Building in 18th & Vine District
Location Information
Date:20th November, 2004 Type:Business
Location Title:Building in 18th & Vine District City/State:Kansas City, MO
Investigation Times:08:15 PM - 09:50 PM Status:Analysis
Weather Information
Sunrise:07:07 AM Sunset:05:00 PM
High Temperature:54 °F Low Temperature:45 °F
Sky Condition:Clear Wind:NNE at 9 mph
Humidity:82% Precipitation:0%
Lunar Phase:Waxing Gibbous % disk visible:65%
Solar X-Rays:Normal Geomagnetic Field:Unsettled
Pressure:29.39 mmHg
Investigators Present
Bryan Kaplan
Jenny Kerr
Beth McLenaghan
Hugh McLenaghan
Kelli Patrick
Becky Ray
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Question: When did the phenomena start?
Answer: Unknown
Question: Any certain hour of the day or certain rooms?
Answer: Upstairs seems to be more active.
Question: Any visual apparations?
Answer: Just shadows from the corners of your eye.
Question: Any sounds?
Answer: Footsteps.
Question: Any rappings or knockings?
Answer: Pounding on the walls.
Question: Any voices? What do they say?
Answer: Just voices, occasionally names.
Question: Any cold spots?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Any physical attacks?
Answer: No
Question: Any smells?
Answer: No.
Question: Did previous occupants, neighbors or landlords know of phenomena?
Answer: Unknown
Question: Have there been any deaths or violent occurances in the the property?
Answer: Unknown
Question: Give a brief explanation of what you have experienced:
Answer: Doors shutting and locking by themselves. Voices. Names being called. Doors slamming. Sounds of footsteps. Several people have been locked in or out.
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Investigators Notes
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Bryan Kaplan:During this investigation my chest felt real tight and I felt something strange around me. The tightness of my chest would go away when not in the building. So far in analyzing my findings, I have found some EVP. There definately seems to be some kind of conscious paranormal activity at this location. For example during a couple times were I and another investigator was leaving the upstairs portion of the building ... to go back downstairs, EVP's were recorded making a statement of wanting us to stay upstairs. I think a follow-up would be a good idea.
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Jenny Kerr:Using my Epson PhotoPC 3100 digital camera I took a total of 36 photos. Three(3) had what appeared like orbs in them and to the untrained eye may be thought of as an orb. Kelli and I were in this room, the Art Gallery, which was under construction and had an old heater which hung from the ceiling and blew out warm air. I went and stood in front of the heater while it was on and it created a great deal of air movement, so I would have to classify these orbs as "dust orbs". I did take photos while the heater was off and did not get a single orb. I did not capture anything else on camera as we investigated the store area and the upper floor where apartments were. If I had captured any further orbs they would have to be classified as "dust orbs" because the entire upper apartment floor was under construction and was very dusty. One of the tenants relayed that the entry door to the apartments had locked by itself and she could not open it to exit and that this had happened on different occasions. Upon talking with the landlord she explained to us that the door sticks on humid days and one needs to pull up on the handle in order to exit. I did not feel or see anything unusual here.
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Beth McLenaghan:Uncomfortable investigating this space. Not because of anything overwhelmingly paranormal...(darn it!) I just found the space itself uncomfortable. The only thing I experienced at all was on the second floor, outside one of the studio apartments- I felt pulled back to one corner of the building, and when I asked the person giving the original tour of the space, she said that spot was one where several people had experienced odd things happening. Unfortunately, nothing odd happened while we were there. =)
Hugh McLenaghan:There didn't appear to be anything going on from my side. I didn't feel anything or have any experiences.
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Kelli Patrick:I used my EMF meter, laser thermometer, and nightshot video camera. I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary in this building. I shot video in the Gallery and in the back of the shop. Nothing caught with my equipment.
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Becky Ray:For the most part, this was a very quiet investigation. No activity was witnessed or reported by any of the investigators present during our time there.
However, activity reported by the owner and employees at other times may warrant a follow up investigation.
EVPS
In this clip you will hear two different voices. One says "She's Dead" (in a raspy voice). The second voice says "Time to save her".
*Note from Becky - It sounds like the second voice may be saying, "Tom will save her."
Submitted by Bryan
About 30 seconds after the previous EVP was recorded this clip was recorded (in the business portion of the building). You will hear a woman's voice say "I'm Dead" followed by what sounds like a voice repeating the statement in a more distressed manner.
Submitted by Bryan
In this clip you will hear two different voices. You will hear a female voice say, "I'm here to talk to you." Followed by a young male voice say, "Come on."
Submitted by Bryan
There seems to be something more to this, but it's near impossible to figure out. The one thing I can make out is a deep sounding male voice that says "No."
Submitted by Bryan
At this point in the investigation we were walking upstairs to a residential area. You will hear a child-like voice saying "Mom" (dragging out the last m).
Submitted by Bryan
At this point Bryan was in one of the bedrooms of the residential areas upstairs. You will hear a female voice first say "I'm Penny" followed by a little bit of a pause and then a second voice (male) saying "Get A Room." Like the other clips this clip first runs unedited, and in the following loops there has been some filtering.
Submitted by Bryan
Bryan and Beth were in an upstairs loft when this was recorded. Bryan was radioing Becky to ask her a question. You will hear a voice say 9 to 1.
Submitted by Bryan
Bryan and Beth were in a loft apartment (top floor of building) when this was recorded. Bryan will say something about a live CD (in regards to the music you can hear in the background). You will hear a voice say "positive".
Submitted by Bryan
This EVP seems to say CALL ME.
Submitted by Bryan
Bryan, Beth and a couple others were walking back down to the main level of the loft area of the building when this was recorded. It sounds like a man saying, "Stay Here."
Submitted by Bryan
The group that were upstairs in the loft area walked into the store at the time of the recording. You will hear a bell ring followed by a near quiet female voice speak followed by the same bell ring and a male voice saying "Telegram". The bell was attached to the door and sounded when someone opened the door.
Submitted by Bryan
This was recorded in the business on the lower floor of the building. You will hear a young child's voice yelling "I love you".
Submitted by Bryan
After going to the rooftop of the building Hugh and Bryan were headed back downstairs to the main floor. You will hear a voice say, "Please don't go". We recieved a similar message earlier in the investigation, a time when like this time, we were going back downstairs (that particular time the evp said 'stay here').
Submitted by Bryan