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It's weird you know because way before I became a paranormal

investigator, way, way before the haunted hunts was developed.

This place always had a hold over me, I was

always obsessed with this place, whenever I would come

here I would spend months and month obsessing over it.

It just became really weird and going back here now

knowing the things I know and being in the industry for such a long time

it's going to be really strange going back there.

The entire place is shrouded in mystery and supposed hauntings.

It is a place that's really been unaffected by time.

What is interesting about Pendle Hill and it's like no other location I've ever

been to, is the fact that the entities, the spirits that are said to haunt here

actually move around erm... they're not...

stuck in one place which is sort of the theme that you get when you go

to a lot of haunted locations, the hauntings are said to be residual and

stuck in one particular place, I know a number of locations that I've done

over the years that is the case but here in pendle hill,

there are wandering entities and

that is what makes this place so special and so unique.

Just being out and about today around the area there are people here that

are doing exactly what I'm doing they are

coming here to explore this very mysterious

very

beautiful location.

But I'm gonna go home now and really delve back into the research

that I've been doing about this place since I was 15 years of age.

It's amazing and there is a reason why this place keeps calling me back again and again and

again and I think the time has finally come for me to conduct a thorough investigation here.

Hello.

Hiya it's me.

Hi.

Erm... are you about set?

Yeah, yeah I'm just getting the last bits together

now and I'll be with you in about an hour.

Ok that's no worries so research have sent over a map to me about half an hour ago

and I've got it in front of me now, it's basically outlined the key areas

that we need to hit which isn't any different than we presumed it would be.

Right ok.

You now when you went back in January?

Yeah.

was it much different to when we went all those years ago.

No, not that I can remember I mean its as atmospheric as it ever was.

I mean I can't believe its been what? 15 years since we went together.

I know.

Erm but looking at this map now, Whalley, Newchurch,

it's all keyed out for us for when we get there

and obviously we'll meet the rest of the

guys at the hotel and we'll go from there ok?

Yeah, I can' wait, it's literally a dream come

true going back and investigating this place.

I know I literally cannot believe we are gonna do this, this is crazy.

Alright I'll see you in about an hour ok?

Alright see you shortly.

Alright bye.

I would like to think that we do find paranormal activity.

Erm... it's place that I've been obsessed with for as long as I can remember.

Dan and I used to go as kids with our parents.

Erm.. I used to, you know I love the witches shop, I have

a bit of a weird obsession with witches I always have.

Erm... so for me the history of the place, the mystery

of the place, the stories of what went snare fascinating.

And I would love there to be paranormal activity there to back up the stories.

But in all honesty just learning more about the

history of the place, more about the stories erm..

even that in itself is exciting, the chance to investigate the place that

you've kinda had this fascination with for as long as you can remember.

erm... and

there's so many accounts of not just obviously what did go on

back in the 1600's but also what goes on now

with modern day occultists, modern day satanists.

People dabbling in what you might call witchcraft

so I'm really quite fascinated to see what that does to

the place and whether it's stirred up energies, whether

erm it is all just conjecture around the place or whether theres actually some real

disturbing things going on with people messing with things they shouldn't mess with.

Erm... I really, I don't know what to expect, I'm

hopeful that we get erm... some good paranormal activity.

but really for me it's possibly just getting to the truth of the place,

getting to know whats actually going on there erm... and then being able to

potentially provide some answers about the supposed witches.

I mean who isn't excited about a week full of witchcraft, witch

trials and all the wonderful, mysterious things of pendle?

I mean the amount of research, time, effort that has gone

into this, to one of the biggest paranormal cases, I mean...

everyone knows about the pendle witches, everyone knows about the trials,

everyone knows what happened up there but do we really know what happened?

Hopefully as a team we can delve into a little bit more of the details and

see if we can find anything and I mean, it's definitely gonna be a big test.

Well as they say you know, witches back in them days were healers

Erm... so you know it might not all be negativity that it was witches

work and stuff like that, they could have just been wrongly accused.

So it's gonna be interesting.

I think it's more interesting to me if they were wrongly accused for the simple fact of

people have negative experiences there so if they were wrongly accused it is going to be

frustrating for them.

Yeah, they are gonna fulsome anger from it from being wrongly accused.

Erm... I'm quite apprehensive about it I'm not gonna lie erm...

it can go 1 of 2 ways it can go good or it could go bad.

Think the animal side of things as well, something different

we've not investigated stuff where theres elementals or...

things like, I don't know it's just...

Said to be elementals.

It's completely different to our usual.

But then you know, it's said to be the country's biggest

witch trial on record, in the country so i think...

I think it's gonna be exciting.

It will be exciting I'm not gonna lie but I am a bit nervous

But we always get excited before we go and then when we get there

it's a completely different story so we'll have to wait and see.

Pendle hill is said to be one of the most active locations in

the entire UK, the place is shrouded in mystery, myths, legends

and for us to fully understand what we are getting

involved in here we have had to do extensive research

and with the help of Thomas Potts book, the actual

documented accounts of the events that occurred in 1612.

Make no mistake about it we are getting involved in one

of the deepest paranormal cases in the entire country.

I think that the week we spent in Chester in season 2 and how intense it was

You know, living in the locations or living in hotels it was just

constant one after the other investigation, research, reviews.

and that has absolutely prepared us for the pendle investigation however,

I do think that this is gonna be a whole new challenge in itself because we

have got quite a variety of different locations that we need to investigate.

and some of these locations are literally out in the middle of nowhere.

So the element are what we're going to be facing,

we have no idea what the weather is gonna be like.

So it's a whole different challenge in terms of not only is it intense

it's packed into a week of really a lot of investigations lot of research.

It's also dealing with

locations that are almost quite out in the

wilderness and that in itself is quite testing.

Obviously back in season 2 it was quite tiring for the

team as it was coming towards the end erm...so this time.

I think I'm more mentally prepared this timer pendle.

well this is it it's a different location, different

area its not a city, we're out basically in the country

countryside yeah so it's gonna be

completely different in that aspect as well

We're gonna have you know, we're gonna be more outside the buildings as well.

More vulnerable I think.

So I think a week investigating pendle

I think it's more a question of ask us when

it's done of how you feel and see how it goes.

Sitting here today if you were to ask me do I think pendle hill and the surrounding

areas are haunted by the sprits of the pendle witches the answer would have to be no.

It seems too far fetched to me at the end

of the day the pendle witches were executed

at Lancaster, Elizabeth Southerns 'Old Demdike'

actually dies in Lancaster castle whilst awaiting trial.

Do I believe that pendle hill and the surrounding areas are haunted? Its a real possibility, you

only have to look at the sheer amount of eye witness accounts, I'm talking thousands and thousands

people seeing things, people witnessing paranormal activity,

residents of the areas witnessing paranormal activity.

The whole location is very historic it's shrouded in mysterious events

but one thing that really fascinates me about this whole case is

talks of demons and the devil posing as things like dogs, hares, frogs theres

actual documented evidence to suggest that that was happening back in the 1600's.

and there are things happening to this day on top pendle hill, modern day witches,

occultists, still performing witchcraft and rituals in the areas around pendle hill

and on top of the hill itself.

It's absolutely fascinating, I can't wait.

Dating back to as early as the bronze age, pendle hill is

without a doubt one of the most mysterious locations in the UK.

An area unaffected by time and surrounded by small hamlet's and farmland.

The location is known worldwide for England's

most famous witch trial when in the year 1612,

12 people from the area were accused of witchcraft

and 10 of them stood trial at Lancaster castle.

England became a place of superstition and paranoia

under king James I, many were accused of witchcraft

and no more so than in Lancashire where it was believed entire

districts were contaminated bewitches who controlled both man and beast.

