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Welcome to our video page, this is where you will be able to watch some of our paranormal videos & also our exploring videos, i know you will be wondering why the exploring videos? Well doing exploring & paranormal come hand in hand as often you have to explore to find these places that are haunted, we never take anyone elses word about a place been haunted we would rather find out ourselfs by investigating it.
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Come Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel as we are always adding new videos to the Channel , All of our YouTube Videos will never be faked or staged, what you see is what happened & we cannot always guarantee Paranormal Activity, We could be at a place 6-7 hours & nothing happen but we could go to another & be there 30 mins & loads happen, The Paranormal isn't like what some portray in their videos or on the TV, Most shows on the TV are made over 2/3 days & then edited to show the better bits, we put ours here from start to end but we don't do 2/3 days.
Haunted Objects Museum Rotherham
Inside Rotherham's bizarre Museum of Haunted Objects, home to UK's most haunted doll
Visitors often report unexplained experiences when they visit the themed rooms said to have their own ghosts
Hidden behind a metal roller-shutter, Rotherham 's most unusual museum is nothing if not a low key affair.
The location in the former shop premises could hardly have been more fitting. The building dates from the Victorian era when it was miners' cottages and is apparently known locally as "the poltergeist house" because of unexplained happenings there.
Ghosts of a man who died in a fire, a woman dressed in white and two young children are all said to inhabit different parts of the building.
It has a series of themed rooms to hold artefacts, some of which have attracted both national and local media coverage.
The most famous is Elizabeth the bridal doll, which has achieved the unlikely status as 'the UK's most haunted doll', leading to television appearances.
Other items include pictures which will not stay hung in position on walls and a small brass Arabic vessel, said to hold a genie, associated with electrical disruption.
The Haunted Objects Museum POLTERGEIST house in Rotherham is more than just an abandoned museums — it's a portal into the past. Those who visit often report a mix of curiosity and awe, as nature slowly reclaims what humanity once built.
While no longer in official use if an abandoned place, The Haunted Objects Museum POLTERGEIST house continues to serve a purpose: igniting the imagination or being used as a haunted place for a great ghost hunting experience. From historical researchers to casual tourists, everyone sees something different here — a lost world, a haunted place, a film set, or a living museum of entropy.
Various Military Explores
The Video is about some of the various Military Explores that we have done over quite a few years, we have done different types from Pillboxes to Shooting Ranges & RAF Bases that have still quite a lot left but are sadly abandoned & left for the elements to take back.
Lanc's, Tanks & Military Machines East Kirkby
The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is an aviation museum in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England. It was opened to the public in 1988 by Lincolnshire farmers Fred and Harold Panton, as a memorial to their older brother, Christopher Whitton Panton, who was killed on operations during the Second World War.
Pilot Officer Christopher Panton served as a Flight Engineer with Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Squadron, based at RAF Skipton-on-Swale. On the night of 30/31 March 1944, he was flying in Handley Page Halifax HX272, one of 782 heavy bombers taking part in a raid on the German city of Nuremberg. This attack, known as RAF Bomber Command's "Black Friday", would become notorious for the high losses incurred – 108 British aircraft were lost, 665 aircrew were killed and 159 taken prisoner. One of those aircraft was HX272, which caught fire and exploded after being attacked by a night fighter over Friesen, Germany. Christopher Panton was among the five crew killed, the remaining three survived to become prisoners of war.
By the early 1970s, Christopher's younger brothers – Fred and Harold Panton – were successful poultry farmers. They became interested in acquiring a Second World War aircraft as a tribute to him and managed to obtain an option to purchase Avro Lancaster Mk VII, NX611, then serving as a gate guardian at RAF Scampton. The aircraft's purchase had the condition that it remain at Scampton until 1983. In 1981, they bought a part of the former Royal Air Force airfield, RAF East Kirkby, to be a site for the aircraft when it became available. The Lancaster was moved there in 1987 and has been there ever since. Other exhibits have also been acquired and historic aircraft with other owners are housed there, but the Lancaster remains the museum's focus.
