Matthew P. Hutton

Matthew Patrick Hutton (born 27 July 1964, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, UK), is a paranormal investigator who is best known for his documentation of investigations in the Spiritualist publication Psychic World Newspaper. During the 1980s and 90s he wrote under the name of Matthew P Hutton, but has taken to writing under the name of Matthew Hutton in recent times.
Biography
Hutton began investigating haunted properties in 1988 when working as a journalist for the Gateshead Post Newspaper, and worked on various theories, (most noteworthy being the electro-magnetic theory) regarding the nature of haunted buildings with Tom Perrott chairman of the The Ghost Club and the Parapsychologist . Hutton also collaborated with the Folklorist Eric Maple (1916 - 1994), in regards to historical events which he believed had been misinterpreted as supernatural, and been documented in legends and folktales.
Hutton began to document his own investigations in the Gateshead Post Newspaper, in which he had a weekly column titled GHOST WATCH.
He became a features writer for Two Worlds Magazine in 1989, which was founded 1887 by Emma Hardinge Britten and had some noteworthy columnist including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) and Robert James Lees (Medium to Queen Victoria who was implicated in the 'Jack the Ripper' murders of 1888). Hutton also documented many investigations for , the American publication about paranormal phenomena. Fate was co-founded in 1948 by Raymond A. Palmer (editor of Amazing Stories) and Curtis Fuller. He also documented his investigation in Prediction Magazine and Here & There Magazine in the UK.
Hutton wrote for a number of newspapers and organizations in the UK During the 1980s and 1990s, this includes a number of sketches for London Weekend Television, primarily for Series 7 of Hale and Pace which aired in 1994, the Sunday Sun Newspaper again writing about haunted locations in the north east of England, and has contributed to many books including works by , Andy Owens, Tom Perrott and travel writer Robin Mead.
Hutton also wrote The Magic Garden (ISBN 1571790055) published by the International Guild of Advanced Sciences Research (1994), and co-wrote FURTHER WORDS OF WISDOM by Eileen Ellen Davey ISBN 1-898680-23-X, and THE INFINITIVE COLLECTION published by Anchor Press 1993 ISBN 1-85930-124-X (which was compiled and sold for a children’s charity).
Because of Hutton’s extensive knowledge in Spiritualism and the paranormal, he has also been asked to contribute to many books, and has written numerous forewords to works including:
Guide for the Development of Mediumship by Harry Edwards ISBN 978-0853840626
Puzzles: 40 Questions to Trigger, Trick Or Treat Meditations by Chloris Morgan ISBN 9781898680086
Spiritual Thought by Robert Brant ISBN 9781898680147
Through my Eyes by Julie Ness ISBN 9781898680222
Hylton Castle Sunderland
Hutton investigated Hylton Castle in Sunderland on three separate occasions, and although he has never claimed to have seen a ghost himself, he did admit to hearing what he described as a “spectral child crying” during his first investigation at Hylton Castle.
The ruins of Hylton Castle (in Sunderland, Northern England) are reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a murdered stable boy Robert Skelton, known locally as the Cauld Lad of Hylton. The events are said to have taken place in the 16th or 17th century and there are several legends concerning the ghost's origins.
Hutton wrote a 36 pages Paperback book titled HYLTON CASTLE GHOST documenting an investigation in to the Cauld Lad haunting, which was published in 1999 by Island Light Publishing ISBN 978-1-903151-15-0. The book is a firsthand account of an investigation conducted at the monument in 1989.
Other notable investigations conducted by Matthew Hutton include two investigations in 1990 and 1991 at Redworth Hall Hotel (in Bishop Auckland), at which he was offered £5,000 to provide any evidence which supported the claim that the hotel was haunted. The first of these investigations was documented in Two Worlds Magazine, while the second was covered in a book by Robin Mead titled WEEKEND HAUNTS ISBN 1-874687-34-X & ISBN 978-1-874687-34-4.
Hutton also wrote a report on the haunting at 112 Ocean Avenue (made famous in the Amityville Horror movies and books). Hutton conducted a number of interviews with Christopher Quaratino (formally known as Chris Lutz), in which Christopher claimed that it was not the house that was haunted, but his father-in-law George Lutz, which was the reason that the haunting seemed to follow them when they had left the house on Ocean Avenue.
Matthew P Hutton and Psychic World
Psychic World Newspaper was published first in 1946. Founded by Maurice Barbanell, it had a chequered history and finally ceasing publication in 1951. The title was later resurrected in 1993 and published intermittently until September 1994 when the publication was taken over by Ray Taylor former editor of the Two Worlds and Here and There Magazine. Psychic World Newspaper started republishing with the January issue in 1995, and Hutton was asked to take over the role of resident literary correspondent and ghost hunter, which he continues to do to this day.

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