The area surrounding pendle hill at that time were extremely

poor and many of the women would make medicines to sell

in the nearby towns such as Colne, it is here

that the story of the pendle witches began.

March 1612, a pedlar named John Law made his way to the local town of Colne

where he came across a young girl begging this young girl was Alizon Device

who asked the pedlar for pins in which he gave

her none moments later, he fell to the ground

the left side of his body lame and his speech slurred.

He gathered enough strength to stand and made his way to a nearly alehouse.

Days later, his son, Abraham Law, a cloth dyer from Halifax, received a

letter urging him to come to Colne, where his father laying great pain.

When Abraham arrived, his fathers speech had slightly

recovered and he told his son of the young Alizon Device

who had bewitched him and caused this great suffering.

He also claimed that one night as he lay

helpless he was visited by a monstrous black dog.

About the 18th of March last passed, he being a pedlar went with his pack of wares at his

back through Colne field where unluckily he met with Alizon Device, now prisoner at the bar

whoa very earnest with him for pins but he would give her none.

Where upon she seemed to be very angry and when he was past her

he fell down lame in great extremity

and afterwards by means, got into an alehouse in Colne

near unto the place where he was first bewitched

and as he lay there in great pain, not ablate stir either hand or foot

he saw a great black dog stand by him with fearful,

fiery eyes, great teeth and a terrible countenance

looking him in the face, where he was very sore afraid.

And immediately after came in Alizon Device who stayed

not long there but looked on him and then went away.

After which time he was tormented both day and

night with Alizon Device and so continued lame

not able to travel or take pains ever since that time.

After hearing his fathers version of events,

Abraham Law tracked down young Alizon Device

and brought her to his fathers bedside where she confessed

to bewitching John Law and begged for his forgiveness.

She went on to explain that Law's refusal to give her pins had

upset her and that a large black dog had appeared to her and spoke.

She demanded of the pedlar to buy some pins

of him but the pedlar sturdily answered her

that he would not loose his pack and so she parting with him.

Presently there appeared to her the black dog, that appeared unto her as before

which black dog did spake to her in english saying to whom she said

and dog answered again where upon she answered and said to the black dog

and before the pedlar was gone.

Abraham Law had now heard enough and decided

to take the matter to the authorities.

He explained his fathers story to the local magistrate, Roger Nowell

who immediately questioned Alizon Device, what was this black dog?

Alizon explained to Nowell that she had encountered it once before

Around 2 years earlier whilst out walking with her grandmother Elizabeth Southerns.

There appeared unto her a thing like unto a black dog,

speaking to her and desiring her to give him her soul

and he would give her power to do anything she would.

Where upon she being wherewithal, enticed and setting her down

the black dog did with his mouth, suck at her breasts little

below her paps which place did remain blue half a year next after.

Alizon went on to explain how her grandmother had

advised her to let a devil or familiar appear to her

and let it suck on some part of her body and if she would

allow this then she would have anything that she wanted.

She also told further tales of how her grandmother was summoned one

night by John Nutter of bull hole, to cure one of his sick cows.

As Alizon lead her blind grandmother to the nearby farm, Elizabeth instructed

her to wait outside while she spent time with this sick animal alone.

It died the following day.

There were further tales including one particular story 2 years earlier

where her grandmother had fallen out with Richard Baldwyn of Whitehead in Pendle

who had barred her from his land, again Elizabeth instructed Alizon to lead

her out at night and leave her alone while she performed some type of ritual.

The following day 1 of Baldwyn's children fell ill and died a year later.

Now at the time there were 2 feuding families in the

area, on one side you had Elizabeth Southerns aka Demdike.

and she lived with Elizabeth device her daughter and her

grandchildren Alizon Device, James Device and Jennett Device.

On the other side was the Whittle family, headed by Anne Whittle aka Chattox

and in her family's her daughter Anne Redfearne and her husband Thomas.

Now apparently these families had been at each other for years.

It is said that a member of the Whittle family broke

in to Elizabeth Southerns home which was malkin tower

stole the equivalent of a hundred pound

and on top of that Elizabeth Device's husband said on his death bed

that Anne Whittle, Chattox had actually

bewitched him and was the cause of his death.

Having now been forgiven by John Law and with Alizon

explaining that she was not the source of evil in her house

she believed that she may escape punishment

but Roger Nowell would not leave it there.

He decided to question Alizon's younger brother, James Device.

James told Nowell that this was not the first

incident and that a year earlier, Henry Bulcock

had accused Alizon of bewitching his child.

She later broke down and admitted to doing this according to James.

This then urged Nowell to speak with Elizabeth

Device, daughter of Elizabeth Southerns old demdike

and mother of James, Jennett and Alizon Device.

She admitted nothing against her family but did speak of a strange

mark on her mothers body that had appeared 40 years earlier.

Alizons stories had also mentioned the Whittle family and how her

father on his death bed had accused Anne Whittle, also known as Chattox

of bewitching him to death.

There were also other stories of Chattox bewitching

various locals including a man named Hugh Moor

who also accused her of bewitching him just before he died.

There were stories of her performing strange charms on

a dish of milk supplied by John Nutter of bull hole farm

he kicked it over and one of his cows shortly died.

Alizon herself had seen Chattox with a clay figure of a child and on one occasion

her and her friend Anne Nutter were spotted

laughing at Chattox which resulted in her shouting

Anne Nutter then fell sick the following day and died 3 weeks later.

Roger Nowell had now heard more than enough and immediately

tracked down the 2 grandmothers Demdike and Chattox.

Nowell travelled to the area known as the

forest of pendle and a settlement called fence.

The interviews took place at James Walmsey's house who was a fellow gentry,

many of the stories of witchcraft associated with the Whittle family

had taken place to the south of fence in west close and higham.

Whilst the stories associated with the Device family

occurred around newchurch, a couple of miles north.

As the 2 grandmothers were brought in to meet Nowell,

they faced questions about the deaths of locals

and their feuds with various people.

This resulted in 2 extremely disturbing stories from both demdike and chatter.

Demdike admitted to numerous occasions where she had met with the devil

She explained that the incident with Richard Baldwin had then caused

the devil to approach her in the form of a young boy called Tibb.

At her going over the next hedge, the spirit or

devil called Tibb, appeared unto her and said

To whom she said again to the spirit.

And so the spirit vanished out of her sight and she never saw him since.

She also went on to explain her struggle with the devil 20 years earlier

when again he appeared to her as Tibb and asked her to sells soul

to him and in return she would be given anything she asked for.

Being poor, she consented in principle but resisted on a number of other occasions.

After 6 years of visits by Tibb, the spirit, who had become frustrated

appeared to her 1 Sunday morning as she dozed and manifested as a brown dog.

Forcing himself upon her and sucking blood from under her left arm

to seal the pact before vanishing she was left half

paralysed and was almost stark mad for 8 weeks.

she also admitted to knowing how to kill or inure

someone by pricking or burning a clay image of them.

Chattox also told stories of temptation by the devil, 14 years earlier he

appeared to her as a christian man who requested that she give him her soul

she eventually agreed 4 years later where upon he gave her his name, Fancy

and to call upon him next time she needed revenge.

The fatal temptation came when Robert Nutter of greenhead in

pendle entered the home of her married daughter Anne Redfearne

and demanded to have his pleasure of her.

when she resisted, he left in a rage and declared that if ever

the ground came to him, she should never dwell upon his land

meaning that if he was to ever own this part of land, he would evict them.

Fancy appeared to Chattox and offered to take revenge and this time she agreed.

3 months later, Robert Nutter died.

