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"In the early morning hours of June 10th 1912, in a small white house in Villisca, Iowa, the lives of the eleven people became forever entwined. Eight were buried a few days later, the victims of one of the grisliest unsolved murders of our nation. The remaining three spent the rest of their lives trying to prove their innocence in the crime. Ninety three years later, the unsolved murders remain a part of Villisca's past that continues to haunt its future."

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1ST FLOOR
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8. Lena Stillinger 12 years old
7. Ina Stillinger 9 years old
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2ND FLOOR
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1. Josiah Moore 43 years old
2. Sarah Montgomery Moore 39 years old
3. Herman Moore 11 years old
4. Katherine Moore 9 years old
5. Boyd Moore 7 years old
6. Paul Moore 5 years old

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SUSPECTS

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Investigation
 
November 19 & 20
8:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
 
Equipment:
TriField emf meter, Trifield Natural em meter, noncontact infrared thermometer, Nikon digital camera, olympus digital camera, 3 digital voice recorders, digital 8 track recorder with external microphone, 2 mini Dv video cameras, Hi8 video camera, 2 security cameras with night vision, dvd recorder, 2 passive IR motion detectors and Toshiba laptop computer for real time analysis. All video cameras equipped with night shot
 
Investigators: 
Jim, Holly, Trevor, Kornbread, Terri.
 
Baseline readings:
Blue room:  Emf 1.5 - 2.0, Temp. 46° - 52°
Parlor:  Emf 1.5, Temp. 50° - 55°
Kithchen:  Emf 2.0 - 2.5, Temp. 50° - 55°
Pantry:  Emf 3.0 - 1.5, Temp. 46° - 54°
Stairwell:  Emf 1.5, Temp. 48° - 50°
Parent's Bedroom:  Emf 1.5 - 2.0, Temp. 49° - 56°
Attic:  Emf 2.0, Temp. 37° - 41°
Children's Bedroom:  Emf 1 - 2, Temp. 49° - 53°
 
During the course of the investigation we experienced no emf spikes or cold spots.  The only fluctuations in the emf readings occurred as the night progressed, the overall readings in the entire house went down.  We attribute this to the electrical distribution station across the street from the house.  As it got later in the night, use of electricity most likely went down, and so the readings got weaker.  We recorded no evps on any of our  audio recording equipment during the investigation.  Also, no anomalies were recorded with the digital cameras, with the exception of a few dust orbs.  We did record anomalous activity on the video equipment.  We captured  a strange light coming down the hall and disappearing.  Also, an anomalous light coming up the stairs into the parent's bedroom.  In the blue room we recorded a misty shadowy form moving across the room on three different occasions, going in different directions each time.  On one of these instances the misty form floats past the camera and then you can here an evp on the camera's audio that clearly says "Cathy,"  the name of the Moore's daughter that was murdered in the house.  Through out the night we had several strange experiences that we can't confirm as being paranormal:  Foot steps, whistling coming from upstairs, a thumping noise, etc.  Jim and Trevor were upstairs doing evps.  When Trevor asked for a sign of a presence the closet door rattled on its own.  When asked to repeat this action, the door rattled on it's own again.  Shortly after this Jim and Kornbread went back up to try and experience the door rattling again.  They stayed in the room for a period of time but experienced nothing.  As they were leaving they opened the closet door and left it that way.  They left the room and were on their way back down stairs, when Trevor was on his way up.  They all went back into the children's bedroom, and when they looked the door was closed.  They tried numerous ways to duplicate this or the rattling of the door from before, but were unable to recreate the phenomenon.  Aside from the before mentioned activity, and some uexplained noises, the night seemed uneventful.  It wasn't until we got home and started reviewing the video footage, that we realized the amount of paranormal activity we had captured. This is an ongoing investigation.
 
 
 

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