Haunted Sites for Paranormal Investigation

Eastcoastryan · 16-06-2011 01:16PM #1

Hi Guys,

Just looking for suggestions for a Paranormal Investigation that we will be doing soon. We are a radio station based in Bray and we did a pretty good one in Wicklow Gaol last year, does anybody have any suggestions of places they have been before that would be worth checking out, preferably somewhere within Dublin/Wicklow or surrounding counties.

Somebody in the office mentioned Killiney Hill as a possible location, I remember hearing stories of some weird things happening up there. Another place that was mentioned was an old castle in Rathmichael called "Pucks Castle" anybody have any experience with these 2 places or any other locations that they can suggest.

Thanks

xxFallenPrisexx · 22-06-2011 03:32PM

There's the hellfire club, although that's probably an obvious one, there's Glasnevin cemetery, Killakee House rathfarnham..

That's just a few public places I can think of that are fairly infamous

Moon Indigo · 22-06-2011 08:09PM

The hotel in Robertstown Co.Kildare. Heard some stories about one of the bedrooms having a devils handprint in one of the rooms. I know it could be pure urban myth but apparently they could never paint/paper over it. Just a suggestion!

its_brew · 23-06-2011 11:44PM

I think you should really consider Loftus Hall in Co. Wexford.
Its not a huge distance for ya's and its well known enough to garner plenty of publicity. Maybe arrange a sit in down there with a group and document it?
I'd like to say i'd be interested in doing so also, but i'd be far too nervous.

mandz · 01-07-2011 12:44PM

Charleville Castle in Tullamore too, numerous tv programmes have filmed there.

04-07-2011 03:00PM

its_brew wrote: »

I think you should really consider Loftus Hall in Co. Wexford.
Its not a huge distance for ya's and its well known enough to garner plenty of publicity. Maybe arrange a sit in down there with a group and document it?
I'd like to say i'd be interested in doing so also, but i'd be far too nervous.

This is also called Breaking and entering and is against the law.

maccored · 04-07-2011 03:39PM

plus theres not much talk of it even being fecken haunted

Urizen · 07-07-2011 12:08PM

The basement of the National Leprechaun Museum has a female ghost that likes to feel men up on the stairs, according to the lore...

Riamfada · 08-07-2011 09:19AM

In all fairness none of these places have ghosts.

Loftus Hall .. no

Charleville Castle .... faked so much people start believing their own fakes

Leprechaun Museum .... what lore?

maccored · 08-07-2011 09:33AM

i feel much calmer these days as i now separate 'ghost hunting' from 'paranormal research'. When one ghost hunts, one doesnt give a toss if the place is haunted or not .... as long as it looks spooky.

Yukina · 08-07-2011 10:38AM

Riamfada wrote: »

Leprechaun Museum .... what lore?

Just a few experiences last year in the run up to the Dublin Paranormal Convention. I believe the place used to be a morgue in a hospital, so there's bound to be some activity:cool:

maccored · 08-07-2011 10:52AM

how so? a morgue is where people are temporarily placed after they die .. no-one actually dies in morgues. its a bit like the idea of graveyards being haunted when in fact people dont die in cemeteries. Plus by now you could suppose that someone has died virtually in every habitable spot on earth, at some stage over the history of humans. therefore everywhere should be haunted (if a place gets haunted after someone dies there that is)

Riamfada · 08-07-2011 11:22AM

Yukina wrote: »

Just a few experiences last year in the run up to the Dublin Paranormal Convention. I believe the place used to be a morgue in a hospital, so there's bound to be some activity:cool:

Wicklow gaol became haunted just before they ran paranormal events too

Rachiee · 08-07-2011 11:32AM

I believe charleville castle to be haunted, I met the care taker there, the owner is a bit strange and the caretaker and her were obviously in dispute while i would be dubious about her credibility I found him completely believable, down to earth guy, I wouldnt investigate there though too hyped up not enough incidents for the level of attention they get

Ticktactoe · 08-07-2011 11:49AM

maccored wrote: »

how so? a morgue is where people are temporarily placed after they die .. no-one actually dies in morgues. its a bit like the idea of graveyards being haunted when in fact people dont die in cemeteries.

Im curious, do you believe a place can only be haunted by a ghost if the ghost (or living being at the time) dies in that location?

Yukina · 08-07-2011 12:37PM

Ticktactoe wrote: »

Im curious, do you believe a place can only be haunted by a ghost if the ghost (or living being at the time) dies in that location?

my thoughts exactly....

