Spooked in Hitchin: A Night at the British Schools Museum

​We took part in last nights ghost hunt at the historic British Schools Museum in Hitchin. Arriving full of anticipation for what the night might hold.

At the beginning of the night, we all headed into in the main hall and classrooms. The team recorded intermittent K2 spikes and sensor activity, along with some amusing messages on the spirit talker app such as "haunting is cheaper than therapy"

With multiple areas to investigate, we broke off into smaller groups to cover as much ground as possible.​Our male group headed up to the 20–30 metre corridor on the upper floor, where we all felt an immediate, uncomfortable heavy atmosphere at one end. We set up an array of equipment, including K2 meters and motion-activated cat balls positioned at both ends and right in the middle of the hallway.​What followed was one of the most intriguing parts of the night. The cat balls at both outer ends began triggering regularly, while the center device remained completely silent. To test for equipment failure or environmental factors, we swapped the middle cat ball to an end position—only for the exact same pattern to repeat. Stamping heavily on the floorboards failed to set them off, ruling out physical vibrations. Paired with repeated "static" sensations and hair-raising chills, the energy in that corridor was unmistakable.​Moving into the Headmaster’s House, we experienced classic location phenomena. While downstairs, we heard distinct footsteps and movement coming from the floor above. Upon heading upstairs to investigate—where the air felt noticeably dense and unwelcoming—the sound of movement shifted back down to the ground floor. Splitting up (two above, two below), the heavy feeling of "you shouldn't be here" became strong enough that one of our team needed a brief breather outside. We then then went into the air raid shelter where we got no activity at all so we didn't hang around in there too long. We then came out and bumped into the teen group so decided to revisit the Headmaster’s House for the last few minutes where we all felt that same unwelcoming heavy feeling.

We got some fascinating photographs captured throughout the evening—including a striking night-shot capture through a classroom door window and an intriguing foreground shot taken by the teens' group that captured what appears to be a pair of hands resting on a desk. These photos are in the comments of Janets write up.​​It was a brilliant, atmospheric, and genuinely active evening from start to finish. Huge thanks to the event team for running such a well-organized night —we’ll definitely be looking forward to the next one!