The Monroe House, Hartford City, Indiana July 2017
Investigators: Dave, Trish and Vicki
Weather extremely mild, clear night
Time: 7:30pm until 1:30am
This summer CAPS made a return trip to Hartford City, Indiana
to investigate the Monroe house. Two
years prior we visited the Old Speakeasy and Hartford City jail. There seems to be some fascinating paranormal
events happening in this little Midwestern community.
This multi-family residence built in the 18oo’s has stories
of both child and domestic abuse by former occupants. The ghostly tales harken back to the 1930’s
describing apparitions, shadows, sounds, disembodied voices and kitchen
cabinets that are mysteriously found open. Various paranormal shows have featured the
Monroe house, one of which was Paranormal Lockdown. They found human and animal remains buried
under the crawl space which apparently dated back before the house was
built.
We met the owner, Eddy Norris around 7:30pm and my first
impression of the house was love at first site, mainly because of its creepy
charm. As Eddy gave us a tour of the
house, Trish and I heard a loud noise behind us while in the second floor
kitchen. Right after that we felt major
chills as if someone had walked up behind us.
After closing the windows to help prevent outside contamination and
offering refreshments they kept stocked for the house guests, Eddy left us on
our own to start our investigation.
We decided to dig into this investigation by starting in the
basement. While we were down there, Trish
heard someone walking around upstairs and was feeling chilled down her back. Dave said his ears were profusely ringing at
the same time. Trish and I observed
sections of the basement that appeared to lighten up to a dull white color,
then suddenly disappear. We left a video
camera running to be our eyes and ears so that we could investigate the second
floor.
While sitting in one of the upstairs rooms, we kept hearing something
behind us. At the same time, Dave said
he could not see Trish, even though she was just a few feet away. Occasionally we heard voices from outside which
we tagged on the recorders. There was
one incident around 10 o’clock where we heard a child yelling loudly. When I was listening back through the
evidence, it struck me that while others we tagged could not be heard at all, this
particular voice was almost too clearly captured on all our recorders,. There
have been reports of children spirits that haunt the home and given the fact
that we were on the second floor, with the windows closed, I have to wonder if
the child was much closer in proximity to us…
We set up more video cameras on the second floor as it was
time for us to concentrate on the first floor. Trish spied a kitchen cabinet door below the
sink had opened. Dave chuckled that
while we were upstairs he had asked if the spirits would open one up for
him. It would seem that someone was obliging!
We elected to sit in a room located at the back of the house
that had some spooky Halloween decorations. We placed chairs so that we would be facing in
the direction of another room where we had placed the REM pod. It wasn’t long before I suddenly felt all
cobwebby and felt the pressure of a hand resting on the side of my head. I should have perhaps been a little
frightened at that point, but it seemed harmless. The REM pod remained silent until we moved to
another area, it went off as if something was following us. We left it in the same spot and heard it alarm
for a second time while we were in the front room.
We relocated the REM pod to Dave’s least favorite room
upstairs. It contained some
“intimidating” dolls adorning a dresser. Although I am a doll enthusiast myself, I have
to admit some of them had disquieting stares! The REM pod lit up on more than one occasion,
so Dave took it upon himself to take the K2 meter, (ala John Zaffis the haunted
Collector), and test each doll for any readings. To say it was a colossal relief to him when
the dolls did not emit any EMF emissions would be an understatement!
We wrapped up around 1:30 and headed back to our hotel to
prepare for our next adventure. It’s
always fascinating to meet folks involved with paranormal locations. Although we
have met some dodgy types, most have been pleasant and accommodating. Eddy and Pam Norris, the owners of the Monroe
House went far and above expectations, and I wish to thank them for their
exceptionally outstanding hospitality! Hartford
City seems to be a hub of paranormal activity, and it is the hosts (and ghosts)
that ensure we will be returning.
Photos
The Mysterious Monroe House, looks quite innocent in the daylight!
Odd photo taken in the basement...
Dave's favorite room with dolls...aka his worst nightmare!
This is the kitchen cabinet that was found open.
EVPs
This EVP was captured in the back room of the home we used as a staging area. Sounds like a child speaking over Trishs' voice.
This is the child we tagged as outside but came across so clearly. We were on the second floor and all windows were closed.
I had to put this one up. This was found on the recorder and this was the whole recording. We are not sure who this is?
At the beginning around one second a voice says "OK". This was also from the staging area.
This is also the child tagged as outside. This clip was grabbed from a video we found turned on inside the equipment bag.
After I wonder if someone is teasing us, a whisper sounds like "story" to me.