The Vault

Welcome to The Vault, an archive of previous investigations conducted by PSI, or attended by the Ghostfinder General. For photographs from investigations take a look at our photo album, for details of when and where, scroll down the page:

2010

Venue	Black Swan
Where	Peasholme Green, York
When	February
Why	Trial for a public investigation
Report	Two of us spent the night alone in the pub (other than staff) as part of a reccy prior to running public investigations there. There wasn't a huge amount to report prior to 3am, other than a blackness creeping down the stairs at one point! After 3am, we decided to sit by the log fire and just observe. That's when it 'kicked off'! We soon could filter out noises we could explain, such as fridge thermostats, but the random footsteps in emtpy rooms and knocking sounds were of more interest. What made our hair stand on end though was the piercing, animalistic scream from the kitchen at about 3.30am...

Venue	Black Swan
Where	Peasholme Green, York
When	March 12
Why	ITCG public investigation
Report

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	May 11
Why	Trial for a public investigation
Report

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	May 19
Why	Trial for a public investigation (same venue as May 11 2010)
Report

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	May 19
Why	Disturbance assistance
Report

Venue	Black Swan
Where	Peasholme Green, York
When	May 21
Why	ITCG public investigation
Report

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	May 28
Why	Trial for a public investigation
Report

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	June 2
Why	Trial for a public investigation
Report

Venue	Business
Where	Yorkshire
When	June 17
Why	PSI disturbance assistance
Report	Can't say exactly where this is, but I can at least share this photo. As you can see, broad daylight, and looking towards a part of a building which nobody present was comfortable about. Just beyond the doors to the right is a main electric box, the proximity of that was setting everybody's hairs on end - we could actually hear it buzzing! I was prepared to put the feelings down to the electric in the air, but took a couple of photos anyway. The one before this one was 'empty', however, look carefully in to the doors down the corridor... and see if you can see what sent a chill through us when we spotted it!

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	June 25
Why	Trial for a public investigation
Report	The first place we've seen and heard a trigger object moving across the paper whilst we were there looking at it!

2009

Venue	Haunted
Where	35 Stonegate, York
When	October 24
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

Venue	Haunted
Where	35 Stonegate, York
When	October 31
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

2008

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	February 16
Why	PSI disturbance assistance
Report

Venue	St Nicholas' Fields, Walmgate Stray and Siward's Howe
Where	York
When	June 21
Why	York Ghost Festival: Midsummer Madness
Report

Venue	Haunted
Where	35 Stonegate, York
When	October 31
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

Venue	Ebor Inn
Where	Bishopthorpe
When	November 1
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

2007

Venue	York Tyburn & Hob Moor
Where	Tadcaster Road, York
When	June 23
Why	York Ghost Festival: Midsummer Madness
Report	Part 1: an investigation with only science, no mediums

Venue	York Tyburn
Where	Tadcaster Road, York
When	November 17
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report	Part 2: we return, with mediums

Venue	Castle Bolton
Where	Bolton Castle (Yorkshire Dales)
When	November 25
Why	GFG was a guest of Diabetes UK at a charity fundraiser
Report	Is that a face at the window? Its not very clear at this size but blown up, there appears to be a woman's ghostly face in the window, which is gone in the next photo. I took this because there was a very uncomfortable feeling about the window, something experienced by myself and members of North East Ghost In-spectres, who were also there. In the next photo, its gone. I'm certain its not a plant or an owl, nor could it be somebody in the window: its the third floor, and there's no floors or stairs in that part of the ruined castle!

2006

Venue	York Brewery
Where	Toft Green, York
When	January 28
Why	PSI filming for Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns
Report

Venue	Theatre Royal
Where	Newcastle
When	March 31
Why	GFG was a guest with Vision magazine's Visionaries team
Report

Venue	The Grotto
Where	Marsden, South Shields
When	April 1
Why	It was a day off, so GFG and Diana Jarvis thought we'd just pop along for a visit!
Report

Venue	Castle Keep
Where	Newcastle
When	April 1
Why	GFG was a guest of North East Ghost In-spectres
Report

Venue	Lendal Water Tower
Where	York
When	October 27
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

Venue	Thomas's Hotel
Where	Museum Street, York
When	October 28
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

2005

Venue	Private house
Where	Sherburn-in-Elmet
When	February 6
Why	Disturbance assistance, as part of Vision magazine's Visionaires team
Report	Sorry, no report as this was a disturbance assistance.

