A house in North Andover
- 70′s style phone ringing
- Dog seeing apparitions
- Door handles jiggling/ doors being moved right in front of client -no explanation found
- Sound of cabinets closing
- Sound of someone walking around.
- Cold spots
Investigation Pending. More information to come!
The House With a Past
Date: Spring, 2010
Location: Gloucester, MA
Historical Background: In the one hundred years of its existence, the house has evolved from that of a home of a wealthy Gloucester businessman to a home of spinster sisters to, more recently, a house where violence and drug activity had been rampant. A family of four bought the lovely three story house that sits on the ocean about six months ago, hoping for a brand new start. What they didn’t count on were the ghostly inhabitants of years past who still call the house home.
Findings: The woman of the home is very sensitive to the energies in the house. She has experienced feelings of being choked, of being followed about the house, of smelling cigar smoke, and her children have reported seeing the apparition of both a man and a woman in their rooms. It has frightened them so much, they are afraid to sleep at night. When the team arrived, several of the team members felt the same sensation of choking. There were also feelings of anger and guilt. One of the team members, in walking down the cellar stairs, felt as though she were falling down the stairs. The team had no knowledge of the history of the home at the time of the investigation.
Conclusion: The owner had done extensive research into the history of the home and informed the team that the original builder of the home had been a successful business man in Gloucester, owning one of the saw mills in town. Behind the house was another structure where his workmen used to live. She discovered that one of the workmen hung himself and the team feels that the energy of the workman is still present. She was also able to discover that the original owner was a cigar smoker and that indeed, one of the spinster sisters who lived in the house in the 1950s, fell
down the cellar steps and died of her injuries.
Reason for Haunting: Whenever a violent death occurs, there is a high probability that a haunting will take place, because, in the case of the woman falling down the stairs, death may have occurred so quickly, she does not realize she is dead. In the case of the workman who committed suicide, it has been the team’s findings that suicides will cling to the place of death, unable to move on because of the reasons that drove them to take their lives in the first place – anger, guilt, despair, etc. The original owner and builder of the home is also there because he still considers the home his and does not feel the need to move on. The team was able to convince the original owner and the spinster sister to move on, but the suicide has not left. As of this writing, the present owner is still experiencing feelings of choking. The team has offered to return to continue the healing process with the suicide.
Case Remains Open.
On Old Cape Cod
Date: Fall, 2008
Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Historical Background: Nestled a few blocks from Cape Cod Bay, lies a lovely little beach
cottage built circa 1940’s which was bought by the present owner about 4 years ago. Oddly,
the previous owners left all their furniture behind except for a baby’s high chair, the door
knocker and a memorial plaque from the backyard. Once the present owner, his wife and
three children moved in, they were compelled to buy a baby’s high chair (which they did not
need) and place it where the old one had been. They also were reluctant to make any
changes to the home, even though the present owner is a contractor. During the four years
they have owned the cottage, they have heard footsteps in the upstairs hallway and there is
one bedroom where the children will not enter. It is reported that one of the children did spend
the night in this bedroom, only to have the bedcovers ripped off him. It had gotten to the point
where the wife refused to come down anymore, frightened by the recurring sound of footsteps
that would awaken her and the children during the night.
Findings: The team decided to spend the night in the cottage and immediately noticed the
difference in energy between the two floors. The downstairs was warm, cozy and very
comfortable. However, once the team climbed the stairs to the bedrooms, the energy became
heavier and oppressive. The team set up a video camera in the hallway where the footsteps
were heard and an EMF meter which captures changes in energy. Photos were taken both
inside and outside the home, and the team was able to capture a strange anomaly in the
hallway. During the night, the table where the video camera was located was physically moved
and the camera turned off. The EMF meter would go off every 2 to 3 hours and one of the
team members awoke to find a dark figure standing in the doorway just before the EMF meter
went off.
