Thanet GhostWatch Property Investigation Report
The Granville Theatre, Ramsgate

Base Line and Scientific

Written by Bryn.

From previous visits, there seemed to be good scope to cover the area with a lot of instrumentation.

 

Base Line

Instruments used:
IR Non-contact Temperature Sensor
Geiger Counter
AC EMF Meter.

The Geiger Counter was left on continually - en-route from the Bar area through the Cinema, then the Theatre and Galleries and finally the backstage area.

Temperature results - average of 12.5°C, variance to 13.5°C at stage area of the Theatre.
No unusual readings where observed.

Geiger Counter results - areas clean, just normal background counts.
Device used following US researchers who claim slight rises in ionising radiation before/during paranormal events, although this has not been proven.

AC EMF results - lots of areas with potential spikes, these unsurprisingly centred around areas of large electrical usage, as this meter is designed to measure man-made fields.
Under use, spotlights etc, being in action it would suggest that these levels would increase adding to EMF noise in the building.
Mercury vapour lights in the Cinema produced an odd slow "pulsing" signal.

Base Line conclusion - areas obviously have large electric usage, there seems to be various vintages of wiring so the area is electrically noisy, even in the out of hours conditions we visited in.
Whilst there is no direct link to paranormal activity and electrical noise (eletrosmog) it may be of significance to future studies.

Temperature results - as expected quite uniform, although there seemed little or no HVAC activity in the building, nothing unusual was noted.

 

 

Main equipment set up in the Cinema

Devices used:
Digital Audio Recorder (iRiver 24hz sample rate, Sony Stereo Microphone) - over 6 hours of audio recorded, this was to pick up possible EVPs and also monitor audio outputs from the VLF, Natural Trifield, Geiger Counter and Infrasound (indirectly) sensor.

Natural Trifield Meter - set on SUM function, audio baseline alert adjusted to just above background threshold.

Geiger Counter (same unit as used on Base Line) - set to audio signal, so 'clicks' could be picked up by the digital audio recorder.

VLF Radio - Brotronics Earth Monitor, set to Paranormal range, audio output adjusted to allow recording.

Infrasound Monitor - Brotronics, output split into audio recorder, visual bar graph centred in as 'quiet' a setting as possible, tuned to 6.5 Hz.

 

 

Review of results (audio MP3 file, 6hrs 23 mins)

Natural Trifield Meter - seemed quiet, only responses recorded associated with groups or individuals of our team in the immediate area - one occasion on power up of the house lights (by myself).
No recorded evidence of any 'unusual' readings.

Geiger Counter - random background results recorded throughout the night (as expected).
Slight flutter of counts around midnight, not unusual.
Normal background levels, no dangerous or harmful levels recorded.

VLF Radio - once again disturbances linked to our teams presence, possible that several mobile phones where also picked up.
Very slight possible background "Dawn Chorus" natural VLF signal in the early hours (around 3 - 4 am) but this was faint and erratic. Could be mistaken for EVP, but it is consistent with other monitoring I have done in the past.

Infrasound - many low rumbles picked out, this very much linked to traffic noise, in some cases the signal is overlaid exactly by RF signals on the VLF caused by engine electronics, especially larger and obvious diesel engine 'whirring' recordings.
Very noisy recording, especially the fire doors - when opened during breaks etc.
Experimental mistake to have included it in the digital audio, needs separate recorder, there is a possibility that these Infrasound signals masked or overpowered other audio sources.

Conclusions

 

Not science related: 22:49 Pictured right, a light anomaly captured whilst photographing the equipment set up in the Cinema.

Photo: Bryn

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