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Haunted Denfield House in Sydney

Posted on February 9, 2015February 5, 2015 by Anna Abner

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Haunted Sydney House on Sale for 1.2 Million

Written by Sarah Dean in July 2014

One of Sydney’s most historic homes is up for sale for $1.2million with its current owner promising any prospective buyers they needn’t worry – it’s no longer haunted.

Denfield House in St Helen’s Park, in south-west Sydney, is on the market for $1.2 million.

Built in 1837 the house was originally owned by John Farley – the man who first saw Fred Fisher’s ghost in 1826.

Then a resident female ghost reportedly haunted Denfield’s kitchen, she was allegedly a former owner who would never go to bed until her husband was ready to join her.

However, current owner Steve Laws told the Daily Telegraph they had not experienced any supernatural incidents while living there.

Fred Fisher was an English-born Australian farmer from Campbelltown who suddenly disappeared in 1826.

Four months after he vanished, Farley ran into the local hotel in a very agitated state claiming he had seen Fisher’s ghost sitting on the rail of a nearby bridge.

The legend of the ghost is now celebrated in an annual festival in Campbelltown in November and the creek – now a storm water drain – beside which the body was discovered. It is known as Fisher’s Ghost Creek.

Farley was an emancipist, one of many of the convicts sentenced and transported under the convict system to Australia who had been given conditional or absolute pardons, and arrived in Australia in 1812.

He became a farmer and settled down with his wife Margaret in their new home, located on the 325 acre farm on the Appin Road.

Farley died in 1841, a year after he sold the sandstone brick house to magistrate John Bray.

The house remained in the Bray family for many years and in 1866 Joshua Bray wrote and described a curious incident in the night.

‘They are very much excited about here, the Mail was robbed ten days ago….The night before last they stopped it about a quarter of a mile from this house- the coachman and passengers came about 4 o’clock in the morning to tell us. These robberies take place in the night…they were hiding all their jewellery. Papa has loaded his pistol,’ he said.

The typical colonial house, surrounded by a stone flagged verandah, has been ‘meticulously restored over time to present a wonderful family home’, Ray White real estate agent’s website explains.

In about 1917 the Hickey’s bought the house and leased it to the Carroll family. It then became derelict until it was restored in 1964.

The listing on the Ray White website adds: ‘Comprising of four bedrooms plus a study this home comes complete with a variety of different living areas. Feel the warmth of the fireplace in the formal living or enjoy sun filled family areas.’

The house now boasts modern pleasures such as swimming pool and gardeners can enjoy the fruit trees, veggie patch and there’s even ‘enough room for a pony’.

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Is Your House Haunted?

Posted on February 2, 2015February 5, 2015 by Anna Abner

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Strange Noises, Unexplained Cold Patches? Is Your House Haunted?

Written in July 2014

It’s not easy living in a haunted house — all those strange noises, all those unexplained cold patches.

Fortunately, ridding your home of apparent paranormal activity can be a relatively straightforward exercise.

With a sense of adventure and the right tools, you shouldn’t even need to engage the services of a psychic.

Here, for your ghostbusting information, are the most common signs of a haunted house — and how to get rid of them.

Unexplained noises

That scraping sound at night could be the sound of a long-dead former occupant of your house trying to do your head in. Or it could be the noise of branches rubbing against the roof.

Wait until daylight to check for overhanging branches and remove any before they cause damage.

Creaking could be mischief from beyond the grave, or it could be a symptom of changes in temperature and humidity. Old houses are especially prone to expanding and contracting with changes in atmospheric conditions, as nails and pipes rub against wood.

If the noise is more of a skittering sound, investigate the possibility of rodents — either tottering over your roof or living inside your attic. Droppings, bite marks and remnants of nests are sure sign it’s time to call in the pest exterminator.

Doors opening and closing

It can be unsettling, waking up to find doors open you could have sworn you’d closed before you went to bed. Unsettling, but completely explainable. Misaligned doors do that: they open when you’ve shut them and swing about with a mind of their own.

If you fancy yourself as a home handyman — or woman — loosen the hinges, move the door so it’s sitting square, then tighten the hinges again. In severe cases, you might need to remove the door and plane the edge to prevent scraping. Sound too complicated? Phone your friendly neighbourhood handyman.

