Thanet GhostWatch Property Investigation Report
Sandwich Guildhall
Photos: Bob and Sarah
Written by Bob and Sue with contributions
from Dave, Sarah and Bryn.
Introduction
Thanet GhostWatch Property Investigation
would like to offer our sincere thanks to Sandwich Town Council for
consenting to this investigation and a special thanks to Kevin, the
Town Sergeant, for looking after us on the night.
For the purposes of our investigation
we mainly confined ourselves to the original section of the structure
which was built in 1579 and contains the Courtroom.
In the past, this Court's jurisdiction also covered the Thanet area
and it was here that Adam Sprackling stood trial for the murder of
his wife (1652) in their house which once stood in the grounds of
what is today Ellington Park, Ramsgate. Having been found guilty,
he was hanged at Sandwich's Gallows Field.
Note: abbreviations
used in these reports
IR = Infra Red - the invisible light used by night-vision cameras.
PIR = Passive Infra Red - relating to PIR motion detectors.
Saturday 12th January, 2008.
18:45
Arrived at location.
Finalised the Risk Assessment as required by our insurance.
Base Line survey of the relevant parts of the property, performed
by Bryn, Keith and Dave.
Bryn set up the Scientific Monitoring Station on the first-floor landing,
outside of the Mayor's Parlour.
Various Trigger-Objects were placed by Sue, Dawn and Jen.
Bob and Sarah set up the wired Quad IR cameras and 4 channel hard
drive recorder (in continuous recording mode throughout the entire
investigation), its monitor and hard drive recorder were located at
the Scientific Monitoring Station:
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Locked-off Cameras
Cameras 1 and 2 in the Courtroom.
Camera 3 in the first Attic Room.
Camera 4 in the Council Chamber.
Stills from these cameras are included in
the reports and video-clips can be found in the Video Compilation
at the bottom of this page.
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Team 1
Bob
Sarah
Dave
Jack
Bryony
Roger
Sharon
Kieran |
Team 2
Sue
Dawn
Jen
Keith
Helen
Zoe
Sam
Lucy
2 Guests |
Scientific Monitoring
Bryn |
20:50
Risk Assessment briefing.
21:00
Jury Room - Joint Spiritual Protection, Grounding
and Vigil.
REPORT
Break
22:30
Team Investigations.
Team 1: Ground Floor - Courtroom, Museum, Cell, corridor and stairs.
Team 2: Upper Floors - Mayor's Parlour, Council Chamber, Jury Room,
Function Room, stairs and attic rooms.
Team 1 REPORT
Team 2 REPORT
Break
01:15
Joint Courtroom Vigil.
REPORT
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Break
02:34
Pictured right - a light anomaly on
Camera 4 in the Council Chamber.
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Video-still |
03:00
Team Investigations.
Team 1: Upper Floors - Mayor's Parlour, Council Chamber, Jury Room,
stairs and attic rooms. Team 2: Ground Floor - Courtroom, Museum,
Cell, corridor and stairs.
Team 1 REPORT
Team 2 REPORT
Break
04:41
Pictured right - a key trigger-object
in the old cell appeared to have moved although we can't be sure
if it was accidentally knocked as it was not under video monitoring. |
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Photo: Bryn |
05:00
Investigation ended.
Packed away equipment.
05:40
Left the property.
Base Line
Report
Scientific
Report
Summary, Conclusions,
Sceptical Analysis
Video
Compilation
