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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
Event Showcase: Red Lion Hotel
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History of Red Lion Hotel
The Brook Red Lion Hotel in Colchester, Essex is a historical Grade I listed building dating back to 1465. Located in the busy town centre of Colchester, Britain’s oldest recorded town, The Brook Red Lion Hotel in Colchester is one of the oldest inns in the area.
The Parliament Restaurant at the Red Lion Hotel was once the old Banqueting Hall, still showing its timbered beams.
There are three known ghosts – a small boy that can be seen in the Parliament restaurant occasionally and has appeared in a guest’s photograph, a ghostly monk that hangs around in reception, but the most active is Alice Millar.
Alice was a chambermaid at the hotel and was killed by a lover.
Alice has regularly been heard whispering and even talking to staff. There are recent accounts of people’s hair being pulled and a womans voice appearing on a video taken in one of the rooms, with no obvious cause.
Ghost Hunting
We have been investigating the #RedLionHotel since 2012 and we have witnessed mountains of paranormal occurrences. To list everything that has happened in the last 8 years would take a while, but some of the best experiences haven’t been recorded. On one Hen night they were sitting around a table in the Restaurant starting a Ouija board session when one of the bayonet light bulbs jumped up and out of the chandelier and landed unbroken on the table below where the ouija board was. To say that everyone screamed would be an understatement!
Our favourite areas are; Rooms 7 & 10 and the cellar, although we have has things happen in rooms; 5, 6, 9 & 11. Room 6 & 7 are good for Ouija boards, the cellar is good for séances and other activities. All the rooms are good for tech. The restaurant is good for ouija boards too. Each room has its own story and its own activity.
You can watch our videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA123A7F5AA41F7E6
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Red Lion Hotel ghost hunt 27th January 2017
Colchester, Essex
Area: Tudor Room
Equipment: Dowsing Rods & Pendulums, Glass Work and Human Pendulum
With my first group we started with the rods & pendulums, and all were able to communicate with various male & female spirits. We then switched to the human pendulum and some of the spirits continued to talk with us, the first being a male who had worked here. He had died within the last 100 years aged over 70. He was married with children. Louise (guest) suddenly had back pain and wanted to go into the circle next to find out why. The spirit confirmed this was his pain when he passed. He had fallen and hurt his back and died, it was an accident. I felt someone touch my back, spirit confirmed that was him. We asked spirit to tell us his name, and immediately Louise said “John” in a male voice. When we asked her after, she had no recollection of saying that. Louise had also seen visions; the spirit had been outside this window on a ladder cleaning when he fell. We then tried glasswork, initially we had John for a while. Then we had a spirit that said they knew Caroline (guest). Asking all the obvious questions drew a blank, then Caroline remembered seeing a solid white shadow earlier in this room. Spirit confirmed that was them, however did not give us any more information. Then the glass started moving a lot stronger, and it felt familiar to me – this was “Alice”. She did not wish to communicate any further, just seem to revel in moving the glass with a lot of energy around the table. Moving the glass how we asked, and even surprising us by rotating the glass all around the edge of the round table very fast.
With my second group, we again had communication with the spirits by using the rods & pendulums, then the human pendulum. First, we had the male spirit of Peter who had died of TB. Then we had the spirit of Philip Robert who was in the military. He had been very young when he joined the arm and had lied about his age. He had fought in WW1 at the Somme. He had returned mentally scarred from war but had recovered. After the war, he had worked in an office in the South. He had passed in the (1940s) forties age around 30. Stuart (guest) suddenly had a pain in his back. I asked spirit to make that pain stronger which it did. Then once we had acknowledged it, we asked spirit to take the pain away, and to Stuart’s surprise it immediately went.
Again a fantastic night at the Red Lion.
Kym
Paranormal Investigator
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Tags: colchester, energy, essex, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, glass divination, paranormal, pendulum, red lion hotel, spirit
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Red Lion Hotel ghost hunt 27th January 2017
Colchester, Essex
It is a rare occasion when I feel threatened or intimidated by spirit, but this particular event in room 7 there was an unpleasant atmosphere. The group that I took in here for a séance started out as lacklustre in energy although the spirit was present he gave his name as Brian and that he passed away in the 1980s. He said he was a local man who often visited the Red Lion Hotel. He didn’t give any other information, but he looked to be in his early 50s. Brian could move some of the guest’s arms and push and pull people by their arms. He was able to pull most of the group to the floor in the second group.
Suddenly, the spirit showed us his true nature. I saw what I can only describe as a “dirty old man”, one of the guests looked in the same direction as I did and promptly screamed as she saw something sitting in the chair and it scared her.
As it turned out Brian was a nasty man who would bring you girls and boys back to his room at the hotel, he was never challenged or arrested for his crimes although he didn’t say how he passed away.
