Ghost hunting / Paranormal Investigation in Ireland

malico

Hey everyone!

For a long time I've been an avid enthuiast in the paranormal and the investigation of same, yet I have never gotten around to going on any real susbstantial investigation. I have only gone on one "hunt" with very nominal success

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In the house, I couldn;t take any photos with my digital camera. I had put in fresjh batteries that day and the camera wouldn;t power on. I swapped out from ANOTHER pack of fresh duracels and the camera turned on, flashed low battery and turned off. (To note, when I got back to my house, I tried to turn on the camera and it came on no problem, showing the batteries at 75%!)

Again in the house the video camera could pick up nothing. This is due to it having a bad lo-light function, which I was trying to subsedise with a fully charged floodlight. The light turned on, had a slight glow and then died off. It was still drained when I ernt back home, yet i checked it as i left the house! Weird!!)

Then, outside there was a tapping on a boarded up window that seemed to react to commands. When we asked for a sign, the tapping started, when we asked for further proof it stopped. At this time ther was no wind, and no rain. Clear light, and nothign seen (was using mag light and light sticks).

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Does anyone else have an interest in this sort of thing, IM me!

MeatProduct

Wow, I'd love to hear more about this! Any more info on this place you visited? Where was it? Any stories surrounding it? Did you feel any kind of energy (positive or negative) or "atmosphere"?

Nick

malico

I had no ideas of any stories of the place, its in clonsilla. I've been meaning to head back and do a proper investigation of it with more people some night. Now i've got my EMF reader and Spectograph i might go soon. ANyone interested is invited!

Torlac

Oh yeah! I love this kind of stuff. As for hunting in dublin no can do but if youre ever in munster i would gladly meet up. Please keep us informed of any sighting or outings!
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By the by i love your avatar meat product.

MeatProduct

Originally posted by Torlac
Oh yeah! I love this kind of stuff. As for hunting in dublin no can do but if youre ever in munster i would gladly meet up. Please keep us informed of any sighting or outings!
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By the by i love your avatar meat product.

Ah great, thanks very much!! I'd be all on for doing something in Munster too. I could drive us up to Dublin though to meet up with Malico. Maybe there is some place between Dublin and Cork where we could investigate?

Nick

Torlac

Yeah that would be class. weekends would suit best. any idea where to go hunting!!?

malico

I'd definatly be game for that! I have my motorbike so can basically head anywhere! Anyone know anywhere good to have an investigation?

how do haunted areas feel about us going into their house? Works for most haunted!!

What equiptment do you guys have? I have:

Digital Video Camera
Digital Camera (stills)
EMF Detector
Spectrograph.
Laptop

Ian

MeatProduct

I have:

Minolta Z1 Digital camera (can take video also)
Dell 8500 Laptop
Portable Mini-disk recorder + good mic

I don't have any of the fancy stuff you have though

What else would we need, I'm completely new to this sort of investigation.

Nick

malico

Hehe!! the EMF detector was only like 40 dollars. Gotta love EBay!

you got anywher in miond?

MeatProduct

Here and here are sites that we could use to locate a place between Dublin and Cork.

Nick

malico

I'd love to hit
Charleville Castle
leap castle.
Ross Castle, Killarney


How big a crew can we get together. I can get 1, maybe 2 more.

have you any suggestions?

MeatProduct

Well they all sound good to me! I'll ask my g/f along, she's a bit psychic. I'll ask my sister too, she is very psychic.

It would be nice to make some sort of camping event out of it maybe. Would be cool to get everyone on the paranormal board along to it!

Nick

Torlac

THIS IS GRREAAT. All i have is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000643XU/002-1833771-7283233
Sorry i not sure how to put it as a link
So lets set a time and place and lets see what we can find

Bekka

Hey everybody!

I'm very interested in joining this little eclectic group too? Meat seems to be "the boss" here....;) so, what date?

Bekka

Torlac

my camcorder doesn't work too well in the dark.
I'm not sure if i can get anyone else interested in going but i'll see!!

Torlac

hi bekka i've never done anything like this before.
Malico and meat seem to be more clued up on it but i think the more the merrier
So i'll suggest a date lets say May 1st (saturday)

MeatProduct

May 1st? Sounds good for me but is it enough time to get a big massive crowd to come? What do you think Malico, Bekka and Torlac?
Bekka, can you bring along any extra people with you? Will we bring pets also?
So what do people think of the camping idea? Or should it be just a day trip?

Nick

Torlac

may 1st is good. not so sure about the camping. Where would we put the tents. mst of these castles are on private property so that could be a problem. anyway we'll be up most of the night trying to find ghosts won't we. as for location i know that ross castle is locked up at night and full of tourists by day

Bekka

1st of May sounds good to me! About bringing other creatures: I'm not sure yet, we'll see!

Bekka

MeatProduct

Originally posted by Torlac
may 1st is good. not so sure about the camping. Where would we put the tents. mst of these castles are on private property so that could be a problem. anyway we'll be up most of the night trying to find ghosts won't we. as for location i know that ross castle is locked up at night and full of tourists by day

Yes, private property could be an issue there. I wonder if there is some old abbey out in the sticks somewhere that we could night-time access to.
We really would need to be there at night anyway since the energies we would be investigating are more active in the night.

