Welcome to Marston Vale Paranormal Investigations

We strive to find reasonable explanations behind paranormal experiences and this is done by going to locations and using our equipment. We gather evidence of any phenomena and examine it hopefully finding a plausible reason behind our findings.

We are a small team of investigators who are available to conduct investigations around the East of England region either alone or with other paranormal groups.

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Is this Shropshire airfield haunted? Paranormal investigation group are heading to find out

An investigation group will descend on Sleap Airfield, near Wem, in the hope of contacting the spirits of airmen who died in tragic crashes at the site. Paranormal Friends is returning to the airfield which starred in the recent ITV series Home Fires. The return visit follows a successful first visit earlier this month where contact was supposedly made with the ‘after-life’, according to the group. Group co-founder Veronica Extance said she can’t...

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Antiques shop appears to be haunted by a POLTERGEIST as items fly off shelves in mystifying video

Incredible CCTV footage shows signs of paranormal activity as objects fly off the shelves in an antique shop. It appears that previous owners are less than willing to let their belongings go without a fight at the store in Barnsley, as shelves are rocked and items are sent crashing to the ground. The footage, captured across different dates this year, shows books shaken onto the floor and figurines knocked over - without any human contact whatsoever. At...

Friday, 23 September 2016

Stayin' Alive? Last Surviving Bee Gees Singer Confesses To Having Seen His Brothers' Ghosts

The last surviving band member of the Bee Gees band, Barry Gibb just admitted he has seen his brothers ghosts. "It’s not fun because you’re not quite sure what it was about. "If it was real. I saw Robin and my wife saw Andy. "Maybe it’s a memory producing itself outside your conscious mind or maybe its real.FilePic: Getty ImagesFilePic: Getty Images "The biggest question of all is: is there life after death? I’d like to know," Barry revealed...

Saturday, 17 September 2016

Paranormal activity caught on CCTV at Chicago Rock Cafe in Yeovil

If you are sceptical about the existence of ghosts perhaps footage of paranormal activity caught on camera at Chicago Rock in Yeovil could convince you. Footage shared on Facebook by the venue clearly shows a lone figure walking around the bar and hooded figures on the dance floor. A hive of activity since it's relaunch in 2013, the venue is used to being full to the brim with those wanting food, cocktails and dancing, with the occasional VIP...

Is this the ghost of Oxburgh Hall?

A spooked woman has claimed to have captured the ghost of woman who reportedly went missing 500 years ago on camera at a stately home in Norfolk. Diane Barron, 46, from Norwich, snapped what she believes is an eerie spirit on the bridge at Oxburgh Hall, a National Trust site. Covered in misty black robes, the ghoul appears a short distance away from another visitor who was oblivious to her apparent close encounter. Ms Barron was on a trip to...

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Real Ghost Sightings Have Happened At These 11 Creepy Places In Virginia

Believe it or not, ghost sightings in Virginia are not as rare an occurrence as you might think. Whether it’s a 300-year-old building, an abandoned asylum, or another bizarre location, there are certain sites in this state that have so many ghost sightings that it almost becomes the norm. Here are 11 such places in Virginia that you can visit (if you dare!) 1. Peyton Randolph House (Williamsburg) Not only is the Peyton Randolph House in Williamsburg...

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Terrifying footage shows woman being pushed over by 'evil ghost'

In the footage – filmed by a CCTV camera in an unknown location – the woman innocently washes her face over a small sink. Once she has finished she shakes her hands dry over the sink and begins to walk towards the door of the dark bathroom. But as she does so a strange presence swoops up behind her and appears to shove her in the back. In the clip, a dark shadow can be made out seemingly following the woman before she is hit. She manages to...

Terrified tourist who took secret photo of 'witch temple' captured something incredibly unnerving on a chair

A terrified tourist who took a secret picture of a 'witch's temple' captured what appears to be a spooky apparition sitting down on a chair. Lee Hart of Really Haunted UK was at the Niddry St Vaults in Edinburgh on Saturday when he says there were unexplained disturbances, including furniture being moved and missiles being lobbed at guests. He said stones and tables appeared to move on their own, with some lobbed at members of the public. And...

