CAREW CASTLE.
CAREW CASTLE


THE G.I.Ts TEAM ARRIVED EARLY TO SET UP FOR THE EVENING, IN THE CAR PARK WE WERE ALL LAUGHING
AND JOKING AND AS SOON AS WE NEARED THE ACTUAL CASTLE WE ALL FELT VERY UNEASY. WE HAD
INVESTIGATED THIS VENUE BEFORE AND NO ILL FEELING OR UNEASINESS HAD BEEN FELT BY ANYONE. WE
HAD A NIGHT OF MOODS CONSTANTLY CHANGING, IF YOU WERE FEELING HAPPY IT QUICKLY CHANGED TO
UNEASE. AS IF SOMEONE WERE STALKING YOU OR JUST STANDING THERE WATCHING.
WE HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OF PEOPLE THINKING A TEAM MEMBER HAD RUN ON
AHEAD AND HAD STOPPED SOYOU COULD CATCH UP. BUT NO ONE LEFT THE GROUPS AND WHEN YOU
REACHED THE DESTIANTION NO PERSON COULD BE FOUND.
WAS IT THE FULL MOON AND THE HIGH TIDES??? WHO KNOWS?
TWO OF THE MEDIUMS WERE CONSTANTLY BEING CLOSED DOWN BY THEIR GUIDES, WHICH IS ANNOYING BUT
THEIR SAFETY COMES FIRST.
AND WE THINK THE SPIRITS OF CAREW HAVE SHARES IN DURACELL…NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE HAD SO MUCH
BATTERY DRAINAGE, POOR JAN HAD TO CHANGE HER CAMERA BATTERIES OVER 6 TIMES.
SO WITH INTREPIDATION AND A KEEN EAGERNESS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE UNUSUAL FEELINGS
WE BEGAN OUR INVESTIGATION.



We had three teams;
Team A led by Peter, Team B led by, Angela, Team C led by Helen


TEAM A; Chapel.

The sensation of being watched, a lady is seen standing to the right, and a man looks like a pedlar dressed in
sackcloth type of clothing. He is of noble gentry but comes in disguise to meet this lady. His name is Robert
Wychell and lived in a village nearby, the lady is Elizabeth Hall.
Bluebells is being shown and it is thought this is the name of the house he lived in.


Kitchen;

Libby and Jan go in first and Libby see’s a gauze curtain in front of the window. As the others join them the
curtain fades away. Nothing forthcoming.

Lesser Hall.

Jeannette feels she wants to cry in here but has no reason why she feels like this. Someone tells us to get
out and doesn’t want Jason up on the stage.  Jeannette asks spirit to give us proof that he is here, instead he
shouts at her and swears. This spirit is a large man bull necked and bald. He is heard walking round the
castle, he still wants us out. His name is James Matthews. He was illiterate. He looks like a blacksmith wearing
a big brown leather apron. He says he worked here, he was a bully, he had murdered. 1714 is given then he
tells us he passed on 24.08.1714 (the castle became uninhabited in the late 1600’s so we are not sure why he
says he worked here). He is still swearing and Jeannette tells him to stop, we are of no threat to him just wish
to learn about how he lived and what he done.  He calms down and tells us he was murdered, stabbed to
death by a gang near the second set of castle gates. The name of R Thomas is heard.
And all goes quiet.

We radio the other groups to see how they are doing they are not getting much information either so it is
decided to take a coffee break and re-group into two teams not three.

11.35pm Kitchen

Jeannette draws a gentleman. Martin feels cobwebs on his head, someone is playing with Lee’s hair (not that
he has a lot)!  A misty form has been seen moving out of this room a female form. Jeannette and Jan both
clearly see a white shape come down the hall.
Nothing else is received.

Lesser hall.

James Matthew is quick in his return he tells us he killed over 10 people on orders, he either hung them or
killed with a sword. He was not paid for doing it but instead was allowed the favours of any of the women
working in the castle, he did not kill in the castle but outside, he tells us we have no reason to be scared of
him tonight. He is a grounded spirit; he then retracts what he said earlier as he says... “I didn’t work here I
only came for my payment” he seemed to be some sort of money collector. And was the ‘heavy’ if you did not
pay. Lee is shown a black horse with gold reins, a sign that this man worked for a lord/nobleman he was
therefore never confronted until one day people had had enough and ganged up on him. He was 32 years of
age when passed. He proudly states he had fathered many children …not surprising considering his payment!

