GHOST WALKS, Overnight Ghost Hunts, Haunted Pub Tours, Ghost Hunting Courses, Mediumship Agancy and much more

So do you fancy something totally different, having a good time and meeting some new people!

Then join Cap’n Jack on Newcastle’s SINGLES haunted pub crawl with a twist!!

This is not like a normal pub crawl; we have some guaranteed pulling techniques that will definitely see you on a 2nd date!

Rule 1- You must be aged 18 – 40

Rule 2 – All singles need to be in pirates, wench, cut throat or parrot costume, become that inner pirate, the attractions in the mystery, ARRR!

Rule 3 – you must be up for a good time and up for a good drink or at least a side splitting laugh and the odd snog!

Rule 4 – beer goggles won’t be provided so you get what you see!

Join in on our outrages games and get up close and personal with some random strangers all in good fun! You will be guided to 5 pubs with Cap'n Jack as your guide where the ice will be broken bit by bit and every crew member on this voyage will benefit from one hell of a night of drinking, dares and comedy mixed with one or two haunting tales. You will finally arrive at your final bar to where you can remove some of your pirate clothing and reveal the true you and find yourself a quiet corner for whatever tickles ye fancy!!

Date: Saturday 21st August 2010

Take part in our crazy drinking games or relax and enjoy

Costume guided tours at all times

WARNING: they may be some use use of foul language and references to sexuality

PRICES PER PERSON (2010)

R.R.P £15 per person NOW only £10 per person for a limited time only!

CLICK HERE to buy your lucky ticket

STRICTLY NO PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE

Proof of ID may be required if. If proof ID is not provided you will NOT be permitted to attend the event. This is in conjunction with our Public Liability Insurance Terms & Conditions.

Alone in the Dark Entertainment Launch in the Southwest of England

Award winning entertainment company Alone in the Dark Entertainment have now launched in to the Southwest of England to bring you the best in NEW locations some never before investigated by the public along with NEW evening investigations, New Ghost Walks and much, much more..

Steve Taylor the owner of Alone in the Dark Entertainment was first introduced to paranormal entertainment (meaning a ghost hunt with the general public) in the summer of 2006. Steve was working as a surf instructor in Newquay Cornwall. He was asked by a friend of his about ghost's in Newquay and Steve painted a grim and ghostly picture of Cornish history. The friend mentioned and asked about ghost walks and asked if Steve would take her and 23 other friends on a guided tour. So Steve did and this became the start of Alone in the Dark Entertainment. It moved with Steve as he has always been a care free soul that has travelled the old lands of England. His journey took him to Newcastle to where his first guided ghost walk was born and this led the company to become one of the best paranormal entertainment groups for the public till this date!

But now we are back home! We a proud to introduce Heidi Lang as our Southwest Team Leader and events management with her unparalleled knowledge of the Southwest and its most haunted locations and need for your satisfaction and quality. We will only ever work with the best, true of heart and soul to give you an event like now other!

So join our Haunted Southwest Team on overnight ghost hunts, guided ghost walks, haunted pub tours, evening investigations, 3 course meals with clairvoyant mediums and much, much more.

Join the Haunted Southwest Team on there first public Investiagation for only £19.99 deposit at  Bodmin Jail as seen on Most Haunted, click here for more info

All in the Southwest of Old England.

Visit the Southwest Teams Website www.ghosthuntsouthwest.webs.com

New for 2010 From the EXTREME success of Newcastle's City Centre Historical Extreme Ghost Walk we are now brining you an even more intense Ghost Walk with the full use of NEW paranormal tools in the oldest part of Newcastle, on a site of Witchcraft, worship and many a suicide and murder along with mythical beast’s and vampires...

Jesmond Dean Extreme Ghost Walk was created in 2009 by Steve Taylor after a member of the public came to Ghost Hunter Team UK research team after having an extreme experience in the park late one evening while walking his dog.

What he witnessed people could not believe!

What he seen was impossible!

What he heard was so intense that he broke down and now questions life!

He and his dog were so scared and shaken by the experience he refuses to ever walk in the Dean at night ever again!

For his peace of mind we had to investigate it.

What we found confirmed The Jesmond Dean Haunting.....

