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Prominent Dates in January Relative to Locations From Your Investigation
- January 4, 1812: Death of Charles Cotesworth Pinckey spouse, Mary Stead Pinckney.
- January 12, 1723: Death of Colonel William Rhett, who captured Charleston Gentleman Pirate, Stede Bonnet. Rhett is buried at St. Philip’s western cemetery.
Most Active/Noteworthy Investigation Dates
- January 14, 2023. Score of 55*. High EMF readings at Washington Square.
- January 5, 2023. Score of 52*. Temperature changes of up to 47.5° caught on thermal imaging.
- January 20, 2023. Score of 50*. Multiple EMF detections at Washington Square.
Data/Evidence from January 2023
January 28, 9PM Casey Dana Jay
Conditions
- Weather: 48°, Clear
- Moon: 54% Waxing Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 8
- Investigation Score: 32
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- SB11-ANC Spirit Box
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:50 “lightning” (song lyric)
- 5:20 “mystic”
- 5:44 “strongest”
- 15:04 “my heart” What color is the Big Red Barn?
- 20:22 “they were faithful”
- 30:03 “necessary”
- 35:08 “careful”
- 44:59 “we’re right here”
- 56:03 “just my luck”
- 1:12:16 “seventy-nine”
- 1:12:24 “let the dog have life” The term “dog” was also heard in real time. Part of the famous quote by Anne Bonny to Calico Jack “Jack, if you had fought like a man, you would not now be about to hang like a dog.”
- 1:25:22 “permission”
- 1:30:56 “that was Mark” Mary Read went by Mark Read to become a pirate and hide her gender.
- 1:35:15 “I found”
- 1:46:01 “heart stopping”
- 1:56:06 “stretch”
- 2:05:58 “instruments large”
- 2:10;53 “Charles”
- 2:115:56 “sitting alone in my” A bit of a stretch here, but Henry Timrod was alone at his desk when he died of tuberculosis and created the Blood Book.
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 video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/28/2023 – 9:12 PM: PLATFORM (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:12 PM: ORANGE (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:14 PM: STUPID (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:14 PM: EDUCATE (.51)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:15 PM: LAWSUIT (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:17 PM: MADISON (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:17 PM: BAD (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:18 PM: ROW (.54)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:19 PM: NERVE (.55)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:20 PM: PLURAL (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:21 PM: OPPOSITE (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:22 PM: HAND (.59)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:23 PM: STYLE (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:24 PM: INVITE (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:25 PM: DISCOUNT (.52)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:25 PM: FORM (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:26 PM: BEEN (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:27 PM: SCHOOL (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:27 PM: JASON (.6)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:29 PM: LIGHTING (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:30 PM: MISTAKE (.53)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:30 PM: EDITOR (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:31 PM: INNOVATION (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:32 PM: UNTIL (.59)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:32 PM: TOLERANCE (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:32 PM: CUTE (.51)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:34 PM: POTENTIALLY (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:34 PM: STARVE (.64)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:35 PM: INSECTS ITCHING (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:36 PM: SOUND (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:37 PM: HUSBAND (.91)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:37 PM: RESPECT (.68)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:38 PM: DONT FORGET ME (.51)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:39 PM: GIANT (.71) Big John Cannady played for the 1947 New York Giants.
- 1/28/2023 – 9:39 PM: SECRET (.52)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:42 PM: BEARD (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:43 PM: E (.53) Eliza Lucas Pinckney initial.
- 1/28/2023 – 9:43 PM: OFFENSIVE (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:43 PM: SPHERE (.57)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:47 PM: GOLD (.52)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:48 PM: TEEN (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:50 PM: DATABASE (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:50 PM: DONT BLINK (.68)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:55 PM: MECHANISM (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:56 PM: METHOD (.52)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:57 PM: CANNOT (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:58 PM: DISEASE (.59) This came up just as we were discussing Eliza’s breast cancer.
- 1/28/2023 – 9:59 PM: INTERPRET (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 9:59 PM: RESOURCE (.51)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:00 PM: TENNIS (.52)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:00 PM: ALTHOUGH (.6)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:01 PM: HUNTER (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:01 PM: VETERAN (.5)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:02 PM: PHASE (.53)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:02 PM: OKAY (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:03 PM: RESPONSE (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:04 PM: DIVIDED (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:04 PM: PRAY (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:06 PM: TV (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:07 PM: STUDENTS (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:08 PM: OPPOSITE (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:11 PM: WEATHER (.53)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:12 PM: HAILEY (.52)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:15 PM: PC (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:16 PM: DUST (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:21 PM: SOPHIA (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:21 PM: REALLY (.66)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:21 PM: EMILY (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:23 PM: TALK (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:23 PM: PAGE (.65)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:24 PM: WALL (.52) Cumberland Street is where the original Charlestown wall once stood. We were on Cumberland Street at this time.
- 1/28/2023 – 10:25 PM: NOVA (.68)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:26 PM: RELAX (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:27 PM: TUCK (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:30 PM: BAND (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:31 PM: IDEOLOGICAL (.6)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:33 PM: WHILE (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:34 PM: PLANE (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:35 PM: DASH (.63)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:35 PM: TINY (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:35 PM: DISREGARD (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:36 PM: SHOW (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:38 PM: GAS (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:39 PM: SLAVERY (.6) A good number of pirates were once slaves. The word “black” was also heard in real time.
- 1/28/2023 – 10:39 PM: DIVE (.55)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:42 PM: LINE (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:44 PM: BANG (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:45 PM: ZOE (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:46 PM: ANYWHERE (.61)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:48 PM: ACCUSE (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:52 PM: ARE YOU OKAY (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:53 PM: BUYER (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:53 PM: CANDY (.69) The user of this word generating device was Candy.
- 1/28/2023 – 10:57 PM: FATE (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:58 PM: TAKE (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 10:58 PM: ANY (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:02 PM: SHOULDER (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:03 PM: CLIFF (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:04 PM: BETWEEN (.49)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:05 PM: STRAIGHT (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:05 PM: PAULA (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:07 PM: REGARD (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:08 PM: ATOP (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:09 PM: KAREN (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:14 PM: HUSBAND (.45)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:18 PM: THINK (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:19 PM: MAKAYLA (.76)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:20 PM: EMPHASIZE (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:21 PM: WHOLE (.46)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:22 PM: CAN HEAR YOU (.47)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:25 PM: EVALUATION (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:25 PM: ASHLEY (.56)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:26 PM: DAY (.48)
- 1/28/2023 – 11:27 PM: MIND (.52)
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 function of the Mel Meter gave spikes of 7.5mG (milligauss), 18.7mG, 23mG. The REM function of the Mel Meter gave three Blue readings, indicating motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “cold”, “night”, “twenty-one”, “John” (still close to Big John’s Tavern), “weekend”, “awful, terrible, fire” (the Pinckney Mansion was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1861), “hit me with your best shot”.
Philadelphia Alley: No activity recorded.
Powder Magazine: The REM function of the Mel Meter gave Blue, Orange and Purple readings indicating motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “pirate” (it doesn’t get any clearer than this), “boot”, “shot through the heart” (still close to Philadelphia Alley where we discussed dueling), “corner”, “hiring”, “dog” (see “dog” in the SBox findings), “March eleventh” (Calhoun is buried on the other side of the brick wall to our space, he was born and died in the month of March), “black” (see “slavery” in the digital word list above), “trustee”, “independent”, “somebody”, “booze”, “running”.
The Onvoy spelled out the word “BOY”.
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 12mG, 17.2mG and 27.8mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “wonderful”, “five”, “Allison”, “Lou (blue)”, “wife” (noteworthy that “husband” was on the digital word list at this time), “notice”, “right”.
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January 27, 9PM Andrea Taylor
Conditions
- Weather: 44°, Mostly Clear
- Moon: 43% Waxing Crescent
- Number of investigators: 8
- Investigation Score: 35
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- SB11-ANC Spirit Box
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- K-II 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 5:45 “secondly”
- 10:36 “if you haven’t found”
- 15:46 “be at the event”
- 15:55 “six four” With the number “four” also heard in real time, this is the number of children by Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney.
- 16:13 “with a heart” What color is the Big Red Barn?
- 20:08 “New York” Big John Cannady played for the 1947 New York Giants.
- 20:24 “miserable”
- 25:55 “our youngest”
- 35:28 “John” Still close to Big John’s Tavern.
- 40:21 “twenty-three”
- 40:49 “fire” The Pinckney Mansion was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1861.
- 50:46 “all of them”
- 56:22 “respected”
- 1:05:03 “my friend” (song lyric)
- 1:05:11 “isn’t this the kid”
- 1:10:28 “the donkey”
- 1:15:41 “the seven” This number is often found near Philadelphia Alley (usually in doubles) due to Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd’s birthday of July 7 or 7/7.
- 1:20:10 “pastor” Common to see/hear religious terms while near St. Philip’s Church.
- 1:30:52 “in the church” More religious terms.
- 1:35:18 “nineteen”
- 1:41:00 “females” Leaving the Powder Magazine after discussing two female pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read.
- 1:50;46 “VTF”
- 1:54:58 “Mississippi River”
- 1:56:03 “down with the sickness” (song lyric) Vague, but we were discussing Henry Timrod’s tuberculosis.
- 2:00:31 “everything else”
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 video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/27/2023 – 9:10 PM: COMMERCIAL (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:12 PM: GUIDELINE (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:12 PM: RETAILER (.49)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:13 PM: SHOES (.57)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:16 PM: WOLF (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:17 PM: ENGLISH (.59) Close to the Pinckney Mansion site where we would discuss Eliza Lucas whose family is originally from England.
- 1/27/2023 – 9:17 PM: FOLLOW (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:17 PM: ARMS (.49)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:20 PM: BEND (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:21 PM: SKILLED (.59)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:21 PM: MIST (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:21 PM: MEASURE (.62)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:21 PM: PIONEER (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:22 PM: PAT (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:24 PM: SYSTEM (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:27 PM: EASTON (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:27 PM: CAUSE (.77)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:27 PM: LASH (.6)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:28 PM: PHOTO (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:38 PM: YEAR (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:40 PM: MATHEMATICS (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:41 PM: GATEWAY (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:44 PM: NO (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:45 PM: JET (.62)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:45 PM: SOIL (.52)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:47 PM: MELODY (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:48 PM: OBSERVE (.52)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:51 PM: INCENTIVE (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:51 PM: PROVOKE (.52)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:51 PM: BESIDES (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:54 PM: SCULPTURE (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:57 PM: TREMOR (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:58 PM: INFLUENCE (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:58 PM: CHAOS (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:58 PM: SOMETIME (.55)
- 1/27/2023 – 9:59 PM: BRAND (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:03 PM: CUT (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:04 PM: SWELL (.49)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:04 PM: AIM (.45) Philadelphia Alley where we discussed dueling.
