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Rutland Mills |
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The
mill building that the team was in was not built until 1875.
The mill produced
worsted wool, not cotton.
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The cellar:
Acorah started in the cellar with a little boy named James, or Jim,
aged about 10/11 or 12, who died an unnatural death in a premeditated
accident ...
James was apparently in the mill in 1781
During a holding-hands 'séance', Karl heard a knock on the floor - so
did Felix. Karl then heard a little whine - so did Felix. Then the
'taps' and 'whines' became more frequent. David Bull declared it
"Amazing".
Acorah senses another adult male presence, from a different time to
Jim. Late 30's, early 40's, with dark hair; an important man.
Amazingly, considering they are in a mill building, Acorah senses
"fragrance of bales of cloth and sheets".
Yvette tries to blackmail Jim by asking him to do something else for
them, promising they will 'help' him before they go. Jim cannot
be bought ...
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To repeat, that particular
mill was not built until 1875.
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Upper floor
Acorah picks up a noisy, hot workplace. In a mill? How unusual!
He senses another male, associated with the one in the cellar. Died
around the same time but a different time to the boy. One died by
accident with a hoist or other machinery, losing his leg and dying of
loss of blood.
According to Acorah, he definitely died in 1789.
Felix said he had a problem with the date as it wasn't built until
1871. Richard Jones said the oldest part dated back to 1801, but
Acorah stuck with his date of death, so it was an impasse all round.
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If the door has not been
unlocked for twenty years, then:
Who checked the safety of the floor?
Who set up the webcam?
How did the fluorescent tape get on the stairs?
A quick 'spit and polish'
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Disclaimer:
All clips are copyright to LivingTV and are shown only for the
purposes of review and critique.
FACT: According to
Wakefield reference library the first hospital was Clayton Hospital,
founded in 1854 by Thomas Clayton, and incorporated with the Wakefield
General Dispensary, which had been established in 1787. As today, the
dispensary dispensed medicines, but did not have in-patient beds.
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Phoenix Mill
In the old mill, probably built in 1801, a door which had allegedly
been locked for twenty years was opened for the first time for the
team.
Before the door was opened, Ciaran suggested that Acorah puts his
hands on the door to sense what it is like inside.
Acorah says "There's an opening
- a walk-in, and a going off. More than one section."
In fact there was no 'walk-in' but wooden steps leading upwards, so he
was way out.
Once again Acorah is definite that the adult male who died in 1789 did
so in the upstairs area of Phoenix Mill, despite the fact that it
wasn't built until at least twelve years later.
Yvette decides to go into the upper area, but needs to wear a dust
mask. Conveniently there were some prepared earlier ...
Nothing moved in the attic area until there were at least five people
there, when things began to fly.
Then Acorah comes up with the name Alfred Lucas. A John Lucas was an
umbrella manufacturer in 1822, and David Lucas had a school at Ossett
in 1834, but there was no trace of an Alfred
Below again, they set up a Ouija board, but the heavy glass was
initially reluctant to move, despite the team's best efforts. Yvette
blames it on the heat ...
However, a quick polish of the table with a cloth, and water from
Cath's drinks bottle, during Acorah's fag-break soon got it 'working'.
Note that although Ciaran can be heard on the clip, he was safely out
of earshot of those at the table,
The team was in touch with Jim, Alfred and Edward. Edward had his
accident in a cotton weaving machine.. In a woollen mill ...
According to questions asked by 'historian', Richard Felix, Edward
apparently died in "a local cottage hospital", which pleased Felix no
end. WRONG!
The team then sent Jim, Alf and Eddie 'to the light'.
Apart from more things being thrown around, little of any significance
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NIGHT
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Wakefield Theatre Royal and Opera
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FACT: According to the theatre's
historian, Benjamin Sherwood built the current theatre. Frank Matcham
was only the architect.
Sherwood left his wife in 1900 and went to live in Wales, where he
continued to be a pillar of the church and community, and there was no
suggestion of any woman being involved in the separation.
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Names and dates given
by Acorah
1894- Miriam, aged twenty to twenty-five in Victorian
dress. She was involved in an affaire for seven years, and blamed the
man who built the theatre for her death. Sam thought she might have
been pushed...
Miriam was angry with ...