Lights turning on and off

Nothing says ooger-booger quite like electrical disturbances. But before you invest in a Ouija board, it might be worth checking the wiring in your home. The internet is awash with DIY electrical websites but common sense dictates that electrical charges and amateur handypeople don’t mix. This is one for the professionals.

Cold patches

If walking past a certain spot in the house sends chills down your spine, it’s time to check if something is causing a draught. One technique is to hold a lit candle near windows on a windy day. Air getting in where it shouldn’t will cause the candle to flicker. Remedy the situation by installing weather stripping, erecting curtains or replacing the window.

For cold patches on walls, consider better insulation.

Feeling like you’re being watched

As Joseph Heller wrote in Catch-22, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you. If you feel like you’re being watched, sweep the house for hidden security cameras.

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KY Haunted Hospital Remodel

Posted on January 26, 2015February 5, 2015 by Anna Abner

Or, Time To Check In To The Newest Haunted Hotel

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Kentucky Haunted Hospital is on its Way to Becoming a Hotel

Written by John Albrecht, Jr. in July 2014

Owners of a Kentucky haunted hospital are working hard to make it a haunted hotel. The hospital is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world and according to an interview from an inside source today, money from ghost tours of the hospital are being used to renovate the building and the owners hope that the hotel will be finished by 2020.

The owners of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium filed a zoning plan last spring to convert the former hospital into a hotel and in February the zoning committee voted in favor for city council to approve the zoning for the project.

Owners Charlie and Tina Mattingly have plans to turn the former tuberculosis hospital into a 120-room four-star hotel, convention center, and liquor bottling business. The hotel will cater to the haunted hotel tourists as well as regular guests.

“It’s the feeling that you get in the building and all of the odd anomalies that happen in here that most people relate that with paranormal activity,” owner Charlie Mattingly said in an interview with WRDB in June.

According to the plans, the first floor will be used for a 3,050 square foot restaurant and an 8,500 square foot conference center. The second and third floors will have 120 hotel rooms. The fourth floor will have meeting rooms and a museum focusing on the hospital.

“People won’t come here just because they need a room. They’re going to come here because they want to have an experience for the weekend,” Mattingly said.

On February 25, the Louisville Metro Council’s Planning, Zoning, Design, and Land Development Committee voted unanimously for recommendations to approve zoning for the Mattingly’s project. The Louisville Metro Council met and approved the zoning change request by a 21 to 0 vote.

The Mattinglys are working nonstop to make the hotel a reality by continuing to apply for various permits. So far they have been unable to secure any loans so all of the money from ghost tours is being used for renovations on the building. The Mattinglys make sure that they thank every tourist that comes into the hospital, and they let them know that the donations they give for the tours are turning a dream into a reality.

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium hospital was open for fifty-two years, from 1910 to 1962. It later reopened as a nursing home but it finally closed in 1982. Over the years, some of the the property’s owners have proposed to turn the building into many things, some of which include a prison and a 150-foot statue of Jesus.

The Mattinglys purchased the hospital and the 29-acre property for $230,000 in 2001, and in 2012 acquired an additional 80 acres for $800,000. They have been conducting ghost tours in the former tuberculosis hospital and they estimate that about 10,000 people come on their tours every year. The revenue from the tours is used to renovate the building and the surrounding property. The Mattingly’s say that they will continue to host paranormal enthusiasts when the building becomes a hotel.

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Hunting Calif. Ghosts

Posted on January 12, 2015February 5, 2015 by Anna Abner

Or, Ghosts Populate Pleasanton, CA

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Hunting the Ghosts in Haunted Pleasanton

Written by Pale Dale Roberts in July 2014

One of the most haunted hotels in Pleasanton is the Pleasanton Hotel: In 1864, five years before the first railroad arrived in Pleasanton, John W. Kettinger built the 1st hotel in Pleasanton, it was called the Farmer’s Hotel – later it was purchased by Henry Reimers in 1891 and burned to the ground on March 18, 1998 and re-built. At one time the hotel was called The Riverside Hotel and there was a minor fire in 1915. A long time resident of Pleasanton named Dwayne Simmons says that on one particular night he saw a man on fire walking on the back street, he was startled on what he was seeing and was prepared to call the police, then the man on fire vanished before his eyes. The location was very close to the hotel. Could Dwayne have seen a victim of this hotel’s past history with fires?

