Formal Investigation:

The team arrived at the jail at approximately nine pm. We first were told the history of the jail and then given a tour of the jail with the lights on. We then divided into three teams for the three rooms housed within the jail. We went to lights out and each team began monitoring for any activity with cameras, digital recorders and emf meters. The teams then switched out areas and continued the investigation.

The Findings:

There was little activity noted by any of the teams in the lower section of the jail. The upper room in the jail was were the activity presented. Although activity was not in abundance, we did capture orbs in the upper room, and experienced some cold spots. The most outstanding event was a team member laid a dollar bill out flat in the center of the floor, and during a dead time in which we attempted to interact with any spirits, we asked that any entity present manipulate the dollar bill to show that it was there. One of our team members used a dowsing pendulum to ask questions of any spirits that may be present. All team members remained visible by all others, via the moonlight that streamed in through the windows, and all team members were situated around the perimeters of the room at all times with no one near the dollar bill. When we called lights on, we discovered that the dollar bill was folded in half and surrounded by orbs in the photos. We recieved no evps from this site, but did recieve orb photos.

Photos of the jail itself:


The exterior of the jail


Entering the door of the building and the stairway that goes to the upper level


Upon entering a short hall leads off to the right with one cell on the right and at the end of the hall a second cell on the left.


Standing at second cell at the end of the hall looking back towards the front entry which is to left, staircase is to the right


The entry door into the second cell


Inmates carvings in the hall walls


You had to stoop down to enter through the cell doors. This shot is from the inside of cell two.


Inside the second cell at the end of the hall


Inside cell one. One of the beds remain that the inmates slept on.


A photo shot in the upper room large cell


The Evidence:


The dollar was placed in the floor flat, and discovered to be folded in half after lights went back on. There were no orbs present in photos before the dead time when the dollar was placed, but you can see how many are present following deadtime.


Large orb lingering over roof of the jail

Conclusion of Jail Investigation:

The jail is reported to be haunted, so we will not dispute that. The amount of activity on any given investigation can depend on many varibles such as weather, solar x-rays, moon phase and so on. Some locations are so heavily laden with paranormal activity that you can come away with an abundance of evidence regardless of the varibles. This particular night was a very calm night and not conducive to obtaining much if dependant on those varibles. For now we will just call it a 'not so productive night' at the jail and will visit again when the variables are good for a haunting, and see if we get anything more.

History of the Historical Museum (Dillon Log Cabin), our second stop:
The structure is a two story log cabin from 1830s-40s; and displays artifacts of county's pioneers, Civil War, early industry & commerce. The curator mostly spoke of the general history of the museum and the artifacts housed within. We were given no information about paranormal activity.

Formal Investigation:

The team arrived at the museum following the investigation at the jail which is actually across the street from the museum to the right. We first stood and listened to the curator tell about the history and artifacts. During her historical speel, one of our team sensitives began to feel a pull to the dining room of the cabin. Unable to resist the pull, yet not wanting to be rude to the curator, she quickly walked to the room and placed a digital recorder on the log table, then returning to listen until the curator was finished. We then divided into three teams for the investigation. Our sensitive that experienced the pulling went straight to the dining area of the cabin and informed members that a female spirit was pulling her there. She described the woman as having on old time clothing, 1800 era. She then stated the name "Maude" and followed with she did not know what that means, but the female said the name "Maude" to her. It was then noted that there was a Maude, the curator explained that the woman who opened up the cabin as a museum was named Maude and that she had passed on many years before. That she worked in the museum every day for many years until her death, and dressed in 1800 era clothing for tours of the museum. The sensitive and her team remained in the dining area, one team went upstairs to the bedrooms, another to the back room, and a team to the front room of the cabin. Lights out was called and each team began monitoring for any activity with cameras, digital recorders and emf meters. Members experienced the blocking of photos at times, cameras malfunctioning, movement of objects upstairs. At the closing of the investigation and after exiting outside of the structure, our sensitive that the Maude was interacting with, once again pulled at her to look up towards the roof of the cabin. The sensitive responded that she would look up if 'Maude' would pose for a photo. Maude did pose for a photo and you will see this photo in the evidence below.

General Photos of the Museum:


The exterior of the museum


Entering into the dining area where the spirit 'Maude' was lingering, if you turn to the right it goes to the upstairs bedrooms, to the left is the back storage type room.


The back storage area type room


And the staircase leading to the upper bedrooms


The upstairs bedrooms. The first two photos are of the bedroom to the right, the third a photo of a chair in the bedroom to the left that has exhibited activity before.

The Evidence:


A large orb in the dining room where 'Maude' was entertaining, this photo was captured during dead time and attempts to interact with the Maude spirit. At first we thought it something was behind the curtain. The third photo is another shot of the same area following the first photo and the orb is gone.


The photo that was taken when the sensitive asked the Maude spirit to pose for the camera


Photo of large Orb in upstairs bedroom - Date & Time on camera wrong


Orbs in the back room where two sensitives in our group were feeling a male spirit who was not so happy about us being there.


