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Lizzie Borden House14/04/2014HauntingsLizzie Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was tried and acquitted in the 1892 axe murders of her father Andrew Borden and stepmother Abby in Fall River, Massachusetts. The Borden home, originally built for two families in 1845, was turned into a single family dwelling by Andrew. The house remains a city landmark and is now the “Lizzie Borden Bed And Breakfast. History/Background Andrew Borden married Sarah Anthony Morse, a seamstress, in 1845 and had three children with her: Emma Lenora (1851), Alice Esther (1856; d. 1858), and Lizzie Andrew (1860). Tragically, in 1863, Sarah succumbed to uterine congestion, also called a “disease of the spine” by her death record. He was a wealthy, Influential man In Fall River. He prospered through the manufacture and sales of furniture and caskets and went on to become a successful property developer. He also directed several textile mills including the Globe Yarn Mill Company, Troy Cotton, and Woolen Manufacturing Company. In addition to that, he owned many commercial properties and was both president of the Union Savings Bank and a director of the Durfee Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Abby Durfee Gray Borden was the second wife of Andrew Jackson Borden, and for nearly three decades, the stepmother of his children Emma and Lizzie. Lizzie had a relatively religious upbringing and attended Central Congregational Church. As a young woman, Lizzie was very involved in activities related to her church, including teaching children’s Sunday school and other Christian organizations. she served as secretary-treasurer in the Christian Endeavor Society, and was involved in contemporary social movements such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Even by those who knew her, there were many divided opinions about Lizzie, as if she had different personalities. Some say she was a kind, good daughter. The type that would tuck her father in on the lounge for a nap (the same lounge he would be killed on). Others say she was incisively bitter and would say bad and mean things behind his back when she was angry with him. The Murders On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden yells for their maid Bridget “Maggie” Sullivan. “Maggie, come down! Come down quick; Father’s dead; somebody came in and killed him.” A half hour or so later, after the body–“hacked almost beyond recognition”–of Andrew Borden had been covered and the downstairs searched by police for evidence of an intruder, a neighbor who had come to comfort Lizzie, Adelaide Churchill, made a grisly discovery on the second floor of the Borden home: the body of Abby Borden, Lizzie’s step-mother. Investigators found Abby’s body cold, while Andrew’s had been discovered warm, indicating that Abby was killed earlier–probably at least ninety minutes earlier–than her husband. Earlier that morning, Abby was upstairs cleaning the guest room that John Morse has stayed in the previous night. Forensics determined that Abby was initially facing her killer when she was struck in the head with a hatchet cutting her just above the ear. The blow spun her around and caused her to land face down on the floor. From there, the killer assumed to sit on Abby’s back and continued to deliver 18 more direct blows to the back of her head. Once the killer finished with the victim, the 200-pound corpse lay sprawled out on the knees face down waiting to be discovered two hours later. Meanwhile, Andrew Borden went calmly on his rounds of business to the Union Savings Bank, to the National Union Bank, to the First National Bank of Fall River and then to see one of his tenants, the hatter Jonathan Clegg. At 10:40 a.m. his next-door neighbour Mrs. Kelly saw him at his front door as she hurried on to a dentist’s appointment, unkown to the fact that he would not leave the house alive. Less than an hour later his daughter Lizzie called up to the maid, who was resting in her attic room. It was there, in the small little sitting room, where the dead body of Mr. Borden lay, with his head and face so hacked as to be unrecognizable even to his friend and physician, Dr. Bowen, who attended the scene. Again, the mysterious murderer struck violently to the head. According to Robert Sullivan: “Borden’s head was bent slightly to the right, but his face was almost unrecognizable as human; one eye had been cut in half and protruded in a ghastly manner, his nose had been severed, and there were eleven distinct cuts within a relatively small area extending from the eye and nose to the ears. Fresh blood was still seeping from the wounds, which were so severe that the first of the eleven blows must have killed him.” Although she was tried and acquitted of these gruesome crimes, Lizzie Borden and her hatchet have caused more confusion, speculation and debate than any other murder case in American history. The Hauntings The Spirit of Mr. Andrew Borden is said to still inhabit the home. Seething that his life was so brutally taken from him. Finding some comfort that the living are bringing things to light. He enjoys watching the activity in the home, and has started to answer evp questions. Goes about his business, what he used to do while alive. The spirit of Mrs. Abby Borden In the guest bedroom, now called The John Morse Room, an indentation of a body on the room’s bed was discovered by a staff member, like someone had just laid on top of it, one month after renovations and refurnishing the home was complete. Faint cries are heard in here as well. The spirit of Lizzie Borden An apparition of a woman, that looks like Lizzie has been seen down in the basement, looking around the basement, possibly making sure that she disposed of all the evidence. The spirit of Bridget “Maggie” Sullivan – Still trying to say what happened; the truth. Cold spots are reported in Maggie’s room. An apparition of a woman dressed in maid’s clothes is seen doing her chores around the house. Other paranormal happenings: Former owners, The McGinns, and present day owners of this home had some experiences: lights turning on and off. doors open and close, followed by footsteps. Shadow people have been seen, especially on the staircase going down to the main hallway, and walking into the other parts of the house. Sometimes staff and guests can feel someone brush against them on the stairs and in various parts of the home. Disembodied voices have been heard as well. Owner Leanne Wilbur felt the cold touch of a finger run down her back. When she quickly turned around, no one was visible. Entities of two young children Have been seen by the living, in various parts of the house. Have been heard playing marbles. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden http://www.hauntedhamilton.com/gotw_lizzieborden.html http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-lizzie-borden http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/ma/lizzie-borden.htm By Jason Black [...] Read more...