GHOST IDENTIFIED: MAN ON FIRE.

Many people say that upstairs at the Pleasanton Hotel is extremely haunted, the upstairs is the hotspot. People hear and see things. Doors will shut on their own. A terrified young woman has been seen wandering the hallway and many people believe she was a murdered prostitute.

GHOST IDENTIFIED: THE SLAYED HARLOT.

Every October here in Pleasanton, they have a Ghost Walk. According to Denae, she lived in a building at St. Mary’s – when you leave the closet door open, the activity begins. St. Mary’s was once a brothel. She tells me that a woman was murdered there. She says that the closet gets very cold, you can even hear a woman breathing in the closet. St. Mary’s was built sometime in the 1800s. Denae also tells me that pots and pans would fly out of cabinets. The rocking chair once started rocking and there was an old lady rocking it. As she watched this old lady, she finally just dissipated.

GHOST IDENTIFIED: THE ROCKING CHAIR GRANDMA

OTHER GHOSTLY NOTES:
1. Gay 90s Pizza – is very haunted. A patron who does not want to be identified says that one time he was ordering a pizza and the pizza flew from his hands and landed 5 feet in front of him. He said that incident scared the crap out of him.

GHOST IDENTIFIED: PIZZA SNATCHING PHANTOM

2. Tunnels underneath Main Street, Asian railroad workers worked these tunnels. Detrick Sanders says that when everyone is in bed and Main Street is quiet, you will see the heads of Asian men pop up from the streets where the tunnels are located at. Detrick saw this one time and it reminded him of ground hogs, the heads would pop up and look to the right, to the left, straight ahead and go back into the street. It was the most strangest sight he ever saw and he claims he only drank two beers that night.

GHOSTS IDENTIFIED: ASIAN HEAD POPPERS.

3. Dentist Office – Victorian building – used to be house, very haunted. A man with eyes on fire was seen there, the apparition came out of the window and floated to the ground. A couple walking past the office, looked at the ghost and it looked back at the couple and simply laughed with his blazing red eyes and then vanished.

GHOST IDENTIFIED: FIRE EYES.

4. Union Jack Pub – torn down – haunted. The ghost of a woman wearing a pink nightgown was seen floating over the land where once stood the Union Jack Pub.

GHOST IDENTIFIED: LADY IN PINK

There is a nice bridge walkway that will take you to Del Valle Parkway. Marcus Wilcox says his mother once saw a troll like creature underneath this bridge. The troll like creature was yanking the fur off a live rabbit. When Marcus’ mother saw the creature, he ran off into the thickets and vanished.

CRYPTID IDENTIFIED: PLEASANTON BRIDGE TROLL

6. The Rose Hotel: People that have visited the Rose Hotel say that lights turn off and on, a full body apparition of a male ghost has been seen moving a big dresser. Other heavy items have been moved, but according to Swala Jasine she saw a ghostly muscular man move that dresser.

GHOST IDENTIFIED: ROSE HOTEL FURNITURE MOVER.

I did some EVP work in the Pleasanton Hotel and captured a woman moaning and crying. Inconclusive, because it could have been a real woman in one of the rooms actually crying. I didn’t hear the crying with my own ears, but did capture it on my digital recorder.

Stopped off at the Pleasanton Museum at 603 Main Street and learned from the curator that in the Summer of 1917, the film Rebecca of Sunnybrook was filmed there.

The indigenous Indians that resided in the East Bay were many. Here are just a few: Ompin, Carquin, Huchiun, Saclan,Cholvon, Souyen, Taunan, Tuibun, Chupcan, Volvon, Julpun, Tamcan, Ssaeam, Tatean, Yulien, Luecha and some more! With all of these Indian settlements and all of the history of Pleasanton, you would have to believe that this place is haunted.

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Ghost Attacks Photog in PA

Posted on January 5, 2015January 15, 2015 by Anna Abner

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Ghost Attacks Photographer in Pennsylvania House ‘Haunted’ With Demons and Spirits

Written by Darcie Loreno in July 2014

HANOVER, Pa. — Homeowners in Pennsylvania claim their home is haunted with ghosts and a demon, and one photojournalist was reportedly hurt while inside.

