The Mediator was Eoghan Arnold but we found that due to others being frustrated at not having anything happen straight away they all decided to throw questions left right and center. It was a confused and unorganized session in which Eoghan and I will rectify in the next Monte Cristo conference of 2000. We had too many people present and too many interferences. The only spirits that came through (and with great difficulty) were a relative of Eoghan's and a daughter of one of the other members of the Ryan family. The young child appeared to be unable to communicate properly and the confusion started there.
Above Left: Eoghan sets up the seance before everyone arrives - it seems someone is already posessed......or bored
We were informed by one of the other clairvoyants in the group that the Crawley's were looking in on us along with other spirits - they did not seem upset - just curious like the rest of the people sitting around jam-packed in the room. After trying for quite a while we all gave up and ended the seance.
Everyone was tired so we all retreated downstairs for coffee and tea.
Afterwards as the night drew closer to the witching hour of midnight Mark, Mike, Mandy, Eoghan and myself ventured out into the cold to investigate the so called "evil" coach houses and stables at the back of the property.
Left: The writing on the wall "Die Jack Ha, Ha" - This photo has been slightly enhanced so you can see the writing more clearly
The Caretakers Shed has a sad history, a retarded man by the name of Harold Steele was chained up there for forty years and abandoned there for days when his mother passed away (read more in the "more ghostly encounters section"). The round hole in the wall in the left hand side of the door that was worn there by his chain is still visible.
Eoghan Arnold and Mike Lambert were to experience a green glow on the roof and the feel of an evil presence later on in the night when investigating this shed by themselves (more later).
The back sheds, coach houses and stables had quite often given many clairvoyants a distinct feeling of "evil" and we were curious to see what Mike found. He did not know of most of the ghost stories or history of the homestead and upon entering the shed where the young man was burnt he had a strong feeling of something being there. Eoghan could smell something burning and could sense a presence there also.
The rest of us entered the shed but couldn't feel anything in particular - the EMF readings were all over the place but we feel that Mike wasn't holding the EMF meter still enough and was jiggling it round causing this reaction. Everyone took plenty of photos but unfortunately did not capture anything on film. Mike commented on how it was chilly, especially around his legs and feet and how he could "feel" something down low. We all stepped back (quite a distance) from this stable so as to give Mike some space and see what he could get from it. He definitly felt a presence of a man or a boy in that stable.
Above Right: Mike Lambert investigates one of the sheds where a young man was burnt to death - he said he got an extremely strong feeling from the floor behind him
We all ventured up to the shed where the retarded man Harold Steele was chained up inside for forty or so years. This shed has spooked many a clairvoyant and is considered a very evil place. Mike Lambert and Eoghan Arnold did not get a good feeling from this shed and wished to be out of it.
We took more photos, some EMF readings (nothing abnormal) and left the building as none of us felt at ease inside it.
Mike and Eoghan returned later on that night by themselves to investigate it further. They both had a frightening experience with an extremely sinister entity that was manifesting itself in the room. They both witnessed a green glow above them on the roof and both were so unnerved by the experience that they exited the shed immediately.
Now we braced ourselves to enter the dark and forbidding Coach House, aside from the Drawing Room this proved to be one of the most haunted areas of Monte Cristo.
Right: Mike and Eoghan investigate the shed - Note: the bright mark on the back shelf is only a torch light. You will see this in many photos as we were photographing in complete darkness and had to shine a torch light to be able to focus the camera.
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The seance in the Drawing Room that we had all agreed to was the next thing we were committed to do. I admit that our Seance was very unsuccessful - we made a few fatal errors and next time we will be more prepared for it and take better control.
The wind had come up and it was now freezing outside. The back houses included a Caretakers Shed where a lad from the township had gone mad and shot the caretaker of Monte Cristo after seeing Psycho 3 times. He wrote the words "Die Jack Ha Ha" on the caretakers shed.
We found Mike Lambert to be highly sensitive to spirits and as he said himself started to really "awaken" to the house once he was able to explore it quitely at night. We all ventured down to the stables where a young man had been burnt alive in his straw bed. 
The shed where Harold Steele was chained up for forty or so years - and the caretaker was shot dead
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