Business - Case #2 (archived)



Kansas City!!!  Results of Mix 93.3's morning

show, from 5:00am Tuesday, Aug. 14th.

 Miller's Paranormal Research conducted

a LIVE investigation of the radio station!  



Case #2 - Includes 5 photos 




Date: August 14, 2001

Time: Tuesday, 5:00am - 6:00am

Location: Kansas City, Missouri



Investigators On Scene:

Brenda, Dee Ann, Jerry



Conditions:

Temp: 69 F

Barometer: 30.1

Humidity: 78%

Weather: No fog present, winds E 3pmh, no mist, rain or snow



Evidence Collected:

Digital Photos: 129

Positive Digital Photos: 75

35mm Photos: Unknown

Positive 35mm Photos: Unknown

EVPs: 2

Video: 1



Brief Area History:

 

Westport was named as such because it was believed it would be the port to the west for immigrants traveling westward, and indeed it became just that.  John McCoy is called the father of Westport.  He came to Westport in 1830 at 19 years of age and laid out the town into lots in 1833.  In 1833, on lot #1 located at the northeast corner of Westport Rd. and Pennsylvania, (also the current location of the radio station) he built a two story log building that was to be both his home and merchant store.  He sold good and supplies to the Indians, wagon trains and anyone else headed west.  His business flourished as did Westport itself.   Lot # 1 has also been referred to as the birthplace of Kansas City, Mo.  Westport was incorporated as a city in 1857 and consolidated with Kansas City, Mo. in 1899.
 
Other notable early settlers of Westport include, but certainly not limited to: Alexander Majors, Nathan Scarritt, John B. Wornall, Albert Gallatin Boone (grandson of Daniel Boone), Mountain man Jim Bridger, John Harris, Henrietta Harris, Charles Kearney, and Josephine Kearney.
 
In 1849 the dreaded Cholera reared its ugly head in and around Westport, Independence, and other communities predominately along the waterways.  It left in its wake a great many deaths, depressed trade and emigration.  Cholera appeared again in 1850 and with it came panic among the townspeople.  Within the first 24 hours of its appearance in Westport, forty-eight people were suddenly dead.  People fled the area in great numbers.  
 
As the people gathered at Westport on their trek westward, they clogged the streets with wagons, supplies, livestock.  In one years time over 20,000 immigrants passed through Westport.  By the time the Civil War broke out Westport was a thriving city with numerous churches and schools, post office, grist mill, merchant stores, warehouses, and boasted a population nearly as large as Independence. 
 
The Civil War drove business to Leavenworth.  McCoy and a great many like him that were Confederate were banned from Jackson County during the Civil war.  John Brown and his Free-State party as well as a constant infusion of armed men that continued to arrive from the south gathered at Westport and made it the location of their headquarters.  Fights and skirmishes and battles were a frequent occurrences between the opposing sides.  Emotions and tensions ran high. 
 
October 23, 1864 was the battle of Westport.  General Shelby was ordered to attack Westport that was being held by the Federals under Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis, so as to open a route south for General Sterling Price and his men.   As the battle began it is reported that Maj. Gen. Curtis and a number of Westport citizens initially climbed atop the tallest building at the time, the three story Harris House, to watch the ensuing battle.  Subsequently Curtis descended and joined in the fever pitched battle.  It was a desperate and intense battle for the better part of four hours with a loss of approximately 3000 men (1500 each side).    Eye witness accounts talk of a morning dawning in clear and bright skies.  By the end of the battle, the choking smoke that hung so thick and heavy in the air from artillery fire obscured the days sky.  The Union men were buried in Union Cemetery whereas the fallen Confederates were buried in Bryant Cemetery (e.g. Byram Ford Cemetery).  In 1904 the Confederate graves were moved to the Forest Hills Cemetery.
 
The Battle of Westport has been called the "Little Gettysburg".    It was the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi.  A victory for the Union, it was a crushing and decisive defeat for the Confederates who retreated to the south with the Union in hot pursuit.  From that point on the Confederates were in full retreat in Missouri and on into Arkansas. 
 
Within the Westport there is the location of a once old and since obliterated cemetery.
 

Westport's beginnings were humble but quickly flourished and grew.  Its people were of a strong and hardy stock with great dreams and foresight.  It has endured the changes and ebb and flow of time. It is a place filled with dramatic and emotional history.  It was the site of great joys in births, weddings, parties, and successful enterprises.  It is also a site where the ground ran red with the blood of it citizenry and men of this nation.  It is a city within a city that is still charged with its own energies with people of all stations in life and business large and small.  It still breaths with a life of its own and the spirits of Westport's past still abound in their persistent presence and influence.





Current Reportings:

+ Uneasy feeling by one of the radio personalities when entering the building early in the mornings

+ Loud, thumping or banging sound from office area, not continuous, but heard by all staff members in the mornings

+ Unexplained detachment of headphone equipment

        


Reported Findings & Experiences:

+ EMF readings of 7 on multimeter around lower entrance stairwell and alley

+ Several orbs captured in these areas and around staff members; also in the front of the building, across the street, in the studio, offices and lobby

+ Loud, thumping or banging sound heard from all team members at the time of the investigation - this continued throughout the entire investigation until it neared 6:00am




Photos:



Outside View of the Radio Station



Outside photo of the radio station 
 

Inside Back Entrance Stairwell


Numerous orbs captured around stairwell as multi-meter detected EMF readings of 7 - The area where one of the radio personalities would get an uneasy feeling  when entering the building early in the mornings.




Back Entrance Alley Way



Red Spirit Energy captured in back alley around steps Teresa uses to enter into the radio station.



Offices

Orbs captured in office area around partition - this is around the area in which the loud banging is heard in the early mornings - Two EVPs were captured in this area as well as video - all three sources (camera, tape recorder and video) showed evidence of paranormal activity.




The Studio



Larger orb captured above Josh toward ceiling.



Summary

 

We at Miller's Paranormal Research feel that we have established evidence of paranormal activity at Mix 93.3 and that the activity has a strong relationship to the history of the Westport area.  We would like to thank the radio personalities at Mix 93.3 (Teresa, Rocket, Ponch, Josh and Elizabeth) for allowing us the opportunity to investigate the radio station and for sharing in their experiences.  They were TERRIFIC hosts and we had a wonderful time!