John - [no further information], who was associated
with...
Charles - [no further information]
George - [no further information]
'The man who built the
theatre' is identified by Richard Jones as eminent Victorian architect
Frank Matcham. WRONG!
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At the beginning of the First World
War, the theatre housed touring companies, performing plays, comedies,
with the occasional opera.
The theatre's historian does not
believe that any production included birds, caged or otherwise.
On a very few occasions the theatre
housed a circus.
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In the bar, Acorah
identifies a male and female spirit couple who sang duets, as well as
a little boy aged seven or eight, who died of a chest illness around
1914/1915. He was part of a troupe, and in charge of cages of birds.
The man who employed him knew he was ill and still made him work.
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FACT: There has never been a
fire at the theatre, according to the historian who researched the
theatre for ten years, and wrote the definitive book, "Right Royal:
Wakefield Theatre 1776-1994 ".
She has also written the definitive book on the murders, suicides and
suspicious deaths of Wakefield, and confirms that the only deaths in
the theatre were the door-keeper who was possibly pushed down the
stairs around 1895, and a patron who died of natural causes in his
seat.
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David Wells
came up with a Fat Controller, possibly a ringmaster
Then he said there had
been a fire at the theatre in the early 1800's, and that a fire was
the best way to get rid of evidence. Richard Felix agreed that there
definitely had been a fire in the theatre. WRONG!
During yet more table-tipping with a dodgy table, it was decided that
James (Banls), who used to own the old theatre had caused the fire as
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FACT: The
noise did not occur on the theatre stage, nor did Yvette even hear
it, but this was not admitted on air.
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The apparent highlight of
the night was Yvette, alone on stage in the dark, being frightened by
a loud, spooky 'breathing' sound. The audience certainly reacted
to it, and the inevitable phone-in poll resulted in it being declared
paranormal by around 90% of the viewers who bothered to ring in.
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NIGHT
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Caphouse Colliery
Pithead Baths
Acorah sensed George Smith, a wages clerk, who died of a heart attack
forty to forty-five years ago. He apparently worked with John, and
William Brown. According to Richard Jones, a shoemaker named George
Smith was mentioned in the 1829 and 1834 directories, so it is
possible a descendant was named after him a century later.
Next, Acorah sensed a young boy who lost his life 'way down'. He was
thirteen, and he and his dad lost their lives in 1846.
FACT:
There were accidents in nearby pits in 1841,
1847 and 1849 but no accidents in 1846 in Caphouse or neighbouring
ones.
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Oooommmmmmmmm
The collective 'sound of the earth' (which is also reputed to be a
cure for sinusitis) allegedly brought loads of men to Acorah's
shoulder, which is very peculiar. Why?
Acorah and the team couldn't hear the tone and did not join in with
the studio audience and viewers.
According to Acorah, the men were screaming and shouting and then
there was a sudden blackness. They realised they were hurt. There were
young boys crawling. It was a terrible accident.
FACT: According to the archivists at Caphouse, no such accident
occurred at the pit.
Acorah was not able to say what went on in the screening room,
probably because he hadn't done his homework on that. However, he did
sense a man with a bad injury to left side. He came up with the name
William Brown. Apparently a man named William was injured, but his
surname was not Brown. [Could Acorah have been fishing for a name and
come up with that of the main public libraries in his home town of
Liverpool? The William Brown Libraries are in William Brown Street,
and known to everyone in the area.]
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A pre-planned, premeditated
and expected 'collapse'?
Just watch this video clip, and judge
for yourself.
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All clips are copyright to LivingTV and are shown only for the
purposes of review and critique.
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The 'collapse' of Karl and Stu
The reaction of the team to the so-called collapse of Karl and Stu
surely proves beyond any shadow of doubt that it was pre-planned, and
that Yvette knew it was going to happen. On what basis do I make such
a statement?
It takes 5 minutes and 45 seconds for Yvette to send help to Karl and
Stu, despite the concern expressed by both Ciaran and Richard Woolfe.
Why? Because they weren't on camera! Note too how none of the
crew show any signs of worry, and Yvette even chats about the car
alarms going off in Scott's street.
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Walking the invisible dog
Disclaimer:
All clips are copyright to LivingTV and are shown only for the
purposes of review and critique.
