A group of paranormal investigators were sent in to investigate the reported haunting of a 100-year-old hotel, what they captured will leave you speechless.
They are the staple of any paranormal investigation. EVP’s (Electronic Voice Phenomena), simply put are an event in which human-sounding voices from an unknown source are captured on recording devices. While there are many such recordings available on the internet, there is only one that is universally known as the most terrifying EVP ever recorded.
In January 2007, the Central New York Ghost Hunters (CNYGH), based in Syracuse, New York, were invited to investigate an old hotel in upstate New York (The owners of the hotel have asked to keep its location confidential). The investigation proved to be one of the most intensely active the group has ever encountered, and produced an EVP that is remarkable not only for its length, but also for its terrifying content.
The Investigation
On that weekend in January, CNYGH founder Stacey Jones and several members of the group went to the hotel on an overnight stay for what they thought would be a routine investigation. They had no idea what they were in for. Originally built in the late 1800s, the building was in its colorful history the site of some nefarious activity, a fact that might be key to what is heard in the EVP.
On Friday the first night of their investigation, Stacey and her group set up their equipment – audio recorders, video recorders and other electronics – and settled in, hoping to document some evidence for the haunting the owners had claimed. Most investigations are relatively quiet, but this night was filled with extreme paranormal activity, including muffled voices of unknown origin, footsteps from unseen bodies and more. Members of the group claim that it was the most active haunting they had ever personally experienced.
However, nothing they had experienced the night before could prepare the group for the paranormal activity they would encounter the next day. On Saturday afternoon at about 3 pm, two female CNYGH investigators and a female member of the owner’s family sat on the staircase of the hotel with a digital voice recorder, intending to capture some EVP’s. They choose the stairway because they had heard soft conversations and footsteps on the floor above, although no one was up there.
When they later played the recording back, however, what they heard were not soft voices and footsteps, but something totally unexpected and completely terrifying.
The EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena)
Group leader, Stacey Jones describes what you’ll hear on the recording:
“You can (faintly) hear the three females talking throughout the recording. You will hear a female – the family member – say, ‘Hello, baby,’ and another long conversation. Those are all human voices. But what sounds like a struggle or attack is going on as well. The male (voice) you hear was not present at the hotel. You will hear a cuckoo clock (which was not present) a ticking of a hall clock (which was there); you will also hear what sounds like the microphone being moved (which was not touched) and then the sound becomes clearer.
“You will hear a creaking door and slamming of the door, which is real. Then you will hear a [unknown] woman say, ‘Get off me,’ and what sounds like the woman being attacked. The struggle continues for awhile, and during the EVP you can hear some of my investigators’ conversations. After interviewing my investigators, they said they went and sat on the stairs of this hotel, because they heard from an above floor, what sounded like footsteps and conversations, not what you hear on this recording. When the noises stop, you hear the investigators participate in a lulled conversation. They stated that they started to talk when the noises stopped. In their conversation, you will hear a male voice say, ‘Help me’ several times.”
The EVP has not been altered in any way, except for minor editing to reduce the noise. The paranormal group have released the full audio file, welcoming members of the public to analyse the recording. Dare you listen? Be sure to let us know your thoughts and theories in the comments section below.
WARNING: The recording is violent and may be too intense for some listeners.
Categorised in: Haunted House, Paranormal
This post was written by Nadia Vella