GHOST Investigations 2008


				GHOST Investigations 2008



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On this page you will find G.H.O.S.T. investigations for 2008.

While some reports of paranormal activity can be easily debunked on the first investigation it is not usually possible to determine that paranormal activity is occurring with only one investigation.

June 27, 2008
Laurelville, Ohio
Former nursing home
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Brady, Chris, Christian

We have been to this nursing home many times. We have permission to investigate any time we want and we often use it to train new members.

Not long after we arrived Darla was near the front and heard what she described as a "ssshhhh" sound come from behind her. She checked the area and found no one. Christian later found the same sound on his recorder that was in the office area up front. It almost sounds like a mechanical sound. Many strange noises are heard inside the nursing home and we have been able to debunk most of them as water pipes, radiators etc. but this was an unfamiliar sound that for now the source is remains unknown.

While doing evps we heard what sounded like someone trying to open the door. When the guys went to check there was no one there. When talking to the client about this she said the same thing has happened while she was there. We believe it was a real person and not paranormal.

Nothing else unusual happened this night.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: none
Other audio recorded: yes, cause unknown
Photo evidence: None

Date: June 20, 2008
Columbus, Ohio
Apartment
Attendance: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Christian

Client report: Bathroom vanity mirror shakes at times. Two pictures which were leaning against a wall were found moved. Client feels she has a spirit attached to her, perhaps more than one. Her experiences started 8 months ago in another home and feels it followed her to the new place she now lives in. She feels the spirit(s) follow her around the house, to work, the grocery store and in the car. Client described a series of taps to objects, scratches on the wall and flicks to her pillow when she's laying down. She hears taps or pops in her ears and in her stomach that she says is hard to explain but she feels this is the spirit communicating with her. She feels two taps or pops are for yes and one is for no. She has had doors close or sway. Client says she has seen what she described as an orb on the wall in her kitchen that was also seen by her mother and sister at the time. She said the orb was floating and seemed transparent with what appeared to be a star burst type pattern in the center that spread throughout the orb. Client stated she doesn't feel threatened.

Our observations: During the walk through the client pointed out that the vanity mirror was shaking at that very moment. Looking up we saw a vent on the ceiling with air coming out causing the lightweight vanity mirror to shake.

Client was going to leave while we conducted our investigation but after talking to her she expressed that she wanted to stay for EVP session since she felt the spirit(s) are attached to her and if she leaves they will leave also so she stayed for the first half of the investigation. Client asked questions during first EVP session and explained she was hearing a series of clicks or taps/pops in her ear. No one else could hear these sounds. She felt these within her body as well.

All G.H.O.S.T. members heard faint clicks at different times but couldn't determine the source. We feel these are normal sounds that are heard in any home when it is very quiet.

We did have a few personal experiences. Christian saw what appeared to be a bluish orb on the kitchen wall near the place the client and her family reported seeing one. Christian and Bev went outside to see if the source could be light coming from outside. They found that highway was too far off and not at an angle that would allow lights to come through the kitchen window. There were no parking lots in back of the apartment and tall trees/woods lined the back of the property.

I felt a touch on my ear and right after that we heard a scraping sound as if something slid across the granite counter top. Nothing appeared to have been moved. There were two large candle jars on the counter and we were able to create a similar sound when we slid them across the counter.

A voice that sounds like it says "beep" several times was picked up on the recorder however this happened during a time we were outside for a break and the recorder was unattended. Although it sounds as if it is right inside the apartment and video confirmed all members exited the apartment there is the possibility that is was a neighbor's voice and can't be considered a true evp.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: none
Other audio recorded: none
Photo evidence: None

May 23, 2008
Columbus, Ohio
Type of dwelling: House
G.H.O.S.T. Brenda, Darla, Bev, Chris F.

Client report. Female client claims to have had her arm grabbed at the wrist while cutting some flowers after her friend/sister-in-law;s funeral. She believes it was her friend/sister in law that touched her. Client stated she was touched/tickled while laying on the sofa. She thought it was her boyfriend but discovered he was in another room. She has heard footsteps in the area between the living room and dining room. Client's 2 year old child is deathly afraid to be in one of the upstairs bedrooms. Client took a photo of her boyfriend while he was sitting in the car and what looks like a female apparition with
long hair seems to be in the back area of the car. The photo was very out of focus and matrixing can't be ruled out but it does closely resemble a photo of her friend.