FACT:
Acorah can quite clearly be heard taking a deep breath before
shouting "Jesus, sweet Jesus!".
If
you're taken by surprise, do you take a breath before shouting out??
Nope!
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Don't go down the mine, dad...
At the lift, even before the team went down below, Acorah sensed a man
aged 38/39 looking for his son "Where's me lad?" Naturally, he
provides no names, so it can't be checked.
Achora then takes an invisible dog for a walk. He claims he is taken
by surprise, and dragged along by his arm, but
listen to this clip again.
Yvette then goes off in the same direction by herself, so it would
seem that she didn't believe Acorah, either.
Then Acorah
supplies the name George - "the name from upstairs earlier on". So why
exactly would a wages clerk - a surface worker - be dragging him along
a tunnel 400 feet below ground?
To keep up the action, Stu apparently threw his hat on the floor,
claiming it had been lifted off his head by two hands... Yes, Stu,
your hands! Yvette asked who witnessed it and up steps Karl to say he
was there.. Isn't it strange that these things never happen to Ciaran,
nor do they happen when he is next to Stu or Karl.
...and I live in a hole ...
Karl and Stu decide to crawl into a hole at the side on the tunnel.
Stu was allegedly punched on the head, and he wasn't anywhere near the
roof, honest guv! Karl then starts whimpering, and Acorah said he had
been 'superimposed' ...
Karl kept his head down, or away from the camera... A very good ploy
for avoiding giving yourself away, Karl!
While walking along the tunnel, Cath and Yvette were freaked out by a
'burp'. However, on playing the video in slow motion, it is possible
to see what caused it. Acorah took two more steps after the noise,
even though the girls were screaming. He showed no sign that he had
heard it. He didn't pause, his head didn't move, or jerk up, nothing.
Why?
It appears he was concentrating so hard on not giving himself away
that he forgot to react. And as Yvette
said a few minutes later "It felt like it was right behind us"
Give the girl a prize!
Cath next claims loudly that a piece of rock hit her hand, but the
team don't investigate, look for the rock, or even discuss it. Yet two
minutes later, and a propos of nothing, Yvette makes the
statement "That stone came at force. That stone came at force. It came
from in front - I heard it. I heard it and I felt it. It hit Cath
here" and she indicated Cath's helmet.
Despite Cath's initial claim that the rock hit her hand, she now
agreed that it hit her helmet ...
Unbelievably, judging by the after-show conversation, it appears that
Ciaran actually fell for this con, despite having asked Cath how her
hand was only a minute earlier.
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FACT: According to Caphouse Colliery
archivists, there is no record of eight children being killed in an
accident at the pit, so they are unable to confirm or deny this. I'm
sure they would be very interested in Richard Jones' source for his
statement.
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Ouija board
So what happened to the blindfolds? We know from previous experiments
using blindfolds that they get nothing, so why revert to them being
able to see the letters? Of course, nothing happening doesn't make for
good television, does it?
So what did the glass tell them?
First letter of first name = G
Second letter of first name = F
Hmmm... perhaps they didn't need the blindfolds after all
Next we were told there were eight spirits present Richard Jones
confirmed that eight children were killed in an accident at the pit.
A piece of coal allegedly hit Jon's elbow, but even before the coal
was identified, and before Jon had a chance to speak, a female voice
said "That was thrown at us". Either another member of the production
team has become psychic, or else she was the person who 'threw' it.
Which is the most likely??
Unsurprisingly, the lump of coal was warmer than anything else on the
pit floor. Ciaran then pointed out the possibility that someone was
touching it and, by accident, dropped it... Erm... by accident,
Ciaran??
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Smile please, you're
on Candid Camera
Finally the phantom flinger was caught on camera. Yvette tried hard to
cover it up. "That flew right out of your hand!". Nice try, Yvette,
but Stu realised he'd been caught, and assumed the air of a defiant
innocent. "I threw that," he said, and brazenly added that he didn't
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A licence to defraud?
The mine has many rather
grotesque figures, yet not one of them was mistaken for a ghost,
despite the darkness. Funny, that ...
And now there are rumours that the team is going back to Caphouse,
unhindered by the cables required for a live show. In other words,
they will have the freedom to commit more fraudulent acts, to con
the gullible public.
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