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Have a Rum and Ghost at the VFW

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It was a weekend of Spirits, ghostly birthday reminders and fun!

I attended an investigation at a local haunted VFW Post. Regular ghosts at this lively VFW include:

Skippy: a foul mouthed sailor who likes rum and coke. We picked up several  of his foul expressions on the ghost box. We had to cut him off.

Gene: loves cigars and was in attendance this night when we smelled his cigar smoke. Ghosts don’t have any respect for “No Smoking” signs.

Mike hangs out in the hallway as Vick sips his wine. We caught a few others lounging in the chairs by the bar:

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During an amazing interactive flashlight session, the recently deceased Joe acknowledged that he is safe on the Other Side and he has been happily reunited with his wife.

Finally, we have the Unknown Orb guarding the Memorial Corner. The names of members on Sick Call are posted and a reserved table, chair and empty boots complete the memorial for all veterans and those lost in the service to their country.

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And then there’s Grandma.

I’m usually the one who remembers every birthday, but this year I’ve been so preoccupied with my book release that I forgot the anniversary of my grandmother’s 104th birthday.

Never fear. She reminded me.

It was the weekend and I got up early, let the dogs out and went back upstairs to do some work on the computer. A few hours later I went downstairs and the television was on. No one had been downstairs. Even the dogs didn’t have access to the room where the television was located. I turned the TV off, and went back upstairs. I came right back down, and the TV was on again. No one was around, and no one could have turned it on. It’s never done this before.

My son and husband finally got up and came downstairs. I mentioned the television and my son said that last night while he and his friend played video games, the music box started playing. We haven’t played that music box in ages. The music box is directly under the haunted television. Then my sister texted me reminding me of my grandmother’s birthday.

The pieces finally fell into place. My grandmother was known for her lack of skills with electronics, but obviously she’s picked up a few pointers on the Other Side. This is the same grandmother who called my husband on his cell phone the day of our daughter’s wedding. Grandma was letting me know then that she’d be in attendance at the wedding, and she was reminding me now that it was her birthday.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

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Grandma as a young mother

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Whistling Ghosts at the BMI

Robby and I went on a Professional Ghost Hunt at the Baltimore Museum of Industry (BMI).

It was Halloween Eve, it was nighttime and it was lights out in the Museum for the entire event.

It was a blast!

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Robby peeks into the Museum theatre and a Ghostly Orb is right behind him peeking in too!

We had an exciting group experience, but I had two mind-blowing personal experiences when I was alone…

in the dark…by myself…in the Museum!

It was fabulous!

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The BMI Main Hall – the Ghosts were behind the blue machine on the left

The Ghostly Gathering event was run by the paranormal group, PRISMd. We were given a brief history of a few tragic deaths at the BMI, then we set off to hunt some Ghosts.

Taking a Break, with a few Ghosts

We were on a break and I wandered off to take a few pictures away from the group. When the flash goes off in the dark, it blinds anyone nearby, so I took a few pictures of the main hall with no one around. One of the museum employees in charge that night, Stan, found me and I told him that I was just taking a few pictures, but there were also some other people further down in the hall and I pointed out to him where they were, behind the blue machine. He gave me a strange look, then he said that the monitors sometimes come on by themselves, so he went to check. He came back and said that none of the monitors were on and no one else was in the hall.

I said, “No, I definitely heard women talking, right over there.”

Stan said, “Ah, women talking. We get a lot of that.”

Apparently, I confirmed one of the Ghost stories of hearing women talk in that area. I didn’t know about it until Stan told me. He also said that even though none of the monitors were on, there are all male voices on the videos. I only heard female voices.

I thought it was members of our group, but he said no one was there.

Later, when we were in the main hall with the group, one of the monitors suddenly came on by itself.

Wow!

Whistling Ghosts

By far, the most exciting experience that night was when I found myself alone in the main hall, quite by accident!

Everyone was outside near the docks investigating the haunted tug boat and enjoying the view of the harbor. It was a beautiful night, but it was a bit chilly so when Stan said that he was going inside for a jacket, the others said they were moving on to the Copula. I didn’t know where the Copula was, so I followed Stan into the main hall thinking that everyone else was right behind me.

Of course, I stopped to take a few pictures. A few moments went by and I noticed how quiet it had suddenly become. I turned around and realized that I was completely alone. I was thinking, “Where could the Copula be?”

And then I heard a faint whistling.

Robby often times whistles at the Ghosts when we’re doing investigations, so I thought it was him. As I looked in the direction of the whistling, I heard footsteps, so I moved towards them, but I found no one.

I was completely alone in the main hall…with the Ghosts!

