The Grove - One of the Most Haunted Areas on the Battlefield ?? I know what I think ...Now you tell me

Last night my daughter Chelsea and I went on the 8:45 Ghost Hunt at the Inn. It was an extremely weird day with weather and it had stormed significantly before we got there. We went into the basement first (I'm saving THAT experience for my next posting!!!) and explained the equipment and then off we went to the Grove. Those of you who do not know about the Grove let em give you the 411. The grove is located across the street from the Farnsworth House Inn. It was the sight of 2,000 battle deaths on July 3rd , 1863.
The middle school was located out here but within the last month was knocked down and the ground displaced and the amount of activity has been "off the hook"
Chelsea and I were walking along using our EMF meter. It was spiking quite a bit and I was doing usual routine of taking a photo when I saw a spike in the K-2 and my goodness what I captured.

My daughter and I were investigating with our EMF meter and it continued to spike up. In this photo at the bottom you will see the green glow of that EMF meter and the apparition above. Incredible to believe how close we can be to things and be so unaware.

 Again my EMF was spiking like CRAZY and as is my usual practice I began snapping photos randomly. Little did I know what was standing right in front of me. I see at least 4 soldiers faces in this photo...AWESOME, AWESOME< AWESOME

In this photo you can clearly see the profile of a person in the left hand corner.

In this photo you can see the profile of a person walking.

I have been all about the basement lately and now I have to reevaluate that WHOLE thing...crazy, crazy, crazy!!

The Saddest Day of My Life , The Basement and A Life Changing Experience

SO.....where do i start. I guess I'll start at the beginning which would be the end of the night yesterday (Sunday 7/13). We were hosting what is known as an "Everyday Paranormal Night" which is a 4 hour investigation of the Farnsworth House. So I was working in the bookstore and people started coming in who were going to be participating. I began speaking to some of them and was excited because some of them had AWESOME equipment...and I wanted to see what would happen.  The investigation began at 9 and the bookstore closes at 9:30 so i thought well I'll drop in for a few minutes after i get out of work just to see if things are happening...mistake number one ...(Not Really) . So i go downstairs and everyone is sitting in the front of the basement. I then proceed to go right to the back by myself...mistake number two ...(but not really) and sit down. Almost immediately I heard what I will describe as a "shuffling" noise. it came from the back right corner of the cellar. I took my trusty IPhone and began snapping pictures. I then began looking around and listening to Jim's talk about the equipment when all of a sudden the thought crossed my mind  "I hope tonight is not a dud. It doesn't seem like to much is going on tonight"...mistake number three....I should know better than to ever think!! At that moment I felt something behind me..around my neck....not hurting me..but hovering over me. I turned to one of the ladies and I said "Something is going on behind me" so they come over and brought a K-2 meter and began asking questions. The meter was shooting up in answer to several things. Almost immediately I felt sudden cold and I hesitate tos ay this but what the hell....i have nothing to lose and no one to impress...something either went through me....or was more close to me than anyone should be because immediately I felt this weight set on me...and I began to sob...and when i say sob I mean uncontrollable sob ( I thought about it after the fact and the last time I cried like that was when my Grandmother died and she was as close to me as my mother) i couldn't speak. After about 10 minutes it began to lift and I tried to stand up. As soon as I did I I again felt that overwhelming feeling  and one of the ladies again began asking questions. I started sobbing again and the woman asked " Do you like Annette and do you want her to be your friend? " The light shot up to red!! I really lost it!!! How do I fully put into words an experience that changes you...from the inside out. 

This photo was taken with my IPhone when I heard the shuffling noise. I'm not sure what or who it is.
Was this the sad person who was making me cry?? He looks very sad. It was a fantastic experience to feel what someone else was feeling but at the same time I cant help but wonder what made all this occur.

Why the McFarlane, Why the Christening Dress , Why , Why, Why???