Aimee investigates a haunted quarry with Retford Ghost Hunters UK10/07/2023Derelict Buildings / Haunted LocationsLast night (UK time) I went out with the wonderful Retford Ghost Hunters Uk . A special treat as not only are these peeps very active investigators (going out at least three times per week) but they are from my home town! They made me feel so welcome and at ease…and the location is great! We drove to a remote spot outside of Chesterfield and set up for the evening. We shared the location for a couple of hours with some lovely folk from the Bat Protection Society; they were there because the location may be demolished to make way for a house in the near future. I was quite pleased to see bats over the evening as hopefully that may mean the location is preserved a little longer… The team used a range of equipment, getting some great results using sensor lights, rem pods, and the good old cat balls. They also used a couple of apps – Spirit Talker and the PC version of Alice Box… that’s one I’m interested in exploring further on our own investigations. Kate, Ron, and Rachel took part in a deprivation session, something we usually refer to as the Estes method, with good results! I saw a definite shadow figure blocking out the green laser lights at one point and the briefest of flashes of a person stood to my left side in one of the buildings. That was really clear though so took me by surprise! Michael” popped up again too, the last few times have been at Kingseat and Glenbrook Lookout, I’m keen to know why he keeps on popping up for me at these different locations. You can watch the stream of our investigation here https://youtu.be/bGp0ZOEAlZA to see the responses we received from a spirit called John, possibly someone called Arthur and a prankster who likes to joke about colours (refusing to say the correct one). All in all, a great night and I recommend following this team… especially as they are off to the City of Caves (which I posted about last week) for an investigation very soon… it will be amazing! – Aimee [...] Read more...

