The Elms Inn - Burton on Trent

 
     
 

30 April 2005

 
         
 

 
         
 

People present

ESSIVE members, Chris, Eleanor, Paul, Ian, Tina and Phillip and the Manager Ade Leese

 
         
 

Weather 

Mild with light showers to start however at 3:07 there was a thunder storm with heavy rain.

 
         
 

Base line readings

Temperature was between 19 and 20 degrees, no EMF anomalies however there were two strange ION readings, by the serving hatch and in the doorway to the back room a reading on -46 was taken. This anomaly lasted only a few seconds and the reading returned to normal as quickly as it had dropped. 

 
     
  Floor Plan  
 

 
         
 

Dowsing Session

This was held in the back room, the dowsers were Paul, Jenny and Phillip and the markers Tina, Eleanor and Ade.
 

 
 

 

Question

Jenny

Paul

Phillip

Yes

No

N/A

1

Are there any spirits present?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

0

0

2

Is there more than one spirit present?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

0

0

3

Are you male?

Yes

Yes

No

2

1

0

4

Did you live here?

Yes

No

Yes

2

1

0

5

Did you work here?

No

No

Yes

1

2

0

6

Were you over 35 when you died?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

0

0

7

Are you buried nearby?

Yes

No

Yes

2

1

0

8

Are you responsible for any of the activity here?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

0

0

9

Are you trapped here?

No

Yes

N/A

1

1

1

10

Are you trying to contact someone?

No

Yes

No

1

2

0

 
         
 

Glass Divination

The glass divination session ended at; 01:20, the results were good and certainly deserve further research. Contact was made with a 66 year old man called Phillip Franks he lived and died in Burton. Phillip worked at the old granary on Anglesey road and he died 1838. 

 
 

1

Are there any spirits that wish to communicate?

Yes

2

Are you male?

Yes

3

Did you die here?

No

4

Did you live here?

No

5

Did you work here?

No

6

Did you live in Burton?

Yes

7

Did you die in Burton?

Yes

8

Were you over 40 when u died?

Yes

9

Were you over 50 when u died?

Yes

10

Were you over 60 when u died?

Yes

11

Were you over 70 when u died?

No

12

Were you over 65 when u died?

Yes

13

Were you 65 when you died?

No

14

Were you 66 when you died?

Yes

15

Did you drink in here?

Yes

16

Do you like it here

Yes

17

Are you trapped here?

No

18

Do you come here often?

Yes

19

Are you responsible for the activity?

Yes

20

Can you make activity at will?

Yes

21

Will you this evening?

Yes

22

Will you give us your name?

Yes

23

Is your name Philip?

Yes

24

Do you like to be called Phill?

No

25

Do you like to be called Phillip?

Yes

26

Did you die before 1900?

Yes

27

Did you die before 1800?

No

28

Did you die before 1850?

Yes

29

Did you die before 1840?

Yes

30

Did you die before 1830?

No

31

Did you die before 1835?

No

32

Did you die before 1836?

No

33

Did you die before 1837?

No

34

Did you die before 1838?

Yes

 

The glass was centred

 

35

Did you work for the brewery?

Yes

36

Did you work in the brewery?

Yes

37

Did you work as a cooper?

No

38

Did you work brewer?

No

39

Would you like to be a brewer?

Yes

40

Did you suffer from a perforated ulcer?

Yes

41

Was it the cause of your death?

Yes

 

Jenny picked up the name Murray

 

42

Did you work with hops?

No

43

Did you work in the maltings?

No

44

Did you work on Wetmore Road?

No

45

Did you work on Anglesey Road?

Yes

46

Do you visit there?

No

47

Do you see your family?

No

48

Do you have family alive?

No

49

Do you have family passed over?

Yes

50

Do you see your family that have passed over?

No

51

Are you buried in the churchyard?

No

52

Are you buried in the cemetery?

Yes

53

Can you give your surname to Eleanor?

Franks

54

Is Phillip Franks your name?

Yes

55

Have you got a friend with you?

Yes

56

Does your male friend cause activity?

No

57

Will you try to communicate with us later?

Yes

 
     
 

Table Tipping

 
         
 

1

Are there any spirits present?

Yes

 

Tina felt cold behind her

 

 

The table was turned to set it at a better angle and the lights were turned off

 

2

In there a female spirit in this room?

No

3

Is there a male present who wishes to communicate?

Yes

4

Is your name Phillip?

Yes

5

Do you know Murray?

Yes

6

Is Murray female?

No

7

Did you live in Shobnal?

Yes

 

2:10 Noise heard to be coming from the gents toilet.

 

8

Was that you making the noise in the gents’ toilet?

Yes

9

Were you married

Yes

 

Phillip can you make your answers stronger for us please

 

10

Were you buried in St. Peters graveyard?

No

11

Were you buried in Tatenhill?

Yes

 

Jenny felt cold behind her

 

12

Did you work with horses?

Yes

13

Is there more than one of you around this table?

Yes

14

In the other spirit Murray?

Yes

15

Is Phillip behind Tina?

Yes

16

Is Murray behind Jenny?

Yes

17

Did you die by fire?

No

18

Is Murray human?

Yes

 

Tina is now feeling very hot behind her

 

19

Phillip did you smoke?

Yes

20

Did you smoke a pipe?

Yes

21

Are you blowing your pipe smoke in Tina's back?

Yes

22

Is Murray your first name?

No

23

Is Murray your surname?

Yes

24

Is your first name Alan?

No

25

Is your name Peter?

No

26

Is your first name Michael?

No

27

Does Murray wish to communicate with us?

