Jana came into our collection from East Grinstead 3 years ago, when a man (*Paul) who got in contact told us that his wife , who suffered from mental illness strongly disliked it. He told us that he had gotten the doll from a boot fair as his wife collected old dolls and bears. After a little while they started noticing strange activity , things would be moved, voices were heard , and tapping sounds, this was not doing any good for his wife's mental state as she thought she was becoming ill after being stable for a long time.
The doll was wrapped tightly in clingfilm and was kept in a little suitcase in the attic , as i started to unwrap the man begged me not to unwrap her in his home but to wait til i was out of it. I was happy to take Jana of their hands. We started investigations with the doll straight away , though i was sure that she wasn't spirited - I didn't have that feeling about her. Although she lit the EMF meter up as i welcomed her and told her that i will look after her, she didn't show show any activity or signs for over 2 weeks. I was happy to keep her nethertheless, as i have many , many non spirited dolls also. But i would often have a little talk with her and she still lit the meter up. After a little while i started hearing voices of a night time of a little girl, i assumed it was one of my other spirits, but as the voice got louder i noticed this was a strange accent possibly Polish or German it sounded like 'mama'. I went into the spare room to find the doll laying face down on the bed. I decided to take her in my room I place her on my bedisde cabinet. I was awoken many times with a tapping sound and my door creaking open and shut , fell back to sleep and awoke again to see a clear mist right in front of me which felt extremely cold as it got closer to my face. Extremely tired and this was about 5am i decided to get up , but as i got out of bed i trod on something by accident - it was the doll which was lying face down on the floor... Similar activity happened over a few days ,and became more frequent and i found myself getting less sleep and felt very over tired, I could see why this caused Paul and his wife quite a bit of stress , but I didn't feel angry or annoyed but intrigued to find out about this little doll. Over a period of 8 months , we worked with the little doll, we gathered EVPs , had regular sessions , she has answered yes/ no questions through the pendulum, she has spoken through the ghost box, she has opened up to our medium friend, I have used meditation , and noted position change of the doll and surrounding objects. She has appeared as an apparition once during a seance, we were very blessed to experience. She has revealed her name as Jana, and that she was from Berlin, her age is unknown though we guess that she is around 7 or 8 years of age. She passed on in the late 19th Century. She came from a family of a mother, father and a younger brother Otto. Her language is german , and we have had to translate, though she does show clear images thorugh dreams and telepathy. Jana's family were quite well to do, though her father and mother forever argued and were not happy together. Jana's father left her mother for another woman , he had had other women before and Jana can remember seeing her father with a few behind her mother's back. On the day that her father left, her mother became very ill - she would not leave her bedroom , she stopped taking care of Jana and her brother Otto. She was cried all day and night and was not the same woman, she became deranged and acted strange. One day Jana's mother went completely crazy and out of the blue suffocated her brother Otto and with great struggle suffocated Jana, after that she hung herself. A voice of a little girl can be heard often. I myself am multilingual so can understand as well as my husband. She can be quite playful , as spirit children are , she also likes you to speak to her whether it is in English or German , just hearing someone's voice and being shown love reassures her and makes her feel comfortable. The doll is an antique porcelain doll, wearing a lovely checked dress with red velvet detail and frills. Unsure of the exact age of the doll but she is old, and she has a slight crack in her leg see photos below..... |