescue science team have been working for over two decades on a special research mission called Project Half-Life. This involved several research missions to various historical sites around the world including the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. This is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, and could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators at various points in its history. Completed in 80 AD it is built of travertine limestone, tuff (volcanic rock), and brick-faced concrete, a combination which seems to possess some curious properties when it comes to Stone Tape Theory.
Overview of the Callout:
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Paranormal Rescue was officially called in to help resolve certain phenomena that were becoming increasingly disturbing to some of the staff who work there after the public has left.
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Several interesting data elements were captured, however, Stone Tape Theory seems to be the most likely answer to the reported phenomena.
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While on the callout, certain research for Project Half-Life was performed.
Overview of the Project Half-Life Objective:
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If we accept that once human spirits exist as what we commonly call ghosts, then can, and how could these phenomena be categorised?
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To perform the same experiments relating to the above in a series of strategic locations from specific time periods and states of human societal evolvement.
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To observe, document, compare and analyse commonalities, if any.
This research study continues and will involve certain key people who work closely with Paranormal Rescue from Manchester Metropolitan University.
Conwy Castle, Wales
Paranormal Rescue Callout and
Project Half-Life Research Study
Research Project Name: Half-Life
Members of the Paranormal Rescue science team have been working for over two decades on a special research mission called Project Half-Life. This involved several research missions to various historical sites around the world including Conwy Castle, Wales. Conwy Castle is a mediaeval fortification in Conwy, located in North Wales built by Edward I between 1283 and 1287.
Overview of the Callout:
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Paranormal Rescue was officially called in to help resolve certain phenomena that were becoming increasingly disturbing to some who work there. Also, some phenomena reported by members of the public that was either the same as or similar to that reported by the staff.
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Several interesting data elements were captured, involving what seems to be several different elements including Stone Tape Theory.
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While on the callout, certain research for Project Half-Life was performed.
Overview of the Project Half-Life Objective:
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If we accept that once human spirits exist as what we commonly call ghosts, then can, and how could these phenomena be categorised?
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To perform the same experiments relating to the above in a series of strategic locations from specific time periods and states of human societal evolvement.
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To observe, document, compare and analyse commonalities, if any.
This research study continues and will involve certain key people who work closely with Paranormal Rescue from Manchester Metropolitan University.
The Old Millhouse Inn Polperro, Cornwall
The Old Millhouse Inn in Polperro, Cornwall, England presented an extraordinary and intriguing case.
In 1976, the then-owners invited a friend to stay but unfortunately, her visit the great flood of ’76 swept through the village leaving death and mayhem in its wake.
When the flood struck, the visitor was trapped in the bar area and as the flood waters rose so rapidly it prevented her from escaping without the assistance of the landlord who was then swept away and drowned as he saved their guest.
Later, after the funeral, the visitor left The Old Millhouse and Polperro Village, only to be killed in a road accident on her way home. It was as if death should have claimed her in the flood, but it was prevented, so death claimed her afterwards.
Since that time, The Old Millhouse Inn has produced many strange reports from owners, staff, and guests together with some baffling CCTV footage.
CCTV footage from The Old Millhouse showed many mysterious things including a shadow figure standing at the bar and of glasses being pushed off of the bar and landing on the floor.
The case was complex, but is now considered close: however, the Paranormal Rescue team monitor the situation.
Overnight CCTV Footage of Suspected Paranormal Activity in The Old Millhouse Inn Polperro, Cornwall
(Videos 1 to 3 in real-time, close up, and slow motion respectively - from camera 5)
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Look at the right hand side of the bar.
(Videos 4 to 6 in real-time, close up, and slow motion respectively from camera 6)
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Look at the left hand side of the bar.
Suspected Paranormal Activity in front of Customers Mid-Evening in The Old Millhouse Inn Polperro, Cornwall
CCTV footage of the Landlord, Brian Morgan, the former owner of The Old Millhouse Inn who is behind the bar mid-evening when a glass gets mysteriously pushed by something unseen towards him and falls.
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The case is currently classified as closed.
(Videos 1 to 3 in real-time, close up, and slow motion respectively - from camera 5)
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Look at the left hand side of the bar.