Conclusion: The team made contact with the original owner of the home, “George”, who the
team believed was still haunting the home that he loved. The team also came across a
situation they had not experienced yet in any of their investigations; the ghost of George was
keeping an event that had occurred in the home years before alive. In other words, the team
believes that one of his children was very ill and his wife, as many mothers do, was constantly
getting up and walking back and forth between her bedroom and the bedroom where the sick
child was (hence the EMF meter going off every 2 to 3 hours). The team believes this was the
footsteps that the present owners heard. It appears that George did not want any changes
made to the home and was somehow keeping the energy of this event replaying because he
didn’t want to “upset his wife” in any way. What was interesting was that the team did not find
the spirit of his wife haunting the property.
Reason for Haunting: A neighbor verified that indeed, a George used to own the house
and he and his wife were very happy together. They had several children and George died in
the home. As stated above, the team had never encountered a situation where an actual
entity was keeping the imprint of a dramatic event (such as a serious illness of a child and a
mother trying her best to soothe her daughter) alive. The team believes that, although dead,
George was reliving this event, thus keeping the residual energy from dissipating and allowing
this residual energy to keep replaying itself over and over again. After a morning of speaking
with George, the team was able to convince him that he had died and that it was alright for him
to leave and to allow the present family to live their own lives in the house. The team advised
the present owners to make changes to the house to truly make it theirs. Two months after
the team’s visit, the present owners spent the week-end in the house and reported that the
children slept and played in the bedroom with no problems, no footsteps were heard and that
the house feels better.
Case Closed.
The British Are Coming!
Date: Spring 2008
Location: Arlington, Massachusetts
Historical Background: During the opening volleys of the American Revolution, the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, then called Menotomy, an Algonquian word meaning “swift running water”, lay in the path of both the British and American troops. After the battles of Lexington and Concord which took place on April 19, 1775, the Americans hounded the British troops as they retreated back to the safety of Boston. The heaviest casualties of this ‘running battle’ took place in Menotomy where 25 Americans and 40 British met their deaths.
Findings: The team was called in to assist a family whose nine year old son was experiencing frightful apparitions of groups of bloodied men trooping through his room every night. They always appeared from the right side of his room, crossed in front of his bed and disappeared through the wall on the left side of his room. Not understanding what was going on, the young boy was losing sleep.
Conclusion: The team discovered that the boy had heightened psychic abilities. They taught him and his mother how to become comfortable with his gifts and not to be frightened of the men he was seeing since they were what is called ‘place memory’ (see explanation below) and not actual physical hauntings. As a precaution until the boy became older and could understand his abilities better, the team placed an protective energy grid around the house to keep out any further hauntings. The team can report that the boy has experienced no further disturbances.
Reason for Haunting: Research showed that the boy lived less than mile from where the heaviest fighting on April 19, 1775 took place. Wounded soldiers would have passed by his home after the fighting in Menotomy and the team believes this is what he was seeing. When a trauma such as a battle where one is fighting to survive takes place, the event leaves a strong energetic imprint. These men, bloodied and wounded after taking such a strong stand against what had once been their “Mother Country” would have left such an imprint. The boy, due to his strong psychic gifts, was able
to see them night after night, replaying their sorrowful march to either return home, try to get medical help, or to die from their wounds.
Case Closed.
The Houghton Mansion
The Houghton Mansion
Date: Fall 2006 and 2007
Location: North Adams, MA
Historical Background: The Houghton Mansion dates from the 1890s and was built for North Adams’ first mayor. Despite his prominence in the town, Mr. Houghton suffered a terrible tragedy when his daughter Mary was killed in an auto accident, followed the next day by the suicide of the chauffeur, John Widders, who’d been driving the car. It wasn’t too long after this that Mr. Houghton himself died, some say due to the immense grief he suffered at the death of these two people. It is now believed that these three people haunt the mansion. After his death, the mansion moved through many hands and now houses a large Masonic Temple on the second floor.
