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Prominent Dates in February Relative to Locations From Your Investigation
- February 25, 1746: Birth of Eliza Lucas’s son, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Most Active/Noteworthy Investigation Dates
- February 19, 2023. Score of 57**. Hight EMF spikes at Washington Square.
- February 13, 2023. Sore of 47*. First night of SLS Camera being used.
- February 18, 2023. Score of 47*.
Data/Evidence from February 2023
February 26, 9PM Margo
Conditions
- Weather: 61°, Cloudy/Foggy
- Moon: 47% Waxing Crescent
- Number of investigators: 2
- Investigation Score: 38
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder (malfunctioned)
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:18 “shackle” (song lyric)
- 5:53 “families” Common term as we near the Pinckney Mansion site.
- 16:01 “twenty-one”
- 20:04 “seventeen”
- 20:20 “twenty-four”
- 25:16 “the dogs allowed to come”
- 35:31 “bizarre”
- 41:03 “here’s the thing”
- 45:51 “procrastination”
- 51:01 “emotion”
- 55:17 “nightmare”
- 1:05:40 “thirty-six”
- 1:20:59 “inspector”
- 1:25:35 “free” Very common to hear/see when discussing Anne Bonny.
- 1:30:18 “but I didn’t want to find it”
- 1;40:46 “one eight”
- 1:45:38 “frozen”
- 1:50:08 “wiggling around”
- 1:56:13 “the natural way”
- 2:00:30 “to participate”
- 2:00:44 “Guatemala”
- 2:10:58 “eleven years”
It’s noteworthy to mention that the spot check did not produce significant results other than a few commonly found terms/phrases. This is anomalous in it’s own right.
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/26/2023 – 9:24 PM: LAYLA (.52)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:24 PM: DOPE (.58)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:26 PM: YET (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:28 PM: HUNTER (.53)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:29 PM: NORTH (.53)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:29 PM: JUNIOR (.54)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:31 PM: RIGHT (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:33 PM: CONCENTRATION (.5)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:35 PM: WRECK (.49)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:37 PM: BID (.52)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:38 PM: DESK (.52)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:41 PM: VILLAGE (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:42 PM: DIFFER (.5)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:43 PM: WESTERN (.52)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:44 PM: THIGH (.5) Thomas Pinckney was shot in his left leg during the Battle of Camden.
- 2/26/2023 – 9:45 PM: ROPE (.56)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:47 PM: HOLIDAY (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:48 PM: WEAVE (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:48 PM: NEED (.53)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:50 PM: HOMEWORK (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:51 PM: TELEVISION (.5)
- 2/26/2023 – 9:51 PM: FEEL DRAFT (.49)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:02 PM: LONG (.61)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:02 PM: TOXIC (.49)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:05 PM: BLACK (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:06 PM: STRIP (.54)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:07 PM: FIRE (.49) This showed about the same time as the “fire” terms heard in real time. See real time notes below.
- 2/26/2023 – 10:08 PM: MATERIAL (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:08 PM: CHAINED (.59)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:09 PM: DOUBLE (.51) In Philadelphia Alley where the number “seven” was heard. See “seven” under Philadelphia Alley below for full explanation.
- 2/26/2023 – 10:10 PM: MASS (.52)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:11 PM: IDENTITY (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:11 PM: BOW (.55)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:13 PM: TRAFFIC (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:13 PM: SWEEP (.5)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:14 PM: SLAM (.49)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:15 PM: SUPPOSED (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:18 PM: REVIEW (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:20 PM: OLD (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:21 PM: EASILY (.5)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:22 PM: STAFF (.81)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:22 PM: FINISHED (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:23 PM: GOLDEN (.46) Exciting and newfound! This term refers to the time period that Anne Bonny plundered as a female pirate: The Golden Age of Piracy.
- 2/26/2023 – 10:23 PM: END (.54)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:29 PM: LIVE (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:30 PM: DISTRICT (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:34 PM: NEITHER (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:35 PM: BOXES (.5)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:35 PM: HEARING (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:36 PM: BIRTH (.6)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:36 PM: MIGHT (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:37 PM: TOUCH (.68)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:37 PM: LINK (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:41 PM: CHILLS (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:41 PM: BELIEVE HIM (.95)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:41 PM: DROP (.74)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:43 PM: FACT (.45)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:44 PM: REPLY (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:48 PM: ISRAELI (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:48 PM: CARPET (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:50 PM: EIGHTH (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:54 PM: DID (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:56 PM: PARKER (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:57 PM: GEAR (.55)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:57 PM: ENSURE (.52)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:57 PM: DRUG (.49)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:58 PM: AMERICA (.57)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:58 PM: RIGHT (.59)
- 2/26/2023 – 10:59 PM: MOST (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:00 PM: SOLDIER (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:00 PM: TEACHING (.47) Missed this in real time, and also vague. Blackbeard also has some history with Charleston in our current area near the Powder Magazine. Blackbeard’s real name is Edward Teach.
- 2/26/2023 – 11:01 PM: FAST (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:02 PM: LENGTH (.54)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:04 PM: PICTURE (.48)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:05 PM: CRUCIAL (.51)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:06 PM: PRESIDENCY (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:09 PM: EVERYTHING (.45)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:11 PM: EQUAL (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:12 PM: ERROR (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:13 PM: START (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:13 PM: CONNECT (.45)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:16 PM: LEGISLATION (.5) A weak clue but we were inside Washington Park where clue to George Washington have come about before.
- 2/26/2023 – 11:17 PM: EFFECTIVE (.45)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:20 PM: STUDY (.45)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:20 PM: EARN (.47)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:22 PM: BUILD (.46)
- 2/26/2023 – 11:27 PM: CHALLENGE (.47)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: The term “yellow” was heard on the spirit box.
Pinckney Mansion Site: EMF readings: 3.1mG (milligauss), 3.5mG, and 3.9mG.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “one party state”, “through the glass”, “twelve people” (this along with the “fire” phrases later heard are relevant to the Great Fire of 1861 which destroyed the Pinckney Mansion), “first” (this came about when we were discussing the president that served as a pallbearer at Eliza Lucas’s funeral), “one nine seven nine”(noteworthy to mention we were discussing birthdays and my birthday is February 28, 1979), “and they burn” (see “twelve people”), “I won’t tell it” (this was direct response), “burnt down” (more fire terms).
Philadelphia Alley: Terms heard on the spirit box: “sixty-five”, “seven” (this number is often seen/heard at this location due to Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd’s birthday of July 7; it is often seen in doubles), “Arizona”, “Lord has spoken” (religious terms/phrases are common with St. Philip’s Church nearby), “eggs” (no other defining clue but this alley was once called Cow Alley due to the livestock that was kept here).
Powder Magazine: Anomalous 2.7mG and 3.1mG readings discovered on the back half of the space. Odd, due to the lack of EMF readings that are found here.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “fourteen” (heard several time), “rose” (relevant to the house that Dr. Ladd stayed; 59 Church Street is known as the Thomas Rose House), “seven” (yet another seven for the Doctor from Philadelphia Alley), “wave”, “president” (noteworthy that this term was also discovered on the digital word list above and John Calhoun, our 7th Vice President is buried on the other side of the brick wall next to the Powder Magazine), “Joan”, “red” (the color of Anne Bonny’s hair), “you can get a quick reading” (see the EMF readings for this space above).
Washington Square: EMF readings for this space: 3.3mG, 6.6mG, 10.2mG and 160.3mG (this last reading is now the highest I’ve recorded at this location).
Terms heard on the spirit box: “a man struggling” (vague, but Henry Timrod did have tuberculosis), “to the library” (Timrod’s works/collection is held at the Charleston Library Society), “four two nine”, “Anne”, “sixty-five”, “getting married” (I found that Timrod married his wife Kate on February 16, 1864), “screams”.
