The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

The West Virginia State Penitentiary is one of the most haunting structures you will ever see. Built to somewhat mimic a prison built in Joliet Illinois, The West Virginia State Penitentiary is a massive gothic structure that looks like it could be the set for a horror movie where the dead return feast on the flesh of the living as a group of hold-outs seek solace behind its strong walls... Oh, wait. That's already been done. The West Virginia State Penitentiary was home to countless famous inmates over the course of its life. The West Virginia State Penitentiary was also the site of countless murders, suicides, and unspeakable violence. It's limestone walls still hold much of this negative energy which can be felt from the moment you walk through its gates. Several riots occurred on the property during its life, many which ended in death and emotional devastation. Today The West Virginia State Penitentiary is used for corporate functions, meetings, retreats, weddings and of course ghost hunts. Today we hear the real ghost stories of The West Virginia State Penitentiary. See more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

Mackinac Island to me is one of the most intriguing places I've ever visited. Even as a child, something drew me to the island and called me back time and time again. I wouldn't say it was paranormal, but there was something about it that I couldn't put my finger on. Located between the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan, Mackinac Island is a tourist hot spot in the summer seasons. In winter, it could very well be the setting for a horror movie like the shining as the population drops off to locals only, with the only way to access the island being a once daily ice-breaking fairy or helicopter. The massive resorts such as the grand hotel sit empty, with only the maintenance and caretakers roaming the halls... Or could there be others still on the island... not so living people... still walking the halls of these historic resorts and homesteads. On today's episode of The Grave Talks, we hear several ghost stories, yet just touch the surface of one of the most haunted islands in the world. The Ghosts of Mackinac Island. Find out more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

Brian D. Parsons is the Director of Ghost Help (formerly a paranormal group from 1996-2011), the Executive Director of ParaNexus and has worked with a number of groups and organizations since 1996.  Brian has written six books, Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter: How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group as well as a companion book, Betty's Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation, and follow-up exploring more concepts in paranormal group operation Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator II: The Art and Science of Paranormal Investigation . His fourth book, The "E4" Method: Breaking the Mold of Paranormal Investigation looks at his unique methodology of client-centered investigation that utilizes a skeptical foundation, psychology, advanced interviewing skills, parapsychology, spiritualism, as well as the "Ghost Excavation" methodology  He joins us today to discuss ghost hunting and what he believes to be the best methods of hunting for ghosts. Find out more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

The Crescent hotel was built in 1886 as a resort for the wealthy and notable, however quickly became unmanageable and fell into disrepair. In 1908, it had been reopened as the Crescent college and Conservatory for Young girls. This establishment closed down in 1924, then opened once more in 1930 as a college. In 1937, it got a brand new owner, Norman G. Baker, who turned the place into a hospital and health resort. Baker, a rich person inventor and radio personality, titled himself as a doctor, despite having had no medical coaching. He claimed to own discovered variety of "cures" for numerous ailments, as well as cancer, and launched frequent attacks on organized medicine, which he accused of being corrupt and profit-driven. Having been run out of Iowa for practicing medicine without a license, Baker moved his cancer patients to Arkansas and publicized his new health resort at the Crescent. His "cure" consisted primarily of drinking the area's spring water.[clarification needed] In 1940, federal charges were filed against Baker for fraud and he spent four years in jail. On March fifteen, 1967, the hotel was nearly burned to the ground. In 1997, the Crescent hotel was purchased by Marty and Elise Roenigk, who oversaw a six-year restoration and renovation of the hotel rooms. Today we hear the ghost stories of what is known as on the most haunted hotels in the United States.

Many people and paranormal groups have tried to answer the question of "Is the Bellgrove Plantation Haunted"? Even the SyFy Channel’s Ghost Hunters has investigated the Bellgrove Plantation. All who enter the Bellgrove Plantation, come back away have an equivalent answer . . . There is definitely something there.We have seen apparitions. We've heard voices and sounds. We've seen a ball of light in broad daylight! We've we've seen pictures that just can’t be explained. These are all statements have been made about the house. How haunted is the Bellgrove Plantation? Among the unimaginable volume of proof that has been gathered, one of great interest is the witnessing of a girl dressed in white standing on the balcony, additionally, an African–American girl in a very yellow dress wearing a turban leave the room carrying something. Another apparition of a soldier walking past the spectator so clearly that the color of his hair was defined and has also been caught at the Bellgrove Plantation. Today we hear the full history of The Bellgrove Plantation. Find more athttp://www.thegravetalks.com/the-bellgrove-plantation/