According to WPMT, homeowner DeAnna Simpson said they’ve lived there for seven years, and she says she has photos and recordings of voices, laughing, and even dogs barking.

She said one of the ghosts is a demon, and that she caught it in a photo. She said it is a 7-foot-tall figure.

When a Fox 43 photojournalist entered the home for a story, he felt his hand burning and saw a scratch on his wrist. Simpson claims he was hurt as a warning about telling her story.

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Top 5 Most Haunted Roads

Posted on December 29, 2014January 15, 2015 by Anna Abner

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Ghosts Aren’t Just For Houses:Top 5 Most Haunted Roads

Apparently some ghosts have taken their shows to the road… and this list will tell you just which roads to avoid if you don’t want to hear anything go bump in the night on your next drive.

First up, Belchen Tunnel, Switzerland. It looks creepy enough, doesn’t it? It gets better… or worse. Apparently, this Swiss road is haunted by an old lady. One report shows that two women actually claimed to pick the old lady up, and were told by the old lady that “something dreadful was going to happen.” Then, with her message apparently delivered, she disappeared.

Not scary enough? Let’s try Stocksbridge Road, also known as the “Killer Road.” Located in the United Kingdom, there have been numerous ghost sightings reported… and of more than one ghost, as well. There’s the ghost of a monk who likes to show up on the bridge on Stocksbridge Road. And then there are the ghost children (aren’t those always the scariest?). Some of the sightings of these ghost children actually come from security guards, who said they saw children playing on the road late one night… but the kids disappeared before the guards could reach them. Workmen often reported children singing in the night, as well.

But let’s bring it a little closer to home with Highway 666 in the United States. Here there have been reports of speeding ghost cars — including a flaming, demonic semi-truck that reportedly seems to drive directly at spooked travelers — as well as packs of devil dogs. Also, people tend to disappear from this stretch of road, losing their sense of time and sometimes not being found until days later. The name was changed from Highway 666 to 491, and, strangely enough, accidents did decrease… but it is still known as America’s “Highway to H*ll.”

Then there is Tuen Mun Road, located in Hong Kong. There is a disproportionately high number of car accidents on this road, and people there blame the local ghosts. Apparently, these ghosts will appear suddenly, right in front of a driver, forcing the driver to swerve and inevitably crash. Furthermore, just to guarantee there is never a shortage, they say that each new car accident fatality results in a new ghost haunting the road.

But if you are looking for a little more personal interaction from your ghostly encounters, try Clinton Road, in New Jersey, at the Old Boy Bridge. If you toss in a coin, the ghost of a boy who drowned there will toss it back up to you. And if that isn’t creepy enough, there have also been sightings of UFOs, mutated circus animals, and mysterious glowing eyes.

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Haunted Mississippi Hospital

Posted on December 22, 2014January 15, 2015 by Anna Abner

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Haunted Mississippi

Written by Therese Apel (Sep. 2014)

Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg is known to be one of the most haunted hospitals in the south.

The dust on the table reads, “pleh,” or “help” backwards. Nobody on the paranormal investigation team knew how it had gotten there….

You decide.

Oh, and by the way… ghosts are said to write backwards.

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Newcastle’s 5 Most Haunted Spots

Posted on December 15, 2014January 15, 2015 by Anna Abner

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Ghosts and Hauntings in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley

HAUNTED: The Civic Theater, Hunter Street

The Civic Theatre is said to be haunted by ghosts, and the best known ghost is Joe.

Joe once, apparently, had a long conversation with former Newcastle deputy lord mayor Frank Rigby.

The story goes, Mr Rigby was sitting alone in the theatre stalls one evening pondering the shortfall of funds required to renovate the rundown theatre.

That’s when Joe seated himself down next to Mr Rigby and insisted on talking.

Mr Rigby told Joe that there was not enough money in the budget to cover the cost of refurbishing the orchestra pit.

The ghost turned, smiled and told him not to worry about it and that everything would turn out alright.

Not long after, Newcastle was struck by an earthquake. Miraculously the Civic Theatre was spared its destruction, except for one place – the orchestra pit. Insurance covered the cost of its replacement with a new and better pit.

HAUNTED: Miss Porter’s House, King Street

Miss Porter’s House in King Street, Newcastle West, is a heritage listed building. Built in the early 1900s it was the home of the Porter family.

