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Zachary Carmichael - Paranormal Investigator
11th May 2013
Re: Investigation into Southway House.
Summary
What follows is a report into alleged reports of paranormal activity surrounding the house and grounds of Southway House, Wiltshire.
Preliminary Research
Southway House is a stone built Victorian manor house located one mile east of the town of Mere in Wiltshire, England. The house’s design and construction was commissioned in 1872 by George Southway, a wealthy and influential member of the local parish. The house was completed in 1876.
Southway House sits in approximately one hundred and fifty acres of ground with an ornamental lake and extensive gardens which are now wild and overgrown. A brick built air raid shelter installed in 1939 can be found at the rear of the property, close to the edge of the nearby Chadenwick Wood. The house itself was constructed over a natural spring and water for the house is supplied by a freshwater well in the basement.
In 1901 George Southway contracted smallpox and passed away shortly after, leaving the house in the possession of his only son, Elijah Southway. I can find no mention of George Southway’s wife. Details of Elijah Southway’s life are similarly scarce and it appears that he spent little time at Southway House. Throughout the early 1940s Southway house was believed to have been used as an orphanage during the Second World War.
The house remained in the ownership of the Southway family until the late 1960s. Today the house is derelict and the subject is held in poor favour by the local community. It is unclear who currently holds the deeds for the property and the sudden disappearance of the Southway family remains a mystery.
Local belief holds that Southway house is haunted by a spirit of unknown identity. I spoke with many of the local residents who claimed to have experienced paranormal activity close to the house. Reports of moving light sources at windows, strange noises coming from inside the house and unexplained visual phenomenon are commonplace. Interviews and eyewitness accounts are attached.
Upon gaining this preliminary information it was at the request of my client that I investigated the purported incidents at Southway House in further detail and compiled the following report.
11th May 2013
Re: Investigation into Southway House.
Summary
What follows is a report into alleged reports of paranormal activity surrounding the house and grounds of Southway House, Wiltshire.
Preliminary Research
Southway House is a stone built Victorian manor house located one mile east of the town of Mere in Wiltshire, England. The house’s design and construction was commissioned in 1872 by George Southway, a wealthy and influential member of the local parish. The house was completed in 1876.
Southway House sits in approximately one hundred and fifty acres of ground with an ornamental lake and extensive gardens which are now wild and overgrown. A brick built air raid shelter installed in 1939 can be found at the rear of the property, close to the edge of the nearby Chadenwick Wood. The house itself was constructed over a natural spring and water for the house is supplied by a freshwater well in the basement.
In 1901 George Southway contracted smallpox and passed away shortly after, leaving the house in the possession of his only son, Elijah Southway. I can find no mention of George Southway’s wife. Details of Elijah Southway’s life are similarly scarce and it appears that he spent little time at Southway House. Throughout the early 1940s Southway house was believed to have been used as an orphanage during the Second World War.
The house remained in the ownership of the Southway family until the late 1960s. Today the house is derelict and the subject is held in poor favour by the local community. It is unclear who currently holds the deeds for the property and the sudden disappearance of the Southway family remains a mystery.
Local belief holds that Southway house is haunted by a spirit of unknown identity. I spoke with many of the local residents who claimed to have experienced paranormal activity close to the house. Reports of moving light sources at windows, strange noises coming from inside the house and unexplained visual phenomenon are commonplace. Interviews and eyewitness accounts are attached.
Upon gaining this preliminary information it was at the request of my client that I investigated the purported incidents at Southway House in further detail and compiled the following report.
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Ooooh, this looks interesting. I'll be sure to read the other chapters later tonight! I love ghost stories, and I like your writing style, so this should be fun! 