The Bellaire House sits on a Leyline - that implies there is a consistent wellspring of paranormal vitality that goes all through the house. In the Ohio Valley, numerous coal mine blasts have happened and numerous lives were lost. The Bellaire House sits over Coal Mine #1, Jacob Heatherington claimed the majority of the coal mines in the Ohio Valley. Jacob likewise worked in the mines with his representatives and his closest companion Jack, a donkey. The old nursery rhyme "This is the House that Jack Built" was about Jack to enable Jacob to construct his manor and his coal mine business. Behind the house is a Native American internment area. Before the house is the Ohio River. The some dark spirits have been removed, more return time and time again. There is a kid soul staying inside the Bellaire House and her name is Emily Davis. She used to play at the Bellaire House when she was a kid. Through research Rebecca Stamm-Gardner and Kristin Lee discovered there was additionally a second Emily Davis. The Bellaire House appears to dependably pull in individuals who have a similar first and last name arrangement. One Emily Davis was know to have suffocated, and another Emily Davis was known as a dear companion to the first proprietor of the land. Emily likes to talk through EVP's and on the Ghost Box. She jumps at the chance to illuminate the "beautiful hues " of the K2 meter. In 2005 Kristin Lee was affected by two floods which left her family homeless. Soon after they moved in they saw "odd" things. Kristin Lee faulted everything except for paranormal until the point when one night as she lay in bed, she was assaulted and her dog was tossed against the wall. By then Kristin Lee connected with Ohio Valley Paranormal Research Investigations. Today we hear the story of the Bellaire House. Find out more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

Robert Field inherited the property that would later be known as The White Hill Mansion from his father in 1757\. As a successful merchant, Robert built a comfortable mansion on the property. Robert married Mary Peel in 1765\. The marriage would be cut short by death, as Robert drowned under mysterious circumstances January 29, 1775.  Mary lived at White Hill Mansion throughout the RevolutionaryWar and thanks to her cunning intelligence helped the property survived intact. In 1797 Mary signed over the property to her son, Robert III. Unfortunately, he lost the entire property due to mismanagement in 1804. The White Hill Mansion has changed hands many times since the original owners, occupied by inventors, doctors and a State Senator. In 1923 an upscale German Restaurant often visited by New Jersey’s elite was opened in The White Hill Mansion. In 1972 the restaurant was sold. It was twice sold after that and finally to the Stepan planned to demolish the house, the Borough stepped in and bought the White Hill Mansion, saving it from destruction.  A restoration project of The White Hill Mansion began in 2004\. Over 30,000 artifacts were uncovered, as well as several building foundations and evidence of native American occupation. Many spirits are still said to haunt the halls of The White Hill Mansion. Today we learn who they are.  See more at http://www.ghostpodcast.com

The Statler City Hotel was built by Elsworth Statler in 1923 in the heart of downtown Buffalo. It featured glorious ballrooms and 1100 hotel rooms that are still occupied by some guests to this day... However the hotel is closed, and these guests are not living.  We talk with Conor Hawkins about the history of the Statler City Hotel, where it has been and where it is going in the future. We also learn about its deceased guests that still linger around the hotel to this day.  Find out more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

In 1893, St. Ignatius was the first hospital to serve Whitman County. The first patient was a pneumonia case. In the first month, ten were admitted. Three were released and seven remained. The first death was recorded in June of 1893, when F.E. Martin, a railroad employee, was crushed between railroad cars. He is just one of the ghosts known to walk the halls. The hospital was sold in 1968, but the building stayed open until 2003 and housed developmentally disabled adults in the bottom floors. All that remains now are the spirits of the past. On this episode we learn about its haunted past and who still lives there today. If its a haunted place or person, we talk about it on The Grave Talks! We discuss everything from demons, demonic activity, ghosts, ghost hunting, ghost stories, haunted houses, haunted asylums, paranormal activity, supernatural sightings or other unexplained ghostly activity! Subscribe, and don't miss a single episode! Find out more at http://www.thegravetalks.com #ghosts #ghoststories #halloween #horror #paranormal #supernatural #haunting #haunted #demonic #hauntedhouse #cemetery #evp #ghoststory #ghostbusters #unexplained #shadowpeople #investigation #truestory

