Ghost Research Society reviews 2009: Waverly Hills Sanitarium

Examiner.com-- Chicago's Ghost Research Society is back in town after a few adventures around the country - a trip to Waverly Hills Sanitarium and the Mansfield Reformatory.
Following is their overview of what's been happening in their investigations.

From GRS:

2009 was an extremely active year for the Ghost Research Society as we traveled extensively around the country in search of some of the most active paranormal hotspots. Our annual investigation of the Lincoln Theater in Decatur, Illinois is always a pleasure and usually full of surprises. No visual phenomenon was recorded this time but a number of EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) were recorded by team members throughout the night. Harry Houdini once performed on stage at the Lincoln Theater and team members Nicole Tito and Lisa Krick picked up a strange clear Class “A” voice saying, “Magic!” which I find fascinating given the Houdini connection.

Our two main highlights for the year were out of state trips to Waverly Hills Sanitarium in Louisville, Kentucky and Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio.

Waverly Hills Sanitarium was an old tuberculosis sanitarium where thousands of people died. Quite a bit of paranormal activity has been reported there in the past including the appearances of “shadow people” seen drifting down the hallways and into the vacant rooms. Strange sounds of footsteps, slamming doors and the movement of objects have also been reported. On the third floor, allegedly the ghosts of children have been encountered. Researchers in the past have left behind “trigger objects” such as balls and toys for the ghosts to play with and some have indeed done just that.

During an EVP session with a device known as Frank’s Box, researchers Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Joey Tito, Joe Tito, Jason Tito had placed a remote controlled truck on the ground for the ghosts to play with. Frank’s Box is a device whereby alleged two-way communication with a spirit is possible. Guiley asked the ghosts to move it around and a response came through Frank’s Box that sounded like, “It’s hard”. Guiley then suggested that they have their ghostly friends help move the truck and at that moment using a state of the art infrared digital trap camera (Moultrie I-40) I snapped a picture in the opposite direction down the darkened corridor. When the images were later uploaded to my laptop, I was amazed to see the distinct images of four small shadowy figures standing in the empty hallway.

[Footage from Waverly Hills]

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