Upon arrival at the home the client tells us that her 2 yr. old was eating dinner and came out of dining room claiming he was bit on the arm by a woman. After examination of child's arm you can clearly see a bite mark. We at first thought the older brother might have bit the younger child but mother pointed out that the bite mark doesn't match since her older son has a front tooth missing and the bite mark shows all teeth.

Our observations: Video and audio recorders stationed in the kitchen, dining room, living room and upstairs bedroom. While doing evps the sound amplifier I was using developed an interference. It was the type of buzzing sound that a computer makes when a cell phone is too close to it. I passed the amplifier to Chris and he was able to hear it. The sound could not be heard with the naked ear. The odd thing is that a voice recorder across the room recorded the interference that was only heard by the amplifier and two other recorders in the room did not record the sound nor did the video camera. We are not what could have caused this and are looking into it.

A loud sound, which sounded like a scream of pain at the time, was heard by all members although none of us could tell the direction it came from. When listening to the playback of the recorders it sounds like a very deep male voice sighing or exhaling.

This case is still open.

breath sound

buzzing sound

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: None
Other audio recorded: loud breath and interference heard through sound amplifier.
Photo evidence: None

April 18, 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio
Type of dwelling: House
G.H.O.S.T. Brenda, Brian, Darla, Bev, Nancy

Client report: Sees shadows, hears voices, feels cold spots, kitchen cabinet doors opening/closing, computer mouse clicking when power is off, phantom smells,hears his name being said by a female when none are in the house. He hears footsteps going up the stairs and in the upstairs rooms. Client's girlfriend and friends report seeing shadows. He reports feeling his hair standing on end and an uneasy feeling in the upstairs bedrooms. A friend saw a figure leaning out the window in an upstairs bedroom. The client feels that the things he has experienced may be caused by his late uncle and grandmother.

Our observations: Audio recorders were place in all rooms of the house except one bedroom. Temperature was monitored. Evp sessions took place in client's bedroom on the first floor, the living room and two bedrooms upstairs.

Bev felt a light touch on her arm in the living room while we were setting up the equipment. While in the living room Darla and Brian both heard a "no" in response to a question. The "no" was picked up by a recorder but it is very, very faint.

We spent a lot of time in the upstairs bedrooms as this is where client reports most of the events happen. During this time Darla saw an orange color ball of light.Nancy and I were facing the door and could see into the other bedroom. Several times we noticed red & green pinpoint size lights on the wall of the other bedroom. The lights were appeared and disappeared quickly, each time in a different place. There was no explanation for the lights.

The client joined us in a final evp session in an upstairs bedroom because he strongly feels that it is his uncle that is causing all the disturbances and might respond to him. After a few minutes of questioning there was a sound of rustling coming from the corner of the room. There were no objects in the corner or anything visible that could have caused the sound. The room had no furniture in it except a shelf of the opposite wall. The sound was picked up by the audio
recorder.

I decided to try something I had never done before. Many times throughout the night I said outloud in a stern voice "once we leave you are not to scare _________ (name withheld for privacy) any more, no more footsteps, shadows, voices or opening doors" I don't know if it is just a coincidence but when I last spoke with the client he said it has been pretty quiet.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: one, but very faint
Other audio recorded: yes, sound of rustling
Photo evidence: None

April 11, 2008
Middleton, Ohio
Type of dwelling: House
Arrival time: 9:00 PM
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Brian, Chris B. Nancy
Guest: John H.

Client states that she has been punched,pinched and had her hair pulled. She has seen a shadow darting from room to room down the hallway. She has heard voices call her name early in the morning when

no one else was awake. Her 3 yr. old grand daughter talks to someone in the middle of the night. Client set up a video camera and recorded the child interacting with a female as well as another voice of a child. Bed is reported to shake. There is an active train track behind the home but client said that the shaking of the bed did not occur during the time a train was on the track. She has also felt something unseen sit down on the bed. She said that at times there is an odor due to the basement flooding butshe has smelled a horrible odor that is nothing like what she is used to.

We viewed the client's video. The video itself was black as the camera
does not record in low light. We could hear several voices including children and a woman. Client states that all voices except the voice of their grandchild is unknown to them.

Clients informed us that another group that we are familiar with had been there previously and had recorded evps.

Our observations: Clients left for the night leaving the house to us.Video cameras were set up in the locations where client has experienced events. Evp sessions were held in living room, master bedroom and child's bedroom. Audio records and video ran throughout the night.Toys and other items were set out that would entice a child however none of the items were disturbed during the night.

