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with the living residents.
Since Katie moved in, sheâs tried to make improvements about the house, and each time it seems as though more spirits awake. Itâs not uncommon in the paranormal to see activity spike as repairs are being done to a location; ghosts become accustomed to their surroundings or have an attachment to the way it was when they were alive, and changes to it often invoke their ire.
Even when theyâre not renovating, however, the family has endured amazing levels of paranormal activity. From phantom footsteps to full-fledged apparitions, the phenomena in the Samuel West House run the complete gamut. Voices are often heard in unoccupied rooms, bells will ring on their own and balls of light have materialized out of thin air and then dissipated just as quickly. Unattached voices will call out residents of the house by name. Horrible smells, like something out a sewer or a garbage can, will permeate the house with no known source. And, above all,
nobody
wants to go in the attic because of how strong the activity is up there.
Katie contacted author and analytical folklorist Christopher Balzano when he put out word through his website, the Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads ( www.masscrossroads.com ), that he was looking for stories of paranormal activity in the area. Balzano and a group of paranormal investigators, including
Spooky Southcoast
cohost and science advisor Matt Moniz, have since spent the past several years documenting what haunts the West house.
What theyâve found is some of the most intriguing evidence of the existence of ghosts. As documented in Balzanoâs book
Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting
and the accompanying DVD, EVPs are captured with relative ease in the house. The spirits actually speak to the investigators by name, both aloud and through EVPs, and ask about them when they havenât been therein a while. Talcum powder sprinkled on the floor or bookshelf is soon littered with handprints, footprints and written messages even when nobody is in the room to make them.
Even Balzanoâs DVD was affected by the ghosts of the Samuel West House, with EVPs appearing in the footage captured during the editing process. In one particular scene, Balzanoâs camera is being drained of all its battery power as a disembodied voice imprints itself on the cameraâs audio, which sounds like an upset male saying something about a death in a plane crash. Andrew Lake of Greenville Paranormal Research in Rhode Island, who was present on the investigation and edited the film, confirmed through newspaper research that a plane crash occurred very close to the home in 1957.
Over time, Katie and Johnny have learned to live with the ghosts, and the ghosts have learned to live with them. While it can still become unnerving on occasion, the spirits of the Samuel West House have become a part of their family.
N EW B EDFORD
New Bedford is known as the Whaling City because of its deep heritage in the whaling industry. Made famous by Herman Melvilleâs 1851 classic
Moby Dick,
it still remains today as the number one fishing port in the world.
Originally part of the Dartmouth settlement, New Bedford seceded and incorporated under its new name in 1787. As the whaling industry helped it grow, it officially became a city in 1847. Around that time, New Bedford experienced an immigration boom, mostly from Portugal. The influence of Portuguese culture is still strong within the city today.
New Bedford was also a significant location in African American history. The famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a former slave, settled in New Bedford in 1838. It was here that the seeds were planted for the crusader against racial injustice that Douglass would eventually become.
The Haunted Armory
In paranormal circles, New Bedford is probably best known for the National Guard Armory on Sycamore Street, because it was featured in an early but memorable episode of the SyFy Channel show
Ghost
Since Katie moved in, sheâs tried to make improvements about the house, and each time it seems as though more spirits awake. Itâs not uncommon in the paranormal to see activity spike as repairs are being done to a location; ghosts become accustomed to their surroundings or have an attachment to the way it was when they were alive, and changes to it often invoke their ire.
Even when theyâre not renovating, however, the family has endured amazing levels of paranormal activity. From phantom footsteps to full-fledged apparitions, the phenomena in the Samuel West House run the complete gamut. Voices are often heard in unoccupied rooms, bells will ring on their own and balls of light have materialized out of thin air and then dissipated just as quickly. Unattached voices will call out residents of the house by name. Horrible smells, like something out a sewer or a garbage can, will permeate the house with no known source. And, above all,
nobody
wants to go in the attic because of how strong the activity is up there.
Katie contacted author and analytical folklorist Christopher Balzano when he put out word through his website, the Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads ( www.masscrossroads.com ), that he was looking for stories of paranormal activity in the area. Balzano and a group of paranormal investigators, including
Spooky Southcoast
cohost and science advisor Matt Moniz, have since spent the past several years documenting what haunts the West house.
What theyâve found is some of the most intriguing evidence of the existence of ghosts. As documented in Balzanoâs book
Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting
and the accompanying DVD, EVPs are captured with relative ease in the house. The spirits actually speak to the investigators by name, both aloud and through EVPs, and ask about them when they havenât been therein a while. Talcum powder sprinkled on the floor or bookshelf is soon littered with handprints, footprints and written messages even when nobody is in the room to make them.
Even Balzanoâs DVD was affected by the ghosts of the Samuel West House, with EVPs appearing in the footage captured during the editing process. In one particular scene, Balzanoâs camera is being drained of all its battery power as a disembodied voice imprints itself on the cameraâs audio, which sounds like an upset male saying something about a death in a plane crash. Andrew Lake of Greenville Paranormal Research in Rhode Island, who was present on the investigation and edited the film, confirmed through newspaper research that a plane crash occurred very close to the home in 1957.
Over time, Katie and Johnny have learned to live with the ghosts, and the ghosts have learned to live with them. While it can still become unnerving on occasion, the spirits of the Samuel West House have become a part of their family.
N EW B EDFORD
New Bedford is known as the Whaling City because of its deep heritage in the whaling industry. Made famous by Herman Melvilleâs 1851 classic
Moby Dick,
it still remains today as the number one fishing port in the world.
Originally part of the Dartmouth settlement, New Bedford seceded and incorporated under its new name in 1787. As the whaling industry helped it grow, it officially became a city in 1847. Around that time, New Bedford experienced an immigration boom, mostly from Portugal. The influence of Portuguese culture is still strong within the city today.
New Bedford was also a significant location in African American history. The famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a former slave, settled in New Bedford in 1838. It was here that the seeds were planted for the crusader against racial injustice that Douglass would eventually become.
The Haunted Armory
In paranormal circles, New Bedford is probably best known for the National Guard Armory on Sycamore Street, because it was featured in an early but memorable episode of the SyFy Channel show
Ghost
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