Is There Anyone There?
I still haven’t got around to writing in detail about the folklore surrounding The Old Police Cells. Before I did so, I was hoping to have tracked down some first-hand accounts of supernatural experiences at the site. I think it’s better to collect contemporary accounts of a haunting than go delving into the murky past. But no luck so far.
A few weeks ago I contacted the Sussex Paranormal Investigators group, who conducted a vigil in the cells during November, 2009. I asked if they had any comments about the site informed by their experiences. Disappointingly, there has been no reply so far.
I was also given a couple of names of specific individuals who were rumoured to have had strange experiences in the course of their work at Brighton Town Hall. I emailed both last week, asking if they’d be willing to meet up and discuss. No reply there, either. But I suppose it is the holiday season, so maybe they’re enjoying the sun on a beach somewhere.
I did speak to someone last week who accidentally got locked in the basement at night. He didn’t experience anything ghostly, but I may have to resort to interviewing him if no one else is willing to come forward! I hope everyone will forgive me if I start to wonder whether anything ever happened to anyone down there, or if it’s all just rumour. Yet there is another possibility, of course: that the people who experienced something are too traumatised by the ordeal to ever want to talk about it…
I haven’t given up, however. Not by a long shot. I’m determined, if I can, to find someone with a specific story to tell. So if you’re reading this and you have one, please drop me a line via duncan [at] alonewithghosts [dot] org [dot] uk.
Of course, I shall respect your anonymity.