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February 25, 9PM Brandon
Conditions
- Weather: 63°, Partly Cloudy
- Moon: 36% Waxing Crescent
- Number of investigators: 4
- Investigation Score: 30
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Structured Light Sensor (SLS) Camera
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- TriField EMF Detector
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:20 “just working”
- 5:15 “still have you”
- 10:28 “fourteenth” Eliza and Charles Pinckney were married for fourteen years: 1744-58 until Charles’s death.
- 15:21 “kingdom”
- 20:46 “flashback”
- 25:41 “three weeks”
- 30:01 “from the ground”
- 35:30 “mystery of”
- 40:05 “seventy” Eliza’s age at death in 1793.
- 40:46 “good marriage”
- 50:54 “speaker”
- 55:59 “four days” A bit of stretch, since there are no other clues to define this, but Eliza had four children total.
- 1:00:08 “encouragement”
- 1:05:06 “I think we might”
- 1:05:35 “just a great guy”
- 1:10:51 “normal”
- 1:15:31 “promise to you” The word “promise” is often found near this area. Charles Pinckney, Eliza’s nephew, is buried at St. Philip’s Church; he introduced the Pinckney’s Promise to the Constitution.
- 1:16:02 “bail” Discussing Anne Bonny’s jail time and how her father bailed her out.
- 1:22:20 “looking”
- 1:35:50 “stain” We were discussing Henry Timrod’s “Blood Book” which is stained with his bloody cough of tuberculosis.
- 1:35:58 “had it for quite a while”
- 1:40:17 “sixty-six” Timrod died in 1867, not 66.
- 1:52:59 “looking for advice”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Know that I reviewed markers 24:40 through 25:24, frame by frame, where there was a claim that a cold spot may have been found. I found nothing abnormal about the alley and the movement of the camera during these frames.
Structured Light Sensor Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the SLS video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/25/2023 – 9:13 PM: POWDER (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:13 PM: SKIP (.65)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:14 PM: UNDER (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:15 PM: FEWER (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:16 PM: SERVE (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:20 PM: PROTOCOL (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:21 PM: WORRY (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:23 PM: RANDY (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:23 PM: CEMENT (.55)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:26 PM: HANG (.48)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:28 PM: CONSEQUENCE (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:30 PM: ISRAELI (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:31 PM: SMELL (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:32 PM: VIEW (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:33 PM: MOSTLY (.61)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:37 PM: CARRY (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:38 PM: DIP (.8)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:38 PM: ALARM (.55)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:38 PM: PURE (.55)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:39 PM: THROUGH (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:39 PM: NOTE (.54)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:39 PM: JUMP (.68)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:40 PM: COMBINE (.51)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:40 PM: HARM (.59)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:40 PM: GENTLE (.54)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:41 PM: WHEAT (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:42 PM: RETIRED (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:42 PM: IMMERSION (.67)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:43 PM: SUCCESSFULLY (.63)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:43 PM: CRITERIA (.6)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:44 PM: MESSAGE (.52)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:44 PM: HIS (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:46 PM: MOSS (.48)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:47 PM: CHARLES (.56) Pinckney Mansion site. Noteworthy to mention that Charles Cotesworth Pinckney’s birthday is the date of this investigation.
- 2/25/2023 – 9:47 PM: SUPER (.52)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:48 PM: CONTAIN (.48)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:51 PM: START (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:53 PM: CRASH (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:55 PM: TEA (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 9:56 PM: DAILY (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:01 PM: RELATE (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:01 PM: BREEZE (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:01 PM: BORN (.66)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:02 PM: GOOD (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:05 PM: EXECUTIVE (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:07 PM: COST (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:08 PM: ZOE (.62)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:09 PM: CRAFT (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:09 PM: LONG (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:10 PM: LILLIAN (.51)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:10 PM: BREAK (.55)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:13 PM: ENOUGH (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:14 PM: LOOK (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:15 PM: FLY (.48)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:15 PM: UNEXPECTED (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:18 PM: EUROPE (.48)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:19 PM: ABORTED (.48) “Aborted Europe” when discussing how Anne Bonny left Ireland to arrive in South Carolina.
- 2/25/2023 – 10:19 PM: TOY (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:20 PM: EDGE (.88)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:20 PM: INCORPORATE (.64)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:20 PM: LOSS (.6)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:20 PM: SOLD (.55)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:21 PM: GRASP (.56)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:22 PM: THROW (.48)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:22 PM: TOUCH (.53)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:23 PM: AREA (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:24 PM: WORKERS (.56)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:25 PM: SPACE (.51)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:26 PM: TECHNIQUE (.52)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:27 PM: BREAKFAST (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:28 PM: PRIVATE (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:32 PM: OBSERVE (.5)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:32 PM: STAR (.72)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:32 PM: WAR (.82)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:32 PM: ECONOMY (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:33 PM: ITS (.51)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:35 PM: TEEN (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:35 PM: LOST (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:36 PM: WITCH (.46) Noteworthy that a nearby tour guide was discussing Paganism and witchcraft with her guests nearby. See EVP Audio.
- 2/25/2023 – 10:40 PM: PAINT (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:49 PM: PLEASED (.46)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:51 PM: GUILTY (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:52 PM: VANISH (.49)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:52 PM: ODD (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:54 PM: ALPHABET (.45)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:55 PM: ASSAULT (.47)
- 2/25/2023 – 10:57 PM: PSYCHIC (.46)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: EMF detector readings: 4.7mG (milligauss), 6.2mG, 9.5mG, 13.2mG, 27.9mG, 29.4mG. The REM function of the Mel Meter also gave several Red Readings indication close range of motion near the user.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “twenty-eight”, “gases”, “Maria”, “garbage”, “Bible”, “get help”, “1860”
Philadelphia Alley: The name “Meredith” was heard along the way to the alley.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on the spirit box: “bound your soul”, “seven hundred” (no other defining clue, but the Powder Magazine served seven wars and one rebellion), “twenty thousand” (Anne Bonny’s trial for piracy took place on November 28, 1720), “Jack” (relative to John “Calico Jack” Rackham).
Washington Square: EMF Detector readings: 13mG, 15mG, 17mG, 31.4mG, 39mG.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “blue”, “Indigo”, “Letterman”, “Wilson”, “incredible tragedy”.
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February 24, 9PM Michael Sean
Conditions
- Weather: 65°, Partly Cloudy
- Moon: 26% Waxing Crescent
- Number of investigators: 6
- Investigation Score: 24
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Structured Light Sensor (SLS) Camera
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:26 “the herd”
- 5:03 “same problem”
- 5:28 “thirteen”
- 10:44 “voices” (song lyric)
- 15:23 “sixty-nine”
- 25”06 “more to your story”
- 30:26 “baby” This is a possibility to Baby George with other clues found in real time (see notes below)
- 35:51 “snowball”
- 46:11 “spirit helps us”
- 51:00 “Pittsburgh”
- 55:16 “doctor…medical” Near Philadelphia Alley where we discussed The Whistling Doctor.
- 55:22 “light your candle” (song lyric)
- 1:00:49 “fourteen”
- 1:05;28 “conduct”
- 1:10;33 “shot” Vague, but near Philadelphia Alley once known as Dueler’s Alley.
- 1:15:07 “real”
- 1:20:04 “for 24 months”
- 1:21:16 “not a problem”
- 1:25:17 “red wine” This stuck out simply because we had another phrase a few weeks back (close to the Circular Church) that said “smell the wine” and the entire team stopped because we all smelled vinegar. Odd. See “Genesis 9” in the real time notes below.
- 1:31:44 “promotes envy”
- 1:40:16 “three five eight”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Structured Light Sensor Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the SLS video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/24/2023 – 9:02 PM: STABBED (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:03 PM: SHAKEN (.57) Noteworthy to the rumor that the Big John’s Tavern building is allegedly where the first death occurred from the Big Earthquake of 1886.
- 2/24/2023 – 9:04 PM: CRAZY (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:05 PM: LUCY (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:05 PM: DISC (.5)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:06 PM: YOURSELF (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:06 PM: VALENTINA (.51) Part of the team’s last name is Valentine.
