Dr David Bull told viewers that it had flown through the air and hit Stuart. 

Dr Ciaran O'Keefe, on the other hand, made no mention of the coin, and instead explained that "a lot of the evidence points to fallen debris"

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GAMES ROOM:

Here Acorah picked up the energy of a man:

John Dugdale

smuggler

5'4"

swarthy, stocky, crafty, not nice

"1793 - something terrible happened in the back area.  I think it was a murder." Sam told Acorah.

The team resorted to Victorian Parlour tricks with the planchette, and after one attempt which produced a childish scribble, they succeeded in drawing 'a symbol' (see below). 

By the means of table-tipping the team established that he wasn't English, and was murdered in the room.

This is identified, anonymously, later in the programme, as 'a knot used by French sailors on their caps so they wouldn't be shot by snipers while in boarding parties'. 

STABLES:

Once in the stables Acorah sensed:

a French sailor

black hair tied at the back in a pony tail

strangled

very angry and seeking revenge

the Reverend knew about it

1786, and 'the man who did it belonged here - took him away in a coach and submerged him in water'.

In the midst of this murder, and totally a propos of nothing, Acorah suddenly sensed a still-born boy child from 1936 who moves around the house.

The team returned to the Games Room to find the snooker balls unmoved, but even better - a board of decorative knots had been found in the room, and the centre knot was ... yes, you've guess it ... the French sailors' knot for beating the sniper.  Apparently it had hung behind the bar in the pub for many years, but had recently been taken down and stored in the Games Room.

Time for table-tipping, where Acorah sensed that someone was murdered by John, 'but not in this room'. 

MUSEUM formerly the Police Station and Sergeant's house.

As soon as the team arrived in the Museum, David Wells and Karl were shut in a cell together, while the rest of the crew went into that part of the museum built in 1990.  There Acorah senses a spirit man:

ship's officer

fought against the French

dragging his right leg where he was shot

war wounds but recovered to walk with an impediment

1786

name begins with an 'H'

Admiral

Hor....

Apparently he was linked very strongly with something in the area that belongs to him.  He didn't like the others there, though - groups of people hoarded there to be taken away - like prisoners.

And so to the Ouija board, a Victorian toy the team once swore they would never use.  The result was interesting.
 

'Goodbye'.  The glass had had enough even before the game started! 

Undeterred, Yvette  "Do you want us to leave?" - 'Yes' says the glass.

Now most people would take the hint at this point, wouldn't they?  Obviously the glass doesn't want to play.  So what do they do?  Press on regardless, of course, in a vain attempt to get something interesting to happen.

"Were you murdered here?" - 'Yes' says the glass

"Did you commit a crime?" - 'Yes' says the glass

"Did you murder somebody?" - Yes' says the glass

"Did you murder a woman?" - Yes' says the glass

"Was she your lover?" - Yes' says the glass

"Do you want to hurt one of us?" - the glass doesn't even twitch

"I'll ask again.  Do you want to hurt one of us" - Yes' says the glass

All the while this exchange was accompanied by a frenzy of glass-shoving, culminating in what has to be the quote of the night, from Yvette.

"I have never known for a glass to move

on its own with my finger on it"

she declared, as she was caught napping when the others removed their fingers from the glass at the same time.   For some reason, this was greeted with exclamations of amazement ...

Then it happened.  Acorah was, in the words of Ciaran, 'allegedly possessed', presumably by the murdered murderer.  As so often happens, he turned his attention towards Yvette.

"You go away" he shouted, his face contorted.  "What you call me"

At that point his command of the English language became severely restricted:

"Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch ...."

he chanted, and made a lunge at Yvette. 

Immediately, Andy, the security man was upon him, hustling him towards the door.  This brought about a dramatic change of tone, to a pleading, and clearly panicky

"Andy, Andy, Andy, Andy .."

as the unpleasant fact hit home that Andy's stranglehold may well cause some permanent damage to the carefully varnished head if it didn't stop very soon...

Meanwhile, back in the cell, another attack was taking place.  This time it was another medium's turn to take on the husband.  A clip of the incident was shown, and we see the two men facing each other, in a perfectly-framed shot.

Karl says, "When you talk you go up.  You seem to ...  your shoulders seem to ..." and gestures with his hands.

 

Without moving his body, and as spontaneously as a robot David Wells raised his hands towards Karl.

 

Karl, the fearless Samurai warrior, jumps back with a shout of alarm, causing Wells to recoil, as if to say 'Oh dear, what have I done?  Sorry...'

If that was at attack, then I'm a little green Martian ....

THE SMUGGLERS' HAUNT

The Ghosts of Brixham [1991],

by Graham Wyley, pp. 8/9

"The plate glass mirror on the far wall of the restaurant is where our next apparition makes 'his' appearance... ...the last time being 1988.  He is described as of medium height, in his ealy forties, with long dark hair, on which is perched an old cloth cap.  He is dressed in a grey, full-length raincoat, which extends right down to his ankles.  Each time his reflection is observed he is always at the same table, where he is seen sometimes sitting, other times standing." 

Once in the new location, Acorah immediately picked up two, if not three, spirit people.

Willard Entwistle

very small man

long coat to his ankles

cloth cap

black hair

This spirit likes to shock people.  He sits down as if to eat, then gets up again, and walks around a lot.  He can be seen reflected in the large mirror on the wall. In the late 1800's, this man was robbed and stabbed, in his 32nd year.

"Legend has it that in the early 1900's a young woman fell to her death, under mysterious circumstances, from the window of the bedroom when it was a smuggler's cottage.  Over the years she has been affectionately referred to as 'Aggie'."

Secondly, there's a little girl, aged between 5 and 7.  She's so sad because she can't find her way to the light, but she does remember falling out of the upstairs window, and breaking her back and neck.  Her name, according to Acorah, is Agnes, although Yvette seemed to prefer Agatha.  Maybe she was expecting Poirot to join them.

Last, but by no means least, we have a monk - Brother Francis, who walks around the building, looking after the little girl... apparently.

Yet more table-tipping followed, this time to the accompaniment of a musical (?) instrument guaranteed to produce Good Vibrations - a Theremin.  This emitted an electronic sound, both penetrating and irritating, and heralded a visit by the man in the long mac, who wasn't at all happy that the team were there.  Possibly the Theremin had something to do with it; I know it got on my nerves pretty quickly.

Yvette then demonstrated her desire to join the percussion section and added the ringing of an unmelodious little handbell, another Victorian addition to séances.  At this rate we'll have the mediums strapped into little boxes in no time.

Karl and Stu waited until the last few seconds of the programme before deciding to faint and feel dizzy respectively, and being removed by Andy.  Perhaps it was intended to build up the tension for the final night...

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