Séance 1, 2
     Investigation Stories 1

It is a Thursday afternoon in a small trailer park.  A newly formed group of spirit researchers is assembling for a séance at Dina’s house.  It is a good place for a séance; she has a lot of activity.  Upon arriving we are greeted by our gracious hostess.  We settle in and unpack our equipment, and begin by going around taking pictures and setting up our voice and video recorders.  I placed my video recorder pointing out of the bathroom door into the hallway to capture a spirit that Dina’s children see walking down the hallway to her room.  I plug the camera into a wall outlet.  Kathy places hers on the dishwasher pointing toward the dining room table where we sat. 

Jenn was the last one to show up and we got started.  The lights are turned off as we settle into the chairs placing our hands on the table.  There is silence and the dim glow from the candles. Shortly after our séance begins Jenn gasps and whispers in shock, she is hearing voices come from the bedroom at the end of the hall.  We start again and we sense some names.  An old woman, who was either a librarian or teacher, someone with many books is trying to get through.  But again Jenn interjected she is hearing voices coming from the bedroom.  This is beginning to be very unsettling to her and she and I walk down the hallway to the bedroom not knowing what we may find.  We snap allot of pictures and stand in the bedroom quietly to listen for the voices but nothing. 

Once back at the table I receive a picture of two holes in something….  Kathy and Jenn both start to feel pain in their necks concentrated on the left side.  Someone catches an impression of the lights going around, and around.  Kathy has a feeling of someone being shot.  After we sense someone shot and the neck pain and the police lights Dina knew who it could be.  She asks “is that you Barbara”?  Every one of us has a weird sensation flush over our body just then.  We know it is Barbara.  It is a little unnerving but we ask Barbara some questions.  Yes she had been murdered, and we ask about her killer.  Had there been more than one involved in her murder?  We ask “what do you want to say to us”.  Dina says “are you mad at me for something Barbara” and Jenn says “or me”. We did not know this until later, but someone said “I got it” on the voice recorder and it was not the voice of anyone at the séance.  Spirit activity continues.  We start feeling touches and hearing sounds and sensing things close to us.  Jenn even asks me to trade seats with her, because she has a spirit form right next to her. 

As we break up the séance and gather our equipment, I notice that the plug has been pulled from my camcorder.  All the camera batteries are dead and Kathy’s video recorder had stopped recording early on. We will have to return and attempt further communications, as we feel that these spirits do have more to say.

Séance 2

Greeting the three of us at the door was Debbie our most gracious hostess.  We came in and began to set up, which involves placing voice recorders and camcorders in various places around the house.  We also tried to get some pre séance control pictures to compare.  We also use divining rods and the EMF meter to search for high energy spots. 

     As we are setting up Debbie’s young daughter is telling us about a picture in which she and her cousin are side by side.  When trying to distinguish between the two, the question is asked.  “Who is that”?  Later it is found a mysterious voice saying "you" on the recorder isn't any of us.  Gina, one member of the group kept smelling smoke like a house that had burned and she asked about it but Debbie had no knowledge of a house fire in the past on the property. 

     Beginning our séance, we ask for a circle of light and protection.  We read a prayer and stretching our hands forward in front of us Anna starts calling out.  “If there are any spirits present could you please try to make contact with us?  Could you please make a noise, or tap on something, or make a cold breeze, or touch one of us.  Please try to let us know you are there.”  Then as with many séances we receive mental pictures and thoughts of places and things and names.  Anna had an overwhelming sense that the property was used by a trapper.  She couldn't shake the image of a man dressed like Daniel Boone around a roaring campfire (could this be the source for the smell of smoke that Gina experienced?).  He had hides hanging in the trees all around him. She also feels that he is buried near this house, near an area that has water.

     As we sat, our arms outstretched, meditating, awaiting a sign from the spirit, I had a name come to me.  This led to other names and soon we had a volley of thoughts, impressions, and pictures.  All at once Gina pointed and said “look there, it just lit up. She was pointing to the EMF meter as it spiked upward.  We all took several pictures, trying to capture the spirit energy on film.  Many light anomalies were captured.  We started asking many questions of the spirits and soon it became apparent that a single spirit was communicating. 

     As we sat with senses heightened around our table with the candles burning, we were primed for a good connection.  Anna asked the spirit "are you a female" and what happened next we still can’t explain.  Crash, something hit the floor in the bathroom.  We all jumped and looked at each other, confirming that we did all hear the same thing.  "What was that" Debbie got up and looked in the bathroom but nothing anywhere was out of place.  Several pictures were taken which showed light anomalies coming out of the bathroom and into the living room where we were.  The creepy thing is, the camcorder captured this sequence of events. And after Debbie came back from checking the bathroom the paper in front of Gina began to float all by itself. We have this on film along with many pictures and the EVP documenting this séance.

Investigation 1

I had come here earlier in the day to check the grounds and was drawn to a certain area for some reason. This was the area we should return to and investigate tonight. 

Three of us arrived at the cemetery close to dusk. It was a comfortable cool dry spring day.  There was a very light breeze occasionally that brought with it all of the springtime smells of renewal.

We all began to walk around quietly taking pictures, and being ever so sensitive to all of our surroundings. One member seems to be more sensitive to children spirits and picks up information frequently of children. The others separated from me and walked over to the right end of the cemetery. I was drawn to a particular marker and took several pictures which showed a bright orb moving fast. Shortly after this I sensed and saw someone a man, a railroad conductor from long ago with a mustache and conductor cap and uniform. I waited but no more information came about him.

The others rejoined me, then I saw a young girl maybe 12 or 14 years in front of a large mirror brushing her long hair. I began to take my hand showing the motion of brushing her hair outward. She was a pretty girl with no smile. I felt an L name and thought perhaps it was Loraine or something similar. That was when Gabby told me of a grave marker with a picture of a girl on the other side of the cemetery.

Brenda felt a push on the back as though she was being pushed in a certain direction. She followed to the point where she was taken by this invisible force. She took pictures there and many orbs were on the pictures. One picture even showed a large extremely bright orb that had moved very fast. Could this be who had pushed her here? Why had they pushed her here. After I stood there awhile I noticed the grave markers of my relatives staring back at me. Not one but two groups of family members were there, and what stood in front of them was a marker that had the same last name as I presently have. Talk about eerie experiences, well I consider that to be one.

We all then walked over to the side where this young girls grave was and when I looked at it I was sure then that it was her who communicated the picture to me. I had seen her brushing her long hair outward. In her beautiful picture (mirrored) on the stone were angels on each side extending from her shoulders outward and upward. On the first picture I took of her marker there was a bright orb almost as though giving me a sign saying yes it was me. As we went to move away from the grave Brenda heard a girl say "hey". But there wasn't anymore communication after that tonight.

After reviewing our pictures I found one taken of me walking toward the camera, but for some reason it was not my face. It appeared to be a face of a man with a cap on. He had a large round nose and a mustache which I assure you I do not have. Could this be the railroad conductor?