- 2/24/2023 – 9:07 PM: DID (.53)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:08 PM: MOMMY (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:09 PM: UNIVERSAL (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:09 PM: EQUITY (.52)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:10 PM: ROYAL (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:12 PM: NATURAL (.51)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:16 PM: HEAD STONE (.48) Baby George Lucas, Eliza’s infant son, doesn’t have a headstone or a grave.
- 2/24/2023 – 9:17 PM: POSSIBLE (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:22 PM: DESIGN (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:22 PM: FAN (.52)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:24 PM: SOMETHING (.45)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:26 PM: WHOLE (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:27 PM: WRONG (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:28 PM: LARGELY (1)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:28 PM: HELMET (.75)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:28 PM: MISS (.5)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:29 PM: HASTE (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:29 PM: SWIM (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:30 PM: NEAR (.6)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:30 PM: OUTFIT (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:30 PM: OFTEN (.45)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:31 PM: TIE (.63)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:31 PM: CHAIN (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:31 PM: NOBODY (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:35 PM: GOOD (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:37 PM: BROAD (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:39 PM: AMBULANCE (.52)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:40 PM: CREW (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:44 PM: NEWS (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:45 PM: ASHLEY (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:46 PM: THOUGHT (.59)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:47 PM: PLACE (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:49 PM: CAGE (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:50 PM: JASON (.54)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:51 PM: INSURANCE (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:53 PM: RECEIVER (.45)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:55 PM: ADDITION (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:56 PM: SUCCESS (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:56 PM: BOTTOM (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:58 PM: LEGACY (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:58 PM: TONE (.51)
- 2/24/2023 – 9:59 PM: SUBJECT (.5)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:02 PM: FATIGUE (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:02 PM: SCARED (.59)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:05 PM: GROWING (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:09 PM: DRAG (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:14 PM: ASK HER (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:15 PM: MORAL (.56)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:17 PM: CYCLE (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:18 PM: NOTICE ME (.61)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:18 PM: GRACE (.45)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:19 PM: CONTAIN (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:21 PM: DIGITAL (.45)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:26 PM: PUBLIC (.49)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:27 PM: EVER (.47)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:28 PM: SCATTER (.59)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:28 PM: INSECT (.55)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:29 PM: STONE (.45)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:32 PM: SPEED (.48)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:33 PM: DIRECT (.52)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:35 PM: PHANTOM (.51)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:36 PM: AISLE (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:39 PM: UPON (.46)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:40 PM: ASSIGNMENT (.51)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:41 PM: THOMAS (.46) Correction to my speculation during the investigation. Thomas Pinckney is buried at St. Philip’s not St. Michael’s (which was the church across the street from Washington Park)
- 2/24/2023 – 10:42 PM: EAR (.48)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: The term “survivor” was heard on a spirit box.
Pinckney Mansion Site: EMF detected: 3.1mG, 5.0mG (milligauss), 35MG, 42mG. The average for this location is 18-22mG.
Terms/phrases heard on spirit boxes: “three”, “twenty-four”, “spirit”, “James”, “joint pain”, “forty-three”, “ninety-six”, “save me”, “help”, “baby, it’s over”, “Bible”, “red” (what color is the Big Red Barn), “shooting star” (Thomas Pinckney was shot during the Battle of Camden during the Revolutionary War), “George” (several vague clues to Baby George Lucas during this investigation), “I woke up dead”.
Philadelphia Alley: No activity recorded.
Powder Magazine: Terms/phrases heard on spirit boxes: “I’m living now”, “talking too much”, “tell the truth”, “I did it all for love” (discussing Anne Bonny’s many lovers), “black knight”, “shipwreck” (no better term to help describe pirates than this!), “prophecy”, “twenty-eight” (Anne Bonny’s trial for piracy was November 28, 1720), “forty-five”, “Genesis 9” (very odd indeed, with the “red wine” heard in the SBox findings above. See this link, but take note of the paragraph under “Noah and his sons” where it discusses that Noah drank the wine created from his own vineyard.)
Washington Square: The anomalous event of the EMF detector was that there were no EMF spikes found. This location has given us random readings of well over 100mG on a regular basis.
Terms heard on the spirit boxes: “Chelsea”, “CJ”, “eight four five”, “nine” (there were other numbers with this “nine”, but wanted to point out that Willie, Henry Timrod’s infant son, died at the age of nine months. He was born on Christmas Eve.)
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February 21, 9PM Andre
Conditions
- Weather: 67°, Partly Cloudy
- Moon: 4% Waxing Crescent
- Number of investigators: 2
- Investigation Score: 15
- Tools used:
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:53 “now”
- 5:29 “John, I’m so glad” Near Big John’s Tavern. Notice on the Digital Word List below, the word “big” came through giving us “Big John”.
- 15;16 “in control”
- 20:13 “thirty-eight, twenty-four”
- 26:04 “there are people who”
- 35:35 “nothing”
- 40:48 “twelve” No other clues discovered to verify, but this is part of the date of the Great Fire of 1861 which destroyed the Pinckney Mansion: December 11, 1861.
- 46:00 “story”
- 56:24 “Tony”
- 1:01:02 “everywhere”
- 1:06:18 “chip away at that”
- 1:10:26 “waves”
- 1:20:01 “office”
- 1:25:21 “fifty seconds”
- 1:30:18 “her birthday”
- 1:35:51 “in vain”
- 1;41:46 “pretty close”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Structured Light Sensor Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the SLS video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/21/2023 – 8:58 PM: POWDER (.52)
- 2/21/2023 – 8:58 PM: VISIT (.61)
- 2/21/2023 – 8:59 PM: SIGN (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:00 PM: LECTURE (.45)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:01 PM: MIDDLE (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:01 PM: DOZEN (.54)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:03 PM: FOUR (.52) Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney had four children.
- 2/21/2023 – 9:03 PM: SHAPE (.81)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:03 PM: SCARED (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:07 PM: EVELYN (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:08 PM: SAD (.52)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:09 PM: OK (.54)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:09 PM: SICK (.6)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:12 PM: BIG (.48) See “John” in the SBox findings.
- 2/21/2023 – 9:13 PM: TITLE (.52)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:13 PM: SMILE (.49)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:15 PM: FRONTIER (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:15 PM: CROWD (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:18 PM: LIMIT (.45)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:20 PM: ONE (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:22 PM: WITCH (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:23 PM: CONCLUSION (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:26 PM: ELECTRICAL (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:27 PM: EVELYN (.55)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:27 PM: BRAD (.51)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:28 PM: CHARTER (.56)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:29 PM: JONATHAN (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:30 PM: KNEE (.76) On our way to Philadelphia Alley to discuss the duel between Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd and Ralph Isaac where Isaacs shot Ladd in the kneecap.
- 2/21/2023 – 9:30 PM: WOODS (.5)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:30 PM: HOPE (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:32 PM: OKAY (.5)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:33 PM: FILTER (.55)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:36 PM: GRADUATION (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:37 PM: HOPE (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:39 PM: NEEDLES (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:39 PM: MONITOR (.56)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:40 PM: NOAH (.49)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:41 PM: ZOEY (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:42 PM: BLOND (.51)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:45 PM: GIRLFRIEND (.45)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:47 PM: ANKLE (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:47 PM: NEWLY (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:49 PM: HIT (.45)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:50 PM: CONCEPTION (.71)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:51 PM: MINIMUM (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:52 PM: POND (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:53 PM: ROW (.52)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:53 PM: RESULT (.66)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:53 PM: MAZE (.56)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:56 PM: ALTER (.5)
- 2/21/2023 – 9:59 PM: CALM (.45)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:00 PM: RISE (.5)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:03 PM: STILL (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:04 PM: DIARY (.48)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:05 PM: BRIGHT (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:05 PM: DOOMED (.51)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:06 PM: DESIGNER (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:10 PM: SINGER (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:10 PM: INTELLIGENT (.49)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:11 PM: BLAME (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:12 PM: MEGAN (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:14 PM: PHYSICIAN (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:16 PM: MEDIUM (.49)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:16 PM: HURRY (.55)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:19 PM: MINIMUM (.49)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:20 PM: MACHINE (.49)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:23 PM: HELL (.47)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:25 PM: EUROPE (.53)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:26 PM: POUND (.46)
- 2/21/2023 – 10:27 PM: BURN (.47)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: The term “Florida” was heard on the SBox.
