Exterior of the Lemp Mansion
The Lemp Mansion
Well it’s finally here! My follow up
blog on the Lemp Mansion! Sorry it took me so long to get this back to all of
you but going through video, pictures and voice recordings took much longer
than I originally estimated.
The Lemp Experience
My team, Jenn, Charles (my brother),
and myself, arrived at the mansion just before 9:00pm where our night was to begin
with the mansion sponsored “Lemp Experience,” which was a tour and ghost hunt
with a local paranormal group. During
the tour both Jenn and I had personal experiences. At one point we were heading into the
Lavender Suite on the second floor, when Jenn felt tugging at her pants leg.
And in the front right dinning room on the first floor I experienced a tingling
sensation all over my head. At that point we knew it was going to be a good
night!
The Lavender Suite
(Jenn Taking a little Nap)
Front Right Dinning room
The tour lasted an hour and then it
took another hour for the mansion to empty of other guests. Around 11:30pm we
found ourselves alone. Unlike other bed and breakfasts’, at the Lemp Mansion
there is no overnight staff, so you’re on your own till morning!
EVP Sessions
Once
all the other guests had left, we began getting our equipment organized and
going over the plan for the night. We set up video cameras to record in several
areas of the mansion and began taking photographs of every room in the house.
Once we were all set up we waited for a short while just to let the house
settle down and then we began our EVP sessions.
We
moved from room to room asking questions and hoping for a response. Some rooms
felt more active than others. The front left dinning room was one of the more
active spots as all three of us experienced something. At one point during the
session I felt as though someone was draping a blanket over my back. I asked if
it was one of the Lemp’s and it happened again! Charles heard a whisper, and
Jenn felt waves of static energy. We thought for sure when we played back our
recorders we would have captured some evidence. But there was nothing.
One
area of the house believed to be a “hot spot” is the bedroom where Charles Lemp
took his life on the second floor. Just
before 3:00am we set up for an EVP session. As we had done in all the other
rooms prior, we also set up a flashlight with a twist back that had been
slightly loosened. We began asking questions and continued to do so for around
five minutes before Charles mentioned the flashlight and asked that if Charles Lemp
was with us, could he turn it on. And it lit up! We were astonished! We’d
placed the flashlight in so many rooms prior with no interaction. And then just
when we asked for it…It came on!
Charles Lemp Bedroom
The
spirit continued for around fifteen minutes to turn the light on and off for
us. But even though we’d seen it with our own eyes we were skeptical. So when
we entered the next room, we didn’t loosen the back of the flashlight. We made
it so that if a ghost were to turn it on it was just as difficult for them as
for us.
It
was around 3:30am when we entered the William Lemp suite. There was a
thunderstorm raging outside and the mood seemed movie perfect for our next
session. We began asking questions just as before and after a while asked if
the spirit was one of the Lemps, could they turn on the flashlight. Nothing. I
then asked if it was a border who’d lived in the house after the Lemps had
left. And on it popped! We were even more amazed this time as we knew there was
no chance that the light had accidentally come on. We asked if they could turn
the light off for us, and they did. No hesitation. It was on and then off. We
could also hear the sound of the flashlight moving slightly on the bench were
we had set it. We asked it to turn it on and off for us a few more times and
the spirit did so each time. It wasn’t till we began asking question about the
Lemp nursery, that is thought to be the most haunted spot in the house, that we
lost communication. But the experience was amazing!
William Lemp Suite
By
around 5:00am in the morning we had investigated every room in the house and
decided to gather our equipment and go. It was bittersweet as we’d had some
amazing experiences and we were all eager to have more. But there was still the
evidence to go over.
What we Caught
There
was what seemed like countless hours of recordings to go over but in the end we
caught two EVP’s!!!
The
first was caught in the Lemp main dining room on the first floor. Prior to
beginning our session we’d been talking a lot about the dog that Charles Lemp
had killed along with himself. My brother had experienced the dog brushing up
against his leg on an earlier visit to the Lemp and since then we’d all become
fascinated by him. But eventually we began the session. I asked, “Is there
anyone here with us?” And just after, on the recording, you hear a dog bark!
Dog Bark: www.http://soundcloud.com/aislinnam
Our
next EVP was caught in the room we were staying in, the Lavender Suite. We were
in the middle of a session when we heard a loud click. Charles asks, “Was that
you that just made that noise?” And then you hear footsteps leading away!
What’s really interesting is that the footsteps sound as though they are on
hardwood floors but the Lemp is fully carpeted these days.
Footsteps: www.http://soundcloud.com/aislinnam
NOTE: Both of these EVP’s are best
listened to with headphones. And the “Footstep” Evp plays through once at
regular volume and then I’ve looped it to play again with the volume turned up.
Also there is a major highway that passes by right next to the Lemp Mansion so
a lot of the background noise you hear is road noise.
A Sampling of Pictures from
the Investigation
Main Staircase
Solarium
Upper Hallway facing the
William Lemp Suite
We were a bit Slap-Happy by
5am in the Charles Lemp Room
Bar on the main Floor
Door to the Nursery
Hallway Facing Charles Lemp
Room
Charles and Jenn in the Lemp Museum and Gift Shop
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