The atmosphere that was in this room scared me and most of the guests. No-one really wanted to spend any time in this room, many guests wanted to leave the room immediately but I wanted the spirit to react or say something on my voice recorder. (Nothing was heard from the spirit during the recording).
Whilst this was a fascinating experience for me, as I have been a professional ghost hunter for 13 years but this is probably only the second time in all those years where I too didn’t feel comfortable in a haunted bedroom.
The rest of the ghost hunt was a good night with the scrying being exciting for some of the guests as strange photos were taken in the room.
Steve
Psychic Medium
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Tags: arm movement, bedroom, colchester, energy, essex, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, haunted, psychic medium, red lion hotel, scared, seance, spirit
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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Colchester Town Hall ghost hunt 5th November 2016
Colchester, Essex
The town hall in Colchester is a fantastic venue, many areas to explore from the basement to council chambers and offices, to the flat on the top floor, with a lot of interaction from spirit.
I was on the top floor doing a séance circle and human pendulum, and we started of with the circle and having some gentle movement for some, a bit more energetic for others. When we did the pendulum we were able to communicate with spirit, and found out that initially we were talking to a male spirit, then we had a 13 year old girl who was his daughter. Her name was Sarah, and she and her mother were witches. She was brought to Colchester to be burned at the stake, and her father was the one that started the fire. Some people in the circle were feeling heat, others were feeling coldness. We had asked spirit to make a noise in the room, and just as we were finishing there was a very loud bang on a table leaning up against a wall, which made many jump!
With my second group we had a little movement in the séance circle, but then switched to the pendulum. The spirit that was with us had come with the group from the previous table tipping session. Gareth (team) had been with that group too and had joined us. The spirit was Charlie age 56/57 and had worked as a prison guard at the town hall. One guest wanted to know how he passed, so I asked everyone to clear their minds, and I asked Charlie to give the last feeling/pain he had before he passed. One guest felt a pain in their chest, and yes Charlie had passed with a heart attack. Charlie had passed in 1923, and had fought in France in WW1. He was married with three children, but had a fallen in love with an English nurse whilst at war. She had died there and Charlie was heart broken. He did come home to his family, and did tell his wife of his sadness. The next spirit that joined us was someone from our kit session at the start of the evening. We had the following information come through on the Ovilus: Jim Murphy shoot, and the spirit that was with us was Jim Murphy. He had shot someone, then he had been shot in the head. He had passed age 28. We felt this energy was very strong so switched back to a seance circle, and asked the spirit of Jim to move us. Initially we had some very gentle arm movement, then noticing some were being pushed/pulled down to the floor, I asked spirit to push everyone down, and yes we were all pushed down to the floor! When I asked spirit to move us all back and step away as our session had finished, we all returned to our original positions.
A fantastic night, with all the guests interacting with the spirits brilliantly, and therefore all having some lovely personal experiences.
Kym
Paranormal Investigator
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Tags: arm movement, colchester, communication, energy, essex, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, human pendulum, investigation, noise, ouija, ouija board, paranormal, seance, spirit, town hall
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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Red Lion Hotel ghost hunt 1st October 2016
Colchester, Essex
Area: Cellar
Equipment: Table Tipping, Dowsing Rods & Pendulums
With all my groups, we started by using the dowsing rods & pendulums, and everyone could communicate with spirit, and some were feeling the presence of spirit too. We would often ask spirit to point the rods to where they were standing, and we could back that up by feeling their presence. One time we would move around the area, still sensing the spirit behind us and the rods would continue to move with us. With the Table Tipping we were all getting some movement, with my first and last group we did ask spirit to copy our taps and whistles, and both times we had a response back. One guest also felt a cold touch to his face from where we heard the whistle. In my last group, we asked spirit to rotate all the pendulums clockwise if he wanted to join us for table tipping, and to our surprise they all did. Whilst table tipping in that last session we asked spirit to walk the table to where he was standing, of which it did, and in that area the guests could feel coldness there. With such a strong response on the table, using yes & no movements, we could communicate with the spirit. At one point Janet (guest) asked a question that the spirit did not like (did you murder someone?) and the table walked rapidly to her taking her very much by surprise! We continued to communicate with this spirit into the free session, and with Mike’s (guest) knowledge on the history of Colchester, we established this spirit was a Parliamentarian Soldier who fought in the 1648 Colchester Siege. He felt responsible for the murder of his troops he sent to fight. At this point, everyone felt an immense sadness. We asked if he had passed to the other side, he answered no. We asked if he needed help to pass over, and the table rocked to yes and no. At this point we asked the spirit to go to the light, do not be frightened, and you will not be judged. And immediately we all felt his presence go. Thank you to Group A for sharing that experience with me – very special.
