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Investigation Report: The Kings Arms Public House – Harborne – Birmingham
Date of Investigation: October 15th to 16th 2004.
Notes On Alleged Haunted History:
*1st night on premises, landlady saw ‘someone’ looking around pillars in bar area of pub when building was otherwise empty.
*Movement of objects – glasses smashed / thrown from shelves. Bathroom cabinet flew across room towards person in shower. Heavy vase flew across kitchen and smashed. Magazines from rack scattered in three different directions, etc.
*Cellar lights switched off and on of own accord. Feeling of being watched in general cellar area.
*Sound of movement heard in private apartment corridor at 2 a.m. Upon investigation, drawers of sideboard in corridor found open, with everything thrown out. As ghost is allegedly called ‘Harry’, landlady shouted: “F*** Off Harry!!”, and heard someone laughing and running away down corridor.
*Landlady situated in kitchen and saw someone run into her daughters room. Music came on in room. She went in to turn music off and saw ‘someone’ darting into her own bedroom.
*Footsteps and banging noises often heard.
*Staff member tapped on shoulder and had her hair pulled.
*Feeling of someone getting into bed with you.
Investigation:
Present: Steve Chew and Frazer Smith. Also 5 people associated with pub itself – Z, L, A, C and O.
Vigil One – Cellar Area:
Steve Chew hears ‘clang’ sound from outside cellar door. (Like noise made by a metal pipe). Boiler room situated nearby. O possibly hears same noise(?) Traffic sounds detected from outside property.
During vigil, O and Z allegedly saw / sensed ‘flames’ in the cellar area(?)
Later, O and Steve hear a ‘shuffling’ sound. Z becomes ‘spooked’ and believes that someone has touched her. Z visibly shaken by this experience.
Post vigil – Steve Z and L walking back into bar. All hear ‘bang’ come from the stairs area of function room above.
Vigil Two – Function Room:
Group conducting (experimental) recording / ghost baiting session and O asks if the ghosts are happy with the way that the premises are being currently run? If so – then could they let someone know?
At this point, Steve is setting his camera up on the function room stairs and feels himself being physically ‘pushed’ into a nearby door frame! (Action possibly in response to the question being asked?)
Vigil Three – Function Room Stairs:
Ghost baiting session conducted in endeavour to replicate ‘pushing’ scenario.
A and C leave premises at 3.02 a.m.
Z believes that she hears footsteps in function room. Other noises also heard from (poss.) function room and corridor.
Vigil 4 – Cellar Middle Room:
Squeaking noise heard. (Poss. from cellar pipes). Other unidentifiable sounds heard. Couple of people present claim to hear sounds of muffled voices.
Vigil Five – Function Room:
4 ‘tap’ noises repeated twice, seemingly from glass lamp shade.
Floorboards heard creaking, as if someone ‘rocking to and fro’ on them.
Researchers leave pub around 5.30 a.m.
Brief Summary:
Researchers observe that visit / investigation conducted in already paranormally charged atmosphere. Previous visit by (dramatic / psychic motivated) group added to ghost-lore / paranormal expectations of site. Clearly general sense of heightened expectation (re. potential paranormal happenings) from site based personnel.
Degree of (site based) prompting / feeding occurring throughout visit.
Landlady spoke of being forewarned about ghostly reputation of site prior to moving into premises.
All the best,
The W.M.G.C.
Investigation Report: The Kings Arms Public House – Harborne – Birmingham
Date of Investigation: October 15th to 16th 2004.
Notes On Alleged Haunted History:
*1st night on premises, landlady saw ‘someone’ looking around pillars in bar area of pub when building was otherwise empty.
*Movement of objects – glasses smashed / thrown from shelves. Bathroom cabinet flew across room towards person in shower. Heavy vase flew across kitchen and smashed. Magazines from rack scattered in three different directions, etc.
*Cellar lights switched off and on of own accord. Feeling of being watched in general cellar area.
*Sound of movement heard in private apartment corridor at 2 a.m. Upon investigation, drawers of sideboard in corridor found open, with everything thrown out. As ghost is allegedly called ‘Harry’, landlady shouted: “F*** Off Harry!!”, and heard someone laughing and running away down corridor.
*Landlady situated in kitchen and saw someone run into her daughters room. Music came on in room. She went in to turn music off and saw ‘someone’ darting into her own bedroom.
*Footsteps and banging noises often heard.
*Staff member tapped on shoulder and had her hair pulled.
*Feeling of someone getting into bed with you.
Investigation:
Present: Steve Chew and Frazer Smith. Also 5 people associated with pub itself – Z, L, A, C and O.
Vigil One – Cellar Area:
Steve Chew hears ‘clang’ sound from outside cellar door. (Like noise made by a metal pipe). Boiler room situated nearby. O possibly hears same noise(?) Traffic sounds detected from outside property.
During vigil, O and Z allegedly saw / sensed ‘flames’ in the cellar area(?)
Later, O and Steve hear a ‘shuffling’ sound. Z becomes ‘spooked’ and believes that someone has touched her. Z visibly shaken by this experience.
Post vigil – Steve Z and L walking back into bar. All hear ‘bang’ come from the stairs area of function room above.
Vigil Two – Function Room:
Group conducting (experimental) recording / ghost baiting session and O asks if the ghosts are happy with the way that the premises are being currently run? If so – then could they let someone know?
At this point, Steve is setting his camera up on the function room stairs and feels himself being physically ‘pushed’ into a nearby door frame! (Action possibly in response to the question being asked?)
Vigil Three – Function Room Stairs:
Ghost baiting session conducted in endeavour to replicate ‘pushing’ scenario.
A and C leave premises at 3.02 a.m.
Z believes that she hears footsteps in function room. Other noises also heard from (poss.) function room and corridor.
Vigil 4 – Cellar Middle Room:
Squeaking noise heard. (Poss. from cellar pipes). Other unidentifiable sounds heard. Couple of people present claim to hear sounds of muffled voices.
Vigil Five – Function Room:
4 ‘tap’ noises repeated twice, seemingly from glass lamp shade.
Floorboards heard creaking, as if someone ‘rocking to and fro’ on them.
Researchers leave pub around 5.30 a.m.
Brief Summary:
Researchers observe that visit / investigation conducted in already paranormally charged atmosphere. Previous visit by (dramatic / psychic motivated) group added to ghost-lore / paranormal expectations of site. Clearly general sense of heightened expectation (re. potential paranormal happenings) from site based personnel.
Degree of (site based) prompting / feeding occurring throughout visit.
Landlady spoke of being forewarned about ghostly reputation of site prior to moving into premises.
All the best,
The W.M.G.C.