
Some Historical Information
To Follow
Investigation 1
23rd February 2008 10.30pm – 2am
Location Area’s
Main Auditorium
Boiler Room / Gents Toilets
Tower Room / Flat
Cinema 2
Small Staffroom
Vigil Groups
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Karen F Karen S Don Troy
Lloyd (g) Mark Anne Jo
Gary (g) Karen (g) Micheala Simon
Steve (g) Elliott (g) Harvy (g) Jade (g)
(g) - guest
Main Auditorium
Medium pre-investigation walk – Ann
Movement on the back staircase
Medium pre-investigation walk – Jo
Male figure – Basil Fortisque. Important person. Harry Secombe
Male stabbed voer jealousy – left box near to the toilet
Eneasiness and a lady sensed by the right box
Medium pre-investigation walk – Karen
Near to the ladies toilet Karen sensed a lady sitting in the chair and watching.
Group 4 11.40pm – 11.55pm
Orbs caught on camera
Band and a thud heard by all
Jo touched n the throat
Footsteps heard walking along the aisle
Flick on the clipboard
Shadow seen by the ladies toilet
Strange noise heard by all – sort of ping noise
Breeze felt on Troy’s neck
Loud groan heard
Voices heard coming from the projection room
Feeling on unrequented love / jealousy
Sense of people milling about in the aisles
Jo sense a male behind her – possibly in the box
Jo felt sick
Large man sense by Jo – broad shoulders and tall
Usherettes sensed by Jo and kids rushing to get ice creams.
Picked up on the names Basil and Harry Secombe
Group 1 11.55am – 12.10am
Temp start - 20.2 Temp end - 17.7
Karen saw a bright blue/white light pass across from the rear towards the screen over the centre of the seats – this was not seen by anyone else in the group
Steve felt cobwebs across the face whilst sitting next to the screen
Lloyd felt light headed whilst sitting near to the main entrance
Gary felt it was very strange by the left box
Karen went into the ladies toilet and constantly heard in her head ’You can’t hide from me’ but not sure who was saying it
Group 2 12.35am – 12.48am
Temp start - 20.3 Temp End - 21.3
Elliott was stood in the box on the right and could heard someone breathing behind him. He felt cold – temp read 20.7 – so not actually colder
Elliott whilst stood in the auditorium saw a shadow at the back
Karen was touched on the head
Knock was heard to the left of the screen by all
Karen sensed that there was more than one person walking around
Group 3 1.10am – 1.30am
Temp not recorded
EMF not recorded
Curtains moved
Figure seen and shadows
White lights seen
Figure seen walking down the aisle
Pressure felt on shoulder
Radio’s heard
EMF went off by itself
Figure seen in the box of an old lady
Buzzing heard
Boiler Room / Gents Toilets
Medium pre-investigation walk – Ann
Old gentleman and a young male of about 14 yrs
Medium pre-investigation walk – Jo
Feeling of uneasiness on stairs
Name of Basil shouting ’Why are you not doing as you should – get back to work’
Medium pre-investigation walk – Karen
Name of Frank – skinny man and quite weak. Head injuries.
Stomach problems
Gay male who worked with the costumes. Showed a blonde curly wig and had a sense of humour. A bit of a lovey. He used to help out here as a hobby
Group 3 11.34pm – 11.55pm
Temp start – 29.7 (no end temp reading)
Whispering was heard
Sense of a man and a young boy
Group 4 11.55pm – 12.10am
Freezing cold breezes felt by all
Orbs caught on camera
Crying and sobbing heard by all
Taps were heard by all
Simon had a chest pain
The door moved slightly on its own a few times
Radio went off on it’s own followed by chuckling which was heard by all
Jo felt a hand on her back and had a funny feeling about the cupboard – sense of someone being locked in there.
Sense of a child sobbing
Troy got touched on the legs and legs were seen in the toilet
Female presence sensed in this area
Another presence was sensed at the bottom of the stairs
Group 1 12.15am – 12.31am
Temp start - 11.9 (gents toilet) 14.9 (first room) 22.3 (back boiler)
Temp end - 10.5 (gents toilet) 14.2 (first room)
Shuffling noises were heard and a whispering sound as soon as Gary entered the first room down the stairs
Back boiler room Shuffling noises and footsteps were heard
A strange noise a little like an EMF meter was also heard
Breathing noise heard
This back boiler room felt very active and the sense of 2 males.