Kym
Paranormal Investigator
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Tags: colchester, communication, dowsing rod, energy, essex, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, investigation, ouija, ouija board, paranormal, pendulm, red lion hotel, spirit, table tilting
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Friday, July 8th, 2016
Red Lion Hotel ghost hunt 28th May 2016
Colchester, Essex
Area: Rooms 6 & 7
Equipment: Scrying, Dowsing Rods, Pendulums & Glass Work
With all four groups we started with scrying and were all seeing similar images: older female, with wrinkles, one side of the face and eye dropping, a male with a goatee beard, and a wide grin, with a lip curl sometimes. Would see shadows moving behind the reflection of people too. With the rods & pendulums all were able to communicate with the spirits.
We then tried glass work, and had little movement on most groups, but one group we had the spirit of a male, who had died in this room (room 6) in the 1900’s from a sudden illness. We asked if he had a message, responded with yes, asked if he needed help going to the light, again responded with yes, so we did our best to guide him.
With the first group doing glass work in room 7, myself and Karl & Charlie (guests) were feeling the energy of a spirit next to us. It felt colder, static/tingly, and the air just felt thicker. We moved in different places in the room, and the feelings were moving with us.
With one group (hen party) we also did the Human Pendulum in room 7, and had the spirit of a little boy with us. He didn’t know his age or the year he passed. He did die of an illness, some of his family did too. He had lived here in this building, and had a sister.
With the free session I joined a group of guests wanting to try some table tipping, so we set up in the bar area. The table started moving, very gently, then would lift up one side but do no more. Whilst doing this I felt and saw what I though was someone walk behind me, when I looked no-one was there. Two of the guests felt and saw the same.
A fantastic night at the Red Lion Hotel – we all love coming here.
Kym
Paranormal Investigator
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Friday, February 26th, 2016
Red Lion Hotel ghost hunt 29th October 2015
Colchester, Essex
The first two sessions were using kit and gadgets in the haunted bedrooms.
My séances sessions were held as usual in the cellar, the first group had the most activity and all hands were lifted and manipulated. The spirit responsible was called Henry, 46 years old and from 1810-12 when he was Hotel Manager.
The second group didn’t have as much movement although there was some swaying and rocking.
Towards the end of the night we were all in the Restaurant using a combination of Writing planchette and Ouija board and met a boy aged about 8 years old who was drawing various shapes and objects for the guests.
Another excellent ghost hunt and we hope to return in 2016
Steve
Psychic Medium
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Tags: arm movement, bedrooms, colchester, energy, essex, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, haunted, hotel, movement, ouija board, paranormal, psychic medium, red lion hotel, seance, spirit, swaying, writing planchette
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
Colchester Town Hall ghost hunt 28th November 2015
Colchester, Essex
For my séance session I held all of them in the top floor flat or what used to be a flat, the two end rooms are the strangest with odd sensations being felt by guests over several events that we have hosted here.
This time though we were joined by a male spirit called Robert who was a Council Official in 1950s and 60s who was run over by a car on the high street. This particular spirit made those who encountered him feel dizzy, disorientated and made the room feel oppressive.
We were also joined by a spirit called Peter who was from 1902, he was aged about 15 and was responsible for touching some people’s bums and making odd noises.
There was also a spirit who was from Harwich and a Fishmonger who sold his fish in the weekly market.
All séances guests felt the spirit present by way of gentle arm movement or not so gentle movement with some people being pushed or dragged to the floor by their arms. Some of the guests felt the pain of the spirit i.e. head trauma. Whilst others saw things that they could not explain – a man standing at the end of the corridor wearing a Guy Fawkes style hat (flower pot)
This was an excellent ghost hunt with all guests having some form of paranormal encounter with the spirit present.
We look forward to returning to this venue
Steve
Psychic Medium
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Colchester Town Hall ghost hunt 28th November 2015
Colchester, Essex
Area: Kitchen and adjoining rooms
Equipment: Table tipping / dowsing rods
Session 1: group C
I started this session in the Kitchen area. Working on two tables it was decided that the group split into two smaller groups so there was an even number of guests on the table. I explained to the guests to put one hand lightly on the tables and I stood on the middle of the room and called spirit forward to come and move the tables in some way. Initially there was no movement, one of the tables then started to gently rock back and fourth but no more movement even with encouragement from the group. At this point the guests decided to split up and take the tables to separate rooms to see if the spirit activity would be stronger. One group had no movement at all from the table even with my encouragement and theirs. So I decided to try the group with the dowsing rods. After explaining how they work to the guests showing a movement for yes and a movement for no, they all began to get activity and all started to asks questions. A couple of spirits came through that of a little girl and male spirit in his 50’s. However no more information was received. In the other room the group had the table moving and the K2 that I had placed on the chair was lighting up. I asked spirit if they could possibly light the K2 up to amber and hold it there and it did so, a which point the table started tipping on to one leg and spinning round really fast. All the guests started laughing and the K2 lit right up to red. After some more encouragement from the guests the table started to walk and went out of the door and right along the corridor stopped for a while and then walked straight back into the room. As the activity from spirit was so great, I decided to ask the guests if they would like to move one of the bigger tables in the room. The table I can only describe as a long school dinner table. We all placed our hands on the table and immediately the table started to tremble. Vanessa and Marie (guests) called out to spirit to ask possibly if they would move the table for us instead of making it tremble. Then all of sudden taking us all by surprise it started rocking really forcefully back and fourth.
