Paranormal Sleepover - Peet's perspective

After a full 24 hours to recover, it's time to recap some of the experiences we had on Saturday night/Sunday morning, and to individually recognise our absolutely brilliant crew.  Each crew member will tell of their own experiences – I’ll talk about what happened in my team.

During our initial walkthrough, to familiarise our guests with all of the buildings, we were very obviously “shushed”.  We were walking down the stairs of C Block, nearly at the end of the tour, and everyone was talking amongst themselves, making their way out of the building.  As Nic and I reached the last few stairs, we heard it, very loudly.  It was so loud that it was over the top of everyone elses conversation.  We were not the only ones to hear it, many of the guests also heard it.  At first we all assumed it was one of us who had made the sound.  But nobody fessed up, and really, it makes no sense – except in the sense that nobody who visits a hospital, at that time of night, would be as noisy as we were.  Throughout the night many other people were also ‘shushed’ at various times.  It seemed to be the theme of the evening.

Adam and I (Peet) led a team together, and started off in one of the rooms on the first floor of B Block (the oldest building).  This was once a hospital ward, and I basically sat back and let Adam take control… and control is what happened.  After sitting in the room for a while, Adam came up to me and told me that “We should learn to show some respect”.  He said it in a way which was not to be argued with.  We were not being disrespectful in anyway, but something told Adam to say that to me.  After that, it all started happening! One of the people in our group could see a lady, dressed as a ‘Matron’ at the back of the room.  She was watching us and was not at all happy that we were there.  Another guest saw the shadow of a person moving on the wall – when we were all still.  There was very obvious tappings on the windows, tables, EMF equipment randomly going ‘off’ without any explanation etc.

Our next group vigil was in the dungeon (du du duuuuuuuuuuuuuun).  Three of our guests went into the individual cells for lone vigils, another went into the officers mess, and Adam, Ryan and I went into the morgue.  As we were sitting there, we heard a diabolical laugh coming from one of the cells.  Imagine the kind of laugh a cartoon villain makes – it was a real “mwahahahahaha” kind of affair.  We didn’t go and investigate, thinking perhaps one of our guests made the sound on purpose, but it kept us on edge, listening even more intently.  About 2 minutes later, we heard loud banging coming from one of the cells.  We raced out, and as we got closer to the second cell, the banging increased.  It took the combined strength of Adam and Ryan to open the door.  Our guest inside raced out of the cell, and we took him outside to calm him down.  He felt like someone was in the cell with him.  Without meaning to, it was he who did the diabolical laugh.  Next thing he knew, he just had to get out, but could not seem to open the door – it wouldn’t budge for him.  Just as it initially would not budge for both Adam and Ryan when they were trying to push it.  All very strange.

Sascha led a team for the first time, and really stepped up to the challenge – with Glen’s assistance.  She was in charge of those who wished to investigate using their senses and intuition.  She will tell what happened to her team in her own words.

Nic and Darrin also had all kinds of wonderful experiences in the areas they took their team to.  More to come :D

Glen soldiered on and looked after the lone vigils in the dungeon.  It was a long night for Glen, he had worked all day during the day, then had to run home to the Blue Mountains to pack his gear before driving back to Liverpool.  Good on ya Glenda!  There were some great experiences in the dungeon, from people being touched, doors banging, being told to be quiet etc.

So once again, the old Liverpool Convict Hospital/Army Barracks/State Asylum lived up to its haunted reputation, and we’d like to thank every guest who joined us for this fabulous night.


- Peet, Lead of APPI

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