Although even if your belief holds true the morgue was in the basement of a hospital where I'm sure hundreds of people have died...

Even so, the experiences of some people shouldn't be immediately thrown out as nothing because of one specific theory... The biggest attraction of the paranormal is that we know nothing about it, who knows which, if any theories on spirits, ghosts or other presences a real

maccored · 08-07-2011 12:51PM

Ticktactoe wrote: »

Im curious, do you believe a place can only be haunted by a ghost if the ghost (or living being at the time) dies in that location?

not at all. in fact Ive no idea how you gleaned that from my post, as I was pointing out the relative absurdity of thinking somewhere is haunted because someone apparently died there.

maccored · 08-07-2011 12:54PM

one thing we do know about the paranormal is that if ghosts exist, their appearance is extremely rare. going by the amount of 'haunted' buildings that have cropped up over the past few years, you'd think ghosts have given up on the rare appearances and had got into franchising.

Yukina wrote: »

my thoughts exactly....

Although even if your belief holds true the morgue was in the basement of a hospital where I'm sure hundreds of people have died...

Even so, the experiences of some people shouldn't be immediately thrown out as nothing because of one specific theory... The biggest attraction of the paranormal is that we know nothing about it, who knows which, if any theories on spirits, ghosts or other presences a real

maccored · 08-07-2011 12:56PM

Yukina wrote: »

my thoughts exactly....

Although even if your belief holds true the morgue was in the basement of a hospital where I'm sure hundreds of people have died...

Even so, the experiences of some people shouldn't be immediately thrown out as nothing because of one specific theory... The biggest attraction of the paranormal is that we know nothing about it, who knows which, if any theories on spirits, ghosts or other presences a real

Yukina wrote: »

Just a few experiences last year in the run up to the Dublin Paranormal Convention. I believe the place used to be a morgue in a hospital, so there's bound to be some activity

Im still wondering as to how theres 'bound to be some activity' just because there is a morgue there .....

Yukina · 08-07-2011 01:23PM

To me, if ghosts have a presence on earth it would more than likely be in a place with some sort of significance to them, with so many people having died in this place (the hospital, not the morgue), surely for at least some, the hospital would have had a significance to them. Especially given the diseases that could be treated at that time eg. polio and tuberculosis, that required long periods of time in hospital

Riamfada · 08-07-2011 01:55PM

Wasn't the hospital turned into a shopping centre. Isn't the museum located on the site of the old FAS building, across the road from the old hospital? Surely by that logic it's the shopping centre that's haunted.

hidinginthebush · 08-07-2011 02:03PM

Friend of mine used to work in the Pier House pub in Howth and swears it was haunted, he has a few stories about it. I think the place closed last year, but I'm sure the owners would let you in to poke around, it's not as if you would be disturbing any customers :shrug:

Yukina · 08-07-2011 02:08PM

I'm not sure about the actual hospital, but the basement is definietly under the leprechaun museum. But I can see where you are coming from.

If you go back far enough, people are going to have attachments to any place you can think of...

Maybe the ghosts thought the shopping centre was to loud and colourful, opting for the creepy and dusty basement instead

Either way I know several people who claim to have had paranormal experiences in that basement, but whether its true, or just the mind making them think that such a horrible place must be haunted... Well, noone really knows definitively do they?

Urizen · 09-07-2011 12:01AM

Riamfada wrote: »

Leprechaun Museum .... what lore?

You know... Lorey lore. Ha, just random stuff while setting up for the ParaCon last year, as Yukina said.

You know, no one ever tries to find ghosts in McDonald's or anything... Bet there are some issues in those places.

magnumlady · 10-07-2011 09:27AM

It's a shame you aren't based in Sligo. There are a few places around here that would be great to check out.

Ticktactoe · 11-07-2011 09:41AM

maccored wrote: »

not at all. in fact Ive no idea how you gleaned that from my post, as I was pointing out the relative absurdity of thinking somewhere is haunted because someone apparently died there.

From the following:

maccored wrote: »

a morgue is where people are temporarily placed after they die .. no-one actually dies in morgues.

maccored wrote: »

its a bit like the idea of graveyards being haunted when in fact people dont die in cemeteries.

maccored · 11-07-2011 10:53AM

i still dont see how you came to your conclusion

cfuserkildare · 13-07-2011 11:37AM

I know from personal experience that the Clonshaugh Industrial Estate is a hotspot for unexplained phenomenon as I saw something when I worked there.