Chattox also admitted that due to the ill

treatment she had received by certain locals

she called upon Fancy on 2 other occasions and asked him to turn

into a dog and bite a cow belonging to the wife of John Moor

and another belonging to Anthony Nutter, the cows both died.

Demdike also accused Chattox of ordering Fancy to blind her after

appearing to her as a bear and frightening her on several occasions.

Both grandmothers admitted to having vengeful feelings but

both denied doing actual harm, claiming that it was the devil.

This was enough for Nowell and with the initial evidence gathered, he detained

demdike, chattox, chattox's daughter Anne Redfearne and Alizon Device.

Here this worthy justice Mr Nowell, out of these

particular examinations or rather, accusations,

finding matter to proceed and having now before him old demdike,

old chattox, Alizon Device and Redfearne both old and young.

About the 2nd of April last past, committed and sent

them away to the castle at Lancaster, there to remain

until the coming of the kings majesty's

justices of assize, then to receive their trial.

They were accused of the invocation or conjuration of a wicked and evil

spirit which under the 1604 witchcraft act was a felony punishable death.

It was madness, they were all laying the blame on each other

trying to save themselves, they had become so, so paranoid.

Now meanwhile at malkin tower which was the home of old demdike, Elizabeth

Southerns, a huge meeting had gathered, this was known as the good Friday meeting.

Around 3 weeks later, the interviews continued with young James Device, his

sister Jennett and their mother Elizabeth, who at the time had not been detained.

Nowell again conducted his questioning at the house of James Walmsey and

this time he brought with him another JP, Nicholas Bannister of Altham.

The interview took place after James Device had been persuaded to lead the local

constable to some magical items that had been buried underneath his grandmothers house

malkin tower.

4 human teeth and an old decayed clay image were found.

12 years ago Anne Chattox at a burial at the new church in pendle did take

3 scalps of people which had been buried and then cast out of a grave.

As Chattox told him and took 8 teeth out of he scalps whereof

she kept 4 to herself and gave the other 4 to demdike.

His grandmother which 4 teeth now shown to him are

the 4 teeth that chattox had gave to his grandmother.

Which teeth had ever since been kept until now found by Henry

Hargrieves and him at the west end of his grandmothers house.

Young James Device then went on to claim that he had

seen the Redfearnes 2 years earlier with clay images

and also recalled the time when a large brown dog called Ball, appeared to his mother at

his grandmothers home and told her exactly what to do to kill a man named John Robinson.

A local man from Barley and that she herself had clay images.

He saw his mother take clay at the west end of

her house and make a picture of it after Robinson

and brought it into her house and dried it some 2 days and about 2 days

after the drying thereof, his mother fell on crumbling the picture of clay.

Everyday some for some 3 weeks together and within 2 days

after all was crumbled or mulled away, John Robinson died.

James also claimed that his mother Elizabeth Device, had met with others

to kill another local man named Henry Mytton from Roughlee by witchcraft.

He then went on to recall his own struggles

with the devil and at Easter 2 years earlier

he was on the way home from communion, he was told by his grandmother not to

eat the bread that the minister had given him but to deliver it to such a thing

that would meet him on his way home.

James was dually met by something in the shape of a

hare to which he confessed to having eaten the bread.

The thing then threatened to pull him too pieces but James

claimed that he crossed himself and the spirit vanished.

A few days later, the spirit returned.

There appeared in his sight hard by the new

church in pendle a thing like unto a brown dog

who asked him to give him his soul and he would be revenged of any whom he would.

Where unto he answered that his soul was not

his to give but was his saviours Jesus Christ's

but as much was in him to give, he was contented that he should have it.

A few days after this, James had gone to nearby Carr Hall with is mother where

mistress Townley accused him of stealing turf and the hit him between the shoulders

and sent them both away.

A day later, the spirit returned to him in the shape

of a black dog that told him it's name was Dandy.

And told James that if he made a clay image of

mistress Townley then he would help destroy her.

And the next morning after, he took clay and made a picture

of mistress Townley and dried it the same night by the fire

And within a day after, he began to crumble the

picture, every day some for the space of a week

and within 2 days after all was crumbled away, mistress Townley died.

There were other accusation where James had claimed to have been visited by Dandy

and as Nowell continued to question him, James informed him that

the pestering from evil spirits had recently become more frequent

especially at the time his sister Alizon had met with the pedlar

John Law. James went on to say that the had met a brown dog

near to his grandmothers house and over the next few days, frightening things

had began to happen including the sound of many children crying pitifully

and the sound of a large amount of cats screaming.

3 nights after that he claimed he was visited

by a large hare that lay upon him heavily

before leaving through a window. What James was about to declare

next, turned this into the biggest witch trial in English history.

He told Roger Nowell that on Sheer Thursday, just

weeks earlier, he had stolen a ram from Barley

and killed it at his grandmothers house, ready for a feast that next day.

This meeting was later described by Potts as a special meeting of

all the most dangerous, wicked and damnable witches far and near.

This meeting took place at malkin tower, the home of demdike just 1 week after

her, chattox, Anne Refearne and Alizon Device had been sent to Lancaster.

And it is this meeting that resulted in 12 people being

accused of witchcraft in which 10 of them were executed.

James told Nowell that his mother Elizabeth had

told him the meeting was to discuss 3 things

1 was the naming of the spirit that Alizon Device

had but could not name it as she was not there.

The 2nd was to plot the escape of those in Lancaster castle

by creating a potion to blow the gates of the castle.

And the third was to assist the lady named Jennett Preston who wanted to kill

master Lister of Westby who had sort to put her away at the last York assizes.

All the witches went our of the house in their own shapes and

likenesses and they all, by that they were forth of the doors

were gotten on horseback like unto foals, some of one

colour, some of another and Prestons wife was the last.

And when she got on horseback, they all presently vanished out of his sight and

before their said parting away, they all appointed to meet at Prestons wife house

that day 12 months at which time Prestons wife promised to make them a great feast.

And if they had occasion to meet in the meantime then should

warning be given, that they all should meet upon Romley's moor.

Nowell then interviewed James's half sister Jennett

Device who also confirmed the meeting at malkin tower.

and this gave Nowell everything he need to arrest those present at the meeting.

The names of those were given by young Jennett Device who

was about to become a key witness for the prosecution.

8 more were arrested and joined the 4 already imprisoned in Lancaster castle

including Jennett's own mother and brother Elizabeth and James.

The 12 to now face trial at Lancaster were Elizabeth Southerns old demdike,

Elizabeth Device, James Device, Alizon

Device, Anne Whittle also known as Chattox,

Anne Redfearne, Katherine Hewitt, John and Jane Bulcock

who were mother and son.

Isobel Robey, Alice Nutter & Margaret Pearson.

Jennett Preston stood trial at York, shortly before the trials

began, old demdike who was already around 80 years of age

suffered tremendously in the harsh conditions of

Lancaster's dungeon and died whilst awaiting trial.

Meanwhile Jennett Preston had been found guilty at York and was sentenced to death.

The judge overseeing her trials James Altham, he and his colleague Edward Bromley

then made their way to Lancaster to conduct the trials of the others accused.

First up was the trials of Anne Whittle, Elizabeth Device and James Device.

Chattox was charged with the murder of Robert Nutter by witchcraft, the

man who had demanded he have his pleasure with her daughter Anne Redfearne.

The jury heard of how Chattox had sold her soul to the devil and had

accused her familiar who declared its name was Fancy to seek revenge.

The jury also heard of how Chattox had stolen

teeth and made clay images of her victims

as well as her reputation as a witch, having heard all

of this, Chattox broke down and acknowledged her crimes.

