Date:  September 8-9, 2007

Time:  8:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

Location: St. Francois Co, MO

Attendees on Scene:

Male and female homeowners and 1 male guest

Conditions: Heavy rain during the day, clear at night

Temp: mid 70’s to 80’s

Humidity: n/a

Barometer: n/a

Lunar Phase: n/a

Geomagnetic: n/a

Solar X-Rays: n/a

Wind: n/a

Evidence Collected:

Digital Photos Taken: 94 (pending report from Misty)

Positive Digital Photos: 11 (pending report from Misty)

35 mm Photos Taken: 0

35 mm Photos Positive: 0

Video: 1 (See Reported Findings and Experiences)

EVPs: 6 (See Reported Findings and Experiences)

Brief Home and Property Description & History:

A double-wide modular home built upon several acres in a rural community. The land where the house is located was associated with a Civil War battle that occurred in 1861 which resulted in a Confederate victory. The current owners have lived upon the property for approximately 5-6 years.

There was a prominent judge who lived in this town during the Civil War. Instead of releasing his slaves to freedom, he chose to hang them from the trees surrounding his mansion. Women and children were amongst those that were hung. They were left in the trees for several days before being found by Union troops. The judge was known for his numerous sentences ordering prisoners to be hung from the main bridge which was located in the center of town. What was once a thriving community due to its access to the railroad and close proximity to several mines is nothing more than a ghost town today. A few dilapidated buildings and the judge’s mansion is all that remains of the original community. Folklore claims that the many of its former residents were practicing Satanists and/or were involved in witchcraft however no proof of this could be found.

Current Owner Reportings:

+ Homeowners have seen full apparitions on the property

+ Adult children will not stay overnight

+ Homeowners hear their names being called

+ Have heard heavy breathing

+ Heard loud footsteps stomping on roof of home

+ Female homeowner has been shaken awake by something unseen

+ Orbs have been seen flying about the property

+ Several occupants and guests witnessed a phone fly across the room

+ CD’s have been seen flying across the room used as an office

+ Have witnessed a chair in the office lay back as if someone was sitting in it and then swivel around.

+ Volume on the television goes up on its own.

+ Male homeowner was expecting a visitor who had called in answer to an advertisement. Female homeowner saw a man walking up the sidewalk and called to let her husband know his visitor had arrived. They heard a knock on the door and when they answered it, no one was there. The female homeowner described seeing a man with long chestnut brown, wavy hair, stocky build and medium height. She also said he was wearing a double breasted jacket and pants that looked like Dockers. He was walking with his head down and hands in his pockets. She said it struck her as odd that he was wearing a jacket as it was a warm day.

+ Female homeowner has had her buttocks grabbed by unseen hands.

+ A basket in the Master Bedroom filled with wedding memorabilia, fell from the middle of the dresser to the floor. The basket had sat in the same spot for several years.

+ While entertaining guests on the back deck, homeowners and their guests say a bright orange orb fly between them and then into the woods.

+ An unexplained smell out of lilacs can be smelled at various times during the year.

+ The sound of whispering voices in the night.

+ The feeling of someone sitting on the mattress.

+ Male homeowner saw what looked like the leg of a dog with a horses hoof move across the kitchen floor.

+ Female homeowner has seen blue light emitting from the window of an unoccupied old house down the road

This single orb was photographed several times in the back yard near the wood line. Heavy rains during the day would have minimized dust orbs.

Dee Ann took a photo that appears to be ghost mist near the wooded tree-line“Enjoy It.” This is the same area where smells of manure and hay were detected and an EVP was recorded.

Reported Findings and Experiences:

+ While walking along the tree line, Misty, Dee Ann and Brenda detected the smell of hay and manure. During this time, an EVP of a male voice was recorded after Brenda asked for a name and a male voice replied: "Ralph Wilson Hancock, III."  Several photographs containing orbs along the tree line were also taken at this time. .

+ A photo taken along the tree line during Misty’s initial reading, appears to be ghost mist.

+ The male homeowner asked Misty about his deceased mother. This information will remain private however during this reading an orb was photographed in several consecutive photos. These were the only photos taken inside the house that showed the presence of orbs.

