Ghostly Encounters: Confessions of a Paranormal Investigator

by Jeff Scott Cole, Johnathon Robson (Editor)

Overview

Mumbled voices in an empty attic, heavy footsteps on the stairs when all in the house are asleep, darting shadows across a darkened room . . .

It should come as no surprise that with the dawn of the digital age, people have turned their new technology toward the mysterious stories they’ve heard or events they’ve personally experienced. Here, in the dusky gloom where traditional science has refused to enter, a new breed of investigator has introduced us to the strange sounds and weird images from these nocturnal adventures.

Like most people, Jeff Cole has always been intrigued by aspects of the paranormal—does the human spirit endure after the body dies, and are there such things as ghosts? Though the deeper questions are best left to priests and scholars, his investigations of well- and lesser-known historical sites indicate the existence of a truly inexplicable phenomenon.

Ghostly Encounters chronicles Cole’s journey into the world of ghost hunting, other ghost hunting groups he has met, and the team he ultimately joins. Ghostly Encounters also provides a first-person account of the haunted locations explored, historical background and context to these sites, and audio and video clips so the reader can experience some of the startling evidence captured during these investigations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632205841
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	08/18/2015
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jeff Scott Cole middle school teacher, and broken-down archaeologist whose foray into the paranormal represents a hiatus from the traditional history texts typically found in his personal stacks. Recently transplanted from Ohio’s “eerie” coast, he currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Johnathon Robson has been a death metal musician, music production artist, and bank fraud investigator turned paranormal investigator. Johnathon grew up with an avid interest in the paranormal field, and in 2011 he formed C-Bus (Columbus) Paranormal. He resides in Mount Gilead, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Author's Note ix

1 A Writer's Journey: The Beginning 1

Mentor Municipal Cemetery 6

The Madison Seminary 12

2 Technical Stuff: Keeping It Real, Keeping It Basic 22

Audio Basics 22

Video Basics 27

Important Accessories 29

3 Getting Smart in the Deepening Dark 35

"Mentor's Most Haunted" 35

A Windy Night in Painesville 40

Crash and Bum at the Tanning Salon 47

Prospect Place Manor 53

Ohio State Reformatory 65

Gettysburg 72

4 Gizmos and Gadgets: A Cautionary Tale 92

Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Meter: 93

Electromagnetic (EM) Pump 95

The Spirit Box 96

The Ovilus 97

Parabolic Dish 98

Laser Grid 100

Thermal Imaging Device 101

5 Houses of Horror 104

Thornhaven Manor 104

Edinburgh Manor 117

The Villisca Axe Murder House 123

The Bell Nursing Home 134

St. Albans Sanatorium 145

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 158

Epilogue 179

Appendix 1 184

Appendix 2 214

Bibliography 242