Group 2 1.08am – 1.25am
Temp start – 26.3 17.6 and 18.2
In the far boiler room Mark and Karen felt like they were being pulled backwards
Cold breezes were felt on both their backs
Karen felt drunk and as if she was swaying
No feelings were felt in any other parts of this location
Tower Room
Medium pre-investigation walk – Ann
Middle aged balding man – quite large
Lady of about 5ft 4
Spiral staircase through to toilet
Felt this had been a dining area and felt sick in the bedroom
Medium pre-investigation walk – Jo
Female presence of Emily aged 23 – lonely soul – 1950s
Male
Medium pre-investigation walk – Karen
Small Room
Small gentleman with a large middle. Drunk. Drawn to looking out of the window. Walking round and round as if pacing. There are Navy connections to this gentleman, as if he had gone on duty and left behind his wife and children. When he returned he got bored and found that he could no longer liv with his wife. Therefore he became a heavier drinker and became moiré and more frustrated. There are liver problems associated with him before his passing, but sense that he passed at about the age of 50-52 of a heart attack.
Previous to going away on service he had been a very respectable gentleman. Pipe smoker.
Sense of the name of Benjamin. He was a good thinker and had a strong interest in polotics. There is a sense of a type of labour club or working man’s club where he would riase issues of debate.
Tower Room
Cat’s
A dizziness.
Connection with a young girl of about 6 called Emily. Felt that the loft connected strongly with her.
Group 1 11.40pm – 11.55pm
Temp start - 17.8 Temp end - 21.5
Both Lloyd and Gary felt that it was odd near the kitchen.
Karen sensed a fire near to the kitchen area
Lloyd thought he heard a few footsteps in the hallway
Group 2 12.15am – 12.30am
Temp start - 17.9 Temp end – 19.4
Found a small child’s chair (see photo) in the top of the tower
Mark and Elliott sensed a very bad atmosphere in the top of the tower
Group 3 12.35am – 12.45am
Maximum EMF readings (possible power source??)
No temp readings
Tapping heard
Temp fluctuations – not recorded!
Chandelier moved
Figure seen in the hallway
Group 4 1.15am – 1.30am
EMF meter reading rose to 2MB near the ladder and Troy (there was a power source near here though as lighting was put up into the loft.
Cold felt, but possibly due to the loft hatch being open
Loud knock heard on the ladder
Lots of orbs caught on camera and video (possibly dust as was dusty up there and loft hatch open (will need to check orbs very carefully)
Footsteps heard
There was a feeling of being watched
A sense of someone walking straight through the room towards the ladies toilet.
Cinema 2
Medium pre-investigation walk – Ann
Lots of people having a laugh
Medium pre-investigation walk – Jo
Breathlessness
Name of Emily whilst on the stairs
Medium pre-investigation walk – Karen
Sense of a hanging through from the back wall. Picking up on the name of Jack or a J name associated with this.
Connection with a vicar, sense of a dog collar (i.e. Vicar’s) Sense of being very well respected. Also the name of Elizabeth who connects with Frank.
Feels like this space used to be much more open as if one larger room.
Windows on the furthest side away from the door. Some kind of meeting room (sense of Quakers)
Sense of a man hiding, running for his life. Smart man, connection to gangsters type of feel. Smart man with a white shirt, dark suit and black bow tie.. Connections back to Streatham, South London SW17. There is someone, but quite possibly a group of people after him.
Frank has a ’B’ surname. There is also a sense of a cut across the head above the left eye.
Group 2 11.36pm – 11.51pm
Temp start - 25.1 Temp end 25.3
Mark and Karen saw someone pacing across the back wall
Karen felt a heavy head and pressure in ears
Elliot had his hand touched
Elliott saw a shadow at the back
Karen felt a breeze going from left to right in front of her, but Elliot felt nothing (assuming Elliott was stood beside Karen?)
Karen saw small pinpricks of white light
Group 3 11.55pm – 12.05am
High EMF readings (possible power source?)
Temp start – 23.7 (no end temp reading)
Red light seen on the ceiling
Taps heard
Child’s cough heard
Whispering and giggling heard
The name Amy picked up
Group 4 12.10am – 12.25am
Mist / smoke was seen by all
Orbs caught on camera and video several times
Bang heard by all
’Eenie’ name
Sense of a female of about 50 yrs old in a green mohair jacket, hat, brown shoes and a scarf with a brooch. Felt she was an actress.