Pinckney Mansion Site: Small EMF spikes discovered here: 5.4mG (milligauss) and 6.6mG.
Terms/phrases heard on the SBox: “oh baby”, “George” (Eliza’s infant son, George), “it’s an experience”, “in a relationship”, “high blood pressure”, “my older brother” (Thomas Pinckney was the younger brother of George), “thirty-five percent”, “lot of people”, “father”, “woman in a pink dress” (Conservation of Eliza Lucas’s gown), “Tommy” (Thomas Pinckney; this answer came up when asking about which brother was present), “ninety-nine”.
Philadelphia Alley: Terms heard on the SBox: “doctor” (we were discussing Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd) and “one oh three five”.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on the SBox: “oasis”, “isolation”, “six”, “four three”.
Washington Square: Small EMF spikes for this location: 3.7mG and 7.4mG.
Terms/phrases heard on the SBox: “children”, “fifty”, “this is the moment”, “relationship with”, “twenty”, “husband”.
15
February 19, 9PM Cheri Jennifer Kendal
Conditions
- Weather: 56°, Mostly Clear
- Moon: 0% Waning Crescent/New Moon
- Number of investigators: 11
- Investigation Score: 57**
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- Structured Light Sensor (SLS) Camera
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- SB7T Spirit Box with ANC Attachment
- SB11-ANC Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- TriField EMF Detector
- K-II EMF Detector
- Fuji XP Digital Camera
- The Onvoy
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
Photographs
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Click here to view all 153 photos taken during your investigation. No anomalies were discovered.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:17 “rhythm”
- 5:27 “don’t”
- 10:49 “I actually believe”
- 20:31 “loaded gun” A bit of a stretch, but we just discussed how Big John Cannady was shot in the neck during a bar brawl.
- 31:18 “horrible person”
- 35:08 “masculinity”
- 40:46 “change it…the packages” This would be close to the time that some devices were being interchanged.
- 40:57 “four seven” Still close to Big John’s Tavern, named after John Cannady who played for the 1947 New York Giants.
- 45:26 “your sister”
- 50:59 “remarkable”
- 55:08 “be ready”
- 55:50 “Tom Brady” Not sure if “Tom” would be used in the 1700’s, but Eliza had a son named Thomas Pinckney.
- 1:05:28 “and Nick” It’s not uncommon to hear my name in spaces I visit on a nightly basis.
- 1:10:36 “clear the way”
- 1:20:43 “me and my sister” Noteworthy that the term “sister” was found above. When a term/phrase shows up multiple times, it’s begging for attention.
- 1:30:37 “enslaved” We would be discussing the bricks at the end of Philadelphia Alley at this point which were sun-dried bricks from slave children.
- 1:40:52 “Pennsylvania”
- 1:45:41 “Americans”
- 1:50:31 “February”
- 1:55:34 “credibility”
- 2:00:34 “but your mom” Another modern term, “mom”, but it’s worth mentioning that we also had the name “Jackson” in the digital word list. Andrew Jackson’s mother has a memorial in Washington Park where we searched for Henry Timrod.
- 2:05:38 “stomach area pain” Unknown if Timrod had abdominal tuberculosis, but it is definitely something to consider with this phrase.
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Infrared Lighting Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the IR lighting video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Structured Light Sensor Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the SLS video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/19/2023 – 9:14 PM: ARRIVED (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:15 PM: SEED (.5) Close to the Pinckney Mansion site, where we would discuss Eliza Lucas Pinckney and her indigo seeds.
- 2/19/2023 – 9:17 PM: HIKE (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:18 PM: NATHAN (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:19 PM: DIABLO (.52)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:25 PM: TEXT (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:28 PM: LAYER (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:29 PM: REVEREND (.59)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:29 PM: SPLIT (.53)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:29 PM: MRS (.45)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:30 PM: ARMY (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:33 PM: SEAN (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:33 PM: ANYWHERE (.64)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:36 PM: FLOOD (.52)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:37 PM: SURVEILLANCE (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:38 PM: FAST (.45)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:39 PM: SECTION (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:43 PM: CHUNK (.49)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:45 PM: EXPLANATION (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:48 PM: BRAD (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:49 PM: LANGUAGE (.49)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:50 PM: POTENTIAL (.63)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:50 PM: BANSHEE (.55)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:50 PM: INEVITABLY (.52)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:51 PM: BRIMSTONE (.74)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:51 PM: WRONG (.72)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:52 PM: BREAKFAST (.61)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:53 PM: BIBLE (.45)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:54 PM: SEVERELY (.51)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:56 PM: REMOVE (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 9:58 PM: STAY AWAY (.49)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:02 PM: SCARE (.52)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:03 PM: ROAD (.51)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:03 PM: HOPE (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:04 PM: BLACK (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:04 PM: SENSE (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:04 PM: DRY (.54)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:06 PM: SILK (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:08 PM: RATHER (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:11 PM: CONFUSE (.45)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:12 PM: UPSTAIRS (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:13 PM: STAIR (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:17 PM: DESERT (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:19 PM: NUMBER (.49)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:22 PM: BRIDE (.47) Very vague, but we were about to discuss Anne Bonny and her many lovers.
- 2/19/2023 – 10:25 PM: JOB (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:29 PM: ARM (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:30 PM: DEMAND (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:32 PM: GRAB (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:32 PM: WINDOW (.45)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:32 PM: NOSEBLEED (.65)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:33 PM: BUY (.53)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:34 PM: SNOW (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:36 PM: PLEASED (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:41 PM: CAREER (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:42 PM: EASE (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:43 PM: VERB (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:43 PM: CARDS (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:46 PM: CUPCAKE (.51)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:46 PM: CADENCE (.65)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:47 PM: REACHED (.53)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:47 PM: LOOP (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:49 PM: GASOLINE (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:50 PM: INFLUENTIAL (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:50 PM: PLACE (.49)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:50 PM: LOAD (.59)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:50 PM: TRAP (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:51 PM: SELF-ESTEEM (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:52 PM: THOUGHT (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:52 PM: ALLISON (.51)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:52 PM: BELONG (.52)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:53 PM: SHEER (.52)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:58 PM: PARKER (.45)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:59 PM: OWE (.57)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:59 PM: SANTIAGO (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 10:59 PM: PINE (.57)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:00 PM: MUTUAL (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:00 PM: COMMENT (.48)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:01 PM: MICHAEL (.5) This name shows up on a regular basis since we were across the street from St. Michael’s Church.
- 2/19/2023 – 11:03 PM: SOURCE (.51)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:04 PM: LATTER (.49)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:04 PM: JACKSON (.52) See “but my mom” above in the SBox findings.
- 2/19/2023 – 11:05 PM: EXCEED (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:08 PM: EMPHASIS (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:08 PM: COST (.53)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:08 PM: OFTEN (.62)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:13 PM: HISPANIC (.5)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:15 PM: RELEASE (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:17 PM: WELL-BEING (.46)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:19 PM: LONELY (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:20 PM: PEASANT (.48) Henry Timrod was a poor man through most of his life.
- 2/19/2023 – 11:20 PM: WIRE (.47)
- 2/19/2023 – 11:22 PM: WROTE (.49) Timrod was a poet.