Massey Homestead, Mangere. Auckland11/04/2014Historic Buildings / InvestigationsThe Massey Homestead is an imposing historic building set in extensive gardens on Massey Road, Mangere East. It was for some years the home of William Ferguson Massey, who was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925. This is a brief history of the homestead, its ownership by the Massey family, its purchase by Manukau City Council, and its development as community and cultural centre. In 1849 or 1850 the landowner and former missionary William Fairburn sold 220 acres of rural land on Mangere Road to the timber dealer Daniel Lynch. About 1853 Lynch built an ornate two-storeyed red brick and timber homestead on his estate in what is now Mangere East. The homestead was designed in the English colonial style with Regency details. Native timber was used extensively but its red bricks and slates were brought from Melbourne. Lynch’s two-storeyed homestead was one of the most notable and substantial brick houses in South Auckland and in May 1869 he offered it for use as a hunting lodge when Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, and his shooting party passed through Mangere during his New Zealand visit. Lynch retained his Mangere estate until 1890 when it is said that financial difficulties forced him to sell his land. Two hundred and nine acres were bought by two speculators, William Francis Buckland, an Auckland solicitor, and John Roberts, a gentleman from Dunedin. On 29 September 1890 Buckland and Roberts sold 16 acres, 2 roods and 38 perches (about 6.8 hectares) of their land, including the homestead, to Mangere farmer William Ferguson Massey. Massey was looking for a new, less flammable house because his former wooden farmhouse in central Mangere had just burnt down. The homestead and surrounding land cost Massey £600. He immediately arranged a £500 mortgage from Buckland and Roberts with interest at 6 percent per annum paid quarterly. William Massey William Massey entered Parliament as the member for Waitemata in 1894, but was elected to Franklin in 1896, so in later years his family called the homestead ‘Franklynne’. Massey was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 until his death in 1925. During this time, he lived in Wellington much of the time, but his family and guests continued to live in the homestead. Early during the Massey family’s residency in the house, part of the verandah was removed and a curved portico with four ‘classical’ columns was added to provide shelter over the front entrance. Over the years the family made other minor changes; having the western upstairs balcony weather-boarded and the floor of the lower balcony concreted. Inside, imitation graining was applied to kauri panelling and mouldings throughout the house and the natural oak wardrobes were painted. Massey’s son Frank also added the garages beside the house and the gardener’s shed behind it. According to local legend Franklynne had a narrow escape during the 1913 General Strike when Auckland watersiders, aggrieved at Massey’s role in combating the strike, marched on the homestead threatening to burn it down. A quick-thinking visitor, Mr Feist, who was staying at the house with his family, managed to convince the men that the brick house would be too difficult to burn and that setting fire to the barn sheltering Massey’s steam traction engine would only ensure him a generous insurance payout. After William Massey’s death the homestead and land passed to his widow, Dame Christina Allen Massey. On 21 April 1926 Dame Christina sold the Auckland Education Board a parcel of land behind the house where the Mangere East Primary School was built. On 10 March 1927 she surrendered more land for the dedication of Ferguson and William streets, and between 17 May 1927 and 6 December 1928 she sold a further 15 allotments of land to various couples who purchased residential sections along those streets. Finally on 7 December 1928 Dame Christina transferred the homestead and remaining land to her son, Frank George Massey, who moved into the homestead with his wife and children. Dame Christina herself continued to live at the homestead until her death in 1932. Frank and his wife Dora liked gardening, and the development of the attractive gardens at the homestead dates from the 1930s. The mature pohutukawa and puriri trees to the northeast of the homestead had already grown during William Massey’s lifetime, but the other large native trees on its front lawn were planted by Dora and Frank during the 1930s. Dora planted flower gardens in front of the homestead. She and Frank laid out the homestead’s main drive, running from the wrought iron gates on Massey Road, and planted the gardens along both its borders. Dora had a low brick wall built backing the gardens along the drive and this enhances their attractiveness when viewed from the lawn. Dora and Frank also created a lawn tennis court in front of the house. After Dora Massey died in 1954 a group of her gardening friends decided to form the Franklynne Gardening Club in memory of her enthusiasm and the beautiful gardens she had created at the homestead. Frank stayed on in the homestead with his daughter Anne, a lawyer. During the 1950s Mangere East was still a village and the homestead retained a partly rural outlook. Change was coming, however, and in the 1960s large-scale subdivision began in the area. On 9 May 1967 Manukau City Council took a triangular, sail-shaped piece of land measuring 1 acre and 9.1 perches (about 0.42 of a hectare) extending from the western corner of the Yates Road boundary to the Massey Road boundary of the property. This was gazetted for street widening, but it seems no agreement could be reached on a satisfactory plan and the proposed scheme fell into abeyance, with the council retaining ownership of this land. The next development came in 1973 when Manukau City Council proposed classifying the Massey Homestead as a place of historic interest in its district scheme. This narrowed Frank’s options if he ever did wish to sell the property. He decided to specify in his will that Manukau City Council would have the first option to buy the homestead and its gardens. After Frank died in 1975, his daughter Anne and son Allan negotiated with the council, who agreed to buy the homestead and gardens for the benefit of the people of Manukau. In late 1976 the council offered to buy the homestead and surrounding 3 acres, 2 roods and 16.7 perches (about 1.45 hectares) for $100,000. This proposal was subject to the Massey family agreeing to a district scheme change whereby the council could subdivide and sell sections on the Yates Road boundary of the property. The Masseys accepted the council’s offer and on 20 October 1977 Manukau City Council paid a deposit of $10,000 for the property. The final instalment was paid on 29 June 1978. The council’s property manager had previously agreed that Anne Massey could remain as the homestead’s tenant until her new home unit in nearby William Street was ready, and on 30 September 1978 she moved out of the homestead. Manukau City Council now amalgamated the newly acquired land with that previously taken for street widening, so it now owned a total of 1.82 hectares around the homestead. The entire block was now resurveyed and subdivided. A large section was subdivided off behind the homestead, where Lambie Court pensioner village was built. A further four residential sections were subdivided on the corner of Yates Road. Another 618-square metre section on Yates Road was set aside as the homestead’s rear entrance and car park. After these changes were made, the homestead itself was left with a park-like garden measuring 9208 square metres on a total area of 9826 square metres (or 0.9826 of a hectare). Manukau City Council intended to use the homestead as a community and cultural centre. Council staff thought the garages, which are connected to the main house by an existing covered walkway, could be renovated as studios for community groups and resident artists. Council gardeners maintained the attractive gardens in front of the house. The gardeners also planted some small trees, shrubs and ground covers. The tennis court in front of the homestead was asphalted and developed for community use. On 20 September 1980, on the first day of the inaugural Festival of Mangere, Council formally opened the Mangere Community and Cultural Centre, consisting of the Massey Homestead itself and the Metro Theatre across the road. On the day, painting, pottery, photographic and historical displays were exhibited inside the homestead while outside players dressed in 1930s-style costumes played games of ‘period tennis’ on the tennis court. ‘Blam Blam Blam’ Street Theatre actors also performed under the trees in the grounds of the homestead. During the 1980s and early 1990s many community groups used the Massey Homestead and it housed some significant cultural, artistic, photographic and historical exhibitions. However by the 1990s council staff were aware the homestead was “structurally past its best.” The homestead’s internal framing and upper-floor joists needed strengthening if more than 10 people were to meet upstairs at any one time. So in 1994 restrictions were placed on the use of the upper rooms. While money was available to reinforce the structure, staff realised the heritage homestead could still be damaged if it was continuously used as a venue for active performances. At the same time a management review for Manukau City Council’s Arts Services had shown Mangere’s arts groups wanted to have a service that would resource them out in the community, rather than to have to travel to a centre for their artistic recreation. Therefore in 1997 the council’s arts service moved out of the Massey Homestead to a new Mangere Town Centre gallery, from which they could operate an outreach operation. The homestead was closed for a few years, during which time the building was reinforced and Manukau City Council unsuccessfully sought commercial tenants. By 2005 the council conceded finding appropriate tenants was virtually impossible and let several small community organisations back into the homestead. However, at the time of writing in 2010, the homestead has once again been closed for maintenance. The tennis court, thought to obstruct a clear view of the homestead from the road, has recently been removed. Nonetheless the Massey Homestead’s grounds are still used by the community. For instance, during ‘Summer Sounds in the Park’ events in March 2010, when Oceania Storm, Banda Latina, Allegro and Cydel and the Groovehouse performed. It is thought that William Massey still resides within the walls and makes himself known to staff and people visiting, from time to time. The activity reports are rare but there have been claims of moving shadows, items moving around the rooms and voices through the years. Before entering the building as the team were waiting outside for the security guard to arrive Amy, Barbara and Kimberley were all unnerved to see what appeared to be a white dog, just sitting there in the darkness, silent, seemingly ‘staring them down’. Being cautious not to aggravate the situation the 3 backed away. At this time the security guard pulled up to let us in. On turning back, the dog had disappeared. No one saw it leave, causing the girls to doubt what they had actually seen and whether it was even a dog they had been seeing. Weather conditions: Cloudy and humid. No wind. Luna cycle: The Moon was in its first quarter. Building Description: – The Building is an imposing two story historic building consisting of red brick and timber. – The house was designed as English colonial style with regency details. – The red brick was imported from Melbourne. – The building is about 164 years old. – There appeared to be a dining room, Lounge, Parlour room, kitchen, bathroom and one other room down stairs, there also was a cupboard under the stairs that had an entry hatch that lead to under the floor boards. – There were two sets of stair cases leading upstairs. There was one bathroom, and office (may have been a bedroom at one stage), a store room, Master bedroom (with added covered sunroom, that was being used as a storage space.) Another office with a small round desk with a lot of childrens toys and couch in the room and another office that had two desks and a round table in the centre (That is the room that might have been two rooms at one stage.) There appeared to be an attic upstairs but we were unable to get up there as we had no ladder. Temperatures in building: At 20:55 Start time Front Lounge: Surface temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 24 Degrees Celsius Board Room: Surface temperature 20.5 Degrees Celsius Surface temperature (fire place end) 20.3 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Entrance Way: Surface temperature (by door) 19.8 Degrees Celsius Surface temperature back wall 20.4 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Kitchen: Surface temperature by window 20.1 Degrees Celsius Surface temp by stairway 20.3 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Office Upstairs: Surface temperature 22.1 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Bathroom Upstairs: Ambient temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Toilet Upstairs: Surface temperature 20.9 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 23 Degrees Celsius Store room upstairs: Surface temperature 21.1 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 