A close up of the Hag Stone found protecting the entrance to Ulting Church, Essex, the long forgotten Medieval Holy Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary, during the first lock-down in 2020. Clearly home made, very carefully, with a man-made hole drilled through a chalk pebble.

After the release of our research on the true location of St Osyth’s medieval lockup, we’ve been delighted by the positive feedback it’s received. Many asked for more details, after we mentioned the 1st article didn’t include everything uncovered. So.... paranormalreason.com/true-locatio...

It’s been fascinating to watch the conversation around the St Osyth lock up continue. A number of maps / estate plans have since appeared 'elsewhere' to support alternative interpretations from our research article, incl. 1 of our own adjusted archival images without seeking permission from us.

Although Colchester Castle features strongly in the Essex Witch Trials of the 16th and 17th Centuries as the holding pre-trial Gaol for those accused of witchcraft, such as Ursula Kempe of St Osyth.

As we approach Halloween, Laura and I are stepping up our fieldwork to explore some of Essex’s most mysterious and unsettling locations. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing new investigations, stories, and history from:

@monsterandmyth.bsky.social The inner circle of Harwich Redoubt Fort, Harwich. Sitting on the other side of the river to Landguard Fort, guarding the Stour / Orwell Estuary.

If you know, you know..... Just wrapping up our article revealing the truth about the above property and, the true location of the medieval lock-up at St Osyth. Whilst we've sat on this for over 6 years now, we thought it's finally time the truth is told and reveal all.

In our rediscovery of the location of the former 'Lion Tree' of Beeleigh Falls, believe it or not, we found a number of 'mini' Lions. Here's a photograph of one I took, along with a photo of the original. Our article, can also be found here: paranormalreason.com/the-lion-the...

The school summer holidays are always a quiet period for us, so decided to take a dive into these two for the umpteenth time during the lull - The Black Alchemist and, it's follow-up, 'The Second Coming', both questing classics from the GOAT Andrew Collins.

paranormalreason.com/the-fallacy-... One of the first things that we noticed was many well known, traditional hauntings fell apart when we undertook a deep drive into the stories, a trend that we've found continues today.

Just published our latest article, covering fresh research where we reveal the location of a lost pond, scene of a 1861 Exorcism and, further landscape mysteries at the small hamlet of Chilton, Suffolk. paranormalreason.com/chilton-the-...

Finally started writing earlier this week about our 'reveal' surrounding the building known as 'The Cage', St Osyth, Essex. It isn't going to be pretty and, questions will need to be asked. Meh. We'll also reveal, for the first time, the actual location of the real medieval Lock-Up at St Osyth.

The latest instalment of our Chilton Church investigation is now live - featuring one of the UK’s strangest stained glass anomalies and, a paranormal photo that defies coincidence. paranormalreason.com/the-blue-dev...

What happens when a centuries old depiction of a Devil bears a resemblance to a photo anomaly? Using facial feature analysis & image comparison techniques, results point toward a level of similarity that challenge purely coincidental explanations. paranormalreason.com/analysis-of-...

Further to our last post, please find the 2d part, where our friend, Jason, visited the church in Suffolk, to establish if a symbol Laura identified as being scratched on the reverse of a gravestone, actually existed. It did. paranormalreason.com/remote-viewi...

Nine years ago, Laura did a 'blind' remote viewing exercise, relating to a Church in Suffolk. Little did we suspect we'd still feel the effects to this day, with new information uncovered that could put a different context on the original exercise. paranormalreason.com/remote-viewi...

Clare Castle, Suffolk, yesterday. Too hot for the ghosties to come out to play.

Have finally abandoned Blogger - how good is a Blog host owned by Google, yet totally incompatible with Google SEO. Back to our old trusty website, which you can find at: www.paranormalreason.com

Does this brief case represent proof of ongoing survival once someone has passed? Read more in our latest blog post: paranormalreason.blogspot.com/2025/03/plat...

Interesting.

What happened to the men who took the 'most spectacular UFO photo ever'? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Straight from our files, EVP - a direct response to a statement.

Watch the first episode of EVP Explorations here! (Including an appearance by myself (Mark) The show will educate, demonstrate and bring you the latest developments in the EVP, along with regular interviews with luminaries of the field. www.youtube.com/live/z356SeJ...

Probably our most favourite location to visit outside of anything paranormal we've experienced is The Mermaid Inn, in Rye, East Sussex, dating back almost 1,000 years to at least 1156AD. Here, Laura explores the winding corridors, hoping we can find out way out!

If you've an interest in EVP or, just curious about the whole subject, be sure to catch this show next Friday / Saturday. Hosted by Todd Bates, the show will seek to educate and explore the whole world of EVP. www.facebook.com/groups/evpex...

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, UK, the location where Mary I (Mary Tudor / Bloody Mary) was proclaimed Queen of England, 19th July 1553, although the town is perhaps more famous these days for being the home of a certain red haired popular musician

Laura, standing at the perimeter of Borley Church Yard, just behind the Bull graves.