Shecried out to god to be merciful to her daughter Anne Redfearne

and to forgive her sins, she was found guilty and taken away.

Next up was her daughter Anne Redfearne, in the case

of Anne Redfrane she was originally found not guilty

however, when similarities were made with the Salmesbury witch trials which

were taking place at the same time, Redfearne was eventually found guilty

Next to be tried was Elizabeth Device who'd witnessed her mother

old demdike die in the dungeon and was now head of her family.

Her deformed face shocked those who looked on and as she pleaded not guilty to the charges

read out against her which included the murders of John and James Robinson of Barley

and together with Alice Nutter, the murder of Henry Mytton all by witchcraft.

In came her own daughter, Jennett Device.

Her mother outrageously cursing, cried out against the child in such

a fearful manner that all the court did not a little wonder at her.

and so amazed the child, as with weeping tears she cried out unto my lord, the

judge and told him she was not able to speak in the presence of her mother.

no entreaty, promise of favour or other respect could put her to silence.

In the end when no means would serve, his lordship commanded that

the prisoner be taken away and the maid to be set upon the table

in the presence of the whole court who delivered her evidence.

Jennett then went on to claim her mother with he help of her familiar, a

dog with the name Ball did indeed use witchcraft to murder her victims.

AsElizabeth was then brought back into the courtroom she again cried out

and now knowing that she was to be found guilty, she begged for mercy.

She was taken away and her son James was carried into the room. So weak that he could barely

stand or speak it was clear that he had tried to take his own life whilst in the dungeon.

James was charged with the murders of Anne Townley and John Duckworth and as his

sister Jennett was brought forward again, she provided evidence against her brother

and he was taken away, Jennett's final act as a witness was to point

out those who were present at the good Friday meeting at malkin tower.

Those accused were brought in and mixed with other prisoners

in an attempt to trick Jennett to see if she was lying.

She successfully picked out the accused even telling the

prosecution where they were sat during the good Friday meeting.

All were found guilty of various crimes by

the use of witchcraft and sentenced to death.

Margaret Pearson was the online to escape with her life and was later imprisoned.

Finally end the story where it all began, Alizon Device was the last to be tried and

present was John Law, the pedlar who was now deformed from the stroke he had suffered.

He looked over the proceedings and as Alizon Device looked up and saw

John Law she fell to her knees and begged for his forgiveness again.

The entire room filled with pity for the young girl and

potts describes this moment perfectly in his writing.

With weeping tears and great passion he turned to the

prisoner in the hearing of the whole court,he said to her

and there upon she humbly acknowledged the same and cried out to god to forgive

her and upon her knees with weeping tears humbly prayed him to forgive her

that wicked offence in which he very freely and voluntarily did.

Alizon was found guilty and this concluded the trials of the pendle witches.

On the 29th of July 1612 Jennett Preston was hanged in

York. On the 20th August just 3 weeks later, Alizon Device

along with her mother Elizabeth and her brother

James, Anne Whittle and her daughter Anne Redfearne

Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, Isobel Robey, John and Jane Bulcock

were all hanged in Lancaster in front of hundreds of people

in what was the biggest witch trial the country has ever seen.

It only remains I pronounce the judgement of the court against you by

the kings authority which is, you should all go from hence to the castle

from whence you came, from there you should be carried to the place of execution

for this county from where your bodies will be hanged until you are dead

and god have mercy upon your souls.

Alizon Device, Elizabeth Device, James Device, Anne Whittle, Anne Redfearne,

Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, Isobel Robey,

John Bulcock, Jane Bulcock, Jennett Preston

The pendle witch trials were an accumulation of bizarre

events in which 2 extremely poor families suffered.

Shortly after the trial malkin tower was destroyed

with no factual evidence of where it stood.

Many of the surrounding barns and farmland are believed to have once been meeting

places for witches in the area and pendle hill is believed to be one of the most

paranormaly active locations in the entire world.

Well we left HQ 20 minutes ago and already this case has taken a bizarre turn.

We received a call Beck and we are on route to Nottingham to meet with

Hazel Ford who is extremely well known in the paranormal community

She's the owner of Haunted Happenings paranormal events company and

and they lead weekends at pendle hill and it was here that she had one of

the most bizarre paranormal occurrences of her entire career as a human tooth

fell on top of a table from out of nowhere, absolutely crazy. We are going to

interview her then head over to pendle and meet the rest of the team at the hotel

lets do this.

Obviously with it being pendle, I've had a look at Thomas Potts

book, researching that and the things thats weird about that

elementals they're meant to be, associated with a demon which we've

never dealt with anything like that before, it's meant to be animals

that are sent from the devil, obviously with the witches so I think

it's gonna be interesting to see if we

capture anything we've never caught before.

Well thats it, it's funny how you say you wanna capture stuff, I wanna leave

some game cameras in places that i've been researching that are quite interesting

to see if we can find anything in a 24 hour lockdown so I wanna see if we capture

anything there and it'll be quite interesting to see because theres been a lot of stories

around these areas and rumours, I'm not gonna say where as I want to keep the suspense

there for ya but yeah I believe this is gonna be an interesting investigation.

Well yeah cos theres so much documented as well like

the whole trial is documented in his book word for word.

And thats it, it's gonna be interesting to see you know, its been documented

as a full trial of witchcraft you know through the family and that

well yeah because whatever we catch we can look, research up so if we catch something

we can always research it afterwards and see if it makes sense, if that makes sense.

Yeah but you've also gotta remember now you know back in them days

people were made out to be witches just because they could do...

you know they're called healers. They could use medicines and certain types

of herbs to make medicines and to other people they were known as witches.

So you've gotta be careful, is it actually witchcraft or has it been a

false... accusations, you know and they actually got sent to jail for it.

They got the bad end of the stick.

As Charlie,Rox and Emma head to pendle, Becki and

I arrive in Nottingham to interview Hazel Ford.

Hazel, it's so good to finally meet you.

Erm... how long have you been investigating Pendle hill?

We've been running overnight investigations

at pendle for around 13 years.

Started off doing 1 nighters and ended up doing two night stays and hotel

stays and really going for it so we could explore the whole of pendle.

So I'm gonna take you back to 1 particular investigation and something

absolutely bizarre happened to you, can you tell me what occurred that night?

So this has to be one of the most extraordinary things thats happened to us

on an investigation, so we were on pendle hill at the foot of malkin tower.

At midnight, and we were doing an exercise with a table called table tipping and

as we were calling out, asking for things to happen a tooth fell on the table

or we heard something drop on the table, it turned out to be a toothy big moaler that was

old, yellow in colour, not something fresh that could have fallen out of someones mouth

but something really that had just dropped, landed and didnt bounce off

which again was extraordinary as it seemed to drop from a big height.

you see as I'm remembering this it was really, there were lots of extraordinary

parts of it, lay there and then during all the mayhem and chaos of it all,

it unfortunately disappeared. So we haven't got it

to prove it but we had a lot of people who saw it.

So it just completely vanished.

Yeah, well we don't know if somebody took it or it just disappeared it literally wasn't

there anymore,i can'timagine that somenbody had taken it cos they were all so freaked out

that they left the table, so I'm not 100% sure what happened to it.

That is absolutely crazy now obviously you've been investigating the area for

such a long time, in your honest opinion what is it that you believe haunts

pendle hill and the surrounding areas?

Erm... from my perspective I think theres so much mystery, obviously you've

got the pendle witches and everything surrounding that which is fascinating

and its in all the history books, its in every book, books have been written about

it, evidence through the homes of the witches you now you can walking their footsteps

But also in every other town around pendle there are some amazing

ghost stories attached to houses, pubs, obviously the grave yards.