23 Degrees Celsius Master bedroom: Surface temperature 20.4 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 23 Degrees Celsius Sun room upstairs: Surface temperature 20.9 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Upstairs Large office: Surface temperature 22 Degrees Celsius Surface temperature 21 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 23 Degrees Celsius Office with toys: Surface temperature 19.7 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 23 Degrees Celsius Downstairs Bathroom: Surface temperature 19.6 Degrees Celsius Ambient temperature 23 Degrees Celsius Second interval – The following temperatures were noted: Ambient: Downstairs Front Reception room 20 Board Room 20.5 Hallway 19.8 Kitchen 20.1 Childrens Meeting Room 19.7 Front Office 19.2 Bathroom/Toilet 19.6 Upstairs Back Office 22.1 Bathroom 21.6 Toilet 20.9 Storeroom 21.1 “Rest Home” Room 20.4 Sun Room 20.9 Childrens Room 19.6 First impressions: Kimberley – Upon entering the building we were hit with a smell that reminded you of an old building. I got a feeling of calm and warmth, but on entering the upstairs master bedroom and the office with the table in the middle and lots of children’s toys there was heaviness in those rooms. I still felt like it was a calm environment. There was no change of emotion or mood while entering the building. We were still able to have a laugh and be jovial. But it did feel as though we were being watched at times. We started with a walk through with all the lights on, and we were ‘taking in’ the building and all of its rooms. Getting used to the sounds that the building made and taking photos and base line readings in all the different rooms of the house. The rooms that stood out to me was the upstairs master bedroom, the room with the small round table and lots of children’s toys and the larger office room upstairs with the two desks and the round table in the middle. Barbara – A Lovely old building that had been really well renovated to the point that it didn’t appear to be old. Once we moved out of the front reception room and board room however the condition of the house became more original (although had still been very well maintained and slight renovations had been done, including modern bathrooms, toilet facilities and kitchen). Some of the rooms seemingly had not been used for a while as cobwebs hung down from the ceilings and sometimes brushed against us as we walked around. In these unused rooms there was also a musty odour. The house also looks a lot bigger from the outside so I was surprised that there was not more to it the first time we walked through. In a couple of rooms I got a feeling of pressure in my ears but I did not get any emotional feelings in the house (besides just loving it because it’s a historical building). We also noticed that some of the rooms smelt old and musty or of ‘cat urine’. Amy – “old. but well-used”, was my first impression. Certainly dated but you could tell the people now were using the building to the best advantage for their particular needs. I actually thought it would be a nice place to hold a wedding reception or other such special event! I like the fact it is a well-used place which I think made me feel comfortable and relaxed when walking around it. No eerie sensations like I had at Kingseat. I loved all the little stairwells and the layout of the rooms. It was easy to imagine how the rooms would have been used when it was still the homestead of the Massey family. Mark – It’s a ‘busy’ building that obviously has many people working and communing daily within its many rooms. There’s a real ‘life’ in there though. Lots of caring, teaching and community spirit evident all around. To me it felt like a happy and productive, yet peaceful place to be. A place of support, learning and compassion. Experiences: Mark – I went outside to take photos of the front of the building. The lights were on in the home. As I got into position, I saw a shadow who I thought was either Barbara or Kimberley standing in a top floor, left hand window. I couldn’t see any features, just a dark person form looking out the window. I didn’t want them in my shot so waited until they moved from the window. The ‘person’ then moved out of sight and the lights turned off immediately as this happened. I wanted the front window lights on for my shot, so quickly leapt a few meters closer to the house, yelled up to whoever had left the room to please turn the lights back on in that room. This was a matter of about 4 seconds from when the lights went off. No one answered me. I yelled out again. Still no answer. After a couple of minutes, Kimberley who had heard me yelling out, came to see what I wanted. She claimed it wasn’t her that had been in that room at the time and the others in the team had been in a whole different part of the building at the time. I am now kicking myself, that I didn’t take any photos whilst the shadow person was standing there! I only have the after- photo I took about 4 seconds after the ‘person’ left the window. Kimberley – The only thing I saw was in the larger upstairs office (the one with two desks and a small round table). Amy was sitting at the desk on the left hand side in the corner. I was sitting at the round table facing the wall opposite the table and Barbara was sitting across from me on the round table. I saw a shadow against the wall, of an arm and a hand with five fingers. At first I didn’t react to it as I thought it was one of our arms and hands. However when I looked over to Amy she had her hands in her pockets and when I asked whether she had moved her arms she said ‘no they had been in her pockets the entire time’. Then I looked at Barbara and she was holding the spirit box with both hands. So I tried to recreate the shadow and was only able to do it by standing next to Barbara and placing my arm and hand just over her head. There were no trees outside the window or anything else that may have cast a shadow similar to an arm and hand. Also in the same room earlier in the evening I felt a rather large gust of wind it was so strong in fact that it blew some of my hair back. At first I thought it was Mark walking passed me but as we tried to recreate it he was not able to do it. However on closer inspection there did appear to be a breeze coming from underneath the door, which might explain it. Barbara – The “Rest Home” room was very interesting. We referred to the room by that name because it was a large room with comfy chairs which had been placed in front of the windows and it smelt old and musty. I had a sense of something being there and I think that most of our group also felt that way. I thought that the Childrens Office beside it also felt as if there was a presence. The Large Office across the hallway from these rooms didn’t have the same eerie feeling but that was where Kimberley saw a shadow hand on the wall and we got reasonable results from the spirit box there. While Kimberley, Amy and I were in the large upstairs office trying a communication session with the spirit box Kimberley saw a large shadow of a hand reach out on the wall. When we tried to recreate what she had seen we discovered that the hand had actually been over my head as I was holding the spirit box. Amy – The Master Bedroom stood out to me the most. This is the one where my imagination decided to run away from me with the idea of something coming out of the double wardrobes at the end of the room! But that was based on nothing more than too many horror novels and movies, and not anything I heard or saw in the homestead. Energy Fluctuations: As usual, a full room by room, periodic EMF and temperature sweep was done at intervals throughout the night. EMF (Electro Magnetic Field) levels throughout the location were pretty flat in all rooms. Only exceptions being near the power meter box I the kitchen which was giving off an unusually high, ‘off the scale’ field reading. Temperature fluctuations: Kimberley – The only cold spot that I felt was at the end of the investigation at almost midnight, where I had become very cold all of a sudden, my skin had become icy. However we did not record the temperature then. But throughout the night the temperature remained the same. Mark – I did experience a few brief, icy cold ‘whips’ of breeze around my neck. Once whilst ascending a thin wooden stairwell and another on entering one of the closed rooms upstairs. At the time i dismissed it as random breezes, but there werent any open doors or windows i could see. Possible odd air movement perhaps? Undecided. Trigger objects: A communication session was attempted in a children’s upstairs Toy / Play room. As a trigger object, we used one of the toys and asked if anyone would like to play with it. Also set up was a blue glowstick . This was to be knocked over or moved if ‘anyone’ wanted or was able to do so, to give us a sign of their presence. Ghost Box A “Ghost Box” originally named the “Frank’s Box” was created in 2002 by EVP enthusiast Frank Sumption for supposed real-time communication with the dead, Sumption claims he received his design instructions from the spirit world. The device is described as a combination white noise generator and AM radio receiver modified to sweep back and forth through the AM band selecting split-second snippets of sound. Critics of the device say its effect is subjective and incapable of being replicated, and since it relies on radio noise, any meaningful response a user gets is purely coincidental, or simply the result of pareidolia. However we have been trialing a box within our EVP communication sessions in the interest of open minded-ness and practical experimentation. Summary: Mark saw a figure in the front window which turned out to be none of the team, the same figure also appears to have turned out the light. Kimberley saw the shadow of a hand on the wall in the same room and I do appear to have captured very faint responses during EVP sessions in the house. Unfortunately we were unable to actually capture any of this as photographic evidence and the audio was barely audible so also cannot be considered as positive evidence. Amy – I didn’t really feel or see anything, although I was in rooms with Kimberley on a couple of occasions when she saw things (like a hand/shadow moving on the wall) but I remained blissfully unaware of anything! I got slightly jittery about different noises by the end of the night, but I think I was tired and they were probably normal sounds associated with an old house settling. I enjoyed it, and think it went really well – we seemed to have a lot of time for completing things without feeling rushed, re time etc. I Feel the second floor was worthy of more investigating, whilst the 1st floor didn’t seem to have any potential – but that is gut instinct and not based on anything else I must stress. We did a few EVP sessions as a whole group and also one in the old master bedroom with just myself and Kimberley. I didn’t ask any questions myself but others did and there were occasional knocks etc. These could have been in response to the questions, but I didn’t feel there was enough evidence to prove this as they could have also been just normal ‘old house’ noises. Personally I didn’t walk away from the Massey Homestead feeling like I had seen/felt/heard anything that provided evidence that it was haunted. Might be wrong of course – and I certainly didn’t hear or see anything that others in the group heard and saw, apart from the occasion knock which I still put down to the house settling. It was a great few hours spent in the homestead, and lovely to see an old building being used so productively by the community. This feeling of warmth and current occupation certainly added to my own relaxed feeling when we were doing the investigation. Enjoyed spending a few hours getting to know other’s in the group a bit better and found it interesting that some members of the group saw/heard a lot of activity whilst I honestly didn’t see or hear anything out of the ordinary. Might be a case of me not being quite so in-tune with paranormal activity though!! Mark – I really enjoyed my time in this building. It was a quiet, peaceful and cool , clear night which helped in making perfect invesigation conditions. The smallish team this time worked very well together on documenting the surroundings and experimenting with various techniques. I personally didnt see, hear or notice anything within my time there which would lead me to believe that the Massey Homestead is haunted, though it would certainly be nice to think that William Massey still resided there and was looking over his old abode, seeing how it has developed through the years and the positive and community caring way it is being utilised to this day. I think he’d be very pleased indeed. The team took hundreds of photos of the full interior and exterior of the homestead. Plus about 6 hours of audio and around 3 hours video using standard and IR nightshot cameras. Communication attempts were conducted and audio recorded. A few unusual moments occurred during our time there that we could not explain, though we unfortunately were unable to properly document these occurrences as definite evidence. A big thank you to the Massey Homestead for the pleasure and honour of allowing us unaided afterhours access to this beautiful and iconic prestigious South Auckland property. Acknowledgement and a big thank you to Christopher Paxton, who’s fascinating written history we have reproduced here. [...] Read more...

