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At the time of his passing, John had a daughter named Blanche, as well as a pregnant wife named Mary at home. John and Mary believed in their minds that this child was to be the son they had wanted, and had decided to name him Robert. This was not to be the case, however, as the child was to be a daughter. Mary decided to go ahead and carry out their previous wishes, however, naming the little girl Robert. Eventually Mary died, and Blanche married and went off to travel the world. This left Robert at home in the mansion by herself, where she became a social recluse, eventually dying there in the year 1977.
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A man who had been taking care of Miss Robert prior to her death lived in the home until he too died in 1983. This is when the current homeowners purchased it and moved in. Since then, they have reported several phenomena. Feelings of being tapped on the shoulder, extreme cold chills blowing through certain areas of the home, sounds of heavy footsteps upstairs, as well as extremely heavy feelings being felt in a particular bedroom. Another quite interesting occurrence was the violent movement of a large entertainment center, rocking it back and forth wildly. What has been best described as a cloudy, shadowy figure of a person has been spotted in the home as well, and a young member of the family has reported playing with a boy that is known for a fact to not live there. There had not, to their knowledge, been a little boy that lived there in the past; but they are collectors of large amounts of old objects, which are known to be able to bring in an attachment haunting. PROOF entered the beautiful home for the first time in March, 2005. It is quite an impressive home, inside and out. After talking briefly with the homeowners, we set up shop as usual. We first set up two infrared surveillance cams and monitors to record some high-activity spots. A digital camcorder was also placed in an area where people had been touched many times by invisible hands. An extensive initial EMF sweep was done of the home, showing nothing out of the ordinary, and the same results were found for several follow up sweeps. During this sweep, temperature monitoring was also taking place. The results were puzzling. In one spot of the home, the temperature raised from 61 degrees, peaking at 93. It remained in the high 80s for a good portion of the time. Note that this was a baseball-sized area in the middle of a hallway. There were no vents around this location, and wall temps were normal. All surrounding areas were normal except for the one floating hot spot in mid-air. Over 300 pictures were shot that night, with no results. All video footage was also found to be clean. However, we were paid in full when one of the 75+ audio recordings revealed a child's voice speaking to us. There were no children present, this is known to us as a fact. This is coordinating evidence with the child sighting in the home, and to us, solid evidence of activity within the home. Also just a side note, a very heavy thickness was felt in one room. We usually don't discuss feelings, but this was an unusual one, and worth talking about. Also, you can listen to the EVP for yourself HERE. The history element of this story could not have been written without the help of "Haunted Hoosier Trails" by Wanda Lou Willis. This is truly a great collection of stories from the state of Indiana, and should not be missed by anyone interested in the paranormal. Pick it up today by clicking the amazon.com link below!!!!
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