- 2/19/2023 – 11:25 PM: ALMOST HERE (.5)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: EMF detectors gave the following readings: 4.9mG (milligauss), 5.1mG, 6.7mG, 7.2mG, 11.3mG, 12.6mG, 14.2mG, 28.3mG, 32.3mG. The K-II Meter gave readings of 10-15mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “buried”, “president” (this term showed just as I was revealing which president was the pallbearer at Eliza’s funeral).
Philadelphia Alley: No activity recorded.
Powder Magazine: The REM function of the Mel Meter gave several Blue readings and an Orange reading indicating motion near the user.
The Onvoy gave initials of both Marys in the story: “MB” (Mary Brennan was Anne Bonny’s mother), and “MR” (Mary Read was Anne Bonny’s companion/lover).
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “Greg”, “servant” (Anne is said to have killed one her servants with a knife to the belly when she was just a young girl), “boyfriend”, “it died” (the direct answer to asking Anne about her first-born baby).
Washington Square: Very significant EMF readings. It’s noteworthy to mention that the ground where the EMF was mainly detected had a raised temperature of about 70°, about 5-7° higher than other ground in the same park.
EMF Readings: 7.9mG (Trifield Meter), 18.4mG 32.5mG, 37.2mG, 37.9mG, 50.0mG, 50.4mG, 52mG, 65.9mG. The K-II Meter gave readings of 15-20mG.
The REM function of the Mel Meter gave several Blue readings here as well indicating motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “six”, “coal”, “hey Brad” (noteworthy that “Brad” is also on the digital word list above).
The SLS camera also went in and out of focus multiple times at the Powder Magazine and Washington Park. At this time, as we learn more about the operation of this camera, this is simply noteworthy and will not be counted as being paranormal at this time.
57**
February 18, 9PM Denise Mark Sheri Tom
Conditions
- Weather: 47°, Clear
- Moon: 2% Waning Crescent
- Number of investigators: 10
- Investigation Score: 47*
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder (malfunctioned)
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- Structured Light Sensor (SLS) Camera
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- SB11-ANC Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- TriField EMF Detector
- The Onvoy
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:57 “scandals”
- 5:54 “twenty” This is Big John Cannady’s first jersey number.
- 10:51 “Johnny” A nod to Big John.
- 21:24 “ticket”
- 25:41 “I’m trying” (song lyric)
- 31:04 “chance”
- 35:10 “I need”
- 40:10 “strawberry”
- 40:25 “martinis” (song lyric)
- 40:42 “your place in the story”
- 45:04 “eighty-nine”
- 51:14 “seven or eight guys”
- 1:00:43 “you need to get outta there” This was about the time we were leaving the Pinckney Mansion site.
- 1:05:48 “shoot those…down” Entering Philadelphia Alley where we would discuss the duel between Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd and Ralph Isaacs.
- 1:10;38 “the tree”
- 1:26:16 “swing by the hook” We would’ve been discussing pirates at this time. Possibly a relation to Calico Jack who was hung along with his crew.
- 1:30:55 (whistling) Still close to Philadelphia Alley where we discussed Dr. Ladd, aka, The Whistling Doctor.
- 1:40:39 “April 25th” Some records speculate that this is the date Anne Bonny died: April 25, 1782.
- 1:50:16 “verses”
- 1:55:37 “you gotta move”
- 2:00:31 “brochures”
- 2:05:14 “started working”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Infrared Lighting Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the IR lighting video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Structured Light Sensor Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the SLS video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/18/2023 – 9:17 PM: LAW (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:20 PM: SOUP (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:20 PM: RAILROAD (.57)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:21 PM: MAIN (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:24 PM: SHOUTED (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:26 PM: FOOL (.5)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:27 PM: DON (.59)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:27 PM: REACH (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:28 PM: SNOW (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:30 PM: STATEMENT (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:32 PM: RECOMMENDATION (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:33 PM: FLOW (.73)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:33 PM: REMOVE (.51)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:33 PM: OURS (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:33 PM: TYPICAL (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:34 PM: ENTERTAINMENT (.53)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:35 PM: SIXTY (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:36 PM: FUR (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:37 PM: SOPHIA (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:41 PM: CHARLES (.51) We were located at the Eliza and Charles Pinckney Mansion site. With the term “general” below, it can be determined that this “Charles” belonged to their son, General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
- 2/18/2023 – 9:42 PM: TWO (.59)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:43 PM: GENERAL (.51) See “Charles” above. This should come to no surprise considering that Pinckney’s birthday is upcoming on February 25.
- 2/18/2023 – 9:44 PM: TELEVISION (.51)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:45 PM: HIDDEN (.65)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:45 PM: SHAKE (.64)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:45 PM: NATALIE (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:46 PM: NOTE (.53)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:47 PM: ENGAGEMENT (.56)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:48 PM: STOOD (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:49 PM: CARBON (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:50 PM: STABBED (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:52 PM: GUN (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:56 PM: DEVELOPMENT (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:57 PM: CHOOSE (.53)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:57 PM: NONE (.57)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:57 PM: VOLUNTEER (.53)
- 2/18/2023 – 9:59 PM: EARTHEN (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:01 PM: STATIC (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:02 PM: JOKE (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:07 PM: ITS (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:07 PM: STRING (.73)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:07 PM: WRITING (.51) Leaving the Pinckney Mansion site where we mentioned that Eliza’s only daughter, Harriet, will show up randomly giving us clues to the letter writing she and her mother did back and forth.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:09 PM: TEAR (.52)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:10 PM: RECEIVED (.53)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:12 PM: WILL (.46) Inside Philadelphia Alley receiving bleed over from the Powder Magazine of Anne Bonny’s parents’ names: William Cormac and Mary Brennan. The name “Mary” was heard in real time from the SB11-ANC while at the Powder Magazine.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:14 PM: SHIT (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:14 PM: EIGHT (.52)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:15 PM: ACHIEVE (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:19 PM: STAY (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:20 PM: REPORT (.5)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:21 PM: FORMULA (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:22 PM: HOT (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:22 PM: INCLUDE (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:25 PM: IDENTIFICATION (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:25 PM: MURDER (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:26 PM: MOVE (.55)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:27 PM: HUGE (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:29 PM: COMPARISON (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:31 PM: CHOOSE (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:32 PM: BACTERIA (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:34 PM: DISEASE (.49) The mentioning of Mary Read’s demise in a Jamaican jail brought these two terms “bacteria” and “disease”.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:36 PM: DURING (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:37 PM: PRIEST (.49) Common to see/hear religious terms when near St. Philip’s Church.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:37 PM: PLEASE (.53)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:38 PM: DRAWING (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:40 PM: DEMON (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:41 PM: DRAW (.53) Still close to Philadelphia Alley that was once known as Dueler’s Alley.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:41 PM: VOCAL (.61)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:42 PM: PRAYER (.45) More religious terminology.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:45 PM: VIRUS (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:48 PM: MATERIAL (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:50 PM: EAT (.52)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:51 PM: GENERAL (.51)
- 2/18/2023 – 10:53 PM: WARS (.47) The Powder Magazine served seven wars and one rebellion.
- 2/18/2023 – 10:55 PM: BLOW (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:01 PM: ENTERPRISE (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:01 PM: EQUIP (.67)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:02 PM: GRANDFATHER (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:04 PM: CONVINCED (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:05 PM: TOWN (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:06 PM: TEEN (.5)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:06 PM: NUT (.51)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:07 PM: PLANET (.65)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:08 PM: MAGNITUDE (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:09 PM: MONITOR (.56)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:09 PM: PAT (.49)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:10 PM: FRESH (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:11 PM: HATE (.45)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:13 PM: COVER (.51)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:14 PM: WORLDWIDE (.46)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:18 PM: HARVEST (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:19 PM: OBLIGATION (.47)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:22 PM: DEAD (.48)
- 2/18/2023 – 11:25 PM: AFFORD (.48)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: EMF Meters gave readings of 5.6mG (milligauss), 6.2mG, 8.3mG, 9.0mG, 17mG and 18.2mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “forty-seven” (bleed over from Big John’s Tavern, named after John Cannady who played for the 1947 New York Giants), “priest”, “Assembly of God”, “shame”, “eagles”, “orange”, “zero zero four four” (Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney were married in 1744), “devastating”, “eighty”
Philadelphia Alley: No activity recorded.