Session 2: Group A
This group were the VIP’s being looked after by Kym (Team). It was decided that we all start the session back in the Kitchen area. Again initially the tables didn’t move, so I asked the group to encourage spirit to move the tables to which they did. Both tables slowly started to move just gently rocking back and fourth. Kym (Team) then decided to take a group into another room. My group and I stayed on the table in the kitchen as it had really started to move. The guests asked spirit to show them more with table to prove that they could do more. A this point the table tipped up on to one leg spun round in an anti-clockwise direction and walked us out into the corridor and straight into the other room where all the activity had taken place on the first session. The table walked right up to Kym’s group and stopped. Both tables then stopped moving. But we noticed that the K2 was lighting right up to red. I asked spirit to take it back down to the green light which it did, then asked if they would take it back up to red if we moved into the kitchen area and move one of the big tables in there, it shot straight up to red. After placing our hands on the table and calling out to spirit the table completely spun round in a full circle. We could not believe that this was happening. The table then stopped and we could here taps, bangs and scraping noises coming from under the table and we could also feel the vibrations through our hands. One of the guests asked spirit if they could possibly do that again for us and it did so straight away. At this point I and one other guest saw a shadow figure pass by the doorway. We went to investigate and the temperature in the corridor had dropped significantly.
Session 3: Group B
This session was started in the Kitchen. Initially there was no response from spirit even with encouragement from the guests. The table then stated to move very slowly rocking then suddenly started to spin went up on to one leg and held this position. With encouragement from Janet (guest) the table started to walk out into the corridor and down the stairs. This amazed the guests, so as we were getting a lot of activity from spirit, Janet (guest) decided that we move on to one of the big tables that I can only describe as a school dinner table. The table immediately started to rock back and fourth forcefully. At the same time during the session a number of guests saw shadow figures walking along the corridor and disappearing into the other room.
Louise
Paranormal Investigator
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
Town Hall ghost hunt 28th November 2015
Colchester, Essex
The Mayor’s Parlour – Pendulums, Ouija, Writing Planchette
At the start of my first session we began by using the pendulums, and each guest had movement although some were taking longer to get going than others. Most of the guests established their yes and no directions and were communicating with spirit either out loud or in their heads.
We didn’t have much movement with the glass when doing Ouija, as it seemed spirit did not want to communicate in this way and kept moving the glass to goodbye.
We did however have a very successful session with the writing planchette, as it started moving more or less straight away, and was continuously doing so around the paper. We kept asking spirit to draw something for us or write their name or initial, and when we looked at what had been drawn, it looked like a bird. We also had a lot of activity on the ghost pros, and it was as though two different spirits were arguing with each other, as one kept contradicting the other. During this time, we started to hear taps on the table next to us where no one was sitting. I then asked spirit to copy my taps, to which it immediately did so. Guests were amazed by this, and a few of them also did some taps, to which spirit once again responded.
In another of my sessions spirit drew the letter J and the letter I with the writing planchette.
During my final session we contacted a spirit named Robert via the Ouija. He told us he was from 1865 and had a wife called Gill and a 6-year-old son, Anthony. He then told us that his son was strangled by a man called George, so Robert killed George and then killed himself by running under a horse and cart. He said that George was always with him tormenting him, and that they are both bad men. We asked Robert if he had a message for us, and he spelt out “will see you”. When asked if he meant he will see us in the cells downstairs, as this is where we were planning to go afterwards, he responded with yes.
At the end of the night we had a free session so we went down to the cells, and myself and Kym held a séance with the guests. Some of the guests including myself were being pushed slowly to the right and a couple of people’s arms were raised. We also heard some whistles, which sounded like they were coming from one of the cells.
Kerry
Paranormal Investigator
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Tags: arm movement, cells, colchester, communication, dowsing rods, energy, essex, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, jail, moot hall, ouija board, paranormal, paranormal investigation, pendulums, seance, spirit, town hall, writing planchette
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