Ghost Hunts
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This 600 year old building has a well-deserved reputation for unexplained happenings, which is why it attracts paranormal investigators from all over the world. As well as hosting private paranormal investigation functions, we also host events that are open to the public. So, if you would like to experience taking part in a paranormal investigation, check our "Paranormal Event Diary", below, to find out when we have public events scheduled. You do not need any prior knowledge or experience, as the investigators will guide you through the various techniques typically used by 'ghost hunters'. And there is no need to be scared, as the 'spirits' (or whatever they are) at Moot Hall are all harmless - although they can be quite mischievous! No-one can predict what may happen on any given evening, so we cannot guarantee that anything dramatic will happen, but we have never yet had a PI event where nothing strange has taken place. And, as you can read in the record of paranormal happenings, below, some truly astonishing things have occurred here. Moot Hall's curator and local historian, Clive Arnold, will carry out a de-brief at the end of the event, to compare what your group has experienced with the known history of Elstow and previous paranormal occurrences at the Hall. Events normally run from about 8pm (but please arrive a little bit earlier) and finish at about 1am. The cost varies, depending on the organisation operating the event, but is usually between £30 and £45. Coffee and biscuits are usually provided but you may also want to bring other snacks or drinks (strictly non-alcoholic only!) with you. You will also need to bring a torch, soft-soled shoes and something warm to wear. Why not book a place and see what happens? It could turn out to be the most intriguing evening of your life! |
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Paranormal Event Diary
2021
25th May - Private PI group
September 4th - Ghostly Gatherings.
November 27th - UK Ghost hunts
2022
26th February - Cambridge Ghost Hunters
16th July - Private PI group
To get more information about an event, or to book a place, click on the organisation's name.
PI Organisations
If you would like to run an investigation at Moot Hall, either as a private group or as a commercial event, you would be made very welcome.
Covid 19 situation: We are now accepting bookings for after 21st June 2021. Social distancing or face-covering conditions may apply, depending on the latest advice and regulations.
Contact the Curator for more information.
Covid 19 situation: We are now accepting bookings for after 21st June 2021. Social distancing or face-covering conditions may apply, depending on the latest advice and regulations.
Contact the Curator for more information.
Paranormal Happenings, Investigations & Reports
Here are reports, photographs and videos of some of the strange things that have happened to Moot Hall staff and/or to PIs during paranormal investigations. (Click on images to see full size photos.)
19th October 2019. Members of the PI group Beyond This World returned to see if they could again capture infra-red images of the boy Thomas. This time, they videoed and photographed what appeared on the infra-red camera's screen on multiple phones - in case the camera's file vanished as it had done the month before.
Having sensed the boy being present, the PIs positioned one investigator near the west end of the hall and asked the 'spirit' boy to stand near that person. Then they set their 'Stick-man' video camera running. (These are infra-red cameras which detect heat sources in the dark and, in the case of the heat source being vaguely human-shaped, software tries to overlay a stick figure so as to aid detection of such figures and to show any movements such figures may make.)
The following pictures and video of the camera screen show what it was picking up at 1207am. The PI is visible in the first photo and, standing next to and somewhat behind, is a child-sized figure. There were no live children, nor any very small adults present at this investigation! Pictures and video are by kind permission of the members of Beyond This World ©
Having sensed the boy being present, the PIs positioned one investigator near the west end of the hall and asked the 'spirit' boy to stand near that person. Then they set their 'Stick-man' video camera running. (These are infra-red cameras which detect heat sources in the dark and, in the case of the heat source being vaguely human-shaped, software tries to overlay a stick figure so as to aid detection of such figures and to show any movements such figures may make.)
The following pictures and video of the camera screen show what it was picking up at 1207am. The PI is visible in the first photo and, standing next to and somewhat behind, is a child-sized figure. There were no live children, nor any very small adults present at this investigation! Pictures and video are by kind permission of the members of Beyond This World ©
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21st September 2019. Members of PI group Ghostly Gatherings made a video, of a child who identified himself as 'Thomas', jigging about on top of the large table in the upstairs hall. They used an infra-red camera equipped with software which assists the viewer to identify human shapes and movements by overlaying a 'stick man' type figure onto the infra-red image. The film of this boy was shown to Moot Hall's curator during the debrief at the end of the evening and the owner of the camera promised to email us a copy. But, when the owner of the camera went to he review the film the next day, the file was gone! The group decided to return a month later and try again. (See above report.)
9th March 2019. During a paranormal Investigation by the 'Paranormal Sisters' group, some incredible images were recorded, in Moot Hall's Exhibition room.
At 22.09pm, a short video clip. was filmed. (This can be downloaded from the link immediately below this text.)
In the first few seconds of this video, a figure appears to move from right to left, dodging behind the upright stud timber (in the centre of the picture) toward the Bunyan Pulpit. The film is somewhat dark, as the only lights on at the time were the investigators' torches, but there is clearly something, about the height of a man, that moves from right to left.
The figure was not actually seen live by the investigators - they only saw it when reviewing the video a few minutes later. They then took screenshots from that video which show a figure - shadowy but pretty distinct - standing between the Bunyan Pulpit and one of the vertical timbers dividing that bay from the bay in which the photographers were standing.
In those screenshots (below) the image on the left is taken from the video and timed at 22.12pm. The centre picture is a slightly enhanced version and, on the right, a picture taken in daylight, from the same position, in order to show the location more clearly. In the first two pictures, what looks like the head of a human figure fully obscures the bottom third of the white notice on the Bunyan pulpit, enabling us to estimate the height of that figure at about 5'6" tall.
The investigators were certain that the figure was not one of their group because, at this time, half their members were engaged in a vigil in the cellar below Moot Hall, whilst the rest of the investigators were standing behind the photographer. Neither could any outsider have entered the building without the investigators knowing, because there is an alarm on the main entrance door of the building. Plus, the figure in the film emerges from the right, where there is only an outside wall and external door - which is nailed shut!
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Moot's mysterious 'self-opening' door.
Download the Word document to read a full account.
The two photographs, below, show the door ajar, its pneumatic closer and the heavy steel drop-latch.
Download the Word document to read a full account.
The two photographs, below, show the door ajar, its pneumatic closer and the heavy steel drop-latch.
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