Private Home Case #55

 

 

Date:  September 1-2, 2007

Time:  7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Miller Co, MO

 

 

 

 

Investigators on Scene:

Brenda, Dee Ann, Misty, Ali & Linda

 

 

 

Attendees on Scene:

none

 

 

 

 

Conditions: Clear

Temp: Mid 80’s to 57 degrees

Humidity: n/a

Barometer:  n/a

Lunar Phase: Waxing Gibbous 73% full

Geomagnetic : Quiet

Solar X-Rays: Normal

Wind: n/a

         

 

 

 

Evidence Collected:

Digital Photos Taken: 299

Positive Digital Photos: 124

35 mm Photos Taken: 48

35 mm Photos Positive: 0

Video: 5 orbs + anomaly (See Reported Findings and Experiences)

EVPs: 24 (See Reported Findings and Experiences)

     

 

 

 

 

Brief Home and Property Description & History:

A ranch style home probably built in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. The house consisted of 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom and full basement. The house was purchased approximately 6 years ago by the current owners. They lived at the home for about 4 years. The male homeowner retired and it was decided that they would move back to their hometown and use the house as rental property for extra income. The home has been rented for the past two years and has been rented to at least 3 separate individuals. All have made claims that the house is haunted and have moved out because of the ongoing activity. 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Owner Reportings:

+ One renter moved out after only living there for 1 week claiming that she was constantly awakened by a dark shadow holding her down on her bed. Her roommate stayed on and later moved out making the same claims.

+ The homeowner and several renters have reported seeing a dark figure in the basement that comes up to the top step of the basement and then disappears.

+ Renters have reported seeing objects being thrown around in the basement.

+ Renters have reported seeing strange lights hovering near the basement ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

Reported Findings and Experiences:

+MPR had a very interesting and active night in the house.

+ While setting up equipment, Brenda was descending the basement steps when she heard a loud bang come from the basement area. The basement was empty except for a few paint cans left by the previous renter. The source of the noise could not be determined. This noise was heard several times throughout the night. The furnace and air-conditioning units were turned off.

+ An unidentified anomaly was observed on the surveillance camera which was positioned on the basement floor, aiming up towards the basement steps. Unfortunately we did not have a recorder attached to this camera. This anomaly was witnessed by both Brenda and Misty. Brenda described it as looking like a piece of white PVC piping that was being swung while Misty described it as looking like a shoulder and an arm. This anomaly was not picked up by the other camcorder recording in the basement however there was a moth flying around. Although this anomaly did not look like a moth, we cannot rule out the possibility that it flew low enough to the ground and close enough to the camera lens to cause a disillusion.

+ Video audio picked up almost constant noises in the basement which could not be explained. Early in the investigation, these noises sounded like someone was working down in the basement, moving things around, etc. Later in the investigation, these noises changed and became the sounds of someone constantly running up and down the basement steps, panting, a low growling sound and something slapping concrete. While viewing the video’s it was first thought that the sound of the team moving around upstairs was echoing through the duct system, but the more audio and video tapes we listened to, the more we were able to determine that these sounds were not being created by movement upstairs. There would be a series of what sounded like something running up and down the stairs that would stop for awhile. Then you would hear the sound of panting (sometimes accompanied by a low growl.) After what seemed like a short rest period the footsteps would start up again. Sometimes it sounded like the steps were being taken at a normal stride while other times the footsteps sounded more rapid and frantic. This noise was almost constant, continuing even when the team was outside. The only times it stopped was when the team actually entered the basement. After sharing this information, Misty felt that these sounds were created by the negative entity that was revealed during the clearing. After the team settled down for the night, noises continued in the basement but became more like the sounds of someone working and dragging something around in the basement.

+ Just after two orbs were recorded on video camera in the basement, what looked like a partially formed foot was recorded coming from the center of the basement, rounding the basement steps and walking towards the camera. This anomaly was very slow moving. It moved too slow for a moth or an orb.  

 

 

 

Photo of basement stairway where former tenants claimed seeing a dark figure walk to the top of the stairs and disappear. Several EVPs were also recorded in the basement.

Video recorded what appeared to be a disembodied foot walk around the the side of the staircase and around the foot of the bottom step. 

 

 

+ While Misty was walking past the northwest bedroom a loud knocking sound came from inside the northwest bedroom door which was closed at the time. This was witnessed by all team members present who were sitting in the living room when the incident occurred. Listen to audio recording of these knocks: Knock, Knock, Mother…”

+ While in the kitchen preparing some snacks, Linda heard the basement door rattle.

+ 24 EVPs were recorded throughout the evening. This included 14 EVPs in the living room, 3 in the north bedroom, 2 in the south bedroom and 4 in the basement. The majority of these EVPs sounded like an elderly gentleman, however a few sounded like a young man, possibly in his late teens or 20’s. The younger voice seemed to be present for just a short time, as if just dropping by for a visit then leaving a short while later. These EVPs are listed below with a short description of what was occurring or being said at the time of the recording. There were no male investigators or guests present at anytime during this investigation.

The following EVPs were recorded in the living room:

+ Not long after arriving, Linda was asking how the EMF meter worked when a raspy male voice responded with Jumbles Electric…

+ A young male voice is recorded saying Hi Everybody after some of the team members returned from running an errand in town.

+ This being Linda’s first overnight with us, she mentions that she brought extra underwear just in case she needs them. The younger male voice is recorded saying what sounds like Sexiness.”

