Amy’s Crypt released The Cage Unlocked on 31 October 2026. The documentary revisits the property’s reputation for hauntings and recounts experiences the creators say they had there. The film’s release is the reason we’re revisiting the case. The experiences are the creators’ own accounts.
Watch the original documentary, The Cage Unlocked, on Amy’s Crypt’s YouTube channel.
What survives in the record
Essex Archives catalogues Ursula Kempe’s indictment from the Chelmsford assizes of 29 March 1582. The conservation appraisal describes her detention at 14 Colchester Road as a reported account, and the property’s own history acknowledges uncertainty about the extent of her connection to the building. The surviving court record establishes the prosecution. Where she was held is a separate question.