Is this theatre haunted? CCTV footage captures the spooky moment a chair moves all on its own... hours after a medium's show 

  • Chair moved mysteriously in a hall hours after a psychic show finished
  • It was recorded on Sunday at the Brookside Theatre in Romford, Essex
  • Psychic Roy Roberts says: 'Now we have direct proof of the paranormal'
  • Jai Sepple, who runs the theatre, said it was only the latest ghostly visit

By Leon Watson

Published: 05:24 EST, 29 July 2014 | Updated: 10:25 EST, 29 July 2014

Get ready to feel a ghostly shiver down your spine.

This is the haunting moment a chair was caught on CCTV apparently moving on its own in a closed theatre hours after a psychic finished his show.

It was recorded at Brookside Theatre in Romford, Essex, at around 4am on Sunday. 

Scroll down for video

Haunting: In the grainy CCTV footage of the main hall at Brookside Theatre, you can just make out a chair (ringed) mysteriously moving

Haunting: In the grainy CCTV footage of the main hall at Brookside Theatre, you can just make out a chair (ringed) mysteriously moving

Proof of the supernatural? According to Jai Sepple, who runs the volunteer-run Essex theatre, it is only the latest unexplained event to happen there

Proof of the supernatural? According to Jai Sepple, who runs the volunteer-run Essex theatre, it is only the latest unexplained event to happen there

Hours earlier the theatre, housed in a former war memorial building, was packed with people attending a show by the medium Roy Roberts. 

He told MailOnline he now believes the video could prove there's a resident ghost.

'When I saw the footage I jumped up and said, "yes, now we have direct proof!"

'I had a feeling earlier that there was the presence of something, a playful presence of a child, to one side of the room and it seems that must have been it,' he said.

'It doesn't surprise me, it's that sort of a place - it's really active - so when I heard about what had happened I was really excited.

'To me there is no way there is anyone in that theatre when the chair moves and there's no way anyone can say it is staged. I've never seen anything like this directly caught on camera, this is something that is paranormal. 

'People can't dispute that, they will try, but they can't dispute it. I am 100 per cent sure that is energy.'

Mr Roberts said he now plans to take a team of paranormal investigators to the theatre to investigate further. 

Jai Sepple, who runs the 140-seat volunteer-run theatre, told MailOnline the ghostly goings-on were not a surprise. 

Chilling: The imprint of what is believed to be a child's foot, just one of the ghostly goings-on Jai Sepple, who runs the 140-seat volunteer-run theatre, has experienced

Chilling: The imprint of what is believed to be a child's foot, just one of the ghostly goings-on Jai Sepple, who runs the 140-seat volunteer-run theatre, has experienced

Is this real? A photograph of a ghostly figure Mr Sepple says a cast member saw appear in his theatre

Is this real? A photograph of a ghostly figure Mr Sepple says a cast member saw appear in his theatre

The theatre is housed inside Romford War Memorial Social Club building

The theatre is housed inside Romford War Memorial Social Club building

Medium Roy Roberts believes the footage offers conclusive proof supernatural powers exist

Medium Roy Roberts believes the footage offers conclusive proof supernatural powers exist

The building is a former Second World War memorial and social club for senior citizens, and in the two years since it was converted into a theatre he says it's had plenty of unexplained events.

'The only reason we checked the CCTV was because we came in on Sunday morning and the chair was out of line,' he said.

'One of the last things I do when I close up is line-up all the chairs so I knew something had happened. It had clearly moved.

'There is also a table that moved but that's harder to make out. I'm quite sceptical about all this kind of thing but my wife isn't, she believes in it. 

'There have been several things that have happened in the past, noises and creeks etc, but we've got used to it.

'We've had a child's footprints in the foyer, and one cast member said he saw a strange figure once. He ran after it thinking it was a person, but the figure just disappeared and there was nowhere for it to go. He was visibly shaken after that.

'Another cast member says he was pushed into a toilet, and he's a big chap so we don't think a person could have done it. 

'Up until now though we've just kept quiet about all this, what with it being a war memorial. 

'It's quite interesting, we don't know whether to laugh or cry.

'Lots of people have been emailing in saying faked it but I can assure you I've neither the time or the knowledge to do that!'

Comments (489)

Share what you think

 View all

The comments below have not been moderated.

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

Add your comment

By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.

Who is this week's top commenter? Find out now