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Friar Street Mall: Is the derelict shopping centre haunted?

A derelict shopping centre was the scene of a paranormal investigation on Saturday night as ghost hunters explored abandoned stores.

Black Cat Paranormal led the hunt at Friars Walk in, Friar Street, Reading town centrethroughout the night on Saturday, May 30.

Clare Durrant, one of the ghost hunters from Black Cat, said the team's finding had been interesting.

"I took my spirit box with me," she explained.

"It's a radio scanner which is set in reverse. It flicks through around 300 frequencies per second so it would never pick up a station, even if it did we wouldn't be able to understand because it's in reverse.

"We heard two voices on there - a female voice which sounded like a girl and a very deep male voice.

"We asked them questions like how many of us were in the room and heard numbers back from it."

The team also experienced a couple of spooky situations which Clare said "freaked" her.

She said: "There was one point when we split into two groups.

"I took one group into the old C&A shop and we all saw a figure walk pass with a flash light.

"I thought it was someone from the second group but when I went to ask if they'd found anything the figure had gone.

"Later when I asked the other group if they had been there they confirmed they hadn't been anywhere near us.

"I also took one of the visitors into a shop corner to see if we could find anything and we both got blasted in the face with cold air - it freaked me out enough for us to run away. We weren't welcome there."

Despite the incident Clare said she didn't think harm could come to her or the rest of the group during a paranormal investigation.

"Lots of people believe different things but in my opinion spirits are just disembodied energy which, for whatever reason, has decided to stay in a certain place," she explained.

"We also protect ourselves by splashing incense on us and we take cleansing very seriously before we leave."

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Beware: Paranormal investigators say Bryan-Downs, Stockade and Eells-Stow houses in Milford are haunted

TOP: Bryan Down’s House in Milford. (Register file photo) BOTTOM ROW: From left, Clark-Stockade House, Eells-Stow House, and a photo taken inside Eells-Stow House. From the NPIS website: “Over 50 photos were taken during an EVP session in a room on the first floor of the Eells-Stow House. We found this one photo of the 50+ taken to contain a blue energy not present in any of the others. This energy was captured following a sensation of static electricity in the room by some our team members.” (Photos courtesy of NPIS website) 

MILFORD >> Paranormal investigators say the historic Bryan-Downs house is haunted by a woman and servant girl, while the Revolutionary War hero Captain Dr. Stephen Stow continues to “live” in the adjacent Eells-Stow House.

But they want more details about the spirits who live on the Milford Historical Society complex — more pieces to the puzzle — and will attempt to find them with the help of the public during paranormal investigations June 20 and 27th.

For a $50 fee, with a significant portion of the money going back to the Milford Historical Society, participants will learn ghost hunting techniques and be provided with tools.

“Each paranormal investigation is an opportunity to find out a little more information about a place or people there,” said Cindy Wolfe Boynton, a popular author and writer who leads the popular Spirits of Milford ghost walks. “Hopefully, we’re going to get information that will expand on what we have.”

Boynton has teamed with Northeast Paranormal Investigations Society — NPIS — to train the public on site. As each session is limited to 30 people who will be broken into groups of 10, the June 20 session has already sold out.

The investigations will take place from 9 p.m. to midnight at 34 High Street.

Participants will use professional tools, including voice recorders,dowsing rods, digital and infrared still and video cameras, pendulums and more in the attempt to make contact with spirits, Boynton said. They also will be lead through exercises designed to enhance their own psychic abilities.

Adam Shefts, of Wallingford, founder of NPIS, said the group limits its investigations to historic sites.

“We have history as a foundation for every investigation,” Shefts said. “We want to connect evidence with history.”

Members of his group have visited the historic Milford complex twice and found a definite presence of spirits, he said.

Shefts said the presence of additional investigators — meaning the public — could really add to the investigation, because, “Everyone has their own energy and a spirit may be more inclined to interact with one person than another,” he said. “To interact with someone who passed away hundreds of years ago is exciting to take part in.”

The three houses involved in the investigation are the Eells-Stow House, believed to be the oldest house in Milford, The “Stockade House” and the Bryan-Downs House, c. 1785.

During the Revolutionary War, one was a hospital where many had died, including about one-quarter of 200 British soldiers with small pox who had been dumped on Milford’s shores. Captain Dr. Stephen Stow treated them and later died of the disease himself. Boynton said that in 2007, paranormal investigators came in and determined Stow “absolutely” still lives in the Eells-Stow House.

The Bryan-Downs house is also believed to be haunted, including by a servant woman. Several historical society members have heard their names whispered and have been touched going out the door, Boynton said. In the Eels-Stow house, there is a picture made of human hair, common practice back then as a way of preserving part of a deceased loved one.

Shefts said one of the group’s “sensitives,” Kyle Berghiaume, could “hear“ the energy of a spirit in the Bryan-Down’s house and when he walked into the Stockade House, Bible scriptures started running through his head.

In the Stow house, NPIS investigators identified some electronic voice phenomenon and captured a spirit voice on a recorder. Similar equipment will be set up for the public events.

Shefts said “a ball of energy” also came into a room when investigators were present.

While outside of the Stow house, investigator Mark Firulli saw a woman dressed in old time clothing standing in the window, Shefts said.

Shefts said every investigation is conducted in a respectful manner and guests will be prepped with safety tips.

“We do investigations respectfully,” he said. “We believe that just because a person is in a spirit form, there’s no reason not to treat them like a person.”

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Ashmore Estates...Paranormal Activity.. Living Dead Paranormal & Dead People See Me

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Mystery at the Manse

The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is not only home to assorted local flora and fauna, but some say the historical site also houses several spectral occupants.

