Newcastle Theatre Royal
13 April 2007
11pm to 5am
I was invited to join the Northern Ghost Investigations team at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle.
I was quite excited, as this would be my first building investigation as opposed to a hanger and outdoors.
After a long pre-investigation tour of the building from backstage to the top most galleries, the investigation began. It was unfortunate that after being shown all over the building, we were then restricted to investigate only the seated area, and with lights dimmed – not off.
We split into three teams and each included a medium. Each team was then escorted to a floor of their own. At some point we all visited the stalls, grand circle, upper circle, gallery and boxes.
Although I personally didn’t experience anything unusual, the mediums picked up on various people, one of who may have been a manager there. Temperature fluctuations were felt as well as the sound of breathing out.
Knocks and taps were heard but this sounded too much like a settling building to me.
A séance at the end rounded off the evening. Again I sensed nothing and the medium himself said that there was not a lot of activity tonight.
I took a number of photos and did capture the resident orbs that, interestingly, were where some of the team suggested they could sense someone, but otherwise it was a fairly quiet evening.
Had the team been given full, unrestricted access and were able to conduct the investigation the way they are used to, things may have turned out differently. But, this is paranormal investigating for you – it will happen when it happens.
Thanks go out to Jay and the NGI team for the invite. I enjoyed visiting the building regardless of the inactivity. Hope the next one is The One!
Links
Hauntedland's - Theatre Royal Gallery