Powder Magazine: An EMF spike of 2.8mG was discovered on the TriField EMF detector.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “kill”, “drown”, “Anne” (obvious reference to our subject, Anne Bonny), “Richard”, “Mary” (along with “Will” on the digital word generator, this gives us both parents of Anne Bonny), “in the river”, “doctor” (still close to Philadelphia Alley with the Whistling Doctor), “freedom”.
The Onvoy provided the number “eight”.
Washington Square: EMF readings from this site: 3.5mG, 4.2mG, 14.7mG, 22mG, 23mG, 28mG, 30mG, 36mG, 45mG, 53mG, 54mG.
The Mel Meter also gave multiple red REM readings indicating close motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “friends”, “the 25th”, “twenty”, “three hundred”, “Noah”, “Noel”, “help”, “shoot”, “war stopped” (this last phrase significant due to the lifespan of Henry Timrod, who was not only alive and fought briefly during the Civil War, but was alive just a few years passed it’s ending).
47*
February 17, 9PM Melissa
Conditions
- Weather: 57°, Clear
- Moon: 7% Waning Crescent
- Number of investigators: 3
- Investigation Score: 25
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder (malfunctioned)
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Structured Light Sensor (SLS) Camera
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- TriField EMF Detector
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
EVP Audio
The EVP Audio file did not take, please use the audio from the videos below for any EVP activity.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:23 “wrapping it up in Utah”
- 0:39 “great players”
- 5:34 “written by prophets”
- 5:39 “Washington”
- 5:42 “walk in the park” When put together we get “Washington” …”park”, which is where we would be “wrapping up” our investigation. These phrases almost feel like a conversation being had among two people.
- 15:17 “he may not breathe”
- 20:20 “your father”
- 25:17 “get rollin’”
- 35:10 “young authors”
- 35:38 “the truth”
- 41:00 “let the cross”
- 45:30 “signs…of energy” (two distinct radio frequencies)
- 55:05 “inferior person”
- 1:00:36 “Tennessee border”
- 1:05:20 “William” Getting closer to the Powder Magazine where we would discuss female pirate Anne Bonny and her father, William Cormac.
- 1:15:11 “water”
- 1:20:24 “did this all for you”
- 1:25:39 “Michael” This name is often found when nearing Washington Square since it sits across from St. Michael’s Church.
- 1:30:57 “the desert places”
- 1:31:11 “the desk” We discussed Henry Timrod, who died at his desk, after coughing up blood from his tuberculosis which created the “Blood Book”.
- 1:40:04 “in science”
- 1:51:08 “able to answer.
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Structured Light Sensor Video
This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
From markers 20:34 to 21:01, Powder Magazine, it seems there is an extra figure attached/close to Trey. In the screenshot below, marker 20:53, it shows more points of reference than it should for just one person. It’s also noteworthy that this is where Trey’s mother’s name came up on the digital spirit box word list below.

Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/17/2023 – 9:07 PM: ORANGE (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:10 PM: SPHERE (.52)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:11 PM: SIZE (.51)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:19 PM: SIMILAR (.49)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:21 PM: RAPTURE (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:21 PM: RECEPTION (.62)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:22 PM: CATCH (.68)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:22 PM: INTERPRETATION (.51)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:23 PM: NERVE (.45)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:23 PM: REPORT (.72)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:23 PM: ENTERTAINMENT (.57)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:25 PM: SAFE (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:26 PM: SLIGHT (.5)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:28 PM: SO AFRAID (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:28 PM: ROOM (.48) Melissa was asking Eliza how many bedrooms were in the Pinckney Mansion.
- 2/17/2023 – 9:29 PM: FORWARD (.45)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:30 PM: DRIFT (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:31 PM: SIGNAL (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:31 PM: REVOKED (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:33 PM: TYLER (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:35 PM: SWELL (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:37 PM: ALREADY (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:40 PM: HILL (.49)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:41 PM: NEIGHBOR (.51)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:41 PM: BURNING (.58) We discussed the Great Fire of 1861 which destroyed the Pinckney Mansion.
- 2/17/2023 – 9:44 PM: FIVE (.48) This number was also heard in real time from the SBox. When paired with the month of August that was heard, it makes up the birthday of Trey, a ghost hunter on this team.
- 2/17/2023 – 9:45 PM: WHY (.5)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:46 PM: CLEAR (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:49 PM: HIGH-TECH (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:51 PM: TURN (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:52 PM: LOST (.51)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:53 PM: REAL (.52)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:53 PM: GOODBYE (.53)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:55 PM: SEPARATION (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:56 PM: JAMES (.52) The first husband of Anne Bonny; James Bonny.
- 2/17/2023 – 9:57 PM: INFLUENCE (.77)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:58 PM: SAMPLE (.45)
- 2/17/2023 – 9:59 PM: CHARGE (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:03 PM: SPONSOR (.5)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:03 PM: BLOCK (.62)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:04 PM: FORMAT (.62)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:04 PM: RANDY (.59)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:05 PM: CHARGE (.55)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:06 PM: NATION (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:07 PM: PRESIDENTIAL (.57)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:09 PM: DUTY (.45)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:10 PM: JULY (.48) Bleed over from Philadelphia Alley; Dr. Ladd’s birthday is July 7. Double sevens are often found near this location.
- 2/17/2023 – 10:16 PM: CASUAL (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:18 PM: BRUTALIZE (.49)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:19 PM: YOURSELF (.67)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:20 PM: CAME (.6)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:20 PM: INCORPORATE (.81)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:20 PM: CONFESSION (.72)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:20 PM: JULIAN (.78)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:20 PM: SELL (.51)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:21 PM: PAST (.72)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:21 PM: BUSINESSMAN (.56)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:23 PM: ELIZABETH (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:27 PM: NERVE (.5)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:28 PM: PHOTOGRAPHY (.72)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:28 PM: AGO (.57)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:28 PM: BIOLOGY (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:31 PM: MUSE (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:31 PM: EGO (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:32 PM: THICK (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:32 PM: NOTHING (.7)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:34 PM: FIBER (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:36 PM: ALREADY (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:36 PM: PROTON (.7)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:37 PM: DUCK (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:38 PM: ALL RIGHT (.64)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:38 PM: PAIN (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:38 PM: OFF (.49)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:39 PM: ASTHMA (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:41 PM: TALK (.5)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:42 PM: CHIP (.7)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:42 PM: PROTEIN (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:43 PM: HAD (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:47 PM: COLOR (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:49 PM: MACKENZIE (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:49 PM: SILENT (.62)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:49 PM: SHEEP (.46)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:50 PM: YOU ARE (.45)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:51 PM: RITUAL (.73)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:51 PM: DECEIT (.48)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:51 PM: STRUCK (.53)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:54 PM: NANA (.47)
- 2/17/2023 – 10:55 PM: SHOULDER (.46)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF detectors gave readings of 6mG (milligauss), 10mG, and 14mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “late 20’s” (a stretch, but Eliza was 22 when she married Charles), “five” (see “five” in the Digital Word List above), “sixty-four”, “born in August” (see “five” above).
Philadelphia Alley: No activity recorded.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on the SBox: “Jim” (short for James, though unsure this nickname would’ve been used in the 1710’s), “that’s”, “Campbell”, and “Andrew”. Relations to team members with Campbell and Andrew.
Washington Square: No EMF activity found.
Terms heard on the SBox: “five eight seven”, “fifty-five”, “freezing rain”, “cold as ice”, “Benny and the Jets”, “the best”, “BG”, “fifty-four”, “five hundred”, “no sisters” (heard when asking how many brothers and sisters Henry Timrod had, he was an only child).
