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Tj
I have returned from my weekend sojourn in North Adams, Massachusetts. Paranormal investigation group, Harvest Moon, held their first Paraconference at the Houghton Mansion.
The Houghton Mansion in the early 1900’s was owned by the first mayor of North Adams, Albert C. Houghton. It is a beautifully appointed structure with ornate detailing, fabulous fireplaces and many creepy rooms.
Tragedy struck the Houghton family in 1914 traveling to Vermont when chauffeur John Widders swerved to avoid a road crew and sent the family’s Pierce Arrow careening down an embankment. Family friend Sybil Hutton died at the scene. Mary Hutton, daughter of Albert passed on the way to the hospital. Widders and Houghton suffered minor injuries.
Widders, distraught, blamed himself for the deaths and shot himself with a pistol. Nine days later, Albert Houghton died “of despair” over the tragic events. It has been reported that Albert, John and Mary remain at the mansion.
The property was sold to the Gallup family in 1918. They quickly sold it to the Masons two years later. (Perhaps because it was haunted?) A Masonic temple was later added at the rear of the building. The Lafayette Graylock Masonic Lodge maintains it today.
I will detail the paranormal investigation at a later date… once I plough through the evidence.
Meanwhile, it was a regular hoot-nanny with the likes of Jeff Belanger and his crew from 30-Odd Minutes, http://www.30oddminutes.com/.
Jeff Belanger and Matt Moniz reading classic literature.
Also on board were ghost hunters Linda Zimmermann and Michael Worden.
Michael Worden and Linda Zimmerman exchange their cool books for mine!
Nothing like a little “Shameless Marketing”! At least I pay if forward! Hee hee…
There were a lot of other really cool people including the folks or Harvest Moon, Kimberly Huertas and company. They put together a well thought out event. The investigation was well organized in spite of the vast quantity of hominids on board.
I’d like to thank my partner in crime, Robin Benway who helped me lug stuff and was a captive audience on the scene tied to the Destination Truth Vehicle and restricted from travel for perks like FOOD. (Yes, once again the peanut paranormal diet was the intake of choice… at least for me.)
Robin Benway and some chick who draws cartoons with ghosts in them.
I would also like to give a shout-0ut to the Williamstown Motel. It’s a lovely place that is tended with love – nice and simple, welcoming with gracious hosts! If you are ever in the North Adams area and need a place to haunt, this is it. It’s especially beautiful in the morning on the benches under the trees or in the sun while one sips coffee and writes.
Williamstown Motel 295 Rt. 2, Williamstown, MA 01267
Find it here at http://www.williamstownmotel.com or call 413 458-5202
Got loads to tell… will unfold it all week.
Eat Cookies, Hunt Ghosts!
AND, check out 30-Odd Minutes – the Houghton will be featured and lucky me was sucked into sitting in the “psychomanteum” for the stint… So, look for me with bugged out eyes from mirror gazing in near darkness. “Gollum! Gollum!”
Tj
Here are a few of the EVPs I captured at Queen City Paracon’s investigation of the Cincinnati Music Hall. The first ones were mostly caught in the basement. The Theater yielded some as well when we did a HUGE group investigation… that one was tough as the possibility of contamination due to acoustics and the number of people involved caused me to throw out most of what I uncovered.
Tour1-KnowWhat : Either says, “Know what” or “Now watch.”
Tour2-ComeOnCarl : Seems to say, “Come on, Carl” or some other name…
Tour3-CanWeSpeakToWilhelm : “Can we speak to Wilhelm?”
Tour5-Sheila : At the end of this one you hear the name Sheila.
Tour6-IMissYou : Looking for a German speaking spirit only to find one say, “Italia, I miss you.” It’s quite faint.
Tour7Bathrm-ISuppose : We got this in the bathroom. An former employee haunts here turning on water. Caught him clearly, “I suppose.”
Tour7-ToYouOrGerman : No German at all… the same Italian responding to Gesundheit with the Italian version, “Salute.”
Tour9-DownHerePlease : Not sure what this says. Back of it seems to say “…here please.”
Tour10-YouCantFly : This is quick, “You can’t fly.”
These came from the hole in the wall that I had a HUGE deja vu about. I dreamed of catching evps from this spot with another person present who turned out to be Aaron Houdini. All the signs lined up and YES, I got EVPs! Nothing like some supernatural guidance for ghost hunting.
Tour11hole-German : Not sure what this says, “…Mr. Korbue?” It’s pretty clear though.
Tour13hole-See : Seems to say, “See” or “Si” (Italian for “I think so.” Could be Spanish as well.)
Tour14hole-Unknown : I have no idea what this is saying.
Tour15-Dietrich : Spirit identified himself as Dietrich, even sounds German…
Theater1-IFeelYou : Under conversation you can hear, “I feel you.”