In 2009 we underwent 7 full investigations into the Haunting of Jesmond Dean and the results where phenomenal, from the team witnessing monks to a phantom woman hitching for a ride to guttural growls ringing in our ears!!!

But if you want to know more about what really happend then please come with us if you dare....

NEW DATES FOR 2010 COMING SOON

Please note the following conditions before booking:

This is an EXTREME GHOST WALK and only people of a fit mind and body should undertake such an intense tour. These tours are like no other in the UK and can mentally affect you.

This tour is not suitable for people with physical health issues or under 16s. There is use of bad language and references of sexual distressing nature. We ask that any sceptics that totally disbelieve stay away due to these types of people been attacked. You must keep together at all times unless stated by the investigator. You must wear the correct clothing, flat shoes and no evening wear. The place you will be walking will be on uneven ground with loos ground and wet leaf and soil If you have attended the tour and have any issues after the tour, with physical markings or any other issues we will offer you free counselling available 24 hours a day. This tour lasts for approx 2 hours 30 minutes. This tour is out doors. No groups larger than 20 people for health and safety and your own enjoyment. £8 per person - pay £3 deposit (non re-fundable) via PayPal and £5 on the night of the event. Due to this event being run out doors, sometimes the weather does not permit as we use electrical equipment. Please ensure you add your contact number when checking out in PayPal in the event we need to contact you. We also have full Insurance in case something does go wrong, remember to always book with qualified groups with the right paper work.

Next dates for the Extreme Ghost Tours available soon in 2010 Prices from £6 per person

Visit our Blogspot at http://aloneinthedarkentertainment.blogspot.com/

Check out this amazing interview with Steve Taylor from Alone in the dark ent and G.H.T.UK.. Click here 

I don’t believe in ghosts

30.Oct.09 | Posted in Features by Stephen Noble

A tour of the Castle Keep by Alone in the Dark Entertainment. All Photos by Stephen Noble

I don’t believe in ghosts. The annoying contradiction is I am very, very easily frightened, and old ghost stories run through my head as vividly and as violently as they did when they first petrified me, and as someone who can’t stand to watch any horror film it’s with unfamiliar and quivering feet I find myself on a ghost hunt.

Twilight is fading fast, and outside the Castle Keep the fifth scariest ghost hunt in the country starts, with ghost hunter Steve Taylor spinning tales of personal exploits and spiritual encounters.

We get to the meat of the story; a security guard with 14 loyal years at the Keep has been left beaten and broken by a monk’s residual ’energy presence’, as Steve puts it.

The actions and giddiness in Steve’s story telling brings the tale alive, and the feelings and emotion of ghost hunting actually have a physical effect; I’m rattled and feel both nauseous and nervous.

When we arrive at the eerie end, the climax isn’t quite delivered. Two men, dominated by an unhealthy Hell’s Angels love affair, rip through my comfort levels as they fire up the hogs - surely the largest to be found, with their amplified, shivering growl - directly behind me and my heart was now excessive in its drumming.

The heart twinges eventually end, and euphorically a nervous belly laugh rises outwards and the entertainment side begins. The adrenaline-shakes were complimented with intense, if fleeting, fear, and although the loyal security guard may have never returned, I still don’t believe in ghosts.

“It’s not for everybody,” Steve Taylor assured. He’s the man behind Alone in the Dark Entertainment, the business that evolved around spirits, witches and distress.

“ We’ve had people come in here and not even lasted a night never to come back because of sever nightmares and intense fear, so you have to have the right mindset to go out and do this.

You put yourself in locations where people have been murdered, you’re not out there looking for your great Aunt Marble who’s coming through to tell you about her kidney pain, these are the people you don’t want to find. ”

Steve stumbled into selling mystical products in 2001, no doubt gaining the eye for traditional craft and facts from his past. He said:

“ It really came to light while I was living in Essex with a partner who was a witch. She practiced witchcraft, not white or black; she was just a witch. While I was with her she introduced me to a lot of people and I noticed there was a market, along with a hobby, which I found interesting, and that was making witchcraft tools.

A wand with Scroll by S.Taylor and S Costello for company HandCraft:

So I started what I called my sticks and stones business, I would hunt through the forest for hazel wood and I would tie on pieces of crystal and quartz to make traditional wands which are used for opening and casting circles.