Overall Significant Theme: Seems this investigation had a theme of the number “five” and quite a few clues directly related to the guest ghost hunters of this investigation.
25
February 13, 9PM Denise Jesse
Conditions
- Weather: 54°, Clear
- Moon: 45% Waning Crescent
- Number of investigators: 4
- Investigation Score: 47*
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- SLS Camera with LiDar Technology
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- The Onvoy
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- TriField EMF Detector
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
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EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:21 “quick…German”
- 5:16 “how I’m feeling”
- 5:34 “twenty-eight”
- 5:44 “forty year old”
- 15:02 “George”
- 15:08 “young children” When looked at together as “George…young children”, this give indication of Baby George, son of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who died in infancy.
- 21:08 “why are you in a suit”
- 25:56 “six two zero”
- 30:40 “one person”
- 40:20 “twenty-five cents”
- 46:00 “Chuck”
- 50:58 “received a check”
- 55:36 “bride”
- 1:05:49 “wind”
- 1:15:33 “preaches” Common to see/hear religious terms when nearing St. Philip’s Church/Cemetery.
- 1:20:36 “after takeoff”
- 1:30:15 “seven” This digit is often doubled around Philadelphia Alley, due to Dr. Ladd’s birthday of July 7 or 7/7.
- 1:35:24 “don’t acknowledge”
- 1:35:29 “relationship with him” Another phrase pieced together “don’t acknowledge [my] relationship with him”. At this time, we would’ve been discussing Anne Bonny’s first husband, James Bonny.
- 1:35:36 “man…so weak” Two distinct voices. Could be related to Anne’s image of her first husband, James.
- 1:45:44 “from last night”
- 1:50:30 “smell of wine” (song lyric) Around this time, we were all stopped by the Circular Church graveyard with a distinctive odor of vinegar.
- 2:00:48 “blood runs cold” (song lyric) We were discussing Henry Timrod’s “Blood Book” at this time.
- 2:05;21 “secret”
- 2:10:52 “do me a favor”
- 2:17:00 “John”
- 2:21:34 “quite a while”
- 2:25:50 “thirty percent”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Structured Light Sensor (SLS) Video
This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Markers 4:32 and 5:07, Pinckney Mansion site. Siting of person shaped anomaly even with physical person in view (marker 5:07). Use the slidebar to see a lightened version of each photo below.




Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/13/2023 – 8:58 PM: LIVER (.51) Funny, considering we were near a Tavern.
- 2/13/2023 – 9:00 PM: DON (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:03 PM: ELDER (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:05 PM: HOST (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:07 PM: SOURCE (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:08 PM: GRANDPA (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:08 PM: NUMB (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:12 PM: TRANSFORM (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:12 PM: POCKET (.68)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:12 PM: AUDREY (.51)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:13 PM: NEAR YOU (.69)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:13 PM: STREET (.51)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:13 PM: DESTINY (.57)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:15 PM: CHOOSE (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:15 PM: SHOWERS (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:17 PM: CURRICULUM (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:21 PM: DRUNK (.48) Two staggering drunk folks were walking back to their car near us.
- 2/13/2023 – 9:21 PM: EXTENT (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:23 PM: CENTURY (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:25 PM: RULING (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:26 PM: STOP (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:26 PM: TRAIN (.63)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:30 PM: STATISTICAL (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:31 PM: VECTOR (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:33 PM: EAR (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:34 PM: ELEMENTS (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:35 PM: SHINING (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:36 PM: CALL (.66)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:37 PM: LISTEN (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:38 PM: RESOLVE (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:39 PM: COLD (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:40 PM: BASEMENT (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:42 PM: FREEZE (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:47 PM: NO NO NO (.52)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:48 PM: CHOCOLATE (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:49 PM: DON (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:50 PM: THEORETICAL (.57)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:50 PM: WORD (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:51 PM: SUPPOSEDLY (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:52 PM: TOY (.55)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:52 PM: EXCLUSIVE (.78)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:52 PM: DAVE (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:53 PM: RECEIVED (.51)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:54 PM: HOMEWORK (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:55 PM: FOURTH (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 9:56 PM: FLOOD (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:01 PM: DEVIL (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:02 PM: NURSE (.53)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:03 PM: CAMRYN (.53)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:04 PM: ENOUGH (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:05 PM: GIANT (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:09 PM: RESTORE (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:10 PM: TALK (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:12 PM: CHARTER (.49) Vague religious term as we neared St. Philip’s Church.
- 2/13/2023 – 10:13 PM: INSTRUCTION (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:15 PM: FEEL (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:17 PM: ASK HIM (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:23 PM: SON (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:24 PM: SUCCESSFUL (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:24 PM: HAZE (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:25 PM: CAME (.61)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:26 PM: GLASS (.68)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:27 PM: STAND (.52)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:28 PM: VOTE (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:29 PM: ROMAN (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:35 PM: SEEDS (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:36 PM: BICYCLE (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:38 PM: AIDE (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:41 PM: HARRY (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:43 PM: BETWEEN (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:48 PM: JOSHUA (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:48 PM: INNOCENT (.55)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:51 PM: ASSET (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:52 PM: RESPONSE (.59)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:52 PM: EZRA (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:53 PM: AFTER HIM (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:53 PM: FASTER (.45)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:56 PM: POSSESSION (.51)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:56 PM: FORTUNE (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:58 PM: EASTERN (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 10:59 PM: COOK (.55)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:01 PM: MULTIPLE (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:02 PM: SET (.79)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:02 PM: CAPITAL (.65)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:03 PM: SWITCH (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:05 PM: OPINION (.48)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:05 PM: CLOSET (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:06 PM: WENT (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:08 PM: LOCAL (.45) Vague, but Henry Timrod was a native Charlestonian.
- 2/13/2023 – 11:08 PM: TOMORROW (.47)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:10 PM: OUTSIDE (.5)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:11 PM: INVEST (.69)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:11 PM: PROCESSING (.49)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:12 PM: EMPLOYMENT (.56)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:16 PM: RELEASE (.46)
- 2/13/2023 – 11:16 PM: MANUFACTURING (.5)
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: No anomalous data recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF detectors gave the following readings: 3.6mG (milligauss), 7.7mG, 7.8mG, 8.0mG, 14.4mG, 19.7mG, 20.6mG, 21.4mG, 26mG, 29.5mG, 36.1mG, 45.7mG, 59.9mG.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “cherry”, “free”, “three three five” (the address of the Pinckney Mansion site is 235 East Bay Street), “three options”.
Philadelphia Alley: No anomalous data recorded.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on the spirit box: “twenty” (Anne Bonny’s trial for piracy was November 28, 1720), “gold” (definitely a pirate term!), “liberty”, “barrel”, “sugar” (sugar was a prominent crop among pirates and would’ve been stored in barrels), “rough”, “twenty seven”, “five”, “fifty five”, “three oh three”, “creative”, “Harry”, “between”, “chapter 49”, “jewelry”.
The Onvoy gave an anagram of “RWA” which could be translated to “WAR”. Noteworthy that the Powder Magazine served seven wars and one rebellion.
Washington Square: EMF detectors gave one reading of 13mG.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “rose colored RayBans”, “brown eyed girl”, “seven”. These three terms specifically relate to Dr. Ladd from the Philadelphia Alley story. The address where the doctor lived is only 0.3miles away from our location (see map below). This house is now known as the Thomas Rose House. We also have a part of Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd’s name and a digit from his birthday in this small set of terms.

Other terms heard on the spirit box: “David” (still no luck on who the heck this is in relation to Washington Square), “Abigail”, “twenty three” (Willie, Henry’s son, died on October 23), “seventy-seven” (more sevens in relation to Dr. Ladd).
The Onvoy spelled out “AXE”.