Orb was seen above the first 4 rows of seats
Sense of a possible fire
Pearl and dean tune heard by Jo
Group 1 12.35am – 12.48am
Temp start - 23.3 Temp End - 23.3
Shadow of someone’s shoulders was seen by Lloyd and Gary seated in the seat towards the rear of the cinema near to the door
When Lloyd sat in this seat he felt very stiff, this was the 3rd row in from the back and 2nd seat in from the door end
Felt that this was someone who came to visit but liked the place and therefore still returns
Gary felt cold chills in this chair and uneasy.
There was a feeling of someone being at the very back of the cinema
Staffroom
Medium pre-investigation walk – Ann
Sense of lights on the walls
Female nattering, maybe a woman might have passed away here.
Dancing
In the projection room there was not a happy sense. Smells swetty and as if watching everyone out of the small windows. Felt sick
Medium pre-investigation walk – Jo
Felt very uneasy – couldn’t go in
Medium pre-investigation walk – Karen
The violence picked up in the small cinema appears to have increased here and is much stronger.
Sense of an influential gentleman who is very angry, wearing a blue suit.
Shadows of this gentleman have been seen by people within this area.
Sense of a lady who is crying a lot due to the killing of her lover.
Kept being given the name ’Elizabeth Arden’ So not sure if this is Elizabeth, or a liking of the finer things in life, but drawn also to advertising for this perfume. This is a very small lady of some fame. Feel that there have been old photographs kept of her. Links mainly to the 1950s. The lady has quite short wavy hair.
Connections with her to London as well. She would have smoked cigarettes with the use of a holder.
She mixed with people who were not so good for her.
She was hiding a letter (love letter?) on her person in her bra.
There was a sense of her being a very beautiful lady and she would have been a very good dancer.
She almost took secrets of what occurred to her grave.
She was trying to show newspaper clippings of a suicide and gave the impression that these were incorrect and there was much more to this than was reported or discovered.
Group 2 11.54pm – 12.10am
Temp start - 14.3 Temp end 22
Karen when stood in the doorway felt a breeze behind her
Karen’s throat felt tight as if choking / coughing
Karen felt sick at 12pm and had to leave the room
12.01 – radio set off
Karen saw a light go across the ceiling
Mark sensed a man with a problem with women and Karen agreed
Group 3 12.10am – 12.20am
Normal EMF readings
Temp start – 14.2 Temp end 14.3
Taping heard in response to questions
Shadow seen
Noises heard from the projector room
Oppressive male presence felt
Group 4 12.25am – 12.40am
Man was seen by Jo at the bottom of the hallway, felt that he passed in this area and was trapped. Beard shirt and trousers – possibly worked here?
Simon felt smaller in height (he is about 5ft 10)
Orbs captured on video and camera
Sense that this room could have been a changing room?
Angry male sensed by Jo
Simon sensed a female presence. Feeling of an argument between a male and female (showgirl)
Group 1 1.10am – 1.25am
Temp start - 13.9 Temp end - 13.5
No physical observations were made
Karen picked up a sense of violence and strangulation – with bulging eyes – this was very brief and then went completely.
Temperature and EMF Readings
See drawn plans for baseline test locations
Auditorium –
Temperature
Temp changes between 16.7 and 23.6 depending upon location within auditorium. For the purposes of reporting we will take the average of 19.1
11.22pm - 19.1
11.55pm - 20.2
12.10am - 17.7
12.35am - 20.3
12.48am - 21.3
EMF
Basline testing – low EMF throughout
EMF meter went off by itself between 1.10am and 1.30am around time radios went off and figure of old lady was seen in the box.
Boiler Room – Back Room
Temperature
Baseline test Temp changes between 26.7 and 29. For the purposes of reporting we will take the average of 27.8
11.16pm - 27.8
11.34pm - 29.7
12.20pm - 22.3 (this was whilst the footsteps and shuffling had been heard
1.08am - 26.3
EMF
Baseline testing – low EMF thoughtout
No EMF fluctuations reported
Boiler Room – First Room
Temperature
Baseline test Temp changes between 14.6 and 24. For the purposes of reporting we will take the average of 19.2
11.16pm - 19.2
12.15am - 14.9
12.31am - 14.2
1.08am - 17.6
EMF
Baseline testing – low EMF thoughtout
No EMF fluctuations reported
Tower Room
Temperature
Baseline test Temp changes between 14.4 and 15.5. For the purposes of reporting we will take the average of 15
10.58pm - 15
11.40m - 17.8
11.55pm - 21.5
12.15am - 17.9
12.30am - 19.4
EMF
Baseline testing – high EMF thought out
High EMF readings were reported among the groups, but these match in with the baseline results and strong power sources as lights up to the loft had wires running through the centre of the room.
