Margam
Castle | Paranormal
Investigation | Dead
Haunted Nights
On
10th February 2007 Mandy & Paul from 'Tribute
To Most Haunted' & 'Paranormal United'
joined Phil Whyman
( Most Haunted & Scream Team
) via Dead
Haunted Nights for a paranormal investigation
night in Margam Castle. Dead Haunted
Nights promo line is ...Do you want to spend a
night in one of this country's most haunted locations? Do
you want one of the best known personalities, Phil
Whyman, in the world of Paranormal Television
to be your host
for the event? Our answer was YES.
So
Let The Coverage Begin .....
Margam
Castle Paranormal Investigation
Equipment
Used
Pentax
Optio S55 5.0 megapixel digital camera, HP Photosmart R717
6.2 megapixel digital camera, KII EMF Meter, & Sony Video
8 Camcorder.
Conditions
Heavy
rain which leaked into many areas of the building. First floor
was constructed of sheet timber so the noise of movement was
loud and echoed. Light from the ground floor could be seen
on the first floor through cracks around the edges of the
floor.
Investigation
Format
45
minutes sessions. Teams of 8 people
Nursery
and Adjoining Rooms On The First Floor. Teamleader : Vince Draper
Mandy
and I started in a corridor leading to the nursery by a spiral
staircase that led to the tower. (The tower was not accessible
due to insurance issues.) Nothing could be reported, all sounds
heard and drafts felt were down to the weather conditions.
We joined the rest of the team including medium Tracy Higgs
to carry out a séance in the nursery. Prompted by the
tour of the property we tried to assess what song was associated
with the room, the teams original thoughts was ‘Ring A
Ring Of Roses’ however this was to be replaced with ‘Here
We Go Round The Mulberry Bush’ and this was confirmed
by Tracey Higgs. (The origin of this nursery rhyme was Wakefield
Prison sung as the inmates danced around a Mulberry Bush).
The medium also picked up on two other presences. The first
a lady with a high collar she identified as Emily, was this
Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, the daughter of Christopher Rice
Mansell Talbot, who inherited Margam in 1876. The second was
that of a child.
Stairwell
and Two Ground Floor Rooms. Teamleader : Tracy Phillips
We
started in the back room of the two on the ground floor. There
were some old items placed there including a cot and mangle.
We sensed no activity in either of the two rooms and moved on
into the hall and stairway. The team spread out and moved around
the area over the period of the vigil. While Tracy was sat on
the stairs we all heard the noise of something hitting stone
near her. When we investigated we found the possible source,
a five pence piece on the carpet of the stairs, if this was
the cause of the sound its origin, one of us or paranormal,
could not be confirmed. While Mandy & I were on the balcony
overlooking the stairs members of the team downstairs reported
see a shadow or shape near us. We can not confirm this but can
say we felt no change in temperature and sensed nothing.
Bedrooms
On First Floor : Team Leader : Phil Whyman
We
started with the team and sat around a table in the centre bedroom
after some Q&A with Phil we tried calling out. There was
no response and we must say we felt totally relaxed in that
room. Moving into the adjoining bedroom with Ian, where he had
set up a fixed video camera. Again there was nothing to report
other than lights from the team downstairs showing around the
edges of the floor.
Table
Tipping with Tracy Higgs
On
the last vigil we would be involved with we joined Tracy Higgs
and Ian and returned to the bedroom we had previously investigated
with Phil. Tracy was keen to try this having picked up on some
things in this room earlier. This was our first experience of
table tipping with a medium so we were a little sceptical of
its possible outcome.
Tracy was quickly disturbed by a transformation she saw in Ian’s
face. She described his face becoming older with bushy eyebrows
and larger ears. Mandy confirmed she saw the same, but did point
out later that Ian had his back to a window so this could merely
have been the effect of being backlit. However this transformation
disturbed Tracy as she also felt the presence of a man in the
room who she did not want to interact with. I personally can
say I felt ill at ease and had trouble focusing on Tracy although
there was some light in the room. I have reflected on this and
on the rational side say she was wearing dark clothes against
a dark background, on the non-rational side I still wonder if
it was energy Tracy generated. I have my belief but as always
try to be analytical.
We
left Margam at 4.10am, leaving the team to carry on till 5am.