Theater2-KlingeWildThang : This is an “EVP” of the Klinge Brothers provoking in another part of the building. You can get an idea how far a Texas voice will carry. They are saying something like, “Wild fire!”
Theater3-KlingProvoke : More of Ghost Lab’s Klinge brothers provoking in the distance. Carl Johnson remarks on it.
Theater6-Okay : Asking if they would like to leave a message. Answer, “Okay.”
Theater7-Ashburn : “Ashburn.”
Theater8-Asshole (8) : Somebody was getting called an “asshole.”
Theater9-NoOrMom : I remark about something being electronic. I’m answered, “No.”
Theater11-Spook : This sentence occurred after Carl Johnson sang, “Dixieland.” It seems to be saying something about “Spooks, spook.” Whether this is racial or merely ghostly, who knows. Looking for feed back on this jewel.
Theater12-Redrum : This could either be a Steven Kingly “Redrum” or “bathroom.” Perhaps our astral buddy was attempting to be intimidating.
Theater20-DoorShut : At beginning a click of a door shutting can be heard. We remark on it after. Further investigation leads us to believe it was paranormal.
Theater21-KlingeShout : The Klinge brothers provoke on stage. After that I get the following EVP.
Theater22-Hate : Obviously this spirit was not impress with Brad Klinge’s methodology.
Theater24-KlingeMakeHimGo : After another hollering session you can hear the disgruntled spirit saying, “Make him go.” It’s very faint in comparison of the living noise.
Theater25-No Theater26-No Theater27-MeTalk-NO : These series of “No”s I actually hear as the last clip shows. When I remark on it there is another “no” appearing in the clip. (My x-ray ears are sharp!)
I’ve still got a little more evidence to review.
Press Release: New Paranormal Forum formed by Deonna Kelli-Sayed and Jeff Barnes
Hi paranormal peeps:
Jeff Barnes and I co-host a new forum at liveparanormal.com every other Friday evening at 9 pm EST. PARANORMAL THINK TANK aims to discuss real issues facing the paranormal, from field investigation to academic legitimacy. The forum is new but we really hope to make it more engaging and intellectually oriented. It isn’t geared to parafans. It isn’t a “show” but a forum, which means your participation via chat is part of the deal.
This Friday, we are hosting a TOWN HALL meeting on ethical issues in the paranormal field, from investigators who break the law to unethical practices with clients. We want to hear your stories and perspectives. As more paranormal groups emerge, so does the impending reality of a variety of legal issues. We get some help from Steve Fernino from Paranormal Research Groups, a New England regional network. http://paranormalresearchgroups.com/
Come visit us in the chat room — your opinion counts. That is why this is a TOWN HALL meeting.
If you haven’t done so, register now at liveparanormal.com
Its free and the only way you’ll have access to the forum.
Thanks, Deonna Kelli Sayed
May 15 is the Harvest Moon Paracon held at the notoriously haunted Houghton Mansion in North Adams, Massachusetts. (I actually spelled Massachusetts right the FIRST TIME, that’s a first. Lived above it much of my childhood, you’d think I’d know.)
I will be there with Entities-R-Us, Ghost Hunter Comic. Also showing up are Jeff Belanger (Oh great! I’ll get to cartoon him again.); from the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena, AAEVP, EVP specialist Karen Mossey, Investigator Mike Sullivan, and infrared guy Leo Monfet.; Mystic April Sheerin; Psychic Dee White Dove; Paranormal Author Linda Zimmerman; Investigator Gary Manley; Ghost and Folklore Authors Tom D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson; Shaman Reverend Steve Wilson; Berkshire Paranormal’s Josh Mantelo.
For more info hit up: http://harvestmoonparanormal.com/conference.htm
Just investigating the Houghton Mansion will be worth it! The rest is gravy!
Tj
btw: Entities-R-Us, Ghost Hunter Comic now has a fan page on Facebook! Look for it! 🙂
Met a fellow cartoonist at the Ohio paracon. Her name is Kat… and goes by KitKat. On twitter and on her signed artwork she goes by shikioji. Yes, she is into anime. If you are interested to check out her work she is on deviantart.com at http://shikioji.deviantart.com/.
…Nice stuff and is working on a paranormal graphic novel! Another great cartoonist to add to the paranormal cartoon network… which I’m amassing for all of you. You will see what this mind brings together in the near future.
Anyone out there who does paranormal cartoons, graphic novels, etc please contact me. I’ve got an idea up my sleeve that is worth the link!
Tj
btw: Of course today’s comic reflects the meeting I had with Kat. After a couple of beers I begin to resemble Merv. (Figuratively – ahhh, perhaps that’s also a bad choice of words as well…)