- 1/27/2023 – 10:06 PM: LEVI (.49)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:06 PM: FINANCE (.56)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:07 PM: TRUST (.49)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:07 PM: DECEIT (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:08 PM: TIP (.65)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:09 PM: BIT (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:09 PM: INTRODUCTION (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:11 PM: ORB (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:12 PM: INTENT (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:12 PM: CRY (.75)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:13 PM: GONE (.51)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:14 PM: HAZEL (.51)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:16 PM: BUT (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:17 PM: CAMERON (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:18 PM: RECALL (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:18 PM: MOREOVER (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:21 PM: BABY (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:23 PM: MUSLIM (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:27 PM: PINE (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:28 PM: ASIDE (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:30 PM: WIRE (.51)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:30 PM: PHONE (.64)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:31 PM: POETRY (.73) On our way to Washington Park where we would discuss poet, Henry Timrod.
- 1/27/2023 – 10:31 PM: STIR (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:32 PM: FLEXIBILITY (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:33 PM: CREED (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:33 PM: BEER (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:34 PM: FIFTH (.54)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:34 PM: HAIR (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:35 PM: MODIFY (.5)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:36 PM: I (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:40 PM: PROMOTE (.48)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:42 PM: SIDE (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:42 PM: RESCUE (.62)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:45 PM: DADDY (.45)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:46 PM: NEVER (.47)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:47 PM: HORSE (.54)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:49 PM: LAG (.49)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:52 PM: AMANDA (.46)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:53 PM: TODAY (.75)
- 1/27/2023 – 10:56 PM: PRESENCE (.49)
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.
*My notebook was lost at the end of the investigation. The notes below are to the best of my recollection of relevant events that occurred.
Big John’s Tavern/Big Red Barn: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The number “four” was heard giving us the number of children by Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney. “hotspot” was also heard giving us a clue to the term “fire” found in the SBox recording above. Several EMF spikes from the Mel Meter ranging from 2.6mG to 7.0mG (milligauss).
Philadelphia Alley: No activity recorded.
Powder Magazine: No relevant events recollected while at this site.
Washington Square: A minimum of 12-15 spikes of EMF recorded by the Mel Meter ranging from 2.5mG to 17mG. The month, “October” was heard in real time giving us the death month of Henry Timrod’s son, Willie; he was nine months old.
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January 26, 9PM Liz
Conditions
- Weather: 48°, Clear
- Moon: 32% Waxing Crescent
- Number of investigators: 5
- Investigation Score: 35
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- K-II 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:13 “give to the poor”
- 10:50 “I was glad she was honest”
- 15:53 “the elite”
- 20:24 “state of mind”
- 25:16 “avoid a third”
- 30:23 “John” Still only one block away from Big John’s Tavern.
- 35:42 “with honor”
- 40:51 “planning of how to get them out”
- 45:36 “horrible”
- 51:24 “pay the price” (song lyric)
- 55:54 “prayed”
- 1:01:01 “disappear” (song lyric)
- 1:10:38 “R-I” Inside Philadelphia Alley where we discussed the duel between Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd from RHODE ISALND and RALPH ISAACS. No secondary clue to verify who these initials belong to.
- 1:15:42 “twelve to five” Interestingly enough, Ralph Isaacs was born on December 6. Although not the exact date, records of this age can often be incorrect.
- 1:20:36 “biblical” Common to see/hear religious terms when near St. Philip’s Church.
- 1:31:12 “male”
- 1:35:44 “Willie” Leaving the Powder Magazine, heading towards Washington Park to discuss Henry Timrod and his son, Willie.
- 1:40:12 “monster”
- 1:46:06 “after an appointed time”
- 1:50:10 “the document” Vague, but we were discussing the “Blood Book” page where Timrod wrote his final words.
- 1:55:31 “easy to say”
- 2:00:43 “death”
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 video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/26/2023 – 9:09 PM: HISTORICAL (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:09 PM: SOFTLY (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:10 PM: EMOTIONAL (.52)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:11 PM: FACILITY (.63)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:11 PM: INTRODUCE (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:12 PM: ELDER (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:12 PM: PUNISHMENT (.56)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:17 PM: HEART (.49) What color is the Big Red Barn?
- 1/26/2023 – 9:19 PM: ATTORNEY (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:22 PM: TRIGGER (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:23 PM: WINDS (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:24 PM: TABLE (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:24 PM: ROOF (.51)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:26 PM: TRASH (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:28 PM: ADJUST (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:31 PM: WIFE (.5)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:32 PM: TWIST (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:33 PM: NOT (.78)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:33 PM: MATCH (.67)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:34 PM: LIGHT (.49) “light match” The Pinckney Mansion was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1861.
- 1/26/2023 – 9:35 PM: MUTILATE (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:36 PM: PRODUCTIVITY (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:37 PM: EAGER (.48)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:41 PM: THREAT (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:43 PM: VENTURE (.5)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:43 PM: CELLAR (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:44 PM: BREATHE (.5)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:47 PM: AFTERLIFE (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:49 PM: HISTORY (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:50 PM: PERCENTAGE (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:50 PM: OURS (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:51 PM: TEAM (.92)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:51 PM: ECONOMY (.73)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:52 PM: REMOTE (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:57 PM: TRAFFIC (.51)
- 1/26/2023 – 9:59 PM: WONDER (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:03 PM: TESTIMONY (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:07 PM: HEINOUS (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:10 PM: NORTHWEST (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:12 PM: TEMPERATURE (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:15 PM: SUMMER (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:16 PM: COUNT (.52) Vague, but in dueling, paces are counted before turning to shoot at the opponent.
- 1/26/2023 – 10:16 PM: WATER (.52) Noteworthy that this term was also heard in real time from the SBox when discussing piracy.
- 1/26/2023 – 10:18 PM: SCENARIO (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:19 PM: THOROUGHLY (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:19 PM: PLEASE (.55)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:20 PM: HEY (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:23 PM: EVER (.5)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:24 PM: ARTISTIC (.59)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:25 PM: G (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:28 PM: RAISE (.54)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:29 PM: BEING (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:30 PM: PATIENCE (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:35 PM: FURY (.48)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:37 PM: SQUAD (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:38 PM: BEING HERE (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:39 PM: COASTAL (.66)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:39 PM: DOUBT (.63)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:39 PM: THEN (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:40 PM: ALIVE (.48)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:42 PM: ALEXIS (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:43 PM: LIGHTNING (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:45 PM: ASK ME (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:45 PM: MANIPULATE (.48)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:47 PM: SILENT (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:48 PM: NIGHTMARE (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:49 PM: FACTORS (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:50 PM: ENOUGH (.51)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:50 PM: CLUTTER (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:52 PM: YET (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:53 PM: REGRET (.6)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:55 PM: BIBLE (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:56 PM: MARK (.45)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:57 PM: SACRED (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:58 PM: TREE (.47) This term showed up about the time the EMF spikes were discovered near the tree by the entrance to Washington Park.
- 1/26/2023 – 10:59 PM: TEA (.64)
- 1/26/2023 – 10:59 PM: EXPERIMENT (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:00 PM: EXPLAIN (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:00 PM: DOMAIN (.48)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:03 PM: DRESS (.53)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:05 PM: PRINCIPLE (.46)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:06 PM: KNOWN (.69)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:06 PM: STORM (.49)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:07 PM: INDIAN (.5)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:08 PM: ATTRACTION (.47)
- 1/26/2023 – 11:09 PM: GENERAL (.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: The term “cloth” was heard on the SBox.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The K-II EMF Detector had spikes of 15-20mG (milligauss). The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave spikes of 5.2mG, 7.3mG, 22.5mG and 32mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “candidate”, “age”, “health”, “twelve years” (part of the date of the Great Fire of 1861 which destroyed the Pinckney Mansion: December 11, 1861), “learn”, “twenty-five”.
Philadelphia Alley: EMF spikes detected on the Mel Meter of 2.6mG and 5.6mG. The phrase “needle in a haystack” heard on the SBox.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on the SBox: “blue sky”, “win or lose”, “the sun”, “water”, “baby”, “Wisconsin”, “red red wine” (Anne Bonny often likes to tell us her hair color or show us on the REM function of the Mel Meter).
Washington Square: The REM function of the Mel Meter gave a yellow reading among EMF spikes happening indicating motion near the user. Those EMF spikes were 11mG, 28mG, 30mG, 32mG and 60.3mG. The K-II EMF detector spiked out at 25mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “Wilson”, “luxury”, “dog”, “twenty-three” (Willie Timrod died on October 23 at only nine months old), “teacher”, “booth”.
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January 20, 9PM Jennie Sean
Conditions
- Weather: 56°, Mostly Clear
- Moon: 1% Waning Crescent
- Number of investigators: 5
- Investigation Score: 50*
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:49 “I can still feel”
- 10:24 “I promise you” Close to the Pinckney Mansion site where we discussed Charles Pinckney, who introduced the Pinckney’s Promise to the Constitution.
- 10:40 “confidence”
- 15:55 “adopting”
- 26:01 “Charlotte”
- 31:04 “that God loves you”
- 35:20 “push the envelope”
- 40:27 “shoulder”
- 46:10 “you rarely use”
- 50:34 “seventh son” On our way to Philadelphia Alley where we often hear double sevens due to Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd’s birthday of July 7 or 7/7.
- 1:00:29 “smuggles”
- 1:06:14 “Positive”
- 1:10:20 “fifty-nine homes” Dr. Ladd lived at 59 Church Street. The term “church” was heard in real time.
- 1:15:51 “ninety-eight”
- 1:20:32 “seven” Our second seven, see “seventh son” above.
- 1:30:44 “Freddie”
- 1:35:24 “his name is Roger”
- 1:46:39 “successfully”
- 1:51;21 “with others”
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 video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/20/2023 – 9:11 PM: APPEAL (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:12 PM: BEING (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:15 PM: UNION (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:15 PM: PROVIDE (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:15 PM: BLUE (.46) About to discuss Eliza Lucas’s indigo crops which created blue dye.
- 1/20/2023 – 9:19 PM: COMMUNICATION (.47)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:19 PM: REWARD (.57)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:20 PM: THROAT (.46) Big John was shot in the neck during a bar brawl with two cadets.