And the public is invited to tag along as the Island Paranormal Society, based out of Long Island, N.Y., investigates the ghostly phenomena in the property’s colonial revival mansion.

The Morris County Park Commission, which is co-sponsoring the event with the society, did not seek out the ghost hunters, said society director Matthew Haas.

“Nobody really advertises, ‘Hey, we’ve got ghosts.’ So (the society) sends out email inquiries to places with a rich history, which tend to have more activity,” Haas explained.

And the Frelinghuysen manse fit the bill.

The arboretum was established on the former site of Whippany Farm, owned by George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851-1936), son of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, and a New York City patent attorney and president of Ballantine Brewing Company from 1905 until his retirement, and Sara Ballantine (1858-1940) of Newark, the granddaughter of the founder Peter Ballantine of the Ballantine Brewing Company. In 1964 their daughter, Matilda Frelinghuysen (1887-1969) began plans to turn the estate into an arboretum. Today’s Frelinghuysen Arboretum was dedicated in 1971.

After park officials responded to the society’s inquiry, the team began to research the site’s history and made two visits to the mansion, Haas said.

“We walked away with quite a lot of evidence on the second investigation,” said Haas, adding that the team was a little surprised at how much evidence they had been able to record. “Maybe it was because (the spirits) were starting to be a little more familiar with us. It doesn’t happen on demand. The former inhabitants have to get used to you and (the investigators) have to open up to the spirits that are there.”

The team uses a variety of video and audio recording devices to capture evidence of spirit activity.

Originally scheduled for Saturday, May 30, a Paranormal Night at the Historic Frelinghuysen Mansion has been postponed to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, after one of the investigators broke his foot.

The program will begin with an orientation session explaining the methods that the society uses to investigate paranormal activity. The investigators will explain the types of phenomena that the participants may encounter.

Tour participants will then be divided into smaller groups and one of the investigators will lead the groups to locations where paranormal activity had been detected during the society’s preliminary investigations in February and April, Haas said. Most of the investigations will be concentrated on areas on the mansion’s main floor and the third floor, the location of the former servant quarters, he said.

However, Haas stressed that the investigators would not point out occurrences during the actual tour because they do not want to unduly influence participants.

The idea is to teach attendees about what to look and listen for before the tour begins so that they become an active part of the investigation, Haas explained.

“At the end, we’ll all meet again and we will reveal our findings” and audience members will be asked to share their own observations. “We respect what we do and if our participants respect our investigation and approach ... they could have an experience just as much as we did.”

Locally, the team also has investigated paranormal activity at Liberty Hall Museum on the campus of Kean University in Union. They will gladly travel anywhere in the tri-state area to investigate paranormal phenomena, Haas said.

Island Paranormal Society is an all-volunteer organization that deals with the study and research of unexplained phenomenon. Other members include Josie Haas, Brian Bee and Alex Franzini.

“We are a small team of Investigators who are passionate about helping our clients and researching paranormal activity. (Our) goal is to find a resolution based on our findings, whether we determine it is paranormal or not paranormal. We use various methods that include investigating and documenting claims of paranormal activity using instruments entirely safe to the environment and designed to help us collect data during the investigations. Such instruments include video cameras, audio recorders and a surveillance system that helps us monitor the entire investigation,” states the society’s website.

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Charlie Demon - Educatiom Ministry Warns Of "Paranormal Behaviour" Among Students

The Charlie Charlie Challenge, which has gained international attention and condemnation from the Vatican, has been causing disruption in a number of Jamaican schools, prompting the Ministry of Education to impose a ban on the game.

The Charlie Charlie Challenge is a game played using two pencils and a paper. It is a simplified version of the Ouija board. Players cross the two pencils on the paper and invoke a fabled Mexican demon by calling out: "Charlie Charlie can we play? Charlie Charlie are you there?"

There are many videos posted online, from different countries, supposedly showing the pencils moving on their own in response to the players' chants.

In a release to the media yesterday, the Ministry of Education indicated that several schools have observed disruptive behaviour by a number of students who have played the game and as such has moved to ban the game.

"The ministry issued the ban following reports from several schools across the island of very disruptive behaviour by students who engaged in the game. Some reports intimated that students displayed demon-possessed or paranormal behaviour while playing the game," the release stated.

The release did not expound upon "demon-possessed or paranormal behaviour".

According to the release, a bulletin was sent out to schools instructing administrators to monitor students to ensure that they do not play the game.

Monitor The Children

The bulletin advised school administrators to immediately contact the regional offices if they need help and further support to address the situation.

"The education ministry is also calling on parents and guardians to monitor their children carefully outside of school as based on the reviews of the Charlie Charlie Challenge, there can be serious psychological effects on children. Parents and guardians should note that the playing of this game can also result in serious physical harm to our children," the release added.

President of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) Everton Hannam has added his own voice to the call for parents to monitor their children.

"News of the Charlie Charlie Challenge in a number of our schools has been met with concern by the NPTAJ. If the allegations are correct, there seems to be some intent to introduce games which are not of the kind that we would want to welcome in our schools," he said.

"The ministry has asked parents to be vigilant of these kinds of introduction of these games and we would want to endorse that call and expand it to ask all parents to monitor our children carefully," he said.

Hannam called on the education ministry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the use of the game.

"The ministry should move swiftly to investigate the veracity of these games and the extent to which they are going to affect our children. The study should also include our psychologists and guidance counsellors so as to assess the impact," he added.

Schools across the region have also been facing challenges with students who have played the game.

Reports from Antigua and Barbuda suggest that students were rushed to the hospital after playing the game as they were fainting and having seizures.

Strong warnings against playing the game have been issued in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and St Lucia.

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