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February 3, 9PM Chris
Conditions
- Weather: 46°, Clear
- Moon: 97% Waxing Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 2
- Investigation Score: 39
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
We’ve created this Field Guide to help you navigate your media below. There are paranormal evidence examples to aid you in what to look/watch/listen for in your own data set along with a short tutorial of each device used in nightly investigations.
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EVP Audio
This first audio contains all the histories we discussed during your investigation along with any EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that may have slipped through.
SBox Spirit Box Audio
These are the terms/phrases I discovered during my spot check of the SBox spirit box audio. Those that are noteworthy have an explanation and/or links in their description. Others are there to help you learn what to listen for as you go through this type of audio.
- 0:25 “targeted”
- 5:37 “he hadn’t seen”
- 10:17 “tamper with it”
- 20:52 “the story”
- 25:25 “with your family” The term “family” is often heard near/at the Pinckney Mansion site.
- 30:44 “James”
- 35:51 “push ups”
- 40:14 “get up”
- 50:08 “first of all” Though we didn’t directly ask about him, this could be a reference to the president that was a pallbearer at Eliza Lucas’s funeral.
- 55:08 “overlook”
- 55:43 “going down”
- 1:01:28 “let you down” With the word “down” showing up twice, possible reference to the fall of Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd during his duel with Ralph Isaacs. Vague.
- 1:05:11 “eggs”
- 1:10:31 “so what you gonna do”
- 1:15:31 “knees” At the Powder Magazine, bleed over from Philadelphia Alley where we discussed Dr. Ladd’s gunshot wound to the kneecap during his duel.
- 1:20:41 “there’s no struggle”
- 1:25:57 “in jail” Vague, but we discussed Anne Bonny and Mary Read’s sentencing for piracy in a Jamaican jail.
- 1:30:51 “puppet”
- 1:40:06 “who knows”
- 1:45:41 “fifty-four”
- 1:56;17 “rest”
- 2:00:03 “it’s you”
- 2:06:16 “his name” We were asking Henry Timrod to give us his son’s name. It was Willie.
- 2:10:15 “my recovery”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 2/3/2023 – 9:05 PM: FLOAT (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:06 PM: SOCIETY (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:06 PM: ANNA (.82)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:06 PM: CONSEQUENCE (.55)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:08 PM: CLASSICAL (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:09 PM: REPUBLICAN (.51)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:09 PM: RUSS (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:12 PM: LISP (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:15 PM: RESTORED (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:15 PM: HABITAT (.51)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:17 PM: NORTHEAST (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:17 PM: AGRESSION (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:18 PM: MOST (.53)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:18 PM: BEHAVIOR (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:21 PM: UNITE (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:22 PM: POLLUTION (.55)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:23 PM: TONE (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:28 PM: INVISIBLE (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:29 PM: CARE (.63)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:30 PM: TRIM (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:30 PM: MUST (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:31 PM: LABORATORY (.6)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:32 PM: ALCOHOL (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:33 PM: THOSE (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:34 PM: ISABELLE (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:35 PM: FEW (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:36 PM: SENTENCE (.52)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:37 PM: STONES (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:38 PM: ABOVE (.52)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:39 PM: TWO (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:39 PM: REVOLUTIONARY (.72)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:39 PM: ASHES (.57)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:40 PM: BOOT (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:40 PM: FIRE (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:42 PM: DOT (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:43 PM: THOUGH (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:46 PM: MOMENT (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:48 PM: AGREED (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:49 PM: REMIND (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:50 PM: HERE (.51)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:52 PM: ADAM (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:56 PM: NAIL (.53)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:57 PM: ETC (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 9:59 PM: BEAR (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:00 PM: OFFENDER (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:06 PM: RENT (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:06 PM: NOTICE (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:06 PM: GREEN (.59)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:06 PM: DUTCH (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:11 PM: ROW (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:12 PM: PUBLIC (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:13 PM: PROMISE (.51) Near Charles Pinckney’s grave across the street at St. Philip’s Church, he introduced the Pinckney’s Promise to the Constitution: “Public Promise”. The term “promise” has been seen/heard here multiple times.
- 2/3/2023 – 10:19 PM: TROUBLE (.5)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:20 PM: SAMANTHA (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:21 PM: LOBBY (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:23 PM: PANEL (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:25 PM: SEVERE (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:28 PM: CONSOLE (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:29 PM: NEW (.53)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:29 PM: FAMOUS (.57)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:30 PM: ROPE (.46) We were discussing pirates which were often hung.
- 2/3/2023 – 10:31 PM: HERD (.56)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:31 PM: WALTER (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:32 PM: RUN (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:32 PM: SPOKESMAN (.61)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:33 PM: MONUMENT (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:34 PM: DECIDED (.53)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:35 PM: OVERWHELMING (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:36 PM: BASEMENT (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:36 PM: SPITE (.51)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:37 PM: FUEL (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:38 PM: OWN (.49)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:42 PM: FILTER (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:42 PM: FOREVER (.52)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:43 PM: DEMONSTRATION (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:44 PM: TRANSFORMATION (.52)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:46 PM: OTHER (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:48 PM: BARREL (.51)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:50 PM: SUPREME (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:52 PM: GOOD (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:52 PM: LIGHT (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:54 PM: REMEMBER (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:57 PM: TEAM (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:58 PM: HELP (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 10:59 PM: UPSET (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:01 PM: EXPECT (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:01 PM: MAJOR (.53)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:02 PM: CLOTHES (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:03 PM: TIN (.53) A bit of a stretch but we were discussing Henry Timrod at this time.
- 2/3/2023 – 11:07 PM: LOUD (.45)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:07 PM: GABRIEL (.75)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:07 PM: BOAT (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:08 PM: STUDENTS (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:09 PM: SEGMENT (.47)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:11 PM: EXIST (.48)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:11 PM: QUICK (.53)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:12 PM: TEAR (.46)
- 2/3/2023 – 11:14 PM: TRAGEDY (.47) Vague, but we were asking Henry Timrod about his son, Willie, who died at just nine months. His birthday was Christmas Eve.
Real Time Events based on Location:
Names of locations in Green are links to the original investigations conducted by Stories in the Cemetery and will hold extra resources of each location.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 2.8mG (milligauss) and 2.9mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “field”, “Georgetown”, “run away”
Pinckney Mansion Site: EMF readings: 10mG, 14mG and 23mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “in a castle” (this was a mansion), “there’s only three”, “there’s no way to trust”, “sacrifice yourself”, “five”, “lame” (we determined that this could be a possible reference to Thomas Pinckney who was shot in his left leg during the Battle of Camden), “stop, dammit”, “let’s go”.
Philadelphia Alley: Terms from the SBox: “fifty” (didn’t find the “nine”, but Dr. Ladd lived at 59 Church Street), “losers” and “gun” (both terms loosely related to dueling).
Powder Magazine: Terms from the SBox: “my mother died” (direct relation to Anne Bonny’s mother, Mary Brennan, who died shortly after they arrived to Georgetown), “finally found you”, “back to Philadelphia” (we were walking in the direction to Philadelphia Alley as we moved through the Powder Magazine space), “because I wanted” ( a direct answer to asking Anne why she married a pirate), “shame on you”, “Will” and “William” (this is the name of Anne Bonny’s father, William Cormac), “around the fortress” (at the Powder Magazine where it held gun powder for seven different wars and one rebellion).
Washington Square: EMF readings from the Mel Meter: 3.5mG, 4.3mG, 8.0mG, 9.9G, 10.3mG, 12.8mG, 14.4mG, 16.0mG, 18.0mG, 19.7mG, 21.5mG, 28.2mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “read all the papers” (as I was about to read a stanza from Timrod’s “Charleston”), “I guess I don’t have to”, “hand trick” (we discussed the SLS interaction where the figure in the video raised his hand on command), “ripped”, “Judy”, “good burning”, “20th century”, “it’s hot”, “store our feelings”, “heartbreaking”, “at war” (Timrod did serve briefly for the Confederates during the Civil War), “Bible calls Jesus”, “two other greats”
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