I went around a few shops and they were gob-smacked with them. What I learnt very early on is that attention to detail is key; it’s what you produce to people that keeps them interested. ”

The hobby proved lucrative, but Steve outgrew the idea. He took the cash and moved to Newquay to establish himself in a more youthful market, in an old coastal town unfortunate sailors’ deaths are soaked into the history, and ghost tales are galore.

“ I was working as a surf instructor. I was just chatting to a group of girls I was teaching and one asked if I knew any ghost stories. I told them all the local stories; about ancient smugglers and mystery lights and the girls asked if I would take them around to some of the locations I was talking about, I said no bother.

The only thing is they turned up with about 45 people. She said she would pay me £3.50 a head, so I carried the tours on through the whole summer and ended up earning a mint. ”

Above Steve Taylor hearing things going bump in the night:

Under the name of Alone in the Dark Entertainment Steve set up his ghost tour company, and, like every good story, the love of a girl, his fiancé Jill, saw him relocate to Gateshead where the lure of the old Castle Keep was too much of an opportunity to miss.

“ When I was up here I saw a gap, there’s this great big castle with no ghost tours. There were history tours, but they were focused on old people, there was nothing here for the young people that Newquay thrives on.

I moved the company up here three years ago. The first night was a Halloween opening and we had about sixty people turn up, which isn’t great, but bear in mind we had no help from the council, or from tourist information or anyone.

By November I was getting 20 to 30 people a day for the ghost tours. I did some advertising, and I used to work for an insurance company as a salesman, totally different world!

I used their methods of cold calling businesses explaining what we can offer, like workdays out, and built up a pub ghost tour for hen’s and stag’s parties.

The second Halloween we had over 900 people coming along on one ghost walk. This year we’ve done deals with the councils where we can have special effects characters with lights and smoke, similar to a London Dungeon experience. We’re using more modern technology with PA systems and special effects so people can sit back and just say ‘wow’.

Some people said it would never work, but three years later we fill almost every tour and the pub tour has a four month waiting list so we did really well out of our effort.

” The company is now split into two sections. The tours are the bread and butter of the income, getting people along and entertaining is in the company’s name, but where Steve’s expertise and beliefs come into fruition is through his role as Chief Paranormal Investigator for Ghost Hunters Team UK, a group with keen curiosity with differing levels of inclination to the specter world.

His second in command, Trevor, is a skeptic. Having a non-believer in a ghost hunting team is surely an oxymoron, and slightly counter productive?

“ It’s 100% important to acknowledge other viewpoints. To be honest with you, out of about 100 cases we investigate as a paranormal research team, 98 will be explained. It’s the other two that can’t be explained that keep you at it.

I make sure that not all our team are believers. There are teams out there that are complete skeptics, and some that are all believers, and that is the wrong thing to do - it’s something that no one can prove or disprove, just except that something unexplained happened and it is what it is. I’m open-minded. ”

Steve is a Pagan. Relaxed and comfortable in his beliefs and adamant that his thoughts are his alone, not to be pushed onto anyone else, whether through his paranormal investigations, or his Entertainment business.

“ My mum was very spiritual, a strong believer and traditionally Cornish if you like, she believed in ghosts and I was brought up around ghosts and superstition. The house I grew up in was extremely haunted, I saw a lot of stuff happening from a young age, and I mean really intense stuff.

Some things you can’t explain. This one time when we came downstairs in the morning we found giant foot prints up across the wall and along the roof, kind of like soot or coal, and my dad has size 11 feet and these were much bigger than it, there was no one in the house and it just became one of these mythical things. ”

As an industry, ghost hunting is thriving, reaching its peak after the turn of the millennium when new age religion saw rising interest, claims Steve. The after effect is a loud voice of critics and non-believers. The rise of mediums and spiritualists has brought popularity and exposure, along with ridicule and calls of con-artists. Steve now wants to flex his own philosophies into a unifying body that paranormal entertainers will have to answer to.

“ There’s no ruling over the paranormal industry, basically it’s a rogue pirate industry if you like. Because of that we’re setting up the BPE, which is the Board of Paranormal Entertainment. I’m the chair and what we’re trying to do is get archeologists and research teams, as well as haunted locations like the Castle Keep to come together.