So you can't walk for more than 100 meters around pendle

without some story attached to it, some ghost story

but also you've got the fields where the peddles would walk,

were obviously short cuts so you're not walking through the towns

and all the history that's attached to just those walks as well. You know,

you end up somewhere like a river where they were caught doing something

I'm absolutely amazed by that story you have just given

me and erm... please wish us luck when we go there.

I wish you all the luck in the world I think you're gonna need it.

Thank you.

After hearing the account from hazel, Becki and I make our way to Lancashire and

for the first time in 15 years, we would be heading back to pendle hill together.

Our journey into one of the most famous paranormal cases in Britain was

finally underway. Meanwhile Charlie, Rox & Emma had arrived in pendle

and had already began preparations for the week ahead, our next

step was to meet at the team hotel and prepare our approach.

Just being in this area now is mind blowing, mind blowing

being back here, back here with Beck, back here with the team.

Pendle hill is without a doubt one of the most atmospheric and paranormal

locations in the UK and this week we are going to find the truth to whether or not

the pendle witches and their spirits still haunt this incredible location.

Lets do this.

Team, it's been a ridiculously long day today, I know and tomorrow is gonna be even busier

so tonight I do want us to get an early night and we'll start fresh tomorrow morning now

Beck and I have been over to Nottingham we spoke to Hazel Ford

and as I explained on the phone, the incident with the tooth

is absolutely incredible, I know you 3 have been

exploring today, Charlie I know that you've been...

Yeah well I've been out today to pendle forrest and what I've done is set up 2 game cameras I'm

gonna leave them for 24 hour and I'll retrieve them tomorrow and go through all the evidence

Perfect, thats excellent, brilliant, now guys obviously a lot of this

is centred around malkin tower, home to old demdike Elizabeth Southerns

That is key to this whole thing and the key to the pendle witch trial

now Rox, I know theres no archeological evidence to where this is.

No but theres lots of clues in this book

Yeah I know you've been reading that book day in

and day out,I know theres loads of references to it.

Speaking to the people in charge and the people who know what they're on about,

I think it's situated around this point here

and I know a few of you free with me on that.

This area here just by new church in pendle you've got the

likes of lower well head farm, bull hole farm, tynedale farm

all key areas that are related to in the story, in

Thomas Potts documented account of what went on.

Now tomorrow Beck me and you are gonna meet with Simon Entwistle, local historian

expert on the pendle witch trials of 1612, I thought it would be a good idea if you 3

head out to the likes of Barley, Roughlee, speak to as many locals as

possible and try and get first hand accounts of where the key locations are.

The thing with this guys is we don't have any

set locations and thats how I wanted it this week

let's improvise the locations, lets just go with the flow

and see what happens. Which brings me to the next point.

Now we've never ever done this before and I thought it would be a really

good idea to do it and theres no better place to do it than pendle.

We are gonna document our every move and our every thought in a diary format

now the only person who is gonna have access to this is 1 of our crew members.

Ok? None of us are gonna have any idea what

eachother are feeling or talking about.

And what we're gonna do is film ourselves individually

after each investigation, you're all gonna be given a camera

and I want you to just explain your thoughts, explain your feelings now

pendle is famous for it's atmosphere, it has a heavy, thick atmosphere

it has an incredible affect win people it's one

of the most atmospheric locations in the UK.

And I wanna see what it's gonna be like and how it affects each

of us individually or whether we can debunk this entire journey.

Ok guys? It's really important that we do that and we won't see it until next week.

Alright guys so for tonight lets get an early night

and we'll hit this head on in the morning ok? lets go.

As we begin our first full day in pendle, Becki and I

are heading out to meet a local tour guide and historian.

Simon Entwistle has a huge wealth of knowledge on the area

and is an expert on the events that occurred here in 1612.

Charlie, Rox & Emma will spend the day interviewing locals and

researching paranormal events that have been reported over the years.

Simon this is where it all began back in 1612 on a road like this to

Colne, Alizon Device met with the pedlar John Law, tell us what happened.

Well Alizon would be starving, she'd be dressed in rags and seeing this pedlar would

be like seeing a sweet shop, he'd have large pack on his back full of 1612 luxury's

and Alizon begged off him, please sir, please sir if you can

spare a few pins to pin my clothing together sir, just a few pins.

Get away with ya lass you've got no money you're no use to me,

away with ya. Please sir just a few pins sir, get away with ya!

According to John Law the Halifax pedlar, out of the forrest of pendle

appeared a huge black dog, snarling white teeth, glowing red eyes

the dog sat next to Alizon, the dog looked at Alizon and talked

Alizon I can lame him for you, lame him, lame him!

Law felt this terrible pain in his left arm, his left leg and collapsed

in agony by the side of the forrest path. He lay there for a good 5 hours,

the kind people of Colne could see him, they got a stretcher team together,

they carried him down the slopes of the pathway and into an old inn

called the greyhound inn which has long since gone.

There the landlord Johnathan Eggrington, cleaned him, spoon fed

him and as Law's voice returned he shouted I've been cursed.

theres a witch in the forrest send word to

my family and tell them whats happened to me.

Eggrington wrote letters back to Halifax and John Law's eldest son Abraham

received the first letter, here my fathers in trouble, better go and collect him.

Set off from Halifax, arrived in Colne, walked into the greyhound and saw his father in

this twisted and contorted state, father whats happened to you man you look terrible.

Abraham, I've been cursed, I met a young lass in the forest or pendle she had a

black dog with her, I swear to ya I heard the dog talk, she's in league with devil.

I want you lad to go and find her, bring her here, reverse the curse.

Now Abraham he must have been quite a brave lad, he set off through the forrest off

pendle, through these twisting pathways, dense forrest and came across this little cottage

called malkin tower.

which was a 1 roomed limestone hovel.

Hammered on the door, the door opened, there was James Device, Alizons brother,

erm... can I help you sir? I want to see Alizon Device, my father wants to see her

She's in here sir, Alizon came to the door, right lass you're coming

with me. Against her wishes she was dragged out of malkin tower

down the twisting pathways, into Colne and into the greyhound inn where she

met John Law the Halifax pedlar who looked up from his sick bed, it's you!

You're a witch, you cursed me lass didn't ya! That dog you

had, I heard it talk, you're in league with devil aren't ya!?

This 14 year old girl on bended knees burst into tears and begged and begged for

forgiveness, she had no idea she'd just admitted to a state capital offence of witchcraft.

Strangely enough, John Law the Halifax pedlar was about to forgive her but not

his son Abraham, no we'll have you for this,I'm gonna go and get magistrate.

And in doing so he opened the 1612 pendle witch trials.

So now Daniel we're gonna move to the very epicentre of the story we're

gonna go to new church in pendle where this hair and teeth were all taken.

And also the grave of the very famous Nutter family erm...

probably the most famous people associated with this story.

As we make the short journey to new church with Simon, we are about to discover

that at least 1 of the pendle witches may possibly have been set up by Roger Nowell.

So here we are in newchurch, behind us we've got

the very famous church situated in the village

and a lot of speculation relating to Thomas Potts book the wonderful discovery of witches

mentions that in court Elizabeth Device, James Device, Katherine Hewitt, Alice Gray

actually took items from the corpses here they actually made clay pictures

when I say a clay picture, by using human hair and human teeth

my god.

Erm... they would then crumble the clay picture over the fire and then

people would die but we have to rely on that being from Thomas Potts book

was the evidence against them fabricated? We don't know but

what we do know is that they were found guilty of just that.

By far the most famous grave here at newchurch is that of the Nutter family.