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall18/01/2014HauntingsThe Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a ghost, which reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk. It became one of the most famous hauntings in Great Britain when photographers from Country Life magazine claimed to have captured its image. The “Brown Lady” is so named because of the brown brocade dress it is claimed she wears. Identity of the ghost According to legend, the “Brown Lady of Raynham Hall” is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole (1686–1726), the sister of Robert Walpole, generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. She was the second wife of Charles Townshend, who was notorious for his violent temper. The story says that when Townshend discovered that his wife had committed adultery with Lord Wharton he punished her by locking her in her rooms in the family home, Raynham Hall. According to Mary Wortley Montagu, Dorothy was in fact entrapped by the Countess of Wharton. She invited Dorothy over to stay for a few days knowing that her husband would never allow her to leave it, not even to see her children. She remained at Raynham Hall until her death in 1726 from smallpox. Sightings The first recorded claim of a sighting of the ghost was by Lucia C. Stone concerning a gathering at Raynham Hall at Christmas 1835. Stone says that Lord Charles Townsend had invited various guests to the Hall, including a Colonel Loftus, to join in the Christmas festivities. Loftus and another guest named Hawkins said they had seen the “Brown Lady” one night as they approached their bedrooms, noting in particular the dated brown dress she wore. The following evening Loftus claimed to have seen the “Brown Lady” again, later reporting that on this occasion he was drawn to the spectre’s empty eye-sockets, dark in the glowing face. Loftus’ sightings led to some staff permanently leaving Raynham Hall. The next reported sighting of the “Brown Lady” was made in 1836 by Captain Frederick Marryat, a friend of novelist Charles Dickens, and the author of a series of popular sea novels. It is said that Marryat requested that he spend the night in the haunted room at Raynham Hall to prove his theory that the haunting was caused by local smugglers anxious to keep people away from the area. Writing in 1917, Florence Marryat said of her father’s experience: …he took possession of the room in which the portrait of the apparition hung, and in which she had been often seen, and slept each night with a loaded revolver under his pillow. For two days, however, he saw nothing, and the third was to be the limit of his stay. On the third night, however, two young men (nephews of the baronet), knocked at his door as he was undressing to go to bed, and asked him to step over to their room (which was at the other end of the corridor), and give them his opinion on a new gun just arrived from London. My father was in his shirt and trousers, but as the hour was late, and everybody had retired to rest except themselves, he prepared to accompany them as he was. As they were leaving the room, he caught up his revolver, “in case you meet the Brown Lady,” he said, laughing. When the inspection of the gun was over, the young men in the same spirit declared they would accompany my father back again, “in case you meet the Brown Lady,” they repeated, laughing also. The three gentlemen therefore returned in company. The corridor was long and dark, for the lights had been extinguished, but as they reached the middle of it, they saw the glimmer of a lamp coming towards them from the other end. “One of the ladies going to visit the nurseries,” whispered the young Townshends to my father. Now the bedroom doors in that corridor faced each other, and each room had a double door with a space between, as is the case in many old-fashioned houses. My father, as I have said, was in shirt and trousers only, and his native modesty made him feel uncomfortable, so he slipped within one of the outer doors (his friends following his example), in order to conceal himself until the lady should have passed by. I have heard him describe how he watched her approaching nearer and nearer, through the chink of the door, until, as she was close enough for him to distinguish the colors and style of her costume, he recognised the figure as the facsimile of the portrait of “The Brown Lady”. He had his finger on the trigger of his revolver, and was about to demand it to stop and give the reason for its presence there, when the figure halted of its own accord before the door behind which he stood, and holding the lighted lamp she carried to her features, grinned in a malicious and diabolical manner at him. This act so infuriated my father, who was anything but lamb-like in disposition, that he sprang into the corridor with a bound, and discharged the revolver right in her face. The figure instantly disappeared – the figure at which for several minutes three men had been looking together – and the bullet passed through the outer door of the room on the opposite side of the corridor, and lodged in the panel of the inner one. My father never attempted again to interfere with “The Brown Lady of Raynham”. Lady Townsend reported that the “Brown Lady” was next seen in 1926, when her son and his friend claimed to have seen the ghost on the staircase, identifying the ghostly figure with the portrait of Lady Dorothy Walpole which then hung in the haunted room. Country Life magazine On September 19, 1936 Captain Hubert C. Provand, a London-based photographer working for Country Life magazine, and his assistant Indre Shira were taking photographs of Raynham Hall for an article to appear later in the year. The two men’s account claims that they had already taken a photograph of the Hall’s main staircase, and were setting up to take a second when Shira saw “a vapoury form gradually assuming the appearance of a woman” and moving down the stairs towards them. Under Shira’s direction Provand quickly took the cap off the lens while Shira pressed the trigger to activate the camera’s flash light. Later, when the negative was developed, the famous image of the “Brown Lady” was revealed. The account of Provand and Shira’s ghostly experience at Raynham Hall was published in Country Life magazine on December 26, 1936 along with the photograph of the “Brown Lady”. The photograph and the account of its taking also appeared in the January 4, 1937 edition of Life magazine. Soon after the noted paranormal investigator Harry Price interviewed Provand and Shira and reported: “I will say at once I was impressed. I was told a perfectly simple story: Mr. Indre Shira saw the apparition descending the stairs at the precise moment when Captain Provand’s head was under the black cloth. A shout – and the cap was off and the flashbulb fired, with the results which we now see. I could not shake their story, and I had no right to disbelieve them. Only collusion between the two men would account for the ghost if it is a fake. The negative is entirely innocent of any faking.” Experts called in by Country Life stated that the photograph and its negative did not appear to have been interfered with. Since then, however, some critics have claimed that Shira faked the image by putting grease or a similar substance on the lens in the shape of a figure, or by himself deliberately moving down the stairs during an exposure. Others claim that the image is an accidental double exposure or that light somehow got into the camera. The Brown Lady has not been reported as being seen since this alleged sighting in 1936. [...] Read more...