The reason being is we have a lot of people out there being ripped off, we need to be governed and we need to have a set of basic standards. We don’t want people to say ‘yes, this place is definitely haunted’. We’d prefer I if you come out to say this building has unexplained activities that are worth investigating.

We want to make it where people can’t lie, or use fakery. That’s a place that has to be investigated; it’s something the BPE sees as very important. It protects the customers and the businesses, and gives them both equal rights.

What we’d like to see is if you use a medium, by law you have to say you’re in entertainment. You’re either entertainment or research, simple as. ”

The business is booming, Newcastle is a fairly uncompetitive market, especially for someone with so much passion and knowledge of history that Steve has. He even hopes to retire by 35, all from ghosts.

“ We take hardened skeptics that don’t believe in it and we put them in locations, and whether it be psychological or not, we’ve made people think, and we have a guest book full of people saying ‘I came along as a complete skeptic and I can’t believe what happened’.

These people are seeing these things, and it can be life changing for a lot of people, so it’s turning a business into a life changing experience. It’s very rewarding that side of it.

That’s pretty much what we are in effect, we’re modern day hippies in the forefront of business. ”

The Kid's Halloween Ghost Walk and day at the Castle Keep 2009

So what a Halloween we had here in Creepy old England.

The kid’s ghost walk and visit the wizard was amazing children were scared to death and plenty of teeth rotting candy treat where given out.

There were some amazing pumpkins carved by our Professional pumpkin carving team and some fantastic face paint by our resident ghoul Vicky the Wickedest witch of paint. 

The Ghost Pirate Edward Robinson as always made a big impression upon the young minds of the terrifying boils and ghouls. He was shackled to the castle walls in the dark dungeon and broke free to take the wee kid’s on a tour fright and delight around the very spooky castle keep.

Then it was time for the children to visit the wizard of terror in his dark old lire with full smoke FX and creepy lighting the kids loved it. Many a child had to reach in the creepy cauldron next to the scary sculls to dig for extra candy treats; there were platters of body parts with candy as a side dressing for all.

The parents even came in costume with pre carved pumpkins and what a time we all had.

Thanks to all who came and made this a Halloween one to remember and thanks to the Castle Keep and all our amazing staff for this amazing day

Steve and the A-I-T-D-Ent Team

So Alone in the dark ent, where on BBC radio Newcastle each day over Halloween week with spine chilling ghost stories and much more. You can listen again click here

Steve Taylor from G.H.T.UK was invited down to the studio by Jonathan Miles to pre record 5 ghostly tales of the North East from Chillingham Castle to Haunted Woodland in old Sunderland and of course the haunted Newcastle Blackgate and Castle Keep. In the interview Steve and Jonathan get on to the topic of Ouija boards and EMF meters along with witchcraft and the paranormal check it out on BBC iplayer and listen again.

CANCALLATIONS

Castle Keep Overnight!!! We have 4 places just come up for sale for the 31st due to illness.... email us at a-i-t-d-entertainment@hotmail.com and pay on the day!!!!! these will go fast, first come first served....

Washington old Hall, EVP: Team 2 had an amazing night in the building finding the upper level to be the most active with EVP recordings and Ouija board action, strange footsteps and the smell of lavender following us, a crying child or woman sobbing was heard loud and clear in the lower level. But the best was still to come.

While team 2, my team where in the great hall we tuck part in a table tipping exercise with a small old style stool as the table. The table started with Bob who was one of the guests asking out and getting responses after about 2-3 minutes the table was in full swing, rocking back and forth almost dancing in the room, by this time everyone had their hands about 1 inch off the table and no one was touching it with every one kneeling around it there was no feet of knees! It continued to rock and shake violently for about 1 more minuet then faded away. A shape of what looked like small boy was seen on the staircase and a dog was also herd inside the lower level just as our medium had picked up the spirit of a red setter dog.

