04/09/2026
Kings Lynn Town Hall, Investigation No. 74, 29/8/26
Town Hall is a very large, sprawling, conglomerate of different styles of architecture across many time periods. It can only truly be appreciated by personally visiting it. But what was in store for us this investigation? Activity started when we were in small groups setting up and finding out the building’s layout. Down in the cells, a catball placed on the stocks started continuously flashing and while moving with our guests through the door of the Stone room into the Assembly room, there was a very strong smell of a flowery nature. No team or guests were wearing anything that strong or of that fragrance.
Before splitting into teams, we opened our chakras and protected ourselves before instigating a human pendulum:
- We made contact with a young 6 year old girl, Annabelle. She indicated a year of 1810,
- She was not on her own as there were about 10 other spirits there,
- She had been touching Jo’s hand during the evening,
- Her end seems to have been a tragic one as she was accidently shot in the chest by her father.
Team A Nicky, Eddy, Chris, Jo, Jamie, Bex and Caron
Team B, Matt L, Matt H, Hannah, Emma, Janice and Terry
The Card Room
On splitting up, team B went to the Card Room and sat around the large tables there.
- The first thing noticed was an agonising pain in Terry’s right leg which remained for the time spent in there,
- During the quiet time we had the names of Benjamin and Lionel. We were told most definitely it was Benjamin, not Ben, a very dominating personality,
- Someone saw the face of a little girl and several catballs lit up,
- A whistle and a sigh were clearly heard. A few time there was a difference in the brightness from a fire exit security light, as if it was dimming or something passed in front of it,
- One guest had the sensations of her thighs being squeezed while other felt their hair being pulled. There then followed a feeling of people circling round us, followed by some more hairpulling,
- Hannah then went very cold for some reason. Following this there was a sound of children laughing that some people heard, while the Estes came out with ‘stay with me’.
- From an App we also had ‘intention, ghost, attack, Gregg’.
The Gaol Cells
One of the most significant parts of the Town Hall are the historic and haunting gaol cells below the museum, where criminals and accused witches awaited trial.
- The names Mary; Harriet and Charlotte were picked up,
- There was a cat ball placed on the stocks in a side cell it flashed on and off 9 times,
- The guests spread out in the different gaol cells and the dead bell dinged,
- A guest became upset he said he wanted to sob because someone called Mary was sentenced which was unfair/unjust. The K2 meter the gentleman held flashed yellow and red. He said Mary had been shamed by everyone,
- The Ovulus gave the following words; “details, poverty, Mike, nighttime, easy”,
- The Estes method gave us the following words; “in charge, lovely, regent, everyone, down there, you saw, p!$s off, oh really”,
- Standing near the beer pumps, it was noticed they no longer smelt of beer. Instead, they had the same smell of flowers detected earlier,
- A shadowy figure dashed across the passageway, heading through the door into the Stone Room,
- An App used in the cell area had some very relevant words come through including, ‘cold, area, unlock, pillow, password, hunt’,
- The names of Esmarelda and Den, or Dennis came to mind, along with Debbie on an App,
- Attempts using the Ouija board and table tipping yielded few responses but guests reported being pushed and shoved,
- Terry was overcome with a feeling of deep despair and upset that everyone could leave the cell, this was his place. Matt L came into the cell to check and after explaining things he picked up on a spirit called Joseph, along with chest pains, he was thought to be a debtor. Apparently, Joseph (in Terry) could not leave the cell, but in trying to convince him he could leave the cell, he got really angry with us, so we left the cell.
- There was a short sound of running water from one of the toilets in the cell passage. Checking the toilets, there was no one in any of them, and the tap was pressure activated and was preset for a longer time than we heard the sound. Nobody had any time to get in or out of the toilets as the team were looking down the passageway all the time,
- During the break Eddie went to the cells and placed a camera down there at the cell door and seemed to capture a voice that said “be gone”.
The Courtroom
The old Courtroom has a closed in claustrophobic feel to it compared to most of the other rooms.