The Malvern Manor was the fourth structure built in Malvern and named the Cottage Hotel. Its original clientele were people who came via the railroad, which today is the Wabash Trace Nature Trail. In the 1950s it was turned into a care facility and years later, more of a group home setting where people with ranging ailments all lived in the home together. Today, it is the residents and guests of years past who haunt the Malven Manor. On today's episode, we talk with Josh Heard, the current owner of Malvern Manor about what those ghosts want today.  Find out more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

The haunted house in Hinsdale, perhaps the most famous haunted house in the area, has all the elements of a good ghost story: a mysterious history, strange sightings, unexplainable events and even an exorcism. The house on McMahon Road first gained notoriety when a book, “Echoes of a Haunting,” Clara and Phil Dandy lived in the house along with their children in the early 1970s. During their time there, they were visited by many spirits. A priest from St. Bonaventure University was at the house more than once to perform an exorcism which worked for awhile but as time went by the Dandy family lost the battle and ended up leaving the house for good. As the years passed by a few families have lived in the home but didn’t stay for long. This is where Daniel Klaes chapter in this story starts. Daniel purchased the infamous house and put it back into a functional condition. Today Daniel lets teams investigate the property in hopes of discovering the mystery behind the ghosts who haunt this home.

This is the true story of what occurred to the real-life family portrayed in The Conjuring. In June of 1970 Andrea Perrons family found a glorious farm and then moved mountains to buy what was known as the old Arnold Estate; two-hundred acres of land with a big barn and a farmhouse; plenty of space to spread out and explore Nature. It was the perfect place to raise a family, according to the owner, though he failed to disclose a crucial element of the experience he endured as an occupant. The day they moved in, he told her father: “…leave the lights on at night.” A rather cryptic message. Thus began an incredible odyssey; a supernatural excursion through dimensions of time and space as the history of its characters from the ages began to reveal themselves to seven mortals who could not conceive of and never anticipated such events transpiring in our lives. Portions of their story would later be turned into the blockbuster movie The Conjuring. For almost a decade her family lived among the dead. There they came to understand that we are not alone and there is something beyond mortal existence. Listen to more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

Today we continue our talk with Jill Marie Morris about “207”, The true story based upon a series of terrifying events that occurred in her life living in Upstate New York during the late 1980s. We discuss what she attempts to uncover about the unknown history of this area of Watervliet, and the roadblocks that continue to fall in her quest for the truth. Listen to this exciting two-part episode to learn the dark and possibly demonic history of this haunted area. See more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

Today we talk with Jill Marie Morris about “207”. The true story based upon a series of terrifying events that occurred in her life living in Upstate New York during the late 1980s. Just married and pregnant, Jill and her then-husband moved into 207 19th Street, Watervliet, despite her hesitation about the spiritual aspects of the property. Jill tell us about her experience a with a sequence of foreboding dreams. We also discuss the disturbing events when husband began to undergo extreme personality disturbances and bizarre behavior which continued to escalate until after months of relentless emotional and spiritual torture he cornered her and their eight-month-old son with a loaded .12-gauge shotgun. Listen to this exciting two-part episode to learn the dark and possibly demonic history of this haunted area. Listen to more at http://www.thegravetalks.com

The Beattie Mansion, also known as the House on the Hill was built in 1854 by Armstrong and Eliza Beattie. Armstrong died in 1878 from a “sudden bout of cholera”. Eliza died 2 years later in 1880\. They had no children. The home was sold to the Ladies Union Benevolence Association (LUBA) and became a “Home for the Friendless” designed for the homeless and distressed of the era. Also in 1895 The Beattie Mansion was converted into the Memorial Home for the Aged which it served for 100 years. In 1995 LUBA, in need of more modern facilities for its residents and decided to move the aged home to another location. At this point the building was temporarily used as a group home for the mentally ill and substance addicts. It was sold to the current owner in 2004 and has sat empty since, with the plans to turn the building into a quaint B&B. However… Those plans have been put on hold due to its undead residents…. Listen to the podcast to hear their story. Please subscribe and listen to more episodes at http://www.thegravetalks.com