The memorial to the aircrews of 57 and 630 Squadron
The airfield was originally built in 1943 as a Bomber Command Station and was used by both No. 57 Squadron RAF and No. 630 Squadron RAF from 1943 until the end of the war. It had four years of post–war use by United States Air Force for Air Rescue squadrons before military use ceased in 1958. The airfield was sold in 1964. Much of the runway is still intact today and it is used by local farmers as hard standing. The control tower has been recorded as being haunted.
In 2008, the museum opened a part–grass, part–concrete unlicensed airfield, allowing aircraft to land there with prior permission. The Prime Meridian passes through the site; its position is marked by an inscribed monument. There is also a monument to the airmen from 57 and 630 Squadron who were lost during the war.
Lancaster NX611 Just Jane
Just Jane during a taxi–run, (May 2008)
The centre's main exhibit is Avro Lancaster Mk VII, NX611, named Just Jane after a popular wartime comic character.
The Lancaster was built by Austin Aero Ltd at their Cofton Hackett Works just south of Birmingham in April 1945. It was intended to be used against Japan as part of the RAF's Tiger Force. However, the surrender of Japan meant it never saw action. It spent several years in storage before becoming one of 54 Lancasters sold to the French government. It entered service with French Naval Aviation and used for maritime patrol and air–sea rescue work. The upper turret was removed, and radar was fitted as well as the equipment to carry and drop an Airborne lifeboat.
The Lancaster was operated by French forces over the Atlantic and Mediterranean, and later the Pacific after being redeployed to New Caledonia (its service in the far East included bombing raids during the First Indochina War). In 1964, the French donated it to the Historical Aircraft Preservation Society, who flew it back to the United Kingdom and subsequently flew it for several years. However, the society could not afford the aircraft's operating costs and it was put up for auction in 1972. The Panton brothers attempted, but failed, to buy it as a memorial to their brother. Instead, it became a gate guardian at RAF Scampton (the auction winner lent it to the RAF in exchange for them transporting and maintaining the now–grounded aircraft). The Pantons were able to subsequently buy it, with the condition that it remain at Scampton as gate guardian until 1983. In the event, it remained there until 1987.
In 1987, NX611 was brought to East Kirkby. It was given the name Just Jane and a restoration programme begin in 1992, with the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines being restored to running condition. The Lancaster is used for regular taxi runs, which raises some of the money needed to maintain and restore it In 2011, it was used in the filming of the Doctor Who episode, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
Restoration of Just Jane to flying status is an ongoing project, which is to soon be completed with the centre acquiring the last of four airworthy Merlin engines at the end of 2012. As of the end of 2021, the aircraft was still undergoing restoration.
Other aircraft
The centre also houses the cockpit of an English Electric Canberra WH957, and the wreckage of Supermarine Spitfire Vb BL655; it crashed in July 1943, killing its Canadian pilot, Flying Officer Norman Alexander Watt. There are two aircraft undergoing restoration to static condition, a Percival Proctor and a Handley Page Hampden. There is also a taxiable De Havilland Mosquito HJ711 and an airworthy Dakota RFH4H7 called "Drag Em Oot". The centre acquired a B-25 Mitchell Bomber 44-29366 in 2022. The B-25 and other museum aircraft were featured in ground scenes for the series All Creatures Great and Small which filmed RAF training scenes at the Centre.
Waverley Abbey Ruins
The ruins of Waverley Abbey are situated in a peaceful loop of the River Wey, and still give an impression of the solitude experienced by the monks who founded a monastery here almost 900 years ago.
The monastery at Waverley, the first Cistercian house to be established in Britain, was founded by William Gifford, Bishop of Winchester, in 1128. It was colonised with 12 monks and an abbot from Aumone in France. By 1187 there were 70 monks and 120 lay brothers in residence.
In 1201 the abbey buildings were badly flooded. This became a common occurrence and as a result the abbey was substantially rebuilt during the 13th century.