- The name James Bunton was picked up on and that he was sentenced incorrectly.
- Chris felt hot and had a stabbing pain.
- Some Estes responses were; children, friend, have you, right, alive, no, scratch, Broad Street, in town, hold on, chest (with a few of the guests saying their chests felt tight), am I alive, judge, suspect, believe me, r**e, Gordon, panic,
- A few of the guests said their chest felt tight,
- Chris noticed an ‘old ladies’ perfume smell which was reminiscent of Parma Violets. Guests said they could smell too,
- A guest wearing the Estes headphones said something had pulled the wire. She then mentioned the name Henry and that he has something to do with the church.
- Our 2-minute silence brought us ‘Alfred, Edmund, baby’, wicker/ wicca’, and ‘bad man’.
- Matt L was struggling with a spirit that was trying to say he was innocent of a truly heinous crime. The spirit did not want to talk to us as it thought we were there to judge him, although later it admitted that he had to kill the child or she would have talked,
- When questioned on if he tried ‘help’ the police by distracting them the Estes said ‘why would I?’,
- Catballs started going off around the room,
- One of the App’s said ‘I am from the 1400s’.
The Retiring room
Passing through the door from the Courtroom is the Retiring Room.
- Jamie sensed Henry Bell he was wearing a red cloak and a head piece the dates 1712-1743 were significant,
- Chris sensed a lady in a dark grey dress telling us not to touch the table. The name Lillian was suggested. Chris said she was either a head house keeper or governess.
- Nicky picked up on a dog. Chris said it was under the chair it looked like a spaniel. The name Ned had been in Nicky’s head all day. The dog was called Ned,
- A child’s voice was heard by Caron,
- There were several cold spots felt around the room and it seemed to have a strange feel to it,
- An app being used came out with ‘Lisa’ and ‘the house’ (of correction? a lesser prison used for low grade crimes or detention before trial),
- At one point when Matt L was talking, the Estes came out with ‘you’ve been here before’, which he had, about 10 years ago.
Council Chamber
- A cat ball on the radiator kept lighting up,
- A guest felt cold there was a breeze around knee level,
- Jo whistled and there was a whistle heard in response.
- Estes gave the following words; daughter; April; Ben. Bex thought she saw the name Ben in the drawing made using the writing planchette,
- We were running the Estes method again and the first words were “please get out”. A little later someone sneezed and the Estes came out with “bless you”, followed by “tissue”?,
- We had the names of Vikki and Sarah surface,
- The App that was running asked us ‘why have you come’ and ‘how are you’? Also, and possibly more significant was the word ’pilot’, which possibly meant a river pilot, is this where they were approved and certified to work on the river? Interestingly the word ‘hunt’ came up here as well as in the cells.
The Museum
- Everyone spaced themselves around the museum. A guest felt a cold breeze. A few of the cat balls lit up when we laughed.
- Jamie whistled and a whistle was heard in reply.
20-minute session: Card room
- Near the entrance to the Card Room in the passage was a pool of water! It had not come down from the wall, ceiling or electrical box, nor had it run off of anyone as we were all dry. Neither had it been dropped from a cup or bottle as it was a contained pool, with no splash droplets around it,
- In the room we had the names of Edmund and Louisa came to mind, while Chris got the image of a lady showing her thigh, followed later with her laying on the table,
- The Estes gave us ‘jackpot, woman, party, immoral’,
- There was a strong feeling of wealth in the room and a chair seemed to move on its own. Whether this action was imagined due to the limited lighting is not known, but also, Eddie who was sitting next to the chair, appeared to have his face change and morph into different features that were not his.
So ended the first investigation of the Kings Lynn Town Hall. The activity was possibly less than we expected but this is usually the case when a site is first visited. There was activity, but usually only with small numbers of people. Hopefully when we visit again next year, whatever, or whoever, resides there will be less shy in contacting us. It was still a great night and we hope our guests enjoyed it.
Team A report written by Caron
Team B report written by Terry
Reports collated and edited by Stephanie