Many, many historians believe that Alice Nutter is actually buried there but from looking

at the records in Lancaster we understand that when the pendle witches were all executed

on the 20th August 1612 in Lancaster there bodies were

then burnt to get rid of all the evil if you will.

But some people believe that Miles Nutter, Alice's husband actually got

special permission to bring her back but thats subject to sheer speculation.

What i can tell you Daniel is that of all the pendle witches by far

the most famous one, the one thats shrouded in mystery is indeed Alice.

and why is that Simon?

Because she came from Roughlee Hall a gorgeous

building, she was wealthy, she was educated

but you know back in 1612 for some strange reason women were denied having a brain

They had no rights whatsoever, in fact, some men believed that

women didn't even have a brain and when it came to male chauvinism,

women suffered terribly in this country.

It has been said, never confirmed or denied that Alice was very, very concerned about land

dispute, she'd had a word with Roger Nowell the magistrate, he'd done nothing about it

so she made her way to Lancaster, walked into the courts at Lancaster not the words,

it's a woman! Get her out, a woman get her out! She grabbed hold of the furniture

they tugged and tugged but she wouldn't let go

and so the judges said, well let her have her say

in one day she won legally and fairly all her land disputes

but in the court that day was Roger Nowell, he was furious.

How dare this woman go behind my back she's embarrassed

me in front of the senior magistrates, I need revenge.

How do I get revenge? I've got a trump card

up my sleeve, the little girl Jennett Device.

Whilst her grandmother Elizabeth Southerns, her mother

Elizabeth device, brother James Device, sister Alizon Device

had been sent to Lancaster, she'd been kept at the home of the local

magistrate Roger Nowell and here's a modern term, he groomed her.

On the day of the trials he brought her into

court, picked her up and put her on top of a desk.

And there she shouted to the jury, my grandmothers a witch, my mothers a

witch, her mother shouted stop it Jennett you don't know what you're saying.

Have my mother removed from the court sir, she's embarrassing me sir.

Erm... but as it happened, demdike, chattox, Redfearne, Alizon Device,

James Device, Katherine Hewitt, they all admitted to witchcraft

but the other 3 didn't John and Jane Bulcock and Alice Nutter and Alice, god

bless her, when she's brought into the court there with John and Jane Bulcock

for the second time that morning, young Jennett was picked up by Roger Nowell and put

on top of the desk and he said, these 3 people here John and Jane Bulcock, Alice Nutter

were they at the good Friday meeting at malkin tower your home?

on good Friday? They were sir.

a look of shock and horror came across their faces because they realised

they were actually being incriminated, there was no defence council

and the jury were quite happy that this little girl was telling the truth.

So Simon do you believe that those 3 people were innocent?

I am, I am indeed because they'd embarrassed the local

magistrate, he thought I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone here.

I've got these people in the forest of pendle causing problems with travellers

going through, I've got all these stories relating them with witchcraft.

But I've also got these other 3 people that are

causing me trouble, I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone

and the jury did exactly that.

Absolutely crazy! Where do we go from here?

From here we're gonna go to the most amazing place now over the years Daniel,

people have asked well where is malkin tower? Because we're looking at a 1612 story.

No one knows the exact location but many, many people believe, myself

included that Blacko, the village of Blacko was where malkin tower was.

In 2012 I got this very exciting phone call

from united utilities, the water authority.

They'd been working working on a dam in Blacko.

I've heard this.

Behind the dam they saw this rocky knoll, they did some investigation

digging and they thought this is no work for water engineers.

and we're gonna go there right now Daniel.

My god I can't wait for this, lets go, lets go.

We're now in an area known as Blacko, the very centre of the pendle witch story.

Now no one seems to know the exact location

of malkin tower, the home of the Device family

but many people believe it was indeed Blacko. Now in 2012

we had the 400 year anniversary of the pendle witch story.

Water engineers were working in the dam just behind us and they saw a

rocky knoll just there and they thought lets have an investigatory dig.

They took the stones away and discovered the roof of a very, very old building,

they thought this is no work for water engineers, lets call in some professionals.

So university's were alerted and they sent a team

of students and they found a very, very old cottage

As a tour guide I was invited to come and have a look at it and it

was like stepping back in time, flagstone floors, limestone walls,

and the head archeologist said, Simon we've found a very sinister

find here, we've found a recess in the wall, we took some bricks away

and behind the bricks were the skeletons of 2 cats.

I said this is typical of pendle witch folklore,

to leave a familiar spirit to guard the building.

Remember a witch needs to have a familiar spirit in the form of a

dog or a cat and these cats were placed in there alive apparently.

Locked up which is typical of some of the similar buildings in the area.

Because the building was such a hit, it gathered huge amount fo

world-wide attraction, people came from all over the world, film crews etc

but to this very day we'll never know whether it was indeed malkin tower but it's certainly

very, very near the epicentre of the story and I personally believe it was malkin tower.

Our tour around pendle with Simon had given us

a fascinating insight into the events of 1612

but what I was about to learn regarding

modern day rituals in the area was shocking.

So pendle hill seems to be a magnet for the paranormal.

Erm... the pendle witch story will never, ever die but a lot of people

believe that witchcraft does exist to this very day on pendle hill.

and on one of my tours I went up to the top of pendle hill

and found a stake and hanging from that stake was a goat

that had it's hooves tied together over the

end of the stake and had it's throat cut.

You do meet these people who believe in witchcraft

and believe in medieval ceremony's if you will.

Erm... on halloween pendle hill is moralise Wembley stadium, you get thousands

and thousands of people from all over the planet that will converge on pendle hill

for that reason.

Yes, it's crazy to think that this stuff still goes on to this very day.

It's almost like a magnet. On halloween it's

probably our biggest story in great Britain.

So Daniel we come to the end of our pendle witch story from 1612.

One thing I did forget to mention is that every

winter, when there snows come to pendle hill

the last piece of snow to melt has been in the perfect shape of a

white witch, it's almost like the hill is still hiding something.

Probably a cry of innocence, we shall never know.

That's crazy, absolutely crazy, Simon thank you so

much for today, the journey has been incredible.

Before you go, I just want to ask you 1 question... do you believe

that pendle hill and the surrounding areas are

haunted by the spirits of the pendle witches?

There's certainly an atmosphere here, there's no 2 ways about it and I

believe because they lost their lives under such sad, sad circumstances

I believe there's definitely a presence left

here, it is very, very atmospheric at pendle hill

and I do believe there's a life after this one.

Simon, thank you so much.

My pleasure Daniel, thank you.

With the team meeting back at the hotel later that

day. We sit down to discuss what we have learnt.

Whilst Becki and I have spent the day with Simon, Charlie, Rox & Emma

have discovered some extremely interesting facts whilst speaking to locals

and researching paranormal occurrences in the area.

Guys, it's been a seriously, seriously busy day today, we've been out

and met with Simon Entwistle, we've been doing the tour of pendle.

We've found out so much havent we Beck.

Yeah, it's been a great day, he's an amazing guy, really great story teller.

Really eccentric character, we've found out so many

interesting things and some really key points as well.

Guys you have been out interviewing locals, tell me what you've found out?

I've spoken to 1 lady about a derelict farm which

is supposedly one of the sites of malkin tower.

Right ok.

satanic rituals, modern day witches apparently

still go there so I think it's one to...

Serious?

Yeah.

Ok where about is this?

In Barley.

Right ok, I thin this could be a real possibility if we

can get on to HQ in the morning, try and sort that out.

Do we know who's land its on?

Not a clue.

Right ok, I'm pretty sure locals are not happy about what's going on there.

I don't think so no, not by the way they're speaking about it anyway.