Chapel.

Unbeknown to Jeannette Peter has left the room to check on the other group, Jan sits down to scribe and
Jeannette sees a man (she thought it was Peter so over 6’ tall) leaning to Jan’s left side reading the notes.
She asks Libby if she can see him, Libby says no one is there with Jan; Jeannette walks over to Jan and
suggests she moves out the way, she then asks Pete what he was reading…. Pete had not returned and no
one had been seen standing next to Jan, Jeannette describes what she saw and photos are taken, a red light
anomaly shows up where the man would have been and two where Jan had been sitting.
Lee is linking in and has information about a lad who passed in a road accident, it is felt strongly that this
message was personal for Peter., and not to be reported here.


Team B

Upstairs rooms. 10.00pm

Lee feels warmth around him the temperature on lee is 22.5c the room is 20c He then jumps up to 25.5c the
room stays the same. A man is linking in who had horrific injuries to his legs and feet, he feels like a
blacksmith and is wearing a long leather apron. The years of 1630 – 1642 are given, he tells Lee, he is Joseph
and that the wounds to his legs were done to stop him leaving the castle.  He is 5’10. His life was taken by
having his throat cut, mistaken identity. He is not grounded and comes back in visitation the memories he has
of this place are horrific... which bodes the question…why return? He says he is free of the images and likes
to visit.
Rod is standing in the corner and says he feels shivery not cold just a funny feeling all over.  The temperature
around him is fluctuating between 24c – 26.5c
Joseph looks very unkempt with a scruffy ginger beard, he says in his job you were always dirty.  Rod has the
zip on his jacket hit.  Helen gets a song in her mind which suggests spirit don’t want to talk to us tonight.  
No one in the group have any knowledge of who or what might haunt this castle so when both Rod and Martin
go to a corner and out of the blue Martin says that he thought an animal had been kept here, he had no idea
why he said it just felt he had to, and this is the room where an ape was kept and is said to haunt the castle.

Coffee break.

Two teams join together, Great Turret 12.00.


Both Rod and Lee get the feeling of being sick and Lee feels he is swaying, Rod feels someone touching his
hair. No other information.

Lesser Hall 12.10

Noises are heard coming from the stage, someone draws close to Jeannette and makes her pace quickly back
and forth. Lee asks her questions and it James Matthews who she had spoken to earlier. He says he is not
here on his own there are at least 8 others around.
He re-tells his story to those who had not been there earlier.


1.35am West wing.

Walking by we all hear a very loud ping ping sound. Jan and Lee see a man in the 3rd floor window, right hand
side. Jeannette sees a man walk across both 2nd floor windows. There are no floors to this part so no unruly
members were wandering around!
Jan hears a man whispering. Lee and Jeannette call out and orbs are caught on camera.

Team C … 10pm West Wing

Going up the stairs feels like you’re being pushed back. Emf goes off by the portcullis.  A woman walks
through here in residual energy only,  Feels she walks through the room and goes through the wall, following
an old walkway (no longer here). Emf goes again, Kerry hears her name whispered. The woman is a servant
/maid in her mid 30’s. Very pretty has long hair/shoulder length. People have seen her here. Phil picks up that
somebody has done a runner from here, to get out.
Jayne can hear a strange noise like a shshsh. Helen has palpitations and feels sick. Emf goes again when
sensor put down the portcullis bars, but only on the one side nearest the doorway. Phil says the portcullis
holes were for pouring hot oil down (confirmed).
The strange noise is heard again like breathing It later transpires there are barn owls nesting and the strange
heavy breathing noise is in fact them.

10.30pm top room

Phil feels somebody was locked in here, Helen calls out, her feet are boiling hot as if there was a fire here.
Jayne can smell a foul smell.
Down one flight of stairs to an open room. Phil says these were bed chambers, but joking and drinking would
also have taken place, this is again residual.

Coffee break

11.40pm Great Hall.

Phil has a headache, nothing else so we move upstairs.