Sisters Ella and Hazel, both spinsters, lived in the house their entire lives.Many visitors to the house, which was bequeathed to the National Trust, claim to have seen the ghosts of the sisters.

It is said the sisters still reside over the home, which the longest surviving sister, Hazel, requested remain untouched after her death. Everything in the home is just as the sisters left it, complete with their clothes, furniture and even teaspoons.

Visitors have reported seeing apparitions of the sisters dressed in slippers and a skirt. There have also been claims the furniture moves around in the house, seemingly all by itself.

HAUNTED: The Old Hunter Street Police Lock-up

The old Newcastle Police Station in Hunter Street operated from 1861 until 1982. And those who believe in ghostly entities say its lock-up is haunted by many, but its best known is the spirit child named Mary.

Ghostly figure captured during an overnight paranormal investigation in the lock-up at the old Newcastle Police Station in Hunter St, Newcastle.

Mary walks the jail looking for her parents and a Sydney based team of paranormal investigators claim to have made contact with her and have even recorded her voice.

But Mary is not the only ghost of the lock-up.

Paranormal investigators claim to have photographed what they believe is a ghost (pictured above), possibly a police officer, during one of their overnight camp-outs in the lock-up in 2012.

HAUNTED: Newcastle Court House, Church Street

Newcastle Court House is one of the most ghostly places in town.

There have been many ghost sightings in the Church St building. Jurors have reported feeling as though there were being watched from the upstairs public gallery during trials, claiming that even though they try to concentrate on the trial before them, their attention is repeatedly drawn to the fourth row of seats on the left hand side.

Jurors have also reported hearing the rattling of doors, cold spots throughout the building and the constant feeling of being watched.

One juror described a ghost in a pillbox hat and gloves sitting in the gallery with her hands folded in her lap.

HAUNTED: The Royal Newcastle Hospital, Pacific Street

The Royal Newcastle Hospital operated for almost 190 years. Built by convicts in 1817 it has a rich history of ghost sightings.

Some of the sightings were of the ghosts of patients who died in the hospital – including one woman who continued to set off the buzzer in her hospital room after her death.

Nurses have reported seeing bright lights shining above the beds of recently deceased patients, full bodied aparitions in ward hallways, ghostly workmen walking into lifts and the unsettling appearance of ghost nurses.

There is even a story of a matron who still came to work, years after her death.

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Family Flees Utah Haunted House

Posted on December 8, 2014December 1, 2014 by Anna Abner

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Family Moves Out Because House is Haunted

Written by Corinne Clements (Sept. 2014)

The family currently renting the home formerly owned by Josh and Susan Powell says they have moved out.

Joanna Aeosana says since she and her family moved in two months ago numerous mysterious events have occurred inside the home. She says the company who leased the house to her never shared the history of the home.

In 2009, Susan Cox Powell disappeared from the home and was never seen again. Her husband, Josh Powell, was the only person of interest in the case. He later ended up killing himself and the couple’s two sons in a house fire in Washington State.

Aeosana says she was unaware of the Powells’ story and says, almost from the moment her family moved in, strange things have been happening.

“I hear people crying when I’m showering,” she told 2News.

Aeosana also says the garage door opens and closes on its own. Most recently, she said her 1-year-old son was talking to an empty swing in the front yard and saying, “Go away, leave me alone.”

Aoesana says she didn’t know about the history of the home until a neighbor told her. In the last few days, she said her family has moved out and is asking that the company who leased out the home, American Homes 4 Rent, help them find a different place to live or allow them to get out of the lease. The home is being held in a trust as the details of the estate are being worked out.

Real estate agents are not required to disclose the personal history of the home, but Aeosana says they should have a moral or ethical obligation to do so.

“I believe they should have told me,” said Aoesana. “I just don’t want to be in there.”

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Senator John Humphrey’s Haunted House

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Anna Abner

Or, Spirits Still Linger In This Orland Park, Illinois Home

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Senator John Humphrey House in Orland Park, Illinois:

Haunted Historic Home and Family Spirits

Written by Edward Shanahan (Sep. 2014)

The Senator John Humphrey House in Orland Park, Illinois is not only a historic location, but also a rare haunted location in Illinois for the fact in all this time, only one family has lived in the home. The John Humphrey family.

