Massachusetts Cases

Private Residence

Oxford, MA - November 10, 2018 & March 30, 2019

We performed two investigations of this private residence. The clients' did not have any claims worth noting as serious or malevolent in nature. There are a few occurrences in which the doorbell (literally) rings on its own, even while disconnected. Footsteps are heard around the house and sometimes voices can be heard audibly by the clients. The home was built in the 1700's and therefore has a lot of history.

Medium Report 1

Chris O'Connor

I arrived at the home. My team was already in the home interviewing the clients and getting the layout of the house. I can tell the house is old and then I notice the plaque dated 1794. The contractor side of me noticed that the home had a few additions.

As I often do, I began receiving visions on my ride up and they became stronger once I arrived. My initial vision was the home was connected to some form of witchcraft. It was either pagan rituals, Wicca or an actual practicing witch. I also had visions of another time in history the house was very crowded. Additionally, when I arrived there was a scant smell of smoke with no apparent reason.

I entered the home and was immediately drawn to the front room to the left of the front door. I first made my introductions and because my team was in the interview process, I started my walk through.

I went to the room I was drawn to and that is where I encountered my first spirit. This was a middle-aged man who lived in the home during the early to mid-1800’s. His energy was more residual than interactive. The current owners may hear activity in that room and see possible movement.

I crossed the foyer into what was the formal dining room and there is where I sensed the involvement of witchcraft. I searched the room for evidence and there were objects that were related to the practice of witchcraft or Wicca. The room did not present with negative energy but just the feeling of psychic energy.

At this point, Dave came from upstairs and we continued the tour together. Dave first showed me the garage. This is where I saw residual energy of horses and the tack for the carriages. Although there was a distinct automotive smell, I can smell the evidence of horses.

From the garage we made it to the basement. The basement was large, and the floor was covered in some sort of vapor barrier. I wasn’t receiving much here. Dave led me through the front of the basement through a door, and there was a very large dragon. The dragon is a prop for Halloween. Dave failed to tell me the dragon was “on” and roared at you when you triggered the motion sensor. Dave had a good laugh at my expense.

From the basement we went to the second floor. There was a room being used as a closet or dressing room that was connected to the master bedroom. The master bedroom is where I first encounter the female spirit. She is very prominent. The owners definitely notice her. She may show as a shadow or full apparition. They hear her moving about, typically from another room or while downstairs. This spirit may make the owners feel depressed, lost or the feeling of loss.

Dave pointed out the son’s room, but we did not go in. We walked through the laundry space to an unfinished room used for storage. This was part of an addition at some part of the history of the home. This space had sounds of laughter from children. My guess is this is where they hid from their parents or older siblings.

We returned to the informal dining area. The interview had concluded. The clients were leaving for the evening. We set up cameras and went lights out.

We investigated the entire house, but the most active psychically was the master bedroom. While investigating, I started to get a vision of the young women. She was very distraught. She was going from room to room searching for her baby. She wasn’t clear of what happened. We did an exercise to where we played the sound of a baby. No paranormal activity presented itself.

I can’t help but feel that this house is under a cloak. Although visible to everyone, the home goes unnoticed. There is activity that occurs, but no one knows except the home-owners. This is the time for the history of the home to be revealed

The house has more story to tell. There are many spirits. Some are interacting with the living and some are there to let us in on the history of the house. I would love the opportunity to return and get more of the story.

Medium Report 2

Chris O'Connor

I was very excited to return to Oxford. As I mentioned in the first report, this house has more of story to tell.

We met at the local coffee shop to go over the plan for the night’s investigation. Once again, I received visions on my way there. During the week, we received a request for an investigation from a new client and sometimes I will begin receiving messages about new cases and must figure out which message or vision belongs to which case.

The vision I received was of a man in his early twenties. He was from the mid 1800’s. He appeared as he just came out of water. His clothes were fine but wet. He showed himself in the corner of a basement. He was asking me how he got there. “Why was I here?” he asked. He gave the impression that he was brought back. I asked Melissa if this vision had anything to do with the new case. She stated that the new client did not mention anything. We finished up at the coffee shop and headed over to the client’s home.

We all went in and said our hellos. I immediately felt a difference in the home. Although the clients were cordial, they seemed off. They were happy to see us, but the atmosphere was weird.  They met with Melissa and Ruby to get updates and any new developments. I went outside. While outside, I began my process of connecting to the home and the spirits that resides within. I asked for protection first and then asked the spirits of the house to come forward. I gave them permission to use me as a vessel to convey their message. I insisted that no harm can come to me or my team. We are not here to hurt them but just to listen to what they had to say. Boy, did they have a story to tell.

The clients left the house again. We set up our equipment and prepared ourselves for the night’s investigation.