- 1/20/2023 – 9:21 PM: ACHIEVE (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:23 PM: ORDER (.51)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:23 PM: WORD (.49)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:25 PM: CARD (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:27 PM: CARSON (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:27 PM: BECAME (.52)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:28 PM: DEPENDING (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:30 PM: PRAYER (.47)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:30 PM: BOTH (.51)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:33 PM: MOAN (.47)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:34 PM: ROAD (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:35 PM: TIED (.47)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:37 PM: ALICE NO (.47)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:39 PM: UNLESS (.51)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:40 PM: SPRING (.52)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:40 PM: CENTS (.51)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:46 PM: WORKING (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:46 PM: FOSTER (.5)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:47 PM: BUTT (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:55 PM: PEASANT (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:55 PM: VETERAN (.6)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:56 PM: PHRASE (.72)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:56 PM: QUIET (.47)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:56 PM: BAR (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:58 PM: ESTIMATED (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 9:59 PM: SPRAY (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:01 PM: RELIGION (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:01 PM: CONSIDERABLE (.58)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:02 PM: UNCLEAR (.5)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:03 PM: BEGIN (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:06 PM: LONGTIME (.51)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:10 PM: AMBITION (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:12 PM: STRUGGLE (.52)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:13 PM: DIVISION (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:14 PM: EVERYTHING (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:14 PM: BRILLIANT (.59)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:16 PM: POEM (.48) We used this as a clue to move on from the Powder Magazine so we cold discuss poet, Henry Timrod.
- 1/20/2023 – 10:21 PM: ISLAM (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:21 PM: HE KNEW (.55)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:22 PM: MILK (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:23 PM: GRAVITY (.5)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:24 PM: WAIT (.57)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:25 PM: HELPFUL (.5)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:25 PM: BUNCH (.7)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:26 PM: G (.47) A big stretch, but we were entering [George] Washington Park.
- 1/20/2023 – 10:28 PM: RESOURCE (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:28 PM: DEBBIE (.5)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:29 PM: CLINIC (.58)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:30 PM: COLLECTION (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:31 PM: SLOWLY (.6)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:31 PM: ANGELINA (.49)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:35 PM: MAJOR (.49)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:35 PM: DIAMOND (.55)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:36 PM: TEA (.58)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:37 PM: SOMEWHERE (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:38 PM: RUN (.48)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:39 PM: RECORD (.49)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:40 PM: EYES (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:41 PM: AUNT (.45)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:45 PM: BOOTH (.46)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:46 PM: DIFFER (.5)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:47 PM: GANG (.49)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:48 PM: BASKETBALL (.54)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:48 PM: DEAL (.73)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:49 PM: CONSIDERATION (.67)
- 1/20/2023 – 10:49 PM: MOUNTAIN (.55)
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 K-II EMF detector gave readings of 20-25mG (milligauss) in various locations of the site. The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 2.2mG, 6.2mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “twenty-five”, “child or grandchild”, “dream on”, “eleven games in a row” (eleven being part of the date of the Great Fire of 1861 which destroyed the Pinckney Mansion), “set fire to the rain” (see “eleven”), “Sunday night football”.
Philadelphia Alley: The terms “thirty” and “church” were heard on spirit boxes. See “59 homes” in the SBox findings above.
Powder Magazine: The REM function of the Mel Meter gave a RED signal when asking Anne Bonny her hair color.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “rhythm is a dancer”, “finger”, “religion” (common to receive religious terms when near St. Philip’s Church), “girls just wanna have fun” (common song to hear when discussing Anne Bonny and Mary Read), “sexual healing”, “January”, “Republican”, “on the other side”.
Washington Square: The K-II EMF detector had spikes of 20-25mG a minimum of five times. The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 3.2mG, 3.8mG 5mG, 6.3mG, 8.4mG, 9.0mG, 10.8mG, 10.9mG, 13mG, 15.5mG 15.9mG, 16.1mG, 17.1mG, 22.1mG, 23.6mG, 28mG, 34.1mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “baby” (Henry Timrod’s son, Willie, was only 9 months old at death), “Steve”, “twenty-three” (Willie died on October 23), “message”
50*
January 18, 9PM Ethan Kim Matthew
Conditions
- Weather: 59°, Partly Cloudy
- Moon: 10% Waning Crescent
- Number of investigators:
- Investigation Score: 18
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with Infrared Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- SB11-ANC Spirit Box
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:23 “errors”
- 5:13 “believer”
- 10:11 “one of our children”
- 20:10 “never let your spouse”
- 26:23 “nine”
- 30:33 “for eternal life”
- 35:08 “Jackson”
- 45:41 “often overlooked”
- 1:05:15 “definitely killed” Vague, but we were in Philadelphia Alley at this time discussing the duel between Ralph Isaacs and Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd.
- 1:05:40 “too much…jungle”
- 1:21:15 “contemplate”
- 1:25:55 “into a toilet”
- 1:30:26 “the grace of God” Near St. Philip’s Church. It’s common to hear religious terms when near our tall steeples.
- 1:41:09 “complete the assignment”
- 1:51:15 “book…history” Discussing Henry Timrod’s Blood Book.
- 1:55:59 “not my problem” (song lyric)
- 2:00:52 “losers”
- 2:11:08 “shadows”
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

Marker 1:06:56. Washington Park. Possible anomaly from bottom to top. This is the only screenshot I could capture. Possibility that this is also a moth, but I would think from this closeup, we would see details from an insect.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/18/2023 – 9:06 PM: LAB (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:07 PM: POUR (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:07 PM: IDLE (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:12 PM: BUSINESSMAN (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:13 PM: VACCINE (.57)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:14 PM: TRAVEL (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:15 PM: WELL-BEING (.52)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:17 PM: ANSWER ME (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:20 PM: TRAIL (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:21 PM: SHARP (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:22 PM: MEAN (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:22 PM: HUNDRED (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:23 PM: PERIODICAL (.63)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:24 PM: STAB (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:24 PM: HELL (.58)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:24 PM: CENT (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:25 PM: MINIMAL (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:27 PM: CREAKING (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:28 PM: ATE (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:31 PM: HIGHWAY (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:34 PM: SOLID (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:36 PM: PRODUCT (.52)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:37 PM: CONSIDERABLE (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:37 PM: RELIGION (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:39 PM: EXACTLY (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:39 PM: WEAR (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:41 PM: ASSERT (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:42 PM: REALISTIC (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:44 PM: WRONG (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:45 PM: THEN (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:48 PM: BLOOD (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:48 PM: EXPECTATION (.64)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:48 PM: ELEMENT (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:49 PM: ROOT (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:49 PM: STABBED (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:51 PM: PHOTO (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 9:53 PM: PLAIN (.52)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:01 PM: ADDED (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:01 PM: SUCK (.54)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:02 PM: SUSPICION (.52)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:03 PM: FOLLOW (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:03 PM: AWFUL (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:04 PM: HIPID HOP (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:06 PM: CONSTANTLY (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:07 PM: CHANGE IT (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:09 PM: PREACHER (.53) More religious terms near St. Philip’s Church.
- 1/18/2023 – 10:10 PM: OTHER (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:13 PM: KENDALL (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:14 PM: OFF (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:16 PM: ITSELF (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:21 PM: ALICE (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:22 PM: REASON (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:22 PM: FIGHT (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:23 PM: LIKE (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:24 PM: LYNN (.71)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:24 PM: ARGUE (.51)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:26 PM: ABSENCE (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:28 PM: GOOD (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:29 PM: GAS (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:31 PM: SHE IS GUILTY (.45) Anne Bonny and Mary Read were found guilty of piracy on November 28, 1720.
- 1/18/2023 – 10:33 PM: ALONE (.52)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:33 PM: WENCH (.59)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:34 PM: BAND (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:35 PM: STRING (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:36 PM: RESPONSE (.54)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:37 PM: CHEESE (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:37 PM: STAKE (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:38 PM: COMPARABLE (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:39 PM: ANGELINA (.56)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:40 PM: SOLELY (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:42 PM: BEE (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:42 PM: DEBRA (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:44 PM: PHANTOM (.47)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:45 PM: KYLE (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:46 PM: FREQUENTLY (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:48 PM: PREDICTION (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:49 PM: ASIAN (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:50 PM: MATCH (.48)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:53 PM: PAY (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:55 PM: DISTRIBUTION (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:55 PM: PINKIE (.53)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:56 PM: LOYAL (.46)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:58 PM: CORPORATE (.49)
- 1/18/2023 – 10:59 PM: HEY (.45)
- 1/18/2023 – 11:01 PM: HOOK (.5)
- 1/18/2023 – 11:02 PM: PEPPER (.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 function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 3.5mG (milligauss) and 8.4mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “fifty-five” (bleed over from Big John’s Tavern, established in 1955), “Franklin”, “I’m hurt”, “ninety-nine”, “inventory”, “many”.
Philadelphia Alley: The phrase “not gonna make it” was heard on a spirit box as we entered the alley to discuss dueling.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “looking for trouble”, “first twenty-three”, “church” (St. Philip’s close by), “Mary” (could be relevant to one of two Marys: Anne’s companion/lover, Mary Read or Anne’s mother, Mary Brennan), “fast and easy”, “got to take a break”, “twenty-one day”, “I don’t remember my father’s name” (when asking about Anne Bonny’s father).
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 14mG and 15mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “twenty”, “Jason”, “Smith” (heard twice), “Maurice”, “I’m not qualified to do this”, “sweet Ethan” (we had Ethan on our team), “Henry” (Henry Timrod).
18
January 15, 9PM Varinder
Conditions
- Weather: 44°, Clear
- Moon: 39% Waning Crescent
- Number of investigators: 2
- Investigation Score: 25
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Use code “FREE” at checkout. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:39 “really good”
- 5:19 “Rosa Parks”
- 10:46 “always something”
- 15:28 “New York Giants” Still close to Big John’s Tavern named after John Cannady, a New York Giants football player.
- 26:19 “don’t want no trouble” (song lyric)
- 30:39 “little wet”
- 35:30 “document”
- 40:05 “twenty-two” Age of Eliza Lucas when she married Charles Pinckney. This is also relevant to her birth year, 1722.
- 45:03 “April”
- 46:15 “sexual morality”
- 55:57 “way” (whisper)
- 1:00:59 “it’s fully understood”
- 1:10:11 “make it count” (song lyric)
- 1:10:43 “runnin out of time”
- 1:10:49 “Mark” This is the name that Mary Read went by to become a pirate.
- 1:20:25 “told the story”
- 1:25:18 “thank you” Leaving the Powder Magazine.
- 1:31:28 “classic twenty”
- 1:40;37 “snickering”
- 1:50:57 “cutting”
- 1:55:47 “brainwash”
- 2:00:46 “can I come over”
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
- 1/15/2023 – 8:49 PM: ETHNIC (.54)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:50 PM: ETHICAL (.49)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:50 PM: SYSTEM (.57)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:51 PM: HANGING (.5)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:52 PM: EXPRESS (.75)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:55 PM: EASE (.53)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:56 PM: MOVIE (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 8:58 PM: DURING (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:00 PM: TRAUMA (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:03 PM: FORK (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:07 PM: SLIGHT (.51)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:13 PM: SURPRISED (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:16 PM: YIELD (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:17 PM: ELECTRONICS (.65)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:17 PM: THIS (.55)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:17 PM: PANEL (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:20 PM: DON (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:21 PM: DEEP (.78)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:21 PM: PREMIUM (.54)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:21 PM: SHARPLY (.49)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:21 PM: INSIDE (.48)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:22 PM: THAT (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:24 PM: RELAX (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:25 PM: FAILURE (.52)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:27 PM: EZEKIEL (.5)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:28 PM: DISCOURSE (.5)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:28 PM: IDENTIFY (.52)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:29 PM: UNDER CHAIR (.5)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:33 PM: SYMPTOM (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:34 PM: BINDING (.78)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:34 PM: MOMMA (.53)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:35 PM: FROM (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:35 PM: KENNEDY (.68)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:37 PM: STUDY (.48)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:38 PM: CHOLESTEROL (.51)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:38 PM: TRACE (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:39 PM: INFLATION (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:39 PM: SUICIDE (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:40 PM: SAUCE (.54)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:40 PM: SHOCK (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:41 PM: NATALIE (.62)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:41 PM: ONLINE (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:43 PM: CERTAINLY (.48)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:44 PM: CONFIRM (.48)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:45 PM: KNIFE (.53) Anne Bonny is said to have killed one of her servants when she was just a girl, with a knife to the belly.
