Here are some examples of EVPs, or Electric Voice Phenomenon, that we’ve captured at various investigations.

At times we record EVPs when we aren’t really trying. Sometimes we’ll be having a casual conversation and an unseen visitor will decide to join in. This is the case in “Too Hot in Here”. It was recorded while we were tearing down our equipment and getting ready to leave. It was an unseasonably warm evening, and we were standing around talking about the weather and evidently someone else agreed. We found the little girl’s voice two other times while sifting through that night’s evidence. This all happened at a relatively new town home and there were no other neighbors home at the time, and definitely no children.

“Get ready” was another EVP we didn’t expect to capture. We were setting up our equipment at the moment it was recorded. Although we saw shadows, this was the only evidence we collected from the central Ohio home. We never did figure out what it was we were supposed to be getting ready for!

Although our group has never encountered any violence or malevolence during our investigations, we have evidently caused some irritation to the unseen inhabitants of some homes. We’ve been cursed at and told to leave on several occasions. It’s as though the people that once lived in the house are unaware that they’ve passed on and see us as intruders, and are understandably perturbed. In “Get Out”, the clip starts with a threat and ends with us being told to leave.

One site that our group visits frequently is Octagon Hall in Franklin, Kentucky. Octagon Hall is an octagonal-shaped antebellum plantation house that was built by Andrew Caldwell beginning in 1847. The home was completed in 1859, only two years before the outbreak of the Civil War. It didn’t take long for tragedy to visit the family and the plantation. The house was used as a makeshift hospital where both Union and Confederate troops were cared for, and where several ultimately died. Two of Andrew Caldwell’s children (including his daughter Mary Elizabeth, who is frequently seen, heard and felt at the house still), his first wife, many slaves and Caldwell himself died in home. The head caretaker, Benjamin Moses is said to still tend to his duties at the home.

“Summer Kitchen”, “Ben”, “Sit Over Here” and “Harriet” are all EVPs gathered at Octagon Hall.

In “Summer Kitchen”, the caretaker, Benjamin Moses is heard to address a visitor who says he’s going to “sit in this chair” (it doesn’t sound like Benjamin is too happy with that).

In “Ben”, one of our investigators, Michelle, is introducing herself and gets a response. If you listen to the end of the clip, you can hear us point out that the K2 meter is going off. Later, when we matched up the evidence, we discovered the meter had gone off at the same time the EVP was recorded.

“Sit Over Here” sounds like the lady of the home is politely inviting guests to sit in her parlor.

“Harriet” was Andrew Caldwell’s second wife. In this clip, Andrew Carthy, a paranormal investigator visiting from Ireland, can be heard introducing himself and stating, “I’ve come a long way to visit your lovely home. What’s your name?” Harriet responded.

For more information on Octagon Hall, please visit: www.octagonhall.com.