But it's well known?

It's well known but I don't think they're happy that it's still going on.

Right ok, that's a really interesting point

and we'll try and get more on that ok?

Brilliant.

Erm... I spoke to 1 lady who told us about newchurch graveyard.

Right ok.

She says that theres quite a lot of sightings there.

Yeah,

Well thats where one of the pendle witches,

Alice Nutter is supposedly buried there

Simon actually took us there today and explained it

so that is a really, that's a place I've wanted to hit

straight away because there is a lot of supposed paranormal activity there, now

whether Alice Nutter is actually buried there we

don't know, we know her family are buried there but

the pendle witches were all burnt in Lancaster so... but you've

gotta remember with Alice Nutter and we've found this out today

she was actually a really rich person, she lived at nearby Roughlee Hall so...

there is a lot of debate that she was actually innocent

erm but this is gonna be really interesting ok...

So newchurch grave yard, derelict barn in Barley ok...

Now... I was struggling a bit to speak to some of the locals

because I found some of them don't want to speak about it

Thats understandable.

but however, I spoke to 1 man and he said that theres a lot

of activity around lower well head farm and tynedale farm.

Ok,

Now I think these 2 locations we might need to have

a look at as I think they might be quite interesting.

That's really interesting that you've brought that up

because this goes back to what I was saying last night.

That area around newchurch in pendle.

It'll in the same area isn't it.

Lower well head farm, tyndeale farm, bull hole farm

well bull hole farm guys is where demdike actually bewitched a cow.

erm... chattox apparently bewitched a tub of milk as well

it all centres around this point which is where the forest of pendle is now I

obviously know that you need to go through the game cameras that you left there.

But that forest of pendle is a serious, serious area.

and like you were saying Em, newchurch is right next to that with the graveyard.

Guys what i think we do tonight,

is go to where Simon took Beck and I today which is where a

cottage was uncovered ok in the early 2000's it was uncovered there

and that is another supposed spot of malkin tower.

Now he says a lot of peopler going there, performing things, they're

searching for paranormal activity it was a huge, huge hotspot wasn't it?

that they've actually reburied it now...

It really draws people to it.

Yeah, the atmosphere was weird around

there as well I have to admit. Its right...

That's what a lot of people keep saying as well.

It's right next to lower black moss reservoir which again is near to Barley.

See pattern is starting to form, it's all around these certain areas.

I think because that is right at the heart of

pendle, its right at the bottom of the hill,

lets do the esthed method

Yeah.

and lets see if we can get any sort of contact

or get any kind of results, we all know

that pendle is famous for spirits following and

being attracted to our light and our energy.

I want to try and find truth behind that. I'll get onto HQ in the morning I'll

try and sort that barn out, thats somewhere I'm really interested in going because

if modern day occultists are going there to this day

and performing things, that could be a huge hotspot.

We're just gonna have to be careful though.

yeah, definitely.

they could still be triggering up stuff

Alright guys, lets get some food, we'll head out tonight and

conduct the esthes method and then we'll hit it head on tomorrow

at this barn if we can get permission, alright lets head out.

It was now finally time to get down to action.

we had spent the last 2 days preparing for the week

ahead and months of research had built up to this moment.

We were about to head out to the very heart of pendle where we would attempt

to make contact with any possible entities that were present in the area

where a 17th century cottage was uncovered in 2011.

Ok guys we are approaching our first location now, this was

the cottage and it is said to sit on the site of malkin tower

this is one of the key areas guys, lets do this.

Ok Dan copy.

As we made our way into the nearby woodland,

Emma prepared herself for the Esthes method.

This interesting technique involves wearing noise cancelling

headphones and a blindfold so that all outside sources are eliminated.

The SB7 spirit box is then armed, leaving the vessel, in this case Emma

with only the ability to hear what comes through the SB7 spirit box.

She will have no idea whats being called out and

will not be able to see whats happening around her.

As we invite any spiritual presence into the area, our hope is that Emma

will be able to pick up on any spirit voice within a short distance.

Rox was also armed with a MEL meter which would detect

any strange changes in the electro magnetic field.

Ok, so we have just arrived at our first location of the week.

This is the supposed site of malkin tower or 1 of the supposed sites of malkin tower

this is the cottage that was uncovered in the early 2000's.

What I wanted to do was an Esthes method

to get this journey started now the Esthes method is a really significant

technique to use out in the open like this and especially here at pendle hill

where it is believed that the spirits can

manifest and follow you around the location.

Emma you are gonna be the 1 with the headphones

and blindfold, we are also armed with a MEL meter

and we are gonna be recording any strange fluxations

in the electro magnetic field around the area.

already being here the atmosphere is dark, it's creepy, right through there

is where the cottage was uncovered, Beck, pan round.

Just through those trees on the other side.

those trees.

We are gonna see if anything happens here tonight

before our journey really gets going, guys...

Let's do this.

Is there any witches that are belong to roam this area?

If so can you come forward please, come and speak to us.

I am asking

that any presence

anyone who is attached

to this location to please come forward now.

Come into this atmosphere, come and use our light.

Are you aware of our presence?

Are you aware that we are here?

Are any of the accused present with us here?

Elizabeth Southerns?

Elizabeth Device, Alizon Device

James Device

Katherine Hewitt

Alice Nutter

John & jane Bulcock.

Are any of you here?

Now the 1 thing that we have all been discussing

over the last couple of days guys is

the sheer amount of

historical accounts of animals

elementals almost you know the devil.

dare I say it,I hate using this word but demonic presences using

animals and speak.

Woah!

Did you hear something then?

No what the **** was that?

Beck can you move for me.

Ok thats debunked straight away.

Some of your IR light was interacting with mine.

causing a strange light anomaly on my screen thats debunked.

Woah!

Woah!

Hows the EMF levels Rox?

It's fluxating between 0.0 and 0.2 at the moment, nothing too high at the moment.

Thats about normal for an area like this.

It does feel really eerie out here.

That was like whispering in the woods you know with the wind?

As it's blowing.

Tell me about Lancaster.

What does that word mean to you?

Please I ask that you come into our space.

If you can hear our voices.

If you can see us.

If our light, our energy attracts you.

and summons you to come forward.

Then come into this space please I ask you now, come into this space.

Use your voice, say what is you need to say to us.

We are here to talk to you respectfully and find out your story.

If there are any entities, any presences here.

Were you wrongly accused?

We are conducting the Esthes method next to lower black moss reservoir

where a 17th century cottage was uncovered in 2011

and is believed to be one of the possible sites of malkin tower.

10 minutes have passed and nothing has happened.

We have been here about 10 minutes now and nothing

is coming through the SB7, Emma hasn't said anything.

To be honest right now it feels very calm.

It's just very, very windy and wild out here.

We are right at the very foot of pendle hill itself.

That was like a mans voice clearing his throat.

If theres a man here can you come and speak to us please?

Are you one of the accused?

Are you John Bulcock?

Speak your name sir.

Charlie ask if he's trying to speak.

If you're trying to speak to us sir, speak clearly please.

This lady in front of me can here you, speak to her.

Tell her your stroy, tell her what is you want to say.

Did you get any spikes on that when that came through?

No spikes, it's staying at 0.2 now so...

Come closer please sir, come and speak us.

Can you say something clearly for us, speak clearly.

Sir?

If there is a man here,

speak with us now.

Tell us who you are.

Come closer to us and speak with us.

Can you tell us your name sir?

A further half an hour passes by and nothing

further has come through the spirit box

and so Charlie takes over as the vessel to see if this change makes the difference.

Ok so...

Em you weren't getting much at all really, you

said that you heard a man almost clear his throat?