Venue	The Falstaff Experience
Where	Stratford-upon-Avon
When	February 19
Why	Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Lead Church & the site of the Battle of Towton
Where
When	March 19
Why	Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Mother Shipton's Cave & Petrifying Well
Where	Knaresborough
When	May 20
Why	Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Gubberford Bridge
Where	Greenhalgh
When	August 5
Why	Part of a road trip - GFG and Diana Jarvis just happened to stumble upon this one!
Report

Venue	Private house
Where	Catforth
When	August 5
Why	Disturbance assistance as part of Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Ebor Inn
Where	Bishopthorpe
When	October 28
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report	See the photo gallery for the mirror photo: taken as soon as I walked in the room, the only person already in there was medium Diana Jarvis. She is the dark, side-on reflection in the mirror, visible from the next upwards. The person stood behind the bar next to her is somewhat of a mystery: they weren't on the team, they weren't a staff member from the pub, nobody saw them all night except this once reflected in the glass...

Venue	Ye Olde Starre Inn
Where	Stonegate, York
When	October 29
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

Venue	York Dungeon
Where	Clifford Street, York
When	November 5
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original
Report

2004

Venue	Eboracum Legion Bathhouse
Where	The Roman Bath, St Sampson's Square, York
When	February
Why	PSI filming for BBC1's Inside Out, with Johnny Nelson
Report

Venue	Site of the Battle of Marston Moor
Where	Marston Moor, between Tockwith and Long Marston
When	June
Why	PSI investigation
Report

Venue	Greyfriars' Kirkyard
Where	Edinburgh
When	August 2
Why	Ghostfinder General on a working holiday!
Report

Venue	Dean Court Hotel
Where	Duncombe Place, York
When	September 7
Why	Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Site of the Battle of Fulford
Where	Fulford, York
When	September 18
Why	PSI investigation
Report

Venue	Private house
Where	Market Rasen
When	October 8
Why	Disturbance assistance as part of Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Dalton Grange Club
Where	Huddersfield
When	October 25
Why	Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report

Venue	Golden Fleece
Where	Pavement, York
When	October 27
Why	York Ghost Festival: 'Orribly Original and Vision magazine's Visionaires investigation
Report	With a number of mediums in the group and attending as paying public, there barely seemed to be ten minutes without anything happening. Some old acquaintances, and some new, darker things were introduced on this night.

Venue	Business
Where	York
When	November 19
Why	PSI disturbance assistance
Report	Sorry, no report as this was a disturbance assistance. Suffice to say, its the only place we've had lifts moving up and down on their own!

2003

Venue	Marley's Wine Bar
Where	Darwen
When
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	Rachel Lacy's last investigation with the group, it went to show that despite being a brightly light modern interior, it was still worth an investigation!

Venue	York Brewery
Where	Toft Green, York
When	June 21
Why	PSI helping out at York Tourism Bureau's Annual Ghost Hunting Day
Report	Our first meeting with the tall dark man, and Rachel Lacy's second sighting of a ghostly figure. And no, we hadn't been sampling the wares before hand.

Venue	Eboracum Legion Bathhouse
Where	The Roman Bath, St Sampson's Square, York
When	July 18
Why	The first official PSI investigation
Report	Masters and slaves, matrons and whores, seances and telemetry, and the footsteps in the dark... a good start to the new group with a very active night!

Venue	York Castle Museum
Where	Eye of York
When	October 4
Why	PSI investigation
Report	We were privileged to be the first group to investigate the museum, spending the night between Kirkgate and the Chapel. There were a lot of things going bump in the night, and also coughing, plus the footsteps in the gallery were heard (unfortunately we couldn't get in to that area to investigate further). The coughing we assumed was the security staff who spent the night there, as it was coming from the direction of their staff room. They, however, assumed it was us as it was coming from our direction...!