The four of us sat at the table in the room just off the kitchen. I sat on the side of the table near the pass through to the kitchen. Melissa sat across from me. Ruby sat to my left and Dave to the right. We all put our hands flat to the table and began connecting to the home. While connecting, a woman came forward. She was a servant woman. She was acting nervous and didn’t know how to “serve”. She stated that they are in the wrong places. “The master always sits at the head of the table.” The woman’s name was Catherine.

We finished with our connection process and was about to begin an EVP session. I asked that Dave and Ruby swap places and I explained why. The two swapped and then like placing the last pieces of the puzzle, the picture began becoming clear.

Ruby didn’t mention how she was feeling at first, but the swap in seating allowed her to begin feeling what the young female spirit was feeling. I am not sure if Dave had began feeling anything but as the night continued Dave’s empathic abilities will be used and challenged.

Instead of seeing Dave sitting, I saw a middle-aged man. He gave me the impression that he was a prominent man. He was stern and set in his ways. He was wearing fine clothes but was slobby. When he drank, he slurped and dribbled. He would use his sleeve as a napkin. He ate without manners. Inhaling his food and made a mess of himself as he did.

Where Ruby was seated there was a young woman. She was well put together and had delicate manners. I sensed this was his daughter. I was getting a name that began with the letter “E”. Her name was either Emily or Emiline.

We started our investigation in the master bedroom. Ruby was walking about taking pictures. Dave was sitting on the bed and Mel was in the doorway between the bedroom and dressing room. I was sitting in the corner. We were performing an EVP session and we had the K-2 meter on the bed.

It wasn’t long after we started our session when the story began to unfold. My vision began with a young woman in the act of childbirth. The house servant Catherine was there assisting as the mid-wife. The man that was at the dining table was just outside the room. After the child was born, the man ordered Catherine to take the child and smash it against the stone wall. “This sinful child will be a secret.” Catherine took the child away but did not obey the wishes of her master. She placed the child in a basket and when there was time, she took the child away. While this was all unfolding, I asked Catherine where the child was? “Where are you taking the baby?” I didn’t get an answer other than she put the baby in a basket.

We moved back to the room where we connected. This time Dave and Ruby sat in the correct seat and Mel and I sat where we sat earlier. More of the story was told. This is what was shown to me. I was able to obtain the young woman’s name. I was going back and forth with Emily or Emiline.

The young woman, Emily, was in her late teens or early 20's. She was very beautiful. Emily was well dressed and carried herself with class. She may have had many suiters, but none were allowed. Emily was the oldest daughter of the family. Emily lost her mother and as the oldest daughter, she would be expected to remain in the house and care for the family and her father.

Emily had become involved with a young man. He told me his name was Thomas. He wasn’t from town. He presented himself as a well-dressed man. He appeared to have some wealth based on his clothes. I feel he did not have family or at least no family close by. At first, I thought he may be part of some type of sea service industry based on how he presented himself initially. This is the spirit that presented himself on my ride up. He appeared soaking wet.

The two secretly pursued a relationship. The two of them would meet when Thomas came into town. Eventually the two fell in love and made plans to marry. The plan for the next visit was for the two of them to run away due to Emily’s father’s plan for her. Unbeknownst to Thomas, Emily discovered she was pregnant. She didn’t tell Thomas. She didn’t tell anyone. It wasn’t shown to me how her secret was found out, but the repercussions were.

Somehow the secret of Emily’s pregnancy was apparent. Emily’s father made inquiries of who her daughter may have been with. I feel Catherine may have had a hand in revealing the secret relationship. The young man’s identity was revealed. Thomas was returning to town. On the orders of his father, Emily’s brother Douglas and a friend, intercepted Thomas. Thomas was beaten, hanged, and then bound by the hands and feet and thrown into the river.

Meanwhile, Emily is waiting. Thomas told her when he would be returning but he never showed. Time passes and her pregnancy continues. I am only speculating but I would imagine Emily’s father made it known to his daughter that he knows of the pregnancy. Emily is held up in the house until the pregnancy is over. Emily delivers the baby and Catherine takes care of getting rid of the evidence.

Emily hated her father. While in public, all is well. Behind closed doors, Emily was depressed, angry and unsympathetic. The last vision I had with her father in it was the vision of her father choking on his dinner. It was obvious that he needed assistance but Emily just excused herself and left the room. Her father died at the table.

The next vision is Thomas is sitting where Emily’s father would sit. This was one of the few times Thomas was in the house. Emily was amused by Thomas’ nervousness. Thomas would repeatedly check to see if anyone was coming.

Then the visions became sad. They showed Emily would sit at the table while Catherine made sure she ate. Emily would shuffle through out the house, guided by Catherine. Emily’s depression has overcome her and has made her insane.