Yeah.

erm... we have changed now to see if

any possible entity, any presence would rather come forward and communicate with

one of us male investigators.

It is really, really wild out here.

I know, theres noises up here.

I heard that behind you.

Behind you Dan.

I keep looking behind me as well you know when you feel as if someones behind ya.

Man's voice, why.

Ok thats weird.

Yeah.

Now that I think could have been a branch falling.

Thats easily debunked but straight away...

Why what sir?

Can you tell us your name?

And why you're still here?

What is your name sir?

What is your purpose here?

Please use your voice, use this man to talk through.

Speak through him.

What the hell was that?

What?

I dunno whether that was like something in the distance but I heard like a very feint

I keep hearing whispering but I think it's the wind and it's playing...

Do you know like tricks on your mind as it's blowing.

Swear I heard like a female

Kinda like moany voice.

But it could have easily been something else in the distance like a

car or something.

Why you remain here sir?

Are you able to tell us your name?

Let us see you.

Where do you want us to go?

******* hell.

It's like weird frequency noises.

Right thats the second tome we've heard a noise and then somethings come through.

Is that you sir?

0.4 thats the first time its fluxated.

Serious?

Are you trying to get our attention?

It's 0.4 again.

Tell us where you are.

Tell us where to go, where shall we go? We need help.

we need you to help us, where shall we go?

Should we remain here?

Or should we goto Barley or Newchurch?

Should we go to Roughlee or Downham?

Tell us what you want from us please?

Does anyone else feel like, this place...

Just, i feel like I can hear loads of voices, literally all around.

Emma, my god what the hell?

Womans voice, help.

I can literally hear like,

almost like you know when you pass a carnival and you can hear

loads of voices, thats all I can hear in both my ears all around me.

Emma, I swear to god just before you said that, just

as you opened your mouth I heard something behind you.

again, it could have been branches dropping or anything.

Why do you need help madam?

How can we help?

Who are you? What is your name?

I can hear it again.

Like dead clear.

Voices in the atmosphere.

I heard that before I swear to god.

Like a woman moaning.

This is like loads of voices, like...

loads of different voices.

Carrying on the wind.

Whispers through the trees, like they say, trees whisper.

Yeah.

Madam who are you?

That was the wind o the trees.

I think the branches cracking are the wind.

Yeah.

You're right.

Because it's happening too frequently.

I'm picking up a car in the distance.

yeah you can clearly hear that.

Can you tell me what was uncovered here? Who's house was this?

I heard, did you hear like a chink?

I heard like a chink of metal.

Where?

Behind you.

Behind me?

Yeah like coming from behind you.

I'm not sure if that was a woman or like a child saying no.

No? No what?

What do you mean no?

Was this your home?

Did this house that used to stand here hold secrets?

0.5 then.

0.5?

Thats still not ridiculously high no.

Nothing further happens for the next 25 minutes, a number

of the team claimed to have heard voices in the distance,

and with multiple hits on the SB7 spirit box, was Charlie

hearing these voices clearly through the white noise?

It was certainly a very interesting session although we

do not believe we captured any intelligent communication.

But could we have experienced a small taste of

the residual energy that surrounds pendle hill?

The distant voices some of us heard, could not be explained

as we were miles from any public areas that could produce these noises

and at around 12:30am it was very unlikely that this was people.

We decided to call it a night and head back to the hotel.

Ok, so day 2.

We have been to where they uncovered the cottage.

back in the early 2000's and we did the Esthes method.

which I had the headphones on.

and the blindfold on, erm....

Nothing much really came through.

It was quite quiet so we swapped it over,

and then Charlie had the headphones on.

and he was listening and he picked up a mans and womans voice.

and it was really strange, when I took the headphones off,

You could hear voices all around you.

it was windy but it was almost like,

the voices were travelling with the wind.

and there was all sorts of different voices.

and it was almost like giving you a bit of anxiety because,

you couldn't work out where they were coming from or

who they were but it was almost busy.

like if you were to walk down the road.

then you'd find a carnival, that type of busy.

Interesting, strange feeling really yeah, I didn't know really what to make of that.

Ok so we're back from night 2

we've been out to the place where Simon took us which is supposedly one of the

spots that could be considered to be malkin

tower, the place near the reservoir erm...

Not a lot of activity and certainly not

stuff that you can deem to be paranormal yet,

erm... a few weird noises, some weird feelings.

Erm... Emma and Charlie did the Esthes method.

and there was some weird things that came over I think that

Emma had like a man clearing his voice or clearing his throat.

Charlie had a few voices, a few words come through.

Erm... but nothing that was shedding any light on anything.

Erm... it's only the start of the journey really, theres still a

lot yet to do and got a lot over the next couple of days coming up.

Erm...

Yeah and I don't really know what to expect.

Got some really, really interesting places to go and

investigate and it's all kinda centred in one place.

like the sort of epicentre all around Barley and newchurch and...

It's funny because you're mixing lots and lots of different accounts

of what went on, lots of historical facts and

you're trying to wade your way through everything.

and trying to pluck out what you think has got the most weight to it.

and what genuinley feels like it could be a real lead on stuff.

Erm... weird sounds yeah, there were weird sounds

and it sounded like a lot of whispering but

but can you put that down to

I think its the atmosphere and the wind.

and your imagination to a certain degree as well.

yeah so, it's getting late now so...

I think the only thing that shocked me was having male

voices through because you get in your head witches

and when you're just thinking witches you don't realise,

You think female when you think witches I don't know why thats just my point of view

It could just be though because you expect to hear females and its all

females you forget that theres other things that might haunt the woods.

Yeah that doesn't necessarily mean its witches.

Pendle it could be anything.

People that used to live on the land anything like

that but yeah it's bit of a weird one tonight.

I'm looking forward to what else,

hopefully we get permission to film at that

the barn tomorrow, hopefully we get permission to do that.

That sounds really good.

I think thats quite interesting because like you

said there was quite a few interesting points

I think thats more up or street, it's like... not up our street but stuff we've

dealt with before satanic rituals but it's still used so it could go 1 of 2 ways.

Yeah so, I think we're best off getting our heads down

and get some sleep and see what tomorrow brings us yeah?

Yeah.

Goodnight

So I've just got in from doing the Esthes method by the

cottage that they uncovered.

Not much to report really it was a bit of a weird start,

we've had an amazing day today with Simon Entwistle.

Some of the things that we have learnt have been incredible.

So we were really eager to get out tonight and make a start.

Being at the very foot of pendle and

doing an Esthes method I thought this could go

1 of 2 ways it could be either really, really

silent or we could get loads coming through but

it's kind of a bit inbetween almost.

There was definitely some weird things coming through,

Charlie & Emma both heard stuff coming through

it was quite atmospheric up there but to be honest nothing to report so

Gonna get some sleep now, get up in the morning and I'm really eager to get

on the phone to HQ and see if they can set us

up at this barn that Rox has found out about.

I mean Charlie, Rox & Emma have all found out some really amazing stuff

from the locals so I want to mix that with what Simon's told us today

whats in Thomas Potts book and what the research team are telling us.

But I'd really like to hit this barn tomorrow

and get this journey started properly.

Our journey into one of the most mysterious and haunted

locations in the country had well and truly began.

But what would the week ahead have in store for us? Could

we really find evidence of what truly happened here in 1612?

Or were we about to debunk the thousands of

eye witness accounts? Only time would tell.

Next time on the haunted hunts.

Ok guys this is where the journey really begins tonight.

My god.

Did you just ******* hear that?

That came from upstairs.

Ok guys we are about to hit our first proper location.

Curse!

No?

What did that say?

Curse.