Hemstreet House Pre-Investigation Notes and Information supplied by client.
The House for our investigation is located on N. Water Street. According to the owner who sent the following information is supplied by the client, the house is now where our client manages a business. Her are her notes and the history she has already done on the house:
It was built in 1906 for a single woman Dr. Her name was Sophia Hemstreet. The previous owner whom we bought the house, had a copy of the original order for water to be turned on from the Liberty Archives here off the sq.
I would think that would have been rare back then but maybe because she was a Dr. (I may have it) I don't know the name of the person she married but I think she moved out just 3 yrs after building it.
Somewhere through the years the Boggess family lived in it with 7 kids for several years. Mr. Boggess owned a Hardware Store on the square.
The previous owners bought it from Mr. and Mrs. P & H Stockwell. The Stockwell’s made the house abed & Breakfast, putting bathrooms in all the bedrooms in the closets (Mr. H Stockwell since died). Mrs. H Stockwell had typed this information and gave us what information that has been passed down through the years. It seemed like it rambled mainly into the Boggess family but I'm sure any info would help.
NOTES: The address and front sign have been whited out to protect our clients privacy.
It was built in 1906 for a single woman Dr. Her name was Sophia Hemstreet. The previous owner whom we bought the house, had a copy of the original order for water to be turned on from the Liberty Archives here off the sq.
I would think that would have been rare back then but maybe because she was a Dr. (I may have it) I don't know the name of the person she married but I think she moved out just 3 yrs after building it.
Somewhere through the years the Boggess family lived in it with 7 kids for several years. Mr. Boggess owned a Hardware Store on the square.
The previous owners bought it from Mr. and Mrs. P & H Stockwell. The Stockwell’s made the house abed & Breakfast, putting bathrooms in all the bedrooms in the closets (Mr. H Stockwell since died). Mrs. H Stockwell had typed this information and gave us what information that has been passed down through the years. It seemed like it rambled mainly into the Boggess family but I'm sure any info would help.
NOTES: The address and front sign have been whited out to protect our clients privacy.
Investigation
Investigation took place on July 10th; the team consisted of Julie, Shayna Debbe. We had a guest investigator Becky G. who participated as well.
We started our investigation at 8pm, after meeting with the clients who gave us a tour of the house, unfortunately this is also a business location as well as a house and due to certain room locked and occupied by tenants we were not allowed in certain rooms. We do not feel this hampered our investigation.
We had full access to the basement, living room, stairway, upper hallway and two rooms upstairs. The team did a walk to get base level EMF readings and photos as well as videos were completed. We broke off into two teams Debbe and Becky went to the far upper bedroom and Julie and Shayna went tot he basement. Debbe and Becky experiences EMF hits that seem to respond to questions by flashing the light from green to amber, it was a male about 19 years of age.
The EMF hit was located in the center of the room; at one point it seemed to follow us from area to area of the room. We checked for electrical wiring throughout the room to illuminate any high E.M.F’s located in the room the team found no explanation for the EMF readings. Next team to investigate the room was Julie, Shayna and Becky, without sharing any of the experiences in the bedroom, we asked Becky to go along with Julie and Shayna with instructions not to share any experiences with this team to see if this team had the same EMF readings and experience as Debbe. Julie and Shayna had EMF hits in the exact locations Debbe found. The results were the same.
At one point in the evening, Debbe and Becky went upstairs to the restroom and as Becky walked in the spare bedroom as she turned on the light there was a loud POP as if the light bulb burned out, Debbe heard the pop from her location as well, upon further investigation Debbe inspected the wood floors with a flash light and lights on, and discovered a quarter size hole of missing glass in the light bulb that was out, Debbe then got on the floor with flash light to look for any glass from the burnt out bulb, Debbe panned the entire floor and no glass was ever found in the room, this experience is unexplained, the guts of the bulb were pocking outside the glass where it had blown outward but no one single piece of glass was ever found.
The basement was also an area of unexplained experiences, no EMF hits note worthy, but we heard a lot of whispers and noises in different areas.
The team is still working on the EVP’s and will post as soon as we meet with the client. The Temperature varied from 76 degrees inside to 84 outside. The sky was clear and sunny and clear moons no clouds.
It is hard to say without further investigations of this house; given the evidence of EVP’s and EMF hits it would seem to hold some paranormal activity.
Julie's report of findings:
My impression of the investigation on July 10, 2009 of the Hemstreet house is that I feel that there is some paranormal activity present but not necessary "active" meaning that I feel that there are "spirits" in this home but are only interactive when spoken to.
These "spirits", in my opinion, are friendly and are content to just quietly co-exist with the current tenants.
This is a beautifully maintained home and if I where a spirit, I would be very content there as well.
Shayna's report of findings:
Many thanks to the owners who opened their home to us, and came to our rescue when we accidentally shut the front door during a break and locked ourselves out. Thank you.