It continued to grow in the 14th century. The monks and lay brothers farmed the surrounding land, were active in the Cistercian wool trade and provided shelter for pilgrims and travellers and an infirmary for the sick.
In 1536, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the site passed to Sir William Fitzherbert, treasurer of the king’s household. Much of the abbey was dismantled and some of the stone was reused to build Sir William More’s house at Loseley, a few miles to the east.
Waverley followed the traditional plan of a Cistercian abbey. It featured a large church, almost 91 metres (300 feet) in length.
To the south was the chapter house, where the monks would gather daily to have a chapter of the rule of the order read to them and to discuss business. Further south was the monks’ dormitory. The refectory and latrine block lay south of the cloister and the lay brothers’ accommodation was situated to the west.
Today only parts, some substantial, of the buildings remain standing, although archaeological excavation has recovered the complete ground plan.
The most impressive ruin is that of the lay brothers’ quarters, at the far end of the site. The long cellar has graceful columns supporting the vaulting above. Parts of the upper floor and the south wall remain standing.
Close by, an end wall and parts of the side walls of the monks’ dormitory are visible up to the full height of the gable. To the north are substantial remains of the chapter house and the south transept of the church, as well as traces of the north transept. An isolated stretch of wall to the east of the church is part of the abbey’s infirmary chapel.
The monastic precinct covered an area of about 24 hectares (50 acres), bordered to the south and east by the River Wey. The brewhouse and other buildings associated with the economy of the abbey lay in the western part of the precinct – these are visible today only as earthworks.
In the eastern part of the precinct are earthwork remains of a water supply system and the fishponds which provided one of the staples of the monks’ diet.
Rauceby Mental Asylum The Explore
Rauceby Hospital, originally called Kesteven County Asylum, is a now-defunct mental institution in the parish of Quarrington, Lincolnshire, England. Originally opened in 1902, the main hospital building was closed in 1997 and the site has since been redeveloped as Greylees.
History
The hospital was designed by George Thomas Hine using an "echelon layout". Construction began in 1897 and it was officially opened as Kesteven County Asylum on 20 June 1902. The gardens were designed under a separate contract by William Goldring.
An isolation unit, built in 1919 on the western edge of the site was never used as such; instead it housed those residents working on the farm. The facility became Kesteven Mental Hospital in 1924 and Rauceby Mental Hospital in 1933.
In 1940 the building was taken over by the Royal Air Force; renamed as No.4 RAF Hospital Rauceby, it became a crash and burns unit under the control of nearby RAF Cranwell. During its tenure as a burns unit plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe worked at the facility, along with other members of the "Guinea Pig Club" The wartime Burns Unit was situated in Orchard House, built alongside the hospital orchard.
There was a major fire in the hall in 1945 and it was badly damaged although it was subsequently restored. The RAF handed the hospital back for civilian use in 1947 and it joined the National Health Service as Rauceby Hospital in 1948 although patients did not actually return until 1949.
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went through a period of decline and finally closed in December 1997. The site was subsequently developed for residential use by David Wilson Homes as "Greylees".
The former isolation unit, now known as Ash Villa, functions as a 12-bedded in-patient unit for age 12–18 years within the child and adolescent mental health services under the control of the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Rauceby Mental Asylum Paranormal Investigation
Rauceby Hospital, originally called Kesteven County Asylum, is a now-defunct mental institution in the parish of Quarrington, Lincolnshire, England. Originally opened in 1902, the main hospital building was closed in 1997 and the site has since been redeveloped as Greylees.
History
The hospital was designed by George Thomas Hine using an "echelon layout". Construction began in 1897 and it was officially opened as Kesteven County Asylum on 20 June 1902. The gardens were designed under a separate contract by William Goldring.
An isolation unit, built in 1919 on the western edge of the site was never used as such; instead it housed those residents working on the farm. The facility became Kesteven Mental Hospital in 1924 and Rauceby Mental Hospital in 1933.
