Room 10 at Toodyay Tavern had a continuous strong EMF reading which together with Room 8 has been confirmed by the publican to be rooms where guests reported unusual events and noises. One man complained after staying in the room that he felt "fingernails running across his chest" during his night stay and that no amount of alcohol consumption could produce the same sensation. The building is around 100 years old and there were no records of tragic events except for what already morphed into a local legend of some woman who was murdered by her boyfriend after being caught "in flagrante delicto" with another man. In his passion the jealous boyfriend kills her and throws her body into the well that is in the cellar underneath the Tavern.Hm... For these reasons we started our investigation in the cellar gazing deeply into the depths of the well but despite our dislike of deep wells not a hair was raised on our backs nor the EMF meter bothered to show any signs of movement. In fact the well looked romantic enough to be sitting around its rim sipping red wine by candle light batting eyelashes. After we left the place and finally caught up with the local story teller, "Gipsy" Mike, he gave us the true accounts of the story together with her name. Marie was a barmaid who worked and lived in the Tavern and after a shift she walked upstairs only to find her other half with another woman. In the fight that followed Marie was killed in the room where Room 10 is standing now.
Whether the two readings in Room 8 and Room 10 are one and the same energies we do not know without further investigation. To us it seemed different, one passive and the other stronger.
We have promised Dave the publican to return for a night so keep an eye on the follow up to this story.