Cinema 2
Temperature
Baseline test Temp changes between 22 and 24.8. For the purposes of reporting we will take the average of 22.8
10.51pmpm - 22.8
11.36pm - 25.1
11.51pm - 25.3
12.35am - 23.3
12.48am - 23.3
EMF
Baseline testing – EMF readings were found on the baseline tests of about 2
EMF high readings were reported at around 12pm, but could be possible power source as EMF readings picked up during baseline testing.
Staffroom
Temperature
Baseline test Temp changes between 11 and 15.3. For the purposes of reporting we will take the average of 13
10.46pm - 13
11.54pm - 14.3
12.10am - 22 (was this a sudden high reading due to paranormal activity or recording where someone had previous stood or sat?)
12.10am - 14.2
12.20am - 14.3
1.10am - 13.9
1.25am - 13.5
EMF
Baseline testing – low EMF thoughtout
No EMF fluctuations reported
Conclusion
No major finds to report on the EMF meters
There were two locations where there was an interesting temperature change.
The first in the back boiler room where the temperature dropped quite a lot from the lowest reading of the entire evening in there of 26.3 to 22. 3 ( a fall of 4 degree minimum) and when there was shuffling and noises being heard.
The second was a rise in temp in the staffroom from a max of 15.3 to 22. A massive rise of 6.7!
Investigation 2
To Follow
Investigation 3
To Follow
Picturedome Investigation's Summary
Sensitive Activity Conclusion
Basil Forteque – Important person
Harry Secombe
Male stabbed over jealousy / unrequited love - left box near to the toilet (and stairs)
Uneasiness – right box
Female – right box
Lady – seated next to ladies toilet
Large male with broad shoulders
Sickness
Usherettes and kids running to get icecreams
Strangeness / odd – left box
Ladies Toilet – ’you can’t hide from me’ (link to above jealousy and male?)
Feeling of coldness – right box
Many people around – 2 groups
Boiler Room / Gents
Old gentleman
Young male of about 14 yrs
Basil
’Why are you not doing as you should – get back to work’
Frank – skinny man and quite weak
Head injuries
Stomach problems
Gay male working with the costumes as a hobby. – blonde curly wig – bit of a lovey
Chest pain
Someone being locked in the cupboard
Child sobbing
Female near to the stairs
2 males – same 2 as sensed above?
Being pulled backwards
Drunkenness
Tower Room
Large middle aged balding man
Lady of about 5ft 4
Spiral staircase through to toilet
Dining area and bedroom
Sickness – 2 groups
Emily aged 23, lonely, 1950s
Small man with large middle
Drunkenness
Pacing around room and looking out of window
Navy connections, leaving wife and kids to do service and returning to be alone.
Liver problems – heart attack
Pipe smoker
Aged 50-52 at time of passing
Benjamin
Interest in polotics, labour or working mans club, debates
Cat’s
Emily – aged 6 – child connection to loft
Strangeness near to kitchen area
Fire near to kitchen
Bad atmosphere in loft (link to child above?)
Feeling of being watched
Sense of someone walking straight through the room to the toilets
Cinema 2
Lots of people laughing
Breathlessness
Emily
Hanging – Jack or J name
Vicar connection – well respected
Elizabeth
Open large room
Meeting room space – Quakers
Large windows on far wall
Male hiding and running for his life. Smart with black suit, white shirt and black bow tie.
Connections to Streatham, SW17. Someone or larger group after him.
Frank with ’B’ surname
Head injury above the left eye
Heavy head and pressure in ears
Amy – possible child?
’Eenie’ name (link to Amy or Emily??)