Yes

28

Is your first name William?

Yes

29

Do you like to be called Bill?

Yes

30

Is there a spirit behind Ian?

Yes

31

Is the spirit behind Ian Michael?

Yes

32

Is Michael a friend of William and Phillip?

No

33

Was Michael the landlord of this establishment?

No

34

Does Michael wish to communicate with us?

No

35

Phillip can you tell us is Michael visiting us from nearby?

Yes

36

Is tonight the night that the dead roam the earth?

Yes

37

Are there many spirits around here tonight?

Yes

38

Do more spirits roam the earth tonight than on Halloween?

Yes

 

2:20 Phillip closed the session and thanked the spirits

 

 

2 :22 Temperature back to 20 from 17

 

 
     
 

Séance 1

This was held in the front room and Eleanor Tina Ian and Phillip were the sitters. The session  started at 2:50 and finished at 3:25. We decided to try an experiment with a glass chopping board and a home made inverted bell, the board was placed on a polished table so it could slide freely and the bell was placed in the centre of the plate. The spirits seemed either unable or unwilling to move the board as although at one point the board seemed to move it was only the table rocking. However contact was made with a man who appeared to have been an undertaker and it was felt he was blocking all the other spirit energies from coming through so Eleanor closed the session.

 
     
 

Séance 2

This was held in the back room it started at 03:40 the sitters were Eleanor, Jenny, Tina, Phill and Chris with Paul and Ian on camera and taking readings. After about 5 minutes Eleanor sensed something to do with smoking which was confirmed by Tina, they both felt scarred on there backs as if they had bean whipped. Phill had a tickling sensation on his right arm and was cold on the left side, his left sideburn was also itching, and this is thought to be caused by a spirit called Carrie who has visited Phill on numerous occasions since we met her at a previous investigation. A young lady who was wearing late 50’s or 60’s style clothes aged around 17 years, she died in 1970 and had here throat slit, the name Becky was associated with her.  Everyone felt temperature changes and Tina felt as if she was pregnant with twins, Jenny found her self overcome and began shaking. She was in contact with a child who was trying to talk but could not, as this was causing her some distress Paul helped ground her and passed the energy to Phill to disperse the negative feeling went quite quickly, the séance was closed at 4:40.

 
     
 

Rocking Spirit Board

 
     
 

1

Is there a spirit present that wishes to communicate?

Bye

2

Is there a spirit in the room that wishes to communicate with us?

Yes

3

Are you male?

Bye

4

Can you communicate with us now please?

Yes

5

Are you male?

Yes

6

Have we spoken with you already this evening spirit?

No

7

Do you cause any of the activity in the building?

Yes

8

Can you do this of your one free will?

Bye

9

Can you create activity when you please?

Bye

10

Did you live here?

No

11

Do you come here often?

Yes

12

If you can see the letters on the board can you stop the ball by the first letter on your first name?

Yes

13

Stop the ball by the first letter of your first name?

0

14

Stop the ball by the second letter of your first name?

A

15

Stop the ball by the third letter of your first name?

Bye

16

Is your name Oscar?

Yes

17

Can you confirm your name is Oscar?

No

18

Is your name Oliver?

Bye

19

Does your first name begin with O?

No

20

Does your first name begin with Q?

?

21

Are you buried nearby here?

Bye

22

Are you buried Spirit?

No

23

Are your human remains buried in the ground?

Bye

24

Are you dead?

Yes

25

Were you cremated?

Bye

26

Do you see your family?

No

27

Do you have any family?

No

28

How old are you, please stop the ball on the first number

Bye

29

Are we in Burton Upon Trent?

Yes

30

Did you live in Burton Upon Trent?

No

31

Did you live in Stapenhill?

Yes

32

Did you drink here?

No

33

Was this a public house when you were alive?

No

34

Was this an inn when you were alive?

No

35

Was it a friends house

Bye

36

Did your friend live here?

Yes

37

Was your friend male?

Bye

38

Was your friend female?

Yes

39

Do you see your friend now?

No

40

Are you looking for your friend?

No

41

Are you looking for someone?

Yes

42

Do you need our help?

No

43

Is your friend still alive?

No

44

Is your friend buried nearby here?

No

45

Are you looking for someone here now?

Yes

46

Do you have a message for someone here now?

Yes

47

Please stop the ball in front of the person the message is for

Tina

48

Can you confirm the message is for Tina?

Bye

49

Please stop the ball in front of the person the message is for

Phillip

50

Is the message for Tina and Phillip?

Yes

51

Do Tina and Phillip know you?

Bye

52

Is this a personal message?

Yes

53

Is the message from a family member?

Yes

54

Is the message from Tina's side of the family?

?

55

Is the message from Phillip's side of the family?

?

56

Is the message from Christopher?

Yes

57

Is the message from Christopher?

No

58

Spirit are you telling the truth?

Yes

59

Are you a child?

Bye

60

Do you know Christopher?

Bye

61

Do you want to play?

Bye

 
     
 

Conclusion

This was an active location, with several spirits who are thought to visit on a regular basis, the night was also added to by the date being April 30th which is Walpurgis Night and fact there is a cemetery nearby.

Walpurgis Night, April 30. This is an old pagan festival, which borrowed its name from Saint Walburga whose feast occurs on May Day. On this night witches are believed to ride on broomsticks and he-goats to places of old pagan worship, being the highest points in the mountains. It is also said that spirits walk the earth as on Halloween, Walpurgis Night is exactly six months after Halloween. Witches are said to be driven away on this night with cracking of whips and blasting of horns.