While sitting in the living room John and Chris were having a conversation. During this time I was wearing a sound amplifier. John made a comment andI heard a male voice that did not sound like Chris, John, or Brian. I immediately asked them if any of them had said "yes it does." They denied saying it. When checking the recorder we found it had picked up those words. Chris attached an amplifier to the voice recorder and "yes it does" was as clear as can be. John's recorder had also picked up these words. Because I heard this
when it happened I am labeling it simply AP, Audio Phenomena and

not an evp.

At one pint Chris saw a shadow moving down the hall and entering a room. It was similar in size as the shadow client described. All windows in the bedrooms off of the hallway were covered or the doors were closed so we are sure it was not caused by cars going by or any of us as we were all sitting in the living at the time. Nancy saw a light flicker in the hallway. Darla and Brian heard footsteps in the hallway.
In the same hallway John and Namcy smelled what they described as a dirty diaper.

Video shows a light of undetermined nature that appears to come down the hallway
toward the camera. This light was not witnessed by any of the group at the time. It was not seen until playback of the video the next day. Two doors in the hallway were closed. The two that were opened were covered with blinds or curtains and the windows in the bedrooms were not in a position that would cause headlights to appear where this light appeared. Flashlights have been ruled out. Further investigation is needed before posting the video to rule out other natural causes. Client has viewed the video and states that it

is impossible that the light could be a headlight.

I spoke to the client of the phone recently and she tells me things continue to happen.We will be returning for a second invetigation.

Evps recorded: None

Audio phenomena: "yes it does"

Video evidence: possibly

Photos evidence: Photos from Nancy's camera showed some dark anomalies.

It is uncertain at this time if it is a camera error or a true anomaly.

April 4, 2008
Laurelville,Ohio
Former nursing home
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Bev, Brady, Chris, Mark

Several rooms have recently been painted. I don't know if it had
anything to do with it but the whole place had a completely different feel to it. Usually when I am in this place I have a feeling of dread but on this night it was calm and peaceful. It was quiet all evening. Nothing unusal to report.

Evps recorded: none

Video evidence: none

Photo evidence: none

March, 28, 2009
Laurelville
Type: former nursing home
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Angie, Chris F.
Guest: John, Carolyn

While doing evps in the hallway we kept hearing taps or knocks coming from the back room when a question was asked. Every time someone would head down that way to find the source the taps would stop. Chris and John decided to stay down there to find the source as soon as it happened. The taps did not happen during this time.

Later when doing another evp session the taps began again. This time Darla and Angie went to sit down there. Questions were asked but we weren't getting the tap and knock sounds like before. Angie asks "how come you're not tapping now?" As soon as she said this a loud tap came from right behind her.

Personal experiences: Darla and Bev felt uneasy in room 2. John felt uneasy in a small storage room in the front of the building.

Evps recorded: none

Video evidence: none

Photo eidence: none

Other sounds recorded: tap in response to question. Listen below.

tap-knock sound

March 14, 2008
Laurelville, Ohio
Nursing Home
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brain, Darla, Brenda, Bev, Chris F.
guest: Nancy

We arrived about 7:00 PM. Video cameras and audio recorders were set up throughout the former patient rooms. We then left to go eat, leaving the recorders to run while no one was in the building. We returned an hour later.

Several evp sessions were done in the main hallway. Several sounds

were heard during the course of the night, such as clicks, light taps, etc. It could not be determined where the sounds originated. The sounds were not the same as the radiator sounds we were used to hearing.

While sitting in the main hallway several times I smelled urine, like an old mattress that had been urinated on several times would smell like. Darla also experienced this smell. Bev, was sitting nearby and did not smell it.

Toward the end of the night while sitting in the same place I smelled flowers. Chris F. and Darla also smelled flowers. Bev, who was still in the same place when the urnine smell was experienced did not
experience the flower odor.

Chris F and myself thought we heard a cough from somewhere inside the building. The sound was picked up by the audio recorder but it is very faint. After hearing the cough Chris asked are you in the shadows and what sounds like a male voice was picked up by the recorder.

Shadows were seen in hallway in front of room five, in the light that comes through the window and shines on the floor, from a pole light that is out in the parking lot.There is a tree between the pole light and the window. Although it was not windy we have to assume that there was enough breeze to move the branches, causing a moving shadow to appear on the floor.

Evps recorded:Yes. Listen below.

Other sounds recorded: Yes. Listen below

Video evidence: none

Photo evidence: none

Response to Chris

Other sounds recorded:

1. There is a piano in the back room. This sounds like the highest note on the piano. It also sounds similar to a bell on a child's bike. This sound was picked up several times during the night but was not heard by any of us at the time.