- 1/15/2023 – 9:52 PM: HISTORY (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:52 PM: NIGHTMARE (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:53 PM: BUNNY (.5) A very big stretch, but we were discussing Anne Bonny.
- 1/15/2023 – 9:53 PM: FINANCE (.53)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:54 PM: JOINED (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:57 PM: INSTITUTION (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:58 PM: DEFORMED (.49)
- 1/15/2023 – 9:59 PM: JAZZ (.49)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:00 PM: ELIAS (.7)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:00 PM: SPEND (.53)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:00 PM: RUN (.49)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:02 PM: TRANSMISSION (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:04 PM: FAMOUS (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:08 PM: IN (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:10 PM: SUCH (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:11 PM: EACH (.48)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:13 PM: PLANNING (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:14 PM: FUNDING (.5)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:14 PM: APPEARANCE (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:15 PM: CLOSE (.65)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:15 PM: REQUEST (.65)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:15 PM: HELL (.51)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:19 PM: PAN (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:20 PM: DROWN (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:26 PM: ABOUT (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:27 PM: PENALTY (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:31 PM: RAISED (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:33 PM: CAST (.5)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:34 PM: EFFECT (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:34 PM: LOCATED (.52)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:35 PM: DO RUN (.46)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:36 PM: INFLATION (.53)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:37 PM: OPPOSITE (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:37 PM: SLEEP (.57)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:37 PM: TOTAL (.53)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:39 PM: CARPET (.48)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:40 PM: LEADERSHIP (.45)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:40 PM: FORMERLY (.58)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:42 PM: FRANK (.47)
- 1/15/2023 – 10:43 PM: TRAFFIC (.55)
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 Mel Meter gave EMF readings of 3.5mG, 7.2mG (milligauss), 15mG, 24.6mG, 41.2mG.
Terms heard on the SBox: “trouble”, “crazy”, “family” (this is a common term at this location), “forty”, “twelve” (this is part of the date of the Great Fire of 1861 that destroyed the Pinckney Mansion:12-11-1861), “need ya”, “crowded”, “one hundred”, “whatever somebody told you”, “little rat”, “hit the road”, “fifty”, “Peter”, “Vicks”, “body”.
Philadelphia Alley: Terms heard on the SBox: “windows”, “central”, “older”, “four five”, “no brainer”.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on the SBox: “for an extra twenty-five” (It is speculated that Anne Bonny died either on April 22 or April 25. This phrase gives an exact date [four] an extra [twenty-five]), “real”, “incredible”, “Erica”, “Charles” (Charles Pinckney, Eliza’s husband, is buried across the street at St. Philip’s eastern cemetery), “red” (color of Anne Bonny’s hair), “Jerry”, “number one”, “seven” (this number is commonly heard while near Philadelphia Alley due to Dr. Ladd’s birthday of July 7), “always told the story”, “Washington” (our next location), “one point two”.
Washington Square: The Mel Meter gave readings of 5.1mG, 7.0mG. Terms heard on the SBox: “twenty-five”, “did you hear it”, “forty-five”, “question number one”, “cancer”, “Impressive”, “newsstand” (Henry Timrod was writing for newspapers), “age 9” (Timrod’s son, Willie, died at 9 months old), “primary”, “holidays” (Willie was born on Christmas Eve), “Mike” (we were next to St. Michael’s Church. The name “Michael” is often heard here), “Jersey”, “valuable”, “mother”.
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January 14, 9PM Marissa Tanya Tiffiny William
Conditions
- Weather: 43°, Clear
- Moon: 50%, Waning Crescent, Last Quarter
- Number of investigators: 10
- Investigation Score: 55* Above Average
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Camera with IR Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- SB7 Spirit Box with ANC Attachment
- SB11-ANC
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- K-II EMF Detector
- Fuji 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Use code “FREE” at checkout. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
Photos
Click here to view all 113 photographs taken during your investigation.


Weird anomaly caught at the Powder Magazine. Can’t seem to find a face on the black streak in the middle of the picture. Use the slide bar to see the original and lightened 1x for clarity.
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.
- 0:16 “sweet cleanup”
- 5:58 “two out of three” Big John was born in 1923 and died on the 23rd of September.
- 6:25 “take it from the left” About to discuss Thomas Pinckney who was shot in the left leg during the Battle of Camden.
- 15:09 “highly discreet”
- 20:25 “Novocain”
- 20:40 “number four” Also heard in real time, this is the number of children by Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney.
- 25:15 “these flowers” It’s common to see/hear gardening terms when discussing Eliza’s botanical experiments.
- 35:40 “the leader”
- 40:32 “ninety-three” Eliza Lucas died in 1793.
- 40:45 “some of you”
- 50:29 “describe the player”
- 55:57 “fifty-eight” Charles Pinckney, Eliza’s husband, died in 1758 after only 14 years of marriage to Eliza Lucas.
- 1:05;34 “devour”
- 1:16:43 “paycheck”
- 1:21:12 “six”
- 1:30;15 “listening to you”
- 1:35:25 “child that are lost” We discussed the missing child of Anne Bonny.
- 1:40:59 “general”
- 1:51:14 “physical force”
- 1:55:54 “when you find her” (song lyric)
- 2:00:13 “the van is waiting” I’ll be curious to know if anyone’s uber was a van after our investigation.
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.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/14/2023 – 9:07 PM: SURPRISE (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:08 PM: LEADED (.51)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:11 PM: SCANDAL (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:11 PM: SLAM (.5)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:12 PM: SOPHIA (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:12 PM: DEVICE (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:12 PM: TRANSPORT (.56)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:13 PM: DICTIONARY (.5)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:13 PM: AI (.77)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:13 PM: PUBLIC (.8)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:13 PM: RACISM (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:14 PM: LARGE (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:14 PM: DISEASE (.48)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:16 PM: BRAVE (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:17 PM: WINDOW (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:19 PM: LESS (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:19 PM: EXCESSIVE (.51)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:20 PM: LATER (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:20 PM: CAPTAIN (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:23 PM: MAYBE (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:24 PM: PICKED (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:25 PM: VENUS (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:25 PM: EXHIBITION (.63)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:26 PM: ENGINE (.64)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:26 PM: NEXT (.57)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:27 PM: CHURCH (.49) The number “fifty-nine” was also heard in real time giving us clues to our next space in Philadelphia Alley where we discussed Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd who lived at 59 Church Street.
- 1/14/2023 – 9:31 PM: BRIAN (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:32 PM: GRANDFATHER (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:33 PM: FLIP (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:34 PM: THERE (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:35 PM: INSIDE (.62)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:35 PM: TAKE (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:36 PM: INFLUENCE (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:36 PM: COACH (.61)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:38 PM: DREAD (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:39 PM: CLOUDED (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:39 PM: SO SOUR (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:44 PM: RUN (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:46 PM: MASON (.53)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:47 PM: POTENTIAL (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:51 PM: REAR (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:52 PM: SMILE (.54)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:52 PM: DISTURB (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:53 PM: UNDER TABLE (.5)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:54 PM: ASSESSMENT (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:54 PM: FORCE (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:55 PM: SAINT (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:57 PM: TRAIL (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 9:57 PM: BENEATH (.54)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:01 PM: SAMPLE (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:02 PM: INFECTION (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:03 PM: GRANT (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:04 PM: DOCK (.55)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:05 PM: FEAR (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:06 PM: PROGRAM (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:07 PM: TINY (.62)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:07 PM: STATISTICAL (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:09 PM: PARKER (.5)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:10 PM: RETAIL (.62)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:11 PM: PROTECTIVE (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:12 PM: JULIAN (.51)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:14 PM: TECHNOLOGY (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:15 PM: LISA (.5)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:17 PM: TEEN (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:17 PM: SPIRITUAL (.51)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:17 PM: FLOAT (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:18 PM: JAN (.51) See “twelve” below.
- 1/14/2023 – 10:18 PM: CONVICTION (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:21 PM: TWELVE (.46) January 12, 1723, Colonel William Rhett dies. He caught gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet. We were at the Powder Magazine and Rhett is buried on the other side of the brick wall in St. Philip’s Western Cemetery.
- 1/14/2023 – 10:21 PM: VIOLENCE (.57)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:24 PM: PILOT (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:24 PM: TOLD (.54)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:28 PM: GUT (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:29 PM: MANIPULATE (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:33 PM: PURSE (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:37 PM: QUESTIONNAIRE (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:39 PM: UPHOLD (.51)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:39 PM: FOREST (.47)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:41 PM: WESTERN (.48)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:43 PM: ENDORSE (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:44 PM: SICK (.45) Vague, but we were discussing Henry Timrod, the laureate of the Confederacy who died of tuberculosis.
- 1/14/2023 – 10:45 PM: VISUAL (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:46 PM: FOUNDATION (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:46 PM: MIRROR (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:47 PM: WALKING (.62)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:47 PM: DANIEL (.48)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:47 PM: ARENA (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:49 PM: YEILD (.52)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:49 PM: SOME (.64)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:51 PM: GRANDFATHER (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:52 PM: CATHY (.47) A very big stretch, but Henry’s wife was named Katherine, but went by Katie.
- 1/14/2023 – 10:54 PM: IMMIGRANT (.5)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:56 PM: PUSH (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:57 PM: VEHICLE (.48)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:57 PM: ACCIDENT (.54)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:58 PM: UPON (.59)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:58 PM: PACK (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:59 PM: SALVATION (.45)
- 1/14/2023 – 10:59 PM: PRESS (.46)
- 1/14/2023 – 11:00 PM: CARROT (.68)
- 1/14/2023 – 11:01 PM: POTENTIAL (.6)
- 1/14/2023 – 11:04 PM: EVERYTHING (.49)
- 1/14/2023 – 11:05 PM: PUBLICITY (.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: The K-II EMF Detector gave readings of 15-25mG (milligauss). Note that 25mG is the K-II’s max reading. The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 2.9mG, 9.2mG, 17.3mG, 23.9mG, 53.5mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “four” (also discovered on the SBox recordings, this is the number of children by Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney), “two”, “fifty-nine” (see “church” in the digital word list above), “death”, “January”, “forty-nine”, “blood” (what color is the Big Red Barn), “mute”, “no”, “W” on the Onvoy when asking about which president was the pallbearer at Eliza’s funeral.
