From the W.M.G.C. archives.....
Constructed around 1575, the impressive Moat House Restaurant in Tamworth, South Staffordshire, has been utilised for a variety of purposes during it’s lifetime, including periods as a private residence, a gentlemen’s club, a hospital, an asylum and, more recently, a public house and restaurant.
Reports of ghostly activity at the site stretch back at least three decades and include a vast array of diverse happenings. Apparitions, poltergeist effects and mediumistic / psychic episodes have all been regularly experienced.
Just some of the apparitions allegedly witnessed on the premises include an old woman in a rocking chair and a lady in Victorian costume both seen in the library. A gentleman wearing a smoking jacket - carrying a brandy glass and smoking a cigar - has been seen in the main entrance hall to the building. An ‘ugly’ little girl apparently resides in the Restaurant ‘Tower’ and a ‘grey lady’ has been witnessed in the kitchen and living room of the resident staff accommodation. A terrifying face – so horrible that one of the witnesses concerned had to leave the premises upon seeing it – has also been spotted peering through the kitchen window….
Some of the more startling poltergeist-like effects reported include: A kitchen knife allegedly sailing past the face of one staff member, in an otherwise empty room, before embedding itself in a nearby notice board. On another occasion, two members of staff were alone in the building when a heavy metal rack, loaded with literally hundreds of plates, toppled over of it’s own accord in the kitchen. Bottles have been witnessed flying across a bar and smashing onto the floor… again, seemingly of their own volition. One staff member has heard her name being called out by a disembodied voice – while the sound of a woman singing a lullaby and the noise of a baby gurgling have been reported from the Function Room…….
West Midlands Ghost club members carried out an investigation of the property on the 9th of July 2004. The duration of the investigation lasted approx. 6 hours.
As with most of our investigations, the event was based around particular areas of the property which had been specifically pointed out to the group as sites of (alleged) paranormal activity, with a number of (manned) ‘vigils’ and audio / visual recording sessions being staged in various parts of the premises throughout the night.
As with a great many investigations, the evening passed mainly without event, save for a trigger object - based in a 2nd floor Children’s Room - being found to have moved twice during the night. Following it’s initial movement (of approx. 1 cm), the object was re-positioned and, some 50 minutes later, was found to have moved again (by 0.5 cm). On both occasions, the object had moved in the same direction.
This particular site was purposefully chosen for this experiment as, during a recent visit by another local research group, a trigger object had allegedly moved of it’s own accord in the same position. Having mentioned the above, basic experiments with group members moving in close proximity to the object concerned did cause vibrations and led to the movement of the object concerned.
With regards to ‘recorded’ data, the only matter of mild interest were some peculiar ‘knocking sounds’ which turned up on video recordings made in the Library area of the property.
An article, briefly mentioning the groups visit to the Moat House, was subsequently released in the ‘Tamworth Herald’ newspaper on July 15th 2004.
Regards to all,
The W.M.G.C.
Constructed around 1575, the impressive Moat House Restaurant in Tamworth, South Staffordshire, has been utilised for a variety of purposes during it’s lifetime, including periods as a private residence, a gentlemen’s club, a hospital, an asylum and, more recently, a public house and restaurant.
Reports of ghostly activity at the site stretch back at least three decades and include a vast array of diverse happenings. Apparitions, poltergeist effects and mediumistic / psychic episodes have all been regularly experienced.
Just some of the apparitions allegedly witnessed on the premises include an old woman in a rocking chair and a lady in Victorian costume both seen in the library. A gentleman wearing a smoking jacket - carrying a brandy glass and smoking a cigar - has been seen in the main entrance hall to the building. An ‘ugly’ little girl apparently resides in the Restaurant ‘Tower’ and a ‘grey lady’ has been witnessed in the kitchen and living room of the resident staff accommodation. A terrifying face – so horrible that one of the witnesses concerned had to leave the premises upon seeing it – has also been spotted peering through the kitchen window….
Some of the more startling poltergeist-like effects reported include: A kitchen knife allegedly sailing past the face of one staff member, in an otherwise empty room, before embedding itself in a nearby notice board. On another occasion, two members of staff were alone in the building when a heavy metal rack, loaded with literally hundreds of plates, toppled over of it’s own accord in the kitchen. Bottles have been witnessed flying across a bar and smashing onto the floor… again, seemingly of their own volition. One staff member has heard her name being called out by a disembodied voice – while the sound of a woman singing a lullaby and the noise of a baby gurgling have been reported from the Function Room…….
West Midlands Ghost club members carried out an investigation of the property on the 9th of July 2004. The duration of the investigation lasted approx. 6 hours.
As with most of our investigations, the event was based around particular areas of the property which had been specifically pointed out to the group as sites of (alleged) paranormal activity, with a number of (manned) ‘vigils’ and audio / visual recording sessions being staged in various parts of the premises throughout the night.
As with a great many investigations, the evening passed mainly without event, save for a trigger object - based in a 2nd floor Children’s Room - being found to have moved twice during the night. Following it’s initial movement (of approx. 1 cm), the object was re-positioned and, some 50 minutes later, was found to have moved again (by 0.5 cm). On both occasions, the object had moved in the same direction.
This particular site was purposefully chosen for this experiment as, during a recent visit by another local research group, a trigger object had allegedly moved of it’s own accord in the same position. Having mentioned the above, basic experiments with group members moving in close proximity to the object concerned did cause vibrations and led to the movement of the object concerned.
With regards to ‘recorded’ data, the only matter of mild interest were some peculiar ‘knocking sounds’ which turned up on video recordings made in the Library area of the property.
An article, briefly mentioning the groups visit to the Moat House, was subsequently released in the ‘Tamworth Herald’ newspaper on July 15th 2004.
Regards to all,
The W.M.G.C.
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