Another orb shot when the two sensitives were trying to capture some evidence of the male spirit whom we call 'Oscar'

These next photos are of something that was very subtle and the team member who shot them inquired of the others if there was anything to the lightened area she noticed at the window. These photos were taken in the front room of the museum by the fireplace. It is common to shoot two photos in rapid succession of areas in the event we catch something materializing or it being there one second and gone the next, and even with orbs this helps validate that it is not the camera itself causing a questionable image. We thought it was just a dirty window, or something reflecting from outside or inside the window and at first cast it off as nothing. But further inspection by negatizing the shots aroused interest again. We again held to it may be a reflection in the glass until we noted that it was not showing up just in the glass paned areas, but also in the wood frame areas which were not likely to reflect and definitely not in the same manner as glass would. We noticed upon enlarging the shot that the image had form, becoming even clearer when negatized. We were working with the first photo and at first it appeared to be a dress, but then we retrieved the second photo, negatized it and it became even clearer in that the image had materlized further in the second shot, it looking more like a suit or maybe a military uniform, a man posed in a sitting position. You can see the neckline and both pant legs, the left leg being clearer then the right and appearing to be resting higher up as if the foot is resting on sa higher surface, of which the something is also showing and appears to be steps possibly, we are not sure. It also appears like the man is holding something like a staff, cane, flag possibly, in the left hand. He is sitting in the position of a frontal side profile. We still considered a reflection of some kind, maybe from a photo across the room, until we noted that at the upper left corners, of the lower window frame, where the glass joins the wood frame there is a substance there that is more dense, like ectoplasm consistency. being part of the apparition image itself. When studying these spots it no longer appears to be on the direct surface of the window and wood as a reflection would be, but a inch or so in front of the window. We intend to investigate this further by returned to the museum and looking to see if there is anything in this room that resembles this figure that may have reflected in some way, this just to be sure. We have provided photos below to help you see it more clearly, and we welcome any input.

Photo one and Photo two shot in succession. Looks pretty normal, and we were surprised that Heather even noticed a lightened area in the window.
Good eye Heather!


The windows cropped out of both photos while in original size format and saved so you can see the windows more closely. Note that the area in the first photo is fainter then in the second photo, but it is still at a glance looking like reflection or even just a dirty window. But now we negatized just to have a different perspective.


We were working with the full size negatized shots so we could see it clearly, unlike your view here, but you can see the darkening of the image in the second negatized shot compared to the first shot. Notice that in the first shot the shadow ends less then midway down the lower window area and in the second shot you see the shadow form down even lower in that window frame (on the right side).


In case you do not put the image together yourself, this was a illustrated composite I did to point out features when sending to other members for input. A friend that viewed this composite could not see what I see, so let me say that this is how the form is appearing to me anyway, you may see something different then I do. We again welcome any input from our visitors.

But it did not end there. These shots were taken after closure of the investigation and team members out front getting ready to leave. We shoot around the area for orbs, etc. This again involved to photos shot in succession. In the background there is a building which is the old Historical Phelps County Courthouse, also claimed to be haunted. This again was a case of something noticed in the second photos window by the photo taker. However, there was something also in the first shot and in the second shot something was added to the first thing. Again, I will show you as I did above as it was a matter of having a good eye.


Appears to be nothing unusual here, until I noticed a faint black shadow at the left hand lower window of the courthouse and decided to do a closer inspection.


I clipped out the window in the original size photo and brought it up close and could definitely see what appeared to be a womans figure with the left arm down to her side and the right hand resting on her hip. Looks like she may be wearing a dress that has poofy shoulders which were common in the 1800's, and her hair may be in a bun. A friends child said it looked like someone with a derby top hat on, so possibly it is a thin male figure with a derby hat on. I tried doing some contrast adjusting to bring the shadow out clearer and the second photo is the best I could get. I first questioned if there was possibly a mannequin placed in this window, but notice that the right arm extends past the window frame and reflects onto the outer wall, so it is not inside the window, but outside the window even though it gives the appearance of being inside and looking out. I moved on to the second shot and was stunned.


And no it is not a curtain effect, here is another window in the building. There are in fact no curtains on any of the windows in the courthouse (see investigation of the courthouse for day time view of courthouse). I have also included a close up photo of the bright white square image in the photo that some may have questioned as to what that is. It is a sign that I believe reads Phelps County Muncipal Court from the best I can make out.


Okay, suddenly we have a few orbs and you can pick up some kind of light shading at the lower window in question, which the team member picked up and submitted for input. But lets get a closer look....


This is wild, like something out of a ghost story book that has been illustrated, that was my first thoughts when I seen this. I clipped the window out of the original and enlarged it, other then that there was no other manipulation such as contrast lightening, etc. Now we have the female shadow which is still there, but she has been joined by what looks almost like a skeletal entity, as well as there are orbs that you cannot really pick up on until it was enlarged. This was just wicked! Again, we welcome guest input in this.


The Findings:

Again, it was a calm night at the museum as well, or so it seemed until we got the photos loaded. We are convinced that the spirit of Maude Gaddy, the first curator, still loves the museum and chooses to malinger there hoping to make her presence known to the visitors. Two of our sensitives also felt a strong male presence in the back room of the building, a presence whom was not as pleased about the visitation. Our personal experiences and sensitivities play the biggest part in our conclusion that the museum is definitely haunted, and these photos following close behind. We feel this location also warrants another future investigation under the right conditions because if we can get these kinds of photos on a calm night, one has to wonder what could be obtained on a active night.


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