Kanangra Ranges (Australia) exploration with Rex Gilroy30/05/2016InvestigationsMay 30th 2016: I spent the day (9am – 9pm) wandering the vast Kanangra Ranges in search for evidence of the mysterious and elusive Yowie (Australia’s Bigfoot) and Thylacine (aka The Tasmanian Tiger). In our time in the dense wilderness, we saw kangaroos, wallabies and a wombat. Rex stumbled upon what looks like a large footprint in the gravel. This was plaster cast for further analysis. I discovered what appears to be a large very old footprint in a rocky gully. Clearly seen, are what appear to be large toes and slip marks; as if the creature had skidded in mud many years ago. Whether or not our print discoveries are actual creature impressions, we do not know, but have documented the finds as best we can for future reference. Thank you to Rex and Heather Gilroy for taking me out in the field yet again. [...] Read more...

Alberton House – Mt Albert05/02/2015Haunted Locations / Historic BuildingsAlberton is a distinctive colonial mansion, built about 1863 by one of Auckland’s elite landed families. Once the centre of an estate that stretched as far as the eye could see, this beautiful building grew from a farmhouse into an 18-room mansion – including Oriental styled decorative verandahs and towers. Famous in the 19th Century for its balls, hunts, garden parties and music, Alberton was the ‘party house’ for Auckland’s Colonial elite. It was owned by the Kerr Taylors, a leading family in Mount Albert, until it was left to Heritage New Zealand in 1972. Alberton was home to Allan Kerr Taylor and his second wife Sophia – an outspoken advocate for women’s suffrage – as well as their 10 children. Alberton contains a wealth of original family furniture and other possessions, including exceptionally rare 19th Century wallpaper and Alberton’s original landmark fountain. Alberton is significant as one of the best-preserved houses of the colonial elite in the Auckland region, providing tangible evidence of the grandeur and individuality of many such residences. Historic Alberton is surrounded by a beautiful half-hectare park-like garden. Visitors can stroll around the lawn and admire the many protected trees including magnificent old oaks, Californian redwood, Japanese cedars, rare sandpaper figs, and old fruit trees. The garden provides a peaceful oasis amid the bustle of central Auckland where you can hear native bird song and the sound of water splashing from the ancient fountain. The picturesque garden is a small reminder of the large formal garden which was originally located in front of Alberton. It is a lovely area to enjoy for a stroll or as a backdrop for wedding photographs. Ghostly activity has been reported in this well-known Mt Albert homestead. Manager Rendell McIntosh says people have reported seeing “women dressed in Victorian clothes, mainly on the first floor, where the bedrooms were”. “One man came downstairs and asked the women on reception who the woman upstairs was. She answered ‘you were the only one up there’.” Rendell says that all the sightings are of happy people; “Alberton has always been a happy place.” From musician Bruces Paine’s website…. When I asked the manager of Alberton, Rendell McIntosh, he explained that there are only happy spirits and experiences at the house compared to the frightening incidents recorded at other places in New Zealand and overseas. “There haven’t been a lot of sightings compared to other places but many psychics have felt and seen things at the house. Some spiritually “in tune” people have even been summoned to specific rooms.” One example was the chef who was assisting with a wedding at Alberton and was summoned from the kitchen to the girls’ room upstairs. His Scottish grandmother and mother were fey (clairvoyant) and he didn’t want to let himself be involved but at Alberton it was impossible to ignore what he was feeling. On a separate occasion, a man came downstairs and asked the person on reception who the woman upstairs was. She answered ‘you were the only one up there’. Retired Heritage New Zealand employee John Webster was looking down from Alberton’s upper verandah and saw a lady on the lawn wearing a long, old fashioned dress. He only saw her momentarily then she was gone. He went downstairs to see who it was dressed up for the occasion but she was nowhere to be found. John was very attuned to experiencing ghosts of people and animals during his time as curator at Ewelme where he and others witnessed such sightings. His assistant (the late) Rani didn’t see ghosts at either Ewelme or Alberton (she worked weekly at both) but she did confess to saying there was something strange about the Alberton nursery and the “blue room” alongside had a feeling of unhappiness or sadness. One of the most dramatic events happened on the day of a visiting “bridezilla’s” very stressful wedding. She claimed that she had been chased out of the guest room by the Kerr Taylor sisters! The Alberton staff members realised that such an occurrence made sense because the ladies of Alberton would not have tolerated such inappropriate behavior. However as lovers of all creatures great and small, they could well have approved of the canine ring bearer that took part in the ceremony! Funnily enough though, it is always and only the visitors who claim to have had such experiences at Alberton. Nobody who has worked there full time has seen or heard a ghost. That’s not to say there haven’t been some scary and hilarious moments. One such being the day that the manager had a hell of a fright. When closing up the house he heard weird ghostly sounds, that made his hair stand on end, coming from the attic rooms. Should he climb the steep ladder to the rooms above in order to investigate, he wondered? Or would it be safer to call ‘Ghost Busters’? Closer inspection revealed that there was no attic ghost but instead two even less welcome visitors – opossums! It was not long before the four legged ‘poltergeists’ were trapped and found a new home! Last but not least, it’s worth noting that well known Auckland musician/composer Gary Deverne felt the need to portray the spirits of the house through descriptive music and wrote a piece for orchestra entitled “Ghosts of Alberton”. A recording of the piece is included on his CD “Gallipoli” which was recorded in the Czech Republic. The track “Ghosts of Alberton” is, according to the sheet notes, based on Allan Kerr Taylor and Alberton, and in particular the ghostly traveling around the house by “Aunt Muriel” and three other sisters. http://www.brucepaine.co.nz [...] Read more...

