Wymering Manor is the oldest house in Portsmouth and is claimed to have a staggering amount of recorded ghosts and spirit energies. The manor has been in the hands of the Youth Hostel Association since 1960, however the land where the manor stands has had an establishment placed there for over 2000 years. King Edward the Confessor owned the land on which the house now stands in 1042 before it passed over to King Harald Godwinson. King Harald died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 against William I - Duke of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror. The Manor is recorded in the Doomsday Book as "5 teams, 4 villeins, 4 bondmen with 1/2 teams, 4 slaves, a fishery and woods with room for 5 hogs". There have been many private owners of the Manor, three of which had it for long periods, Le Botiller Family from 1283-1388, the Wayte Family from 1391-1561 and the Bruning Family from 1562-1707. Fifteen more owners occupied the house until the Y.H.A. in 1960. Over the years there have been various type of paranormal activity recorded, from apparition appearances to whispers in the ear.

This visit to Wymering Manor was the second of the PT.TV investigations which are filmed for DVD release. This was my 5th visit to Wymering, so this is a location I have become very familiar with over the last 5 years. After an initial walk around and photo shoot we setup an experiment in Room 7 where previous accounts of a Monk appearing at the window between 10:00pm and 10:10pm have been recorded. We locked off the room for approximately 30 minutes crossing this particular time period with video cameras (inside the room and looking up at the window from outside), Digital Recorders and Beam Breakers, all setup near the window in question. Upon review of the footage and equipment there were a couple of anomalies picked up. Despite the camera having been fully charged with about 6 hours recording time remaining, it died after just 7 minutes. When reviewing the footage at around 9.55pm we also recorded some taps or knocking sounds like creaky floorboards and also a low sound resembling a sigh. Click here to view the video footage.

Vigils commenced around 11pm and I began with Richard in the Attic Space at the very top of the building. We attempted some EVP experiments using a digital dictaphone, however there was nothing significant captured. The second vigil of the night took place in Room 6 and 7 with Andrew, Paul and Kevin where I recorded a number of EVP fluctuations, specifically around Andrew while sat on the window ledge, however it is most likely that these were standard electrical cables in the area. We then moved onto Rooms 1 and 2 where the whole group underwent a séance, with some interesting results. Sue experienced extremely cold temperature fluctuations as well as shaking and shivering sensations. We then switched to a "Male Only" séance and during this the temperature recorded behind Jim dropped by approximately 2 degrees whereas it stayed constant at 15 degrees behind the rest of us. The remainder of the night was on a personal level generally quiet and unproductive. Other members of the team had various experiences, although being personal to those individuals I tend not to count them as being of any significance to myself. Wymering in the past had provided some of the more unexplainable experiences of my time investigating the paranormal, however unfortunately this particular night failed to live up to expectations.