Derby Gaol 16-09-2005

Friday 16th September saw a group of nine from Nottingham attending the overnight stay at Derby Gaol. Apart from the poltergeist activity in the séances which resulted in this occasion with some of the participants being pinned to the floor the rest of the night’s results were the exact opposite of the previous week’s group. All attempts to move glasses, tables or planchettes yielded little or no result but the rocking spirit board answered a few questions that had arisen during an overnight stay several weeks back.

During this earlier visit we were using the board in the same location (the museum) when we were interrupted by a cry for help from the other side of the wall. Although this would have been a part of the gaol unfortunately, it is not leased by the Derby Heritage Centre and therefore we have no access to investigate exactly where the female voice emanated from. As we try to vary our routine from week to week this was the first time since then that the rocking spirit board had been used in that location again.

Sadly, we were unable to establish a name for this person and as it was during the time when the two sections of the gaol were used as a nightclub it would probably not be ethical for us to do so anyway as it would easily have been within living memory. We did establish however that it was a female aged 21, the initials C. L. and that she died by her own hand, although it was an accident. The whole session was carried out in total darkness with one of the guests using his own night vision camera to relay the results back to the rest of the group. We will of course be following this up using the rocking spirit board in the museum at the first available opportunity.