ParanormalNZ at The Pumphouse Theatre: Dec 23rd 2023

Bob Bain

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Jan 10, 2024, 3:19:47 AM1/10/24

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Two days before Xmas, Sam and Mark from Paranormal NZ, (formerly
Haunted Auckland) took a couple of friends out to investigate whilst
they were over here for Christmas with family.

It was a great, fun session.

We took Martyn and Stephanie (Kiwis now living in the U.S.) from
California-based team, Golden State Paranormal to one of our ongoing
research locations, The PumpHouse Theatre.

A quiet night, but we did have a couple of interesting moments.
We decided to film an interview before the investigation to get a
little insight into how they got together and have them share a few
experiences and opinions.

Always great chatting with other paranormalists!

Blobb79++++

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Bob Bain

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Jan 11, 2024, 3:35:03 AM1/11/24

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On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:19:33 +1100, I <++@tpg.com.au> wrote:

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPgOERL0PA
>
>
> 181 views Jan 6, 2024
>
> Two days before Xmas, Sam and Mark from Paranormal NZ, (formerly
>Haunted Auckland) took a couple of friends out to investigate whilst
>they were over here for Christmas with family.
>
>It was a great, fun session.
>
> We took Martyn and Stephanie (Kiwis now living in the U.S.) from
>California-based team, Golden State Paranormal to one of our ongoing
>research locations, The PumpHouse Theatre.

https://pumphouse.co.nz/about/our-ghost/

Every good theatre has their own resident “ghostly presence” and The
PumpHouse is no exception.

Many people have reporting a feeling of being watched, missing props
(only to have them return a few minutes later) and the flash of
someone watching from the Stage Right wings.

Most people think its a friendly visit from Peg Escott.

Cicely Margaret (Peg) Escott was born in Eltham London in 1908 just
two years after The PumpHouse began it’s first life as a water pumping
station. Her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1926, but Peg returned
to England in the thirties.

There she worked as a lift girl at the Times Book Club and wrote and
published three novels Insolence of Office(1934), Awake at Noon(1935),
both under the pseudonym C.M Allen, and Showdown(1936) (which was
published in America under the title I Told My Love) which was set
here in New Zealand.

The success of this third book enabled her to return to NZ where had
various jobs such as teaching drama first at Epsom Girls Grammar and
then at the Department of Adult Education.

She became well known in local theatrical circles as an adjudicator
at Drama Festivals and as a producer for local amateur societies. She
also broadcast for some years as a member of the 1YC Critic’s panel on
radio.

It was the love of the dramatic arts coupled with a ‘indefatigable
tenacity’ that led her to be involved with and eventually succeeding
in the saving of the PumpHouse building and its re birth as a theatre.
She was a founding member of the trust board.

People who knew her describe her as ‘a battler’ – a ‘humble person’
who won the love and respect of many, who sadly were afraid to tell
her to her face.

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According to well-known psychic medium Kelvin Cruickshank, Peg is
watching and laughing at the goings on in the theatre – and with a
sense of fun sometimes moving things which is certainly how people
remember her – witty with an attractive persona.

We are honoured that Peg chooses to keep an eye on the place which she
loved as much as we do!

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Bob Bain

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Jan 13, 2024, 4:03:14 AM1/13/24

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On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:34:50 +1100, I <++@tpg.com.au> wrote:

>According to well-known psychic medium Kelvin Cruickshank, Peg is
>watching and laughing at the goings on in the theatre – and with a
>sense of fun sometimes moving things which is certainly how people
>remember her – witty with an attractive persona.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z_3sJOr7fQ&t=2s

7,324 views May 18, 2020

To celebrate bookstores being open again, and Kelvin Cruickshank's
latest book, Listen to Spirit, being available in paperback, we're
sharing this great Q&A! A big thank you to Kelvin for taking part and
also to everyone who sent in their questions!

This all-new book draws on Kelvin's most recent work, including how
he has helped to solve high profile missing persons cases and murders,
both in New Zealand and in the USA. You can start reading an extract
here: https://bit.ly/35vK3Jj

Blobb79++