A historic family at that and one that kept the home in the family until it was turned over to the Orland Historical Society in 1987 with the death of the youngest Humphrey family member, John. That is why this haunted historic home is more special, as some location owners claim to have what they call ‘a haunted house family’ with out the true knowledge of who the family consists of in the home as there were more then one family that occupied the other homes.

The home was built in 1881 by John Humphrey and was the 2nd house built in Orland Park. I was drawn to the Humphrey House in 2007 and until then it was not know to the public as a haunted location. Walking in to the home I knew it was active, how active, I did not know. I did learn one thing that no one in the paranormal field knew at the time or until I made it public, is that Senator John Humphrey House has a major tie to Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery.

The Senator John Humphrey Family consisted of: John Humphrey and first wife Amelia and children: Libby (died within 11 months), Wilt (oldest child and lawyer), Lillian (died as a child), Thomas (died as a child), Clara, Mable (died as a child), and Maude. Amelia (1st wife) died in 1894.

Senator Humphrey then married in the same year the secretary and assistant in his law office, her name was Ida. Senator John Humphrey and Ida had one child, his name is John and he is the one that willed the Senator Humphrey House to the Historical Society.

The house has paranormal activity. I have had three paranormal teams and another Spirit Feeler with one team at the location and they confirmed what I already knew, that spirits are there and active. A couple of other teams have done their own investigations at the location and the paranormal activity held up without any questions about it.

See the ghostly reflection in the glass of a man and woman?

There was one team of three men I was told about by the Historical Society President. The three guys making up the team came running down from the second floor screaming like young teenage girls seeing a mouse. That was kind of the last of the investigation teams being allowed to investigate the home on their own. It has been proven to have activity by investigation teams in the past and the hundreds of experiences by individuals during my Supernatural and Paranormal Nights held during all these years at the location.

Senator John Humphrey died in 1914, Ida lived until the 1950’s and something rare for that time frame was done when she died. John the youngest child had her waked at the home. Being waked in the home was a practice of the past and a few of the Humphrey family members were waked in the house, in the location that I have always held my ‘Circle of Energy’ Spirit Communication Sessions. Ida being waked in the home in the 1950’s was something that was very rare.

But baby John as I call him, do to the fact he was the youngest child, he had a practice of his own that was a bit on the unusual. He owned the coffin he was going to be buried in when he died and kept it at the Humphrey House when he moved back there after his mother’s death.

Baby John while alive, found comfort in sleeping in the coffin that one day would be his final resting place. Also as one explores the home, they will come across an old rocking horse in the children’s bed room, that was baby John’s horse. There is a photo of John on it when he was a child in the book ‘The Orland Story’.

I will get in to the Bachelor’s Grove in a moment, as I want to say that the house is the one most active ‘private residence homes’ that I have been in. I been in one that was a farm up in North West IL and a couple others out of state that are open to the public. As I stated earlier, there is no doubts of who the family is providing the activity in the Senator John Humphrey House.

At one time I was holding paranormal nights at the location, this year (2014), I have been holding what I call ‘Supernatural Nights, Workshops and Spirit Communications all done on the same night. In 2014 I have been allowed access to an empty room known as the playroom, a room that was a storage area in the past. This has become the most active room at the location and is the room I now use to help open individuals open up to feeling the emotions of the spirits or those emotions that have remained in the room by the children of the past.

he Senator John Humphrey family has a couple major ties to the haunted Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery and I was happy to be the able to let the Chicago paranormal field know of the connection and at times I wonder if it was a mistake due to the behavior of some individuals.

John Humphrey and first wife Amelia’s first child ‘Libby’ died at 11 months old. Mrs. Humphrey’s family (Patrick), had a family plot and family buried at Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey had Libby buried with Mrs. Humphrey’s family members at Bachelor’s Grove, as the Humphrey family did not own a family plot.

The question even asked by some of the officials of the Historical Society, is Mrs. Amelia Humphrey who was found dead in the house in March of 1898 and buried at a different cemetery then her first child Libby and is buried at Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery. Could Mrs. Humphrey be the woman and child seen at Bachelor’s Grove?

Bachelor's Grove Cemetery — Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

There is almost no doubt that she is, as I and others have used a specific paranormal tool for communication that has stated the fact that Amelia is the Madonna of Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery.

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