+ While the team was taking a break outside, several EVP’s of the raspy male voice were recorded in the living room saying YeahDeadly or Headley” “Heard He Had a Month Up Here My Down Spouts and Yeah, I Like My Roof. You could hear the team talking in the background but could not make out what was being said at the time. It is unknown rather he was responding to something said during our conversation or possibly speaking with the younger male spirit who seemed to have dropped by. Based on the comments made, it would seem that he was conversing with someone else.

+ Misty was asked to listen to a recording of a female voice that was recorded at another location. After making a comment about the EVP the male voice said, That’s How You Play Along.

+ The former tenants had turned the water off and the toilet had some stale urine in it which began to smell. After one of the team members made a comment about the smell, the raspy male voice responded with That’s Terrible People.

+ It was decided to move Misty video camera to the basement after the surveillance camera picked up an unidentified anomaly. While Misty was retrieving her camera from the northeast bedroom, Brenda was in the hallway walking towards the living room when the raspy male voice was recorded saying, I’m Right Behind You, You’re Walkin Away.

+ Later in the evening the team went outside for another break. Linda, who is a police officer was sharing a story about being nice to someone she had arrested earlier that week. Apparently we had unseen company as a male voice made the following comment, That’s All He’s After.

+ Linda was goofing around and pretending to flirt with the male ghost present when Ali made a comment about him possibly being a boob man. Just after her comment, the male voice was recorded saying what sounds like, And a Bush.”

+ The last EVP recorded in the living room was recorded just after the team lay down to get some sleep. We were laughing amongst ourselves as no one wanted to sleep by the basement door. Our male ghost apparently enjoyed our presence as he made the following final comment: Have a Good Time.

 

Other EVPs recorded throughout the investigation:

+ Shortly after we arrived and while setting up the equipment a male voice was recorded in the north bedroom saying, Hold On. This same male voice was recorded two more times in this room saying After You Left Me and I Know One.” There were no team members present in the house during these two recordings, however in the south bedroom and about the same time as the previous EVPs were recorded a female voice was recorded saying, “I Know” and Will You Help Me. This was the only recordings of the female voice during the investigation.

+ 4 EVPs were recorded in the basement along with several unidentified sounds. The EVPs are as follows: After changing over tapes in the equipment running downstairs, Misty decided to try shake up the energy and asked the old man to try to bring his energy to her. While doing this a male voice was recorded saying, “Do You Want It To Be More of That? It was just after this incident downstairs that the loud knocking on the bedroom door occurred upstairs. While the team was outside on break, there were several unidentified noises which sounded similar to someone working downstairs. You can hear a bang and then a male voice saying, “Dang It.” Later during another equipment check, a male voice was recorded on audio video saying, “Wait Til Tonight.” When Brenda returned to do the last check on the equipment for the evening, a male voice was again recorded on video audio saying, “You’re Pretty.” Because we do not currently have the equipment necessary to transfer video to computer files, these two EVPs are not available as audio files.  

 

 

 

 

+ A series of orb photos were taken in the hallway after Misty stated that the old man was standing there. This orb was captured on 5 different cameras at this time and several of the cameras captured this orb in sequential photos.  See Photos above. The 1st door on the left is the door where all team members present witnessed a loud knocking sound as Misty walked by.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychic Readings:

 

+There’s an older male that died in this house. He’s upset because he was a left alone and nobody cared about him. His kids didn’t want anything to do with him anymore because he didn’t really have anything left to leave them.

+There was either a step-child or a child he had from another relationship that he hadn’t seen for a long time.

+ He was angry. He doesn’t like a whole lot of people in his house. He does like kids. He doesn’t want to hurt the kids.

+ He likes hanging out in the corner of the basement. It’s almost like he wants to grab your feet from underneath the steps. This is his spot. (Northwest corner of basement.)

+ When he goes upstairs, he’ll leave this corner, go under the steps and go to that corner (Northeast corner of basement) and float up to the bedroom.

+ He had a stroke and they didn’t find him for a few days. He had the stroke upstairs in the hallway by the bathroom. He lay on the floor for two days and couldn’t call for help. Then he died. It was two more days before anyone found him.

+ I’m getting the last name Grant. He doesn’t want to leave. This is his home.

+ He can go up the stairs, but it’s like when he gets up the steps he can’t go past the doorway.

+ He’s not trusting of us. He’s not sure what we’re going to do to him.

+ He’ll hover upstairs in that northeast bedroom. I think that’s probably the bedroom where the tenants have seen him.

+ The man is about 71 or 72 years old. He is tall, heavy-set, has grey hair and is wearing a plaid shirt. He also has on some sort of work pants. He used to do a lot of work in the basement.

+ Following the investigation, Linda did some internet research which turned up a newspaper article that was published in 1964 concerning a death that occurred in the town our investigation took place. According to the article, a 71 year old man was found dead in his home several days after he suffered a stroke. The entire newspaper article was unavailable without a subscription so the exact address or name of the victim is still unknown. However archive files from the area are in the process of being searched.

 

 

 

 

MPR SUMMARY

+ Evidence supports that the house was indeed haunted. We captured numerous EVPs, photos of the same orb from several cameras taken at the same time, knocking on the bedroom door, recorded and/or witnessed some unexplained noises and anomalies in the basement, etc. We feel this investigation was one of our better investigations, had a great time and wish to thank the current owners for allowing us the opportunity.

+ MPR conducted a clearing before leaving the house. During the clearing, Misty indicated that a negative entity was present and when MPR brought it into the circle, Ali became very nauseated and pale. She did not recover until after Misty had finished smudging the house.

+ MPR will not know if the clearing was successful until the house is occupied by another tenant, however we did feel that the house felt much more comfortable after the clearing and smudging.