Findings: The team has been privileged to visit the mansion several times as part of
paranormal conferences put on by the Berkshire Paranormal Group (who run the mansion) and the New England Ghost Project. On the team’s first visit, several members of the team heard the words “Get Out” as they ascended the master staircase. The team believes these words came from Mr. Houghton. However, during this visit and subsequent ones, the team came upon evidence of hauntings that did not involve
Mr. Houghton, Mary Houghton or John Widders. The team encountered the ghosts of two girls who died nearby who play pranks throughout the house, specifically creating the noises many people have heard. Yet the most prevalent spirit the team encountered was that of a very malevolent figure who, the team believes, is responsible for many of the physical attacks that have taken place in the mansion, even to the point of knocking over a tray of food at a restaurant where the team was dining. Although these views are that of
Picture of energies
Conclusion: The team is still gathering evidence as to the identity of this malevolent
spirit. Members of other groups have contacted us corroborating their belief in our findings. As of this date, the harassment by this spirit continues at the Houghton Mansion and has appeared at several investigations conducted by our team at other locations.
Reason for Haunting: To anyone who has ever visited the Houghton Mansion, the large
Masonic Temple on the 2nd floor is an incredibly powerful room. We believe this dark entity is drawn by the power of the room and enjoys using a smokescreen to hide his identity. Although Mr. Houghton does haunt his old home, the team does not believe that he is the main culprit for many of the hauntings reported there. The team believes it is this entity, as well as the two girls that also haunt the mansion who are responsible
for much of the activity reported and experienced over the years.
Case Pending.
World War I Never Ended
Date: Summer 2007
Location: Westford, MA
Historical Documentation: The owner has reported being pushed several times,
including once down a flight of stairs, resulting in severe injury to her leg. Has also
reported seeing the spirit of a man in her home and hearing a male voice call her name.
Findings: Upon arriving at the home, we noticed a memorial plaque on
the corner of her property which commemorated the memory of a soldier killed in World
War I. Entering the home, we at first felt nothing, but had to immediately leave when a
member of our team suddenly became very ill and could not carry on. In the car, she
reported feeling as though she was being torn apart and she could see nothing except flashes
of lights before her eyes. When we got her home, we realized she had a spirit that had
attached itself to her and we proceeded to detach the spirit. After a half hour of working on
her, she began to feel better and quickly recovered.
Conclusion: The team member’s description of what she was feeling and
seeing led us to the conclusion that she was reliving the soldier’s death. From what we
could ascertain, he had been blown up in Europe, suffering horrendous injury before dying
of his wounds. The flashing of lights reported by the team member were the bombs
exploding around the soldier. Later research into the soldier’s fate revealed that he had
indeed been blown up in the War.
Reasons for Haunting: When we made contact with the spirit, he revealed to us
that because of the horror of the War, he had stopped believing in a Supreme Being, but was
afraid to move on in case there really was a Supreme Being. He was frightened that God
would be angry with him for turning away. We spoke with him at length, persuading him
that it didn’t matter what he did or did not believe. No one would be angry with him. He
needed to forgive himself and move on. Another reason he had not been able to move on
was because he was still feeling the pain and trauma he had suffered at the moment of his
death. As a result of the team member literally reliving his death, the soldier was now free
of that trauma and, coupled with our persuasions that it was alright for him to go Home, he
was finally released. The owner of the house has reported a sense of calm and peace at the
house that did not exist before. As of this writing, she has had no other paranormal
occurrences in the home.
Case Closed.
Don’t Want to Be Like You People
Date: November 2006
Location: Lowell, MA
Historical Documentation: Having just moved into a new condo, the owner began to
experience paranormal phenomena on a nightly basis. There was tapping on the wall behind her bed, hot and cold spots in the apartment, the feeling of not being alone and the sound of people talking in her living room, though there was no one there. The activities continued to increase until one evening when she heard a musical instrument stored in her closet begin to play on its own. By this time, she was ready to sell the condo at a loss and move out.
