Oct 8
The Johnstown Jail was erected long before any electric or running water and our group was happy to investigate a place where our KII meters and EMF gauges would not be affected or contaminated by faulty wiring. The only real activity that we experienced that the jail was related to our meters, most of it stemming from an area around an old stove. Read the rest of this entry
Oct 6
While investigating the Johnstown Jail, we met a very nice man named Bob. He mentioned to us that his father inlaw believed that his house (The house that Bob now lives in) was haunted. We told Bob that we were interested in comming out and doing an investigation at some point, and Bob let us come out that same night.
Oct 6
Hope Furnace was built over 100 years ago to process the iron ore taken from the region’s sandstone bedrock. The story behind this location is an old watchmen who fell into the molten iron and was killed. Throughout the years there have been sightings of a man standing on top of the furnace watching as visitors come and go.
Sep 27
Lately we have caught some slack about what we are doing at the old Hartford Elementary school by people who are willing to write angry letters to us, with no name or email attached. So we are hoping that this will clear things up for those who feel the need to “bash” what we are doing without letting us know who they are.
Sep 24
The Moonville Cemetery is located just a little farther down the road from the path to the Moonville Tunnel. Besides the Tunnel, this is the only visible piece of evidence that a town once occupied this area. We visited the cemetery a few weeks ago and after reviewing evidence gathered from the night, have come up with very little evidence.
Aug 30
All of our current EVP’s from Hartford Elementary have been added to the website. Please visit the Hartford Elementary page to listen.
Aug 29
The Hartford Library that now stands in Croton was the original Croton (now Heartland) Bank and has several stories associated with it. We were first informed about potentially paranormal activities by employees of the library. There are reports of strange noises and feelings that you are not alone. We spent around 40 minutes inside asking various questions to any spirits that may be inside, but experienced no strange feelings or noises. Almost 200 pictures were taken inside this building by CHIPS investigators; nobody would have thought what we have found.
Aug 29
Jersey Elementary is a small school located Summit Station Ohio. We have heard stories about a couple of sheriffs that got a call about children playing in the playground after dark. When they arrived, they could hear children laughing and they saw the swings moving on their own, but there was nobody insight.
With this information, we decided to investigate for ourselves. Throughout our investigations we took many pictures and had our audio recorders rolling to find nothing out of the ordinary. The pictures from our visit can be found below, but they do not contain anything other than orbs and no EVP’s were caught either.
There was a cemetery located next to the school that we walked that would be good to investigate, but we will save that for another time.
Aug 29
Situated deep in the recesses of Vinton county Ohio, Moonville was never a large town, peaking in size during the 1870’s at around one hundred people. With the exception of a nearly forgotten cemetery and few ruins of house foundations, the Moonville tunnel sits nearly forgotten, with the exception of the youth who congregate to drink, have bonfires, and whatever else they may desire outside the eyes of supervision. Knowing this going in was very beneficial and we made it a point not to investigate the tunnel during the weekend when the festivities would be most likely to be taking place. According to Wikipedia, the Moonville tunnel and adjacent bridge (which no longer exists) has been the site of many deaths, thus our interest was peaked. For more information, I would suggest you read the Wikipedia entry on Moonville and the entry at Forgotten Ohio.
Aug 29
The idea of investigating the old Hartford school was not planned. I wanted to see the inside of the old school, having spent nine years there (K-8th grade) and gained permission from the Hartford village administrator to walk through the school to reminisce. Together with her and my sister, we walked through seeing what was left behind and what was now inherited by the town. Just before leaving we all heard the sounds of footsteps and a door slamming so, believing someone to be in the school, we all walked through the building and found nothing. The idea was shared amongst like minded people to gain permission and an investigation followed soon after.