“Pioneers in the field…. Leading the way with Paranormal Research in New Zealand” – Connor Biddle, Paranormal Encounters.

“I have much respect for the level of study Mark and his team have put into the paranormal phenomenon through the years. His work is interesting and very well researched.” – Murray Bott, U.F.O Researcher & NZ’s MUFON representative.

”Refreshing to see solid and innovative investigation work, done with passion and honesty. Haunted Auckland stand out in the crowd and dont fit any typical mould. This is a very good thing”. – Paranormal Review newsletter

Paranormal New Zealand is the home of Haunted Auckland, a Paranormal Investigation and Research group.

Whether you’ve been aware of Mark Wallbank’s research work since the 1980s, attended his early 90s discussion events, received the quarterly newsletters, subscribed to his popular mid-2000s online blog BizarreNZ, followed the Haunted Auckland team since 2010, or just recently discovered us; WELCOME and thanks for joining in the fun, learning, and adventures.

We are a dedicated group of paranormal researchers, all having one thing in common – a passion and drive to find out as much as humanly possible about the mysterious and unknown field that is the Paranormal, as well as documenting New Zealand’s historical buildings and landmarks in their current state.

Paranormal (păr′ə-nôr′məl) adjective.
Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as beyond normal experience or scientific explanation. The term “paranormal” has existed in the English language since at least 1920. The word consists of two parts: “para” and “normal”. The definition implies that the scientific explanation of the world around us is “normal” and anything that is above, beyond, or contrary to that is “para”.

We’re always learning new things, so hope to pass that knowledge on to you all so that you might learn as we do, in this crazy but fascinating world of the paranormal.

Our primary reason for existing as a team is to experience first-hand and document any perceived paranormal activity so that we may learn to better understand the phenomena and the misconceptions surrounding it. Our aim as a research team is to study these phenomena as closely as possible to form more educated opinions via experimentation, documentation, and simply being present at the moment to record and respond accordingly to it and wherever it may lead us.

Firstly a few things you should know about Haunted Auckland. We’re a small Auckland based team of friendly, dedicated, well seasoned and enthusiastic researchers with differing levels of experience, knowledge, skills and expertise. Our investigators are intelligent, honest, compassionate and possess critically thinking (yet wide open) minds. We’re also very good listeners.

We work closely with Property Managers, local Councils and Historical organisations to help preserve local histories, bring further awareness and raise funds by running public events.

In our time, the team has successfully raised many (much needed) thousands of dollars, to assist with the upkeep and general running of these wonderful historic locations. Something we are very proud of.

We are also very proud to have worked alongside and assist both the NZ Police and NZ Fire Services with our work.

Haunted Auckland has it’s roots deep and strong. Going back to 1984, with a team (Auckland Ghost Hunting Group) formed by H.A founder, Mark Wallbank; making them NZ’s longest running Paranormal field-research entity.

What we aren’t:

We aren’t Ghost Busters, Ghost Hunters, Exorcists, Mediums, Clairvoyants or Psychics and we don’t do clearings, blessings or the ridding homes of alleged demons. We don’t do prayers, rituals, or bring in any religious elements to our work. We aren’t mental health experts or sleep disorder professionals, though we do work closely with mental health professionals.

We travel that spooky road, between sceptic and believer. We are happy to sit right in amongst it all and take the research wherever it may lead us.

While we are sceptical and doubtful of certain cases and ideas, we have seen and experienced enough in our time to realise that dedication to the research is definitely a worthwhile cause. Instead of blindly believing (or disbelieving), or just accepting what we are told is true and real, we prefer to seek out the answers ourselves through first-hand, “boots on the ground” investigation. Experimentation, observation and documentation. We don’t have all the answers and we don’t consider ourselves experts.

We don’t make bold claims we can’t back up with evidence or reliable data.

The team prides itself in being quite a bit different from other paranormal investigation teams out there. We tend to stay away from the mainstream gadget fads.

Research time in locations is valuable and a privilege, so wasting it on pointless flashy boxes that offer no accurate data in return or are vague and open to interpretation (as well as mis-interpretation) is counter-productive and a poorly used opportunity. Thinking outside of the ‘’box’’ confinements of the popular T.V and social media- lead mainstream is something, the team sees as important if the field is to move forward and gain any serious credibility or traction within scientific or academic circles.

The team utilises a combination of old-school thinking and techniques, coupled with a modern way of thinking. Simple and stripped back yet embracing current technology to work though theories and ideas that may find their way into our research. We don’t make claims we can’t back up with evidence or reliable data.