I had a great time during our investigation of this beautiful house in Liberty. I would first like to thank the owners for allowing us to investigate there. My first impression was that there wasn't any presence in the home, but I soon found out they were just a little shy. Throughout the night I kept hearing a man speaking to me; however I was never able to make out what he was saying. This all started, and happened mostly in the basement. After reviewing our audio evidence, I have to say in my opinion, this house is haunted. I think there are a few spirits here after hearing several different voices in our EVP’s. I do not believe that these spirits are very active, but I do think they are intelligent and aware of the living. Perhaps these spirits just exist quietly among the living that frequents this home. There were no reports of activity in this house before the investigation so I was pleasantly surprised to hear the voices we captured, and I hope the owners of the house will be too!
Debbe's report of findings:
I am in agreement with Shayna and Julie, while the house holds some paranormal activity the presence in the house, is quiet and peaceful. It seemed to follow us with great curiosity. But seemed to keep a safe and comfortable distance from team and the people residing and living in this home. It seems to me that the spirits in this house co-exist and are quite happy to just wondering the house in peace. But this is only speculation.
We started our investigation at 8pm, after meeting with the clients who gave us a tour of the house, unfortunately this is also a business location as well as a house and due to certain room locked and occupied by tenants we were not allowed in certain rooms. We do not feel this hampered our investigation.
We had full access to the basement, living room, stairway, upper hallway and two rooms upstairs. The team did a walk to get base level EMF readings and photos as well as videos were completed. We broke off into two teams Debbe and Becky went to the far upper bedroom and Julie and Shayna went tot he basement. Debbe and Becky experiences EMF hits that seem to respond to questions by flashing the light from green to amber, it was a male about 19 years of age.
The EMF hit was located in the center of the room; at one point it seemed to follow us from area to area of the room. We checked for electrical wiring throughout the room to illuminate any high E.M.F’s located in the room the team found no explanation for the EMF readings. Next team to investigate the room was Julie, Shayna and Becky, without sharing any of the experiences in the bedroom, we asked Becky to go along with Julie and Shayna with instructions not to share any experiences with this team to see if this team had the same EMF readings and experience as Debbe. Julie and Shayna had EMF hits in the exact locations Debbe found. The results were the same.
At one point in the evening, Debbe and Becky went upstairs to the restroom and as Becky walked in the spare bedroom as she turned on the light there was a loud POP as if the light bulb burned out, Debbe heard the pop from her location as well, upon further investigation Debbe inspected the wood floors with a flash light and lights on, and discovered a quarter size hole of missing glass in the light bulb that was out, Debbe then got on the floor with flash light to look for any glass from the burnt out bulb, Debbe panned the entire floor and no glass was ever found in the room, this experience is unexplained, the guts of the bulb were pocking outside the glass where it had blown outward but no one single piece of glass was ever found.
The basement was also an area of unexplained experiences, no EMF hits note worthy, but we heard a lot of whispers and noises in different areas.
The team is still working on the EVP’s and will post as soon as we meet with the client. The Temperature varied from 76 degrees inside to 84 outside. The sky was clear and sunny and clear moons no clouds.
It is hard to say without further investigations of this house; given the evidence of EVP’s and EMF hits it would seem to hold some paranormal activity.
Julie's report of findings:
My impression of the investigation on July 10, 2009 of the Hemstreet house is that I feel that there is some paranormal activity present but not necessary "active" meaning that I feel that there are "spirits" in this home but are only interactive when spoken to.
These "spirits", in my opinion, are friendly and are content to just quietly co-exist with the current tenants.
This is a beautifully maintained home and if I where a spirit, I would be very content there as well.
Shayna's report of findings:
Many thanks to the owners who opened their home to us, and came to our rescue when we accidentally shut the front door during a break and locked ourselves out. Thank you.
I had a great time during our investigation of this beautiful house in Liberty. I would first like to thank the owners for allowing us to investigate there. My first impression was that there wasn't any presence in the home, but I soon found out they were just a little shy. Throughout the night I kept hearing a man speaking to me; however I was never able to make out what he was saying. This all started, and happened mostly in the basement. After reviewing our audio evidence, I have to say in my opinion, this house is haunted. I think there are a few spirits here after hearing several different voices in our EVP’s. I do not believe that these spirits are very active, but I do think they are intelligent and aware of the living. Perhaps these spirits just exist quietly among the living that frequents this home. There were no reports of activity in this house before the investigation so I was pleasantly surprised to hear the voices we captured, and I hope the owners of the house will be too!
Debbe's report of findings:
I am in agreement with Shayna and Julie, while the house holds some paranormal activity the presence in the house, is quiet and peaceful. It seemed to follow us with great curiosity. But seemed to keep a safe and comfortable distance from team and the people residing and living in this home. It seems to me that the spirits in this house co-exist and are quite happy to just wondering the house in peace. But this is only speculation.
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This is the clip during the investigation when Becky walked in the spare bedroom turned on the light there was a loud POP as if the light bulb burned out, Debbe heard the pop from her location as well, upon further investigation Debbe inspected the wood floors with a flash light and lights on, and discovered a quarter size hole of missing glass in the light bulb that was out, Debbe then got on the floor with flash light to look for any glass from the burnt out bulb, Debbe panned the entire floor and no glass was ever found in the room, this experience is unexplained, the guts of the bulb were pocking outside the glass where it had blown outward but no one single piece of glass was ever found. You will hear a voice before the door is closed and the loud POP of the bulb now remember no glass was found anywhere.
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