Findings: The team visited the owner on four separate occasions, each time clearing her apartment of spirits. The first visit resulted in the discovery of three spirits, captured
below in a photo. There was no sense of negativity related to these spirits; on the contrary,
they were non-threatening. One was of a homeless man who had died near the condo
complex, another was a woman who had died alone and lonely and the third turned out to be
the spirit of a man the owner had worked with years ago who had always been protective of
her and who, in death, continued to be protective of her.
Conclusion: With each visit, we felt no negativity. Instead, we concluded that it was not
the condo that was haunted, but the woman. In other words, in a recurring theme we have
discovered in many of our investigations, the woman was a natural psychic who was drawing
these spirits to her, although as she once told us, “I don’t want to be like you people”. Over
time, she admitted that she had experienced hauntings all her life. We were able to educate
her on the use of her gifts and relieve much of the fear and misunderstandings she had
towards spirits. As of this writing, she remains in her condo and has learned to manage her
gifts and the ghosts that follow her home.
Reason for Haunting: We are discovering more and more the phenomena we call
“haunted people”. That is, people who are natural psychics, but do not realize it. To a ghost
that is stuck or lost, a psychic person is like a light to them and they are naturally drawn to
that light, seeking help, refuge or companionship. As part of our services, we educate a
“haunted person” not to fear their gifts, and how they can use these gifts to assist those who
have, for one reason or another, not been able to find their way Home.
Case Closed.
Playing with TNT
Date: Fall 2007
Location: North Adams, MA
Historical Documentation: The Hoosac Tunnel is a railroad tunnel in the North Berkshires that took over 30 years to complete between the years 1841 – 1875. 200 deaths occurred during the building of the tunnel, many from explosions, drownings and fires. It has been documented that at least one death may have caused by the ghosts of his companions when a nitro glycerin charge (nitro glycerin use was still in its infancy) was prematurely set off, burying two workmen under tons of rock. The man who had prematurely set off the charge was found a year later at the exact spot where his two co-workers had died. He had been
strangled to death. Over the years, people have reported seeing lights and the lantern of a railroad man signaling the arrival of a train that does not come.
Findings: We arrived at the tunnel on a bright, sunny fall day. Walking towards the entrance, we all began to feel anxious and nervous, feelings that increased the closer we got to the tunnel. We did not know the history of the tunnel at the time, only that men had died building it. Upon entering the tunnel, the anxiety increased and as we walked into the total darkness, we saw lights dancing ahead of us in the pitch black gloom. We heard what appeared to be pick-axes and in the pictures taken, we could see large orbs.
Conclusion: Because nitro glycerin was just being introduced, its use was cause for great anxiety. We believe we picked up on this anxiety of the workmen who died handling this deadly explosive. The lights may have been the lanterns men had to use back then when they were working within the tunnel and at least one of the members heard distinctly a male voice saying “Get Out!”
Reason for Haunting: When a sudden traumatic death occurs, the deceased may not realize they have died. Because of the large number of dead and the ghastly way they met their ends, they did not know that they were in fact dead and they were still reporting for work, hauling their pick axes and chiseling away at the rock to make the Hoosac tunnel.
Case Closed.
The House That Hated People
Date: Autumn, 2007
Location: Salem, New Hampshire
Historical Background: A lovely farmhouse over 100 years old, situated near a
schoolyard. The owner bought the property about 3 years ago as an investment
and began renting it out immediately. She soon discovered there was something
terribly wrong with the house. Structurally it was sound, but a darkness seemed to
permeate the inhabitants. Each tenant was suddenly struck with the worst luck
imaginable. One family was struck with major illness, another also suffered major
illness, to the point of being incapacitated to work. Another suffered loss of job and
break-up of marriage. A successful legal firm moved in, only to find all its business
dry up in six months, forcing them to close shop. The last tenants, struck down by
illness, loss of job and tensions within the family, which had not existed before
moving into the house, left in the middle of the night, leaving their belongings
behind. Whenever the owner would come to the house to work on it, she would
feel uneasy, convinced she was being watched. She would see dark shadows out
of the corner of her eye and would always try to have someone come with her so
she wouldn’t be alone in the house. She became so worried about renting the
house out again that she called us in to investigate.