Nick

malico

May 1. Sounds the business.

Where is everyone from?


Me, Ian, is In Dublin. Transport is a motorcycle (Honda RVF 400r) and I have a 6 person tent (Which is small packed and designed to be carted on a tent. )

So where's the general concensus?

we shoudl ge tan quiptment list down. So far it seams we have

1 X Digital Camcorder (No external light, i'll see if i can borrow a nightshot camcorder)
1 XPanasnic SVAV10 MPEG4 e-Wear Digital Camcorder w/ Still Mode/MP3/Voice Recording & 64MB SC Card (Silver)
2 X high end laptops (1 with spectograph software)
2 X Digital camera
1 X tent
2 X Mini disks
1 X EMF detector
1 X crate of beer

anythign to add!


Just for the info of people I'm 23, Dublin and been on about 3 ghost hunts.

malico

We really would need to be there at night anyway since the energies we would be investigating are more active in the night.

And its spookier!!

Torlac

well i'm 28 living in cork have my own car. no tent just yet but can pick one up handy enough and if i don't i'll kip in the car done it loads of times. never tried this hunting before though i can't wait to try

MeatProduct

That list looks pretty good. Could I suggest that Ian heads up this investigation since he seems to have the most experience with it?

I suppose a few high-end headphones would be handy too. I have a 3-person tent that may or may not still be covered in cow crap. So myself and my g/f will be in that with space for one more.

To give everyone my low-down: I'm 24, I'll be driving a car ( Honda Civic Coupe 1.6 VTec). I'm on my second provisional license, just you warn ye I've never been on any kind of paranormal investigation except for watching the ghost busters

Nick

PS: I can bring suntan lotion too, factor 200 should do the trick.

EDIT: I'm in Cork

malico

I'll gladly do it! Thanks for your faith in me!!

I've asked one of my friends, a medium from Newry, to come on down and give us a hand. If she can make it, it will be good to have that side too.

Ok, we have the equiptment, the people, the time and the date.. Hmm. ALl we need now is a place.... Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Torlac

sweet car meat ibet the insurance makes it worth while!!
So Ian will you be our Egon on this trip. We need to set a target.
checked out your bike nice ride!;)

MeatProduct

Originally posted by malico
I'll gladly do it! Thanks for your faith in me!!

I've asked one of my friends, a medium from Newry, to come on down and give us a hand. If she can make it, it will be good to have that side too.

Ok, we have the equiptment, the people, the time and the date.. Hmm. ALl we need now is a place.... Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Great, your medium friend would be a real asset. I'll try and contact someone who might know a bit more about haunted places. I'm there are some websites we could find that would have more info on this.

Originally posted by malico
sweet car meat ibet the insurance makes it worth while!!
So Ian will you be our Egon on this trip. We need to set a target.
checked out your bike nice ride!

LOL! The old insurance...... All I can say is that karma is gonna come and bite the insurance company on the arse one of these days....

Nick

MeatProduct

Oh crap, isn't May 1st May Day? I'm not sure I want to miss out on the protests? If no one else here is going to the protest in Dublin then I don't mind missing it too much but I would like to go.

Nick

malico

How about the 24th of April then? I'm away on the 8th of May but that's all.

Wither days i'm easy!

All we need is a place, and I'm sure we can find that in a week!!

stormkeeper

Originally posted by MeatProduct
Well they all sound good to me! I'll ask my g/f along, she's a bit psychic. I'll ask my sister too, she is very psychic.

It would be nice to make some sort of camping event out of it maybe. Would be cool to get everyone on the paranormal board along to it!

Nick

I don't mind coming along to this at all, sounds like fun, just like Most Haunted in a way, except Irish

And, I do believe I'm grand for May 1st.

stormkeeper

Originally posted by malico
How about the 24th of April then? I'm away on the 8th of May but that's all.

Wither days i'm easy!

All we need is a place, and I'm sure we can find that in a week!!

What day is 24th April... Hmmm.... By the looks of it, it's a Saturday, and next week... Damn, that's short notice, lol... But I think I should be able to make it, though have we decided on a location yet?

MeatProduct

Great, we have a nice crowd now. I hope not too many of us are psychotic .

Maybe we should list what dates are ok for us. I assume we'll just stick with Sat and Sundays?

24 April
25 April
1 May
2 May
8 May
9 May
22 May
23 May
29 May
30 May

I should be good for:
1 May (arriving late in the day, after the protests)
2 May
8 May
9 May
22 May
23 May
29 May
30 May

Nick

malico

I should be good for:
24 April
25 April
1 May (Not the BEST for me, as I'm meant ot be on reserver ambulance for the 3 days because of the potiential civil unrest, yes you get a medic with ys and all!!)
2 May
8 - 9 May Away theses days
22 May
23 May
29 May
30 May

MeatProduct

Here is a place that sells ghost hunting gear. Check out the links in this forum, there's some handy ones there that might help decide a location.