In the past, if you wanted to capture EVP, the 'go to' equipment to use was an analogue tape cassette recorder. Time waits for no one and now, our tool of choice is the Zoom H2n audio recorder - Most importantly, it allows adjustment of Auto Gain - something very under appreciated.

Coming soon, 3rd January 2025, EVP Explorations, hosted by Haunted Voices' Todd Bates. If you wish to learn more about EVP, improve you capture rate or just how to analyse it, you wont want to miss this new show! youtu.be/1lOIpLjkBmc?...

With the 45th anniversary fast approaching, time for folk to start pushing their pet theories..... www.thesun.co.uk/news/3202416...

'I went ghosthunting at 'haunted' Essex pub that's England's oldest inn where some people experienced otherworldly energy' What happened when Jodie, EssexLive's intrepid reporter went ghost hunting at 'The Castle' (St Anne's Castle), Great Leighs, Essex. www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n...

Probably the only recording I've made that possibly captures spontaneous activity, is of some 'knocking' obtained during a calling out session 20 years ago, originating from (I believe) an iron candle stick, secured to the back of a pew, in the same church in Suffolk Laura and I visited last week.

An image that I rarely encounter these days - taken over 69 years ago - the Hopkins' Photograph, taken at the ruins of Borley Rectory, Essex, from our collection. Is an explanation possible from a contemporary context?

Over the years, as we’ve expanded our research library, we often acquire other items with a paranormal context. One such item are the ball-pen and, b&w watercolour sketches by E Lovell, used to illustrate the article, ‘The Merry Ghosts of Borley’, The East Anglian Magazine, Vol 14, No.5, June 1955.

Just dusted off an old piece of equipment we haven't used since 2006 - our old Marantz PMD-222 field cassette recorder, which will be used in a new EVP Project. To our surprise, when I turned it on it still played, using only the power from it's internal batteries, last charged 18 years ago.

Popped over the border to Suffolk earlier to visit the location of Laura's remote viewing experiment, from a couple of years ago. Laura got little from visiting the location, a couple of cold spots, a snippets of information, but nothing she doesn't experience when walking in our local high street.

A couple of summers ago we found ourselves in the little village of Scole, Norfolk. There we spotted this fine, Grade II listed building, the 17th Century Street Farm, that achieved a certain notoriety and split the Paranormal Community back in the 1990’s. Allegedly. #Scolehole

Finally....... (can you hear our collective sighs of relief?) We've published the final part (for now) to our Bicknacre Priory trilogy, covering our research and findings to date. Never knew so much could be written, based upon so little history. paranormalreason.blogspot.com/2024/03/whis...

Just published Part 2 of our Bicknacre Priory article, with the 3rd part coming soon, summarising our Summary Findings. Our new article includes an EVP capture, so be sure to look out for it and, find your headphones for the best experience. paranormalreason.blogspot.com/2024/03/whis...

Our first Blog post for a while, an account of our visits to Bicknacre Priory, in Essex, UK. It’s been split into two parts, the second to follow early next week. Part One: paranormalreason.blogspot.com/2024/01/whis...

The Running Well, near Runwell, Essex. In the 18 years Laura and I have been working together, this was the first and only time she felt compelled to make an offering (indeed she’s never made a voluntary one either). Why?

Although not central to our research currently, the location of the original 1626 Fort at Landguard Point, Felixstowe in Suffolk, in relation to the 1717 / 1744 Forts, to us at least, remains an enigma. Here are the four main sources for the locations:

Added this to our (tiny) collection of pottery haunted locations earlier, which came up nice after cleaning. Sadly, it's yet another building no longer with us, which is a shame, as it was relatively local. But, what building is it? If you know, you know.

Not paranormal per se, but who doesn't like a 'secret tunnel' article? The secret tunnels of Cardiff.

Part of the walkway at Framlingham Castle, above the location of the now destroyed Chapel. Whilst walking along here, Laura felt sudden stabbing pains to her back and neck.

Laura, during one of our visits to Colchester Castle, Essex. Unusually for a castle, the location has always seemed a bit 'flat' for Laura, there's always been one area she's drawn to, with some unpleasant imagery forthcoming.

Perhaps Harry Price's strangest case (ignoring Gef) - The Witch of Scrapfaggot Green. Many have read of it, but few, if any, know where it is today. After much research, we rediscovered the infamous location several years ago. How long does it have before being erases from history altogether?

Why would a 30 foot wide moat, enclosing 7 acres of land, contain nothing more (*) than a medieval church? (*) Has never contained any other brick structures. Answers on a postcard please!

St Leonard's Tower, West Malling, Kent, the very first time that Laura and I had been out on a field trip to a location together. Interesting for all the wrong reasons. Nothing much to report other than we'd never seen so many dead pigeons in one place before. Extremely sad.

In the middle of writing possible blog post following our visit to the remains of Bicknacre Priory in July. We last visited 7 years ago, this time Laura was severely impacted from the moment we drove into the car park. A plethora of 'chatter' but difficult to tie down to events etc.