Monday, 12 September 2016

Australia’s ‘most haunted home’

We’ve all heard ghost stories about old or abandoned houses but Lawrence Ryan and his four sisters spent their childhood growing up in Australia’s “most haunted home”: The Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee. Mr Ryan’s mother Olive still lives in the home which is now a museum, antique centre and hub for ghost hunters from around the world. Built by Christopher William Crawley in 1884 after he amassed a small fortune, the ornate Victorian-era home...

Saturday, 10 September 2016

Chilling CCTV footage shows ghostly apparitions dart across haunted pub

Julie Cooper, of The Don War Memorial Bar in County Durham, was checking the video on her phone when she was startled by the eerie objects. The video appears to capture a black shape darting across in front of the cameras not long after the lights switch off and on suddenly. Julie turned her phone off in horror when she saw the paranormal activity. She said: “A band was practising upstairs, and just as one of them walked through the door to...

Thursday, 8 September 2016

Investigation Report - Grendon Hall, Northamptonshire

MVPI Case Ref: MVP/1624/16 Entry Dated: 02/04/2016 By: Rob Dennis Brief Summary: The Hall, formerly the manor-house, is on the north side of the village, near Nether End, on the road to Wollaston. It is a 17th-century two-story house greatly altered in the 18th century, when the principal or east front, which has slightly projecting end wings, was rebuilt in Corby and Ketton stone. It is a simple but very pleasing design, with square-headed windows,...

Is this a GHOST pedalling a bicycle? Spooky footage shows the wheel spinning around even though nobody is near it

This is the spooky moment the pedals and wheel of a bicycle begin spinning around - even though it is chained up and nobody is standing near it. The chilling clip, thought to have been filmed in Thailand, was posted to Facebook and has already been viewed more than 85,000 times. And after going viral online, many people say they suspect the unexplained movement of the bike could be down to a ghost. The clip starts showing the bicycle in a yard...

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Ghost hunter left with rope burns claims she was STRANGLED by evil spirit

Gran-of-24 Carol Fieldhouse was probing spooky sightings at a former ropery building in Hull, Yorks, when she developed the strange marks on her throat. The medium said she detected an evil presence in the former industrial building and hopes to return there to find out just what tried to strangle her. Carol, from Pontefract, Yorks, said: "When I got into one of the rooms, straight away we were being pinched, punched and grabbed. "I went two...

Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Woman's home 'haunted by ghost of Jack the Ripper who burns bibles and attacks her in her sleep'

A woman who has lived in the same house for 36 years says she has been repeatedly attacked and tormented by a ghost calling himself Jack the Ripper. Gaynor Issitt said she has even been dragged out of bed by her ankles, punched and whacked round the head by the thuggish spook. The terrifying tale has convinced paranormal investigator Mark Vernon that it's the real Jack the Ripper and he's back on the attack in Leicestershire. Mr Vernon discovered...

Can you see ghosts in this picture, captured inside a haunted theatre?

Can you see ghosts in this picture? Taken in the historic Darlington Civic Theatre , which is said to be a hotbed of paranormal activity, the photograph appears to have captured two ghostly figures sitting in the stalls. So what do you think? Well the theatre’s marketing officer, Julian Cound, said it came as no surprise to him. “There are many stories of ghosts being seen and heard on several occasions,” he is reported to have said. “I was...

Monday, 5 September 2016

Ex-cop fired after reporting seeing ghosts reaches settlement

A former Department of Veteran Affairs cop who lost his job after he reported seeing ghosts at the New Jersey hospital he was assigned to has reached a settlement with the agency, his lawyer said. It rescinds Valdo Vaher’s 2014 firing and allows him to retire, wipes out all disciplinary charges against him and awards him back pay. Vaher, 50, was sacked after he gave an interview to The Post claiming that the East Orange VA Hospital was haunted. “This...

