Date: December 1, 2002

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Location: Cass Co, Missouri

Brenda, Dee Ann, Joyce, Misty, Jerry, Mark T., Mark M., John

Digital Photos Taken: 349

Positive Digital Photos: 179

35 mm Photos Taken: 18 (pending report from Misty)

35 mm Photos Positive: 0 (pending report from Misty)

Video: 13 orbs were recorded in the dining room

EVPs: 4 (see Reported Findings and Experiences)

One story 10 room house, including two rooms which were originally a log cabin that was built on the property in 1844. The additional rooms were added about 1897.

Home includs a partial basement/cellar. Current occupants have lived in the home for 9 years.

+ Unexplained footsteps throughout house

+ Sulfur odor in bathroom

+ Radio in basement turns on by itself

+ Lego toys tossed from behind female homeowner by an unseen force

+ Phone has been seen coming off the hook by itself

+ An apparition of an old man has been seen twice

+ An apparition of a little girl was seen running through the house

+ Distinct feelings of sharing space with an unknown presence

Reported Findings and Experiences:

+ Some strange photos were captured in the basement/cellar when Joyce connected with a ghost who claimed to have hidden beneath the cabin floor when the house was searched by Union soldiers.

+ A red spirit energy was captured in the dining room which was one of the rooms of the original log cabin.

+ A smell of pipe tobacco was detected in the basement

+ Investigator Brenda felt someone place their hand upon her shoulder while she was taking photos outside. Her first thought was that one of the other investigators had walked up behind her but no one was there. The other investigators and family members were still inside the house.

+ 4 EVPs were recorded. As Joyce was giving her reading in the dining room, a male voice could be heard whispering "Just Save Us".  In the master bedroom, the recorder was left unattended and captured 3 EVPs. One is a soft whisper of a female voice saying "I’ll Get It" and the other is another female voice saying, "Enough, Leave It On".  The 3^rd EVP captured in the bedroom was the sound of a very loud bang, followed by a male voice possibly saying "(Bang) Saw That".

+ There are 7 men standing around the table in the dining room, 5 are sitting and 2 are standing. They are all dressed in business attire except for one man who is dressed as a rancher. The rancher says that he owned a large section of land out south of town. His name is George but I don’t know if that is his first name or last name. There is also a man named Harrison and Wilcox there. Harrison’s name may be John K. Harrison.

This happened in the 1830’s or 1840’s. One man limps. He has been shot in the hip at one time. Other names are Joshua, Clayton or Clay and someone named Gallagher or Callager who was once wounded in the right arm. They are signing papers that have something to do with either the building or moving the courthouse and sorting out the townships. Something to do with the names Creek and River. The paper they are signing has the word "Liberty" at the top. The first courthouse in Cass County was a log cabin structure that was built in 1838. In 1844, the courthouse was rebuilt in the center of the County Town Square. This courthouse remained in use until 1897 when the present courthouse was built. The town was surveyed and platted in 1837. In 1845, the Missouri General Assembly approved a law permitting Missouri towns to incorporate. A petition was signed in 1846 to recognize the county seat but was delayed approval until another petition was presented in 1851 and again in 1855. A plat of the town was filed in 1856. The 2^nd owner of the log cabin, Rev. William J. was one of the petitioners for these requests. He was also appointed as a trustee, along with 4 other men. Could these have been the 5 men that Joyce saw seated around the table? Also, Cass County has a township named Big Creek and one named Grand River. There were several GEORGE and GALLACHER families who lived in the community.

+ There was another gathering of men here at another time. This was during the Civil War and it’s confusing to know which is which. I keep jumping from the 1830’s and 1840’s to the Civil War. The rancher is here and he talks about bringing in horses from the south, some of the horses come from as far away as Texas. They are drawing out a place to meet to pick up the horses. The horses are to be brought here and then moved later. These horses are for the Confederate Army. There is a man here who is tall, is wearing dark pants and a dark coat with a cream colored shirt, a black hat and boots. He carries a brown folder which contains money to buy the horses. There is to be another meeting called within 10 days and they are to meet at the schoolhouse. It is night time and the meeting is very secretive. They have covered the windows so nobody can see in. It is believed that the doctor who owned the house during the Civil War was a Confederate sympathizer.

+ A man comes to the back door. He is dressed in gray and mentions the name Shelby. He may be there about the horses.

+ They started building the cabin in 1839. More was added on in 1841 or 1842.

+ In 1889 or 1890, the house next door had rooms that it rented or they were used to house sick people. It’s connected to this house somehow. In 1889, the home was purchased by the daughter and son-in-law of a doctor who lived in the house next door, the doctor purchased the home in 1897.