Venue	Eboracum Legion Bathhouse
Where	The Roman Bath, St Sampson's Square, York
When	October 31
Why	Hallowe'en Lone Vigil
Report	A lone vigil on Hallowe'en hadn't been our plan: a journalist was spending the night alone in there to write a feature, but due to his car breaking down he was a no-show. Rachel stepped in to the breach as she was there, but of course this meant she had no equipment with her, not even a notebook!

2002

Venue	Private house
Where	Preston
When	June 15
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	Part of an on-going investigation of the property, it provided a scary night for those of us that were new to the venue.

Venue	Site of the Battle of Marston Moor
Where	Marston Moor, between Tockwith and Long Marston
When	July 2
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	A short investigation outdoors, we walked uphill (using the proper track) and as two of us drew ahead of the rest of the group, we were both stopped by the feeling that something was about to happen. As we both turned to speak, we both heard the sound of shots (which could of course be somebody shooting rabbits or similar - nothing supernatural), and saw a small smoke cloud drift across the crops in front of us. It appeared from nowhere, and took about ten seconds to dissipate. It was accompanied, oddly, by the smell of smoky bacon crisps!

Venue	Mother Shipton's Cave & Petrifying Well
Where	Knaresborough
When	July 6
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	We were so lucky to be allowed here: beautiful and peaceful, it is an incredibly spiritual place. As the light faded, the bats came out, as did several varieties of owls, and a feeling of peaceful energy radiated through the area.

Venue	Derby Gaol
Where	Derby
When	July 27
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	Possibly one of the scariest nights of Rachel Lacy's life: pacing footsteps, jangling keys, faces at the windows and a continuous feeling of low level terror!

Venue	Historic building
Where	York
When	August 13
Why	Disturbance assistance
Report	After a number of reported hauntings at this site, two weeks before the anniversary of a drowning at the site we happened to find the details of the death in an old newspaper - and we weren't even looking for them! Details have been kept quiet because on the anniversary, a rescue was performed and flowers laid at the site. No hauntings have been reported since, and so we have left the place in peace.

Venue	Golden Fleece
Where	York
When	September 6
Why	GRFI's Wyrd Weekend
Report	The start of a special weekend in York, the first of its kind. Special guest for the night was Dennis Bardens, who stayed up for part of the investigation - despite being 92 years old and having travelled up from London that day!

Venue	Micklegate Bar
Where	York
When	September 7
Why	GRFI's Wyrd Weekend
Report	A short daytime investigation for a Spanish TV crew, very active under the circumstances! The best moment sadly wasn't recorded: after the filming had finished BBC Radio York did a live radio interview. Within seconds of stopping recording, a set of heavy footsteps were heard crossing the top floor. The then curator, Dave Mason, the interviewer and Rachel Lacy all heard them clearly, and all thought that floor was empty. Dave shot straight off and up the stairs to check, finding that it was indeed an empty space.

Venue	Golden Fleece
Where	York
When	September 7
Why	GRFI's Wyrd Weekend
Report	After so many investigations in one weekend, it wasn't surprising that the sighting at 3.30am of a man walking through a wall was almost dismissed as a sleep deprivation hallucination. Why think it was anything other than that? Four people saw it, and wrote almost identical descriptions...

2001

Venue	Ebor Inn
Where	Bishopthorpe
When	November 13
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	Rachel Lacy's very first investigation (although she had done a number of seances at York Dungeon prior to this). Most noteable event of the night was the founder of GRFI capturing moving orbs on a video camera at the same time as capturing them in the same place on a stills camera: a first for the group, and believed to be the first worldwide.

Venue	The Old Silent Inn
Where	Stanbury
When	December 14
Why	GRFI investigation
Report	A relatively quiet night given the level of activity previously reported in this pub., but these things happen!