Bell - piano key sound

2. Several minutes after we left to go eat loud bangs are heard within the building.

bell and bang sounds

Date: February 15, 2008
Rushsylvania, Ohio
Type of Dwelling: House
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Brian, Mark, Bev, Chris F. Angie, Chris B.

Client had only lived in the home for 3 weeks at the time of investigation. This is a fairly nice house which client rents for only 200.00 a month. Although the home is well over 100 years old, a house like this would typically rent for a minimum of 700.00 a month. Client feels that rent is so cheap due to paranormal activity. Client's landlord had told him strange things have happened in the home but did not elaborate. Furniture, dishes, musical instruments and other articles left in the house would make it appear that the former tenant left in a hurry.

Client was talking to girlfriend on phone when he heard what he described as a woman wailing. The sound was coming from within the house. His girlfriend could hear the sound over the phone. Later client noticed scratches on a bedroom door, about 5 feet up, or eye level. Client said he is pretty sure the scratches had not been there previously. This is the same room that the his dog had been found locked in on previous occasions.

Bedroom 1 upstairs: Reported Activity: Figurines were placed in back corner of closet facing the wall because client said his girlfriend was freaked out by them. One of the figurines was found the next day
moved to center of closet shelf and facing forward.

Observations: The figures were placed back in the closet in the same position as they were before and a video camera was in place to catch any movement should it occur. Nothing unusual happened with the figurines. Angie & Chris F. heard movement in this room while they were doing an evp session. They could not locate source.

Room: Bedroom 2 upstairs: Reported activity: Client found dog lock in this room. He states he usully keeps the door open. A friend had spent the night so he woke the friend to ask if he had locked the dog in the room. The friend denied doing this. Client went to work. Several hours later the friend called him and said that when he woke up the dog was locked in the room again.

Observations: The door when opened, if pressure is applied will slowly close but not to the point that it latches.

Stairs leading to bedrooms: Reported activity: Friend of client once saw a man standing at the top of the stairs. Client has heard male voices. Client's girlfriend has heard what she described as a young girl's giggle in the upstairs area.

Observations: While coming up the basement stairs as I reached the landing which is between lower and upper stairs I heard footsteps on the stairs above me. Angie & Chris F. were sitting in a room upstairs

and denied moving or walking around.

Room: Den - Basement: Reported activity: Client heard footsteps on stair case that is over this room, that leads to upstairs bedrooms. No one else was in the house at the time. Client states he emptied his pockets at bed time and always puts his keys in the same place. At this time he was sleeping upstairs. The next morning he found his keys in den/basement, jammed tightly into the ledge that runs along the wall. Client states that several times while in the den/basement he has heard bangs and other noises coming from upper level.

Observations: Client showed us how the keys were jammed in the crack. It took quite a bit of strength to get the keys jammed into the crack and to pull them out.

Angie witnessed track lights slowly come on. They appeared to come on about halfway and then went back off. This happened twice. We could only locate one possible switch for the track lights but the switch did not work.

Room: Kitchen: Reported activity: Client stated he closed French doors and locked them. He was sure the door had latched. As he walked over to the sink he looked back and saw the door opening on it's own. He shut the door and again made sure it was latched. Again he walked over to the sink, turned around and saw the door open again.

Observations: Actual night of investigation client showed us what looked like drops of blood on the kitchen floor. Client states he noticed them upon returning from work. A maintainence man had been in the house and it is possible the blood was his.

Base was set up in living room. While doing evps in this room I heard strange, very loud interference, different than normal feedback, through the ear amplifiers. Like the sound a computer makes if a cell phone is too near it. Others in the room heard the sound coming through my amplifier with their bare ears. At the same time Chris B. who was upstairs heard the sound with his bare ears. The sound was not picked up on any of the voice recorders.

Darla heard the name Marilyn whispered in her ear during evps when Mark asked "what is your name?"

Feb. 28, 2008. Spoke with client by phone. Several days after investigation client found an old book in the attic with a hand written note inside. The note was signed Marella, which could be name Darla heard as Marilyn. He also reports that he & a friend were making pizza's in the kitchen when a loud banging started on the wall. Finally he said out loud "Ok you have my attention." Both client and friend then heard "thank you." They looked at each other, didn't say a word and ran to the basement. Client then left for 3 days. Client has since had a priest bless the house and reports that things have been quiet.

Evps recorded: Yes. It is unknown what is said, possibly a name.

