Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Ancient Ram on a weeknight with the lovely Paranormal Investigator Susan Collins. Thanks to Caroline Humphreys we had access to the building midweek and did a small controlled investigation using just ouija boards and a Zoom H2n microphone ramped up to maximum sensitivity. The first thing I noticed having returned to the Ram after a long time away is the fantastic job that Caroline and Mick have done with the building. It is set out perfectly for an investigation with the addition of the small room at the top of the stairs, which was always used as ..read more

This is the question we need to ask ourselves as paranormal researchers. For there to be something tangible to study we need to try to answer what happens to us when we die. However in order to answer questions such as where does our life force go when the body dies? We need to look at first what is our perception of the soul when we are living. Now surely that has to be an easier starting point than sitting in a cold dark mansion calling out for the disembodied energy we call a ghost! Are we just organic matter that has an ability to perceive intelligence? Now we all know that the human body ..read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASR04zW4K8w The Little Stranger tells the story of Dr Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries. But it is now in decline and its inhabitants - mother, son and daughter - are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how disturbingly, the fa ..read more

The Ancient Ram Inn Built in around 1145 over a 5000 year old pagan burial ground, The Ancient Ram Inn is the oldest building in Wotton-Under-Edge. No wonder this building is a National Treasure. Life at the Ram started in the early 11th century but not much is known of its history prior to 1145. From 1145 it was a Church House for an unknown period. The time between 1145 and 1350 is a little speculative but the known facts are it was predominantly a Church House and Housed Masons for constructing the near-by St. Mary's Church, completed in 1325 with the first recorded vicar Gerinus, and possi ..read more

On an investigation its not always serious investigating. We sit in dark cold locations for hours on end monitoring equipment doing experiments and just plain old calling out so we do need some light hearted fun to balance the mix. A favourite game, in our down time, is trying to scare each other. I know what your thinking isn't it frightening enough just ghost hunting? Well it can be but just to get the heart racing we do have a few laughs. Here is one example where myself and Paul Hobday set up Wayne Spurrier from Haunted Happenings on a halloween event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27aR ..read more

Celebrity Haunted Mansion was the second series following on from Celebrity Haunted Hotel. Being set in Woodchester Mansion I was pleased to be offered the role as one of the paranormal consultants following a successful ghost hunt of the building with production staff from the UKTV channel ‘W' The series was broadcast live over 5 nights from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th February and consisted of 10 Celebrity contestants hoping to win the coveted prize of the ‘golden gargoyle' presented for best ghost hunter as voted on by the viewers of the show. The celebrities were split into 2 teams le ..read more

I am really excited to announce my involvment in the new 5 night live TV show Celebrity Haunted Mansion airing from the 21st February to the 25th. The show is the second in the series following on from Celebrity Haunted Hotel and is again hosted by Christine Lampard and Matt Richardson. This time around we have ten celebrities who will be led in their paranormal investigation by none other than Jason Hawes and Jack Osbourne who are both flying over from the US especially for the show. I will be part of the Paranormal experts teaming up with Barri Ghai, Eamonn Vann-Harris and Psychic Ryan Good ..read more

Back in 2012 we had an unusual deer kill in Woodchester Park which resulted in coverage by Sky news and an investigation by Warwick University academics to determine how the Roe Deer had been killed. What was unusual about the case is that the deer had appeared to have been taken out by the nose which is a common quick kill tactic by a big cat such as a Panther. The results of the team were inconclusive as the carcass had already been contaminated by other more common predators such as foxes and the like. This was the message we received from the National Trust and so it was business as usual ..read more

Halloween has evolved greatly even in the last 40 or so years that I have been alive. Halloween today conjures up thoughts of ghost stories, parties in horror costumes and children knocking on doors saying 'trick or 'treat?' For ghost hunting enthusiasts it is perceived that all its rituals summons the afterlife to walk the earth for us to interact with but is that really the case? The history of Halloween is not entirely known but is thought to have derived from an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (Sahwin) over 3000 years ago. Samhain was a time when the ancient pagans would ask drui ..read more

Wow here it is the final blog for series 1 of Ghost Chasers! This episode brought us to the historic city of Bruges. It is hard to improve on Bruges with its picturesque cobbled walkways and beautiful canals linking its market squares adorned with historic churches with soaring towers the history is all around you and an ideal place to come in search of ghosts. Built on wealth from the textile trade, the town’s fortunes eventually faded and by the 1800s was wracked by poverty. It’s long been reported that ghosts haunt the atmospheric winding alleyways and canals. First stop for the team is th ..read more