Philadelphia Alley: The Mel Meter gave a 30.2mG spike while in this alley. It is not common to see spikes over 5.0mG here.
The letter “E” kept showing up on the Onvoy.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “fifty-one”, “fifty-two”, “one”, “letter T”
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “John” (relative to Calico Jack whose real name was John Rackham), “quiet”, “seventy-nine”, “and I” (song lyric), “teeth”, “Joseph” (bleed over from Philadelphia Alley and Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd), “Megan”, “Nathan”, “shape of you”, “positive”, “hello”, “nine” (heard from two different investigators), “stuck”, “four thirty”.
The Onvoy gave the letters “MR”, the initials of Mary Read.
Washington Square: EMF readings from the Mel Meter: 13.2mG, 49.2mG, 125.6mG, 149.6mG, 156.6mG. The K-II EMF Detector had readings of 15-20mG.
The Onvoy spelled out the word “NOPE” and “SALOR” (sailor without the “I”)
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “Isaac”, “tree”, “Angelo”, “free”, “eagle”, “wedding”, “love”.
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January 8, 9PM Maureen Tina
Conditions
- Weather: 55°, Clear
- Moon: 96%, Waning Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 8
- Investigation Score: 30
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with IR Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- SB11-ANC Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- The Onvoy
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 5:06 “live with them”
- 10:53 “against”
- 15:38 “my life” (song lyric)
- 20:39 “I would reach out”
- 30:45 “birthday”
- 35:32 “arrest”
- 45:02 “keep it locked” Eliza Lucas was involved with the John Locke idea of tabula rasa, which is the idea that we are all born with a clean slate and we are conditioned by our experiences.
- 45:18 “truck driver”
- 50:29 “separated” (song lyric)
- 56:27 “teaching children” See “keep it locked” above.
- 1:01:23 “departure” Vague, but we were leaving the Pinckney Mansion site around this time.
- 1:05:39 “charity for a stranger” We were discussing how Ralph Isaacs saved Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd by inviting him to rent a room from his friends at 59 Church Street.
- 1:05:47 “you have a target” Relevant to the dueling story told: either this is what Isaacs told Ladd when he saved him, or before the duel.
- 1:15:23 “supernatural”
- 1:21:08 “chicken”
- 1:21:20 “nine eight six and four” Dr. Ladd died on November 2, 1786.
- 135:24 “secrets”
- 1:40:06 “knees and constant pain” More bleed over from Philadelphia Alley: Dr. Ladd was shot in the knee during his duel with Ralph Isaacs.
- 1:50:38 “glory of God”
- 1:55:57 “you look at it”
- 2:00:06 “won’t be brainwashed”
- 2:00:29 “salt”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies discovered in 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 discovered in the spot check of the IR video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/8/2023 – 9:01 PM: FLAVOR (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:02 PM: GET OUT (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:02 PM: COUCH (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:03 PM: DONT FORGET (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:03 PM: VICTORY (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:04 PM: CURE (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:05 PM: PROOF (.58)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:07 PM: BENEATH (.54)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:08 PM: BLUE (.46) Close to the Pinckney Mansion site where we would discuss Eliza Lucas and her indigo crops.
- 1/8/2023 – 9:10 PM: COVER (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:11 PM: YEILD (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:11 PM: NOTICE (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:12 PM: APPEAL (.51)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:13 PM: SOMETIME (.71)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:14 PM: WELL (.51)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:14 PM: CLOSE (.53)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:15 PM: SUMMER (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:16 PM: TOOLS (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:17 PM: FOREVER (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:18 PM: MONKEY (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:18 PM: COTTON (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:19 PM: UNLIKELY (.98)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:19 PM: ACADEMIC (.87)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:19 PM: BARREL (.53)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:19 PM: EQUATION (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:20 PM: FOREST (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:20 PM: ACCURATE (.56)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:20 PM: UNFAIR (.52)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:22 PM: PENCIL (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:23 PM: FLEXIBILITY (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:28 PM: OVERNIGHT (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:29 PM: CHICKEN (.52) Noteworthy that this was also discovered in the SBox findings above, though, later in the investigation.
- 1/8/2023 – 9:31 PM: SWALLOW (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:31 PM: CENTER (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:31 PM: WARP (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:32 PM: PER (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:34 PM: CONSIDER (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:35 PM: NEAR YOU (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:36 PM: INCLUDE (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:38 PM: SPECIALTY (.52)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:40 PM: CAPABLE (.51)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:41 PM: CLOUDED (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:43 PM: OCTOBER (.47) Charles Pinckney, Eliza’s nephew and signer of the Constitution, was born in October and died in October.
- 1/8/2023 – 9:44 PM: FLOW (.54)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:44 PM: PUBLISH (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:45 PM: MAVERICK (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:50 PM: MIA (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:51 PM: GOLD (.64)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:51 PM: OTHER (.51)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:51 PM: MOLDY (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:53 PM: VITAMIN (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:53 PM: ARE YOU OKAY (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:53 PM: LIKE (.63)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:53 PM: BEEN (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:54 PM: CAUSE (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:55 PM: TOOL (.6)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:55 PM: JUNE (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:56 PM: ADMINISTRATION (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:56 PM: SELL (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:56 PM: DRUNK (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 9:59 PM: KNOWN (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:00 PM: DERICK (.51)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:03 PM: DEEP (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:04 PM: GIFT (.72)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:04 PM: MOSS (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:09 PM: MEDAL (.51)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:09 PM: CARDS (.56)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:10 PM: REPRESENT (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:10 PM: KING (.47) The name of John “Calico Jack” Rackham’s ship was The Kingston.
- 1/8/2023 – 10:12 PM: HILL (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:16 PM: PORTAL (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:18 PM: SOUTHERN (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:18 PM: INDIVIDUAL (.54)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:21 PM: MONTH (.51) Real Time moment. Maureen and I were just discussing the irony of the deaths that I research and how often times I’ll find that those researched die in the same month of their birth.
- 1/8/2023 – 10:22 PM: LIFE (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:23 PM: REQUIREMENT (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:29 PM: THEORY (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:31 PM: NERVE (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:31 PM: SIN (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:32 PM: PHRASE (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:33 PM: MONITOR (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:33 PM: REFUGEE (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:34 PM: PERMIT (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:34 PM: ENACT (.8)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:35 PM: MEASURE (.66)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:35 PM: PROBABLY (.53)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:36 PM: REPORT (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:36 PM: CONSIDER (.52)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:37 PM: DOORWAY (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:40 PM: MALE (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:42 PM: SENSITIVITY (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:46 PM: CONTEST (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:47 PM: TABLET (.71)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:47 PM: JOURNAL (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:48 PM: EXAM (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:48 PM: DO (.52)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:50 PM: EUROPEAN (.46)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:53 PM: FOG (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:54 PM: ATTORNEY (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:54 PM: SHOUTED (.61)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:56 PM: ABUSE (.45)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:57 PM: DAVID (.5)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:57 PM: DEBRIS (.69)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:57 PM: BOOT (.47)
- 1/8/2023 – 10:59 PM: RELIABLE (.48)
- 1/8/2023 – 11:00 PM: DAY (.49)
- 1/8/2023 – 11:01 PM: INEVITABLE (.55)
- 1/8/2023 – 11:02 PM: LUNA (.48) Emily has a tattoo of this word, and it’s noteworthy that her name was heard in real time from a spirit box.
- 1/8/2023 – 11:02 PM: SOLD (.53)
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 Red Barn/Big John’s Tavern: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 7.0mG (milligauss), 8.0mG, 16.4mG, 17mG, and 24mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “five”, “Charles” (ties to the “October” discovered on the digital word list), “Elijah”, “eighty-nine”, “thirty”, “church”, “I will die for you”, “January 6th”, “seven oh three”
Philadelphia Alley: On the way to this location the phrase “I don’t want you to have to go” was heard.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “get out”, “I’m sorry”, “three hundred thousand”, “Willie” and “Michael” (unknowing of our next location, these two terms match the next site where we would discuss Henry Timrod, his son Willie, while next to St. Michael’s Church), “outcast”, “Luther”, “goodbye”, “he had to die”.
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 3.5mG, 5.0mG, 8.5mG, and 10.3mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “where does it come from”, “hundred years”, “John”, “Carol”, “be a little more tender”, “what the hell”, “privacy”, “Emily” (see “luna” in the digital word list above), “Patrick”, “hospitalization”, “doctor”, “two girls”, “too many”.
Looking at this set of terms as a whole, phrases like “be a little more tender”, “privacy”, and “too many” stand out with a possible emotion of Timrod being a bit upset that there were so many of us there asking questions. Likely and possible given the nature of Timrod while alive.
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January 7, 9PM Raphael Vonda
Conditions
- Weather: 52°, Clear
- Moon: 99%, Waning Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 5
- Investigation Score: 27
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Cam with IR Torch Lighting
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:43 “seventy” Pinckney Mansion site bleed over…Eliza Lucas was 70 years old when she passed away in 1793.
- 5:26 “three and four”
- 15:48 “warehouse”
- 20:37 “never forget”
- 25:54 “get lost”
- 30:36 “number twenty-three” A bit of a stretch, but there were 23 years between Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney.
- 35:24 “one oh four five” Charles Pinckney was 45 years old when he married Eliza.
- 40:38 “escape”
- 45:13 “hurt”
- 50:56 “traveling”
- 55:38 “all the materials”
- 1:00:12 “friend of mine”
- 1:00:30 (quick whistle) Leaving Pinckney Mansion site to go to Philadelphia Alley to discuss the Whistling Doctor.
- 1:11:06 “he shouldn’t look”
- 1:15:53 “most marriages”
- 1:20:50 “John” Also heard in real time. John “Calico Jack” Rackham.
- 1:25:28 “your life”
- 1:32:04 “Nick” No defining clue, but this name is relevant to the Powder Magazine area in one of three ways. 1. My name is Nick and it’s not uncommon to see/hear my name around the locations I commonly investigate. 2. The judge that tried Anne Bonny and Mary Read for piracy was Nicholas Lawes. 3. The Nicholas Trott House is on the other side of the Powder Magazine; he was the first Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1:41:16 “return”
- 1:50:33 “equation”
- 1:56:25 “we thought he was a”
- 2:01:06 “W” A stretch, but this is the first initial of Henry Timrod’s son, Willie.
- 2:05:11 “wake up call”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies discovered in the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Infrared Lighting Video


Marker 1:10:51 to 1:10:52, Washington Square. Anomaly just left of dead center of video. Moves from Left to Right, then dissipates, reappears, moves from right to left, then disappears. Testing this against the next car that passed the park proves that this was indeed an anomaly and not a light flare from passing vehicles. Screenshot above has been lightened 1x to show clarity.
