Bran Castle



Bran, Transylvania, Romania

High on a rocky outcrop, Dominating Bran gorge, the foundations of the castle were laid by Saxons in 1377, on the site of an earlier wooden fortification, owned by the Teutonic Knights. Bran Castle was commissioned for the people of Brasov, by King Louis the Great. Strategically positioned between the Christian west and invading Islamic Ottomans in the east; its history as a fortified trading post, is long and bloody.

Arriving at Bran, its appearance is formidable. Leaving the bustling village below, and climbing the steep path of the outcrop, a sense of excited apprehension takes hold. The setting is so pretty, but there’s no escaping the history surrounding the castle.

Yet again, the voices of those we captured are speaking in English, all but one, were male. This pattern of responses is common to previous overseas recordings, in Sri Lanka and Norway.

Whilst there were staff and a number of people in the castle, none in our area were English, and those present spoke English with a heavy Romanian accent. It would have been preferable to have been alone on site; unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.


    • If you’ve felt the tug of your clothes in the dark, when you know you’re physically alone, it can be an eerie sensation. Here, I expected nothing less and was delighted to capture evidence of my experience.

      yeah a woman touch her

  • The night before travelling to Bran, I’d mentally heard a male voice saying “we know you are coming”. I had no idea of whom it was, but his message was clear.

    And now you meet her

  • The EVP captured here is clear but puzzling. I can’t make sense of it, using the phrases common meaning; unless I literally appear as a spirit in their dimension.

    are you waiting for rachel to ghost you

  • It doesn’t surprise me, that the voice I captured in the torture room reflects the surroundings. I am never afraid of those I cannot see but I am curious; does the speaker consider I want to face the torturer?

    you will not scare the bully

  • Whilst I would not take up arms and physically fight, I will gladly assist those who ask for help, in whatever way I am able.

    Rachel's ready to serve, he said thank you