I would think that home-owners will hear her shuffling from room to room. She is searching for her baby. They may also see curtains move or movement towards the doors. This is Emily looking to see if her beloved has returned.

I am unclear about Thomas. He stated to me, “Why am I here?” or “How did I get here?” Something is telling me that he was brought forward. Something to ask the home-owners. Emily doesn’t know that he is there.

So, during all the visions, Ruby becomes very sad to the point of tears. She can’t explain it. Dave goes through an array of emotions and he can’t explain why he feels the way he does. I tell my visions. I believe the K-2 meter reacted to me explaining the visions and the discussion afterwards.

Some other visions I received:

One was of a young woman, based on her clothing, was from the early 1900's. She was dressed in a light blue dress. Her hair was darkish and pulled back. She didn’t interact with me. I just figured she was somehow connected to the house.

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The other vision I had was of a cemetery. The cemetery had all these hands coming from the ground. It was almost like they were raising their hand to be recognized. I related this to the amount of people attached this house.

As I said before, this house holds a lot of energy. There are many spirits. Most of the spirits I came across are residual. The ones that I found to be intelligent spirits just want their story told. I am going to try to verify my visions with facts.

My suggestion to the home-owners is to be careful within their practice of witchcraft or Wicca. The increase in activity may be a direct result of such practices.

Empath Report

David Bray

This blog details the events of Eastern CT Paranormal Society’s investigation of a private residence in Oxford, MA.

Our first visit to the home was back in November 2018. From what I can recall, it was an exciting investigation but did not produce any tangible or objective evidence. Most of what we received was subjective in nature. To be honest, I didn’t remember much from this visit other than Chris saying there was the spirit of a woman looking for her baby – and that she was insane (literally). The upstairs level of the home was creepy, and I can remember Ruby being scared and/or nervous on a few different occasions. The house seemed to affect her the most. However, the investigation was interesting enough that it prompted a return visit. We felt that there was a story that needed to be told and we were confident we were going to get it.

The house was built in the 1700s and was initially home to a prominent family. The owners’ claims range from seeing shadows moving in the hallways, hearing footsteps and noises that seem to be coming from unknown sources - and the doorbell seemingly rings on its own. Other than that, the homeowners are not bothered by the spirits present. They are genuinely interested in the phenomena and want to know more.

On March 30, 2019, we returned to the home to perform the second investigation. It would prove to be a challenge for myself both empathically and personally. I feel that the case elevated me to new heights and has tapped into a potential that I was previously unaware of.

When we first arrived, we set up the same way we always do; we ran IR cameras in 6 different rooms, grabbed our recorders, EMF meters and handhelds, and got to work. We sat at the dining room table and “connected” to the house and to each other. We do this before we begin to ensure that our energies are synchronized with the house and with the spirits. It’s a form of protection and helps us to attain answers in our search for the unknown. We started our endeavor upstairs in the master bedroom where we previously gathered insight into the female spirit in search of her baby. At first, it was quiet. I got ahead of myself and started thinking this was going to be another mundane investigation. Little did I know that the night would soon test my abilities as an empath.

After a brief donut break, we once again sat around the dining room table. I sat at one head of the table and Ruby sat at the other. About 5-10 minutes later, Chris asked us to switch places. The spirit of a former server was communicating to him that we were in the wrong seats and was confused as to why. It was the seat-switch that started the night off on the right (some would say, the wrong) track.

I immediately began to feel different, and apparently, so did Ruby. I couldn’t quite place exactly what I was feeling, but it wasn’t like anything I’ve experienced before. I started to get visions of a man with a mustache, probably in his early to mid-20s, good-looking and fit, and he was being thrown into a body of water. At this point, I was confused.

We started up the spirit box to perform a communication session and began to ask questions. We were also using a flashlight, an audio recorder, and a K2 meter (EMF detector). To our surprise, the only device that seemed to be reacting intelligently to our questions was the K2 meter. On most cases, it is very much the opposite.

Suddenly, I felt extremely sad to the point that I wanted to cry. It hit me like a ton of bricks. However, all the lights were off, and I kept my composure as not to disturb the session, until I noticed Ruby was crying as well. For some reason, the visualization of seeing her cry made my own feelings much more intense. I didn’t quite understand it because I am not known for my outgoing emotions, let alone showing tears in any sort of situation. Ruby claimed that she too did not understand why she was so sad.

Throughout this session, Chris asked the question “Who’s dead?” to which a woman’s voice audibly answered, “Not me!” from the kitchen. It was so loud that most of the team heard it. Upon further questioning, the same woman’s voice was heard on 3 more occasions, in the silence of the house, while we were all sitting at the table. Not only did she speak, she was humming a song each time. If you’ve never experienced hearing a woman hum a song while no one else is in the house, then you don’t know terror. It was fascinating and terrifying all in one.