Investigation Report - Potton Wood

Venue: POTTON WOOD Report Last Updated: 07/11/2015 Entry Dated: 24/09/14 By: Rob Dennis Report: I heard a name 'Jim' come from the lower treeline area of the wood in line with where the crash site would have been.  There were no other persons on the site and we had accounted for everyones location on site and possible cross contamination with conflicting conversations.  Nobody else heard this sound so this is going to have to go down...

Graham Matthew's Background Info

My story is a bit different. I got involved in Ghost investigations by chance in 1999 when a friend was starting up a small TV production company.  Whilst looking for ideas for TV programmes another friend invited me on one of his investigations (pub in the Bedford area). I could see the potential for a TV programme and drafted a basic idea on paper.  What followed was the formation of our own group, a series of research investigations...

Marston Vale Paranormal Investigation History

When we set up MVPI back in 2009 as a hobby group, we had no idea that it would grow to the size it is now.  We started with an old voice recorder and a Samsung Digimax 103 (A camera that no longer works but still sits on my shelf) now we hold approximately £2000 worth of equipment. We quickly realised that this was a vastly unknown pastime and so with every investigation me and Gavin Truslove would research and verify any findings we accumulated....

Sunday, 4 September 2016

Do you think Crosbie Towers are haunted?

Could Crosbie Towers, which has sat on the Fullarton estate since the 16th century be haunted? One group of explorers think this might be the case when they got more than they bargained for when they decided to peer inside a few years ago. One member of the group, Michael McKean, told his story to the Ayr Advertiser and Troon Times: "In May 2012, a group of friends and I ventured inside the then-abandoned Crosbie Towers, in late evening." Don't...

One of the UK's oldest pubs demands its ghost back after it was 'stolen' by Chinese artist

A pub that has stood at the same spot in Bolton since at least 1251 is asking for its ghost back – after a Chinese artist "stole" the spectre and put it in an exhibition. Ye Olde Man & Scythe was first mentioned in records in 1251 but the exact date of its founding is uncertain. The Seventh Earl of Derby, James Stanley, is said to have spent his last few hours sitting in the pub before being executed in 1644, during the English Civil War. His...

Macclesfield landlord claims FOURTEEN ghosts live at his pub

Sean Hutchinson from the Bate Hall pub says he andhis wife have been plagued by ghosts since moving there two years ago. A landlord claims his pub is one of the most haunted in Britain – but some of its ‘14 ghosts’ are not so friendly. Sean Hutchinson, who runs the Bate Hall on Chestergate, says he and his young family have been plagued by spirits – of the paranormal kind – ever since moving in to the town’s oldest pub two years ago. But while...

Manhattan’s Morris-Jumel Mansion and the Angry Ghost of Eliza Jumel

The Morris-Jumel Mansion, located at the top of Manhattan in Washington Heights, is the borough’s oldest home. It was built in 1765, by British military officer Roger Morris. Morris and his family fled the home once the American Revolution started, as they were British loyalists. Some years later, in 1810, a French merchant named Stephen Jumel purchased the mansion. Though Stephen had good taste when it came to houses, his choice in a wife may...

Is it a ghost or a trick of the light? Bristol woman thinks she has captured 'black monk' on camera

A photographer claims to have taken a picture of a ghost at a famous abbey, which she believes might be the spirit of a monk killed by Henry VIII. The images were taken by Lara Tetlow, 24, who was enjoying the Glastonbury Abbey Musical Extravaganza earlier this month. Ms Tetlow, from Bristol, said no one was around the ruins when she took the picture of a ghostly figure with red eyes. It is thought it could be the spirit of 16th century monk. In...

Did a ghost set off Huddersfield restaurant the Keys' CCTV? Or is there a rational explanation

The Keys restaurant owner Paul Wood had a fright when a ghostly figure appeared on CCTV during closing hours. Paul was relaxing at home when his phone bleeped to alert him someone - or something - had set off the cameras in the Byram Street restaurant, which is in the underground crypt of Huddersfield Parish Church. Thinking it was a burglar, he glanced at his phone - and was shocked to see the bright white apparition on the screen. He said:...