Findings: The team had to make two visits to the house. During the first visit,
we did a walk through and took pictures and recordings, but captured nothing.
However, the heaviness and feeling we were being watched was palpable. Upon
entering one of the rooms in the attic, we experienced on our thermal thermometer
a severe drop in temperature. As each member of the team entered this small
room, we could feel what amounted to a concentrated ball of energy in the middle
of the room. Each of us, including the owner, were able to reach out our hands
and feel this mass of energy. Our shamanic training has given us the ability to
dissipate and ground this type of energy and once this was done, we were able to
make contact with the spirit of a male who had been feeding off the dysfunction
school nearby) and the abuse done by him to his elderly mother. Over the course
of two visits, we were finally able to release his spirit from the house.
Conclusion: As soon as we released the spirit, the owner noticed a marked
difference in the house. She no longer feared going there alone and felt it was now
a homey, inviting place. As of this writing, she has rented to a family with children
and there are no problems with the new tenants.
atmosphere in the house began to affect the living tenants, creating illness,
loss of jobs, etc. This spirit was kept strong because he was able to which
Case Closed.
Survival Guilt
Date: Summer, 2008
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Historical Background: A small house that has witnessed bad luck, ghostly
visitations from a malevolent spirit, physical attacks and a heaviness that permeates
the residence. Another paranormal investigation team had been called in, but after
being physically attacked by what they felt was an evil spirit, left and asked the
Spirit Light Network to investigate.
Findings: Several things happened. One of the team members had a dream the
previous night of seeing a large lion. Upon entering the basement where the other
paranormal team had been attacked, we found a large lion drawn on the wall. Just
as the team leader was about to say a prayer, he felt what can only be described as
tentacles hitting his back. The picture below taken right at that moment shows what
appear to be tentacles on his back, as well as the lion drawing on the wall. The team
found three entities in the home: (a) the spirit of a young woman, between 18-22
years old, who had been beaten to death by her boyfriend and whom she still loved
and was waiting for despite what had been done to her; (b) the spirit of a previous
owner who had survived WW2, but had lost friends there and carried guilt over
surviving. An alcoholic, he still considered this house his and was very resentful of
the present occupants; (c) the spirit of a recently deceased husband of one of the
occupants of the home. After speaking with the present owners, it was discovered
that the children had seen the spirit of a young girl several times, as well as that of an
older gentleman. They also reported smelling alcohol, though none were drinking
at the time.
Conclusion: The team discovered that one of the inhabitants of the home had also
suffered physical abuse from an ex-husband. The team believes that the dead girl
was drawn to that same type of energy and did not belong to the house. They were
able to convince her that she didn’t need to wait for her boyfriend anymore and that
it was alright for her to leave. One of the team members physically channeled the
angry ex-owner where the story of his service during WW2 was revealed. The rest of
the team were able to help him through his guilt and anger and he was reunited with
his army ‘buddies’ and crossed.
Reason for Haunting: There were two events happening in this home. The first had
to do with the spirit of the girl, who had suffered abuse in her life being drawn to
the abuse the living woman had suffered in her own life. Lost souls will many times
seek out the kind of energy they were familiar with in their lives and this is what the
team believes happened in this case. Through prayer and counseling, the team was
able to release her. The ex-owner, an angry alcoholic recluse in life, hung on to his
home, resentful of anyone who entered “his” house. This anger was fueled by deep
feelings of guilt at having survived the war when many of his friends did not. By
transmuting those heavy emotions, the team was able to ‘lighten’ him enough that he
was able to cross. The third spirit, who was the husband of one of the living
inhabitants, was not ready to go just yet and the team did not try to cross him. Later
the team discovered from neighbors that indeed, an angry alcoholic who kept to
himself did live in that home at one time. The present inhabitants have not
reported any more problems since the team visited.
Case Closed.
Vampires Anyone?