This video can and should also be used as an EVP Audio.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/7/2023 – 8:52 PM: ENGLISH (.75)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:53 PM: JACK (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:54 PM: LEADERSHIP (.53)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:55 PM: MEASURE (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:55 PM: PICKED (.71)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:55 PM: NARROW (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:58 PM: 5 (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 8:58 PM: CARD (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:01 PM: HEAVY (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:02 PM: YIELD (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:03 PM: NEAR (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:09 PM: THROW (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:11 PM: DEFENSE (.46) Staring in 1950 when teams were separated into offense/defense players, John Cannady played a defensive role.
- 1/7/2023 – 9:12 PM: EITHER (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:13 PM: U (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:13 PM: MOMENTUM (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:13 PM: SHIFT (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:17 PM: UNDERLYING (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:18 PM: QUICKLY (.53)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:19 PM: HUNDRED (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:20 PM: WITNESS (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:22 PM: MATCH (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:25 PM: WRONG (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:26 PM: HONOR (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:26 PM: KILL (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:27 PM: STARVE (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:28 PM: EXAMPLE (.85)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:28 PM: KITTY (.87)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:28 PM: GROWLING (.53)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:29 PM: WHEEL (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:30 PM: HARRIET (.48) The name of Eliza and Charles’s only daughter.
- 1/7/2023 – 9:31 PM: HEIGHT (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:33 PM: AUGUST (.47) Harriott Pinckney was born in August.
- 1/7/2023 – 9:34 PM: PRACTICAL (.52)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:35 PM: VILLAGE (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:36 PM: SUDDENLY (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:37 PM: IMPULSE (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:38 PM: STOOD (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:38 PM: SOLSTICE (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:39 PM: MONITOR (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:41 PM: CLUTTER (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:41 PM: FREEZE (.52)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:42 PM: PRIVATE (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:43 PM: PATCH (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:44 PM: ENTERTAINMENT (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:50 PM: BURN (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:54 PM: CRAFT (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:56 PM: PEN (.51) Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd wrote poetry during his time in Charleston. His sister, Elizabeth, published this poetry after his death. The Literary Remains of Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd.
- 1/7/2023 – 9:58 PM: LENGTH (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:59 PM: JUMP (.68)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:59 PM: EXPERT (.58)
- 1/7/2023 – 9:59 PM: PLAYER (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:01 PM: CHART (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:04 PM: BATTLE (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:07 PM: STUDENTS (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:08 PM: THICK (.55)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:08 PM: MISTAKE (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:09 PM: SEAT (.55)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:09 PM: BED (.53)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:11 PM: ADJUST (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:11 PM: DEPARTURE (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:11 PM: RING (.66)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:12 PM: BANSHEE (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:14 PM: ODDS (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:15 PM: WARM (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:15 PM: BURN (.68)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:15 PM: DAY (.59)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:16 PM: OVERCOME (.45)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:19 PM: TRAUMA (.46)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:20 PM: PERCENTAGE (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:20 PM: CRUCIAL (.63)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:20 PM: MIGHT (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:23 PM: RESPECTIVELY (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:24 PM: WOODEN (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:24 PM: KEEP AWAY (.54)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:24 PM: MECHANICAL (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:25 PM: BECAUSE (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:28 PM: STIFF (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:30 PM: NAKED (.51)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:33 PM: PROMISE (.49) Leaving the Powder Magazine. Across the street at St. Philip’s Church, lies Charles Pinckney, Eliza’s nephew, who introduced the Pinckney Promise to the Constitution.
- 1/7/2023 – 10:40 PM: TOTAL (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:43 PM: SECRET (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:46 PM: ENFORCEMENT (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:46 PM: PIECE (.74)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:46 PM: ART (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:47 PM: GASP (.61)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:49 PM: SHIP (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:50 PM: CREW (.57)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:50 PM: CONCENTRATE (.5)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:51 PM: NORTH (.6)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:51 PM: WILD (.69)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:51 PM: SITE (.49)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:51 PM: FULL-TIME (.47)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:54 PM: FLEE (.48)
- 1/7/2023 – 10:56 PM: FEDERAL (.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 Red Barn/Big John’s Tavern: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “October”, “possibly responsible”, “not philosophical”
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 4.3mG (milligauss), 5.8mG, 15.9mG, 20.6mG, and 23.6mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “fourteen” (the number of years that Eliza and Charles were married; 1744-58), “two two seven”, “eleven” (one of the numbers in the date of the Great Fire of 1861 which destroyed the Pinckney Mansion: December 11), “wound infection”, “suffering”, “running into a marketplace”, “water”, “babies”.
Philadelphia Alley: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “eighty-three, sixty”, “stand up”, “thirty-six”
Powder Magazine: The REM function of the Mel Meter gave several Orange readings, indicating motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “John” (also discovered in the SBox findings above), “bad boys” (we were discussing pirates), “wonderland”, (Jamaican music), “go home and drink”.
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter had a quick reading of 19.7mG.
Terms from spirit boxes: “James”, “May 24” (looking at just the “24”, Willie, Henry’s son, was born on December 24), “Elliott”, “forty-two”, “look behind you”, “Erica”
27
January 6, 9PM Carl
Conditions
- Weather: 51°, Clear
- Moon: 100%, Full Moon
- Number of investigators: 2
- Investigation Score: 19
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:17 “we were young”
- 5:48 “so much more”
- 15:16 “pink as well” A stretch, but we were about to visit the Pinckney Mansion site.
- 20:55 “I hope you burn” (song lyric) The Pinckney Mansion was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1861.
- 31:02 “beautiful sword”
- 40:34 “Peter” Noteworthy that this name was seen/heard several times during the investigation.
- 45:15 “here she comes” (song lyric)
- 50:12 “January 44” Eliza Lamb, Charles Pinckney’s first wife, died in January of 1744.
- 1:01:06 “come up with”
- 1:05:59 “exchange”
- 1:15:55 “at the mercy”
- 1:20:12 “two two” Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd died at the age of 22 from his gunshot wound during the duel with Ralph Isaacs.
- 1:20:35 “lay down and die” (song lyric)
- 1:30:44 “boyfriend”
- 1:36:10 “be around”
- 1:40:23 “devotional”
- 1:50:09 “guitar picks”
- 1:50:25 “two hundred and sixty-two dollars”
- 2:00:21 “the church”
- 2:13:45 “what he did”
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies discovered in 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
- 1/6/2023 – 9:10 PM: RIDICULOUS (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:10 PM: DUST (.53)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:12 PM: FLOW (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:12 PM: PUSH (.56)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:13 PM: STAB (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:14 PM: VENDOR (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:15 PM: REVEREND (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:16 PM: BOAT (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:18 PM: FRACTION (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:19 PM: BASKET (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:19 PM: PRODUCE (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:20 PM: PASSION (.6)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:21 PM: CONTACT (.51)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:23 PM: LEADING (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:24 PM: MANIAC (.53)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:25 PM: VISITOR (.63)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:25 PM: MIST (.45)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:25 PM: TEST (.63)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:25 PM: CAUSE (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:26 PM: HAPPY (.54)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:28 PM: EXPOSE (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:32 PM: GAGE (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:35 PM: QUIET (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:36 PM: COME (.5)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:38 PM: CAMERA (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:40 PM: SOLD (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:41 PM: SATAN (.5)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:43 PM: TRIAL (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:43 PM: BIRTH (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:45 PM: FOLD (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:46 PM: INSECT (.45)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:48 PM: MAJOR (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:52 PM: TWENTIETH (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:53 PM: PLEASE (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 9:55 PM: SEPTEMEBR (.47) Still near Big John’s Tavern, owned by John Cannady who was born in September and died in September.
- 1/6/2023 – 10:01 PM: ASSAULT (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:01 PM: PENALTY (.53)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:02 PM: REFUGE (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:03 PM: STONE (.45)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:04 PM: CONDUCT (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:05 PM: CUT (.64)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:05 PM: ABIGAIL (.53)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:10 PM: STIMULUS (.51)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:13 PM: ABORTED (.5)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:13 PM: DEVIL (.45)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:17 PM: CANADIAN (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:18 PM: DECIDE (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:19 PM: INITIAL (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:19 PM: GONE (.52)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:19 PM: CHEAT (.65)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:20 PM: INSIDE (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:22 PM: AVA (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:23 PM: IDEA (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:24 PM: GAME (.52)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:26 PM: OUTSTANDING (.51)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:27 PM: THEY (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:27 PM: HE KNEW (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:29 PM: JEW (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:30 PM: PORCH (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:31 PM: AFRAID (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:31 PM: TWIST (.55)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:33 PM: TIP (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:35 PM: TEXT (.52)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:35 PM: ESSENCE (.66)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:37 PM: ORBIT (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:38 PM: SUNSET (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:38 PM: SCALE (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:41 PM: WISH (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:42 PM: BEG (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:43 PM: TEASE (.59)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:44 PM: HELLO (.52)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:45 PM: OUTDOOR (.53)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:46 PM: CONTRACT (.52)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:47 PM: JULIAN (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:47 PM: CAST (.45)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:48 PM: LIKELIHOOD (.5)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:51 PM: BIOGRAPHY (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:53 PM: PETER (.45) This name came up several times during the investigation.
- 1/6/2023 – 10:57 PM: RAGE (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 10:59 PM: TABLET (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:00 PM: DONE (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:00 PM: RUN (.59)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:01 PM: THESE (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:03 PM: REVELATION (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:05 PM: STRING (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:06 PM: CONCEDE (.54)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:07 PM: FEAR (.48)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:08 PM: SKIN (.52)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:08 PM: SUBSTANTIALLY (.49)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:08 PM: MARKETING (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:09 PM: HOLE (.47)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:11 PM: ELIJAH (.46)
- 1/6/2023 – 11:14 PM: SHOW (.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 Red Barn/Big John’s Tavern: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 4.9mG (milligauss), 7.5mG, 8.4mG, 9.5mG, and 14mG.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “keep an eye out”, “echo”, “it hurts”, “help me mama”, “the father”, “second wife” (Eliza Lucas was indeed the second wife to Charles Pinckney), “get on your knees” (a clue for us to move on to Philadelphia Alley where Dr. Ladd was shot in the knee during a duel).
Philadelphia Alley: The numbers “forty” and “forty-five” were heard on the spirit box.
Powder Magazine: The REM function of the Mel Meter gave a Red reading, often found here when asking Anne Bonny her hair color.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “Dave”, “that’s all you need to know”, “what are you thankful for”, “gender” (common to see/hear themes around gender while discussing Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two women who dressed as men to become pirates), “rifle”
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave one small spike of 2.4mG.