In 1940 the building was taken over by the Royal Air Force; renamed as No.4 RAF Hospital Rauceby, it became a crash and burns unit under the control of nearby RAF Cranwell. During its tenure as a burns unit plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe worked at the facility, along with other members of the "Guinea Pig Club" The wartime Burns Unit was situated in Orchard House, built alongside the hospital orchard.
There was a major fire in the hall in 1945 and it was badly damaged although it was subsequently restored. The RAF handed the hospital back for civilian use in 1947 and it joined the National Health Service as Rauceby Hospital in 1948 although patients did not actually return until 1949.
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went through a period of decline and finally closed in December 1997. The site was subsequently developed for residential use by David Wilson Homes as "Greylees".
The former isolation unit, now known as Ash Villa, functions as a 12-bedded in-patient unit for age 12–18 years within the child and adolescent mental health services under the control of the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We had a lot of interesting results on the investigation, we had disembodied voices & screams & footsteps & much much more, some may shock & surprise you!
The Priests Cottage Armley Leeds Part 1
The Priests Cottage has only just come available for hire on the paranormal community, its based in the centre of Armley Leeds, it is attached to an old chapel which until recently was used as a carpet shop, we don't really know any history about the cottage as there is none online.
The cottage has a coffin pit in the basement which still has bodies still buried underneath so not much can be changed in the basement at the moment, there is also a cooling table which the bodies would of been put on at some point & also there is still the air system there that would of been used to get rid of the smell from the bodies.
The cottage itself is lovely & still has an eerie feel to it & there is definitely a lot of energy that still lingers there to this day for sure.
We had the spirits of children playing up in the nursery & possibly the spirit of the priest & also the spirit of a lady that came forward to, it was a great investigation.
Have a watch of the video to see what we uncover.
The Priests Cottage Armley Leeds Part 2
The Priests Cottage has only just come available for hire on the paranormal community, its based in the centre of Armley Leeds, it is attached to an old chapel which until recently was used as a carpet shop, we don't really know any history about the cottage as there is none online.
The cottage has a coffin pit in the basement which still has bodies still buried underneath so not much can be changed in the basement at the moment, there is also a cooling table which the bodies would of been put on at some point & also there is still the air system there that would of been used to get rid of the smell from the bodies.
The cottage itself is lovely & still has an eerie feel to it & there is definitely a lot of energy that still lingers there to this day for sure.
We had the spirits of children playing up in the nursery & possibly the spirit of the priest & also the spirit of a lady that came forward to, it was a great investigation.
Have a watch of the video to see what we uncover.
St Leonards Church Haugh
This 11th century, Grade I listed church is a simple two cell structure but contains magnificent monuments to the Bolle family who were prominent in the 15th century.
A parish church with architectural features surviving from the 11th century. Restored in 1873.
Type and Period (1)
- CHURCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Haugh is a village in the district of East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. It is on the E edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, 2½ miles W of Alford and 8 miles from the coast at Mablethorpe. It is a small church consisting of nave and chancel, built of squared chalk and greenstone rubble with some brick patching, and has a blocked N doorway, a 14thc S doorway with an ogee head, and an 11thc chancel arch described below. The church was restored in 1873.
History
The Domesday holdings of Haugh are not straightforward. It is true to say that there were 2 tenants-in-chief there; Earl Hugh of Chester and the Bishop of Durham. Earl Hugh held 20 carucates and 2 bovates of land in the vills of Wainfleet, Haugh, Calceby Theddlethorpe and Mablethorpe, but this holding is not broken down between these 5 settlements. Between them they were home to 149 households. He also held 7½ carucates in Withern, Aby, Haugh and Calceby, where another 27 households lived. Both of these groups were held in demesne. Then the bishop's man William held 2 bovates of land from the bishop in Haugh and Calceby.
The church and its advowson were gifted to the House of Cistercian nuns at Greenfield priory by Anfrid of Haugh, early in the reign of Henry II (see Stenton, 94).
Give the video a watch, we didn't get to much on this investigation but we enjoyed it & enjoyed been in this church as its so nice it really is!