+ 3 possible EVPs were recorded in the living room during the investigation. While Misty was telling the female homeowner that she was letting the energies intimidate her, a male voice was recorded saying,  The same male voice was recorded two more time while Misty was discussing the female homeowner’s grandfather. These two recordings were as follows: “He Would Have Liked That” and “Hell yeah.”

+ An EVP was recorded in the family room which sounds like a female throwing up, followed by a sigh. This same female voice may have been recorded again in the guest room making an uhhhh sound. The house was unoccupied at the time of this last recording. After revealing this EVP to the homeowners they informed us that their daughter used to have an eating disorder and felt there may be some association to the recording. 

+ One orb was recorded on video camera in the office.

Psychic Readings:

MISTY

+ I’m feeling that there was a battle fought here. I’m feeling the energy of soldiers walking with their horses and I see tents set up as if there was an encampment. There was a lot of ruckus going on at this time. The energy of this is really heavy in the woods. This house is located right across from the trail they used. Homeowner verified that a battle had occurred and that they had been told that an old road had once ran through there. I’m not seeing a big road, more like a path or trail. There are about 7 or 8 soldiers who are stuck here. They know you’re here and are just trying to make contact with you. It’s all good though, I don’t feel anything bad.

+ The house feels really good. Most of what I’m feeling comes from the woods. They do come through the house sometimes though because it’s in their path. They just walk through it.

+ I’m feeling as if there is a man buried underneath the house where the master bathroom is. I’m thinking he might be a soldier but I don’t know yet.

+ There is a woman here whose name I get as Sarah Jean. She is just a spirit. She’s not a ghost. She was from town and brought the soldiers food and help care for the wounded.

+ The man you saw walk up the sidewalk was a soldier. He was a sentry who kept watch. His last name was Johnson. He’s the one who walks through here the most. He’s a ghost. He’s the one you’ve had the most contact with.

+ All the bad stuff, that’s on the other side of town. I felt all that when I went by it on the way here. But it’s not here. This is mostly residual from the battle.

+ The guy that’s buried under the house, he’s a spirit.

+ I’m picking up a male family member who I feel is your grandfather. He’s the one who stroked your hair when you were having a hard time. He keeps an eye on you. Female homeowner stated that her grandfather had passed before she was born and that she had always been told that she would have been “Grandpa’s Girl.”

+ There was another house nearby that the troops wanted to use for shelter for their wounded but the people living there would not give up their home. Misty was told that there was a remnant of an old foundation in the woods but Misty did not feel this was the same house she was seeing concerning this incident.

+ There are a few ghosts out by the tree line. They are the soldiers that were wounded and later died. They didn’t want to die and they didn’t want to fight.

+ There was a house out back that was there before the house with the old foundation. They guy who is buried underneath the house lived there. He was a farmer, not a soldier. His name was Howell, Howe or maybe his first name was Hal. He got into a gun fight over his land. He once owned this property. Half of his body is underneath the house the other half is not. I’m getting the year of 1888. He left a wife and 3 children. His house was burnt down.

+ The soldiers that fought in this skirmish also fought further up north. They were to meet up with more troops. There were lots of wounded here. I see 2 tents set side by side and this is where they kept the wounded. Some had head wounds and weren’t doing well. Others had infections. They just let them die. There wasn’t anything they could do to save them.

MPR SUMMARY

+MPR feels that most of the activity that has occurred inside the home is due to residual events and the wanderings of some of the soldier ghosts who haunt the woods. It was explained to the owners of the home that because of the impressions left by the battle they may continue to have some activity from time to time, especially during the Fall season. Misty reassured the owners that those who were present intended no harm. A clearing, smudging and blessing were done upon the home.

Before leaving, Misty shared some medical advice with both homeowners. She also expressed to the female homeowner that she felt that whoever was waking her up in the night was doing so for her own protection.

MPR would like to thank the homeowners for their great hospitality and we are very happy to have made their acquaintances. Hopefully we’ll be able to return in the near future to do some further investigations in their community.