Terms heard on the spirit box: “life’s work” (when asking how many of Timrod’s poems were written during the Civil War. A collection of Timrod’s poems was first published in 1860, the start of the Civil War), “thirty-nine”, “put me in the dirt”, “Peterson”, “Samuel”, “one oh eight”
19
January 5, 9PM Jorge Kevin
Conditions
- Weather: 57°, Clear
- Moon: 99%, Waxing Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 5
- Investigation Score: 52*
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Camera with IR Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box
- SB11-ANC 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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 “I agree”
- 5:38 “hearts” What color is a Big Red Barn?
- 10:23 “individual”
- 15:20 “CC” Close to the Pinckney Mansion site where we would discuss Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, son of Eliza Lucas and signer of the Constitution.
- 20;28 “intently”
- 25:30 “wonder where you are” (song lyric)
- 25;48 “forty-four” Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney were married in 1744.
- 30:53 “John” Still close to Big John’s Tavern
- 35:24 “all together”
- 45:45 “according to the doctor”
- 50:38 “came back”
- 1:00:16 “is true”
- 1:05:34 “David”
- 1:20:32 “congratulations”
- 1:20:38 “two eight” This is the third digit missing from the date of Anne Bonny’s trial: 11-28-1720. See “eleven” and “twenty” in the real time notes below.
- 1:25:54 “woman is invincible” (song lyric) We often hear female themed terms/phrases when discussing bad ass pirate, Anne Bonny.
- 1:30:21 “Kevin” There is a Kevin on this investigation’s team.
- 1:46:04 “six years of this”
- 1:50:04 “go read a book” Discussing Henry Timrod’s “Blood Book”
- 1:56:44 “make it public”
- 2:01:46 “paranoid”
- 2:06:56 “not true”
Thermal Imaging Video
With an ambient temperature of 57°, check out these markers below while passing the Circular Congregational Church Graveyard:
- 50:01 Temps on screen: 63.4° to 43.7°. Difference: 19.7°
- 50:02 Temps on screen: 60.7° to 33.9°. Difference: 26.8°
- 50:03 Temps on screen: 60.0° to 40.6°. Difference: 19.4°
- 50:04 Temps on screen: 100.2° to 52.7°. Difference: 47.5°
- 50:04 Temps on screen: 57.5° to 23.5°. Difference: 34°
- 50:05 Temps on screen: 57.5° to 30.0°. Difference: 27.5°
- 50:05 Temps on screen: 59.4° to 13.5°. Difference: 45.9°
These are very large fluctuations and happen all within five seconds.
Infrared Lighting Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the IR Video. This video can and should be used as an EVP Audio as well.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/5/2023 – 9:07 PM: BLANKET (.51)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:09 PM: ACTUAL (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:10 PM: OFFENDER (.56)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:14 PM: PROVIDE (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:15 PM: DATABASE (.61)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:15 PM: TIE (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:16 PM: ARGUE (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:17 PM: PRINCIPAL (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:19 PM: CORRIDOR (.51)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:22 PM: CURRENTLY (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:23 PM: SHORT (.52)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:23 PM: OUTSTANDING (.53)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:24 PM: DROP (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:26 PM: LIVING (.49)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:27 PM: MADELINE (.57)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:28 PM: MUTUAL (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:29 PM: SPECIES (.84)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:29 PM: RITUAL (.63)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:30 PM: JASON (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:30 PM: BLUE (.46) Color of the dye from indigo plants. Eliza Lucas Pinckney.
- 1/5/2023 – 9:31 PM: USUALLY (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:34 PM: SOFT (.5)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:34 PM: ADMIT (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:35 PM: QUESTION (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:35 PM: BATTERY (.57)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:37 PM: LION (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:39 PM: BONES (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:40 PM: CROSS (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:41 PM: PER (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:45 PM: THIRTEEN (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:48 PM: SIGNIFICANCE (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:51 PM: DURING (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:52 PM: OFFICE (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:53 PM: PREY (.49)
- 1/5/2023 – 9:55 PM: ADDRESS (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:02 PM: WORRY (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:03 PM: SOMEWHERE (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:03 PM: NUMB (.54)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:06 PM: YELL (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:07 PM: ROPE (.55) Ready to discuss piracy in which many were hung.
- 1/5/2023 – 10:08 PM: REGARD (.53)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:09 PM: SHED (.56)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:09 PM: ORANGE (.68)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:09 PM: STROKE (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:10 PM: SAW (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:13 PM: PROGRESSIVE (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:13 PM: ENCOURAGE (.53)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:14 PM: LIBRARY (.51)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:18 PM: SLOWER (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:21 PM: TEST (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:22 PM: CAMERON (.5)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:22 PM: IMPRESS (.5)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:25 PM: NEWS (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:26 PM: JOIN IN (.62)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:26 PM: CHARITY (.53)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:30 PM: SECRET (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:31 PM: PILOT (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:31 PM: SNAP (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:33 PM: ADDITION (.52)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:34 PM: COMPLEX (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:35 PM: TRAP (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:38 PM: MEASURE (.49)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:39 PM: CORD (.52)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:41 PM: GEORGE (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:43 PM: PROPERTY (.5) “George Propery” We were entering Washington Park at this point, named after George Washington.
- 1/5/2023 – 10:46 PM: ABOVE IT (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:46 PM: DEFINITION (.56)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:48 PM: SEXUALITY (.5)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:51 PM: VARIABLE (.49)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:53 PM: QUITE (.45)
- 1/5/2023 – 10:53 PM: NEIGHBORING (.51)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:01 PM: HERE (.51)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:02 PM: INSIDE (.48)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:03 PM: ALONE (.47)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:03 PM: POWER (.74)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:03 PM: OVERALL (.58)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:04 PM: REACH (.54)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:04 PM: ROSE (.47) This one is a longshot, BUT, “Reach Rose”. We discussed the house where Dr. Ladd once lived at 59 Church Street. This house is also known as the Thomas Rose House. From where we were, it’s only 0.3 miles away from Washington Park.
- 1/5/2023 – 11:05 PM: THROAT (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:05 PM: ARMY (.54) Henry Timrod joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
- 1/5/2023 – 11:06 PM: MY HANDS (.46)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:10 PM: PERCEIVE (.52)
- 1/5/2023 – 11:10 PM: COMPARABLE (.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 Red Barn/Big John’s Tavern: No activity recorded.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 8.3mG (milligauss), 9.0mG, 9.4mG, 9.5mG. There were Blue and Purple readings from the REM function of this device suggesting motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “absolutely” (this was in response to a direct question), “seven”, “careful”, “93.9” (when asking Eliza’s age at death. Not a direct answer, but Eliza died in 1793), “hard to handle”, “forty-two”, “leave” (something we’ve heard here before), “horse” (in relation to the Big Red Barn nearby)
Philadelphia Alley: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “one oh seven” (the number seven is often seen/heard here due to Dr. Ladd’s birthday of July 7 or 7/7), “Abraham”, “eyes” (phonetically speaking, the initials R-I are often seen here in relation to Ralph Isaacs and/or Rhode Island, Dr. Ladd’s home state), “terrible”, “shotgun” (though these were used during duels, the term gun is relevant here), “died”, “six”, “prison” (on our way to discuss Anne Bonny’s piracy sentencing).
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “Chris”, “Ralph” (bleed over from Philadelphia Alley where we discussed the duel of Dr. Ladd and Ralph Isaacs), “sixty-two”, “one twenty nine”, “eleven” and “twenty” (give us two of the numbers of Anne Bonny’s trial date: 11-28-1720), “seventy”, “Anne” (Anne Bonny), “died”.
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 9.5mG and 11.3mG. The REM Function gave multiple Blue Readings throughout the space.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “last name”, “George” (in [George] Washington Park), “Ralph”, “Joe”, “Anne”, “Sarah”, “Ben”, “six two zero”, “be careful.
52*
January 3, 9PM Antonio David
Conditions
- Weather: 61°, Cloudy/Foggy
- Moon: 92%, Waxing Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 4
- Investigation Score: 28
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Camera with IR Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box x2
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- 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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
Our first course on Spirit Boxes is currently free while it’s in development. Use code “FREE” at checkout. Though only four lectures are posted, you’ll have access to the entire course (9 total lectures).
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.
- 0:37 “to avoid the seven foot”
- 5:09 “independence”
- 9:59 “tomorrow”
- 15:30 “fire” (song lyric) We were close to the Pinkney Mansion site where it was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1861.
- 20:26 “naturally”
- 25:03 “you’re damn right”
- 30:25 “world in need”
- 35:15 “completely change”
- 40:19 “John” Still only one block away from Big John’s Tavern.
- 46:39 “they made it worse”
- 55:36 “inside the church”
- 1:01:59 “go to the cross” We would’ve been entering the lot near the Powder Magazine with the giant, cross-like, earthquake bolts.
- 1:05:26 “sharing”
- 1:10:25 “need someone”
- 1:20:39 “nine”
- 1:20:54 “I will survive” (song lyric)
- 1:25:48 “time to work”
- 1:30:45 “attorney at law” The word “laws” also heard in real time. Leaving the Powder Magazine where we discussed Anne Bonny; it was Judge Nicholas Lawes who sentenced her hanging.
- 1:38:26 “your prayers”
- 1:50:32 “people requested”
- 2:01:13 “made you look” (song lyric)
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected in the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should be used as an EVP Audio as well.
Infrared Lighting Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the IR Video. This video can and should be used as an EVP Audio as well.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/3/2023 – 9:04 PM: NEW (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:06 PM: WITCH (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:06 PM: ENVIRONMENT (.68)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:06 PM: WANT (.55)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:07 PM: GAGE (.55)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:07 PM: NONE (.52)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:11 PM: STICK (.45)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:13 PM: COUGH (.51)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:13 PM: SOVIET (.45)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:19 PM: STANCE (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:19 PM: MONTH (.45)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:20 PM: EAR (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:21 PM: RIDER (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:22 PM: PEACEFUL (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:23 PM: BEG (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:24 PM: DIPLOMAT (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:24 PM: STOP (.51)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:26 PM: STAFF (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:27 PM: AVERAGE (.83)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:27 PM: WENCH (.58)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:29 PM: BELONG (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:30 PM: RECOGNIZE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:31 PM: SENIOR (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:33 PM: ACCIDENT (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:34 PM: TROUBLE (.57)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:36 PM: GREEK (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:37 PM: BATHROOM (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:40 PM: BROWN (.47) Entering Philadelphia Alley where we discussed the duel of Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd.
- 1/3/2023 – 9:41 PM: HARVEST (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:42 PM: FAINT (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:44 PM: MOBILE (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:47 PM: RAGE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:47 PM: LENS (.55)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:49 PM: BECKON (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:49 PM: CONSTRAINT (.67)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:49 PM: COARSE (.62)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:50 PM: FASCINATING (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:51 PM: IDEA (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:53 PM: ASK ME (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:54 PM: SCULPTURE (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:56 PM: TECHNOLOGICAL (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:56 PM: RUSTS (.59)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:57 PM: ATTACK (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:58 PM: SKIN (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:59 PM: LIVING (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:59 PM: MUCH (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 9:59 PM: EXORCISE (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:00 PM: FRONT (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:01 PM: SOLDIER (.48) This term often found near the Powder Magazine. When psychics are on the investigation, they always see a soldier standing near the Powder Magazine wearing blue pants and a white shirt.