The last week or so I have had some VERY intense experiences in the McFarlane room. This week the Inn was not very busy so I had extra time to go through the rooms and make sure that they were ready for guests. I went into the McFarlene room and was checking everything and I saw the white christening dress move by itself. The A/C was not on and believe me there is no breeze up there I approached the dress and I reached out to touch the fabric an I said "this is a really pretty dress" Instantly it was like I got a small jolt of energy up my arm.. I took my IPhone and set it to record and set it down. i left the room and came back about 4 minutes later. I was shocked!! I saw something (was not EXACTLY sure what) behind the dress.
So today when I went into work I brought my camera that can record. I went into the room and turned on the lights. I set the camera down to record and left the room. About 5 minutes later I came back. I took the camera and closed up the room. I finished my work and proceeded to go home. I uploaded the video to my computer and threw some light on it. I am going to let you watch it and tell me what you see. Pay attention to the bed and the dress...specifically behind it.

The Basement is No Place For Children...or is it??? I

I am a true believer. When I say that I really mean it. My family has a long history of spiritualism dating back to the early 1900's and I have 2 generations of practicing Mediums in my family from Lilydale , NY. It is so amazing to me that even though I always expect when I come into work to have an experience when I do have one I'm still in almost a state of shock every time!!
Last night my daughter and I decided to go on the Ghost Hunt at the Inn. We had some very bad weather so Jim was a little late and we stood outside waiting. There were 7 of us who were going to be participating and Jim led us into the basement. We all at down and Jim began his talk about the equipment. Now if you have never been in the basement of the Farnsworth I need to explain that the dining room is above it. Sometimes , depending on the time of day people will still be in the dining room and you will hear footsteps or vacuuming. Well as we sat down I heard "creaking" but it was not coming from above me. It was NEAR me!! So I quietly grabbed my camera and without using the flash began taking some pictures of the area I heard the creaking.
As I snapped the pictures I could see them on the screen and as my mind is trying to comprehend what I'm looking at I hear my daughter say "Whats wrong? Are you okay?" I didn't realize my hand was on my chest and my eyes were bulging out... I said "Look at this"
In the photo you can see Jim and then  if you look over you can see TWO CHILDREN sitting on the floor . I was in shock. When I got home and continued to look through the photos I saw numerous faces . It is absolutely incredible the activity that is present at this Inn DAILY!!!

 Here I see Jim, several orbs, a figure in blue where the arrow is and the two children sitting on the floor.

This person?? was peering out from behind the Lincoln Bust.

Cellar , Cellar , Cellar ,Cellar

I have had a myriad of experiences in the Cellar of the Farnsworth House. Some that have left me with way more questions than answers. I am going to share a few of the photos with you.

In this photo you will see the door to the catacombs. You will see the face peeking out, there is a HUGE black cloud of ectoplasm , and  a skull at the base of the photo.

You will see that a crouching person is looking up at something....what that something is I DO NOT KNOW. It looks like some sort of animal.

There appears to be that animal looking creature and some black sort of horse figure

Then we have this photo. I see several different faces in this photo.

Again several different faces and skulls

The Grove...They say it's one of the most haunted areas on the Battlefield...You tell me ...

Every time when I view photos taken by myself or someone else I marvel at what is included in them. This photo was taken out on the Grove. The Grove is an area of the Battlefield that is incredibly active. On July 3rd there were 2,000 battle deaths in a two hour time span.  This photo was taken by a family who was on one of our ghost walks. When the original photo came to us it was dark and some filters have been applied to it. I see no less than 7 different face!!! Was it being the 4th of July weekend that caused all this activity or is it simply all the restless souls who can not rest. Whichever it is doesn't matter . What DOES matter is that when that veil is lifted we can see some AWESOME things!!

Peek A Boo... I See You

The other night Jim and I were having a EVP session down in the Cellar of the Farnsworth House. We had invited several guest who were staying here at the Inn to participate with us. Everyone sat up twords the front of the Cellar so I decided to move to the back so I could film and see if anything happened. I snapped a few pictures and then I picked up the video camera. I turned it on and pointed it to the front of the Cellar by the door to the Catacombs. As I begin filming I was stopped dead in my tracks. From out in the corner I see from the nose up a face staring at me!! I yelled "OMG please someone come back here" One of our guest who was staying in the Belle Boyd room came running over to me and I said "look in the corner and please tell me you see what i'm seeing" She was everybit as shocked as I was. I said "Stay back here I'm going to go up there and look around" I went to the front and there was NOTHING there. I walked back and it was there again. That was a very strange night!! Several things happened. These are the photos that will show you what i'm talking about.

I this first photo you will notice that there is nothing in the empty area where the dead bird is by the catacombs.

In this second photo you will notice a face from the nose up peeking out.