A lady was also sighted in the garden through the upper window, but upon checking the grounds it was empty and all the staff and customers where accounted for. We had an excellent response with EVP asking out and getting clear answers recorded and also dates and names, we traced the name of Catherin Givie who was French and part of the De Hepburn family, she owned land in Scotland but was believed to have died in Scotland but according to our EVP and Ouija board tests, she gave the date she died in the house as 1355 and she has passed through consumption and her son William had laid her there to rest and never returned, William was also contacting us on the EVP and the Ouija and could not forgive himself for what he had done and found himself also trapped in the same building. The suicide of a woman was also found on the staircase, no name or date was given but upon asking out we got definite responses and a mournful cry...

Also to men fighting at the door way to the house and one ended his life with blade to the throat, this man still haunts the lower level and made his presence felt with ice cold chills and strange footsteps and the odd fake plant moving by its self..

BUT this location has so much more to offer, we have so many questions still unused, so join us in our 2nd night at Washington old hall on the 7th Nov, 2009 for a night never to forget

Alone in the Dark Entertainment have kindly been asked if us along with you guys would like to take part in the Movie premier and a paranormal discussion....

ADVANCE PREVIEW / REGIONAL PREMIERE

The Men Who Stare at Goats (15TBC)

with Special Guests, including screenwriter Peter Straughan

Tuesday 3rd November, (8pm TBC)

'To celebrate the regional premiere of The Men Who Stare At Goats, Northern Lights Festival and Tyneside Cinema are inviting everyone with an interest in George Clooney, or the paranormal to join us for the screening and event exploring the paranormal world'.

Be the first in the North East to see an exclusive preview of the new George Clooney film The Men Who Stare at Goats, and welcome as our very special guest the film?s screenwriter Peter Straughan. Peter Straughan is fast becoming one of the hottest screenwriting talents in the world, not bad for a lad from Gateshead. As well as his numerous screen credits he has also enjoyed huge success as a writer for the stage at Newcastle?'s Live Theatre.

Join us for our pre-screening introduction with Peter, Luke Alkin, Head of Drama at Big Talk productions to discuss adapting Jon Ronson?s book and Peter?s journey from Gateshead to Hollywood. Hosted by Ian Fenton, Director of North East script conference Story Engine.

share your thoughts with Peter after the show and help us create a lively discussion about the paranormal world that the film explores.

Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 concessions.

For more information visit http://www.tynecine.org/

Lisa Laws

Northern Lights Programme Producer

lisa@nlff.co.uk

www.nlff.co.uk

Kids Ghost Tours

Kids ghost tours with pumpkin carving, face painting, FREE candy, spooky ghost walk with our dead pirate Edward Robinson and a visit to the dark wizard will make every kids Halloween complete.

All this inside a real haunted castle with full costume guides and plenty for the kids to do.

So book now as tickets are selling fast

Halloween Day Time Spook Tours for boils and Ghouls

Saturday 31st October 2009

Come along to the enchanted Castle Keep and spend time in the haunted Dungeon hearing the harrowing tales of Edward Robinson the ghost pirate of Newcastle's haunted pub tour, as the pirate himself will be shackled to the dungeon wall as we have yanked him away from his beer swilling ladies of the night, his storeys will leave you terrified. But if any brave boys or girls would dare challenge the pirate, he may take you on a walk through time on a small ghost walk inside the haunted castle to see if we can find any other ghosts AND ONE DARK WIZARD....

The Tour includes a bag or Coffin full of teeth rotting treats, but you must venture into the prison then into the wizards cave to meet and greet the dark wizard, spend time in the lire and ask about his dark magic if you dare. You can put your scaly little hands into the wizards smoking cauldron and grab a hand full candy! But be quick and make your escape or he may send his goblins after you...

What’s included?

Entry into the Castle Keep

A trip to see the wizard

A box or bag of candy trick-o-treats

A small ghost walk aroud the Castle Keep with the Pirte Edward Robinson

Story Telling in full costume guige

Halloween crafts and mask making

Face painiting from £1.50

Pumpkins available to buy at £3 per pumpkin

Pumpkin carving also available only £2

Face Painting - if your child would like face painting please book in advance due to high demand. We cannot guarentee without a booking. Prices : Full face £4 / Half face £2.50 / Cheek £1.50

Pumpkins - if you would like to buy your pumpkin on the day please call to pre-book your pumpkin. Only £3. Carving is an additional £2

CALL 0191 4400078 or email to book your face painting & pumpkins