Our ghost hunt at the creepy but magnificent Winter Gardens Theatre in Morecambe was totally brilliant with an outstanding night of first-rate paranormal happenings that completely enthralled everyone present.

During our initial walk-round a number of people saw the figure of a tall thin man wearing a hat. As the night progressed we saw dark shadowy figures moving around on the ground floor and heard bangs, knocks and groans throughout the event. People saw red and white lights, felt nauseous, heard sinister laughter and complained of being touched. During a glass divination séance held on the cold and eerie stage we appeared to make clear contact with the spirit of a former usherette who said her name was Anne Cole and that she had died in 1947 at the age of 35 years. The table moved and bumped with an unmatched strength and power. In the next few days the team will be trying to find confirmation of Anne’s existence which would provide incredible proof of our communication from beyond the veil.

The glass also spun during a session in the spooky and dank basement and a sprit named Charlie appeared to take a shine to Dee - one of our regular ghost hunters. One of the group playfully asked Charlie to pinch Dee on the bottom. Later on as they left the area Dee felt a distinct slap on her bottom by an unseen hand and was thrilled to report that it was the first time she had been touched up by an entity from the other side!!

During one vigil a group were mesmerised after they all saw the floaty, translucent and glowing shape of a woman at the top of one of the grand marble staircases. One team member described the amazing vision as like a fibre optic light which appeared to increase in brightness when the team called out in attempts to make communication. The team members who missed out on the sighting of this apparition were extremely envious of the lucky bunch who had managed to experience such a wonderful paranormal display but even though they were sorry to miss it they were completely elated to hear of what had taken place and to see the genuine thrill on the faces of their fellow ghost hunters and to witness the undisputable buzz that it caused. Such an experience makes the dedication of many periods sitting quietly in cold draughty places with little activity so very worthwhile as paranormal investigators never quite know just when they will be blessed with such an unadulterated verification of the existence of the spirit world.

Two members of the team later decided to conduct a table tipping experiment alone on the atmospheric stage and observed amazing results. The table moved with strength and distinct cold breezes swirled around the area as though someone was moving around them. As they went to leave a loud bang sounded from where they had been seated. On being asked whether the noise was down to the spirit with which they had been in contact the clear sound was heard twice more. There was absolutely nothing of a logical nature to account for the phenomena and the pair left excited and overjoyed with the evidence.

During the event contact appeared to have been made with a whole number of other spirits in the various séances throughout the event and it seemed that the spirits were almost queuing up to make their presence known to us.

After the ghost hunt Dee examined her photographs and discovered a fascinating one of what appeared to a seated figure which was taken in an area where a number of shadows had been seen. After the team enhanced the image with a back light the definite shape of what appears to be a bald-headed figure seated with something on his lap can certainly be seen. For those of you interested in taking a look the image can be found on the Ghost Night Events group page on Facebook. Please add your comments and opinions to those already posted. We will also be publishing the image on our home page in the next week or so.

It truly was a genuine fun-filled and fantastic night to remember which would have fascinated any paranormal enthusiast. The Friends of the Winter Gardens informed us that plans are in hand for Most Haunted Live to be filmed at the theatre for seven nights over the Halloween period. If the MH team experience just some of the activity that we were lucky enough to witness on our second ghost hunt at the incredible former playhouse then they and the viewers are in for a real treat. Cant wait to see what happens!