I thought to myself, “Cool!” and I took more pictures.

I finally went looking for the group, but not finding anyone, I went to the main lobby and a member of PRISMd was there. She told me that the Copula was outside, so no one was inside except her, and she had been in the lobby the whole time. I told her that I heard whistling and she said,

“So they told you about the whistling stories.”

Of course, no one had told me about any whistling stories, but now I had confirmed another Ghost story about the Museum.

Swinging Lights

We were with the group doing an investigation in the printing room.   Someone asked a Ghost to make a noise or move something and one of the lights overhead started swinging. The other lights didn’t move. When the single light stopped swinging, we asked if they’d do it again, and a different light started swinging.

There are many reports of activity at the printing table, which is right where the lights were swinging.

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Second Floor Door

I took quite a few pictures near the door that leads to the second floor offices. We investigated on the second floor and we were told about the many stories of Ghostly activity in the offices. Several times when I was taking pictures, I kept seeing a dark shadow on the stairs out of the corner of my eye, but when I looked, nothing was there and no one was upstairs at the time.

There were many Orbs in this area and in one picture, there is a bright Orb on the doorframe.

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An Orb on the doorframe near the Shadow Figures

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Shadow Figure area and another Orb

The Baltimore Museum of Industry investigation was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to do it again. Stan was a wealth of information and I enjoyed his stories about the museum. It was a great experience to work with PRISMd and I hope that Robby and I can do another investigation with them soon!

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Stan Story: Chain that rattled on it’s own

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Bell and Orb

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Lobby Orb

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Multiple Lobby Orbs

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Peek-A-Boo! I’m right behind you!

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The Paranormal Birthday Party!

The big day finally arrived!

We descended upon the Howard County Historical Society Museum in Ellicott City to perform a paranormal investigation for

Robby’s 16th birthday party!

Robby and his friends wore “Ellicott City Ghostly Happenings” T-shirts that I designed for the party.

Do you recognize the Goblin from the Ellicott Family Cemetery?

I love that Crabby Guy!

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The Ghost Hunter Participants

Besides Robby and his four friends, we had two guest Ghost Hunters. The Director of the Museum, Shawn Gladden, brought his sons and they were amazing! All of the Ghost Hunters performed their tasks so expertly that I was blow away.

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Investigating the Basement

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Checking for EMF Readings

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Using the Laser Grid

We were allowed to investigate the basement of the museum and what a find! The basement was a hot-spot for Spirits and the EMF meter was particularly active around an old stove. Perhaps one of the Spirits used to be a chef or maybe a cook?

Stove Orb

Stove with Orb

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Stove Orb

We got a total of eight Orbs in the basement!

But we also got something else:

A Skeleton Face!

Ordinarily, Robby and I would have returned to see if the apparition could be explained, but since we couldn’t this time, we’ll have to leave this Spirit as a mystery. We did get EMF spikes in the area of the basement where this Spooky Spirit appeared in the photo.

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Skeleton Face

And then there was the upstairs investigation…

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Performing a Voice Recording Session in the Main Hall

…where we captured a Shadow Figure!

I reviewed the photos and I checked with everyone to see if the figure was one of the others, or if they recognized the figure, but as we zoomed in, we realized that there wasn’t a body!

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Shadow Figure

We were doing a voice recording session at the time and we thought we heard the word, “South”

and the figure appears to have a hat, so perhaps this was a

Civil War soldier.

He was also standing near the gun case.

During the entire investigation, the Ghost Radar was talking up a storm.

We got words like:

Friendly, John, Circus, Ann, Lost, Golden, Join, Handsome, Gray, German, Explanation, Bridge, Cave, Believed, Dug

This was a much longer investigation than usual so I will feature the photos, instead of writing a story from the Ghost Radar.

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Basement Orb

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Another Basement Orb

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Basement Orb

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Twin Orbs

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Basement Orb

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Basement Orb

I believe that the Paranormal Investigation Birthday Party was a huge success and I am extremely grateful to the Howard County Historical Society Museum and Shawn Gladden, Karen Griffith and Mary Schwanz for allowing us to have the privilege of communing with the Spirits of the Museum. I believe that the Museum is haunted and that the Spirits may be attached to some of the objects in the Museum.

On our way out, we captured many Orbs near the haunted Ellicott City Courthouse, which is next to the Museum…

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Courthouse Orbs

  And of course we had cake for the Birthday Boy!

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Happy Birthday Robby!

And finally, this was obviously a blurred photo, but it looks like a Spirit so I thought it was a fitting end to a Paranormal Party or…

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The Spirit of the Howard County Historical Society Museum

…was it just a blur????

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