Would be worth a try as there are 2 barrows in the area and the remains of a castle in the same local. Think that several battles took place around the whole general area also.

HellFireClub · 16-07-2011 01:46PM

xxFallenPrisexx wrote: »

There's the hellfire club, although that's probably an obvious one, there's Glasnevin cemetery, Killakee House rathfarnham..

That's just a few public places I can think of that are fairly infamous

Has anyone ever stayed a night in the Hellfire Club???

Riamfada · 16-07-2011 01:48PM

HellFireClub wrote: »

Has anyone ever stayed a night in the Hellfire Club???

Yep. Twice. It was cold and boring.

HellFireClub · 16-07-2011 02:30PM

Riamfada wrote: »

Yep. Twice. It was cold and boring.

I've been up there hundreds of times, morning noon and night, but despite being so familar with the whole area and the house, I still would find the house itself to be a very forbidding kind of a place at night, to the point where it is hard to go inside it!

Ruth KPS · 17-07-2011 09:52AM

Yup, once, very very active! Activity from start to finish!

Riamfada · 17-07-2011 05:58PM

Ruth KPS wrote: »

Yup, once, very very active! Activity from start to finish!

What kind of activity

cfuserkildare · 18-07-2011 10:02AM

Hi,
Apparently a Ghost mostly appears in a place where the person was in a state of High Stress or Hightened Awareness. For example Anne Bolleyne is reported as running down a corridor in the tower of London, but she wasn't beheaded in the corridor.

Also Graveyards are lousy places for paranormal investigations, people are buried there but rarely ever die in them.

Also anywhere around Bray should be good for spooky stuff as several battles took place in the area between the Vikings and the local clans about 1000 AD.

Cheers.

gcgirl · 26-07-2011 04:55PM

The same can be said for that path from killincarrig to the burnaby through the golf course, there was supposedly a battle there, heard a few stories about it,

Mebbel · 27-07-2011 08:49AM

maccored wrote: »

how so? a morgue is where people are temporarily placed after they die .. no-one actually dies in morgues. its a bit like the idea of graveyards being haunted when in fact people dont die in cemeteries. Plus by now you could suppose that someone has died virtually in every habitable spot on earth, at some stage over the history of humans. therefore everywhere should be haunted (if a place gets haunted after someone dies there that is)

You are incorrect...

Ghosts can be bound to their physical remains, this is very much dependant on numerous factors. As enthusiasts might know there is an overlapping period where a spirit roams and remains earthbound, this is a period of 7 days before moving on.

Those who chose not to, or rather cannot due to the nature of their passing or reason for existance they may remain earth bound. Their strongest bond will dictate where this is, it could be an emtional attachement to a specific item, a person or a location... quite often people are burried with their favourite items, clothes... thus cemetaries can most certainly be haunted.

Mebbel · 27-07-2011 08:57AM

Oh and apparantly there is an abandoned factory in Smithfield, dublin 7 that is supposed to be haunted. Quite often tours will pass this location to advise regarding its history.

If you do plan to go here, I would be very keen to hear the results or even see them

Riamfada · 27-07-2011 02:39PM

Mebbel wrote: »

You are incorrect...

Ghosts can be bound to their physical remains, this is very much dependant on numerous factors. As enthusiasts might know there is an overlapping period where a spirit roams and remains earthbound, this is a period of 7 days before moving on.

Those who chose not to, or rather cannot due to the nature of their passing or reason for existance they may remain earth bound. Their strongest bond will dictate where this is, it could be an emtional attachement to a specific item, a person or a location... quite often people are burried with their favourite items, clothes... thus cemetaries can most certainly be haunted.

And where did you get these facts

David900 · 29-07-2011 01:42PM

Riamfada wrote: »

What kind of activity

You know

TheMilkyPirate · 29-07-2011 01:49PM

Mebbel wrote: »

You are incorrect...

Ghosts can be bound to their physical remains, this is very much dependant on numerous factors. As enthusiasts might know there is an overlapping period where a spirit roams and remains earthbound, this is a period of 7 days before moving on.

Those who chose not to, or rather cannot due to the nature of their passing or reason for existance they may remain earth bound. Their strongest bond will dictate where this is, it could be an emtional attachement to a specific item, a person or a location... quite often people are burried with their favourite items, clothes... thus cemetaries can most certainly be haunted.

No it's called an opinion these aren't facts.

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