We pride ourselves in keeping it real. No faking evidence or embellishing of facts. If nothing happened, nothing happened.

Why we don’t offer Clearings and Banishings

We decided many years ago to stop offering clearings and cleansings, as the more we learned, the more unethical (even damaging) we could see it was on a few levels.
We wanted to experience and observe these ”beings” and learn about them. Learn from them directly, if such a thing is possible.
To hopefully interact and document as much as we could of it to advance the study of the paranormal.

If the theories on spirits are correct, then clearing, or ”banishing” becomes nothing more than a punishment, torture, an eviction from a home, or even a death. Death to a person (possibly living in an alternative dimension we are yet to even understand or comprehend), that has as much right to exist as ourselves.
Until ghosts, spirits, negative energies, and demons have been sufficiently verified to actually exist, (to which they as yet haven’t, outside of belief, possible misinterpretation, and superstition) it would be unethical to assume a position of knowledge and superiority enough to think we have rights that far outweigh theirs. That we may enter their home and try to evict or eradicate them as if they were cockroaches or some other household pest.

It’s about respect, understanding and compassion; on both sides.

What we are, is “real world” researchers. Learning by doing. If we don’t know something, we say so.

We don’t charge anything for what we do. The opportunity to investigate a location and hopefully further our research is its own great reward.

We follow the Scientific Method as closely as we are able to; though it’s not always easy to create a fully controlled environment and the fact that true paranormal activity is sporadic and very rare means we don’t always have a lot to go on. Still, we do our best with what we have to work with at the time and go wherever it takes us.

We go to where the stories come from in order to see for ourselves. We talk to the people involved to get their sides to the occurrences.

Our conclusions are never really final and we find multiple return visits yield the best results; so have built up trusting relationships with quite a few locations within the historical communities in this country.

Our clean and respected reputation within historical circles is something the team prides itself on, as it has grown over the last decade and is based on well over 200 investigation sessions within that time.

For a full listing of References & testimonials, please visit our TESTIMONIALS page on this website.

Exploration – Observation – Experimentation – Documentation … Ultimately leading to Interaction, Understanding and Conclusion.

KEEPING IT REAL

Please check out our website and don’t hesitate to make contact if you have any queries or would like to know more about what we do.

We’re always happy to talk about spooks!

Through the years the team have investigated:

Auckland

Auckland Civic Theatre
North Head
The Auckland Town Hall
St James theatre
Victoria Theatre
The Howick Historical Village
The Smith & Caugheys building
Kinder House
Lopdell House
The Pumphouse Theatre
The Bluestone Room
Fort Takapuna
Massey Homestead
The Hard To Find Bookshop
Hollywood Cinema
Avondale Town Hall
Spookers
Alberton House
Bell House
Theatreworks
Carrington (Unitec)
The Queens Ferry Tavern
Regent Theatre
Ewelme Cottage
Laishly House
Onehunga Blockhouse
Puhoi Centennial Hall
Kingseat Hospital
Puhinui Homestead
The Kentish Hotel
AUSA Building
Helensville Museum
Waiuku Museum
Lake House Art Centre
Molloy’s Antique Centre
Whatipu Caves
Capitol Theatre
Gibbons Homestead

Wellington

Dixon Street Basement
Private Residence
Inverlochy House

Northland

Dargaville Central Hotel

Coromandel

The Junction Hotel
Mount Moehau
Bella Street Pumphouse

Waikato

Hawkes Bay

Central North Island

Chateau Tongariro Hotel Jubilee Pavillion – Marton

Northern South Island

Trout Hotel

West Coast and Central South Island

Seaview Asylum
Otira Stagecoach Hotel

Canterbury

The Old Shipping Office (Akaroa)

Otago

Cardrona Hotel
Vulcan Hotel (St Bathans)

Dunedin

Seacliff Asylum
Chalet Backpackers
Globe Theatre
Leviathan Hotel
Larnach Castle

United Kingdom

The Drovers Inn – Scotland
Traquair House – Innerleithen
Ancient Ram Inn – Wooton-Under-Edge
30 East Drive – Pontefract
Boleskine House – Scotland
Ballachulish Hotel – Glencoe
Chillingham Castle
The Golden Fleece – York
Bunchrew House – Scotland
Oswald House – Kirkcaldy
The Skirrid Inn – Abergavenny
Halston Hall – Carlisle
Airth Castle
Dalhousie Castle
Barcaldine Castle – Oban
The Witchery – Edinburgh
Edinburgh Vaults – Scotland
Touchwood House – Scotland
Greyfriars Kirkyard – Scotland
The Hellfire Club – Ireland
Ostrich Inn – Slough
Caynton Caves – Shropshire
Four Crosses Inn – Staffordshire
Torwood House – Scotland
Dalhousie Castle – Scotland
Windhouse – Yell, Shetland
Swan Hotel – Wooton-on-Edge
Weston Hall – Staffordshire
Clava Cairns – Inverness, Scotland
The Queen’s Head Hotel – Troutbeck
Haunted Antiques Paranormal Research Centre – Hinkley

Australia

YHA [Katoomba]

Hartley Village [NSW]

Quarantine Station [Manly]

The Russell Hotel [Sydney]

Maitland Gaol [NSW]

Kilmore Gaol [Melbourne]

Aradale Lunatic Asylum [Melbourne]

Hawaii

Kaniakapupu Palace Ruins – Nuúanu Pali – Manoa – Oahu Cemetery [Oahu]

Norfolk Island

New Gaol – The Crank Mill – Bloody Bridge

Cryptozoological Field Research

YOWIE RESEARCH: Blue Mountains [ Australia] – Kanangra Ranges [Australia] – Blue Mountains Exploration: Research Area – Bullaburra [Australia]

MOEHAU RESEARCH: Coromandel Ranges [New Zealand] – Urerewa Ranges [New Zealand]

LAKE MONSTER RESEARCH: Loch Ness [Scotland]

… as well as many private home visits around Auckland and surrounding towns and extensive investigation and exploration internationally.

Some of the services and experience we have on offer:

Research and Investigation of buildings, historical locations and businesses

Photo & video analysis

Photographic enhancements

General paranormal consultation

Historical Research

Conferences / Public speaking

Educational talks & fundraising for historical locations

Media interviews