- 1/3/2023 – 10:01 PM: LOUD (.53)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:03 PM: YET (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:04 PM: LEGAL (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:04 PM: BEGIN (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:05 PM: OCCASIONALLY (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:11 PM: NOON (.45)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:13 PM: RUSTS (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:16 PM: SILLY (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:16 PM: SCRUPLE (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:17 PM: CONSECUTIVE (.45)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:18 PM: CENTS (.66)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:18 PM: AM (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:21 PM: WAVE (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:22 PM: MAYBE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:23 PM: POSSIBLY (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:23 PM: NANA (.47)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:24 PM: ARE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:27 PM: ALL OF IT (.49)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:28 PM: THING (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:29 PM: DECADE (.51)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:30 PM: STANDING (.53)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:32 PM: ADVENTURE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:33 PM: GRADUATE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:35 PM: TALE (.5)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:45 PM: UNCOVER (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:47 PM: HEAD (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:47 PM: SIFT (.45)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:48 PM: SUSPECT (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:49 PM: BARRIER (.48)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:50 PM: CLUTTER (.55)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:54 PM: DESPITE (.46)
- 1/3/2023 – 10:57 PM: WILL (.49) Henry Timrod had a son named Willie.
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 Red Barn/Big John’s Tavern: The word “windows” was heard on a spirit box.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave spikes of 3.7mG (milligauss), 4.9mG, 5.0mG, 8.7mG and 10.3mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “baby”, “go on”, “drop”, “fourteen” (this is the number of years that Eliza and Charles were married; 1744-58), “tiny dancer”, “rose”, “just want you to know”, “forty-six”.
Philadelphia Alley: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “Spanish”, “hall of fame”, “why can’t we be friends”, “word”, “four oh one”, “Russell”.
Powder Magazine: Small spike of 2.5mG discovered on the Mel Meter.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “John” (this could be a relevance to John Calhoun, buried on the other side of the wall OR to John “Calico Jack” Rackham, Anne Bonny’s lover/beau), “legend”, “Rose” (relevant to the home that Dr. Ladd lived in at 59 Church Street, aka, the Thomas Rose House), “Gloria”, “sixty”, “walls” (Cumberland Street is where the original Charlestown Wall once stood), “industry”, “law” (see “attorney at law’ discovered in the SBox findings).
The Onvoy gave the following letters “RIP” or “RI” relevant to Ralph Isaacs/Rhode Island clues to Dr. Ladd’s story in Philadelphia Alley. “MAIXD” was also found, with an interference of “X”, we have the word “maid”.
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave spikes of 3.6mG, 5.3mG, 7mG, 12mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “Matthew 19”, “Timothy” (a bit of stretch, but we were discussing Henry Timrod), “Matt”, “one twenty one”, “Billie” (a close phonetic to Henry’s son, Willie), “Angel”, “seventy”, “Michael” (we were close to St. Michael’s Church, this is commonly heard/seen here), “get up next to you”, “dog”, “home”, “Smokey”.
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January 1, 9PM Peter Rachael
Conditions
- Weather: 58°, Cloudy/Foggy
- Moon: 78%, Waxing Gibbous
- Number of investigators: 4
- Investigation Score: 23
- Tools used:
- Philips VoiceTracer Voice Recorder
- FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera
- Phasm Camera with IR Torch Lighting
- SBox Spirit Box
- Digital Spirit Box Word List App
- MEL-REM-ATDD device
- Fuji Digital Camera
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.
To learn more about an individual device or a full category of devices (spirit boxes, paranormal cameras, etc), you can visit the Stories in the Cemetery Paranormal Research School to enroll into our courses designed to help you become a better, more versatile, paranormal investigator.
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.
- 0:17 “a pilot”
- 6:11 “that is crazy”
- 10:22 “stay close”
- 10:31 “beautiful flowers” We often find “garden” themed terms when discussing Eliza Lucas and here indigo crops.
- 20:29 “close to him”
- 20:50 “Texas”
- 25:17 “all of us here”
- 30:26 “their identity”
- 31:08 “the identification” Cannot pinpoint what this relates to, but when a term shows up more than once (form of “identity”), it needs to be paid attention to.
- 35:33 “we want to know”
- 50:19 “the Bible”
- 50:47 “eighty-five”
- 55:48 “lacerations”
- 56:04 “fourteen” Vague, but Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney were married for 14 years. This number often shows up at the Pinckney Mansion site.
- 57:04 “real problem…I can’t bring” This stood out since it’s the same voice, two different frequencies.
- 1:00:22 “Jack” At/Near Philadelphia Alley as we got closer to the Powder Magazine to discuss Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.
- 1:05:02 “from space”
- 1:12:14 “especially for girls” Close to the Powder Magazine where we often hear female gendered terms and phrases.
- 1:15:12 “death penalty” Anne Bonny and Mary Read were both found guilty of piracy and had a delayed hanging.
- 1:16:18 “three separate times”
- 1:20:25 “what is this”
- 1:25:52 “twelve thirty”
- 1:35:10 “go ahead and play it back”
- 1:40:45 “yellow”
- 1:46:05 “more pain”
- 2:00:49 “I was unholy”
Photographs

With eleven photos taken of this exact area, this is the only photo with an anomaly which rules out any light flares from the nearby lamp posts.
Click here to view all 81 photos taken during your investigation.
Thermal Imaging Video
No anomalies detected in the spot check of the thermal imaging video. This video can and should be used as an EVP Audio as well.
Infrared Lighting Video
No anomalies detected during the spot check of the IR Video. This video can and should be used as an EVP Audio as well.
Digital Spirit Box Word List
- 1/1/2023 – 9:08 PM: MATCH (.53)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:08 PM: BROKEN (.53)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:09 PM: SWELL (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:14 PM: ELIJAH (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:15 PM: YET (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:18 PM: FAR (.49)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:19 PM: YOU ARE GUILTY (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:20 PM: SCENARIO (.59)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:20 PM: LETTERS (.68) No other defining clues found, but Eliza Lucas often wrote letters; they were later published in The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney.
- 1/1/2023 – 9:22 PM: FOOD (.48)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:24 PM: ENCOUNTER (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:25 PM: LAST (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:26 PM: WORM (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:27 PM: STORM (.5)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:28 PM: UNTIL (.52)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:32 PM: FACULTY (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:34 PM: UPHOLD (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:34 PM: VOLUNTARY (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:38 PM: CENT (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:39 PM: MINOR (.74)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:39 PM: DECEMBER (.66) See “eleven” in the Real Time Notes for the Pinckney Mansion site below.
- 1/1/2023 – 9:39 PM: PERFORMANCE (.7)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:39 PM: FREEZE (.55)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:40 PM: AMONG US (.52)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:41 PM: CANCEL (.54)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:41 PM: VITAL (.5)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:42 PM: LOCATE (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:43 PM: COUNT (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:44 PM: MADE (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:44 PM: YOUNGSTER (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:47 PM: STAND (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:49 PM: GRADUALLY (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:49 PM: SUIT (.55)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:50 PM: PLEASE LET ME (.54)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:51 PM: THUS (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:52 PM: DOMINATE (.72)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:52 PM: TREE (.51)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:52 PM: WARRIOR (.51)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:52 PM: CUT (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:53 PM: XAVIER (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:53 PM: MIRROR (.68)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:54 PM: STIGMATA (.51)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:54 PM: ADD (.49)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:55 PM: EXCHANGE (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:55 PM: FRAUD (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:56 PM: PARAGRAPH (.49)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:57 PM: DOUBLE (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:58 PM: BOMBING (.51)
- 1/1/2023 – 9:59 PM: OVER (.49)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:00 PM: WAKE (.57)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:00 PM: TITLE (.71)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:00 PM: MORE (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:01 PM: PUNCTURE (.48)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:02 PM: CRAWLING (.62)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:08 PM: VESSEL (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:10 PM: WHERE (.51)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:11 PM: DUTCH (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:14 PM: CONSTANT (.5)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:16 PM: ATTITUDE (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:20 PM: OTHER (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:21 PM: RARE (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:22 PM: QUARANTINE (.67)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:22 PM: JACKSON (.47) Vague, but John C. Calhoun, who served under Andrew Jackson is buried next to where we were investigating.
- 1/1/2023 – 10:24 PM: DROWN (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:24 PM: STRUCK (.51)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:25 PM: PROPER (.52)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:26 PM: LABORATORY (.53)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:27 PM: EXCELLENT (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:28 PM: VISION (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:29 PM: BUBBLE (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:29 PM: FRONT (.93)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:30 PM: CONSIDERATION (.68)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:30 PM: PLEASE (.48)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:31 PM: TRISTAN (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:32 PM: FLEE (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:32 PM: POTENTIAL (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:33 PM: LUCKY (.52)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:34 PM: IDEAL (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:35 PM: ABUSE (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:36 PM: VIRTUALLY (.66)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:36 PM: LOOSE (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:37 PM: LIST (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:38 PM: SHAKEN (.48)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:38 PM: CRYSTAL (.52)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:41 PM: ADMINISTRATIVE (.49)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:42 PM: UNIFORM (.49)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:44 PM: CONSIDERABLY (.45)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:45 PM: THREE (.53)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:49 PM: CONSTRAINT (.46)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:50 PM: DUMB (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:50 PM: MURPHY (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:50 PM: DREW (.47)
- 1/1/2023 – 10:53 PM: IS (.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 Red Barn/Big John’s Tavern: A small spike of 2.1mG (milligauss) discovered on the EMF function of the Mel Meter. The phrase “football team” was heard on the SBox; vague, but we were still discussing Big John Cannady of the 1947 New York Giants.
Pinckney Mansion Site: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave spikes of 2.5mG and 5.2mG.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “five”, “seventy-five”, “my prayers were answered”, “take it easy”, and “eleven” (matched up with the “December” on the digital word list, and we have the date of the Great Fire of 1861; December 11th).
Philadelphia Alley: Not a typical location for EMF readings, but readings of 4.3mG, 5.9mG and 12.4mG were discovered here. This would explain the anomaly found in the photograph above.
Powder Magazine: Terms heard on spirit boxes: “Parker”, “Phil” (the lot we researched is part of St. Philip’s Church property).
Washington Square: The EMF function of the Mel Meter gave readings of 7.4mG, 12.8mG. The REM function gave several Blue and Yellow readings indicating possible motion near the user.
Terms heard on spirit boxes: “No” (when asking a direct question), “live and die”, “disgusting”.
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