+ One man who lived here was a doctor. He was a handsome man, tall, mustache, deep set eyes and black straight hair. Another doctor lived here at another time. He was short and bald. One of the doctor’s had a child that died at the age of 1 ½ or 2 yrs. A picture of a former owner was shown to Joyce and she identified the man in this picture as the handsome doctor. This man was not actually a doctor, he was a pharmacist. It is not known rather the other doctor and his wife had any children. If so, the child would have lived to be less than 10 years old.

+ Something was built onto the house in 1944.

+ There used to be a room in the attic. There were two lookout spots up there. One looked north and one looked south.

+ Four women who once lived in the house had babies who died. Their names were Amanda, Elizabeth, Mary and Ida. Two babies died of whooping cough, one of cholera. There were two known Mary’s who lived in the house who had children die. Mrs. Mary J. lived in there between 1849 and 1858. Her daughter Florence died between 1850 and 1860 of unknown causes. Mrs. Mary B. lived there between 1887 and 1889 and had a daughter named Margarette who died of pneumonia and typhoid fever in 1886.

+ In 1902, someone broke down the back door of the house and shot a man. They took him out of the house.

+ The house changed hands several times between 1930 and 1940. Land records show that there were several changes of ownership during this period.

+ A lot of sick people around. The doctor who lived here in the 1900’s did a lot of surgery. The house was used as a hospital. The home was owned by a doctor from 1897 to 1921.

+ There are 4 spirits here. One smokes a pipe with a big bowl. One is a female child, one is a woman and two are men.

+ A minister lived here for awhile but he may have just rented the house. I see him knelt in prayer and he says "Amen, sister."

+ A woman walked up and said "My name is Ruth Ann Dunlap." I don’t know how she is connected to the house or the people who lived here. She may have been a maid. There were several DUNLAP families living in the county in the mid 1800’s through the mid 1900’s.

+ Someone is hiding beneath the house. They are so afraid. Someone is coming. This was during the Civil War. It was when the doctor lived here. He’s hiding people underneath the cabin. There is a trap door in the floor somewhere. The spacing of the boards is wider here. They are so scared. This happened at the onset of the war and they continued to hide people there throughout the war. During the Civil War, this area was occupied by Union troops who were often searching homes of Confederate sympathizers. The doctor who lived in the home during the Civil War had many known Confederate associations and was most likely a Confederate sympathizer.

+ Quantrill and his men were hid here for awhile. The man with the dark coat and pants who smoked a thin cigar was with Quantrill. He brought instructions about the horses. He carries a paper which says, "Confederate Consignment" at the top.

+ Wounded people were brought to the house for medical treatment. There is a big list of names. These may be names of wounded or killed. There were several Civil War battles fought in the area.

+ The courthouse was burned or torn down at one time. See information on courthouse above.

+ A man was hanged nearby, the Union hung him. This has been confirmed but details may reveal the location of the home so they will not be given.

+ The name Edgar (Drake, Darkon or Deacon) comes up. Also Thelma or Zelma.

+ A man who lived here sold medicine. Mr. Charles B., who lived in the home was a pharmacist.

+ A very old woman lived here. She may have been the wife of one of the doctors. Her hair is up in a bun. I get the name Ruth. I don’t know if this is her name or the name of her sister who she tells me is named Juliann Ruth. Ruth may have been her last name. She died of the miseries.

+ A man named Claude comes in. He is from Springfield and owns a partnership in a stagecoach line. He smokes a pipe, drinks whiskey, likes women, plays cards and is not married. He says the stagecoach makes 3 stops between here and Springfield.

+ There are two children here, a little boy and girl. The little girl belongs to the big 2-story house next door, the little boy belongs to this house. The children run through the bedrooms and hallways. The girl likes to throw things at the boy to get his attention because she likes him. Her name was Jessica but they called her Jessie. I get the name Kyle for the boy. I don’t know if this was his first name or last name. He is real shy.

+ In the front bedroom, there is a woman named Annabelle. This room was not part of the original cabin. She was courted by a man named Samuel who was killed in WW I. A woman named Arabelle was associated with the family who owned this home during WWI.

+ There are two burials where the crawlspace is.

+ There is a woman here named Myra Jeanine Campbell.

+ A black woman was a nanny to the children who lived next door.

+ The children drive the women spirits crazy with all their running in the house.

+ Someone was castrated and buried downstairs in the crawl space. He was accused of rape but was not guilty. His girlfriend became pregnant and was afraid to tell the truth. This happened in 1864 or 1865. The man’s name was Johnson or Johnston. The girl’s father, brother and three other men castrated him and left him to bleed to death. Then they buried him face down.

+ There are a lot of people who come in and out. It feels like the house was used like a clinic at one time. The house was previously owned by two doctors.

A clearing was preformed after the investigation and at last report, the owner feels that the clearing was successful. Things are much more peaceful and they no longer feel uncomfortable being in the home alone.