Date: Early Winter, 2008
Location: Gilson Cemetery, Hollis, NH
Historical Documentation: Scattered gravestones dating from early to mid 1800s dot
this small roadside cemetery. Over the years many people have reported anomalies and
dark shadows disappearing INTO the gravestones. Orbs and ghostly voices have been
reported captured, cameras have stopped working and people swear they are being
watched when they enter the graveyard.
It is well documented that in the 1800’s, there was a belief in many New England towns
that if a series of sudden deaths occurred, it could be the work of a vampire. A well known
case of this is the story of Rhode Islander Mercy Brown, who in 1892, was believed to
have been a vampire.
Findings: We arrived around 9 pm one early winter evening and just as we were
crossing the quiet street to enter the graveyard, we saw a large shadow dart across the
stone wall that encloses the graveyard. There were no cars nor any animals that would
have created such a large shadow. It moved along the length of the wall, then
disappeared. We captured many orbs that night, including those of different colors. Two
members of the group experienced a sudden wave of nausea, followed by the distinct
feeling of the presence of a man, very much they do this?” We were immediately drawn to
a tombstone at the far end of the cemetery that belonged to a little boy. As we approached,
we felt the little boy was this man’s son. From what we could ascertain, there had been
much sickness in the area and although the boy was already dead by the time these
sicknesses occurred, he was blamed for them. We believe it was possible that some of the
townspeople may have seen his spirit and, not understanding the subject of ghostly
visitations, believed he had returned to do mischief. It is our belief that the townspeople
dug up the boy’s body to stop the illnesses from continuing.
Conclusions: We believe the father was stuck at the cemetery, still mourning what had
befallen the body of his child and still trying to protect his son’s gravesite.
Reason for Haunting: The father’s emotional frenzy at seeing his son accused of
vampirism and watching the body being dug up caused his spirit to be laden with strong
emotions that were not dissipated at time of death. His anxiety and horror and need to still
stand guard over the gravesite kept him tied to the graveyard, reliving his emotional trauma
over and over.
Case Pending,
Killingly, Connecticut
Location: Killingly, Connecticut
Historical Background: A lovely farmhouse built in 1910 and situated on the Rhode
Island line, the house had been in the current family since 1965 after winning the property in a
poker game. All the holiday festivities were always focused around the house. The current
owner bought the property about 8 years ago from his mother-in-law after his father-in-law
died in the house. The current owner had a family of four and once again used the house as a
gathering place for family. Three years ago the wife left and asked for a divorce. This is
when the owner noticed a shift in the energy of the house and started to feel uneasy and
fearful. The holiday celebrations stopped and what had once been the center of family
activity ceased. The current owner seemed to encounter one road block after another. His
health declined, his finances dwindled and he was ultimately forced to put the property on the
market three years ago.
Findings: The team did a walk through and took pictures and recordings. The heaviness and
the feeling of being watched were palpable. Upon entering one of the rooms in the garage, the
team felt the spirit of a young boy and had a feeling that a terrible accident had occurred in
this room. One of the team members could smell blood. They left the garage and felt the
presence of the young boy follow them into the house. Upon entering the house they could
sense the presence of an older man and another young boy who they surmised was the older
brother of the boy they had found in the garage. The energy from the man was that of a
domineering, stern, humorless personality, while the energy of the boys seemed to indicate a
fear regarding their father. The team was able to ascertain that the entity had also experienced
his wife leaving him, causing the bitterness that seemed to envelope him, as well as the burden
of caring for two children on his own.
Conclusion: After much persuasion, the team was able to release the male entity. Once his
spirit was gone, it was easier to release the boys. Once this was accomplished, the owner
noticed a significant difference in the energy of the house. He was able to get a bid on the
house within a few weeks of the clearing and is working towards freeing himself of the heavy
weight of responsibilities.
Reason for Haunting: Many times when a living person experiences a traumatic incident in
their lives, such as a break-up of a marriage, they will attract a spirit who experienced an
identical trauma in their life. This appears to be a case of ‘like energy attracting like energy’.
