Woodlands Castle

Wood Woodlands Disappoint.

Woodlands castle is not so aptly named!  You would be fooled into thinking it is a ruined old castle with legends and tales associated to it, well not quite.

Woodlands castle sits just outside Taunton, England and is used as a conference/wedding venue. The building was built in 1810 1810, and was remodelled and enlarged by Richard Carver.
The house originally a farm house is far more elaborate than you would expect from a late 18th century early 19th century building.

Notable residents of the house include Major-General Henry Brasnell Tuson, aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, Commandant-General of the Royal Marines, and in more recent years Dr Fleming.

The investigation began at 8pm with a new company for us 'Beyond the Grave'... We were eager to see how they handled the large crowd. After a short introduction we were off to investigate the house... No history tour no medium tour no info really! (good and bad to this approach).

The house was full of 'HUNT' paintings and pictures and absolutely resembled a typical English Country manor house of it's time..

Office/Study
A small room and easily shut off from the group, we began a vigil, EVP's taken and digital still photos, apart from the sound of the goldfish absolutely no evidence found. 


Cellar
It was when we regrouped and made our way to the cellar that the place became rather more interesting - the current manager decided to join us along with 2 members of his waitressing staff. After about 20mins of silent vigils we had both EMF detectors reading red at the same time on response to questions regarding a groundsman that has passed only 2 weeks ago. One guest of the group picked up his name/dogs name and his reason for passing.. - The one lady member of staff knew him well and quantified these details... The area became very heavy and dark and there were a number of shuffling noises recorded..




Upstairs bedroom 1

A small group of 5 of us gathered and began with the planchette, we got movement after about 10 minutes and got a number of names coming through Richard, who was married to Heather. He had caused her death by his abusive behaviour towards her.

Downstairs back room
Whilst holding a larger vigil in this room a huge lump of previously held plasterboard fell from the ceiling onto the floor and shattered, to say that the group dispersed is an understatement, we shot to the other corner of the room... Very strange but can't be ruled out with shoddy handy work!

A small, odd kind of venue but with an interesting history tied into Alexander Flemming. 

Main evidence, EMF spikes and unexplained noises.
Best Room for evidence - Cellar.