Female, 50yrs, green mohair jacket, hat, brown shoes, scarf with brooch, actress
Fire
Pearl and Dean tune
Stiffness and uneasiness towards the rear of cinema
Staffroom
Female, nattering, passing in here
Dancing (possibly linked to female)
Sickness and uneasiness in projector room
Violence
Angry influential male – blue suit
Lady crying due to the death of a lover
Elizabeth Arden connection
Small lady of some fame, old photos still around of her, links to 1950s – short wavy hair
Connections to South London. Smoker with a cigarette holder
Mixed with people who were not so good for her
Hiding of a love letter
Beautiful and a dancer
Newspaper clippings of a suicide, but was not properly reported and more than meets the eye.
Tightening around the throat, choking
Sickness
Male with a problem with women
Oppressive male presence
Male trapped in this area. Beard, shirt and trousers – poss. Worked here?
Feeling of quite short
Angry male
Female presence
Argument between a male and female (showgirl)
Violence and strangulation – bulging eyes
Paranormal Activity Conclusion
Auditorium
Orbs
Bang and thud
Touched on throat
Footsteps heard
Flick on the clipboard
Shadow seen by ladies toilet
Strange noise heard – sort of ping noise
Breeze felt
Loud groan heard
Voices heard coming from the projection room
Bright blue/white light seen above seats
Feeling of cobwebs across the face
Breathing heard
Shadow seen at the back – 2 groups
Touched on the head
Knock heard to left of screen
Curtains moved
Pressure on shoulder
White lights seen
EMF meter went off by itself
Figure seen in box
Buzzing heard
Boiler Room / Gents
Whispering heard – 2 groups
Freezing cold breezes – 2 groups
Orbs on camera
Crying and sobbing heard
Taps heard
Door moved on its own several times
Radio went off on its own and chuckling noises heard just after
Shuffling / footsteps heard
Strange noise like an EMF meter heard
Breathing heard
Tower Room
Footsteps heard in hallway – 2 groups
Tapping heard
Temp fluctuations – not recorded
Chandelier moved
Figure seen in hallway
Loud knock heard on ladder
Orbs caught on camera and video
Cinema 2
Figure near the back wall – 2 groups
Hand touched
Cold breeze – 2 groups
Small pinpricks of white light
Red light on ceiling
Taps heard
Child’s cough heard
Whispering and giggling heard
Mist / smoke seen
Orbs on camera and video
Bang heard
Staffroom
Cold breeze
Sickness
Radio went off on its own
Light go across the ceiling
Tapping heard
Shadow seen
Noises heard coming from projector room
Orbs captured
Research Points
Was there a significant happening in the rear f the cinema near to the back steps or either boxes?
Who is Basil Forteque? Was he an important person and what were his connections to the picturedome?
Did Harry Secombe have any connections to this venue?
Is there any recording of a stabbing of a male in this venue? Or a jealousy between lovers connected to this venue which ended with a stabbing?
Did usherettes used to sell icecreams here?
Are there any connections to a skinny man called Frank?
Would head injuries and stomach problems and sickness associate directly with anyone who would have worked or lived in this location?
Are there any records of a gay male who looked after the costumes?
Are there any records of a young child, who would be unhappy connected to this location? Is there any connection with a young child being locked in a cupboard or up in the loft / tower room area? Is there a connection here with Emily?
Was there a spiral staircase near to the toilet in the tower room area?
Did the tower room used to be a dining room and bedroom?
Are there any connections to a lady called Emily of about 23 years old from the 1950s?
Would there be a connection to a male linked to the navy who passed around the age of 52 and would have had a heart attack, but had a major drink problem?
Does the name Benjamin link in here anywhere?
Would he have links to local working man’s clubs or labour clubs, or political debating groups?
Is there any record of any cats in the tower room?
Was there a fire here and was it near to the kitchen area or near the cinema 2?
Are there links to a hanging? Is there any newspaper reports of this as a suicide? Would a Jack or J name be connected with this?
Why would there be uneasiness or the shadow of a male near the back wall of the cinema 2?
Was the cinema 2 used as a meeting room? Were Quakers connected to this? Was there windows out from the far wall?
Is there a connection to a Frank B?
Is there a connection to an Amy, Eenie name or Emily?
Was the Pearl and Dean tune played at this cinema?
Is there any records of a male and female arguing?
Was there a famous showgirl / dancer associated with this venue? Would there be links to advertising Elizabeth Arden perfume? Or link to the name Elizabeth or Arden?
Are there any connections to South London, gangsters or Streatham area? Is Streatham SW17?