The owner’s wife left him and the team discovered an entity who had suffered the same
situation. The heaviness of the spirit’s anger and bitterness actually intermingled with that of
the living owner, so that the owner was not only experiencing his own grief at the loss of his
marriage, but also unknowingly experiencing that of the spirit’s as well. Adding to the
heaviness of the energy was the fearful hold the entity had on his sons, causing the living
owner to also experience fear and anxiety. Once the team was able to release that energy, the
living owner was able to turn his life around, unburdened by such heavy emotions that, in
many cases, were not his, or were amplifying his own.
Case Closed.
The Copper Queen Hotel
Date: Spring, 2006
Location: Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee, Arizona
Historical Background: At the time of its opening in 1902, the Copper Queen Hotel was
considered the most modern hotel in the American West and hosted many dignitaries of
the time, as well as rowdy cowboys and miners taking advantage of the rich lodes of
copper, lead and silver located nearby. According to sightings reported over the years,
there are several resident ghosts at the Copper Queen Hotel. One is a tall older gentleman
with long hair and a beard, usually seen wearing a black cape and a top hat. Some claim
they smell the aroma of a good cigar either before or after seeing him. Another is the
spirit of a young boy, about eight or nine years old, who drowned in the nearby San Pedro
River. It is believed his spirit inhabits the hotel because either his parents or a relative
were employees of the hotel. He is blamed for much of the mischievous pranks that take
place at the Copper Queen, including guests finding their personal objects moved to other
rooms. The boy’s footsteps have been heard running down the corridors, followed by the
unmistakable sound of a child’s giggle. Perhaps the most famous apparition is that of a
female in her early thirties who has been identified as Julia Lowell, a prostitute who used
the hotel to entertain her clients. After being spurned by a client she’d fallen deeply in
love with, she committed suicide in the hotel. Allegedly appearing only to men, some
men have reported hearing a female voice whispering in their ear, while others claim that
she appears to them in the shape of bright white smoke. Then there is the reported
sighting of a front desk clerk from the early days of the Hotel named Howard who seems
to have taken his job so seriously that almost a century after his death, he still checks up
on guests and on other employees to make sure they’re doing their job.
Findings: As these incidents were being told to the team, one of the team members heard
a little boy’s voice behind them say “Look at the keys”, followed by a distinctive giggle.
Immediately, on the wallboard that holds all the room keys, a set of keys from a third
floor room began to move on its own. They also experienced severe drops in temperature
when they visited the room where Julia was supposed to have taken her life, as well as
glimpsing the shadow of a small boy in one of the upstairs corridors. One of the members
of the team, who is male, strongly felt the presence of Julia behind him to the point where
he could detect the faint aroma of a woman’s perfume (which the female members of the
team were not wearing). As he and the team left the Copper Queen, they all felt the spirit
of Julia following them. However, the further they moved away from the hotel, the more
panicked she became and they felt her leave them and return to the hotel.
Conclusion: With so many reported sightings, as well as several investigations by other
paranormal groups during the years, including our own, it is safe to say that the Copper
Queen is definitely haunted by several entities.
Reason for Haunting: In the case of Julia and the little boy, a tragic death will lead many
times to a spirit being trapped. Burdened by feelings of rejection and self hate, the spirit
of Julia cannot move on until those heavy emotions are transmuted for her. There may also
be feelings of guilt because of the way she earned her living that prevent her from moving
on. In the case of the little boy, it is reasonable to assume that he may not even know he is
dead and continues running down the corridors and giggling as he did in life. The elder
gentleman may have loved the hotel so much in life that he sees no reason to leave it in
death and continues enjoying his cigar while watching guests come and go. And the clerk,
who was conscientious in life, continues to feel a need to keep up the good work in
death. In his case, his identity of who he was became so wrapped up in the Copper
Queen Hotel and how he performed his job that he cannot break those bonds in death and
continues to carry out his duties to his own exacting standards.
Case Closed.