Other audio sounds: Movement around Chris' recorder when no one was in the room. A growl
Video evidence: none

Photo evidence: none

January 26, 2008. On going investigation.
Location: Laurelville, Ohio

Former nursing home
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Chris B, Mark, Brady

Note: See G.H.O.S.T. Investigations page 2 for previous investigations in this building.

Client has started using an audio recorder while working in the building and has recorded several evps. Client reports that son and friends witnessed doors 3 and 4 open and shut on their own as well as the bathroom doors shared by rooms 2 and 4.

G.H.O.S.T. observations:
Cameras were stationed on the doors reported to open and close. The door to room 3 was left opened and the position marked. The door to room 4 was left closed.

While in an office area of the nursing home we heard what sounded like doors shut coming from the patient area. Upon inspection we found all the doors as we left them. Video did not show the doors opening or closing.

After a final evp session in the hall outside of the patient rooms we discovered that room 3 had developed a strong smell of rubbing alcohol. Room 1 had a strong fragrance of perfume. Room 4 had an awful stench, much like raw sewage. Room 4 has a bathroom shared by room 2. The doors to the bathroom between the rooms was left opened however the smell was only in room 4 and not in room 1. All of the odors in the rooms occurred simultaneously. None of the rooms had these odors earlier. The odors were never experienced on previous investigations. Client states she has never experienced the odors.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: Several which will be posted when case is closed.
Other audio recorded: None
Photo evidence: None

January 18, 2008
Location: Streetsboro, Ohio
Private home
G.H.O.S.T members present: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Chris B.

Client reports seeing a black shadow float or glide between bedrooms. She has smelled Old Spice cologne. No one in the home uses Old Spicee but it was a favorite of her deceased father. She has also smelled lilacs which her mother loved. Recently she felt a tap on the shoulder and when she turned around no one was there. Client states that she does not feel afraid and feels that the events experienced may be her father watching over her family.

Traffic coming down the road did not cast lights or shadows in the bedrooms or hallway where the shadow is seen.

Since the client felt that it might be her father we had her participate in evp questions.

We did not have any personal experiences during our short time there. We had to cut the investigation short as I was coming down with nasty bug. Another team was scheduled to investigate the following night.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: None
Other audio recorded: None
Photo evidence: None

January 11, 2008
Location: Pataskala, Ohio
Private home
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Chris M.

Client reports stomping sounds from the children's bedroom when they are not home. The bathroom door has closed and latched by itself after their small dog ran in there. While home alone the client found stacks of quarters from his change jar on the stairs and stacks of pennies in front of the TV. His friend, who claims to see things, once saw a man in a flannel shirt with a cat outside the door.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: None
Other audio recorded: Phantom footsteps, cat meow
Photo evidence: None

We found that trying to slam the bathroom door did not cause it latch. It wouldn't even close all the way when we tried slamming it. To shut the door and make it latch required a hefty pull. There is the possibility that the dog could have put it's paws on the door and it's body weight could have pushed the door shut but the dog is a very small Chihuahua and it is unlikely that it could have shut the door hard enough to cause it to latch.

We had several personal experiences in this home. While sitting in the living room we heard the sound of rustling near the TV. Although Chris was sitting right by the TV we could not determine what caused the sound.

While doing evps we heard footsteps coming up the stairs. As the sound got closer it stopped. The stairs were in plain view and we could see that no one was on them. The footsteps were captured on the audio recorder.

Later that evening we heard a cat meow. The sound was coming from the bottom of the stairs. The owner said that there are no cats in the house.

Listen to foot steps here

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: None
Other audio recorded: Phantom footsteps, cat meow
Photo evidence: None

January 4, 2008
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Private home, duplex
G.H.O.S.T. members present: Brenda, Darla, Bev, Brady, Chris B.

This was the second investigation at this Cleveland, Ohio duplex. Client's child has seen an apparition of his deceased uncle. Music comes out of the TV when it is not on. Bathroom faucets are reported to turn on by themselves. Footsteps are heard in the unoccupied upper duplex. Shadows have been seen in kitchen. Most recently the client reported music coming from a TV that was turned off.

The upper part of the duplex is now occupied and we did not have access to it.

We found extremely high man made EMF in the client's father's bedroom as well as in the kitchen. We informed the client of the high EMF and the possible consequences.

During the first investigation at this home the sounds of metal clanging together were recorded but not heard at the time by the team. We were not able to find a reason for the metal sounds recorded before. Nothing out of the ordinary was experienced by the team on this investigation.

Paranormal events recorded on video: None
Evps recorded: None
Other audio recorded: None
Photo evidence: None

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