Here Phil feels a monkey/ape would sit up here and also runs around. This ape has been seen and heard
screaming by people. The room feels calm. Phil says the monkey was shot by an arrow then thrown into the
fire and burnt alive.  The red orbs caught on camera he believes to be the ape. He feels it is about 3’ tall and
orangey brown in colour.
Helen sees an orb in the corner, Phil sees a shadow of a person. Helen is seeing lights everywhere, spirit is
here.  Helen feels we are being watched from the top corner. Phil feels it is the ape, who can not understand
what is being said but is coming in to investigate.
The spirit watching us is moving around as Helen continues to call out. Spirit tells Helen they are not
performing seals! Helen feels a pain in her chest.

11.30pm Great Porch.

Earlier on Phil had seen a man walk past the doorway outside in the courtyard.
Not a pleasant atmosphere in here. Phil sees somebody has been badly hurt possibly tortured. They were cut
and beaten for something they did not do. Blue light seen in the corner. The person was pushed into the
room for the beating.

12.35 Return to Great Hall.

Phil sees a woman wearing a light/white dress seen in light form walks up the stairs and disappears. Phil and
Helen see her as a white shape on the 2nd level her name is Nesta.
In the corner you can hear footsteps above as if someone is pacing back and forth.

12.50 Kitchen area’s

A sweet flowery smell is smelt by Helen and Phil, and Ian can smell daffodils.
Jason thinks this room could have been a store room. Phil thinks this room might have been a weapons store
or restroom. Laughter – Ian feels it is a corridor rather than room.

Break

1.30am Chapel

Helen is calling out, Phil say’s the monkey’s name was Satan and even though this is a place of worship the
monkey used to perform tricks here. He was taught by whistles. And whistles would have been heard here.
Something moves next door then something bangs the wood behind Phil who lives up to his new nickname of
Linford Christie and runs.


1.55am Return to Kitchen

Phil has a headache feels people laughing and drinking, very angry a murder. Helen has a dry mouth, Kerry
also has a headache and Ian has a stiff neck.  It is felt that the entrance wall to the kitchen is not the original –
not meant to be here. Both Helen and Kerry feel sick and Helen’s jaw is aching. Phil thinks the kitchen was too
small for the main castle feels this would have been used just for servants.
Only residual energies are felt here.

2am under croft.

Phil explains that all the mediums have felt a crushing sensation whilst here. A man has been seen standing
in the room behind us; he was crushed to death over a short period of time. This man is a Celt not a nice
person. He was crushed by an animal. People have felt that as they walk to this area their normal gait is
strained. This man is active and has been following us around. He does not like Jeannette and wants to take
her over. He watches us whilst we take our breaks. Helen’s chest feels it is being crushed.

All the groups have joined together for the last part of the investigation.

2.20am Chapel

We all get seated; Jeannette and Martin are sitting where Phil had sat earlier, Pete by one door, Lee and Phil
by another.
Phil calls out for Satan and whistles, lee calls out for Satan. We can all feel energies building up.  Jeannette
sees somebody walk behind Helen and Lee hears a noise like a stone falling. There is movement in the room
next door.  Phil, Lee and Helen go next door. Lee and Phil both see a red orb. They come running out as Phil
has his arm grabbed by a man and is pulled into another little room there, his arm is scratched and he is
shaking.


2.45am Lesser Hall

Lee calls out, Phil has static on his face orbs are caught on camera. Lee calls out for Satan. Voices are heard
by the majority in the room and clear footsteps are heard as if walking on wooden floors. Pete, Lee and Phil go
outside to make sure no one has got into the castle, no one is wandering around and then we realise there
are no wooden floors in this area only the stage.
Lee calls out again a soft growl is heard by most of the group. Helen calls out and a bang heard on stage. Lee
and Phil hear a man’s voice. Jeannette and Lee see a shadow in the corner; orbs are seen by all the mediums.
Jeannette can see someone standing behind Lee.
Lee invites them to come and talk, a noise is heard outside. Banging on stage again.

The investigation finishes at 3.15am



THIS WAS AN INTERESTING NIGHT; DATES GIVEN DON’T SEEM TO TIE UP WITH SOME OF THE
HISTORY. BUT, ALL THE MEDIUMS SEEMED TO HAVE PICKED UP ON SIMILAR PEOPLE AND
EPISODES, JUST DIFFERENT ERA’S.

Our thanks go to the castle for allowing us to investigate.
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