From here, my emotions bounced back and forth from extreme sadness to extreme anger. I began to feel paranoid and kept looking over my shoulders toward the doors and windows. Needless to say, I felt very odd. I did not feel like myself at all and visions of this man kept clouding me. It was my interpretation that this man’s name was Thomas. I was fighting the urge to ask Ruby what she was feeling, but I felt like she either had answers or was going through what I was going through. Either way, the story began unfolding.

At this time, Chris received the name “Thomas” as well along with the name’s “Emily” and “Catherine.” Emily was the daughter of the prominent man who owned the house and Catherine was the midwife (I am unsure of the era that they lived in the home). Chris described the homeowner as a “fat slob” and a despicable person.

Emily was the insane woman from our first visit who was looking for her baby and what we believe happened is that Emily became pregnant with Thomas’ child and her father forbade it. He proceeded to tell Catherine (the midwife) to take the baby out and smash its head in the rocks, to dispose of it. There was no way that his daughter was going to have a bastard child and disgrace the family name. In a turn of events, Catherine chose to disobey this command and sent the baby away in a litter of kittens without telling anyone, including the mother (Emily). Therefore, Emily spent her life thinking that her baby was killed; her baby was ripped from her hands at birth.

My empathic abilities were in full-force now. Paranoia continued and these feelings were becoming overwhelming. I began to feel suffocated and my neck felt constricted. I felt like I got punched in the mouth and had sudden sharp shooting pains in my arms as if they were breaking. It got to a point where I literally yelled out because the pain hurt so bad.

Well, it all made sense shortly after once we discovered that Thomas was beaten, dragged, and hanged by Emily’s brother and his friends, on orders from her father. They threw his body in the river. He found out that his daughter and Thomas were having a secret relationship (someone snitched) and that was it. Thomas went away and never returned, and Emily was left thinking that he left her out of the blue while she was pregnant. However, Emily never told Thomas she was pregnant. She either didn’t get a chance to or thought it would complicate things.

Come to find out, I was sitting right where Thomas would have sat when he was visiting with Emily (when the father was out) and Ruby was sitting where Emily would have sat. The paranoia I was feeling was due to the secrecy of the relationship between him and Emily and the not-knowing of when the father was coming back.

After a while, I needed to go outside and get some fresh air – recharge my batteries if you will. But when I came back inside, I immediately felt the same emotions. I couldn’t shake it. I knew the story needed to be told. I knew amends needed to be made and I needed to find out exactly what the spirits wanted from us.

Later, I came under the impression that I had become a vessel for Thomas. In the same way that some mediums can become a channel for spirits, I had become one as well, only empathically. I believe Ruby was acting as a vessel for Emily in the same way. We decided to perform an EVP session with just the two of us. During this session, we received intelligent responses from the K2 meter. Ruby and I almost began communicating as if we were Thomas and Emily.

The anger and sadness I was feeling was the sensation of lost hope, of fate being ripped from my grasp. I realized I was living the sensation of being dead. I was dead and there was nothing I could do about it.

Both Thomas and Emily never got to live their life paths and never got to experience life together. For some reason, we feel like the reason we were being channeled into was so Thomas and Emily could communicate with each other through us. Thomas was angry that he was killed so ruthlessly. He was angry he never knew about the baby. He was angry at her father.

I cannot speak directly for Ruby, but I believe the sadness she was feeling was because she believed her entire life that her baby was murdered. She believed that Thomas, the man she loved, left her. According to Chris, Emily’s hatred for her father ran so deep that she left him to choke on his dinner one day and he died watching her walk away. We asked Thomas and Emily if they wanted us to feel what they felt, and I really wish we hadn’t because that’s when all the physical pain (from Thomas being murdered) and all the deep-seated emotions hit me at once.

Although this story is highly subjective, we hope to attain records that lead us to the actuality of these events occurring. The names aren’t definitive, but we do believe it happened. I can humbly say that I’ve never felt the sensation of being dead and I’ve never felt the profound sadness, anger, and love that emanated through me before that night.

All-in-all, I have tapped into a new ability. I believe that my gift is allowing me to learn and experience things I didn’t think were possible. Although it is tough and scary to think about, I am excited to see what this new ability leads to for both myself and my team.

Objective Findings:

Investigators: David Bray, Chris O'Connor, Ruby L., Melissa Whited

Photos:

No photographic evidence was found.

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Audio:

Several EVPs and Spirit Box responses were found and noted.

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Video:

No video evidence was found.

Assessment:

Paranormal Level: Grade 3 – Objective findings include evidence of a manifestation (non-orbs) captured by a photo or video. Audible sounds or voices can be heard by human ears and are documented on an audible device.

Please see the above empath report.

Plan:

Case Closed