The current owner Mr John Humphries has owned the building since 1968 when he bought it from the brewery for a mere £2600. John only lives in 2 rooms of the Inn explaining that he is just too petrified to go upstairs.
We arrive at the inn at 9pm and the evening is perfect for an investigation, a dry and cold night with no wind. The outside of the Inn is unmistakably cliche, it is most certainly ancient but looks nothing like any Inn I've ever been into.
We meet the group around the back and instantly you can feel the anticipation amongst the group, this is one of those investigations that holds such hope, it's character well known and it's stories even more so.
We meet John the owner, a man of 84 but still very much aware and with an amazing knowledge of the building and it's residents. Although I feel he thrives on the presence of whatever is supposed to be here he seems grounded.
Without a doubt the first evident thing about the place is that it is the home of a hoarder, there are items scattered everywhere and even a motorbike in the kitchen alongside a Wham album!. this would be an investigation that could throw up a lot of sound contamination.
First stop the Witches room on the first floor
We set up the static cam near the window and facing the door, where its is said the Witch and her cat have appeared. The room feels heavy but the ceiling is low and oppressive. We settle down and roll on the voice recorder, after about 30 minutes we catch a tinkering sound from near the window, it comes on demand almost so we ask some questions, after a period of silence on this we did debunk it as the flag on the flagpole out side the window hitting the metal... no other results from this room...
The Bishops Room
This room had an immediate feeling when you entered of urgency, like there was a lot of rushing going on, it took a long time for the group to settle and after a few minutes a few shadows were spotted in the corner of the room, I sat on the stool in that corner and felt as though I was being pressed down on my head, others said they spotted a dark shadow over the top of my head, but i felt no more than slightly uncomfortable and after investigating put the shadows down to the mirror being caught by the light from passing cars...
The bar area and adjoining corridor
For me this was the most unsettling area of the Inn, with an open excavated Pagan grave in one corner and the old Triumph motorbike sat opposite, it was ancient verses new world for me and I wondered which would win in a battle.... The open grave is something that John the owner discovered after having numerous strange events at the Inn, including being woken each night by what he believes to be an Incubus spirit trying to have sex with him. He started to dig in the bar and discovered numerous children's bones, believing it to be part of a sacrificial ancient site. The bar is dark and heavy we had a few strange responsive sounds that we captured on digital with an EVP of a deep mans voice sighing.
Without a doubt the Ancient Ram Inn is a strange period of history captured within 4 walls, and it most certainly has a hold of some kind over the current owner, is it haunted? It contains something unexplainable and unpalatable but it maybe be the extreme energy built up over it's history....