It would be great to organise a trip once a month to go visit paranormal sites around Ireland.

Nick

Torlac

Maybe we should list what dates are ok for us. I assume we'll just stick with Sat and Sundays?

24 April no
25 April no
1 May yes
2 May yes the day after is a bank holiday
8 May y
9 May y
22 May y
23 May y
29 May y
30 May yes
Man i can't wait!!!!!!!

malico

Nick - the monthly thing, DEFINATLY sounds good!

How is the first of may for everyone? woudl be grand for me al lround. Or the 22nd of May. All in al any day that everyone is free, cause we want the whole group there!

My e-mail is ian.murphy@dcu.ie Mail me on and we can get a list together.

" This could be the start of a beautiful friendship!"

MeatProduct

22 May sounds good. It gives us time to get ready mentally also. Would it help if I set up a forum for this event on my web server? Or would it be better to start a new thread here on boards for the event and also for monthly events. It's not much trouble for me to set one up on my web server.

It would be great if we had a monthly event. Go to see stone circles, haunted castles and things like that.

Nick

Torlac

ok so lets find somewhere that we have a good chance of action and won't freeze our asses off for nothing!:p Anyone interested should say when they are available and what equipment they have

Torlac

Originally posted by MeatProduct
22 May sounds good. It gives us time to get ready mentally also. Would it help if I set up a forum for this event on my web server? Or would it be better to start a new thread here on boards for the event and also for monthly events. It's not much trouble for me to set one up on my web server.


Nick

A new thread would probably be best so everyone can see it. unless you put a link to your server here for everyone to go to.

MeatProduct

Originally posted by Torlac
ok so lets find somewhere that we have a good chance of action and won't freeze our asses off for nothing!:p Anyone interested should say when they are available and what equipment they have

Yes! So far we have:

Ian (aka Malico)
Torlac
Bekka
Kennett
Myself

We could do with a few more so please come along and put your name down here! It'll hopefully be very interesting and we should have a good laugh while we're getting cudgled to death by a poltergeist .

Looks like there are at least 3 of us from Cork so we might meet up in a pub an hour or so before the meeting so we can arrange transport for those without a vehicle.

Nick

PS: This just shows that Cork people are more interesting

Torlac

Originally posted by MeatProduct
Yes! So far we have:

Ian (aka Malico)
Torlac
Bekka
Kennett
Myself

We could do with a few more so please come along and put your name down here! It'll hopefully be very interesting and we should have a good laugh while we're getting cudgled to death by a poltergeist .

Looks like there are at least 3 of us from Cork so we might meet up in a pub an hour or so before the meeting so we can arrange transport for those without a vehicle.

Nick

PS: This just shows that Cork people are more interesting

who else is from cork apart from nick and me:ninja:

stormkeeper

24/25 April- It's extrememly iffy
1/2 May- Should be able to make it
8/9 May- As above
22/23 May- Same
29/30 May- Same

Any weekend in May is grand for me, just need to know how far away the place is from Kildare.

stormkeeper

Originally posted by MeatProduct
To give everyone my low-down: I'm 24, I'll be driving a car ( Honda Civic Coupe 1.6 VTec). I'm on my second provisional license, just you warn ye I've never been on any kind of paranormal investigation except for watching the ghost busters

I'd be the same way, lol. But anyway, I don't mind eventually purchasing some equipment myself to assist with this venture

malico

No all we have to do is find a place that we can go to! Maybe all the people from Surrounding dublin could meet in dublin and transport from there!

So who has some places that they always wanter to go, but never had the team to go?

(Ian in excited mode!!)

stormkeeper

I was half-tempted to visit Leap Castle alone at one point, but never made it to Offally. I'm not sure of any other sites other than that place. I can make it into Dublin grand, btw, just that it takes an hour or so, lol

Torlac

Maybe iread it wrong but i think Leap is actually being lived in by the owners. i read that hunter have gone there before but what do we do like, do we ring them and say put the kettle on love we're coming to check out what goes bump in the night in your room.!!! Plus if we are amaturish surely they will not be too pleased. perhaps somewhere deserted would be better. and half way between the real capital and dublin!!:D
regardless i'm well up for it. have to log off soon nearly finished at work but i'll check in again soon talk later
Torlac

stormkeeper

My mum suggested another castle, such as Lesley Castle? Btw, my mum also said that she'd come along sometime (after we get more established most likely) to see what it's like, so that's another person that'll come

malico

Lesley castle.. Hmm dont; know it, Where is it, any storys surrounding it?

Ian

jim_bob

I would be defiantly up for this. Any date would suit .
i have email ian my details

stormkeeper

Originally posted by malico
Lesley castle.. Hmm dont; know it, Where is it, any storys surrounding it?

Ian

I'll ask my mum about that, or look it up online. In the meantime however, I found a website that may be useful to have a look at?

It's here: http://www.vorpral.net/forms.htm

MeatProduct

So it looks like there'll be 6 of us from boards and then extra people that some of us will bring along.

Anyone want to join in?

Nick